Seeing your team lift a trophy simply doesn’t happen every day, and neither does a last minute equaliser from two goals down… and yet both happened on May 2nd 2015 as Heart of Midlothian celebrated their rampant Ladbrokes Championship win with a somewhat mixed draw against the team that ultimately finished third in what many pundits and fans saw as a ‘one horse race’.
To say that Hearts were jubilant would have been drastically underselling the fervent nature of that day, with the game itself a mere distraction from the impending title party.
Rangers arrived at Tynecastle under Stuart McCall (their third manager that season) vying with Hibernian for the huge heights of second place and the playoff bonus that came with it. Indeed, their efforts would prove fruitless as the other Edinburgh team won their game anyway.
The visitors took the lead just before the half-hour mark through Darren McGregor who rose highest to power in a header. Kenny Miller added to their lead minutes later. Despite the lack of real importance of the game, Hearts boss Robbie Neilson managed to get himself sent to the stand just before the goal, although at Tynecastle the difference between being in the stand and the dugout isn’t really that profound.
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From his new, elevated position, Neilson opted to throw on his wrecking ball, the aforementioned Genero Zeefuik. It was an inspired change, with the big Dutchman rewarding his manager’s faith with two goals in the final ten minutes. He fired in a rasping volley right on ninety minutes, to spark wild scenes among the home contingent, and a mass exodus for those of a blue persuasion.
The game itself was fun, but the celebrations afterwards will live long in the memory as Hearts celebrated their first league title in 30 years.
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