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G B Young
09-10-2018, 04:49 PM
I'm pretty sure this was recalled on here not so long ago but I can't find the thread. With Scotland playing in Israel this week I was just wondering if anyone recalls Hibs flying out there for a friendly in the early 80s (I think).

Hibernia&Alba
09-10-2018, 04:53 PM
Surely our club should be boycotting games in Israel? :greengrin:worms:


:troll:

lucky
09-10-2018, 04:57 PM
I’ve had a text from a mate who’s out there for the game he was pulled off a bus and questioned about his movements and asked for his visa and passport. He was the only muslin on the bus. Time the world stood up the apartheid regime in Israel

makaveli1875
09-10-2018, 05:04 PM
Hibs.net + Israel has all the makings of a classic thread :greengrin

Hibernia&Alba
09-10-2018, 05:09 PM
Hibs.net + Israel has all the makings of a classic thread :greengrin

Has to be a lounge discussion. :agree:

Chorley Hibee
09-10-2018, 05:14 PM
Hibs.net + Israel has all the makings of a classic thread :greengrin

I've just put the kettle on and made myself comfortable, could be one of those where were you when....... moments. 😂

HoboHarry
09-10-2018, 05:17 PM
Surely our club should be boycotting games in Israel? :greengrin:worms:


:troll:
Oi vey.....

Keith_M
09-10-2018, 05:24 PM
As a German citizen, I've decided not to get involved in this topic




😊

G B Young
09-10-2018, 05:25 PM
Em, leaving the politics aside I've managed to answer my own question via John Campbell's book 'In Colours Green and White'. The trip actually took place in 1979 when Eddie Turbull was still boss:

"With the domestic card wiped out by heavy snow and severe frosts during the latter part of December and most of January, Hibs looked further afield than the UK to fix up a game that would offer much-needed match practice. A four-day trip to Israel was organised and the players jetted out for a spell in the sun and a game against a Tel Aviv XI. The only goal of the game came when a Duncan Lambie shot came back off the post and Isak Refvik popped up to net from close range."

I vaguely remember this game taking place (though I had thought it was during the Bertie Auld era) so it's good to find my memory's not deceiving me. Did anyone on here actually go to the match??

CropleyWasGod
09-10-2018, 05:27 PM
I’ve had a text from a mate who’s out there for the game he was pulled off a bus and questioned about his movements and asked for his visa and passport. He was the only muslin on the bus. Time the world stood up the apartheid regime in IsraelMuslin?

How did they cotton on to him?

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Hibernia&Alba
09-10-2018, 05:29 PM
Muslin?

How did they cotton on to him?

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Get yer jaikit, CWG, and return to the Hibs finances thread :greengrin

worcesterhibby
09-10-2018, 05:32 PM
Muslin?

How did they cotton on to him?

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Surely this discussion should be on a different thread ?

Wee Effen Bee
09-10-2018, 05:35 PM
Nobody should be playing them 🇮🇱. Their apartheid policies have deemed some humans as inferior 🇵🇸. A disgusting government with a disgusting set of values. Really sad that the UK 🇬🇧 continually supports them. 😞

BILLYHIBS
09-10-2018, 05:39 PM
Was this not the time that we identified the talent that was Ronny Rosenthal?
Once again we dithered and missed out.
Apparently according to the archive thread “class players that we missed out on” he even played in a closed doors trial versus Der Hun for us even scored a goal but we let him slip through our fingers
A lot of interesting posts on that thread Colin Calderwood deciding GMS was not HIBS class?

theonlywayisup
09-10-2018, 05:40 PM
Nobody should be playing them 🇮🇱. Their apartheid policies have deemed some humans as inferior 🇵🇸. A disgusting government with a disgusting set of values. Really sad that the UK 🇬🇧 continually supports them. 😞

Chill. Don't mix sport and politics.

Hibernia&Alba
09-10-2018, 05:44 PM
Chill. Don't mix sport and politics.

They do mix e.g. South Africa, but Hibs playing a friendly in Israel in 1979 was of a different era and context. I'll be honest, I would oppose our playing a friendly in Israel today, but that's for a more serious discussion.

Peevemor
09-10-2018, 05:45 PM
Was this not the time that we identified the talent that was Ronny Rosenthal?
Once again we dithered and missed out.
Apparently according to the archive thread “class players that we missed out on” he even played in a closed doors trial versus Der Hun for us even scored a goal but we let him slip through our fingers
A lot of interesting posts on that thread Colin Calderwood deciding GMS was not HIBS class?Rosenthal was at ER early 1990. He apparently had no intention of signing for Hibs.

makaveli1875
09-10-2018, 05:47 PM
Nobody should be playing them 🇮🇱. Their apartheid policies have deemed some humans as inferior 🇵🇸. A disgusting government with a disgusting set of values. Really sad that the UK 🇬🇧 continually supports them. 😞

The football team have nothing to do with the policies of Netanyahu . Should we boycot hibs for paying money to Israel for Rocky

Hibernia&Alba
09-10-2018, 05:51 PM
The football team have nothing to do with the policies of Netanyahu . Should we boycot hibs for paying money to Israel for Rocky

Giving legitimacy to injustice?

cabbageandribs1875
09-10-2018, 05:54 PM
oh ffs here we go, another thread ruined

makaveli1875
09-10-2018, 05:55 PM
Giving legitimacy to injustice?

Not at all ,just we have an Israeli international in our squad , whats he done to deserve having his games boycotted ?

HoboHarry
09-10-2018, 06:03 PM
oh ffs here we go, another thread ruined

Oh I don't know, seems kosher to me.....

Hibernia&Alba
09-10-2018, 06:07 PM
Oh I don't know, seems kosher to me.....

Now you're hamming it up.

cabbageandribs1875
09-10-2018, 06:07 PM
Oh I don't know, seems kosher to me.....



Shalom

Kato
09-10-2018, 06:10 PM
Muslin?

How did they cotton on to him?

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He was three sheets to the wind.

Keith_M
09-10-2018, 06:23 PM
Shalom


Salaam

SouthMoroccoStu
09-10-2018, 07:26 PM
I hope to Hell no tartan army fans have taken Palestine flags for the game

Please keep politics away from this game

bodhibs
09-10-2018, 09:50 PM
I'm irate, pathetic pandering to a pathetic so called state who have no rights, do one please. Edit, lol 😂

HoboHarry
09-10-2018, 10:17 PM
Now you're hamming it up.

Don't egg me on then......

Liam6270
10-10-2018, 03:08 PM
🇮🇱

IGRIGI
10-10-2018, 03:28 PM
Is it still forbidden by the .net comrades to bring an Israeli flag in support of Marciano to ER?