Things you may have missed | Hearts 1-5 Spurs

Our pre-season campaign got off to the ideal start on Wednesday evening as we ran out 5-1 winners over Hearts at Tynecastle.

Broadcast live on SPURSPLAY, the game marked our first outing of the summer as we build ahead of the 2024/25 campaign and it was a good test for the squad, providing valuable minutes to a number of our players.

In a way, it was a game of two halves with a different XI essentially playing the two sets of 45 minutes. We began with a number of senior professionals on the field and it was the neat link-up between three of them which saw us ahead at half-time - Dejan Kulusevski and James Maddison exchanging before Brennan Johnson picked up where he left off from 2023/24, darting across his man to the front post before steering in Madders' cutback.

We were caught out at the start of the second half as a mix up at the back allowed Lawrence Shankland in to level the scores but, from there, we didn't look back as our youngsters stole the show in Edinburgh. Making his first senior appearance, Will Lankshear was the first of our youth prospects to find the back of the net as he restored our lead with an unerring finish after Djed Spence's swashbuckling run and through ball. 16-year-old Mikey Moore then extended our lead, slotting home after being threaded in by Lucas Bergvall.

Djed bagged his first senior goal for us soon after as he made a darting run to the back post to nudge Timo Werner's inch-perfect delivery over the line before Ashley Phillips got in on the act, bundling the ball home from close range after a teasing Bergvall cross was not quite dealt with by Hearts goalkeeper Zander Clark.

Those were the key moments in the match but what about the moments you may have missed...

Remembering a legend - and happy birthday, Heart of Midlothian

While the meeting with Hearts provided the opportunity for our players to get some valuable minutes in their legs, the evening was also a significant one in the history of the Scottish side as our opponents were celebrating their 150th anniversary.

Formed in 1874, Hearts are celebrating their 150th year in action this summer and, as one of the teams that supported them in their centenary celebrations back in 1974, we once again made the trip to Tynecastle this year, continuing the long-running association between the clubs.

The game also gave us the chance to remember a legend who links the two clubs.

An absolute colossus of the game. A player who enjoyed incredible success at both clubs and remains one of the finest players to wear the colours of both Spurs and Hearts, Dave Mackay will forever be cherished in both north London and west Edinburgh.

Regarded by Bill Nicholson as his greatest-ever signing, Mackay joined us in March, 1959, and went on to make over 300 appearances for us in a glory, glory era in N17. He was an instrumental part of our 1960/61 Double winning team and went on to help us to two more FA Cups and the European Cup Winners' Cup.

That all came after he had helped Hearts to a famous league title win in 1958 as well as a Scottish Cup (1956) and two Scottish League Cups (1955 and 1959).

So, ahead of the game, players of both sides, Hearts Legends and all four stands of supporters came together to pay tribute to the great man who we sadly lost in 2015.

Friends reunited

Ahead of the game, there was a moment of embrace between James Maddison and Hearts boss Steven Naismith - two men who are former team-mates having played alongside each other at Norwich City.

A home for Madders between 2016 and 2018, Carrow Road became Naismith's home just a month prior to James' arrival and the pair went onto spend over two years together in Norfolk.

Despite all that time together with the Canaries, incredibly, the duo only played alongside each other in four games. Yet, that didn't stop the pair producing. Both attack-minded players, in one of those matches, Naismith teed up Madders for a goal away at Preston in the Championship - our number 10 had only been on the pitch for 11 minutes.

In 2018, Madders departed Norfolk and joined Leicester while Naismith stayed another year before returning to his homeland to join Hearts in a playing capacity.

Gray pops ball with thunderous challenge

Recent recruit Archie Gray was given his first minutes in a Spurs shirt at Tynecastle and he certainly made an impact - especially on the ball.

With few natural options at the heart of our defence with injuries and international duties in play, the versatile player made his first appearance for the Club at centre-back alongside another slightly unorthodox option in Oliver Skipp. Yet, while the centre half berth certainly not their preferred position, the pair certainly didn't look out of depth in the middle - and Archie even showed his clear appetite for a challenge.

That was most notable as the clock struck 35 minutes. Hearts had won the ball back on the edge of their area and immediately looked to break but the ball ran loose and into a space between Archie and Yan Dhanda. Archie's eyes must have lit up when he saw that loose ball as he didn't even blink before thundering in to win the ball. A clean and clinical challenge, he claimed the ball for his own while also managing to puncture it.

New ball please!

Bissouma shows off his skills

Yves Bissouma looked back to his best at Tynecastle - and that was epitomised by a lovely piece of skill he produced on the stroke of half-time.

Lining up in the heart of our midfield, the Mali international kept us ticking over throughout the first half, always an option for a pass and his ability to transition helped us escape the Hearts press. And that was most evident in a move on 45 minutes which saw Yves take the ball in a dangerous area, beat the press, before releasing us up the field.

Receiving the ball on the left flank, 30 yards from our goal, Hearts instantly moved to close down the midfielder but, with just one touch, he was able to evade their attentions as he knocked the ball through his opponent's legs before passing the ball around the next defender and we were away!

Seagulls in attendance

Okay, this is something that you probably won't have missed if you were watching our live broadcast of the game on SPURSPLAY however, what you saw probably doesn't tell the whole story.

Throughout the game, a few Seagulls were spotted flying in and around Tynecastle and very often popped up in shots of the match action. However, inside the stadium, it was a different story, with hundreds swarming the stadium.

Either perched on the stanchions of the stadium or flying low overhead, you couldn't look around the ground without seeing a seagull.

Attempts had been made ahead of the game to disperse the birds ahead of the game as a falcon-esque squawk was played out over the Tynecastle tannoy for around an hour. It had an effect but, naturally, such a piercing noise couldn't be played out during the match so the seagulls flocked back into the stadium for kick-off.

The ground used to have an owl statue on one of its stands which stood to scare off the birds but it was sold seven years ago.