 He left Ibrox permanently in 1983 for Motherwell, before joining Heart of Midlothian for £30,000 a year later.Black was part of the "Maroons" side that missed out on a League and Cup double in 1985–86 before moving south when Portsmouth's £350,000 bid was accepted in 1989.He was reunited with former boss Alex MacDonald in 1991 when he joined Airdrieonians and won his first senior medal with the "Diamonds", when they defeated Dundee in the 1994–95 Scottish Challenge Cup.