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This is a great wee thread.Now if you look on google earth, incredibly half the northfield ground is still there.One half has been built over and it looks like the other half is almost as it would have been when built.except for the small matter that it seems to have been taken over by the cemetery and people have been buried on the east side of the pitch.
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Thread: Our original ground
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10-06-2015 04:19 PM #31
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10-06-2015 05:01 PM #32
It's interesting to read these threads about Hibernian history where members try to obtain facts and evidence to describe our past. Quite different from the maroon mob across the city who quickly concoct a Rabelaisian tale based on hyperbole, wishful conjecture and world beating ignorance.
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10-06-2015 05:09 PM #33
Just a bit of history on the Northfield site......
In the early 1900s, Hibs were having some success, Scottish Cup in 1902 and the League in 1903. This lead to a desire at Hibs to either increase the capacity of ER or move elsewhere. Because of the ER slope, the decision was taken to move and some land at Northfield leased.
Hibs put a considerable sum of money into developing a new stadium (seen in the photos in previous posts) but were undermined by the North British Railway Company, who decided they needed the land for a Railway 'Spur'. The council took the Railway's side in the matter and Hibs never played in the Stadium they had spent so much money on (incidentally, the capacity was estimated at 50k but overestimation was typical in those days and it was probably in the region of 30-35k).
Hibs suffered incredibly from the wasted outlay and took years to recover. The NB Railway company never actually built the 'spur', so Hibs lost the Stadium for nothing. The site was eventually used for amateur games and (I think) rugby matches. Part of the land is now the Cemetery.
[The above is my recollection from a book called The Easter Road Story, which I have now sadly lost ]
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10-06-2015 05:33 PM #34
Fascinating stuff!
Here are some links to check out (hope they work!). National Library of Scotland has this site where you can view historical maps, overlaid on up to date maps. You can fade between the old and new maps with the slider on the left (where it says "Change transparency of overlay").
1891 - Showing the Recreation Ground at Bothwell Street:
http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom...689&layers=136
1902 - Hibs based at Easter Road as we know it (note the shooting ranges - for practising long-range 'squigglers'?):
http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom...669&layers=140
1910 - You can see 'Hibernian Football Park' at Albion Place, and also 'New Hibernians Football Park' beside Piershill Cemetery:
http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom...532&layers=143Last edited by Shore Thing; 10-06-2015 at 05:37 PM.
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10-06-2015 05:56 PM #37
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I did in my phone, it's a story about a foot race held at the ground on a Sunday and how Hibs were denying any involvement, seems to have caused outrage.
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10-06-2015 08:00 PM #44
Did we not also play on a field down by Cameron Toll for a while???
At the end of Crawford RD/ East Suffolk Road??
Im sure I read that somewhere, but im not sure where???
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