Hearts Directors Put Under Siege; Boos and Jeers As Fans Voice Protest to Murrayfield Move

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A stormy Hearts annual general meeting was riven with boos, jeers and barracking last night as the club's beleaguered board sought to win hundreds of shareholders round to the prospect of leaving Tynecastle and relocating to Murrayfield.

There were scenes of dissent in Tynecastle's Gorgie Suite, especially for Chris Robinson, the Hearts chief executive, who was verbally abused on a number of occasions. Robinson, a time-honoured voodoo figure among many Hearts supporters, was shouted down and called "a Muppet" and "a clown" by certain shareholders.

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Hearts Directors Put Under Siege; Boos and Jeers As Fans Voice Protest to Murrayfield Move

Robinson, however, put on a bold front and gave a clear, strongly- worded, and some believed convincing presentation about the need to vacate Tynecastle. The under pressure chief executive, having taken abuse early on, even received a round of applause when h...

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