Has the title been won more often at Easter Road by other clubs than by Hibs?

[Mag7]

In my Hibs supporting lifetime I can recall four titles being won at Easter Road by other clubs:

Huns 1975 and 2005
Soapdodgers 1977
Sheep 1980

Any others?

[H18SScottW]

I'd been curious about this fact before but found it difficult to locate any info on the actual matches that sealed championship wins.

I reckon that Tannadice would lay a fair claim to being the unfortunate 'hosts' most often though. What have they had there recently? The last 2 years? 3 out of the last 4 possibly? And there were the 9-in-a-row days of Souness, Butcher, McCoist et al which regularly seemed to be there IIRC.

[oldbutdim]

In my Hibs supporting lifetime I can recall four titles being won at Easter Road by other clubs:

Huns 1975 and 2005
Soapdodgers 1977
Sheep 1980

Any others?

I was bemoaning this very point earlier.

It's bad enough the OldBigots winning it - but I think the Sheepy one was the worst.

Not that I dislike the Sheepies more than the Tainted Twins, I don't - but if you were there you probably take my point.
:boo hoo:

[LHWM]

I'd been curious about this fact before but found it difficult to locate any info on the actual matches that sealed championship wins.


We have every league table for each match day in our database. I'll work something out on the train this morning to Edinburgh.

[crash]

In my Hibs supporting lifetime I can recall four titles being won at Easter Road by other clubs:

Huns 1975 and 2005
Soapdodgers 1977
Sheep 1980

Any others?

Celtic 1973.

[judas]

In my Hibs supporting lifetime I can recall four titles being won at Easter Road by other clubs:

Huns 1975 and 2005
Soapdodgers 1977
Sheep 1980

Any others?

Given that we have only won the title four times, I would suggest it is a racing certainty.

[hibeeleicester]

We have every league table for each match day in our database. I'll work something out on the train this morning to Edinburgh.

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Phil D. Rolls]

Given that we have only won the title four times, I would suggest it is a racing certainty.

If Rangers win on Sunday, that'll make it three that I can think of.

[NORTHERNHIBBY]

I was bemoaning this very point earlier.

It's bad enough the OldBigots winning it - but I think the Sheepy one was the worst.

Not that I dislike the Sheepies more than the Tainted Twins, I don't - but if you were there you probably take my point.
:boo hoo:


I can still see Fergie running aroond like a heedless chicken,jumping in to Bobby Clark's arms. The real scunner about that day, and also watching from the sidelines as the Arabs built a truly great side, was that the excuses about resources and money and loads of fans, that we use for the OF didn't apply and although that could have been us, they were both light years ahead at that time.

[LHWM]

Provisional list of teams winning the league at an away ground.

It excludes


Times when the league was won by not playing.

Years when teams ended up tied on points. It is a slightly more complex SQL query because of goal average / goal difference. I have included Hearts 2 losses in 1965 and 1986 though.


Dundee U and Hibs on 6 each. Though one of Hibs was Falkirk during the war in the Eastern league excluding Celtic and Rangers.

These need to be verified.

Sat 07 May 1892 Abercorn 1 Dumbarton 1

Sat 13 Apr 1935 Aberdeen 1 Rangers 3
Mon 29 Apr 1974 Aberdeen 0 Celtic 0
Sat 02 May 1987 Aberdeen 1 Rangers 1

Mon 06 May 1963 Airdrieonians 0 Rangers 2

Sat 30 Apr 1949 Albion Rovers 1 Rangers 4

Sat 10 May 1919 Ayr United 0 Celtic 2

Sun 02 May 1999 Celtic 0 Rangers 3

Sat 23 Mar 1895 Clyde 3 Heart Of Midlothian 2
Tue 28 Mar 1939 Clyde 1 Rangers 1
Mon 06 Apr 1942 Clyde 2 Rangers 8
Wed 11 Apr 1951 Clyde 0 Hibernian 4
Sat 09 Apr 1955 Clyde 0 Aberdeen 1

