There seems to be a real strength of feeling among our fans that the singing and general behaviour from the Rangers support last night crossed a further line. The admin team have discussed this and feel we are in a position to coordinate a collective response that may carry a bit more weight with the club compared to individual emails. We want to make it clear this email and letter will only be on behalf of those who request to be included, it is not being sent on behalf of the site as a single entity.
We feel this will carry more weight if sent using real names, we understand people may not be comfortable posting these on an open forum so if you wish to be included please PM this admin account and we will have you included. Please also add the names of any friends and family who would like to be included. If you are a ST holder and would like that information included as well, again let us know.
The text of the email and letter we will be sending is below and we aim to send this before the game on Wednesday evening please let us know by 11am on Wednesday morning.
We are writing on behalf of the below signed Hibernian supporters to highlight the behaviour of the Rangers support at the game played on Sunday March 10th 2024 which was a clear breach of the clubs official policy regarding behaviour within our home stadium as quoted below.
'Disorderly conduct includes; · Conduct which stirs up or sustains, or is likely or is designed to stir up or sustain hatred or ill will against or towards individuals or groups of people because of:
· Colour, race, nationality, (including citizenship) or ethnic or national origin.
· Membership, or presumed membership, of a religious group or of a social cultural group with perceived religious affiliation'
Such behaviour is not an anomaly and is a repeated pattern stretching back decades. Rather than gradually improving over the years it is becoming worse. Whilst we accept the club cannot act on the wider issues in society, you are able to act on behaviour within our stadium. Extensive investigations into other incidents earlier this season and last season are evidence there is a will to tackle bigotry in certain circumstances. Listening to the songs of hatred being sung loud and clear from the Away stand is not only offensive , it is a continuing deterrent to some families within the Hibs support who simply will not attend when Rangers are the visitors. It also has a negative impact on the match day experience of those supporters who do attend.
We are asking the club to clarify why there is a reluctance to act on or even acknowledge such behaviour from supporters of Rangers FC? In the recent past this has included vile and threatening abuse of managers, players and other club employees and a further example of this was heard last night when one of our players was clearly seriously injured.
We are calling on Hibs to move on from the silence that has for too long typified the response to sectarianism and anti Irish racism in Scottish football. We ask the club to be true to it's own policy detailed above and to it's own stated zero tolerance policy on bigotry and sectarianism, a policy which is read out before every home game. This behaviour continues because no club is willing to challenge it publicly and the time has come for change.
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11-03-2024 01:49 PM #1
Email/Letter to Hibs regarding away fans behaviour last night
Last edited by Pretty Boy; 11-03-2024 at 01:51 PM.
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11-03-2024 02:01 PM #5
PM sent, thanks for making the effort.
Sent from my SM-A750FN using Tapatalk
"I did not need any persuasion to play for such a great club, the Hibs result is still one of the first I look for"
Sir Matt Busby
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11-03-2024 02:05 PM #8
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Agree about old firm fans behaviour for many years now , absolutely sickening.
However when our own fans continue to throw items at opposing players, like last night, and at hearts game.
This might fall on deaf ears.
The young hibs lads , will be on borrowed time, behind the goals, if this continues.
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11-03-2024 02:08 PM #9
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100 % agree with this. Bigotry has been accepted for far too long.
Well done
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11-03-2024 02:09 PM #10
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PM sent, thank you
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11-03-2024 02:13 PM #11
Well done admin team. Excellent initiative. Hopefully this is noted and acted upon at board level.
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11-03-2024 02:13 PM #12
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I don’t have a PM but please add my name if you can
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11-03-2024 02:16 PM #13
PM sent
''It's always been just part of the culture. Growing up, for most working-class kids, is all about football, music or clothes. You might not have much money, but whatever you have got, you're going to look good.'' - Paul Weller
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11-03-2024 02:16 PM #14
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Stupid question: how do you send a PM? I want to sign.
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11-03-2024 02:18 PM #17This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuotePM Awards General Poster of The Year 2015, 2016, 2017. Probably robbed in other years
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11-03-2024 02:18 PM #18
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Completely agree. Worth adding a bit about how they're managing to overcrowd in the stands as well?
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11-03-2024 02:19 PM #19
Might be worth posting this on the PM board aswell for those that don’t look at the main board
''It's always been just part of the culture. Growing up, for most working-class kids, is all about football, music or clothes. You might not have much money, but whatever you have got, you're going to look good.'' - Paul Weller
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Click on HNA1 in first post and choose private message.
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11-03-2024 02:20 PM #23
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PM sent.
Very well done Hibs.net
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11-03-2024 02:21 PM #24
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11-03-2024 02:23 PM #25
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Cheers. PM sent 👍🏽
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11-03-2024 02:24 PM #26
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I’d rather the club called out the blatant cheating from referees.
I get that people are upset by the singing from the away section, but I’m more annoyed at the officials. Singing from supporters is not something that bothers me, as we’ve had our own support singing songs that could be called out.
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11-03-2024 02:25 PM #27This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote''It's always been just part of the culture. Growing up, for most working-class kids, is all about football, music or clothes. You might not have much money, but whatever you have got, you're going to look good.'' - Paul Weller
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