12,877 - a shocker given Edinburgh's population is around 500,000. makes our derby crowd for the friendly and next week look excellent for a city our size -150,000??. Both games live on TV so comparing like with like.
Hearts' end was stowed out (4,000) and the gaps were in the 3 home stands.
The Hibs support (9,000) says a lot about the Hibs fans who stayed away probably in the face of the party that Hearts fans had planned to rub Hibs' noses in the 5-1 cup final result in May.
I was in Edinburgh on Sunday and saw Hearts fans with ballons, party poppers, large foam hands with 5 and 1 fingers and other celebratory stuff.
Hibs have been like that for some years now, no surprise at all at that attendance figure. Same last season when they played Celtic in a Scottish Cup game. Gaps everywhere. There was a time when Easter Road would have been sold out for that game and not so many years back either.
I remember not too long ago John Hughes Hibernian was supposed to split the old form after a very promising last season. It turned into a relegation campaign. Whole of Scotland left disappointed. That was the time not too long ago when Hibernian would've filled Tynecastle.
I remember not too long ago John Hughes Hibernian was supposed to split the old form after a very promising last season. It turned into a relegation campaign. Whole of Scotland left disappointed. That was the time not too long ago when Hibernian would've filled Tynecastle.
Crowd at Edinburgh derby
Posted - 12 August 2012 : 17:40:58
