That Flare

[CentreLine]

At a time in the match when were enjoying the upper hand and building a head of steam some half wit throws a green flare on the park and stops the game. By the time the west coast football fans had retaliated with their own flare and the game was restarted we never reached that level again.
What is it about attention seeking idiots that they just have to have their moment?
Thanks, you idiot!!!!

[Chorley Hibee]

I said pretty much the exact same to my friend at the game.

Thought it was our best period in the game and all our momentum was halted.

[Benny Brazil]

At a time in the match when were enjoying the upper hand and building a head of steam some half wit throws a green flare on the park and stops the game. By the time the west coast football fans had retaliated with their own flare and the game was restarted we never reached that level again.
What is it about attention seeking idiots that they just have to have their moment?
Thanks, you idiot!!!!

Agreed - if that has come from the new Block 7 group then that isn't going to endear them to the club

[mcohibs]

At a time in the match when were enjoying the upper hand and building a head of steam some half wit throws a green flare on the park and stops the game. By the time the west coast football fans had retaliated with their own flare and the game was restarted we never reached that level again.
What is it about attention seeking idiots that they just have to have their moment?
Thanks, you idiot!!!!

Anyone above the age of 14 who gets excited by smoke bombs or flares is an absolute roaster. Between that and the IRA songs, don't ****ing come back

[007]

At a time in the match when were enjoying the upper hand and building a head of steam some half wit throws a green flare on the park and stops the game. By the time the west coast football fans had retaliated with their own flare and the game was restarted we never reached that level again.
What is it about attention seeking idiots that they just have to have their moment?
Thanks, you idiot!!!!

Should have been easy to pick him out on cctv and ban him.

[PatHead]

We commented the same. That fanny could have cost us at least one point.

[Glory Lurker]

I trust the enhanced cctv that we installed will mean the culprit can be identified. I hope we put it in the south stand too.

[dp00]

I hope the rangers fans with flares at beginning are found and banned too … I suspect not given they stood there for a good few minutes and no steward or police done anything


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[TelaStella]

Aye thought the same at the time. Big fan of smoke and flares but used effectively, not needlessly. Likely daftness by some wee dingle, don’t think it cost us the game. Equally annoying was the Yellow vests taking a week to deal with it, burning two large patches on the park as a result.


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[Hibeesforever]

Agree that it was totally the worst time in the match to throw a flare but totally ridiculous that that the referee waited until it went out and nobody just picked it up and threw it off the pitch...crazy

[wookie70]

I said the same as the OP on the match thread. Idiotic behaviour and cost us all our momentum. If Macey had been hit with the one from the Dunbar end, that was clearly aimed at him, then it could have been nasty. Can we not have a wee area in the car park for the children to play before the game. No need for them to enter the stadium as they clearly have no idea how football works to throw a missile, stop the game to the opposition's advantage and cost their club money. Hope they are banned until they grow up.

[Carheenlea]

It seemed to be smoking for a short time before being thrown - I wonder if whoever ignited it panicked and instinctively threw it away? Maybe even went off accidentally?

It was a strange time to decide to let one off and definitely took the sting out of what had been a promising spell for us.

[mcohibs]

Agree that it was totally the worst time in the match to throw a flare but totally ridiculous that that the referee waited until it went out and nobody just picked it up and threw it off the pitch...crazy

Not really. Would I **** be going near any one of those things to pick it up if I didn't need to. There was a video doing the rounds of one blowing a Rangers fan's hand to pieces a while back. Anyone who brings these things into sports stadiums should be banned.

[007]

We commented the same. That fanny could have cost us at least one point.

Goldson was down injured for a minute and a half, Beaton stopped the match for 2 and a half minutes for the flares and there were 5 subs so there should have been at least 6 and a half minutes injury time but there was only 5. The flare probably cost us at least a minute of game time to get an equaliser.

[Jones28]

Hope the silly **** gets a lengthy ban

[Franck Stanton]

Goldson was down injured for a minute and a half, Beaton stopped the match for 2 and a half minutes for the flares and there were 5 subs so there should have been at least 6 and a half minutes injury time but there was only 5. The flare probably cost us at least a minute of game time to get an equaliser.

And he only played 3 min injury time.

[JimBHibees]

And he only played 3 min injury time.

5 minutes jnjury time should have been more

[CentreLine]

It seemed to be smoking for a short time before being thrown - I wonder if whoever ignited it panicked and instinctively threw it away? Maybe even went off accidentally?

It was a strange time to decide to let one off and definitely took the sting out of what had been a promising spell for us.

Aye right! And that happens right enough 🙄

[CL0762]

It seemed to be smoking for a short time before being thrown - I wonder if whoever ignited it panicked and instinctively threw it away? Maybe even went off accidentally?

It was a strange time to decide to let one off and definitely took the sting out of what had been a promising spell for us.

It seemed to have been let off by accident and was just left smoking, then one of the laddies next to it just picked it up and lobbed it towards the pitch to get it away.

They were shouting at another wee laddie telling him to ‘get to ******’ who I assume had set it off.

[Greenbeard]

Tosser. Nuff said.

[Keith_M]

What you have to remember about these twats is that they're not really there to support the team, this is all about them and how they look on TV and Social Media


Attention seeking idiots.

[CentreLine]

It seemed to have been let off by accident and was just left smoking, then one of the laddies next to it just picked it up and lobbed it towards the pitch to get it away.

They were shouting at another wee laddie telling him to ‘get to ******’ who I assume had set it off.

