The bullet was bitten and I trudged along last night to Hearts first home game at Murrayfield. I certainly expected a stadium that holds 60 000 to feel empty with less than a third of that number in attendance.
I was therefore shocked that the game had one of the best atmospheres I’d known at a game for a long time. The crowd were behind the team and the design of the stadium certainly seemed to amplify the noise that was being made.
However, all this doesn’t prove that moving to Murrayfield is a good idea. What it proves is that it is the fans of a club who keep it alive. 18 700 fans turned out to see a vital football match, some no doubt curious to experience Murrayfield but most wanting to prove that, no matter what, the club lives on.
Whether any of this will be true when we play Livingston in front of 8000 is another matter !
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