For the attention of Gorgie Greens
Hi,
I cant stop thinking of how frightened your gran/auntie will be feeling and thought id write this wee note to her through you. I hope you dont mind.
Hi, ILike many others i have read the post of you being hit by a bottle at the Celtic v Hearts game last Sunday
To say i was disgusted is only partialy how i feel about but this is not about me or them its written to you and i hope it will make sense to you.
I am just about as old as you are and i too enjoy going all over to see my team play. Ive been doing this for 54yrs now and ive travelled all over Europe to Trinidad Tobago
and nothing has ever happened to me on all these trips.
Yet like yourself i was assaulted after the game against Hibs on Wednesday night by a neandethal Hearts supporter pushing me with a shoulder charge off the pavement and on to the ground. This i know is nothing to the injury and fear you must have felt but the feeling of being frightened and vulnerable was how i felt too.
I wanted to cry but couldnt as i kept thinking if i did they will have won and im not one for backing down to intimidation of any sort.
I swore to myself i wasnt going back to Tyncastle again to be put into a situation like that again and i convinced my self id do this.
After i had calmed down a bit i thought it over again and descided that i wasnt going to let them beat me and my enjoyment of my football was not going to be
spoiled by some eejit taking his frustrations on his team dictate to me what i could and couldnt do!!
Im surmmising you are still in shock and disbelief at what happened to you and i can understand that only too well. PLEASE dont let them take the pleasure of supporting your team home and away. Its your team and your pleasure and you cant let anything like this take that away from you.
at our age we dont have many things to keep us going and our football does that. It gives us a purpose to get up in the morning and look forward to the next game.
Your allegiance to your team is powerfull and passionate dont let that die because of them. Supporting my team has brought me through many ups and downs in my life and i have always felt that in times of trouble they are always there waiting on me.
Your too good a person and a supporter to let this get you down. I know you have a good family around you who will be worried about you and want to to do everything to help you get back on your feet again. Let them help you till your connfidence returns and your back hale and hearty.
I hope this post makes some sense to you time's a great healer and with all the love surrounding you you will come through this trauma and enjoy the football again.
We may well be on opposing sides as far as out allegience lies but we have to stick together and be strong for ourselves to win!
I wish you all the very best on the road to recovery and hope you will be in the away stand at Easter Road on 29th December at 3pm...... dont be late!