Hearts superfan travelling 10,000 from Australia in hope of witnessing historic title win
Lifelong Hearts fan Colin says it’s all about being in Gorgie when his club win the league
A Hearts superfan is embarking on an exhausting 10,000-mile journey in the hope that he can watch his beloved club lift the Scottish Premiership title.
Colin Brown has made a last minute decision to fly from his home in Australia to watch his beloved Jambos in the race for the club’s first top flight title in more than 60 years.
Colin - a lifelong Hearts supporter - will board three flights starting from his home in Sydney and pass through Hong Kong and London before landing in Edinburgh 33 hours later on Tuesday afternoon.
The dad-of-three, who works for a promotional merchandise company, is desperate to attend this week’s final home match against Falkirk but realises the chances of landing a “gold dust” ticket are slim.
Colin, 55, said: “I come from a big Hearts supporting family and can remember going to games with my dad and my brother - my very first match was when we won promotion from the old First Division in 1978.
“I’ve followed Hearts through thick and thin all my life and with the exception of the birth of my children, winning the league would easily be the best thing ever.
“Since moving to Sydney I usually have to get up in the middle of the night to watch all the matches live on Hearts TV and have to be really careful not to wake the kids up when shouting at the telly.
“But I’ve been toying with the idea of coming back to Edinburgh since around January when the possibility of the club doing the unthinkable started to get real.
“And then after we beat Motherwell a couple of weeks ago I said to my wife ‘that’s it, I’ve got to be there’.
“I booked the tickets the next day and will have to get three flights and travel 10,500 miles taking around 33 hours and hopefully it will all be worth it.”
Colin, originally from the Capital’s Southside, moved to Sydney after meeting his Australian wife while working in London 11 years ago and hasn’t seen his maroon heroes in action since 2016.
He added: “I realise tickets for the Falkirk match are like gold dust but I’ve reached out to all my family and friends in a bid to try and secure one.
“And if anyone has a spare ticket then obviously I’d bite your hand off to be inside the ground on Wednesday night.
“But at the end of the day it’s all about being in Gorgie when Hearts win the league.
“The celebrations are going to be next level and I said to myself I just have to be there.
“If I can’t get a ticket then being in a local pub watching the game with my fellow Jambos will just have to do.
“There has been so many amazing moments following this wonderful club over the years - but winning the league would trump all of it.
“We are almost there and I just had to be back in Edinburgh to join in the fun.”