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<\/p>\nThe league leaders will run the gauntlet after the split in a bid to bring the Premiership title to Gorgie<\/p>\n
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Simon Donnelly has revealed a Hearts insider has informed him the club are “not too happy” about their post-split clash with Rangers.<\/a><\/p>\n The SPFL’s reveal of the final run-in raised eyebrows on Tuesday when the Jambos learned that they will have to go to Celtic<\/a> Park for this year\u2019s Premiership finale<\/a> while second-placed Rangers head to Falkirk.<\/p>\n However, with Hearts holding a one point advantage over the Light Blues it is the showdown with Danny Rohl’s side that has irked first-team coach Alan Archibald, according to former Celtic hero Donnelly.<\/p>\n The blockbuster clash will take place at Tynecastle on Monday, May 4 with a 5.30pm kick-off time. The game is to be broadcast by Sky Sports.<\/p>\n Speaking to Clyde 1 Superscoreboard, Donnelly revealed the bizarre chance meeting with his former Partick Thistle ally and Derek McInnes’ lieutenant Archibald.<\/p>\n He said: “I was coming back from Edinburgh yesterday, and there was a bit of traffic on the M8. I veered off at Whitburn, but before I did that the Hearts<\/a>‘ coach Alan Archibald pulled up beside me.<\/p>\n “We were obviously together at Partick [Thistle]. To say he is not too happy about that Monday night kick off would be an understatement.<\/p>\n Hearts’ Coach Alan Archibald (C) with the team(Image: SNS Group)<\/p>\n “The windows were down and the traffic came to a standstill, and I have spotted him and shouted over and exchanged a couple of words, and he brought up that Monday night fixture.”<\/p>\n Publicly, boss McInnes was more understanding of the “unusual” kick-off times.<\/p>\n He said earlier this week: \u201cThe fixtures were actually what we were expecting.<\/p>\n \u201cWe’d kind of anticipated that. I don’t know if we’d get a heads up a couple of weeks before that maybe that is what it\u2019s going to look a bit like.<\/p>\n “So when it came through, it was no real surprise. Obviously, the kick-off times are a bit unusual at times.<\/p>\n \u201cIt’s not great for the fans that they don’t get Saturday at three o’clock, but having three away games, it was probably difficult to fit everything in.”<\/p>\n Get more Daily Record exclusives by signing up for free to Google\u2019s preferred sources . Click HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n Tune in to Hotline Live<\/a> every Sunday to Thursday and have your say on the biggest issues in Scottish football and listen to Record Sport’s newest podcast, Game On<\/a>, every Friday for your sporting fix, all in bitesize chunks.<\/p>\n Follow Record Sport on Twitter<\/a>, Facebook<\/a> and Instagram<\/a> for all of the up-to-the minute breaking news, video and audio on the SPFL, the Scotland national team and beyond.<\/p>\n You can get all the news you need on our dedicated Rangers<\/a> and Celtic<\/a> pages, and sign up to our newsletters<\/a> to make sure you never miss a beat throughout the season.<\/p>\n We’re also on WhatsApp where we bring all the latest breaking news and transfer gossip directly to you phone. Join our Rangers community here<\/a> and our Celtic community here<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"Hearts'](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775786113_28_0_Kilmarnock-v-Heart-of-Midlothian-William-Hill-Premiership.jpg\")
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