I am sober and I really don't mind Hearts

[St.Kristopher]

Given the other thread - I thought I would balance things out a little.

I really don't mind Hearts or their fans to be honest. In fact I really don't mind the majority of fans from other clubs. I do pity the guys (and girls) who are Kings of their own armchair and then turn up on a Saturday and spout a bunch of hate filled nonsense.

I am a Hibby through and through but that does not mean I have to hate others who have chosen to support another team. In fact as far as I am aware from speaking with older generations this hatred is a fairly new phenomena. I actually think that this hatred is just fans trying to copy the bile that our friends in the west coast so love,discuss...

[Franck Stanton]

You are perfectly entitled to your opinion mate but think you will be in a very small minority. IMO prior to the 7-0 game I think most hibs/hearts fans had a degree of tollerance/respect for each other, however, since that game I feel a distinct change in their attitude towards us. They are preoccupied with EVERYTHING Hibernian and spout a lot of vile hatred towards us, [ 80 -90% of their fans songs are about Hibs], and it has been my experience of whenever I am engaged in conversation with one of them it doesn't matter what you are talking about, but within 60/90 seconds they bring up 1902, [recentrly replaced by 5-1], and just wont give it a rest. So, as I say you will be in a minority. Oh and by the way, I HATE them with a passion.

[goosefat]

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I F'N HATE them with a passion.

It's just a game kids. Friendly banter, yes. "" hating with a "passion"...?

[#FromTheCapital]

I dont have a problem with most hearts fans I know. I come from the west side of edinburgh so unfortunately most people I know are Jambos. And with the majority of them it is light hearted banter when it comes to football. But there are a select few of them who are just too arrogant and I cant stand them. It boils over to hatred on derby day when (for the last few years anyway) they beat us.

The football club is a joke, i'm glad that their cutting back so finally we might see a bit less of the arrogance over the next few years. Just really annoys me how they are exactly the same size as us, but have bought themselves 2 scottish cups in the last 6 years. This comes after years and years of mismanagement which is why they had to sell to Romanov in the first place. Seems they have no morals and command very little respect from not only us but most other clubs in scotland.

[goosefat]

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have bought themselves 2 scottish cups in the last 6 years.

Maybe, but we did give them most of their 5 goals in the final completely free of charge.

[Franck Stanton]

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It's just a game kids. Friendly banter, yes. "" hating with a "passion"...?

Yep, it's my opinion and I am entitled to it, as for "just a game". Well we all know what the late great Shanks said about that comment.

[Hermit Crab]

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given the other thread - i thought i would balance things out a little.

I really don't mind hearts or their fans to be honest. In fact i really don't mind the majority of fans from other clubs. I do pity the guys (and girls) who are kings of their own armchair and then turn up on a saturday and spout a bunch of hate filled nonsense.

I am a hibby through and through but that does not mean i have to hate others who have chosen to support another team. In fact as far as i am aware from speaking with older generations this hatred is a fairly new phenomena. I actually think that this hatred is just fans trying to copy the bile that our friends in the west coast so love,discuss...

ltyf :d ;)

[chrisski33]

I hate hearts but wouldnt go as far as hating every fan as know a few and they are cool. Hearts cut backs wont make them less arrogant as they have that 5-1 over us and will let us know it every derby

[#FromTheCapital]

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Maybe, but we did give them most of their 5 goals in the final completely free of charge.

Can't deny that. Looking back though, hearts won the cup as soon as beattie scored their pen in the semi. The only reason we got to the final was because of a relatively easy draw in the earlier rounds. ie not one top 6 team

[goosefat]

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Yep, it's my opinion and I am entitled to it, as for "just a game". Well we all know what the late great Shanks said about that comment.

Thanks for clearing that up...and, of course, at no point did I say you were not entitled to your opinion.

I think it's also safe to say that football is certainally not more important than life or death, no matter who said it.

[Franck Stanton]

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Thanks for clearing that up...and, of course, at no point did I say you were not entitled to your opinion.

I think it's also safe to say that football is certainally not more important than life or death, no matter who said it.

All about opinions mate, obviously means more to some thae it does to others.

[#FromTheCapital]

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I hate hearts but wouldnt go as far as hating every fan as know a few and they are cool. Hearts cut backs wont make them less arrogant as they have that 5-1 over us and will let us know it every derby

They will always have that and to be honest it would take something special to ever get revenge for that, but if we start to beat them regularly which isn't impossible then we will definetely see a lot less arrogance.

[Cabbage East]

Hate them. Utterly hate them.

[frazeHFC]

Fannies. Every one of them.

[ScottB]

I can't stand those who take it too far, of which Hearts seem to have a higher number than most clubs to be fair, but in general I couldn't care in the slightest what any other club bar Hibs gets up to.

Got better things to do with my time than sit around in seething hatred about club x, y or z

[DCI Gene Hunt]

I don't hate Hertz, in fact I don't hate anybody. I just dislike them. Reasons to dislike Hertz.

Cocky, big-heided, baw-faced, pie-minching, pish-slavering brainless support, all talk with no intelligence.

Trampy minging pish-stained pigeon loft deathtrap of a "stadium". So 1874.

Bogging minging maroon colour, 70s dodgy mining club chic.

Wallace Mercer and his plan. Epic fail.

Vladimir Romanov.

Dumbos Keekboak.

Cheating/diving/fouling players e.g. Suso Santana.

