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Fans favourite Joe McBride
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28-04-2014 12:25 PM #1
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Joe McBride
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28-04-2014 12:30 PM #2
Brilliant player and one of my all time favourite Hibs players.
Scored a barrowload of goals and Colin Stein was quickly forgotten about.
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28-04-2014 12:38 PM #3
strangely, i can only just vaguely remember colin stein leaving(and his debut for his horrible new team at ER )but can't remember a thing about Joe McBride, was the winger joe McBride we had in the 80's any relation ? i do remember him(young Joe) scoring two at the wongadome though
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28-04-2014 12:39 PM #4
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2 goals at ER against Celtic in the first half were brilliant..... named in player profile as "Hibs chunky forward". No pace but knew how to score goals. His son (also Joe) scored a couple of beauts against hear7s at tynie.
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28-04-2014 12:40 PM #5This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
ta, that answers my Q
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28-04-2014 12:44 PM #6
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28-04-2014 12:48 PM #7This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
what a way to thank his previous employer huh,
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28-04-2014 12:50 PM #8
A superb signing for us he was. Could score goals for fun, I vividly remember his 2 goals against Celtic at Easter Road when we beat them 2-0 and the gigantic smile on his face after scoring.
Always in my top 20 players.
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28-04-2014 03:07 PM #9
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28-04-2014 03:54 PM #10This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
His two against Celtic was wonderful, which was the first game after Tom Hart became associated with Hibs.
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28-04-2014 04:13 PM #11This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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28-04-2014 06:42 PM #12
I have never seen a player who could head the ball as powerfully as Joe could. I was gutted when Stein left but got over him very quickly.
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28-04-2014 06:48 PM #13
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Sadly only remember Joe McB MkII.
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28-04-2014 09:05 PM #14
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The 2v0 against Celtic was one of my first big games and the volley is still one of my favourite goals - saw it through packed terrace in Cave . I was at an FA cup tie in about 1980 in which Everton beat Arsenal 2v0 both goals by a teenage Joe McBride Jr . He was a great prospect and though he was good for us never seemed to really fulfil his potential . A Celtic coach now I think .
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28-04-2014 09:09 PM #15This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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29-04-2014 09:54 AM #16
A good old fashioned center forward who had guile and the guts and passion to go with it.
off the park he was an absolute gentleman and an idol to many young supporters of that time.
A good man who took pride wearing the Hibs jersey!
RIP Joe!
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29-04-2014 04:21 PM #17
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29-04-2014 04:31 PM #18This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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29-04-2014 04:51 PM #19
IIRC when Celtic sold him to us after Colin Stein left for Ibrox, Jock Stein was quoted in the papers as justifying the transfer on the grounds that Joe's knees were gone and he was 'past it'.
Which may be why, when he scored those 2 goals in the 2-0 win at ER against Jock Stein's Celtic, Joe ran all the way up the touchline in front of the main stand to celebrate with his team-mates in front of the Celtic dugout.
BOTH goals.
Jock Stein's face was a picture.
BOTH times.
The Unwashed always refer to him as 'Joe McBride of Celtic' but he had good spells (and excellent scoring records) for Kilmarnock, Partick, Motherwell and Hibs as well as his time at Celtic. He scored a lot of goals for us, and that first week is a week I'll never forget. I think he scored another three times in the following two games - 11 in 5.
I do remember a pal at school (a Hun) trying to wind me up about them signing Colin Stein, but he'd left it a week or so too late.
Told him Hibs centre-forward was Joe McBride, scoring for fun - who the bleep was Colin Stein?
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29-04-2014 09:55 PM #20
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Stein was due to lead the forward line for us in the league cup final of 1968 but Hampden caught fire and the game was delayed. By the time the final came aout in the spring of the following year Stein had been sold and Joe was cup-tied.......... We lost 6-2. It was my first cup final and my dad took me home at 6-0.
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29-04-2014 10:24 PM #21
Just had a look and it's incredible he only got 2 caps. 54 goals in 55 games for Celtic. Also played more times for us than them which I was surprised about.
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29-04-2014 10:27 PM #22This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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29-04-2014 10:37 PM #23This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
226 goals in 383 appearances. Not too shabby.
McBride left Hibs in 1971, apparently because the club were unhappy that he did not want to move from his home in Glasgow.
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30-04-2014 05:14 AM #25
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Pat Stanton tell a story about Joe during a bread shortage in Glasgow. Hibs were due to play Celtic and Joe got the players to buy as many loafs as they could in Edinburgj and take them on the bus. All joes neighbours were waiting outside Parkhead when the bus arrived. That's the type of guy he was.
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