Hearts served with winding up order

Hearts have been served with a liquidation notice by HM Revenue and Customs.

A notice was published in The Scotsman today spelling out the severity of the problem facing the Edinburgh side that Celtic face tomorrow night.

Hearts have had a number of tax problems in recent years and also fell foul of the SPL over unpaid wages.

Vladimir Romanov put the club up for sale towards the end of last year but has had no interest with the club reportedly valued at £50m by the Lithuanian.

Today’s development is another worry for fans of the club with HMRC no longer prepared to allow football clubs to act differently from other businesses.

Hearts are well used to dealing with these matters with a club statement indicating that the latest bill will be settled.

It read: “The club is aware of the notice placed in a newspaper relating to an earlier petition presented to the Court of Session.

“We are confident, however, that the relevant matter involving HMRC will be resolved in the very near future and no action as specified in the public notice will be necessary.”

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