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    Eddie may: A star is born

    I remember Eddie May as being a very good young player for HIBS

    A dynamic pocket battleship box to box midfielder who would arrive in the box with late runs and score his fair share of important goals

    I remember back in 1986 in a Scottish Cup Quarter Final against a high flying Celtic side he came on as a sub with “Bomber Harris” and scored the winner with a diving header in a 4-3 victory at Easter Road

    It was the second time we had eliminated Celtic from Cup competition that season as we had knocked them out of the League Cup on penalties after a thrilling 4-4 draw at Easter Road

    When Eddie May scored the fourth goal in the Scottish Cup I was in a packed East which back then was nothing more than a glorified shed the crowd pushed forward and swayed I found myself down the front and this old guy grabbed me and declared “ Eddie May a star is born!”

    I also remember he scored a late winner versus Hearts with one of his late runs at Easter Road in my late fathers last derby

    Can Eddie May do an Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and reinvigorate the team by treating each player with respect and letting them play in their favoured position and allowing them the freedom to express themselves and by reinstalling a sense of fun of solidarity unity and togetherness that for whatever reason has been sadly lacking this hellish season or is he a Kenny McDowall type character one of a Gang of Four or Five together with Grant Murray still loyal to Neil Lennon who is simply seeing out his contractual obligations?

    Who knows? A win today might put him in the frame. Like Ole Gunnar Solskjaer he is well respected by the players especially the young players and has a sound Hibernian background and knows what we are all about and where we expect to be

    Cmon HIBS let’s get back to the football the nation is watching us today expecting a reaction and we badly need the three points
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    Not if reports are true and he's loyal to Lennon.

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    He was an absolute disaster as falkirk manager iirc.

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    Seemingly has a hardline and aloof attitude with the youths. Grant Murray is seemingly the one with the ‘arm around the shoulder approach’


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    Let's just get behind him and get a win today.

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    Seemingly has a hardline and aloof attitude with the youths. Grant Murray is seemingly the one with the ‘arm around the shoulder approach’


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    Not very well liked across the board he’s a bit of a tosser in football circles

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    Quote Originally Posted by we are hibs View Post
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    He was an absolute disaster as falkirk manager iirc.
    Yup i used to watch his interviews he used to go into meltdown...he seemed to hate Yogi

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    Quote Originally Posted by SMAXXA View Post
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    Not very well liked across the board he’s a bit of a tosser in football circles
    Yet it does look like he had a decent record at Falkirk for bringing through young players and I would say we seem to be getting better in that regard here so if he is doing a decent job good on him.

    Hope him and Grant do well today and get a bit of luck.

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    Nah. May already has a full-time job. We need a Head Coach with either a lot of potential and a bit of something about him or the experience that suggests he can move us on.

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    Not if reports are true and he's loyal to Lennon.
    I wouldn’t believe everything you read in The Sun.

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    I remember those games, Billy, but I would be surprised, and disappointed, if May got the job longer term.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BILLYHIBS View Post
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    I remember Eddie May as being a very good young player for HIBS

    A dynamic pocket battleship box to box midfielder who would arrive in the box with late runs and score his fair share of important goals

    I remember back in 1986 in a Scottish Cup Quarter Final against a high flying Celtic side he came on as a sub with “Bomber Harris” and scored the winner with a diving header in a 4-3 victory at Easter Road

    It was the second time we had eliminated Celtic from Cup competition that season as we had knocked them out of the League Cup on penalties after a thrilling 4-4 draw at Easter Road

    When Eddie May scored the fourth goal in the Scottish Cup I was in a packed East which back then was nothing more than a glorified shed the crowd pushed forward and swayed I found myself down the front and this old guy grabbed me and declared “ Eddie May a star is born!”

    I also remember he scored a late winner versus Hearts with one of his late runs at Easter Road in my late fathers last derby

    Can Eddie May do an Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and reinvigorate the team by treating each player with respect and letting them play in their favoured position and allowing them the freedom to express themselves and by reinstalling a sense of fun of solidarity unity and togetherness that for whatever reason has been sadly lacking this hellish season or is he a Kenny McDowall type character one of a Gang of Four or Five together with Grant Murray still loyal to Neil Lennon who is simply seeing out his contractual obligations?

