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Friday, 6 April 2012

a minor passage

It was amazing, he decided, how things like sex and Hibs, which were nothing to him when he was on smack, suddenly became all-important. He speculated that his drug problems may be related to Hibs poor performances over the eighties.

- Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting
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3 comments:

  1. Savvas Tzionhs12 April 2016 at 15:50

    This sounds very FFAish! Or dare I say, even NPLish!

    "Hibernian was founded in 1875 by Irish immigrants,[4] but support for the club is now based on geography rather than ethnicity or religion"

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    1. Paul12 April 2016 at 16:29

      Just a bit, yes. In Trainspotting (and in Filth, too) there is a clear sectarian/political basis to the support for Hearts or Hibs.

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  2. Savvas Tzionhs12 April 2016 at 15:52

    This might explain it ..... "Even though Hibs were founded by Irish–Catholic immigrants, this connection to their sectarian origins has faded significantly in the Protestant dominated Edinburgh of the twentieth century"

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