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Originally Posted by Greenmachine
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Various reasons why Hibs and Hearts do not have much bigger crowds :

1/ Edinburgh is not a football city.

As a previous poster said a very large amount of the population in Edinburgh were not born here. They have no interest in football. There is also the Rugby factor, in that Edinburgh is probably more well known for it's fee paying schools and Murrayfield. Have you ever wondered why Scotlands National Rugby stadium is slap bang in the west side of Edinburgh ? Add to that the millions that have been invested into it through debentures and such like, and imo the two Edinburgh football clubs have been given a raw deal from the ex-privtae school buisiness community. Hibs and Hearts are two footballing communities in the city and outlying areas, but the city doesn't really take them seriously enough IMO. Edinburgh is much more famous for it's arts and it's culture than it is for it's football. Cities like Glasgow, Liverpool, and Manchester are large urban cities with a high working class population who are steeped in football. I'm a afraid Edinburgh is not, although it is by far the most beautiful city in the UK.

2/ The Old Firm factor :

There are more Old Firm football fans in Edinburgh and the lothians than there are Hibs or Hearts fans. Thousands of them, and they tend to be the worst kind of bigots. Sectarianism is what keeps both Rangers and Celtic in the "exalted" staus which they hold in Scottish society. It is as as rampant here and in the small outlying towns of Midlothian, East Lothian, andmost definately in West Lothian.

3/ Marketing and ambition:

Hibs and Hearts have failed dismally to market their clubs properly amongst the new intake of people in Edinburgh. I am still of the opinion that Hibs are some way short of maximising their potential as a football club. It will take men of vision and ambition to make this a reality. Tom Farmer and Rod Petrie have done superbly well to turn the club around financially, but they have yet to show me that they can take the club to the next level on the football side, which is where we all want to be. It will take a change of ownership for that to happen.

There are other reasons, and i'm sure other bouncers will be able to come up with some.

Thanks for answering for me Greenmachine.
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