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13-09-2018 09:39 AM #3
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Lovely touch from Hibs.
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13-09-2018 10:47 AM #6
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Pat is 74 today. Hopefully the club could honour him in some way whilst he is alive so he can see it eg name a stand after him, a statue, a hospitality suite, or some other suggestion???
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13-09-2018 11:18 AM #7
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A legend until he signed for Celtic.....
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13-09-2018 11:26 AM #9
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13-09-2018 11:55 AM #14
No squabbles on this thread please.
All Hail King Pat.
To younger members think of an amalgamation of Broonie at his best and John McGinn but with the ability to get in the box and score goals ..and always a Captain.
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I watched the 1972 League Cup Final again the other night and what an outstanding individual performance Pat bossed that game Celtic at that time we’re no mugs but the result was never in doubt.
It was our revenge for the 6-1 drubbing earlier in the year.
Once again Pat thanks for the memories not only are you a legend you are immortal
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13-09-2018 11:58 AM #16
My all time favourite. Pure class aligned with determination and a true leader.
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13-09-2018 12:23 PM #17
My Boyhood Hero
Too young to see the Famous Five but I would think most fans of my generation have never seen a better more graceful player play for Hibs than Pat Stanton
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13-09-2018 02:45 PM #18
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My favourite footballer ever. A class player.
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13-09-2018 04:16 PM #20
The Wee Lad Fae Niddrie
I had the honour of writing a wee ditty for Pat's 70th Birthday Party which to my embarassment Grant Stott read out to all present! Hope you like it.
The wee lad fae Niddry”
In the streets of Niddry a wee lad kicked a baw
Nae goalposts in them days, all he had was a wa’
He’d go oot in the morning, ball under his arm,
Wi Jumpers for goalposts, he could do nae harm.
He kicked and he passed from pillar to post
So quickly he ran just like a ghost
No one got near him as he played his tricks
A wee shimmy here, with a few fancy kicks
At school he played in the Holy Cross team
He was as good a player then, as they’d ever seen.
On leaving school he signed as a schoolboy, for Hibs
His dad guided him wisely, to wear one of those bibs.
They farmed him out to Bonnyrigg, to mature and to refine
The skills he was showing were simply Devine.
A long lanky school boy, he became a legend in his day
Everyone wanted to play the Pat Stanton way.
As one of Turnbull’s tornadoes he rose to the fore
No one could have given that Hibs team more.
His pride in the jersey in which he played
Shone through with every pass, that he made
Sublime were his movements as he hovered over the field
Goals he would score and results, they were sealed
They nicknamed him “GOD” of which he was true
I don’t think God minded ‘cause he didn’t sue!
He led with dignity and with grace
his head held high, whilst cutting the chase.
The punters they loved him this man they called “God”
But he always felt this was a fraud.
I’m a wee lad fae Niddrie he’d say in reply
Why do the fans hold me so high?
You gave your all Pat, for that jersey of green
You are the best footballer, they’d ever seen
You’re our king and our hero all made in one
You’re the sunshine on Leith, an all season sun.
Thank you Pat Stanton, the wee lad, with the baw
You gave us excitement and magic, some never saw.
So let’s take the time to thank you right now
Patrick Gordon Stanton please take a bow!
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13-09-2018 04:23 PM #21
[QUOTE=BILLYHIBS;5548465]Great does not even begin to describe it Sally. I can picture him now gliding across the grass majestically with the ball at his feet pointing reading the game telling players where the ball is going what to watch out for constantly probing encouraging his teammates but all at the same time calmness personified.
I watched the 1972 League Cup Final again the other night and what an outstanding individual performance Pat bossed that game Celtic at that time we’re no mugs but the result was never in doubt.
It was our revenge for the 6-1 drubbing earlier in the year.
You described him to a T Billy, the man was majestic in every way. A true leader and a TRUE Hibs legend all wrapped in one!
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13-09-2018 04:43 PM #22
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13-09-2018 11:21 PM #23
My jambo mates swear they were in the Tinycastle Arms having their first pint when King Paddy scored this late equaliser in the 93rd minute 1975
Pubs opened at 5.00 pm in those days
https://youtu.be/ylqab835BVsLast edited by BILLYHIBS; 13-09-2018 at 11:24 PM.
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14-09-2018 06:58 AM #24
Great wee poem Stanton’s Angel 👍 brilliant, thanks for sharing
"We've also been unsure about what has happened to the receipts of the players who have been sold."
George Foulkes BBC website 20/3/08
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14-09-2018 03:46 PM #26
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14-09-2018 03:56 PM #27This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteThis is how it feels
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14-09-2018 04:10 PM #29
An absolute legend and had the great pleasure of watching him when I first started following the Hibees in the mid sixties. I was at the Naples match and the 72 cup final. I even did a song about that day back in 1973 in which Pat took a great part in. 😁 To the tune of My Old Man's a Dustman.
Oh my old man's a Hibby
He used to sit me on his knee
He took me to Tynecastle Park
In January 73
There were only 9 minutes gone
When O'Rourke gave Hibs the lead
The Hibs fans were estastic
My pants I almost peed
The second came on fifteen minutes
Alex Edwards got the ball
He crossed it to Alan Gordon
He stood at six foot tall
He brought the ball down on his chest
And slipped it in the net
The Hibs were now two goals up
Without even breaking sweat
We didn't have too long to wait
Before we grabbed another goal
Twenty six minutes were on the clock
The Hibs were on a roll
This time it was Arthur Duncan's turn
To stick it in the net
My dad had £10 on us to win
He knew he had won his bet
The Hearts fans they were singing
"We'll support you ever more"
When Cropley scored for the Hibs
It was twenty five to four
The Hibs fans they went ballastic
They couldn't believe their eyes
The Hibees were now four goals up
I almost dropped my pie!
We were still in celebration mode
When we scored to make it five
Arthur Duncan with a header in the box
It was great to be alive
The Hearts fans were astounded
Their team couldn't match the green
You could tell just from the look on their face
This was the best fitba they had ever seen
Fifty six minutes were on the clock
When Pat Stanton won the ball
He ran it past the Hearts defence
They were ****ed, they could hardly crawl
He kept on going and going
The Hibs fans thought he was brill
He crossed it to wee Jimmy O'Rourke
To make it Hibs six Jam Tarts nil
Fifteen minutes of the game remained
When Alan Gordon made it seven
The Hearts fan they were in hell
But the Hibs fans were in heaven
Stanton, Cropley, Duncan and O'Rourke
Some of the finest to wear the green
Thank you Turnbull's Tornadoes
The greatest team I've ever seen
P.S. I made it up. My dad never took me to football and I was 16 in 1973.
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