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Hibs 0-3 Hearts, 15 September 1990

Hearts were without a manager on this occasion, Wallace Mercer having recently sacked Alex MacDonald. Joe Jordan was being lined up to replace him, but if Hearts were still leaderless off the park it was Hibs who were leaderless on it.

Mercer was interviewed by The Scotsman on the eve of this match, defending his decision not to attend Easter Road for the first time since his takeover bid, despite having said the previous weekend that he would be the first one off the Hearts bus, shaking everyone's hand. Hugh Keevins asked Mercer about the suggestion that his sudden sacking of MacDonald was the work of an egomaniac. 'I do not suffer from egomania,' replied Mercer. 'If I did I would not be allowed acees to £100 million in my business life. I would not have been the youngest Scot, appointed by the Secretary of State, to join the Scottish Business Group. Egomaniacs do not get bankrolled by the Bank of Scotland either. I take the strongest exception to that charge, and those that call me an egomaniac are guilty of jealousy and envy.'

Hmm. The prosecution rests, m'Lud...

Anyway, on the pitch it was business as usual, and a pitch invasion held up play for 10 minutes after Pat McGinlay's own goal.

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