Red Bull Hibernian

[CropleyWasGod]

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Yeah, i looked it up and see their headquarters is in a small village close to Salzberg.
What would Mozart have made of it all?

It would have rocked him, Amadeus.

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[Chuck Rhoades]

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Would you be happy if Red Bull bought Hibs and pumped money into the club.

Hypothetical question, of course.

Absolutely ****ing not.

[CMurdoch]

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A lot of their fans stopped going when taken over by RB. RB changed their name, their badge and worst of all their historic and famous violet jerseys.
A Phoenix club has been formed and is making its way up the Austrian league system

I see their poor fans got another kicking after fighting their way through all the small leagues to the main leagues with the Phoenix club:
In the 2014–15 season, the club was promoted to the First League, the second tier of Austrian football, by winning the Regionalliga West, after a change in the rules that see an automatic promotion place for one of the Regionalligas being rotated each season.
"The promotion to the First League forced the club into debt of €900,000 by November 2015, caused by an increased budget for the players as well as a security requirement to holding certain home games without spectators. The club indicated it was willing to sell up to 51 percent of its ownership of the team to an investor, as long as the its name, colours and crest would not be altered, but the Austrian Bundesliga announced that the sale of a majority of the team would be violating the league's rules. Due to breach of league licence, in November 2015 they were fined €40,000 and had 6 points deducted. This was due to their failure to adhere to the league's stadium requirements".

Talk about standing on the good guys!

[Cameron1875]

No chance. Fake clubs sponsored by a s****y company.

It makes our wins more rewarding when we are struggling anyway ;)

[CMurdoch]

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It would have rocked him, Amadeus.

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At least he still has his chocolates.
They are brilliant, melt on the tongue.
Wolfiechocs.

[superbam]

cant believe some folk would even consider this. I'd be supporting the original hibernian even if we were playing on leith links, **** the red bull franchise *****

[DetroitHibs]

A big no for me. Our great club is steeped in history, **** letting these parasites tear away our identity.

[Heckys Wheel]

I’d happily take their money if it meant some success at the club. They can call us whatever they want for all I care.

Out of interest, what makes Red Bull parasites or these other clubs “fake clubs” or “plastic”?

[Since90+2]

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I’d happily take their money if it meant some success at the club. They can call us whatever they want for all I care.

Out of interest, what makes Red Bull parasites or these other clubs “fake clubs” or “plastic”?

If they changed our badge ,name and club colours it wouldn't be the same club. Which is exactly what they'd do.

[Heckys Wheel]

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If they changed our badge ,name and club colours it wouldn't be the same club. Which is exactly what they'd do.

It would be the same club though wouldn’t it. Just with different aesthetics.

However, assuming we’re only talking about naming rights, still wear green, maybe add the RB onto the badge.

RB buying naming rights as advertising doesn’t make them parasites. Nor does it make a club plastic.

[Since90+2]

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It would be the same club though wouldn’t it. Just with different aesthetics.

However, assuming we’re only talking about naming rights, still wear green, maybe add the RB onto the badge.

RB buying naming rights as advertising doesn’t make them parasites. Nor does it make a club plastic.

All their "franchises" wear the colours of the red bull brand. I highly doubt they would make an exception and let us wear green. The club badge is exactly the same for all clubs with the only difference being which city they play in is at the bottom.

Thankfully you are very much in the minority. I support Hibs because of its traditions , it's colours , it's name and the history linked to it , the very real and close historic links to Edinburgh and Leith and a sense of community togetherness not for success on the park .

[Pretty Boy]

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It would be the same club though wouldn’t it. Just with different aesthetics.

However, assuming we’re only talking about naming rights, still wear green, maybe add the RB onto the badge.

RB buying naming rights as advertising doesn’t make them parasites. Nor does it make a club plastic.

Red Bull don't just buy naming rights as advertising though. They change a clubs name,, it's badge, it's colours and it's stadium name.

Personally I'd rather watch Hibs huff and puff and win nothing for the rest of my life than watch RB Edinburgh running out in red, white and blue at the Red Bull Arena. Any claim on the history of Hibernian FC would be a false one and I'm sure the inevitable phoenix club would agree.

[Northernhibee]

What if it was 7 Up?

[LancsHibs]

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What if it was 7 Up?

The 7UP arena? I like it

[Antifa Hibs]

ChazD if your idea of supporting a football club is purely for success and trophies get a Celtic season ticket or get down to the Etihad 5-6 times a season.

You'll get more respect for doing that than you would for supporting some pishy red bull franchise.

[Cabbage East]

I'll pass thanks.

[Hibs1969]

We’d become nothing more than another branch of a glorified franchise. They do to football clubs what the Americans do to baseball teams and use them as their personal playthings. A big no from me.

[jacomo]

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Atleast Man City play in the same colours and have kept their original name. We would become Red Bull Edinburgh and no longer play in Green so it would be a massive difference.

Man City are living the dream in many ways. They have had enormous investment, the best facilities, the best players, the best manager.

But they have become a franchise club - the sky blue franchise fc of a Qatari investment fund.

I don’t believe their victories taste as sweet as ours. They could never approach the emotion of 2016, no matter how many trophies they win.

