Did you ever support another Scottish team?

[Frazerbob]

I was once a Dundee fan, it was May 3rd 1986.

[Greenfly]

I supported Rangers, Hearts and various others for several years but no one spoke Romany and they wouldn't buy the pegs I'd made so I became a Hibby and have been ever since

[HoboHarry]

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I was once a Dundee fan, it was May 3rd 1986.

That's a remarkable coincidence - I was too that day and I was an Aberdeen fan the following week........

[The Green Goblin]

Hearts. Followed them religiously as a kid. But after they won the league and cup double in ‘86, then with the world cup double star signings, players like Andy Driver going for £15M and 400k fans coming out of the woodwork, I felt I needed to give someone less famous my support, an underdog, you know? because supporting all those medal winning heroes like Levein and Mackay felt a bit too much like glory hunting. So that was that.

[eastterrace]

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Another HC boy from the 60's here, but a bit further up the age food chain

Sorry to add to the other confessors on the thread, as I also was a yam as a child. Not my fault, I was dragged there by an uncle and was forced to endure what has already been described as a midden even way back then. I vaguely remember being at the League decider against Killie... so I have some good memories . I stopped going when I was 12 and didn't go to any footy for 3 years until persuaded by school buds along to Easter Road... Hibs v Napoli. The rest is history... 50 years worth

Very similar to you my dad who was a hearts fan took me to tynecastle that season that Killie won the league. I was at that game as well but all my mates were hibs fans so following season started going to hibs games with my mates and me dad wasn’t to pleased.


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[twiceinathens]

Born in Edinburgh, lived in Inverness between ages of 8 and 18. Always supported Hibs, but from about 10 until leaving secondary school had a season ticket for the Caley part of Caley Thistle. Kids season ticket cost five shillings in old money(25p now)!

[ValleyHibee]

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Hibs are the only team I support but living in Dunfermline for the last ten years I have half heartedly adopted them as my second team in as much as I look out for their results and want them to do well.

I stay couple mins from EEP,Supported Hibs all my days(Thanks Dad),Hardly missed a game at ER last 30 years.

[NAE NOOKIE]

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My dad wasn't a football fan so I was influenced by TV and conversations at my primary school.

Given that I was at Holy Cross in the 60s, and Celtc were pretty much all conquering, I started "supporting" them when they won the European Cup, and there was a photo of me getting a Celtc strip for my 10th birthday in the February.

When Aberdeen beat them 3-1 in the 1970 SC Final, I threw a tantrum and when they lost to Feyenoord in the European Cup final the next month, I stopped "supporting" them. I was still 10 and had never been to a football match.

My pals at school started supporting Hibs soon after so I decided to follow suit and the rest is history.

There. I've said it. You've witnessed catharsis!

Same as me practically …. The day after Celtic won the European cup a lot of my pals had suddenly become Sellik fans and the 7 year old Nae Nookie bowed to peer pressure and followed suit. I can practically tell you the date and time I decided to start supporting Hibs … the 3rd of May 1975 around 10pm at night as I watched the BBC highlights of Celtic beating Airdrie in the Scottish cup final … at that moment I had an epiphany and realised that not only was I a glory hunter following a team from a city I had utterly no connection to, but I was also a traitor to the city I was and always have been so immensely proud to have been born in …. from that moment I decided that it was Hibs for me and I've never looked back and don't regret it for a single second. I chose Hibs rather than Hearts because I had lived in Leith prior to moving to the Borders and had vague memories of being Hibs minded as I attended Leith Links primary.

[Forza Fred]

As Lawrie Reilly said...’I was born a Hibee...........”

[Austinho]

My dad moved from England to the Borders when he was about 5, and randomly chose Hibs. When he met my mum, it was a big coincidence in that part of the world as her side of the family also supported Hibs (except my uncle who was a Jambo, and an ******** for many other reasons). So as fate would have it, I was destined to be a Hibee too.

My dad had a decent trial with Dundee United when they were challenging in Europe, so it could have been a lot different. Football wasn’t as lucrative as it is now.

[hibby6270]

In a word - nnooooooooooòoooo!!!

[blackpoolhibs]

Family were all Hibs fans, so i had no real other options and was taken to Easter Road at a very early age. All my mates were Hibs fans too, living on Easter Road i cant remember knowing anyone other than Hibs supporting mates except one who was a Celtic fan?

Its been painful at times.

[tynehibs]

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Same as me practically …. The day after Celtic won the European cup a lot of my pals had suddenly become Sellik fans and the 7 year old Nae Nookie bowed to peer pressure and followed suit. I can practically tell you the date and time I decided to start supporting Hibs … the 3rd of May 1975 around 10pm at night as I watched the BBC highlights of Celtic beating Airdrie in the Scottish cup final … at that moment I had an epiphany and realised that not only was I a glory hunter following a team from a city I had utterly no connection to, but I was also a traitor to the city I was and always have been so immensely proud to have been born in …. from that moment I decided that it was Hibs for me and I've never looked back and don't regret it for a single second. I chose Hibs rather than Hearts because I had lived in Leith prior to moving to the Borders and had vague memories of being Hibs minded as I attended Leith Links primary.

I went to Leith Links primary too(1967-68)and you had to be a hibby to get a game in the 20-30 a siders at break times.

[Pedantic_Hibee]

My dad's a Hibby, his dad was a Hibby...there was no other option.

Held it against the bugger until 21/05/2016.

[One Day]

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Always been a Hibby, following in fathers, grandfathers & uncles footsteps, born with green blood

Same as myself. Supporting anyone else was never an option

[SteveHFC]

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My dad's a Hibby, his dad was a Hibby...there was no other option.

Held it against the bugger until 21/05/2016.

This.

[Allant1981]

grew up "supporting" rangers, i say support but had never even seen ibrox never mind seen them play, a mate asked me to go to a Hibs game up in aberdeen and that was me hooked, dunno how as we drew 0-0, 24 years now

[Jim44]

Back in the early fifties, my dad was a massive Hibby, but as a trawlerman, he missed most matches. My uncle, a huge Jambo fan, used to take me and my cousin to Tynie on Saturdays. I suppose I became a Jambo by default. When my dad got a shore job, he got me on the straight and narrow and I’ve supported Hibs since around 1954.

[worcesterhibby]

Always been a Hibby, but I have a Rangers Fan to thank for my Hibs allegiance. I think I was about 9 and one of the lads in my class (who was a rangers fan and didn't like me) refused to pair with me in some playground game because he said I was "A Caflick and a Hibs fan". I wasn't a catholic, I actually went to Leith Methodist Church down the same lane as Viccy Baths every Sunday (my mum dragging me along !) but I didn't like him and if being a Hibs fan meant I was the opposite of him, then that was fine. My Dad didn't give a toss about football and refused to take me to games, but I eventually persuaded my Granda to take me when I was 11 (1979).

[Bangkok Hibby]

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When I was younger, I supported Hibs Reserves and went to see them when my ‘big’ team were playing away.

Me too. When I was a laddie it was Easter Road every Saturday. First team or reserves until my Mum let me go to away games.

[The Harp Awakes]

Sadly I was a Celtic fan as a young kid. It should never have happened. I went to an RC primary school a stone's throw from Easter Road, where all my mates, and almost the entire school were Hibs fans. My Dad was a Hibs fan as well, however my sister who was quite a bit older than me, was a Celtic supporter and she brainwashed me into following Celtic until I was ~7 or 8.

I saw the light after going to a Hibs v Celtic game at Easter Road with my Dad in the 70s. I had my Celtic colours on and he had Hibs colours on but we stood together as you could in those days. Celtic won 3-0 with Dixie Deans scoring a hat trick and I could see my Dad was gutted with the result. I went away from that game thinking, why the hell am I supporting Celtic? I proclaimed to everyone the next day I was a Hibee and have been staunch ever since, and have had a season ticket for 40 consecutive years now. The further good news is my sister started following Hibs soon after me and is also now a massive ever since as well.

