QuoteI'll save you the bother.Originally posted by davros
Am trying to find working Hearts & Hibs message boards',to put a general point to them?Will advise,if I find!
The majority of genuine Scottish fans ....... and by genuine I mean those that follow their local team and turn up to watch second rate footballers play in a second rate league knowing full well that the money grabbing, player stealing, bigoted brothers grip on the game will mean that you know before a season starts you are playing for nothing more than a possible chance of an away trip in a qualifying round of the UEFA Cup ......... hate the Old Firm with a vengence.
Our friend The Scotsman has deserted his local team of Airdrie, who I might add went into administration and went out of business due the the lack of funds and support, to head off for a bit of glory hunting at Celtic Park.
Do not think for a second that this fools views on Scottish football are in any way a reflection of the thousands that turn out to follow their local teams because he has no idea what it's like to put hard earned wages into the life blood of the Scottish game.
As has been pointed out by others Hibernian were around a long time before Celtic were (Hibs formed 1875 Celtic in 1888). The misconception thrown around by a lot of Celtic fans is that the team were formed by a catholic priest to help out the local community. It was in fact Hibs that were formed in this way and prior to Celtic being formed Hibs had already played a number of well mannered charity matches against a certain Glasgow Rangers to help the communities of Edinburgh and Glasgow.
It is the opinion of many that the forming of Celtic was in no small part down to the vision of some as to the money making options a football team could generate. This is in a way backed up by the fact that the formation of Celtic came about with the luring of players from the Hibs team of the time through to Glasgow with the promise of financial gain.
On to the modern game though.
There are busloads of Old Firm supporters deserting their local teams every weekend and it is fair to say that these supporters are looked upon in much the same way as you view those supporters deserting the Irish League for the spoils at Celtic Park.
Yes there is rivalry between Hibs/Hearts, Dundee/Dundee Utd, Raith Rovers/Dunfermline but it is exactly that .. rivalry. It is not the hatred which is so visible on the day of an Old Firm derby and it does not revolve around religion/sectarianism/bigotry.
I think if you ask any Hibs/Hearts supporter they will say that they hate the Old Firm more than they could hate their local rivals. The gruesome twosome are killing the Scottish game and the frustrating thing is they wont think twice about jumping ship and infesting what ever league is willing to take them.
but now ye find that everybody just wants to gub the OF. 
I was watchin it in London with a Hearts mate of mine. Despite the fact that we are both competing for 3rd place (UEFA cup and the only real prize for the truly Scottish teams) he was wantin us tae beat them. This is the same all over Scotland amongst the local team supporters - they all want the old scum to get phukt. I don't hate Falkirk supporters - how could I? They're just like me. Do Eircom league fans hate other fans - or is it better than walking aboot wi a Celtic, Man U, Liverpool top on? Course it is.
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