Jambos

[NadeAteMyLunch!]

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Might be wrong but I think it started about the time the Rambo films came out???

It defo stems from the Rambo films. A newspaper printed a picture of a couple of battered and bruised players celebrating a win one evening up in, I think, Dundee (so you can rule out 1986 ) and called them the Jambos based on ‘Rambo’ and ‘Jam Tarts’. It stuck after that. So, named by a newspaper to answer the OP

[heretoday]

Jam Tarts is the traditional nickname. Jambos came in during the eighties.
It's like calling us Hibbies. I'm sure I didn't hear that pre-1980. It was always Hibees.

[SirDavidsNapper]

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Jam Tarts is the traditional nickname. Jambos came in during the eighties.
It's like calling us Hibbies. I'm sure I didn't hear that pre-1980. It was always Hibees.

Not sure if it's true or not but my dad used to tell me the team were Hibees and the fans Hibbies. This is going all the way back to when he watched the Famous Five

[houstonhibbee]

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Not sure if it's true or not but my dad used to tell me the team were Hibees and the fans Hibbies. This is going all the way back to when he watched the Famous Five

would agree with that

cant think of a name for Hearts fans before Jambos, however that name seems to apply to fans and the team

[007]

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sorry about this being another thread about them, but curious.

Why did Hearts change their nickname from Jam Tarts to Jambos? Ive asked a few Hears fans and even they didnt know

Jam Tarts rhymes with Hearts but where does Jambo come from?

Because Jambo B*****d sounds better than Jam Tarts B*****d.

[Kato]

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cant think of a name for Hearts fans before Jambos

I can think of a few.

[Joe6-2]

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Jambo derives from Jam tarts and BOttled-it....as in 1965 and 1986!

JAMBOttled it

[Joe6-2]

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It's an mnemonic for C**ts.

😂😂

[Fife-Hibee]

I've never known them as "Jam Tarts" or "Jambos". It has always been "fuds" for as far back as I can remember.

[BullsCloseHibs]

We hate jam tarts and we hate yer Queen

[BullsCloseHibs]

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sorry about this being another thread about them, but curious.

Why did Hearts change their nickname from Jam Tarts to Jambos? Ive asked a few Hears fans and even they didnt know

Jam Tarts rhymes with Hearts but where does Jambo come from?

The whole topic is embarrassing!

[Frazerbob]

I’ve asked this a few times, even my Merrick mates can’t answer. They were definitely Jam Tarts throughout the 80’s and IIRC during the 90’s Jambos became a bit of a derogatory term for them. A bit like how they use Hobos for us. Somehow, it became the norm and Jam Tarts seemed to be phased out. I still sing Jam Tarts when we sing ‘stand up if you hate.....’ or ‘can you hear the Jam Tarts sing?’ etc.

That’s my take on it, seems it goes against what most others recall tho lol

[Billy Whizz]

Jambos for me, never called them Jam Tarts

Ram your 1902

[nonshinyfinish]

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The word is also an African greeting isn't it?

I remember speaking to an older yam a good few years ago who said he didn't like the word as he thought it was something derogatory that fans of other clubs had started to use. In his day they were always the Jam Tarts.

Out of interest, when did we become known as the Hibees? I used to have a 1970s penant on my bedroom wall with 'The Hibees' on it so it certainly goes back at least that far. My dad and grandad never remembered the word being used in the 50s.

I vaguely recall reading somewhere (probably on here) about a quote from a newspaper or similar in the 1930s referring to us as the Hi-Bees.