Set off by accident😂
What did the numbskull think he was fiddling with in his pocket?
I’ve heard some excuses in my time…

[Keith_M]

Set off by accident😂
What did the numbskull think he was fiddling with in his pocket?
I’ve heard some excuses in my time…


He accidentally bought it and accidentally took it into the stadium then accidentally set it off.

[CentreLine]

He accidentally bought it and accidentally took it into the stadium then accidentally set it off.

nailed it in three👍🏻

[CL0762]

Set off by accident😂
What did the numbskull think he was fiddling with in his pocket?
I’ve heard some excuses in my time…

Aw I’m far from making excuses, only going by what I seen at the time. The laddie let it off then just dropped it and seemed to be in a state of shock at what was happening.

[Jones28]

Set off by accident😂
What did the numbskull think he was fiddling with in his pocket?
I’ve heard some excuses in my time…

He's hardly making excuses for them.

[mcohibs]

He accidentally bought it and accidentally took it into the stadium then accidentally set it off.

Was he with the bunch that were accidentally singing IRA songs? They can accidentally **** off

[Pretty Boy]

A pedant writes.

It was a smoke bomb, not a flare.

[Carheenlea]

Aw I’m far from making excuses, only going by what I seen at the time. The laddie let it off then just dropped it and seemed to be in a state of shock at what was happening.

That’s pretty much what I was suspecting had happened, and you being a bit closer to it backs that up.

[Carheenlea]

A pedant writes.

It was a smoke bomb, not a flare.

How big are the flares that the Rangers fans brought in last night? Celtic had them as well so must be easy to smuggle in.

[FilipinoHibs]

He accidentally bought it and accidentally took it into the stadium then accidentally set it off.

Reminds of the recent events when somebody just happened to find a coconut on the way to Tynie and accidently threw it on the pitch. Same limited IQ.

[J-C]

Noticed no ones yet mentioned the Rangers smoke bomb/flare or whatever you want to call it thrown onto the pitch just missing Macey, far more dangerous.

[Fuzzywuzzy]

Did they have strobes as well?

[nonshinyfinish]

Noticed no ones yet mentioned the Rangers smoke bomb/flare or whatever you want to call it thrown onto the pitch just missing Macey, far more dangerous.

:confused:

It's mentioned multiple times in this thread, including in the OP.

[J-C]

:confused:

It's mentioned multiple times in this thread, including in the OP.

Apologies missed that 👍

[CentreLine]

Noticed no ones yet mentioned the Rangers smoke bomb/flare or whatever you want to call it thrown onto the pitch just missing Macey, far more dangerous.

Think you’ll find mention of that in the original post. However it was mentioned intentionally not to sound like whataboutery

[J-C]

Think you’ll find mention of that in the original post. However it was mentioned intentionally not to sound like whataboutery


Think you'll find I apologised in the post above because I had misread the OP.

[CentreLine]

Think you'll find I apologised in the post above because I had misread the OP.

My apologies I didn’t see that but I did write the original post and was a little quick to defend its accuracy.

[J-C]

My apologies I didn’t see that but I did write the original post and was a little quick to defend its accuracy.

:aok:

[LancashireHibby]

I’m starting to lean towards the theory that the best way to get rid of the smoke bombs is to actually permit their use in a safe, risk assessed manner as is the case in the MLS. They’re being thrown because they are well aware of the consequences if they are caught with them - the novelty will soon wear off once it’s no longer considered ‘edgy’ to have one. They’re a regular occurrence at games down here (several a game in some cases) and are quite often brought in by U16s because they aren’t allowed to be searched.

[007]

I’m starting to lean towards the theory that the best way to get rid of the smoke bombs is to actually permit their use in a safe, risk assessed manner as is the case in the MLS. They’re being thrown because they are well aware of the consequences if they are caught with them - the novelty will soon wear off once it’s no longer considered ‘edgy’ to have one. They’re a regular occurrence at games down here (several a game in some cases) and are quite often brought in by U16s because they aren’t allowed to be searched.

Or they could use the cctv to work out who it was, ban them then post on social media that who did was banned, to act as a deterrent for others.

[Stuart93]

Or they could use the cctv to work out who it was, ban them then post on social media that who did was banned, to act as a deterrent for others.

Probably wouldn’t work. I’d imagine there’s been a few banned before for the use of flares but still doesn’t seem to stop people

[007]

Probably wouldn’t work. I’d imagine there’s been a few banned before for the use of flares but still doesn’t seem to stop people

You imagine but you don't actually know whether any have or haven’t. That supports my theory that they should put it on social media every time someone is banned for it, then there wouldn't be any doubt or need to guess about what, if anything, happened. Because we never hear about it then some might take the opposite view to you and think the culprit got away with it so it's okay to do it too. It would work better as a deterrent than not saying anything at all about it.

[Nicho87]

Are flared not just the most pointless thing ever

Like it’s smoke, very pretty, not for stopping a football game

[Carheenlea]

This won’t be a popular opinion, but as for the numerous flares in the South Stand as the teams emerged, I thought they looked great.

I get all the safety aspects and what not but simply as a spectacle , I have to admit I grudgingly admired it.

[hibbyfraelibby]

It seemed to be smoking for a short time before being thrown - I wonder if whoever ignited it panicked and instinctively threw it away? Maybe even went off accidentally?

It was a strange time to decide to let one off and definitely took the sting out of what had been a promising spell for us.

Pity it didn't go off accidently when it was stuck down his Kalvin Kleins...