Jambos You Loathed Who Actually Turned Out To Be Sound In Real Life

[Forza Fred]

Hearts captain in the 7-0 game Eddie Thomson.
Spoke to him many times in Oz, even offered him a video of that game…which he good humouredly passed on.
Eddie was a Hibs supporter growing up and said his family were Hibees.

Walter Kidd……a decent guy I had a couple of pints with in Mitchell’s a few years ago.

[JimBHibees]

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Jeezo we’ve just about given the whole lot of them a pass!

Just waiting on someone declaring they used to go for drinks with Wallace Mercer and he was a genuinely decent guy. Surprisingly down to earth, and very funny.

Brilliant

[JimBHibees]

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Hartley and his sidekick thought my mate was trying to take photos of them in Albufeira a few years back when he was actually just farting about with the camera settings. They tried to confront us and looked a bit daft when they realised we had no interest in him whatsoever.

Best way to be when self important people take themselves too seriously. Who exactly are you ?

[Carheenlea]

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Jeezo we’ve just about given the whole lot of them a pass!

Just waiting on someone declaring they used to go for drinks with Wallace Mercer and he was a genuinely decent guy. Surprisingly down to earth, and very funny.

[green day]

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Walter Kidd……a decent guy I had a couple of pints with in Mitchell’s a few years ago.

Walters brother was the postie around Fernieside / Moredun back in the day.

He was missing a finger on one hand if I recall correctly.

[JimBHibees]

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Walters brother was the postie around Fernieside / Moredun back in the day.

He was missing a finger on one hand if I recall correctly.

How many brothers did he have? Can remember being at high school with one of them Michael I think it was at Holyrood back in the day. Pretty sure the family came from Fernieside/Moredun area.

[Hibrandenburg]

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How many brothers did he have? Can remember being at high school with one of them Michael I think it was at Holyrood back in the day. Pretty sure the family came from Fernieside/Moredun area.

Depends on whether you include the 3 that were simultaneously his uncle, nephew and cousin or not.

[green day]

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How many brothers did he have? Can remember being at high school with one of them Michael I think it was at Holyrood back in the day. Pretty sure the family came from Fernieside/Moredun area.

Afraid I dont know.

Walter was about 10 years older than me and was playing for Hearts when I was just a daft laddie messing around the Gilmerton/Moredun area in the late 70s early 80s.

[Johnny_Leith]

Jamie MacDonald the GK. Very nice guy. Good goalie too, had an offer from Hibs at one point.

[Pretty Boy]

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Jamie MacDonald the GK. Very nice guy. Good goalie too, had an offer from Hibs at one point.

His kids are all Hibs fans as well.

Regularly sit just behind me at games with his wife (who I know fairly well).

[VoltaireHibs]

I would like to confirm that Gary McKay, on three separate occasions, was an absolutely typical Jambo blowhard. A tool of the first order. His dad was a d##k as well. The apple barely got off the tree in their case.

Met wee Robbo a couple of times. Absolutely outstanding guy, absolute gentleman, which was terribly disappointing. 😂

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

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I would like to confirm that Gary McKay, on three separate occasions, was an absolutely typical Jambo blowhard. A tool of the first order. His dad was a d##k as well. The apple barely got off the tree in their case.

You can add his wee brother to your list too.

[VoltaireHibs]

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You can add his wee brother to your list too.

Done!

[Dashing Bob S]

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I would like to confirm that Gary McKay, on three separate occasions, was an absolutely typical Jambo blowhard. A tool of the first order. His dad was a d##k as well. The apple barely got off the tree in their case.

Met wee Robbo a couple of times. Absolutely outstanding guy, absolute gentleman, which was terribly disappointing. 😂

Seconded both

[leith lynx]

Wee Robbo's older brother and ex Hearts player Chris is a diamond geezer.

[Pedantic_Hibee]

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I would like to confirm that Gary McKay, on three separate occasions, was an absolutely typical Jambo blowhard. A tool of the first order. His dad was a d##k as well. The apple barely got off the tree in their case.