Eric Milligan.

George Foolkes.

Alex Salmond.

Can think of a multitude of other reasons but can't be bothered to list them, I think we all know them anyway.

That said, I enjoy the rivalry between Hibs and Hertz, mostly it's good-homoured banter, as long as it's kept that way

Gene

[Pretty Boy]

Hate Hearts as a club but got mates who are yams who are good guys.

Football rivalry on a personal level for me for the most part.

[superfurryhibby]

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Given the other thread - I thought I would balance things out a little.

I really don't mind Hearts or their fans to be honest. In fact I really don't mind the majority of fans from other clubs. I do pity the guys (and girls) who are Kings of their own armchair and then turn up on a Saturday and spout a bunch of hate filled nonsense.

I am a Hibby through and through but that does not mean I have to hate others who have chosen to support another team. In fact as far as I am aware from speaking with older generations this hatred is a fairly new phenomena. I actually think that this hatred is just fans trying to copy the bile that our friends in the west coast so love,discuss...

I used to think that Hibs fans had a wee bit more class than our Jamboid counterparts but the advent of on line forums and the like disabused me of that notion. They are our oldest and most bitter rivals, that's beyond question. It comes with the territory in sport but there is the matter of taking it too far.

I would say that traditionally it was Rangers that Hibs fans reserved their deepest dislike for. Issues like the sectarianism they espoused and the troubles in Ireland seemed to feed that, as well as the general weedginess and stupidity of their fans.

I think for older guys HIbs and Hearts were like two cheeks of the same Arse. Both Edinburgh teams and much in common (like chronic underachievers, the fact that we all go to the same schools and the like). Maybe the fact that they have had comparitive success in the past couple of decades and dominated the Derby so much since the eighties enhances the bitterness Hibees feel towards them? Either way to hate them is to give them too much importance. I define my football passion by how much I love HIbs, not by how much I hate our biggest rivals.




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[jane_says]

I've always felt more strongly towards the old firm, especially Celtic. I was 1 of 2 hibees in school so grew up with them and have a lot of mates that are jambos. Also work with a few and yeah it's been difficult the last few derbies but if it was Hibs beating Hearts all the time i'd be giving them it tight as well so I don't hold a grudge.
Never got why people wouldn't speak to them or get to know them, they just support a different team. Aye there's a********s in the Hearts support but there's plenty in the Hibs support too.

[LeighLoyal]

I hate The Rangers and everything than rotten, criminal mob of **** represent. I also hate Craig Thomson because he's a cheat. Hearts are beneath my contempt.

[Jones28]

Hearts...well they're our cross-city rivals so on match days it's natural to have a bit of animosity towards them, it doesn't stretch to anything beyond that though...for me anyways.

Most Jambo's I know are decent enough guys and I don't have a bad word to say about my Hearts mates.

However I've always had the impression from Hearts fans that they seem to want some sort of Old Firm style rivalry to exist between us - anyone else felt the same?

Always had a genuine hatred for the Old Firm though and people say "hate" is too strong a word - not for them. Cannot stand any of them. I know one decent Celtic fan, that is it. As far as Rangers are concerned I hate them more than anyone.

[neilmartinrocks]

I dont like them or their team or their arrogance or their ground....but hate them?

yeah ok you got me there.

[Falkirk Hibby]

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I hate The Rangers and everything than rotten, criminal mob of **** represent. I also hate Craig Thomson because he's a cheat. Hearts are beneath my contempt.

Oi, you've nicked my username!

[StevieC]

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You are perfectly entitled to your opinion mate but think you will be in a very small minority.

I'm not so sure.

I know lots of people that support other football teams and I don't hate any of them .. at least not for what team they support.


Got lots of jambo friends and wouldn't bad mouth them any more than they would me.

[fat freddy]

we've more in common than some of us would like to admit...we live in a city that isn't too passionate about football due to 52% of the population being incomers..that leaves 48% of us that have had the opportunity to be brought up in a footballing tradition...of that 48% there are only around 20,000 - 25,000 that regulary attend football matches in the city...some watch hearts, some watch hibs...the bottom line is we all love our clubs and we all love football.

[Littlest Hobo]

I detest that club and their supporters, does that make me bad?

[Hibercelona]

I ****ing hate them with every fibre in my body.

So much so, that I should probably seek counciling for it.

[Dunbar Hibee]

I ****in hate them with all my hatred, and yes, I am a petty *******.

I do hear "its only a game" a lot but in all honesty that saying just pisses me off even more. I hate everything they stand for and the arrogance that flows out of them makes me genuinely livid.

I don't have many Jambo friends and there is a reason for that.

**** them.

[Scouse Hibee]

The one thing that gets right on my tits is the obsession with what Hibs haven't achieved and all this big team/wee team crap.

[King Paddy]

I am from an age when i remember being taken to Easter road one week and Tynecastle the next.
One of my best mates is a jambo and it was really hard for me to text him after the cup final, but like the 7-0 i did'nt rub his nose in it and neither did he when we lost 5-1. Don't get me wrong i love it when we beat them but the child in me is nostalgic and can go back to the past with fond memory's of some of their players like Bauld, Wallace, and Gordon Smith. I believe the Wallace Mercer proposed take over of our club changed most Hibs fans perception of our rivals and their is much more animosity today than yesteryear. For me it's the huns i detest and i hope they go down to the third division and remain their.