Beni Baningime spent the majority of last season in a Hearts team that would have been among the favourites to lift any 5-a-side title across Scotland.
The only problem was that quintet of Jam Tarts were holed up in the treatment room rather than on the pitch as the Tynecastle club lost their grip on third place. Baningime, Liam Boyce, Craig Halkett, skipper Craig Gordon and Gary Mackay-Steven were never to be seen after Christmas with the former Everton playmaker himself not having kicked a competitive football since March 2022 after suffering a devastating ACL tear in his first season at Tynecastle.
One by one the Jambo crocks are returning though with Baningime and Boyce back in full training ahead of the squad flying out to Marbella for their warm weather pre-season boot camp today. And with Halkett not too far behind, the Congolese playmaker reckons the Jambos will soon be back in good shape to not only put the turmoil of the last few months behind them. But to prove that they really are the third force in Scotland.
