Buzzing Robbie Neilson dedicated his side's Europa Conference League win over Rigas FS to the fans and backed them to drink the pubs dry in Riga.
The Hearts boss was thrilled with a 2-0 win over the Latvian champions which put their first three points on the Group A board and pulled in £420,000 in UEFA prize money. A Lawrence Shankland penalty and an injury time strike from Alan Forrest secured the first group stage away success for the Jambos since 2004 and Neilson hailed the 1300 strong travelling support which deserve their night on the tiles.
He said: “I’m delighted to get the win and the three points. We knew coming here we were playing against a very good team, they drew with Fiorentina last week. So we knew we had to be prepared. They created some chances but I thought over the course of the game we created more clear cut ones.
