No, it’s not a typo, our sixth game is genuinely a match where a team won by a margin of 10 goals. I know it seems difficult to envisage, but there was actually a time when Heart of Midlothian were quite good. So good in fact, that in March 2015 they annihilated Cowdenbeath in a Ladbrokes Championship game which really wasn’t much of a contest. Admittedly, Hearts were helped by their opposition not really putting up much of a fight, with five of the ten goals coming in a crazy fifteen minute spell at the end of the first half. This game was naturally memorable due to the bonkers nature of the scoring, with nothing of that nature really being seen on a football field all that often.
Hearts were helped by Dutch striker Genero Zeefuik’s first half hat-tick, which would have been a world record for the fastest treble ever but for Cowden defender Lewis Toshney taking an age to leave the field following his red card.
Cowdenbeath really didn’t offer much to the match at all, with Hearts’ goalkeeper Neil Alexander’s fully white kit remaining resplendent and unblemished throughout the ninety-minutes.
Genero Zeefuik, Sam Nicholson, Billy King, Morgaro Gomis, Danny Wilson, Alim Ozturk and Osman Sow all helped themselves a goal or two (or even three) in a day which will live long in the memory of everyone who was there.
Perhaps the funniest part of this game is the fact that it isn’t even the most memorable game of that season, with more on that coming later.
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