From the original £2 million-plus that had been raised by the first flotation, the Club had received only around £500 thousand. The money raised, estimated to be over £2million, was to be used to repay borrowings and increase working capital to improve the standing of the football club. Now it felt like Scotland’s broken one.Sports historian and academic Richard Holt, in his 1989 study of sports and society, Leith had always been the industrial gateway to Edinburgh. Later a ‘Battle Bus’ would deliver the petitions to Tynecastle where the Hands Off Hibs committee were said to have been received cordially by several of the Hearts directors who may well have been sympathetic to the cause. Subsequently, Duff, Gray and Munro attended a board meeting at the Inoco offices in London where the trio expected to meet a prospective buyer for the Avon Inns group. The Hibs Supporters Club subsequently made £20,000 available for additional shares, bolstered by Edinburgh businessman and Kwik-Fit founder Sir Tom Farmer who began to invest substantially in the club.Hands Off Hibs’ presence was ubiquitous around the city and soon Edinburgh itself began to back the club, understanding the cultural implications should one of their oldest establishments disappear. A statement released by the Club at the time announced that Jeremy, James and Sheila Rowland were experts in the acquisition and purchase of property and it may be that in the future the Board will use this expertise to further the business interests of Hibernian Football Club. People power rarely wins against big business, unless regulations like Germany’s 50+1 rule are specifically codified for this, or the rare case of Hands Off Hibs.Before the Against Modern Football movement was branded as such, a prototype of the model came from Scotland in a neighbourhood going through its own, more widespread gentrification process. Fans, having endured a torrid time leading up to Duff’s arrival, were happy enough to be blinded by the lights – it was a change, and to most, it seemed like one headed in the right direction.The following year, Hibernian became the first Scottish club to be floated on the stock market and only the second from the UK. 9:25. A police presence hardly had the calming effect that was necessary for the situation; instead reinforcing the fans’ feelings of helplessness and estrangement. 'Yer Da sells Avon': 21 uniquely Scottish insults and their historyCertain songs and football clubs are inextricably linked, but none more so than Sunshine on Leith and Hibs, forever synonymous after the battle to save the football club from probable extinction.The song, which reached only 41 in the UK charts as the title track of The Proclaimers’ second album, saw a remarkable transformation to becoming one of the world’s favourite stadium anthems, with the composition now permanently married in the minds of the public with visions of tens of thousands of passionate Hibs fans holding scarves aloft and amplifying every word.During the fight to block the takeover of Hibs by then-Hearts owner Willie Mercer in 1990, the supporters club rallied together to find ways of getting the Hands Off Hibs message out.Life-long supporter Willie McEwan, 68, a former Hibs Kids volunteer who remains active with the club as treasurer of the former players’ association, was tasked with handling public awareness.As well as creating T-shirts, badges, petitions and leaflets, he was in charge of organising what would turn out to be packed rallies at Easter Road and the Usher Hall.Featuring a host of well-known names and prominent footballers, the rally at the Usher Hall was headlined by The Proclaimers.The Auchtermuchty twins were involved in the campaign right from the very first meeting at Sunnyside and offered to help out at key moments, recalls Kenny McLean, son of campaign leader Kenny McLean senior.He said: “Charlie Reid came over to me and my dad and said, ‘Listen, this rally at Easter Road, we’ll provide all the amplification, we’ll provide a marquee for the guests and we’ll also help you with anything you need at the Usher Hall’.”One Proclaimers track that was particularly well received at the Usher Hall was Sunshine on Leith. He spoke of a new dawn for the Scottish game, one that involved a unified team from the city taking on the West of Scotland power base. Buzzing with hope on the original takeover deadline day ofIn attendance was Hearts player John Robertson, who ignored his club’s command not to make a speech as the whole thing began to feel like a footballing Paris 1968, a suspended moment that demanded radical change. The Bank of Scotland, however, had insisted that unless he achieved 76%, the magical figure required to force through the sale legally, he would have to withdraw. Archive footage of the 'Hands Off Hibs' campaign that prevented an attempted takeover of the club by city rivals Hearts. HANDS OFF HIBS Details Written by Tom Wright Published: 30 October 2016 Tom Wright describes in detail the events which led to Wallace Mercer's takeover bid and the story of how it was defeated by the Hibernian supporters and Sir Tom Farmer. While they were speculating as to who this mystery person might be, possibly Robert Maxwell, they were astounded when who should enter the room but the Hearts Chairman Wallace Mercer. It was a hugely emotional moment, because, at that stage, it seemed very unlikely that Hibs could fight off this challenge.”After Mercer dropped the bid, the supporters club released a Hands Off Hibs record, featuring, of course, Sunshine on Leith.The song has since taken on a life on its own and in 2018, it was voted the best football song in BBC Radio 6’s “Football Anthems World Cup” organised by Steve Lemacq.Thank you for reading this story on our website. They never got close. The following year he would be elected treasurer of the party; however, he resigned that same year after damaging revelations about his 'colourful' personal and business life emerged including his role in the near demise of Hibs.The last word should remain with Mrs Sheila Rowland, estranged wife of David Rowland, on why she had voted against the takeover bid. Only weeks before, Mercer and Murray had announced plans for a new stadium complex for Hearts, built on protected land owned by Murray. The fans could rejoice, safe in the knowledge that they’d keep their club.
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