Middle Class Fans

[hibsbollah]

Watching the egg chasing from Twickers. Lots of shots of chinless wonders looking wealthy and singing Sweet Low. Brian Moore says 'listen to that! Who says middle class people can't be passionate? :hilarious

Maybe thats what we need at ER. More Fettes and Heriots old boys. Its the future. More of Alex Harris' mates, less of Garry O'Connors.

Thoughts?

[Phil D. Rolls]

Watching the egg chasing from Twickers. Lots of shots of chinless wonders looking wealthy and singing Sweet Low. Brian Moore says 'listen to that! Who says middle class people can't be passionate? :hilarious

Maybe thats what we need at ER. More Fettes and Heriots old boys. Its the future. More of Alex Harris' mates, less of Garry O'Connors.

Thoughts?

They're all ****ing peasants as far as I can see.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Did Scouse Hibee not have one of them in his garden?

[sleeping giant]

Did Scouse Hibee not have one of them in his garden?

He's not a pheasant plucker , he's pheasant pluckers son.
He's only plucking pheasants till the peasant ****ings done .

[Jonnyboy]

Watching the egg chasing from Twickers. Lots of shots of chinless wonders looking wealthy and singing Sweet Low. Brian Moore says 'listen to that! Who says middle class people can't be passionate? :hilarious

Maybe thats what we need at ER. More Fettes and Heriots old boys. Its the future. More of Alex Harris' mates, less of Garry O'Connors.

Thoughts?

Aren't they all fans of the establishment team though? :greengrin

[heretoday]

No we're not actually.

[hibsbollah]

Aren't they all fans of the establishment team though? :greengrin

I think they just need some gentle persuasion Jonny :agree: Some free tickets amongst the FPs, rename the pie queue the tuck shop and before you know it we'll all be chanting 'go on the greens' while we applaud the ref and opposition and go home, win, lose ir draw, for buckets of Pimms on the lawn...

Its the future I tells ye.

[Sylar]

Absolutely none of them that passed me in London Waterloo on their way to the Twickenham express fit your description 'bollah! :greengrin

[Bishop Hibee]

Did they applaud the Welsh players when they went off though :wink:

[Stonewall]

Watching the egg chasing from Twickers. Lots of shots of chinless wonders looking wealthy and singing Sweet Low. Brian Moore says 'listen to that! Who says middle class people can't be passionate? :hilarious

Maybe thats what we need at ER. More Fettes and Heriots old boys. Its the future. More of Alex Harris' mates, less of Garry O'Connors.

Thoughts?

Suspect there's a lot more FPs from the private schools attending than you think. And no Jonny we don't all support Hearts.

[McSwanky]

Watching the egg chasing from Twickers. Lots of shots of chinless wonders looking wealthy and singing Sweet Low. Brian Moore says 'listen to that! Who says middle class people can't be passionate? :hilarious

Maybe thats what we need at ER. More Fettes and Heriots old boys. Its the future. More of Alex Harris' mates, less of Garry O'Connors.

Thoughts?

My thoughts?

This thread is pure snobbery dressed up as jolly banter. Or maybe I'm missing the point?

[hibsbollah]

My thoughts?

This thread is pure snobbery dressed up as jolly banter. Or maybe I'm missing the point?

Just a bit tongue in cheek, sorry if it caused offence. I thought Brian Moores comment was quite funny, in a knowing, self deprecating way.

[hughio]

They're all ****ing peasants as far as I can see.

"You think your so clever and classless and free
but your still ****in peasants as far as I can see

a working class hero is something to be"

John Lennon... I always loved this song.

Myself I used to play rugby on a Sat at a Posh edin scool and come down to ER in the afternoon for the adrenalin of watching the Stanton team with no segregation and loads of booze.In the shed at the Old firm games was like warfare.

It take all sorts.

[Hibbyradge]

My thoughts?

This thread is pure snobbery dressed up as jolly banter. Or maybe I'm missing the point?

:agree:

Maybe you should start one congratulating folk who look poor for being able to sing Sunshine on Leith in time with each other.

Just for the banter, likesay.

Here's a survey. (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2303333/Great-British-Class-Survey-reveals-UK-7-social-classes-Are-precariat-new-affluent-worker-elite.html)

[McSwanky]

Just a bit tongue in cheek, sorry if it caused offence. I thought Brian Moores comment was quite funny, in a knowing, self deprecating way.

No personal offence taken...

(NB Brian Moore didn't go to a private school.)

[Alex Trager]

"You think your so clever and classless and free
but your still ****in peasants as far as I can see

a working class hero is something to be"

John Lennon... I always loved this song.

Myself I used to play rugby on a Sat at a Posh edin scool and come down to ER in the afternoon for the adrenalin of watching the Stanton team with no segregation and loads of booze.In the shed at the Old firm games was like warfare.

It take all sorts.

Good tune

[NYHibby]

Just a bit tongue in cheek, sorry if it caused offence. I thought Brian Moores comment was quite funny, in a knowing, self deprecating way.

You may have been saying that tongue in cheek, but I honestly think it would only help our playing squad to be a little more middle class and a little less NEDy.

British footballers have to be one of the least educated bunch of athletes in the world, at least relative to the rest of the country's population.

[Jonnyboy]

Suspect there's a lot more FPs from the private schools attending than you think. And no Jonny we don't all support Hearts.