Sat 07 Apr 1917 Dumbarton 1 Celtic 3
Wed 28 Apr 1920 Dumbarton 0 Rangers 0

Sat 19 Apr 1913 Dundee 0 Rangers 0
Sat 14 May 1983 Dundee 1 Dundee United 2

Sat 24 Apr 1976 Dundee United 0 Rangers 1
Wed 22 Apr 1981 Dundee United 2 Celtic 3
Sat 21 Apr 1990 Dundee United 0 Rangers 1
Wed 07 May 1997 Dundee United 0 Rangers 1
Thu 22 May 2008 Dundee United 0 Celtic 1
Sun 24 May 2009 Dundee United 0 Rangers 3

Mon 29 Apr 1957 Dunfermline Athletic 3 Rangers 4
Tue 30 Apr 1968 Dunfermline Athletic 1 Celtic 2

Sat 25 Apr 1931 East Fife 0 Rangers 4
Sat 15 Apr 1972 East Fife 0 Celtic 3

Wed 25 Apr 1934 Falkirk 1 Rangers 3

Fri 30 Apr 1909 Hamilton Academical 1 Celtic 2
Wed 07 Apr 1937 Hamilton Academical 1 Rangers 5
Sat 12 Apr 1941 Hamilton Academical 1 Rangers 4
Sat 12 Feb 1944 Hamilton Academical 1 Rangers 4

1965 Heart Of Midlothian 0 Kilmarnock 2
Sat 28 Mar 1970 Heart Of Midlothian 0 Celtic 0
Wed 02 May 1984 Heart Of Midlothian 0 Aberdeen 1

Sat 04 May 1940 Hibernian 5 Falkirk 6 <-- Wartime Eastern League
Sat 17 Apr 1954 Hibernian 0 Celtic 3
Sat 28 Apr 1973 Hibernian 0 Celtic 3
Sat 29 Mar 1975 Hibernian 1 Rangers 1
Sat 16 Apr 1977 Hibernian 0 Celtic 1
Sun 22 May 2005 Hibernian 0 Rangers 1

Sun 18 Apr 2004 Kilmarnock 0 Celtic 1
Sun 22 Apr 2007 Kilmarnock 1 Celtic 2

Sat 29 Apr 1922 Morton 1 Celtic 1
Sat 10 Feb 1945 Morton 1 Rangers 4

Sat 07 May 1966 Motherwell 0 Celtic 1

Sat 20 Dec 1902 Partick Thistle 0 Hibernian 2
Wed 24 Apr 1907 Partick Thistle 0 Celtic 2
Sat 20 Feb 1943 Partick Thistle 0 Rangers 2
Wed 07 May 1980 Partick Thistle 1 Aberdeen 1

Sat 10 Mar 1906 Queens Park 0 Celtic 6

Sat 23 Mar 1912 Raith Rovers 0 Rangers 1

Sat 25 Apr 1908 Rangers 0 Celtic 1
Sat 06 May 1967 Rangers 2 Celtic 2

Sat 28 Apr 1962 St Johnstone 0 Dundee 3

Sat 05 Jan 1901 St Mirren 1 Rangers 4
Sat 23 Apr 1938 St Mirren 1 Celtic 3
Sat 12 Apr 1958 St Mirren 2 Heart Of Midlothian 3
Sat 16 Apr 1960 St Mirren 4 Heart Of Midlothian 4
1986 St Mirren 0 Celtic 5

Sat 17 Apr 1915 Third Lanark 0 Celtic 4
Mon 01 May 1950 Third Lanark 2 Rangers 2

[crash]

Provisional list of teams winning the league at an away ground.

It excludes


Times when the league was won by not playing.

Years when teams ended up tied on points. It is a slightly more complex SQL query because of goal average / goal difference. I have included Hearts 2 losses in 1965 and 1986 though.


Dundee U and Hibs on 6 each. Though one of Hibs was Falkirk during the war in the Eastern league excluding Celtic and Rangers.

These need to be verified.

