Wasnt around during the hands off hibs era so recently ive been wondering about the hearts fans reactions to it all. Were they in favour of the merger?
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07-12-2018 08:44 PM #1
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What did Hearts fans think of Mercer
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07-12-2018 08:55 PM #3
a big fan of theirs, auld mate of mine who has sadly passed away , kept saying......we saved you. meaning that Mercer actually saved us from extinction, by his actions. I beg to differ.
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07-12-2018 08:57 PM #4This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteFollow the Hibs podcast, Longbangers, on Twitter (@longbangers)
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07-12-2018 09:01 PM #6
John Robertson ( the hammer of the HIBS) actually spoke at the Hands Off HIBS rally held at the Playhouse in favour of HIBS against the wishes of his employer
Wee Hearts bassa!
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07-12-2018 09:14 PM #7
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How close was it to actually happening?
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07-12-2018 09:19 PM #8
Irrespective of their feelings about the takeover by the time Mercer left Hearts they wanted rid and 'hated' him. His redemption in their eyes is probably a small part hindsight and a big part oneupmanship re the takeover.
I'm too young to really remember the takeover, though I do vaguely recall being at a rally at ER, but the one decent Hearts fan in my work admits he enjoyed rubbing his Hibs mates noses in it at the time without being really in favour of the whole thing. I respect him more for that honesty rather than the 'we saved you' or 'we were all on your side' brigade.PM Awards General Poster of The Year 2015, 2016, 2017. Probably robbed in other years
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I watched a video with a David Duff interview a while back and he was summoned to a meeting with Rowland in London and told a takeover by 'the worst person imaginable' was agreed. As it was Duff showed some balls or got cold feet, depending on your viewpoint, about selling his shares and the admirable Sheila Rowland refused to sell hers as well. Whether it was out of spite against her estranged husband or not is neither here nor there imo.
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07-12-2018 09:26 PM #10
although there were fans of various other clubs in the dunbar end/East, for some reason i always just seem to remember a group of Partick Thistle fans....maybe a few jamboids as well ?
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07-12-2018 10:29 PM #13
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They couldn’t stand the prick when he sold to Leslie Deans and the Pie Man it’s complete revisionist now though. Mercer was a hun also who wanted to take them out to David Murray’s land out South Edinburgh way. Old Graighall maybe. Pieman was the saviour for building new stands at the dump. Sound familiar?
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07-12-2018 10:36 PM #15
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08-12-2018 12:29 AM #17This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
A few turned up in the away end iirc. at ER to register their protest. As mentioned JR attended and spoke at the Usher Hall meeting.
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08-12-2018 07:14 AM #20
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I’ve got a Hearts mate that continues to tell me to this day that hadn’t it been for Wallace Mercer, then Hibernian F.C would be no more. His theory is that in a roundabout way the Mercer takeover Shawn a light on Hibs finances. Apparently the club was being taken to the cleaners by Duff & Gray and had it not been for him, there would be no more Hibs.,
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08-12-2018 11:52 AM #27
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Hibs' finances then were in a mess and Duff & Gray knew it and were exploiting Hibs. Did one or the another not go to jail at some point?
This often happens when clubs are close to admin/closure. Look at the old Rangers. Livingstone in the early 2000's.
Mercer saw his financial chance but was publicity driven. If he had kept calm about his " joint " plan for a stadium east of Millerhill he might have got it
but the overall will of Midlothian Council was against him.
XX1 and XX11. His car registrations. Double cross 1 and 2.
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08-12-2018 12:33 PM #28
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Most Hearts supporters I knew were broadly in favour of it. A significant minority took great pleasure in rubbing our faces in it.
Hope it all goes tits up for them one day and I will enjoy rubbing their faces in it. Sad thing is most of them still think Romanov did nothing wrong.
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08-12-2018 01:26 PM #29
Most of them were passive in their outlook, they would have been happy for Mercer's plan to come to fruition, with the rest being broadly in favour of it. From my experience of the time there were very few Jambos who were actively against Mercer, as witness the two Hearts fans in the Dunbar end at the HOH rally, in spite of an open invitation to come to it. And just to be clear .. it was 2 … that's TWO … I remember it clearly and Pat Stanton thanking them directly from the pitch.
Its become a Kickback myth that the Hearts support backed us against Mercer and an even bigger myth that Mercer's intervention drew attention to the plight Hibs were in at the time. They are now all full of faux righteous indignation because a couple of Hibbies actively got involved in drawing attention to their owners cheating which lead to them nearly going bust … At what point did they think that we owed them any favours considering their inaction when their own club actively tried to finish us forever in the most underhanded way possible which fans if any club anywhere in world football would have found despicable … it was no coincidence that Hibs received messages of support from fans all over the UK and further afield at the time.
In the final analysis who cares what Hearts fans thought of Mercer … they did nothing to stop him. In the history of world football I don't think there has been another instance of a club who tried to dispose of their derby rivals ( or any rival ) in such a dishonourable and underhanded way. It tells you everything you need to know about Hearts fans that they revel in it, when most football fans would look upon such a disgraceful period in their club's history as an embarrassment and something they would prefer to see forgotten.
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08-12-2018 02:41 PM #30
He'll go down well with them, as the man who started the great football robbery.
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