{"id":1804,"date":"2026-05-16T17:26:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T17:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/?p=1804"},"modified":"2026-05-16T17:26:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T17:26:27","slug":"hearts-players-left-in-tears-at-tynecastle-return-after-crushing-celtic-loss-in-title-decider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/?p=1804","title":{"rendered":"Hearts players left in tears at Tynecastle return after crushing Celtic loss in title decider"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"main\">\n<div class=\"hydrate-root sc-1ihz57b-0\" data-component=\"Newsletter\" data-loading=\"lazy\" data-theme-name=\"independent\">\n<div data-theme-wrapper=\"independent\" style=\"display:contents\">\n<aside class=\"sc-y4bm30-0 jwWhkK newsletter-component sc-1ge0fwe-0\" data-newsletter-key=\"receiveInsideSportNews\">\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-2 kcLSBk\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Hearts players were left in tears upon return to Tynecastle after their devastating defeat to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/celtic\">Celtic<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/scottish-premiership\">Scottish Premiership<\/a> title decider.<\/p>\n<p>After going down 3-1 late on at Celtic Park, to concede the title to Martin O\u2019Neill\u2019s side on the final day, some Hearts players were abused by Celtic supporters during a pitch invasion following Callum Osmand\u2019s third goal.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, striker Lawrence Shankland could be seen in a dispute with a Celtic fan, with Derek McInnes\u2019 side falling agonisingly short of a first title since 1960.<\/p>\n<p>Hearts were welcomed back home by their supporters, but several players were visibly upset at the events earlier in the day.<\/p>\n<p>Alexandros Kyziridis, Frankie Kent, Stuart Findlay and Jamie McCart all struggled to contain their emotions upon return to Tynecastle Park, with hundreds of fans greeting them. <\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-awdjp1-2 cbpRGD sc-awdjp1-3 image align-center\">\n<figure class=\"sc-1cbdeug-0 cXcwgU\">\n<div data-gallery-length=\"6\" class=\"sc-awdjp1-0 bAQGDX\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2026\/05\/16\/17\/48\/Heart-of-Midlothian-player-Alexandros-Kyziridis-becomes-emotional-as-he-walks-past-fans.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2026\/05\/16\/17\/48\/Heart-of-Midlothian-player-Alexandros-Kyziridis-becomes-emotional-as-he-walks-past-fans.jpeg?quality=75&amp;width=320&amp;auto=webp 320w, https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2026\/05\/16\/17\/48\/Heart-of-Midlothian-player-Alexandros-Kyziridis-becomes-emotional-as-he-walks-past-fans.jpeg?quality=75&amp;width=640&amp;auto=webp 640w\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Heart of Midlothian player Alexandros Kyziridis becomes emotional as he walks past fans\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"sc-1cbdeug-1 sc-1cbdeug-3 YlsWU hgzWpY\">Heart of Midlothian player Alexandros Kyziridis becomes emotional as he walks past fans<span class=\"sc-1cbdeug-7 gjqsiM\"> <!-- -->(<!-- -->Jane Barlow\/PA Wire<!-- -->)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-awdjp1-2 cbpRGD sc-awdjp1-3 image align-center\">\n<figure class=\"sc-1cbdeug-0 cXcwgU\">\n<div data-gallery-length=\"6\" class=\"sc-awdjp1-0 hBYycU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2026\/05\/16\/17\/06\/Heart-of-Midlothian-player-Frankie-Kent-becomes-emotional-as-he-walks-past-fans.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2026\/05\/16\/17\/06\/Heart-of-Midlothian-player-Frankie-Kent-becomes-emotional-as-he-walks-past-fans.jpeg?quality=75&amp;width=320&amp;auto=webp 320w, https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2026\/05\/16\/17\/06\/Heart-of-Midlothian-player-Frankie-Kent-becomes-emotional-as-he-walks-past-fans.jpeg?quality=75&amp;width=640&amp;auto=webp 640w\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Heart of Midlothian player Frankie Kent becomes emotional as he walks past fans\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"sc-1cbdeug-1 sc-1cbdeug-3 YlsWU hgzWpY\">Heart of Midlothian player Frankie Kent becomes emotional as he walks past fans<span class=\"sc-1cbdeug-7 gjqsiM\"> <!-- -->(<!-- -->Jane Barlow\/PA Wire<!-- -->)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>McInnes was seen consoling his players with fans unveiling banners of gratitude after a historic season for the Jambos, despite finishing as runner-up.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the behaviour of some Celtic fans towards Hearts players has been described as \u201cunacceptable\u201d by James McFadden. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand spilling over, onto the pitch, with emotion, you back off, but this is unacceptable to me, going up to players. I get emotions running high, players should be safe on the football pitch. You do not want to see that,\u201d said the former Motherwell forward.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-awdjp1-2 cbpRGD sc-awdjp1-3 image align-center\">\n<figure class=\"sc-1cbdeug-0 cXcwgU\">\n<div data-gallery-length=\"6\" class=\"sc-awdjp1-0 bnjbrn\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2026\/05\/16\/17\/48\/Heart-of-Midlothian-player-Frankie-Kent-becomes-emotional-as-he-walks-past-fans.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2026\/05\/16\/17\/48\/Heart-of-Midlothian-player-Frankie-Kent-becomes-emotional-as-he-walks-past-fans.jpeg?quality=75&amp;width=320&amp;auto=webp 320w, https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2026\/05\/16\/17\/48\/Heart-of-Midlothian-player-Frankie-Kent-becomes-emotional-as-he-walks-past-fans.jpeg?quality=75&amp;width=640&amp;auto=webp 640w\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Heart of Midlothian player Frankie Kent becomes emotional as he walks past fans\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"sc-1cbdeug-1 sc-1cbdeug-3 YlsWU hgzWpY\">Heart of Midlothian player Frankie Kent becomes emotional as he walks past fans<span class=\"sc-1cbdeug-7 gjqsiM\"> <!