Sat 07 May 1892 Abercorn 1 Dumbarton 1

Sat 13 Apr 1935 Aberdeen 1 Rangers 3
Mon 29 Apr 1974 Aberdeen 0 Celtic 0
Sat 02 May 1987 Aberdeen 1 Rangers 1

Mon 06 May 1963 Airdrieonians 0 Rangers 2

Sat 30 Apr 1949 Albion Rovers 1 Rangers 4

Sat 10 May 1919 Ayr United 0 Celtic 2

Sun 02 May 1999 Celtic 0 Rangers 3

Sat 23 Mar 1895 Clyde 3 Heart Of Midlothian 2
Tue 28 Mar 1939 Clyde 1 Rangers 1
Mon 06 Apr 1942 Clyde 2 Rangers 8
Wed 11 Apr 1951 Clyde 0 Hibernian 4
Sat 09 Apr 1955 Clyde 0 Aberdeen 1

Sat 07 Apr 1917 Dumbarton 1 Celtic 3
Wed 28 Apr 1920 Dumbarton 0 Rangers 0

Sat 19 Apr 1913 Dundee 0 Rangers 0
Sat 14 May 1983 Dundee 1 Dundee United 2

Sat 24 Apr 1976 Dundee United 0 Rangers 1
Wed 22 Apr 1981 Dundee United 2 Celtic 3
Sat 21 Apr 1990 Dundee United 0 Rangers 1
Wed 07 May 1997 Dundee United 0 Rangers 1
Thu 22 May 2008 Dundee United 0 Celtic 1
Sun 24 May 2009 Dundee United 0 Rangers 3

Mon 29 Apr 1957 Dunfermline Athletic 3 Rangers 4
Tue 30 Apr 1968 Dunfermline Athletic 1 Celtic 2

Sat 25 Apr 1931 East Fife 0 Rangers 4
Sat 15 Apr 1972 East Fife 0 Celtic 3

Wed 25 Apr 1934 Falkirk 1 Rangers 3

Fri 30 Apr 1909 Hamilton Academical 1 Celtic 2
Wed 07 Apr 1937 Hamilton Academical 1 Rangers 5
Sat 12 Apr 1941 Hamilton Academical 1 Rangers 4
Sat 12 Feb 1944 Hamilton Academical 1 Rangers 4

1965 Heart Of Midlothian 0 Kilmarnock 2
Sat 28 Mar 1970 Heart Of Midlothian 0 Celtic 0
Wed 02 May 1984 Heart Of Midlothian 0 Aberdeen 1

Sat 04 May 1940 Hibernian 5 Falkirk 6 <-- Wartime Eastern League
Sat 17 Apr 1954 Hibernian 0 Celtic 3
Sat 28 Apr 1973 Hibernian 0 Celtic 3
Sat 29 Mar 1975 Hibernian 1 Rangers 1
Sat 16 Apr 1977 Hibernian 0 Celtic 1
Sun 22 May 2005 Hibernian 0 Rangers 1

Sun 18 Apr 2004 Kilmarnock 0 Celtic 1
Sun 22 Apr 2007 Kilmarnock 1 Celtic 2

Sat 29 Apr 1922 Morton 1 Celtic 1
Sat 10 Feb 1945 Morton 1 Rangers 4

Sat 07 May 1966 Motherwell 0 Celtic 1

Sat 20 Dec 1902 Partick Thistle 0 Hibernian 2
Wed 24 Apr 1907 Partick Thistle 0 Celtic 2
Sat 20 Feb 1943 Partick Thistle 0 Rangers 2
Wed 07 May 1980 Partick Thistle 1 Aberdeen 1

Sat 10 Mar 1906 Queens Park 0 Celtic 6

Sat 23 Mar 1912 Raith Rovers 0 Rangers 1

Sat 25 Apr 1908 Rangers 0 Celtic 1
Sat 06 May 1967 Rangers 2 Celtic 2

Sat 28 Apr 1962 St Johnstone 0 Dundee 3

Sat 05 Jan 1901 St Mirren 1 Rangers 4
Sat 23 Apr 1938 St Mirren 1 Celtic 3
Sat 12 Apr 1958 St Mirren 2 Heart Of Midlothian 3
Sat 16 Apr 1960 St Mirren 4 Heart Of Midlothian 4
1986 St Mirren 0 Celtic 5

Sat 17 Apr 1915 Third Lanark 0 Celtic 4
Mon 01 May 1950 Third Lanark 2 Rangers 2

You 've missed Aberdeen at ER ( Fergie dancing!)

