Hearts held by Gretna

Ten-man Hearts were held by the Clydesdale Bank Premier League's bottom club Gretna in an eventful 1-1 draw at Fir Park.

Laryea Kingston put the Jambos ahead soon after Hearts had Michael Stewart sent off in the 20th minute, but the Ghanaian turned the ball into his own net moments after half-time.

Both sides had chances to win a game which saw referee Mike Tumilty hand out nine yellow cards.

Hearts started the stronger and Gretna survived a desperate goalmouth scramble after Audrius Ksanavicius had flicked on Kingston's shot corner. Marius Zaliukas saw a shot halted by Gretna goalkeeper Greg Fleming and a second cleared off the line.

Hearts were well on top but Stewart got himself sent off after reacting angrily to an innocuous challenge by Danny Grainger. However, Gretna trailed to Kingston's 20-yard strike six minutes later - Driver cut inside and found the Ghana midfielder, who curled the ball into the top left corner.

Hearts made themselves difficult to break down and came close again when Berra slid just short of Zaliukas's flick-on from Kingston's free-kick.

Gretna should have levelled with the last touch of the half when Yantorno's deep corner found McGuffie in the six-yard box but he headed beyond the far post.

However, the hosts pulled level within three minutes of the restart as Kingston found the same net - Gretna took a short corner and Horwood's driven cross was turned into his own net by the playmaker.

Jonsson was inches from restoring Hearts' lead when his powerful 20-yard shot deflected off Innes, who saved Gretna at the subsequent corner with a brilliant diving header.

Then a foul by Zaliukas on Yantorno sparked a touchline melee - the Lithuanian, James Grady, Jose Goncalves all ended up in the referee's book along with Ksanavicius, who was the most fortunate to avoid red after pushing Yantorno and grabbing Grady by the throat.