I know that, it was a joke honest :greengrin I now know of three FP's that support Hibs :wink:

[Jones28]

I love rugby. A sport where the ref is respected and punching opponents is actively encouraged.

Shame about the hoity toiry nature of the supporters.

Myself not included :greengrin:

[Mr White]

the hoity toiry nature of the supporters.


Strangely it's more of a working class sport in the borders, wales, france and parts of ireland and england. It's mainly in areas of scotland and middle england, with high density of private schools, that it's more of a middle class sport.

[Jones28]

Strangely it's more of a working class sport in the borders, wales, france and parts of ireland and england. It's mainly in areas of scotland and middle england, with high density of private schools, that it's more of a middle class sport.

I totally agree, here in the borders it's very much an every-man sport. Growing up in Edinburgh it was very different with an elitist element to it.

[Stonewall]

I know that, it was a joke honest :greengrin I now know of three FP's that support Hibs :wink:

Probably the same ones I know Jonny.

It was bad enough having to wear a maroon blazer all those years, never mind being accused of being a Yam.

[lyonhibs]

Aren't they all fans of the establishment team though? :greengrin

That's a massive no from this Heriot's alumni!

[PeeJay]

"You think your so clever and classless and free
but your still ****in peasants as far as I can see

a working class hero is something to be"

John Lennon... I always loved this song.

Myself I used to play rugby on a Sat at a Posh edin scool and come down to ER in the afternoon for the adrenalin of watching the Stanton team with no segregation and loads of booze.In the shed at the Old firm games was like warfare.

It take all sorts.

Decent song - good old working class sentiment, sweary words, spouted by a middle-class lad ... not sure if he liked the rugby though?

[Phil D. Rolls]

Decent song - good old working class sentiment, sweary words, spouted by a middle-class lad ... not sure if he liked the rugby though?

I like to think that Winston O Boogie took an interest in Hibs when he visited his cousins at Murrayfield. Funnily enough he didn't mention it, if he did.

[nonshinyfinish]

That's a massive no from this Heriot's alumni!

Alumnus.

Honestly, what do they teach you at these storied seats of learning?

[Jonnyboy]

That's a massive no from this Heriot's alumni!

That's four now :greengrin

[ACLeith]

Make that five - becoming an epidemic :rolleyes:

Played "rugger" in the morning and fitba' in the afternoon. When I left school I never went near a funny-shaped ball again, it was the game - certainly in those days - for those that weren't skilful enough to play a real sport :agree:

Kept playing the real game into my 30s and went to ER when I could (Saturdays at 3 in those days only). Round me in the west lower is a fair cross-section of folk but we all have one thing in common - we all spout rubbish on a regular basis :greengrin

[Dan Sarf]

Probably the same ones I know Jonny.

It was bad enough having to wear a maroon blazer all those years, never mind being accused of being a Yam.

You were lucky. I had to wear a scarlet blazer and cap.

It was like being a human target on the streets of Edinburgh.

[hibsbollah]

Alumnus.

Honestly, what do they teach you at these storied seats of learning?

:hilarious
Singular and plural, boy!

[heretoday]

They may be a snooty bunch at Twickers but they do respect the opposition kickers. Total silence v Wales who are big rivals. Not so at Murrayfield unfortunately. .

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

There was plenty booing going on prior to some of the Welsh kicks at Twickers, I remember thinking you don't often hear that.

[lord bunberry]

There was plenty booing going on prior to some of the Welsh kicks at Twickers, I remember thinking you don't often hear that.

The booing was nothing to do with the welsh kicks, they had run out of foie gras in the hospitality again.

[NAE NOOKIE]

Plenty of 'working class' folk like rugger and plenty of middle / upper class folk like fitba. In the build up to the England v Ireland game there was a debate about the 'manufactured' atmosphere at Twickenham. I remember there being a similar debate about the singing section at ER.

I have to admit that the choice of Swing Low Sweet Chariot by the England crowd is a bit of a strange one. But for some reason they appear to have managed to take a song which belongs in the cotton fields of Mississippi and turned it into a number from the upper class song book like the Eaton boat song .... whenever you hear it you get the feeling that you are being talked down to by the upper classes who are once again ..... 'in charge'

I would think that what adds fuel to the fire of the posh boys at play debate is the fact that in many areas of the UK ordinary schools play rugby, the Scottish Borders and Wales being the prime examples. But when it comes to Public Schools the main team game of choice appears to be Rugby to the exclusion of football, no matter what part of the UK the schools are based in. Its not really a surprise then that Rugby has a posh / upper class image, not forgetting the origin of the game to begin with.

I suppose that it works the way accents do. For some folk the accent they have is determined by what school they went to and their social background rather than what part of the country they come from.

At the end of the day though I dont care who supports Hibs, how they speak or where they went to school ..... if they support the mighty Hibees thats good enough for me :thumbsup:

[lyonhibs]

:hilarious
Singular and plural, boy!

Yet another reason I regret not doing Latin in 6th year when it was offered.

Getting taken to the cleaners some 12 years later by the proletariat on hibs.net :boo hoo:

[heretoday]

There are several English public schools whose main sport is football, or soccer as they tend to call it - Winchester and Charterhouse to name but two. Corinthian Casuals and Pegasus were two famous amateur teams stuffed with privately educated chaps. The Pegasus right winger Pawson was considered the equal of Matthews or Finney.