"The Gorgie Billy Boys"

[Elephant Stone]

Why anyone would want to sing about being up to their knees in "Fenian blood" in the 21st century is beyond me but you've got to wonder why Hearts seem to get away with this time and time again. Time for the SFA to grow a backbone.

In the meantime, you stay classy Hearts.

[greenlex]

Loud and clear.

[Pete]

I heard it twice...along with their homophobic stuff.

They're breaking the law and should be brought to task.

Lowest of the low.

[matty_f]

Facebook and twitter's full of outrage at one boy out of thousands of fans doing something bad.

Irony doesn't show on a maroon jersey.

[Capt Mainwaring]

Their bigoted p@sh is never too far from the surface.

I often wondered what the Catholics in their support make of this type of 19th century intolerant bigotry.

Heart and Soul of Edinburgh of course

[Miguel]

What can you say? Huns without bus tickets...

[Russ]

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Their bigoted p@sh is never too far from the surface.

I often wondered what the Catholics in their support make of this type of 19th century intolerant bigotry.

Heart and Soul of Edinburgh of course

ps fenian does NOT mean a catholic. not that am sticking up for the illiterate **** who think it does, am jist sayin

[Jim44]

I've asked Catholic Jambos about the Hun leaning of their support and the general reply is that the 'football' thing is more important than the 'religious' thing and so they tolerate it and strangely often support it. Take what you want out of that.

[Nailrod]

Best response:
(to the tune of "We'll support you evermore")

You're too cheap to
You're too cheap to
You're too cheap to be real Huns...

[MartinfaePorty]

Unfortunately, whilst I thought the atmosphere in our end was fantastic, particularly in the 1st half and the last 10-15 minutes, the guy behind us sullied it by shouting 'get into these Prodestant b******s' on a number of occasions. There are idiots in our support also, especially where drink has been consumed!

[JohnStephens91]

Hearts fans are anuses and they constantly spout rancid sectarian bull****. All of them are total tramps when they don the colour of maroon and enter the asbestos riddled stadium. Hate them with a passion. **** club and **** fans, both as classless as each other.

[Hibernia Na Eir]

have no fear.....soon that smelly outfit will be "Up to their Knees in Worms", that's what comes after death.

1874-2013, classless and a pathetic tradition.

[Hibercelona]

The irony in it all is that they started belting out this bile after all their drivel about us being plastic paddy's.

They always seem to find a new level of idiocy. It doesn't matter how thick they currently are, they'll find a way to be even more stupid next time.

Calling us all "******s" as well. Classy stuff.

[Diclonius]

We didn't help by bringing our obligatory tricolour to Tynecastle. I swear, it's the same band of idiots that do it every time and it's embarrassing.

[Big Frank]

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We didn't help by bringing our obligatory tricolour to Tynecastle. I swear, it's the same band of idiots that do it every time and it's ****ing embarrassing.

oh FFS

[Hibercelona]

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We didn't help by bringing our obligatory tricolour to Tynecastle. I swear, it's the same band of idiots that do it every time and it's ****ing embarrassing.

How can you compare sectarian singing to somebody bringing an Irish flag to the game?

Has it not occurred to you that some of our fans happen to be Irish?

[Diclonius]

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How can you compare sectarian singing to somebody bringing an Irish flag to the game?

Has it not occurred to you that some of our fans happen to be Irish?

It isn't the flag that bothers me - I'm part Irish myself. It's the fact that it was brought solely to wind up the Hearts fans. I can't remember any time when I've been at an away game that we've brought a tricolour - except at Tynecastle. We have one at Easter Road way back in the FF and I've no problems with that - it's the context by which it is used at Hearts that bothers me.

[hibsbollah]

I'm getting that deja vu feeling

[Silversand]

[Kato]

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It isn't the flag that bothers me - I'm part Irish myself. It's the fact that it was brought solely to wind up the Hearts fans. I can't remember any time when I've been at an away game that we've brought a tricolour - except at Tynecastle. We have one at Easter Road way back in the FF and I've no problems with that - it's the context by which it is used at Hearts that bothers me.

Why let it bother you? I like it when the sing their sectarian pesh, let's everyone see who the bigots are. Banning those songs at the football gets rid of a useful tool in exposing the brain dead. A National flag, on the other hand, is pretty neutral for even those looking to take offence.

[Hibercelona]

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It isn't the flag that bothers me - I'm part Irish myself. It's the fact that it was brought solely to wind up the Hearts fans. I can't remember any time when I've been at an away game that we've brought a tricolour - except at Tynecastle. We have one at Easter Road way back in the FF and I've no problems with that - it's the context by which it is used at Hearts that bothers me.

I'm not disagreeing with you that sometimes flags are used to wind up opposition fans. But what I don't understand is why a countries flag would wind up people in the first place.

People seem to get so worked up over the British & Irish flags, when it's really not a big deal at all.

If somebody is getting all hot and bothered over another countries flag, doesn't that make them a bigot?

[Keith_M]

Flag Debate!!!

[Pretty Boy]

We're Celtic in disguise though!

[Pete]

Club with Irish roots supported by people with Irish heritage has Irish flags in its end.

I'm outraged. Call the paper!

[Diclonius]

Okay, maybe it was a bit of an overreaction. We certainly have more grounds to fly a tricolour than they do a Union Jack. However, I feel the harp as opposed to the Irish flag is far more symbolic with our club, and I'd much rather see them.
Would the same people who brought the tricolour to Tynecastle bring it to Celtic Park?

[Judas Iscariot]

Oh my

[.Sean.]

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Club with Irish roots supported by people with Irish heritage has Irish flags in its end.

I'm outraged. Call the paper!

To balance this out, I reckon folk would be pretty unhappy if, say for arguments sake, I had taken a Union flag to the game? After all, I consider myself British and Hibs play on British soil, like it or not.

As far as I'm aware (and I'm happy to be corrected on this) the tricolour wasn't even the Irish flag when the club was born, the gold harp on the green background was.

[superfurryhibby]

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Club with Irish roots supported by people with Irish heritage has Irish flags in its end.

I'm outraged. Call the paper!

Irish players and an Irish manager too. Only in Scotland (well Northern Ireland as well, I guess)

On Brokeback, which I rarely traverse, there are Hearts fans who even object to teams with St in their names. They are a tainted by their dirty bigotry and, as other posters have highlighted, it´s mostly ignored by the media.

[superfurryhibby]

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To balance this out, I reckon folk would be pretty unhappy if, say for arguments sake, I had taken a Union flag to the game? After all, I consider myself British and Hibs play on British soil, like it or not.

As far as I'm aware (and I'm happy to be corrected on this) the tricolour wasn't even the Irish flag when the club was born, the gold harp on the green background was.

Ireland was under British occupation when Hibernian were founded. As for being British, I´m not sure many folk can actually define what that means anymore.

There was a trend for Union flags in Green and Black at ER for a while. Not my cup of tea but each to their own

[IWasThere2016]

****bags - on a par with the cancerous OF