[Heckys Wheel]

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Man City are living the dream in many ways. They have had enormous investment, the best facilities, the best players, the best manager.

But they have become a franchise club - the sky blue franchise fc of a Qatari investment fund.

I don’t believe their victories taste as sweet as ours. They could never approach the emotion of 2016, no matter how many trophies they win.

There are very few clubs left in the world with as bad a record that would make such a win as sweet as ours.

I can’t agree with the idea of winning less because when it comes around it tastes sweeter.

[Since90+2]

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There are very few clubs left in the world with as bad a record that would make such a win as sweet as ours.

I can’t agree with the idea of winning less because when it comes around it tastes sweeter.

At what point does it not become Hibs though? We would no longer be called Hibernian, we would play in red white and blue, our crest would be changed , our stadium would no longer be called Easter Road.

It would not be Hibs as we all know it.

[CMurdoch]

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The 7UP arena? I like it

Is that not across the city?

[CMurdoch]

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All their "franchises" wear the colours of the red bull brand. I highly doubt they would make an exception and let us wear green. The club badge is exactly the same for all clubs with the only difference being which city they play in is at the bottom.

Thankfully you are very much in the minority. I support Hibs because of its traditions , it's colours , it's name and the history linked to it , the very real and close historic links to Edinburgh and Leith and a sense of community togetherness not for success on the park .

You hit the nail on the head.
I think most Hibs supporters continue to support the club because it is a part of them.
The strip, the colours, the ground and the real links to the community throughout our lives.
It is our club.

Lose those things and we would be nothing more than customers of a soulless corporation.

It's good to think about Hibs in that way especially when the club are on a bad run like we are at the moment.
Enjoy the journey on your own lovingly constructed train.

[Keith_M]

These are just a sample of the Red Bull franchise teams. In the case of football clubs, they all play in the same strip (with a minor name change here and there)


Ice Hockey
Red Bull Munich
EC Red Bull Salzburg

Basketball
Red Bull Barako (now defunct)

Racing
Red Bull Racing (F1)
Red Bull Racing Team (NASCAR)
Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda


Football
New York Red Bulls
FC Red Bull Salzburg
RB Leipzig (they wanted Red Bull Leipzig but the DFB said no)
Red Bull Brasil
Red Bull Ghana (now defunct)


Would you really want to add Red Bull Edinburgh, playing in the exact same White, Red and Yellow strip, with the Red Bull Badge, at the Red Bull Arena?

[where'stheslope]

If your honest about a big company coming to Scotland to finance a team, I think they would only look at the Old Firm!
Biggest crowds and near guaranteed Europian football every year, total TV coverage on SKY and BT!
For their advertising it would be a no brainer, picking any other team in the league would not create the same results as quickly.
Not only do I not like the idea, but I think it is totally impractical!!!

[Since90+2]

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If your honest about a big company coming to Scotland to finance a team, I think they would only look at the Old Firm!
Biggest crowds and near guaranteed Europian football every year, total TV coverage on SKY and BT!
For their advertising it would be a no brainer, picking any other team in the league would not create the same results as quickly.
Not only do I not like the idea, but I think it is totally impractical!!!

Can't see any chance of Celtic's current owners selling to RedBull in full knowledge what it would mean for the club. I'd imagine their fan base would go absolutely mental if it was even proposed aswell.

Rangers would be abit more likely as they may see it as the chance to finally topple Celtic but I still don't think the majority of their fans would stand for it.

[Keith_M]

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Can't see any chance of Celtic's current owners selling to RedBull in full knowledge what it would mean for the club. I'd imagine their fan base would go absolutely mental if it was even proposed aswell.

Rangers would be abit more likely as they may see it as the chance to finally topple Celtic but I still don't think the majority of their fans would stand for it.

Red Bull originally wanted to buy another of the Leipzig clubs, but their fans protested, so they bought over a much smaller club instead and changed absolutely everything about them. It wasn't so much buying a club, as buying a club licence.


I really can't see the fans of any established club being happy with that. Think of Cardiff City fans' reaction to having their strip colour changed for purely corporate reasons.

[HibeeHibernian4]

I can't believe this gets asked every single month.

No. I would rather support Hearts than Red Bull Edinburgh.

[CLASS OF 72 -73]

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Yep. Go for it. RB Hibernian. Keep our colours the turmoil the rest of the league would be in would be amazing.

Don't like the idea but how else other than a billionaire buying us are any club outside the two main bigots going to challenge for titles domestic cups and
Champions league? Put's into perspective how well United and Aberdeen did in the 80's but that was when coaching mattered more than money.

[SingaporeHibs]

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Would you be happy if Red Bull bought Hibs and pumped money into the club.

Hypothetical question, of course.

No chance. A deal like this comes at a cost and the cost in this case would likely mean a name change, colour change, stadium change etc etc etc. We fought off Mercer, why the hell would we ever even consider this? The thought makes me sick

[superbam]

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I can't believe this gets asked every single month.

No. I would rather support Hearts than Red Bull Edinburgh.

yep. I would even be on the hun side when they come up against an RB team in Europe. Football is about more than the team on the pitch, Im amazed folk would even consider the possibility of hibs being hijacked in totality as an advertisement for red bull or any other corporation.