No. The whole direction changed when someone mentioned the C word. I don't personally see the link between them. Bring on the shamrock!
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All badges will be removed from the new strip due to bickering on Hibs.net :wink:
I don't disagree with your points. I've supported and followed both Hibs and the Scottish football team since I was a kid and they are the only 2 football teams I have any interest in.
For me though, the thistle, as cracking a symbol as it is, is a national emblem of Scotland and therefore is more appropriate to represent a national sport/association/organisation (obvious exceptions would be ICT, Partick Thistle, etc.). As you elude to, Hibs identity is already perfectly depicted by the harp, ship and castle and I don't think there is any need to add to that.
Again though, it's just a matter of preference and I don't see it as a big deal. Looking through the thread I don't see anyone getting their knickers in a twist over the subject, but it does go to show that there's wide range of differing views across the Hibs support with regard to the club's identity.
We make our Irish roots clear with our name, colours and harp on our club badge.
we are a Scottish club playing in Scotland's capital city, representing Scotland in European competition, yet its a problem for some that we place an image highly related to Scotland on our jersey, in a less than prominent position.
it seems to me to be not be an anti Irish issue but an anti Scottish one for some. There’s 3 clear connections to our heritage displayed, yet we’re not supposed to recognise and celebrate our Scottishness with a tiny icon on the back of the jersey. Aye ok
"The most leaves ever found on a single clover stem (Trifolium repens L.) is 56 and was discovered by Shigeo Obara of Hanamaki City, Iwate, Japan, on 10 May 2009."
IMO this gives the Japanese the sole claim on clovers of any type and all Scottish clubs should steer clear.
Don’t suppose anyone knows the sizes of the tops as last seasons large was like a medium.
Perusing the thread I'm struggling to find more than 1 or 2 posts in which anyone has expressed a 'problem' with the thistle.
There are far more people who have taken things of on a tangent to have a rant about Celtic, shamrocks and Ireland using the thistle as a cover for what appears to be some prejudices of their own.
Anyway can we get back on topic far more pressing matters guys. I’ve still no seen what colour the socks are
There are plain white socks at the beginning of the video thing.
https://youtu.be/3jXx29F--TU
I was going to wear my thistle handled Sgian Dubh to go with my Hibs tartan kilt at a wedding next week but now i know a thistle has nothing to do with Hibs i'll feel like a complete dugs dinner wearing it.
I'd have liked it if we'd coupled up the "this is our city" with a message stating that we've adopted the thistle in acknowledgment of the roles played by Inverness in Scott Allan's rehabilitation and Partick Thistle's in the development of our international superstar striker Kevin Nisbet, to the extent that we now consider there to be special relationships in existence between our clubs.
I'm not buying it if it doesn't have some reference to the Easter Road seagulls :cb
They started off playing in green then switched to white but they played in the North American Soccer League as Dallas Tornado in 1967 wearing tangerine shirts and black shorts.
The wife of then manager Jerry Kerr suggested they adopt the same colours and the rest, as they say, is history.