Stuart Findlay delighted with debut goal as Hearts score four again

Stuart Findlay was delighted to get on the scoresheet on his Hearts debut as the Jambos made it six Premier Sports Cup points from six with a comfortable 4-0 win over Hamilton at Broadwood.

The centre-back was brought to Tynecastle from Oxford by new Jambos boss Derek McInnes, who had him on loan at Kilmarnock, and he showed why with an early goal from a corner.

There were further strikes from Elton Kabangu, James Wilson and Claudio Braga, with Portuguese attacker also getting goal his first for the Gorgie side.

Findlay told Hearts’ official X account: “I went the full season last year without getting one, so to open my account after five minutes was a nice touch.

“We put a good bit of work into set-plays this week, I knew my job was to try to get around that back area and when we’ve got Blair Spittal on the park, he’s going to deliver the ball, he going to give you that service.

“I was just lucky enough that it landed on my head and was able to put it away.

“So absolutely delighted and it’s good to see the work paid off because in games like this, it’s going to be tight at the start, it’s going to be tough to break them down, so to get a goal from a set-piece to get us on our way is a good thing.”

Noting that Hearts beat Dunfermline 4-1 at home in their Group E opener on Saturday, he said: “We knew Hamilton would pose us a different sort of threat than Dunfermline did and we had to make sure we navigated that.

“I thought the first half they tried to break a few times, they looked OK on the break, but on the whole we kept quite good control of the game and another four goals to add to the four at the weekend is a really good start to the cup campaign.”