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28-12-2015, 07:05 AM
Season 2011-12
July, the future of manger Colin Calderwood, who was wanted by two English sides as assistant manger, overshadowed the start of the season. Former players Ivan Sproule and Garry O’Connor returned to the club. Derek Riordan however left the club to join Chinese Super League club Shaanxi Chan-Ba.
4th September, Club captain Ian Murray is awarded a testimonial. The match saw a team of Hibs Legends play the current squad; World Cup winners Patrick Viera and Robert Pires guested for Hibs, the game ended 5-5.
15th September, having been sacked by Hearts along with Jim Jefferies a month before, Billy Brown is appointed assistant to Colin Calderwood. Calderwood had been working without an assistant since Derek Adams had returned to Ross County as manager in the previous May.
25th October, Hibs played Celtic in the quarter-final of the League Cup, despite Hibs opening the scoring after only 4 minutes, with a diverted shot from Ivan Sproule, Hibs 750th League Cup goal, Celtic scored four second half goals to win 4-1.
6th November, following a 1-0 home defeat to, foot of the table team, Dunfermline, Colin Calderwood is sacked. He had been in post just over a year and had managed 49 competitive games but only won 13.
13th November, Hibernian Ladies lost 3-0 to Glasgow City in the final of the Henson Projects Scottish Cup Final.
25th November 2011, League of Ireland side Bohemians’ manager Pat Fenlon was appointed the new Hibs manager.
3rd December, Fenlon’s first game in charge was an away league game against Motherwell, Hibs lead the game 1-0 at half-time but due to a fire in the floodlights the game was abandoned.
28th Sam Stanton became Hibs 1,400th first team player when given a place on the bench in a league match against Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Sam was no relation to any of the three Pat Stanton’s that had previously played for the club.
14th January, Fenlon gained his first league win as manager in 3-2 away victory against fellow, foot of the table, strugglers, Dunfermline. Leigh Griffiths 83rd minute winner was the 8,000th goal scored in the SPL.
January, Fenlon started the job of rebuilding the team for the remainder of the season by releasing 5 players and bringing in 8 players, 6 of which were on loan deals.
28th January, James McPake gained a place in the Hibs record books, the defender was signed on loan from Coventry City a few days before he made his debut against Rangers at Ibrox. He was made captain in this game but ended up being sent-off after receiving two yellow cards, Hibs lost 4-0.
14th April, despite poor league form, Hibs reached the semi-final of Scottish Cup after beating Cowdenbeath 3-2, Kilmarnock 1-0 and Ayr United 2-0 before facing Aberdeen at Hampden. Hibs took an early lead with Garry O’Connor scoring in the 2nd minute. The Dons equalised via a Rory Fallon wonder volley from 25 yards on the 59th minute. Hibs were forced into making a change in goal after Graham Stack suffering a detached hamstring. As many in the ground suspected that extra-time was looming, James McPake won a header near the half-way line which was picked up by O’Connor who threaded a pass to Leigh Griffiths who was able to side-foot the ball passed Brown in the Aberdeen goal in the 85th minute. Hibs progressed to the final 2-1. The following day, Hearts took on Celtic in the other semi-final and recorded the same score-line to set up the first all Edinburgh final since 1896.
30th April, Hibs under 17’s took on Hearts in the final of the East of Scotland Shield final. Hibs won 5-4 on penalties after the game ended 2-2, this was the eighth year in a row that Hibs had won the Shield.
7th May, since Fenlon took over as manager, Hibs had languished in 11th place in the league only just ahead of Dunfermline in bottom place. Hibs played host to the Pars in the penultimate league game of the season and with only a 5 point advantage over the visitors. Hibs had only won one home league game in over 14 months. However Hibs turned on one of their best performances of the season and were 3-0 up within the first fifteen minutes, the game ended 4-0, the fourth goal being a shot by Hanlon which cannoned of the bar and bounced in front of the goal line, however the referee judged it to be a goal. The attendance at this game, which was described in the media as a relegation decider, was 15,281, the largest home crowd of the season.
19th May, with a huge demand for tickets, Edinburgh football fans departed the capital to travel to Hampden Park, Glasgow, for the most eagerly awaited final in history of the two clubs. Hearts took a 2-0 lead within the first 27 minutes before James McPake pulled one back just before half-time, however at the start of the second-half, Hearts won a penalty for a foul outside the penalty box, Pa Kujabi was red carded and Hearts went on to win 5-1. 51,041 attended the game.