Met wee Robbo a couple of times. Absolutely outstanding guy, absolute gentleman, which was terribly disappointing. 😂

Gary McKay once stared at me a good few times in a pub at the Waverley Station a few years ago. I say stared at me, it was more the occasional glance of fear as I undoubtedly looked like I wanted to maim him for being a racist.

[EdinMike]

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You can add his wee brother to your list too.

You can add his son to the list as well 😅

[Hiber-nation]

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Best way to be when self important people take themselves too seriously. Who exactly are you ?

Haha aye definitely. His mate was a wee radge looking guy who came striding "purposefully" up to my mate who hadn't a clue who Hartley actually was! By that time he was taking the lens off his camera to clean it or something so the wee fud quickly changed direction and strode off with PH trailing along at the back of him.

[VoltaireHibs]

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You can add his son to the list as well 😅

😂 This is not going well for the McKay family.

[Pedantic_Hibee]

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😂 This is not going well for the McKay family.

On the plus side, the family have saved a fortune on Brasso over the years.

[gbhibby]

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Jeezo we’ve just about given the whole lot of them a pass!

Just waiting on someone declaring they used to go for drinks with Wallace Mercer and he was a genuinely decent guy. Surprisingly down to earth, and very funny.

Wallace Mercer did buy me a pint once.

[Victor]

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Wallace Mercer did buy me a pint once.

Did he think you were someone else? Or was he wanting something from you!

[plhibs]

I had an uncle that was a regular for the Hearts 1955 to mid 60s, i was born in 1950. I thought he was a pretty good guy then, when i got married in the 70s he refused to come to the wedding because it was in the Chapel. Changed my opinion of him when some things came to light later about the way Hearts operated back then, crazy some things i found out.

[gbhibby]

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Did he think you were someone else? Or was he wanting something from you!

Was with a load of Jambos so a free pint is a free pint. Was way before the takeover business.

[silverhibee]

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His kids are all Hibs fans as well.

Regularly sit just behind me at games with his wife (who I know fairly well).

Don’t both sisters attend or does S go to watch Jack.

[blackpoolhibs]

Mad Vlad was alright, never met him though.

[plhibs]

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Funny you mention that, I was watching old footage about sectarianism between celtc and rangers. Former Rangers player Graham Fyfe was talking about how he was a regular at rangers but when word got around he was dating a catholic lass then his life and rangers career started to grind to a halt

He said he was called into the managers office and questioned about his relationship which he initially denied, the local press got wind and camped outside his house to the point he was sick of it. He then was called into the managers office again where he admitted he was going out with a catholic lass and they were about to get married

The rangers manager suggested they do not get married in a chapel and suggested a protestant marriage and to save further hassle they did. However that was just the start of his troubles and he put in a transfer request thereafter

****ing crazy stuff and all for a game of football

Anyway, I digress

I met a guy over here a few years ago, he was about the same age as me and was on Hearts books as a schoolboy. they got him a job and was highly regarded as a young player. He was called into the stadium office after a few months and was let go by Hearts and fired from the job because they found out what church he attended. No prizes for guessing what it was.

[007]

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I had an uncle that was a regular for the Hearts 1955 to mid 60s, i was born in 1950. I thought he was a pretty good guy then, when i got married in the 70s he refused to come to the wedding because it was in the Chapel. Changed my opinion of him when some things came to light later about the way Hearts operated back then, crazy some things i found out.

Sounds interesting, please elaborate.

[gbhibby]

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Sounds interesting, please elaborate.

In the 60 and 70s when I was growing up there was people of both religions who did not go to the other church/Chapel some would not recognise the marriage as it wasn’t in their church. Never heard any stories about Hearts operating like Rangers.

[Crab apple]

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😂 This is not going well for the McKay family.

One Sunday morning a couple of years ago outside our local store GM parks up in his maroon 4x4 Kia. He gets out the car to walk into the store only to realise he has left the handbrake off and his car is moving off across the road. Panicking GM tries to jump in as the car is moving before it hits the pavement on the other side. Back in the day I always thought GM was a bit of a moron and that Sunday morning confirmed it for me.