Phil Anderton Quotations

We have kept in touch since then and he is somebody we respect for obvious reasons.

We're confident Tynecastle can be developed into an outstanding facility with increased capacity,

Sir Bobby Robson is a quality manager with a superb track record and we are very impressed with his abilities.

He impressed Vladimir with his knowledge and standing and I think he would put far younger men to shame.

He impressed us so much, the debate about his age is not relevant for me,

He is looking forward to hopefully helping us have a good season.

We can expect to benefit from some of the best stadium design expertise in the world.

He decided he could not join at that time and we understood that,

We will revisit names on the original list because we are in a different situation now,

We have changed the objective now to sell out every league game of the season. The response from the fans has been great. We are not going to be complacent, though. There are a number of things we still haven't got right yet but Rome wasn't built in a day.

We are going to take the appropriate time to reach our long-term aspirations.

We offered all supporters, via our website, the opportunity to submit their views against four options and overwhelmingly they wanted smoking to be banned in the outdoor sections of the stadium.

We will not be pursuing our interest in this particular player. The club didn't feel that the overall value was right and will therefore now look at other options.

At no point have Rangers been given confirmation that they would receive 3,600 tickets for the game on 18 March,

It would fantastic if someone like Sir Bobby could come and join us at this club,

It would be completely different if they came from Stuttgart, but some of these players are here from Kaunas and there's a measure of influence we can have there,

Rangers will receive 2,100 seats - the equivalent of 12 per cent of our capacity - a figure that we feel is more than fair.

Any suggestion Mr Romanov personally intervened and phoned Dundee United to call off the deal is complete nonsense. If we sell or buy a player it's a financial matter as well as a football issue and the board has a say. The package for Neil MacFarlane wasn't appropriate and so we said 'no'.

The bottom line is the team is selected by the manager and that is the way it should be.

Ali Russell is a highly talented marketeer, and given the growth potential here at Hearts he has decided to join my team at Tynecastle,

Football moves quickly and Sir Bobby Robson was definitely one who was right at the top of the list.

The new stand, which will be built in the mid-term, could be named, like the BT Stand at Hampden, as part of an integrated sponsorship deal.

In an ideal world, you would have all your players funded and tied down. It can work the other way. You could bring in a player on big wages and a long contract and find he quickly falls out of form. I'm sure there are numerous examples of that in the past and possibly at Hearts. This way we can look at, for example, Ibrahim Tall (on loan till January) and if he does well, great, we can exercise our option and, if not, say thanks very much and off he goes.

In the last couple of days we've had around 20 applications from people who would be suitable for the job. George Burley is a quality manager and we're looking for another quality manager. We're looking for someone to maintain the momentum and keep us at the top of the league.

George and his chief scout Simon Hunt have contacts throughout the world and Vladmir Romanov also has a lot of contacts through his involvement with clubs. We are still looking for players and the search goes on.

And, in the event of their being unable to agree such numbers not later than 14 days prior to the date of the league match in question, the number of visiting supporters allowed shall be determined by the board whose decision shall be final and binding.