In addition to the

Heart of Midlothian F.C. Heart of Midlothian Football Club, commonly known as Hearts, is a professional football club in Edinburgh, Scotland. The team competes in the , the top division of Scottish football. Hearts, the oldest football club in the Scottish capital, wa ...

first team competing in the

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, the club also maintains a side in the

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and various youth teams in their Academy setup. They are often affectionately nicknamed "The Wee Jambos".

Reserve team

Hearts Reserves are the reserve team of Heart of Midlothian. Hearts were members of the

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from its foundation in the 1998–99 season. The league started as an U21 League but reverted to an open age group league in season 2004–05. The Reserve League was abandoned for season 2009–10 due to financial constraints and a lack of support from other clubs. Hearts Reserves formerly played their home games at

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(the home of

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). The team mainly consisted of Under-19 players and those on the fringe of the first team squad. Some of the first team also played when recovering from injury. The Reserves' head coach in that was

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. In July 2018, it was reported that reserve leagues would be reintroduced in lieu of the development leagues that had been in place since 2009. The top tier of the new

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featured 18 clubs, whilst a second-tier reserve League comprised nine clubs. Other than a minimum age of 16, no age restrictions applied to the leagues. At the end of its first season (2018–19) several clubs intimated that they would withdraw from the Reserve League to play a variety of challenge matches, but Hearts were one of those who chose to remain.

Under-20 Team & development squad

The Heart of Midlothian Under-20 Team competes in the

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previously the Scottish Premier Under 20s League. In 2017, the Hearts academy was one of eight across the country designated 'elite' status on the introduction of ''Project Brave'', an SFA initiative to concentrate the development of the best young players at a smaller number of clubs with high quality facilities and coaching than was previously the case. The under-20s play their home matches at Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir whilst training at

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U20 development squad

Honours

Reserves

* Scottish Reserve League'' (1955–1975)'' ** Champions: 1958 ** Runners-up: 1957, 1971, 1972, 1975 * Premier Reserve League''(1975–1998)'' ** Champions: 1993, 1997 ** Runners-up: 1996 *

''(1998–2009)'' ** Champions: 1999–00 ** Runners-up: 2003–04, 2008–09 *

''(2018–)'' ** Runners-up: 2019–20Hamilton Academical and Livingston Named Reserve League Champions
Scottish Professional Football League, 16 June 2020 * SPFL Reserve CupSPFL Reserve Cup 2018–19
Soccerway ** Winners: 2018–19

Youths

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* SPL U-19/SPFL Development League ** Winners: 2001 ** Runners-up (3): 2008–09,

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, 2011–12

Former youth team players

* Gary Naysmith * Scott Severin * Stephen Simmons * Robbie Neilson *

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* Christophe Berra * Andrew Driver * Calum Elliot *

Lee Wallace Lee Wallace (born 1 August 1987) is a Scottish former professional footballer. He represented the Scotland national team with 10 caps. Wallace started his career Heart of Midlothian, making his debut in 2005 at age seventeen, and joined Ran ...

* Jamie MacDonald * David Gray * Eggert Jonsson * Ryan McGowan *

David Templeton David Cooper Templeton (born 7 January 1989) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Glasgow United. Templeton played for Stenhousemuir, Raith Rovers, Heart of Midlothian, Hamilton Academical, Rangers, Burton ...

* Gary Glen *

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* Conrad Balatoni *

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* Scott Robinson * Denis Prychynenko * Jamie Walker * Jason Holt * David Smith *

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* Kevin McHattie * Fraser Mullen * Brad McKay * Billy King * Callum Paterson * Jack Hamilton * Dale Carrick * Sam Nicholson * Jason Cummings * Gary Oliver * Adam King * Jordan McGhee * Euan Henderson * Harry Cochrane * Chris Hamilton * Cammy Logan * Connor Smith * Aaron Hickey * Josh Doig * Aidan Denholm

References

External links

Reserves

Hearts Official Website – Reserve squad profiles

Scottish Premier League website – Reserve League news

Scottish Premier League website – Reserve League fixtures

Under-20s

Roll of Honour at Hearts Youth Development Committee

Academy Overview at Hearts Youth Development Committee

Scottish Football Association website – SFA Youth Cup results and archive
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