Hearts ’ darkest hours in which the prospect of becoming “the next Third Lanark” was very real. Having plunged into administration with debts of £25m and a former owner who had used the club as a plaything and left them in the deepest of mires, the outlook was bleak.The Foundation of Hearts was in its infancy but there was a very real prospect back in that summer of 2013 that there would be no club left to support.Fast forward eight years and there’s no more talk of Third Lanark.
Now it’s all about being third force in Scottish football.No wonder the chairman of the foundation - and board member of the football club - was grinning from ear to ear as the seal was put on the transfer of majority shareholding to the fans’ group yesterday.
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