Trialist on the bench, fan appreciation for Hearts ace, eager officiating - 6 moments you may have missed from Hearts 2-2 Crawley Town

Kye Rowles on the bench

For those wondering who the trialist was in the Hearts matchday squad, it was the Australian centre-back who has finally arrived in Edinburgh following a red-tape delay over his move from Central Coast Mariners. Having travelled a lot of the last couple of days, Robbie Neilson didn’t want the summer signing to start but was keen for him to experience the matchday squad. The club expect his transfer to be fully registered next week.

The Jorge Grant-Stephen Kingsley connection

Hearts scored their second goal through Kingsley attacking Grant’s corner. The same result almost occurred again in the second period with Kingsley missing a guilt-edge chance to net a hat-trick from another Grant set-piece.

Kingsley showed last season that, in addition to his prowess from free-kicks, he’s also a threat in the opposing penalty area. Despite netting seven times last term, it’s not inconceivable he could match or even score more this campaign as he’ll now not be required to take as many deliveries himself and can get himself in the penalty box.

Caught out by carbon copy

The most disappointing aspect of the first Crawley goal was that Hearts received an exact warning just a couple of minutes before. It was an inswinging delivery from the left over to the back post. And twice Hearts failed to deal with it. Andy Halliday didn’t cover himself in glory on either occasion, though he was far from the only player from the Hearts side who didn’t take to the second period with the same intensity which characterised the first half showing.

Lewis Neilson’s almost-flawless showing

Dom Telford netted both goals for the visitors. The striker was the League Two top goalscorer last term and Crawley brought him in from Newport