IT is now approaching four years since the Hearts agm when Ann Budge announced that Hearts Ladies – as they were then quaintly called – would be fully integrated into the main club. That meant a year-on-year six-figure investment, including an expansion of the club's youth academy.
On Thursday, Hearts were rewarded with the European Club Association's Women's Football Award. And the season hasn't started too shabbily on the pitch either, with the Edinburgh club sitting fourth in the table behind the team they will face today at Petershill Park, Glasgow City.
