CAI Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 I'm in my early 30s and was taken to my first Hearts game by my older Brother. I would say i'm pretty lucky growing up in the capital of Scotland and having a decent sized club to follow. After we lifted the Scottish cup in 98, i've been hungry for us to achieve more. As those years have gone on, i'm pretty disillusioned with Scottish football. It's an absolute slog to watch most of the time and having Celtic win the league time after time is so boring. Kids have a lot of competition for their time these days, from Xbox/Playstation but also from other Sports which are starting to creep up in popularity. I know my younger cousins and nephews all have a US Basketball team they follow and are playing basketball at local level sometimes. I also remember growing up that almost no-one had an English football team they would follow. Maybe a few Man Utd fans etc but now it seems everyone also has a English team they support and the EPL product is obviously far more entertaining that Scottish football. So i'm curious, those with kids, are they excited to go the games? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parttimer1874 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 The onus is very much on parents to make sure they are IMO. My heart sinks when I see kids running about Edinburgh in a Chelsea or Barcelona top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selkirkhmfc1874 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 My kids had there season tickets since babies and love going to the games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Potter Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 My oldest now 25 loves Hearts but my youngest , is not interested, more in to cars and doing my house up, (hes a joiner). Going with my eldest on saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingantti1874 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 No.. our form hasn’t helped and neither has the lack of atmosphere at tynecastle.. they haven’t had the same buzz I got when I went along.. so much EPL as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 My dad brought me up right He started taking me to games when I was about 3 or 4. However back then there was no Sky or BT to pollute the minds of the young generation. Now there is so much more on offer it must make it difficult for parents to show their kids the correct choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim1874 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 My kids have their season tickets, very close to the dug out which helps as they often get pictures or signatures with the players. As others have said Hearts are the most important team, but they both still have other teams kits, Barcelona, Liverpool, Juventus and the likes but they wear their Hearts strips as much (if not a bit more) to their football training. 6 and 8 and they still get a buzz from most games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gorgie Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Can't comment on kids as i don't have any, but when i was a kid and my dad said we were going to tynecastle if was the best feeling in the world. Walking from the concourse through to your seat and the stadium opening up infront of you, tynecastle felt massive at the time as a young whipper snapper. Would love if my kid(s) had that same feeling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoked-Glass Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Bragging rights in the playground still matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy T Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 If we tolerate this then your children will be next !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BelgeJambo Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Obviously I am in Belgium and my daughters are in Lincolnshire, but when we meet up in Scotland, a Hearts game is a must. 2 year old grandson attended his first game against St Mirren recently. He is a Junior Jambo and a FOH pledger(!!!). He is attending football coaching every Saturday in Lincolnshire, so hopefully, he doesn't get too hooked on the anti social habits of the generation he is growing into. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diadora Van Basten Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 I would say my son likes Scottish football and plays football himself but isnt that interested in football. Football is pretty boring in that the gaps between the finances of the club mean that it’s a bit of a progression as to who is going to win. If you compare it to NFL which is very difficult to call and no one team dominates (aware Patriots have won a lot recently) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambo Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 My son is excited about Hearts only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byyy The Light Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 I’ve got 2 young daughters. They like dancing, screaming and trashing my house. Had the oldest at a game but she’s not fussed for going back. Will try again with the youngest one in a couple of years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 1 hour ago, Smoked-Glass said: Bragging rights in the playground still matter. They do indeed. Especially when your grew up when we were pumping hibs left right and centre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Dunphy Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Children will always follow the example set by their parents. If you teach your kids that football is about terraces and not TV, you’ll be grand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambonian Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 It's more difficult now as Sky and others have turned football into a farce. Was in a pub last week, most in watching a Premiership match. Friday nights I've enjoyed watching BBC Scotland coverage of Championship matches while others are watching English Championship. Edinburgh in the 80s and kids wore Rangers and Celtic tops, if they wore English it was mostly Liverpool. Into the 90s and suddenly Man Utd was the latest fashion craze. New century next and Chelsea strips were around. Man City strips the most recent. All of them sucked in by live matches, most saying they support one team or another while never actually attending any games. In my crowd there's a Liverpool, Man Utd, 2 Chelsea, Man City and an Arsenal. All used to go to Tynecastle, now they go along once in a blue moon. Even if a Hearts game is live on tv and an English Premier game is on they'll usually watch that instead. Sad, sad days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selkirkhmfc1874 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 2 hours ago, Slim1874 said: My kids have their season tickets, very close to the dug out which helps as they often get pictures or signatures with the players. As others have said Hearts are the most important team, but they both still have other teams kits, Barcelona, Liverpool, Juventus and the likes but they wear their Hearts strips as much (if not a bit more) to their football training. 