[LHWM]

I was wondering why Aberdeen winning at Easter Road in 1980 is NOT on the list.
It is because they still had 1 outstanding game to play and were level on points with Celtic. Their goal difference 32 to 23 meant that they effectively had won the league. However if they had lost by 10 goals in the final match Celtic would have won the title. So techinically they won it on

Wed 07 May 1980 Partick Thistle 1 Aberdeen 1

[LHWM]

You 've missed Aberdeen at ER ( Fergie dancing!)

See post #12

[LHWM]

If my query is correct

Hibs only won it twice on days that they played

Sat 20 Dec 1902 Partick Thistle 0 Hibernian 2
Wed 11 Apr 1951 Clyde 0 Hibernian 4

[blackpoolhibs]

I was wondering why Aberdeen winning at Easter Road in 1980 is NOT on the list.
It is because they still had 1 outstanding game to play and were level on points with Celtic. Their goal difference 32 to 23 meant that they effectively had won the league. However if they had lost by 10 goals in the final match Celtic would have won the title. So techinically they won it on

Wed 07 May 1980 Partick Thistle 1 Aberdeen 1

Has this type of thing ever happened?

[Steve-O]

Has this type of thing ever happened?

Not quite 10 goals but Arsenal won with a 4 goal swing in 1989 at Anfield :agree:

[blackpoolhibs]

Not quite 10 goals but Arsenal won with a 4 goal swing in 1989 at Anfield :agree:

Thats incredible, are there any other instances where big margins like that have been overturned?:confused:

[Steve-O]

Thats incredible, are there any other instances where big margins like that have been overturned?:confused:

Hmmm, there was definitely another time in the 80's when something like this occured...:hmmm:

[blackpoolhibs]

Hmmm, there was definitely another time in the 80's when something like this occured...:hmmm:

Was it in Scotland?

[Steve-O]

Was it in Scotland?

Might've been...sometime around the mid-eighties :agree:

[blackpoolhibs]

Might've been...sometime around the mid-eighties :agree:

I'd love to find out more about this, it must have been special?

[Kevvy1875]

You guys must be talking about sometime around about 1986? Thats all I know about it. Seem to remember something about a 5 goal swing or something, can't think who was involved now???:rolleyes:

[The_Sauz]

You guys must be talking about sometime around about 1986? Thats all I know about it. Seem to remember something about a 5 goal swing or something, can't think who was involved now???:rolleyes:
St Mirren comes to mind :greengrin

[blackpoolhibs]

St Mirren comes to mind :greengrin

St Mirren won the league?:confused:

[The Baldmans Comb]

You guys must be talking about sometime around about 1986? Thats all I know about it. Seem to remember something about a 5 goal swing or something, can't think who was involved now???:rolleyes:

I think it's a load of tosh and one of these urban myths, I mean can you imagine the torrment and mental anguish the players and supporters of the losing team would then have to go through for the rest of their lives.

Scars like that would take a long time to heal and result in very bitter and twisted people.:greengrin

[Siralbertkidd]

Are you kidding? :greengrin

[LHWM]

In answer to the original question Hibs have never won the flag at Easter Road; so yes.


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[MacBean]

In answer to the original question Hibs have never won the flag at Easter Road; so yes.


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your records above show 2 league wins away from home, where were our other two titles won then?:confused:

[LHWM]

your records above show 2 league wins away from home, where were our other two titles won then?:confused:
They were won when the second placed team failed to win on a day hibs didn't play

I'll add in those games later

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[LHWM]

your records above show 2 league wins away from home, where were our other two titles won then?:confused:
In 1948 On May 3 Hearts beat Rangers on a Monday night to win the league for Hibs
George Hamilton getting a 75th minute winner in a 2-1 victory

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[LHWM]

Then in 1952 Third Lanark drew 1-1 with Rangers on Wed 16 April to give Hibs the flag


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[hibbybrian]

In 1948 On May 3 Hearts beat Rangers on a Monday night to win the league for Hibs
George Hamilton getting a 75th minute winner in a 2-1 victory

On the basis that Rangers had to win that match by 24 clear goals to overtake Hibs and win the title, I reckon it's a bit of a stretch to say Hearts won the League for Hibs that night :wink:

[LHWM]

On the basis that Rangers had to win that match by 24 clear goals to overtake Hibs and win the title, I reckon it's a bit of a stretch to say Hearts won the League for Hibs that night :wink:

I'll amend the list to include the "effective " games where it was won as well

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