[Bostonhibby]

My granny bought me a nice looking bible for xmas when I was 6. Nice note written in it, dated, and underneath in childlike handwriting is Hibs for the cup and a big drawing of what looks like the Scottish Cup.Knew we'd do it.

Never supported another team but Hibs started at least then for me.

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[linlithgowhibbie]

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Same as me practically …. The day after Celtic won the European cup a lot of my pals had suddenly become Sellik fans and the 7 year old Nae Nookie bowed to peer pressure and followed suit. I can practically tell you the date and time I decided to start supporting Hibs … the 3rd of May 1975 around 10pm at night as I watched the BBC highlights of Celtic beating Airdrie in the Scottish cup final … at that moment I had an epiphany and realised that not only was I a glory hunter following a team from a city I had utterly no connection to, but I was also a traitor to the city I was and always have been so immensely proud to have been born in …. from that moment I decided that it was Hibs for me and I've never looked back and don't regret it for a single second. I chose Hibs rather than Hearts because I had lived in Leith prior to moving to the Borders and had vague memories of being Hibs minded as I attended Leith Links primary.

I was at Links Primary from 1960- 1967 ish, never thought of supporting anyone else tho. One of my pals switched from the Hertz to us due to peer pressure.

[hibbie02]

My parents came from Saughton and Sighthill, so I could have potentially had a serious problem with my childhood. Fortunately although they had Jambo allegiance, they were not rabid. However when I was about 3, we moved to Windsor Street and I could here the roar from ER when Hibs scored. I therefore grew up desperate to go and see the Hibs and couldn't wait to go and see them. My Dad wouldn't take me and it was my Uncle Billy from Clydebank that finally took me along in about 1969 to watch Hibs v Clyde. The feeling I had climbing to the top of the old East Terrace at that age still makes the hairs stand up on my arms. Then reaching the top and seeing whole ground before me.... my gob was smacked and I will never forget that moment. It was a love story from then on.

I have lived all over England since then and always "supported" the local team Newcastle (Div 2), Brighton (Goldstone), Southampton (Dell), but sadly not impressed with the choices in Essex. First and only football love will always be Hibs.

[My_Wife_Camille]

Never supported anyone else but my dad is a Rangers fan so like to see them do well except against us of course

[McSwanky]

Born in Glasgow and lived there till I was 6, never went to any matches but I remember describing myself as a Partick Thistle and St Mirren fan. Quite proud of that as even at that early age, I was having none of the Old Firm rubbish!

Moved through to East Lothian in 1981, and my Dad decided to follow Hibs. First game was Hibs v Thistle (1-1 draw if I remember correctly) and I was most definitely supporting the men in green. The rest is history...

[NAE NOOKIE]

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I was at Links Primary from 1960- 1967 ish, never thought of supporting anyone else tho. One of my pals switched from the Hertz to us due to peer pressure.

Think I was at Leith Links for about 5 months or so as my family had moved from Kirkliston back into Edinburgh, we lived in Parkvale Place just off the Links and Leith Links is the first school I can remember going to. We moved to the Borders before 1967 was out and my final memory of Leith was having a fight with a guy called Ronnie Simpson on one of the mounds on the links the day before we flitted

None of my family were into football so its just as well we didn't stay in Kirkliston, I'm pretty sure it must be Hearts territory and who knows what horrors might have happened

[Smartie]

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Never supported anyone else but my dad is a Rangers fan so like to see them do well except against us of course

I'm assuming this is a wind-up?

Although to be fair, I've had a couple of West Coast Rangers fans come to Hibs games with me, and they chose to follow Hibs as their team through here whilst they lived in Edinburgh.

An unusual pair of teams to follow, not easily compatible.

[Earlydelivery]

Was at st ninians lochend in the late 60s early 70s everybodyin the whole school apart from 1 Celtic fan was a Hibby ... so no option really

[eezyrider]

I've always supported Hibs. I did go to see Meadowbank Thistle when they started and we weren't at home but that was because of the novelty of a 'new' team.
That and I only lived along road from Meadowbank stadium.

EZ