    Who knows? A win today might put him in the frame. Like Ole Gunnar Solskjaer he is well respected by the players especially the young players and has a sound Hibernian background and knows what we are all about and where we expect to be

    Cmon HIBS let’s get back to the football the nation is watching us today expecting a reaction and we badly need the three points
    Was at both these outstanding games you mention, was that the same season we played them in a friendly at ER and benny got a hat trick meaning we played them 7 times that season if true ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by tynehibs View Post
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    Was at both these outstanding games you mention, was that the same season we played them in a friendly at ER and benny got a hat trick meaning we played them 7 times that season if true ?
    Yip! We won 6-3 in a hastily arranged friendly in the January Benny scored a perfect hatrick I also remember him ballooning a pen over the bar in a penalty shoot out not sure if that was the same game as the 4-4 game

    Brilliant memories!

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    Eddie may is a total ****.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BILLYHIBS View Post
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    Yip! We won 6-3 in a hastily arranged friendly in the January Benny scored a perfect hatrick I also remember him ballooning a pen over the bar in a penalty shoot out not sure if that was the same game as the 4-4 game

    Brilliant memories!
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    If we were going to appoint from within, I’d rather it was Murray than May. He’s had more management experience than May. The Hearts thing may be difficult to get over for some though.

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    Pretty sure my first game at Easter Road was a 4-1 win over Clydebank in 1987ish. My memory is of Eddie May making a late run into the box, scoring and then clattering into the post, having to get stretchered off. Thought he was a hero at the time!

    He’s not the next Hibs manager though.

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    Not a chance May will be considered for the job...mind you, I suspect he'd say that himself. May is vjewed in the club as good at what he dies...not great..but good.

    Good luck both of them , hope they have a nice little run in charge until we sort this out..




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    Quote Originally Posted by Cairney11 View Post
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    Eddie may is a total ****.
    A total star?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Danderhall Hibs View Post
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    A total star?
    😂

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    Quote Originally Posted by Danderhall Hibs View Post
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    A total star?
    Hero?

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    Was at both these outstanding games you mention, was that the same season we played them in a friendly at ER and benny got a hat trick meaning we played them 7 times that season if true ?
    The Hearts game he scored the winner in was on Jan 4, 1989. We won 1-0, with May’s goal coming after just 4 mins. It was our second derby win in three months, we had won 2-1 at Tynie in the previous November.

    The 4-3 Celtic was March 8, 1986. We also knocked them out the LC that season on pens. The 6-3 friendly was Jan 85, not sure May played that day, but he might well have done!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Superfurry72 View Post
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    The Hearts game he scored the winner in was on Jan 4, 1989. We won 1-0, with May’s goal coming after just 4 mins. It was our second derby win in three months, we had won 2-1 at Tynie in the previous November.

    The 4-3 Celtic was March 8, 1986. We also knocked them out the LC that season on pens. The 6-3 friendly was Jan 85, not sure May played that day, but he might well have done!
    Superfurrybrethren of Hibernia, welcome.

    As for Eddie May, he seems to being doing a good job at the academy. Good luck to him today.

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    Quote Originally Posted by superfurryhibby View Post
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    Superfurrybrethren of Hibernia, welcome.

    As for Eddie May, he seems to being doing a good job at the academy. Good luck to him today.
    He’s doing a great job, loads of his graduates making the 1st team squad, that’s what he’s paid to do.
    Keep it up Eddie

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    Quote Originally Posted by Superfurry72 View Post
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    The Hearts game he scored the winner in was on Jan 4, 1989. We won 1-0, with May’s goal coming after just 4 mins. It was our second derby win in three months, we had won 2-1 at Tynie in the previous November.

    The 4-3 Celtic was March 8, 1986. We also knocked them out the LC that season on pens. The 6-3 friendly was Jan 85, not sure May played that day, but he might well have done!
    Eddie May made his HIBS debut on 14/9/85 in an away defeat 0-1 to Dundee.

    I remember him as being a much sought after youngster delighted to be free of the shackles of Jim McLeans harsh regime at Dundee United

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    Wasn't Eddie May's winner in the 1-0 derby out last win before that dreadful run of games against them?

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    Quote Originally Posted by BILLYHIBS View Post
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    Eddie May made his HIBS debut on 14/9/85 in an away defeat 0-1 to Dundee.

    I remember him as being a much sought after youngster delighted to be free of the shackles of Jim McLeans harsh regime at Dundee United

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    There you go! Was pretty sure he hadn’t featured in the 6-3 game. I wasn’t there, but was Hibs’ mascot the week before against Dumbarton. Weirdly, I ran out with the team to the Dunbar End. Roughie gave me an open goal to shoot into and I missed! We won 3-1 though...

    I was at the 4-3 cup game in 86, and saw May’s derby winner in 89. Happy days.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Diclonius View Post
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    Wasn't Eddie May's winner in the 1-0 derby out last win before that dreadful run of games against them?
    It was. I remember that goal like it was yesterday - we hit the post with a similar move not long after the goal as well.
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    A star is born 😂

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