With Hearts having completed the redevelopment of their old Tynecastle Park stadium with the opening of their new main stand in November 2017, we’ve taken a look back at the changing face of the Jambos spiritual home over the years.
Hearts’ home since 1886, when the club moved across Gorgie Road from ‘Old Tynecastle’ on the site of the present-day Wardlaw Street and Wardlaw Terrace, the ground has seen a lot of changes in the past 137 years.
9. Demolition
Bulldozers clearing the old stand from the Gorgie Road End of Hearts ground Tynecastle in 1997, making way for the new stand to be built. Photo: GRAHAM HAMILTON
10. Men at work
Workmen building the covered enclosure ('The Shed') at Tynecastle Park in 1959. For years The Shed was where the singing would start and be the loudest at Hearts home ground. Photo: Archive
11. End of an era
Demolition work continues at Tynecastle Park Stadium in 2017 as they knock down the old stand, which had been there for over 100 years, and construct the new home main stand. Photo: Ian Georgeson
12. Big changes
Hearts new Gorgie Road stand at Tynecastle under construction in 1997. Photo: ALAN LEDGERWOOD