article_snippet: ’s legends joined the Tynecastle faithful in paying ’s legends respects to the former Hearts, Tottenham and Derby County superstar.
article_snippet: It will be noted by posterity that on a day when jubilation should have been coursing through the veins of every lover of Tynecastle, they were in fact muting the trumpets and draping the halls with black rather than maroon.
article_snippet: they came to honour a man who hadn’t lived long enough to savour the triumphant emergence of a man who hadn’t lived long enough to savour the triumphant emergence of his beloved club from near destitution beloved club from near destitution.
article_snippet: I was a student when I first saw the triumphant Hearts side of 1957-8 which he captained, when Hearts not only won the title but created a British goal-scoring record of 132 scored and only 29 against.
article_snippet: but I do instantly recall a game Hearts played against Clyde at the old Shawfield where you could be very close to the pitch and, to this day, I will always associate Dave Mackay's with ‘glaur.
article_snippet: whilst, through Dave Mackay's prompting, Hearts were playing the kind of slick football that as Glasgow boy I thought was simply the preserve of the Old Firm.
article_snippet: Dave Mackay's helped establish a regime at White Hart Lane with a proud Scottish accent which made that ground a fortress and a team feared throughout Europe.
article_snippet: In that setting it was no surprise that they won the ‘Double’ in 1960-61, the FA cup in succeeding years and the European Cup Winners’ Cup in 1963.
article_snippet: they loved his commitment, his ability to help pull his team back from occasional adversity.
article_snippet: That is why so many notables from the English game travelled to Edinburgh yesterday to pay tribute alongside the Hearts faithful.
article_snippet: his Spurs former colleagues were there.
article_snippet: Pat Jennings, Terry Medwin, Steve Perryman, Gilzean, Mike England, Clive Allen and Cliff Jones, who told the congregation: