Hibees Reunited - What Are YOU Doing To Bring Back A Lapsed Hibee?

[Mikey]

I'm hoping that there will be 4 or 5 of us at the Falkirk game. Usually it's just 2, sometimes 3.

I've just sent my first PM hassling my mate. He'd better have a good excuse


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[Woody1985]

Going to as many games as I can with my granda.

Trying to get my uncle back along, that comes with the added bonus that I get a lift to games rather than getting the bus.

I left the house at half one today and got in after 6, that was just getting to the stadium and hame with no pint stops.

[Mikey]

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Trying to get my uncle back along

Nice one. Get after him

[Woody1985]

What do you guys think about buying tickets from ST holders?

Do you think it's better to buy tickets from guys with ST books at a knocked down price, helping them and you, or do you think that you should buy your own ticket so the money goes to the club?

I bought tickets for a couple of games from someone on here, great seats BTW , and paid at the gate today. The PATG tickets I got were pretty *****.

I'm thinking that I should buy them from the club but when given the opportunity for good seats at a knock down price what do you do?

[oconnors_strip]

my brother doesnt get to as many games these days due to work and having the kids but he came today with his 7 year old son and nephew who is 9. the kids loved the game and atmosphere and were asking when they can come back!!

so there is an extra 3, probably 4 coming to next home game.


and best of all my nephew jamie used to be a jambo but my brother has got him to see the green light

[matty_f]

It's a Hibs Kids game, so I'll have two extras with me, most likely. On top of that, I'll be bringing Mrs F too. Hoping to rope in some others as well.
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More the merrier!

[Silver Fox]

I've suggested it to a couple of lapsed hibee pals it's looking like the fans are doing there bit with this initiative.

[California-Hibs]

I'm bringing my Spanish friend who i work with. He's a Barca fan, but ive had him along to a few hibs games - Hearts 0-1 Hibs (Kerr), Hibs 3-0 Bolton (friendly). He lives in Lochend and he's bringing his Spanish mate along to the Falkirk game, and he's always singing the Hibs songs at work..

Do do do do..Makalamby
The Hibs go marching on..

and the latest that ive taught him...

One man couldnae carry, couldnae carry Nade
One man and his forklift truck, couldnae carry Nade!

[One Day Soon]

I'm working on a couple of mates who are lapsed Hibees. We also have a tame Hun who was coming along nicely as a born-again Hibee a couple of years ago but was thrown off course by the arrival of their first born. He's going to get some treatment too so he might be coming.

If all else fails I may well take my wee girl to her first game since its a Hibs kids match. She's only 5 but she always wants to know the Hibs score.

[lyonhibs]

A mate brought a French mate to his first Hibs game today and we stood slap bang in the middle of the East - what a belting atmosphere, it was like the Er "of old" - The absolute racket for the last 5-10 minutes in that place today were brilliant.

Even folk in the West were doing the Hibbie Bounce FFS!!

I'll try to get a mate along to the Falkirk game - he's not a Hibs fan, but is Edinburgh based and certainly prefers Hibs to Hearts for purely footballing reasons

[matty_f]

This stuff is brilliant folks!

Easter Road was bouncing at times yesterday, and we can have that again against Falkirk.

It's great to see folk not just going to ER, but roping others in too. Well done the fans!
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[Mikey]

Remember folks it's not just about putting bums on seats for one game, it's about getting them hooked.

Hooked enough to buy a half season ticket in December

[PaulSmith]

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Remember folks it's not just about putting bums on seats for one game, it's about getting them hooked.

Hooked enough to buy a half season ticket in December

Mikey, if we get through November with 7 or 9 points (Hearts, St Mirren, Falkirk) and if Hibs start selling half season tickets on Dec 1st with the gaurentee that you'll get into the Rangers (27th Dec) and Hearts (Jan 3rd) games then they'll have to limit the number available!

[matty_f]

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Mikey, if we get through November with 7 or 9 points (Hearts, St Mirren, Falkirk) and if Hibs start selling half season tickets on Dec 1st with the gaurentee that you'll get into the Rangers (27th Dec) and Hearts (Jan 3rd) games then they'll have to limit the number available!

I really hope so. The money that brings in could be the difference between us signing someone, or not signing someone.

[sahib]

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I'm hoping that there will be 4 or 5 of us at the Falkirk game. Usually it's just 2, sometimes 3.

I've just sent my first PM hassling my mate. He'd better have a good excuse


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I would like to protest about this thread in the strongest possible terms.
I no longer have an ST and so have to suffer seats with inferior views. Encouraging more people to go to matches will make life yet more intolerable still. The horrors of public transport, due to lack of parking; arriving early for cash gates or worse giving up lunch to queue for tickets during the week. Can you not just keep stumm?