6 and 8 and they still get a buzz from most games We same right at dug outs and kids love being close to the Pitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Treasurer Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Not just kids. The younger lads in our office only talk about the EPL or the CL or even worse, how their fantasy "footie" team did at the weekend. Most of them couldn't tell you any results from the Scottish leagues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Governor Tarkin Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 (edited) Give the kids naughty songs, pavement dancing, and sneaky cans of beer up the back of the shed. Throw in a cult hero centre forward, a midfielder or two who like to crunch the opposition whenever they get the chance, and bring back 10 yard sliding tackles. That'll get them interested, and they won't care too much if the actual football is shite. Gorgie Rules. Edited December 12, 2019 by Governor Tarkin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev1998 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Ha ha brilliant governor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pans Jambo Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 My lad couldnt give a rats arse for football. I tried, I really did. Took him to games when he was as young as 5 (after 10 mins he asked when we were leaving). He's been to Derbies. Bored. Played a game on a handset instead of watching the game. Bought him the tops, the Hearts football and tried the kick abouts in the back garden. Not interested! I've stopped bothering him about it TBH. He's 12 now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
been here before Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 My oldest went to Livingston, Paisley and Hampden in quick succession. He still cries himself to sleep. We were down today getting both of us tickets for the Airdrie game which he's looking forward too. He'll be chuffed at Christmas when I slip him a surprise ticket for the Hibs game. He digs the Hearts but takes an interest in the usual modern EPL and European fanboy pish but he's only 9. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambonian Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Scottish football has become a backwater. I started going to Tynie in the 80s and the teams I feared playing against the most back then were Aberdeen and Dundee Utd. Then Rangers became big with the Souness years followed by Celtic in the early 90s when Fergus McCann got involved. Since then it's been on a downward spiral. Back then Hearts would be playing in Europe every second season, now we can't beat part-timers to qualify. Can you imagine Dundee Utd getting to a euro final these days!? As for Champions League, fake football for multi-millionaires and the gullible. Never watched any of it in 10 years, probably more. Don't know who's won trophies, don't care. As for the Premiership...don't watch many, if any live games, catch up with it on Match of the Day every weekend but that's about it. Should cancel Sky Sports but don't as we get Hearts games on now and again. Hate paying the same in subscriptions as the English do with most money going down there. Breaks my Jambo heart. Hopefully Hearts under Stendel will make massive improvements and get me and a lot of others interested in football again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS86 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 I loved going to Tynecastle as a ST holder when I was a kid, but my kids aren't even slightly interested in football thus far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Green Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 My wee boy loves Hearts and his wee sister is getting into too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debut 4 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 It’s been a slow role reversal. My Son went to games with me when he was quite young but couldn’t care less now really. He’s 16 and developed other interests....my Daughter is different though. I have an ST with her now , she’s 18, and loves Hearts with a passion but she never really went to a lot of matches up until the last few years. I think you still get some kids who are a chip off the old block but the general environment of football probably doesn’t grip a widespread audience of youngsters like it used to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhoenixHearts Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 I don't have kids myself, but I could speak a little on my relationship with football as a kid and how it could still translate with kids these days. My mum's side are all from Edinburgh and it's a Hearts supporting family, but my mum didn't care about football, but that's about as "genetic" as my support gets. My dad had no real interest in football either. He's from Glasgow but detests that whole squabble thing they have going over there. Besides taking me to the odd Clyde or Scotland games, or a kick about in the park with friends, I was never really pressured into following football at all, and I'm honestly grateful. I was more interested in other things like playing music, drawing and my riding my bike. I found my own path to football and to Hearts. For me as a kid at school, football was for the "neds" and I didn't really associate with it or a lot of the baggage that seemed to go with it. It wasn't until I started watching the World Cups, Euros and Serie A in the early 2000s (of my own volition) that I started to care about the game. I'd recently moved back to Edinburgh and lived very close to Tynecastle (still do). There was a fun football team right on my doorstep and the dormant jambo in me was awoken. Eventually my interest in football reached fever pitch with a 2006 Scottish Cup and Italy winning the World Cup merely months apart. Never looked back since. There'll be a lot of kids like me today. For every kid that's seduced by EPL, La Liga and Champions League etc, there'll also be a regular dumb kid like me seemingly sleepwalking his way into being a die hard Jambo. Add them to the swathes of kids who are still being raised by good Hearts supporting families and being taken to games, and I'd say the future is still in good hands. This essay is maybe a bit off topic, but I'm basically just trying to say that there's more ways to get into football and Hearts than just being dragged by your dad. Anyway, lets go out and win on Saturday, and let's keep winning after that. Kids love winning teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heyjude1 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 My son is 6 and loves going to the games, for me it's a really good day out/bonding time for father and son. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerd Muller Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 4 hours ago, Smoked-Glass said: Bragging rights in the playground still matter. This. Grew up in Dalgety Bay alongside alot of Dunfermline fans. They were in the Premier League and doing pretty well and always remember the arguments with them and not really any other fans. Loved it when we won up at East End. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zico Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, Pans Jambo said: My lad couldnt give a rats arse for football. I tried, I really did. Took him to games when he was as young as 5 (after 10 mins he asked when we were leaving). He's been to Derbies. Bored. Played a game on a handset instead of watching the game. Bought him the tops, the Hearts football and tried the kick abouts in the back garden. Not interested! I've stopped bothering him about it TBH. He's 12 now. I was the same with number one son. Probably pushed it on him too much tbh and - despite me always saying he didn’t have to watch or play football if he didn’t want to - he feigned interest to keep me happy, but he’s just no interest in football so we stopped all that when he was about ten. Number two son is absolutely football daft and while he’s interested in the EPL and big European teams, nothing comes close to Hearts and Scotland for him. If it’s for them, they’ll find their own way there. Edited December 12, 2019 by Zico Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pans Jambo Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 32 minutes ago, Zico said: I was the same with number one son. Probably pushed it on him too much tbh and - despite me always saying he didn’t have to watch or play football if he didn’t want to - he feigned interest to keep me happy, but he’s just no interest in football so we stopped all that when he was about ten. Number two son is absolutely football daft and while he’s interested in the EPL and big European teams, nothing comes close to Hearts and Scotland for him. If it’s for them, they’ll find their own way there. Very true mate. I always liked my daughter better anyway 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fort Vallance Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 My son has had a season ticket since he was old enough. My oldest grandson has had one since he was 9 and his wee brother has been going to games and will probably get one next season. Unfortunately the oldest one is now able to understand how crooked and corrupt the Scottish game is so I dont hold out much hope in the long term. Luckily Hearts are in his blood so he won't give up on us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Findlay Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 My eleven year old son bleeds Maroon and white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soonbe110 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 My seven year old grandson has been a season ticket holder all his life and been going to games for the last three seasons. He has also been at games in England a few times but Hearts always came first. This season interest has drained away. He hasn’t seen Hearts win since March. Today he told me he would rather go to Emirates this weekend than Tynecastle !! Some counselling and coaching required and a better product on the park essential. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannymack Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 As it stands just now they are NOT excited about watching Scottish Football, do they like Hearts ? Well yeah, are they passionate about the club as much as I am ? No. Should i compare their excitement and passion levels to what I was like when I was they're age ? No, far too many lifestyle changes. Every season I ask them do they want they're season tickets renewed and the answer is always a yes but for all the seasons we've had tickets I've barely saw them show any passion or excitement during the game. I always give them a chance to say no but at the end of the day they're more interested in playing football as opposed to watching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VALDOS' Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 (edited) I was spoiled rotten as kid in that my first ever game, yes FIRST, was the 1991 Scottish Cup Final. That was probably the most inspiring moment in football for me, walking onto that terracing, nearly 60 thousand standing watching two teams I hadn't a clue about, but I sure hell knew it's something I wanted to be part of. Would my wee boy get that experience now? nah not even close. Edited December 12, 2019 by VALDOS' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smiler Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 9 hours ago, Gambo said: My son is excited about Hearts only. What’s his thoughts on Levein? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Slim Stylee Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bull's-eye Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 There's not many adults that support Heart's anymore never mind the kids. On here anyway. 😀😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dayman Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 It would be news to me! The fact that I have children, I mean... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EH23-Jambo Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 This was Hibs Away 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 16 hours ago, heyjude1 said: My son is 6 and loves going to the games, for me it's a really good day out/bonding time for father and son. Yeah, although I dont have kids, my Dad and I really get on when at the football. This is also evident during a period of strained relations but Hearts made us stronger and the fact I stopped being a total arsehole also helped. He's due to arrive in Bath in next 15 mins so going to sign out for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 1 hour ago, EH22-Jambo said: This was Hibs Away 😁 Cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrysmithstaxi Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 My son’s 8. He plays football. He’s not bad. He’s not really bothered watching any, even Premier/Champions League. He wants to play, not watch. We live in Leeds, but a lot of his friends support Liverpool. He supports Leeds. I’ve tried with Hearts, but it’s difficult from down here. He hates Liverpool and Celtic, so he’s getting something about football. I’ll settle for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 I'm the only jambo in my family. But, with my granddaughter, there's still hope. 🤞 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eck1874 Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 I have an 18 year old son who has been coming with me since he was 3 and is probably more of a die hard than me now. I also have twin 9 year old girls who both love playing football now that we have a new manager I will be getting them half season tickets to come along for the rest of the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bringitbak Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 On 12/12/2019 at 15:29, Governor Tarkin said: Give the kids naughty songs, pavement dancing, and sneaky cans of beer up the back of the shed. Throw in a cult hero centre forward, a midfielder or two who like to crunch the opposition whenever they get the chance, and bring back 10 yard sliding tackles. That'll get them interested, and they won't care too much if the actual football is shite. Gorgie Rules. Hear hear! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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