Season results –
Scottish Cup Final - Hearts 1-5
League Cup Q/F
League SPL 11/12 Pld38 W8 D9 L21 F40 A67 Pts33
July, the future of manger Colin Calderwood, who was wanted by two English sides as assistant manger, overshadowed the start of the season. Former players Ivan Sproule and Garry O’Connor returned to the club. Derek Riordan however left the club to join Chinese Super League club Shaanxi Chan-Ba.
4th September, Club captain Ian Murray is awarded a testimonial. The match saw a team of Hibs Legends play the current squad; World Cup winners Patrick Viera and Robert Pires guested for Hibs, the game ended 5-5.
15th September, having been sacked by Hearts along with Jim Jefferies a month before, Billy Brown is appointed assistant to Colin Calderwood. Calderwood had been working without an assistant since Derek Adams had returned to Ross County as manager in the previous May.
25th October, Hibs played Celtic in the quarter-final of the League Cup, despite Hibs opening the scoring after only 4 minutes, with a diverted shot from Ivan Sproule, Hibs 750th League Cup goal, Celtic scored four second half goals to win 4-1.
6th November, following a 1-0 home defeat to, foot of the table team, Dunfermline, Colin Calderwood is sacked. He had been in post just over a year and had managed 49 competitive games but only won 13.
13th November, Hibernian Ladies lost 3-0 to Glasgow City in the final of the Henson Projects Scottish Cup Final.
25th November 2011, League of Ireland side Bohemians’ manager Pat Fenlon was appointed the new Hibs manager.
3rd December, Fenlon’s first game in charge was an away league game against Motherwell, Hibs lead the game 1-0 at half-time but due to a fire in the floodlights the game was abandoned.
28th Sam Stanton became Hibs 1,400th first team player when given a place on the bench in a league match against Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Sam was no relation to any of the three Pat Stanton’s that had previously played for the club.
14th January, Fenlon gained his first league win as manager in 3-2 away victory against fellow, foot of the table, strugglers, Dunfermline. Leigh Griffiths 83rd minute winner was the 8,000th goal scored in the SPL.
January, Fenlon started the job of rebuilding the team for the remainder of the season by releasing 5 players and bringing in 8 players, 6 of which were on loan deals.
28th January, James McPake gained a place in the Hibs record books, the defender was signed on loan from Coventry City a few days before he made his debut against Rangers at Ibrox. He was made captain in this game but ended up being sent-off after receiving two yellow cards, Hibs lost 4-0.
14th April, despite poor league form, Hibs reached the semi-final of Scottish Cup after beating Cowdenbeath 3-2, Kilmarnock 1-0 and Ayr United 2-0 before facing Aberdeen at Hampden. Hibs took an early lead with Garry O’Connor scoring in the 2nd minute. The Dons equalised via a Rory Fallon wonder volley from 25 yards on the 59th minute. Hibs were forced into making a change in goal after Graham Stack suffering a detached hamstring. As many in the ground suspected that extra-time was looming, James McPake won a header near the half-way line which was picked up by O’Connor who threaded a pass to Leigh Griffiths who was able to side-foot the ball passed Brown in the Aberdeen goal in the 85th minute. Hibs progressed to the final 2-1. The following day, Hearts took on Celtic in the other semi-final and recorded the same score-line to set up the first all Edinburgh final since 1896.
30th April, Hibs under 17’s took on Hearts in the final of the East of Scotland Shield final. Hibs won 5-4 on penalties after the game ended 2-2, this was the eighth year in a row that Hibs had won the Shield.
7th May, since Fenlon took over as manager, Hibs had languished in 11th place in the league only just ahead of Dunfermline in bottom place. Hibs played host to the Pars in the penultimate league game of the season and with only a 5 point advantage over the visitors. Hibs had only won one home league game in over 14 months. However Hibs turned on one of their best performances of the season and were 3-0 up within the first fifteen minutes, the game ended 4-0, the fourth goal being a shot by Hanlon which cannoned of the bar and bounced in front of the goal line, however the referee judged it to be a goal. The attendance at this game, which was described in the media as a relegation decider, was 15,281, the largest home crowd of the season.
19th May, with a huge demand for tickets, Edinburgh football fans departed the capital to travel to Hampden Park, Glasgow, for the most eagerly awaited final in history of the two clubs. Hearts took a 2-0 lead within the first 27 minutes before James McPake pulled one back just before half-time, however at the start of the second-half, Hearts won a penalty for a foul outside the penalty box, Pa Kujabi was red carded and Hearts went on to win 5-1. 51,041 attended the game.
Season results –
Scottish Cup Final - Hearts 1-5
League Cup Q/F
League SPL 11/12 Pld38 W8 D9 L21 F40 A67 Pts33