[Mikey]

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Encouraging more people to go to matches will make life yet more intolerable still.

Tell Rod to get that East stand built

Anyway, who are you bringing?

[StevieC]

The biggest problem I have is that there are no spare seats where I sit so if I get someone else along then they have to sit on their own.

I had a friend with his laddie at the ticket office yesterday being told he couldn't get 2 seats together in the East Stand.

I actually ended up having a spare season ticket yesterday after trying a few avenues to try and get someone else along.

[One Day Soon]

I see this as the main problem to address. Its already been discussed elsewhere and I think the answer was that if you take your season ticket to the office they will give you seats together in the South Stand or wherever and then resell your seat for that game in the East or wherever it is. That's not a permanent solution - the permanent solution is for our take along friends to buy half season and then full season tickets beside us in future.

On the subject of bums on seats and getting them hooked, our job is to get them along for the day and then its Yogi's job to get them hooked. Though if we can also make the racket we did yesterday for most of the game we will have them half way to being hooked.

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The biggest problem I have is that there are no spare seats where I sit so if I get someone else along then they have to sit on their own.

I had a friend with his laddie at the ticket office yesterday being told he couldn't get 2 seats together in the East Stand.

I actually ended up having a spare season ticket yesterday after trying a few avenues to try and get someone else along.

[Gatecrasher]

I'm looking to bring an extra person with future STH in mind

[Woody1985]

How much are the half STs usually? I assume it's not as simple as half the normal price.

Also, is it possible to buy one in January? If so, I assume the price drops a little after each game.

[givescotlandfreedom]

I'm bringing five Germans visiting Edinburgh along to the Falkirk game

[CentreLine]

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I'm hoping that there will be 4 or 5 of us at the Falkirk game. Usually it's just 2, sometimes 3.

I've just sent my first PM hassling my mate. He'd better have a good excuse


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The bunch of bl00dy halfwits that wanted to start a fight in London Road after the game yesterday are certainly doing nothing to help bring decent fans back. That kind of behaviour was responsible for many decent fans finding something better to do on a Saturday afternoon in the first place

[CalgaryHibs]

Me personally i hoping for an invite from either Mikey= happyhibbie or PCStamp

[MSK]

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Me personally i hoping for an invite from either Mikey= happyhibbie or PCStamp

Mikey & PC Stamp have more money than me so bang goes my invite ...

[CalgaryHibs]

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Mikey & PC Stamp have more money than me so bang goes my invite ...

Ok.

I personally hope an invite from either Mikey or PC Stamp

(not see Hibs live for four years now)

[MSK]

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Ok.

I personally hope an invite from either Mikey or PC Stamp

(not see Hibs live for four years now)

Honestly hope you get over some time in the near future Ken...

[CalgaryHibs]

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Honestly hope you get over some time in the near future Ken...

O beleive me i need my Edinburgh fix , i really miss the old city and want to see all the new happening i.e- Lothian road, Princess street

[oconnors_strip]

the issue of peopole not having spare seats round them for their friends to sit beside them is a bit childish to me, expect if its kids you are bringing to the match. you are there to watch a match and no sit beside your mate to have a chat.

im sure there is an odd one or two seats that if you asked your neighbours nicely to move a seat along then they might. its not like your neighbours are strangers, you sit beside them every week.

[StevieC]

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I see this as the main problem to address. Its already been discussed elsewhere and I think the answer was that if you take your season ticket to the office they will give you seats together in the South Stand or wherever and then resell your seat for that game in the East or wherever it is.

Sorry, but me giving up excellent seats in the West Stand for a view from behind the goals in a half empty stand isn't really an answer IMO.

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the issue of peopole not having spare seats round them for their friends to sit beside them is a bit childish to me

Childish?

I'm all for getting more supporters along to the games, but if you're not actually getting to sit beside them and encourage them to make it a regular occurence then you're simply just "telling them to go" rather than "bringing them along".

If the club were to offer some incentives towards giving up perfectly good seats for a poorer view then I might see a benefit.

I sometimes have use of a spare ticket beside me and when this happens I will try and get someone else along .. but I often struggle to get it filled in the good seats never mind having to move.

[Woody1985]

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Sorry, but me giving up excellent seats in the West Stand for a view from behind the goals in a half empty stand isn't really an answer IMO.

Having sat in your seats I would agree!

I was down in row c, seat 26 yesterday and was thinking how lucky I was to get your seats for the last two games.