They have no great grounding in the Scottish football of the ancient past nor are they hugely interested. If you’re expecting a bouncing atmosphere when it’s a freezing cold midweek game, we’re 1-0 down to Rangers, being second to every ball and playing football that could take 6 hours to score a goal, unfortunately it’s not going to happen. Motherwell’s hot prospects for the future will be able to play it cool, thanks to a donation from the Well Society. The club’s young talisman Stevie May scored an audacious chipped goal and spun off to the lower East Stand to milk the applause from young boys feverishly waving flags in a style more commonly seen at much bigger clubs in Italy or France. I don’t think there was a Hearts fan that attended Tynecastle last night that expected anything from that game last night, most just went as a sense of duty, I know I did.

Apart from the period after Rangers scored they drowned out the usual utter garb that spews from the away end.

A generation of older fans have grown up forgetful of their own youth and in denial about the parlous state of Scottish football in the 1970s and 1980s, when waves of football hooliganism blighted the game. In modern football nothing irritates me more than the naysayers and tooth suckers of the quiet stands moaning about the ultras, as if they grew up in some sheltered nostalgia where the football was magical and the fans brought innocent colour to the proceedings.

On the other side Shields burst down the wing before cutting into the box but his low shot was easily taken by Walker. Tegan Bowie’s chipped through ball left Larisey free to race through on goal, but another exceptional reaction save from Mutch kept the scoreline intact. And while there were many fans praising the group for trying to create and harness a loud atmosphere, home and away, lots more rival supporters could not resist having a dig.

They were up in clear view at the charity cricket match on Friday only not to been seen on Saturday . That proved to be the turning point as four minutes later Kilmarnock stunned the Fir Park side with the winner. This isn’t meant as a dig at block 7 or that, more of a general comment that there doesn’t seem to be any songs without a drum pounding in the background. Lafferty should have done better after 27 minutes when Ben Chrisene’s cross found the former Rangers’ man eight yards from goal but he hooked the ball high over Kelly.