Edinburgh City

**CMurdoch** · 12-10-2018 08:05 PM

On Alba at the moment playing top of Division 1 Arbroath in the Irn Brew Cup.
Good game.
City have some impressive players and are 3-1 up after 70 mins.
Very good strikers in Shepperd and Henderson

**CMurdoch** · 12-10-2018 08:08 PM

Handling started but was injured and replaced after 50 mins

**CMurdoch** · 12-10-2018 08:09 PM

4-1, home and dry

**Halmyre Hibee** · 12-10-2018 08:20 PM

Watching this rather than Engerland game. More fans at Arbroath 😂. Edinburgh City playing well and both clubs top of their respective divisions. Reasonable entertainment.

**SJNB Hibby** · 12-10-2018 08:31 PM

Liam Henderson scored their 4th

**Forza Fred** · 13-10-2018 07:43 AM

Very impressive result on the face of it.

Certainly cost me money!

**itslegaltender** · 13-10-2018 08:45 AM

Pleased for Jim McDonagh, a great guy.

**CMurdoch** · 13-10-2018 12:58 PM

They played really well last night and it is obvious now to me why they are strolling Division 2.
A very good group of players.
Ex Aberdeen Josh Walker didn't play last night, don't know if he is injured
Conrad Balatoni who played recently in the SPL for Partick Thistle
Craig Thomson (no daft comments please)
Marc Laird (played down south for a long time)
Danny Handling (a step back to move forward, injured last night)
Blair Henderson (24 year old striker, 6'4", very good player and ex Hibs)
Scott Shepherd (a good striking foil for Henderson, very good last night)

1st Division team next season and a good place to send Hibs development players.
Manager McDonagh doing a great job

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***Jamesie*** · 13-10-2018 01:43 PM

Originally Posted by CMurdoch

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They played really well last night and it is obvious now to me why they are strolling Division 2.
A very good group of players.
Ex Aberdeen Josh Walker didn't play last night, don't know if he is injured
Conrad Balatoni who played recently in the SPL for Partick Thistle
Craig Thomson (no daft comments please)
Marc Laird (played down south for a long time)
Danny Handling (a step back to move forward, injured last night)
Blair Henderson (24 year old striker, 6'4", very good player and ex Hibs)
Scott Shepherd (a good striking foil for Henderson, very good last night)

1st Division team next season and a good place to send Hibs development players.
Manager McDonagh doing a great job

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Where are they getting the cash for all of this?

**sixtwo** · 13-10-2018 02:27 PM

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Where are they getting the cash for all of this?

Their supporters club is rammed full of Hibs fans every time we play at home.

***Pagan Hibernia*** · 13-10-2018 02:30 PM

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Their supporters club is rammed full of Hibs fans every time we play at home.

maybe their pies are better than ours

**CMurdoch** · 13-10-2018 02:30 PM

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Their supporters club is rammed full of Hibs fans every time we play at home.

It was a clever move buying that place.

**CMurdoch** · 13-10-2018 02:32 PM

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Where are they getting the cash for all of this?

Did they sell their city centre premises?

***overdrive*** · 13-10-2018 03:24 PM

I wondered whether the rent at Spartans might be cheaper than Meadowbank was which might partly explain an increase in budget.

***tamig*** · 13-10-2018 03:30 PM

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Did they sell their city centre premises?

Yes. They got a fortune for it. As you could imagine.

**CMurdoch** · 13-10-2018 04:15 PM

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Yes. They got a fortune for it. As you could imagine.

Presume they bought the boozer at Lochend with the money received and are spending the rest developing the club and team. They won't need a lot of money to make it to the 2nd tier but would struggle to stay there as Dumbarton, Alloa and Brechin have found.

***Jamesie*** · 13-10-2018 04:33 PM

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Presume they bought the boozer at Lochend with the money received and are spending the rest developing the club and team. They won't need a lot of money to make it to the 2nd tier but would struggle to stay there as Dumbarton, Alloa and Brechin have found.

Don’t think they even had to purchase that - I believe it’s leased from Danny Swanson’s father.

**Killiehibbie** · 13-10-2018 04:42 PM

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Their supporters club is rammed full of Hibs fans every time we play at home.

Hard to see that much being made from a couple of hours every fortnight.

**DickieDastardly** · 13-10-2018 05:35 PM

They also have a lad called Andrew Black playing for them, he was in the Hibs youth ranks for circa 5yrs.

***Kojock*** · 13-10-2018 07:37 PM

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Don’t think they even had to purchase that - I believe it’s leased from Danny Swanson’s father.

They had a two year lease to start with but once it was up and running saw the potential and bought the building. They are now trying to purchase the old Chinese takeaway next door and also extend upwards which means raising the roof. Yet we are told BTG was losing money.

***greenlex*** · 13-10-2018 09:46 PM

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They had a two year lease to start with but once it was up and running saw the potential and bought the building. They are now trying to purchase the old Chinese takeaway next door and also extend upwards which means raising the roof. Yet we are told BTG was losing money.

BTG was only Open a few hours on matchday.

***Frazerbob*** · 13-10-2018 10:22 PM

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They had a two year lease to start with but once it was up and running saw the potential and bought the building. They are now trying to purchase the old Chinese takeaway next door and also extend upwards which means raising the roof. Yet we are told BTG was losing money.

BTG probably took a couple of grand every match day. Not many boozers survive on £40k annual turnover.

**marinello59** · 14-10-2018 06:33 AM

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It was a clever move buying that place.

Maybe Hibs should go in to the pub business, we could buy a chain of them. What could possibly go wrong?

***LancsHibs*** · 14-10-2018 08:04 AM

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Maybe Hibs should go in to the pub business, we could buy a chain of them. What could possibly go wrong?

Good idea, maybe a few boozers in Gloucestershire or Somerset🤨

***Just Alf*** · 14-10-2018 08:06 AM

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Maybe Hibs should go in to the pub business, we could buy a chain of them. What could possibly go wrong?

A cunning plan!

***green day*** · 14-10-2018 08:31 AM

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They had a two year lease to start with but once it was up and running saw the potential and bought the building. They are now trying to purchase the old Chinese takeaway next door and also extend upwards which means raising the roof. Yet we are told BTG was losing money.

Remember, EC had a bundle of cash from the sale of the premises down from The Playhouse.

Being honest, if BTG was provided on the basis it must make a profit, I wonder if it would exist at all.

EC club does well out of Hibs fans on matchdays, but - like all other pubs near Easter Road - it cant just survive on that alone (remember the Albion Bar ?).

As for the redevelopment of the Loch Inn, I wonder if this is more of a property speculation / investment rather than due to demand for a bigger pub.

Has anyone been in on a non matchday - Wonder what its like then?

***Kojock*** · 14-10-2018 02:20 PM

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BTG probably took a couple of grand every match day. Not many boozers survive on £40k annual turnover.

BTG was also used for weddings, private parties, Christmas parties and meetings etc. I have no idea if they had any overheads like rent, electricity, sky sports etc. To say it couldn't return a profit is down to the incompetence of the people running it.

**delbert** · 14-10-2018 02:23 PM

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maybe their pies are better than ours

Maybe ???

**ancient hibee** · 14-10-2018 02:24 PM

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Maybe Hibs should go in to the pub business, we could buy a chain of them. What could possibly go wrong?

That’s a pretty duff idea.

***H18 SFR*** · 14-10-2018 03:01 PM

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That’s a pretty duff idea.

Not as black and white as that, too many Grey areas.

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