Season 1996/1997 poll results

Thanks to everyone who sent in their poll results.

GENERAL

1) Hearts player of the year 1996/97
(Last years winner Gilles Rousset)

1. Davie Weir 83%
2. John Robertson 13%
3.= Colin Cameron 2%
3.= Neil McCann 2%

Big Davie had an outstanding debut season and fully deserved his Scotland call. Colin Cameron would have surely given Davie a better run for his money if he had put away some of the sitters he missed after the new year.

2) Young player of the year 1996/97
(Last years winner Paul Ritchie)

1. Gary Naysmith 43%
2. Paul Ritchie 24%
3. Neil McCann 16%
4. Jim Hamilton 11%

A promising debut season from Gary Naysmith, not least his performance against Celtic in the Coca Cola Cup quarter final.

3) Best Hearts match 1996/97

1. New Years Day (4-0) 45%
2. Coca Cola Cup Final 29%
3. Coca Cola Cup Q-Final 24%
4. Hibs away (3-1) 2%

New years day was a classic, and if we are truthfull, so was the cup final. While it all ended in tears, it has to be one of the best ever second half performances.

4) Worst Hearts match 1996/97

1. 0-0 Aberdeen 12/4/97 34%
2. Scottish Cup Replay 27%
3. Coca Cola Cup Final 7%

In what was a pretty good season really, I was a little surprised to get ten nominations in this category. Three of the nominations were against Aberdeen.

5) Best goal scored by a Hearts player

1. Robbo's 2nd v huns(May) 39%
2. Neil McCann's v Raith(H) 18%
3. Cameron v Hibs (New Year) 8%
4. Robbo v Celtic (Coca Q-FInal) 5%

6) Best goal seen all season (TV included)

1. Trever Sinclairs overhed kick for QPR 27%
2. David Beckhams's lob against Wimbledon (Aug 96)
3. Weah for AC Milan when he ran the length of the pitch
4. Gallaghers goal vs Austria

Other honourable mentions go to Roberto Carlos (Brazil v France) Cameron (v Hibs New Year), Robbos 208th, Ronaldo (Barcelona), Zola (Chelsea v Wimbledon) and Zola (Italy v England).

7) Biggest donkey in the Premier League
(Last Years winner Steven Twead)

1. Alan Stubbs 21%
2. Van Vossen 12%
3.= Darren Jackson 9%
3.= Gazza 9%
5. Gordan Petric 6%

These were people who received the most votes. There were other honourable mentions. Bo Anderson, Chris Jackson, Yogi Hughes, Chic Charnley, Keith Wright, Jim Duffy (he must be a donkey to want to go to Hibs), Goss, Di Canio, Darren Dodds, Craig Moore, Irvine, Alex Cleland(oops), McLaughlin(Hibs).

8) Best player in the Premier League
(Last Years winner Gazza)

1. Brian Laudrup 68%
2. Davie Weir 16%

The choice of Laudrup was almost unanimous. Others receiving mentions were: Rousset, Di Canio, Robbo, Albertz, Gazza and Colin Cameron.

9) What was the footballing highlight of 96/97?

1. Hibs in the playoffs
2. Robbos equalizer in the cup final
3. Getting to the final
4. 4-0 New Years day
5. The continuous domination of Hibs
6. Robbo breaking the record
7. Liverpool 4 Newcastle 3
8. Scotlands defence
9. England losing to Italy
10. Southgates penalty miss
11. McCann's perfomance in the cup final
12. Falkirk beating Celtic in the cup

10) If Hearts had half a million to spend, who would you buy?

Here's the realistic ones!

Graham Hyde (Sheff Wed), N.Lennon (Leicester), Danny Lennon, John Moncur (West Ham), Phil Scott (St. John), Graeme Jones (Wigan), Orloffson (Dundee United), a replacement for Fulton, a promising young striker, a midfielder, Paul Bernard (Aberdeen), Stevie Crawford, Robbie Winters, Ricky Gillies (quite a few votes for him), Gary McSwegan, Paul Ritchie (Hamilton), Gary Smith, Rougier, Jason Dair, Stephen Glass, Derek McInnes (quite a few votes for him aswell) and finally Cantonna (he would be free). There were a few votes for Paul Lambert - keep dreaming lads.

11) On a scale of 1 to 10 where 1 is really crap and 10 is god like how would you rate the current board?

I didn't know what to expect from this question. When I added up the total numbers and divided by 82, the score was an average 6.3, which on the face of it seems to be "adequate without being great". There were a lot of people who gave them either 6 or 7 out of ten. There were some comments along with the scores

"Secretive bastards" was one spot on comment. "After Mercer I appreciate them" was another. Another good one which was mentioned by several people was "dont like their attitude towards their fans". The lowest score was 3 and the highest 9.

12) Jim Jefferies was the Messiah on his arrival, how Messiah-Like is he now (on a scale of 1 - 10 where 1 is crap)

Jimbo got an average score of 7.8 which is pretty good. Most people gave him 8 out of 10 and someone even gave him eleven out of ten!

13) Should the club designate a singing area to improve the atmosphere?

Erm, this one was missed out of the actual fanzine, but from what I can gather it was given nearly 100% backing. Just a pity that Robinson/Deans etc didn't see it that way.

14) Seriously where do you see Hearts in the year 2005?

Debt -

Lower 51%
Cleared 27%
The same 15%

League Pos -

Top 3 59%
Top 2 28%
Top 4 9%
Champs 4%

Major Trophies -

two 47%
one 29%
three 13%
none 6%
"hopefully" 5%

Manager -

Jefferies 53%
Levein 14%
Robbo 14%
Mackay 5%

Joe Kinnear, Eammon Bannon, Ian Munro and Dave McPherson all got a mention.

15) What is the most nauseating thing about the old firm?
(note that all the answers were received before the Rangers game)

1. The bigotry
2. The TV/media saturation
3. Their arrogance
4. Their whinging supporters
5. Refereeing decisions always favour them
6. The loyalty (providing they are winning trophies)
7. The fact that they exist
8. They think they have the right to win trophies
9. Glory hunting bastards
10. Celtic Paranoia
11. They are very selfish
12. I could write a book
13. Celtic luminous strip
14. We dont really exist to them
15. Celtic contracts saga

16) Do you want Hibs to go down or stay up and why?

UP 65%
DOWN 35%

Don't be fooled by the results. Almost every person who voted for Hibs to stay up did so because they said we needed the 10-12 points they give us each season!

ABOUT THE FANZINE

17) Your favourite bits?

1. Fi the cartoonist
2. Match reports
3. Fan profiles
4. Hibs slagging
5. piss takes/jokes
6. Big Al(please don't sue me)
7. Bev
8. Letters
9. The humour
10. Inside news

18) Your least favourite bits?

1. Panini Book of horrors
2. How we saw it
3. Reading about 1986
4. Not enough jokes
5. English football articles

19) Any topics/articles you'd like to see?

No responses here!

20) Where do you normally sit?

Wheatfield Stand 81%
School End/Gorgie 11%
Enclosure 5%
North Stand 5%

Once again thanks for taking the time to fill in the polls - ed.

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