-- -->(<!-- -->Jane Barlow\/PA Wire<!-- -->)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-awdjp1-2 cbpRGD sc-awdjp1-3 image align-center\">\n<figure class=\"sc-1cbdeug-0 cXcwgU\">\n<div data-gallery-length=\"6\" class=\"sc-awdjp1-0 hBYycU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2026\/05\/16\/17\/04\/Heart-of-Midlothian-player-Stuart-Findlay-becomes-emotional-as-he-walks-past-fans.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2026\/05\/16\/17\/04\/Heart-of-Midlothian-player-Stuart-Findlay-becomes-emotional-as-he-walks-past-fans.jpeg?quality=75&amp;width=320&amp;auto=webp 320w, https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2026\/05\/16\/17\/04\/Heart-of-Midlothian-player-Stuart-Findlay-becomes-emotional-as-he-walks-past-fans.jpeg?quality=75&amp;width=640&amp;auto=webp 640w\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Heart of Midlothian player Stuart Findlay becomes emotional as he walks past fans\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"sc-1cbdeug-1 sc-1cbdeug-3 YlsWU hgzWpY\">Heart of Midlothian player Stuart Findlay becomes emotional as he walks past fans<span class=\"sc-1cbdeug-7 gjqsiM\"> <!-- -->(<!-- -->Jane Barlow\/PA Wire<!-- -->)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-awdjp1-2 cbpRGD sc-awdjp1-3 image align-center\">\n<figure class=\"sc-1cbdeug-0 cXcwgU\">\n<div data-gallery-length=\"6\" class=\"sc-awdjp1-0 jqmFnL\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2026\/05\/16\/17\/57\/Heart-of-Midlothian-manager-Derek-McInnes-consoles-a-player-as-they-come-out-to-meet-fans.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2026\/05\/16\/17\/57\/Heart-of-Midlothian-manager-Derek-McInnes-consoles-a-player-as-they-come-out-to-meet-fans.jpeg?quality=75&amp;width=320&amp;auto=webp 320w, https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2026\/05\/16\/17\/57\/Heart-of-Midlothian-manager-Derek-McInnes-consoles-a-player-as-they-come-out-to-meet-fans.jpeg?quality=75&amp;width=640&amp;auto=webp 640w\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Heart of Midlothian manager Derek McInnes consoles a player as they come out to meet fans\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"sc-1cbdeug-1 sc-1cbdeug-3 YlsWU hgzWpY\">Heart of Midlothian manager Derek McInnes consoles a player as they come out to meet fans<span class=\"sc-1cbdeug-7 gjqsiM\"> <!-- -->(<!-- -->Jane Barlow\/PA Wire<!-- -->)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThere will always be people who spoil it for everyone. You heard the majority of the fans booing the fans that came onto the pitch. They understand. That is unacceptable to me. Players should be safe on a football pitch. They should not be surrounded by stewards, Shankland is surrounded by his teammates to make sure nothing happened to him, that is unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And former Celtic striker Chris Sutton also agreed: \u201cI totally agree, there\u2019s no place for that, you can imagine how the Hearts players felt, such a long season and losing it at the end. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Celtic fans that have got involved with the Hearts players are lucky they didn\u2019t get a thump or two.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inside Sport newsletter: Get an expert guide to the biggest moments shaping the world of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1805,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/betreview.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/01KRRV5R2V9YQH5S2KF3M7TPG9.jpg",1200,800,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/betreview.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/01KRRV5R2V9YQH5S2KF3M7TPG9-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/betreview.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/01KRRV5R2V9YQH5S2KF3M7TPG9-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/betreview.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/01KRRV5R2V9YQH5S2KF3M7TPG9-768x512.jpg",640,427,true],"large":["https:\/\/betreview.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/01KRRV5R2V9YQH5S2KF3M7TPG9-1024x683.jpg",640,427,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/betreview.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/01KRRV5R2V9YQH5S2KF3M7TPG9.jpg",1200,800,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/betreview.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/01KRRV5R2V9YQH5S2KF3M7TPG9.jpg",1200,800,false],"covernews-slider-full":["https:\/\/betreview.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/01KRRV5R2V9YQH5S2KF3M7TPG9-1115x715.jpg",1115,715,true],"covernews-slider-center":["https:\/\/betreview.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/01KRRV5R2V9YQH5S2KF3M7TPG9-800x500.jpg",800,500,true],"covernews-featured":["https:\/\/betreview.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/01KRRV5R2V9YQH5S2KF3M7TPG9-1024x683.jpg",1024,683,true],"covernews-medium":["https:\/\/betreview.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/01KRRV5R2V9YQH5S2KF3M7TPG9-540x340.jpg",540,340,true],"covernews-medium-square":["https:\/\/betreview.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/01KRRV5R2V9YQH5S2KF3M7TPG9-400x250.jpg",400,250,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/?author=1"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/betreview.net\/?cat=6\" rel=\"category\">Sports<\/a>","tag_info":"Sports","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}