Had a wee discussion with someone last night who's a St Johnstone fan - we all tend to think that our team has some sort of thing that makes them special above any other team.
If you bumped into someone who'd never watched football nor even knew of its existence, how would you describe Hibs and what would you point them to as to what makes the club special?
For me, I'd say the Famous Five, Pat Stanton, how Franck Sauzee found a final club to take to his heart even when he was winding up his career and a lot of Hands of Hibs and the strength of feeling towards the club and the battle to keep the club alive.
I'd also finish it off with 21st of May, but with lots of the background - even the 5-1 game, even the Malmo game, the relegation and how despite this the club found its feet again and found a way to fight on again.
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11-01-2018 09:13 AM #1
What makes Hibs special?
Do you think your security can keep you in purity, you will not shake us off above or below. Scottish friction, Scottish fiction
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11-01-2018 09:16 AM #2
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Unpredictability. We could beat Real Madrid one week then lose at home to Clyde the next.
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11-01-2018 09:54 AM #5
Barry strip, 100% that. Way better than that manky "it ran in the wash" effort from across the other side of the city.
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11-01-2018 09:54 AM #6
We're still a 'grass roots' club. Although sometimes we don't, we are still regarded as a team that plays attractive football (this probably stems from the FF & TT eras).
There is certainly a charisma about the club that most players that come and go hook on to and they remain forever attached to Hibs in some way. (There have been a few exceptions however, they are few and far between - and the feeling is probably mutual ).
I don't regard us as 'special' in the wide sense. Certainly special to me though.Last edited by snooky; 11-01-2018 at 02:57 PM.
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11-01-2018 09:58 AM #8This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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In a nutshell. All non OF fans in Scotland are the same in that respect more or less.
We certainly don't do it for the glory. Hibs are just my team, end of.
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11-01-2018 12:26 PM #12
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We're not the old firm.
Nobody ever follows us for the glory.
We're not Hearts.
The Scottish Cup.
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11-01-2018 01:33 PM #14
What makes Hibs special?
Nothing. To start seeing ourselves as exceptional is the road to ruin.
Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkLast edited by Ozyhibby; 11-01-2018 at 01:53 PM.
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11-01-2018 01:55 PM #15
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Beautiful (both in character and club-colours), sporting, entertaining, attack-minded/anti defensive-football, stylish, innovative, enterprising, daring, courageous, historical, honest/trust-worthy, caring/considerate, charitable (I.E we DON'T nick the money !) fun ......................
But most importantly, PROUD at being everything the Hun and the Jambos aren't !
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11-01-2018 04:47 PM #16
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11-01-2018 05:28 PM #17
Raw, pulsating, sexuality. We've all got it and it the only question is whether it comes from regular attendance at Easter Road, or whether we are drawn to this sexy club because we already have those goods. Discuss.
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11-01-2018 01:57 PM #18
For me it goes back to our origins. The struggle of Irish Catholic immigrants to band together and create a club to represent them. To join with the Leith poor and grow into a club which represents a larger community. A club which has fought for a long time to be established. A club that was almost killed and fought like a Rocky movie, beaten to a pulp but won and lifted a cup after all the struggles. The same with 21st of May, having been beaten time and again, but still managed to raise ourselves to overcome and win. Its entirely in keeping with the Persevere motto of Leith.
I think of us as the most romantic of clubs, like a Hollywood movie - struggle, adversity, circumstances against us and then triumph.
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11-01-2018 02:07 PM #19
For me it is simply due to the good and charitable reasons the club began.
That makes Hibernian FC very special indeed.
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11-01-2018 02:12 PM #20
Hibs are special to the fans, the players that have had the honour to wear the strip, and the staff that have been involved with the club. Couldn't care less what anyone else thinks.
Things that make us unique for me tho - Our beginnings, our strip, our anthem, our Scottish Cup Story.
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11-01-2018 02:29 PM #21
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This 10/10.
Also the fans are far better looking than any other Scottish teams.this is a cast iron fact.
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11-01-2018 02:58 PM #23
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As previously stated. Our History.
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11-01-2018 03:01 PM #24
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perseverance - a club which others have tried to shut down and close more than once over its history and continues to survive to represent its community, area, city and country. Consistently inconsistent, rarely glory hunters, and all the better for it when 150,000 cheered the cup winning side around the streets after long wait. Some dreams come true.
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12-01-2018 12:35 AM #25This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
As pointed out, the old Sky Sports SPL intro sums it up well.
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12-01-2018 05:26 AM #26
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They were just my local team , luckily for me
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11-01-2018 01:55 PM #28
21st May 2016. No team in world football has or ever will have a moment as special as that with the possible exceptions of Man City scoring with the last kick of the ball to win the league.
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11-01-2018 05:51 PM #30
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To me they are special because I didn't like football and still don't care too much about it - but when I saw a Hibs match...that was different. That sense of having an ownership of something, a commitment (as I did at the time) was what made it special.
I only really found out about some of the details in our club's history last year and that start is one which I think the club has a real right to be proud of. The sectarianism experienced by members of the Irish community in Edinburgh, especially the Old Town was horrendous. The extreme poverty many of them faced too is something the like of which I could never imagine. The formation of Hibernian was a proactive and positive attempt to fight this. That's a lesson for today.
Ok, I'll say something else which is controversial here (and I'd love more info on it but I can't find it). Credit to Hearts for playing us first and breaking the SFA embargo. I don't know what their motives were BUT IF, IF, it was because they agreed with the stance we took, then that's a good thing and makes the Edinburgh derby very special. Even though it's 'them', I like to think that the motives were because it was the right thing.
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