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Hearts Leave Tynecastle

26/08/2004

Financial problems have forced Hearts to leave their historic Tynecastle ground and start playing at Murrayfield from next season. The move has not pleased Hearts supporters who will rattle around in the 67,000 capacity home of Scottish rugby. But the club claims that there is no other way of dealing with its £19.1m debt burden. The ground where the club has played for 118 years is to be sold to property developer Cala. The club said that without confirmation that the sale was proceeding HBOS, its banker, would have withdrawn its banking facility from 13 September.


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