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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27-01-2019 06:29 AM #1
Eddie may: A star is born
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27-01-2019 07:17 AM #4
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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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27-01-2019 07:28 AM #5
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Let's just get behind him and get a win today.
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Hope him and Grant do well today and get a bit of luck.
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27-01-2019 08:10 AM #9
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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27-01-2019 08:24 AM #11
I remember those games, Billy, but I would be surprised, and disappointed, if May got the job longer term.
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27-01-2019 08:41 AM #12
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27-01-2019 08:52 AM #13This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Brilliant memories!
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27-01-2019 08:56 AM #15
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27-01-2019 09:03 AM #16
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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27-01-2019 09:09 AM #17
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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27-01-2019 09:26 AM #18
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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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27-01-2019 09:35 AM #19
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27-01-2019 09:46 AM #22
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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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27-01-2019 10:02 AM #23This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
As for Eddie May, he seems to being doing a good job at the academy. Good luck to him today.
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27-01-2019 10:03 AM #24This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Keep it up Eddie
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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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27-01-2019 10:10 AM #26
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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27-01-2019 10:37 AM #27
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I was at the 4-3 cup game in 86, and saw May’s derby winner in 89. Happy days.
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27-01-2019 11:24 AM #29
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A star is born 😂
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