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hibby6270
25-06-2016, 04:14 PM
Don't think this has been raised in last few weeks but will be interesting to see everyone's reaction.

Until 21/05/16 it has been without a shadow of doubt the "self proclaimed" game on 01/01/1973.
There are others that might come into contention but for me it's a straight fight between just the two.

Now what do you think?

CallumLaidlaw
25-06-2016, 04:16 PM
21/05 for me. For a start I was there. We also broke a 114 year hoodoo after being a goal down with 11 minutes left. And against THEM

belhavenbill
25-06-2016, 04:26 PM
I was at both. There is no doubt in my mind that 7-0 was a great football performance; but for emotion and the overall meaning of the day the final has to be the greatest in my (lengthy) lifetime. I would also include the game v Napoli, the friendly v Real Madrid, the League Cup final(s) and the 6-2. There are others which were significant for many reasons but the cup final ended a jinx and, let's face it, most of us didn't believe it would ever happen.

SJM
25-06-2016, 04:38 PM
There won't be a greater game in the history of our club, personally and professionally than 210516. It meant so much in so many aspects.

I still can't believe we won the Scottish cup. A millions times better than 6-2 so it has to be better than 0-7.

snooky
25-06-2016, 04:45 PM
We've won the Scottish Cup three times.
However, we' be only beaten Hearts 7-0 once.
I'm an old timer so I'll go for the latter.

cmcd
25-06-2016, 04:58 PM
We've won the Scottish Cup three times.
However, we' be only beaten Hearts 7-0 once.
I'm an old timer so I'll go for the latter.

There are a few contenders Barcelona at ER Real Madrid (Only. Friendly) Napoli Sporting Lisbon 7-0 LC final 2-1 v Celtic All fantastic performances

The Spaceman
25-06-2016, 04:59 PM
I'm only 24 and that game on 21/05/2016 will live with me until I die, can't imagine what it must have felt like for you older lot who have waited so long for it. What a time to be alive.

Finn2015
25-06-2016, 05:00 PM
Has to be for me, certainly in my life time. Can't get better than the cup final

ACLeith
25-06-2016, 05:11 PM
I was at both. There is no doubt in my mind that 7-0 was a great football performance; but for emotion and the overall meaning of the day the final has to be the greatest in my (lengthy) lifetime. I would also include the game v Napoli, the friendly v Real Madrid, the League Cup final(s) and the 6-2. There are others which were significant for many reasons but the cup final ended a jinx and, let's face it, most of us didn't believe it would ever happen.

I would add the Barcelona 3-2 game to your list, but agree with your thinking. 7-0 was the best hangover cure ever, but the final tops them all.

Maybe winning the Europa League this season will equal it though?

Black Kyle
25-06-2016, 05:19 PM
In my 45th year of watching Hibs. SC win tops everything else.

lyonhibs
25-06-2016, 05:40 PM
21st of May. Easily. No doubt about it

Scouse Hibee
25-06-2016, 05:41 PM
The greatest moment in my life as a football fan never mind just Hibs. I just can't put into words the emotions of that day.

3pm
25-06-2016, 05:48 PM
I imagine that having kids must be an amazing feeling.

I don't have any kids though so when SDG's header hit the net, that was undeniably the best feeling I've had in my entire life.

weecounty hibby
25-06-2016, 05:57 PM
The song needs to remain the same but 21st May was the greatest day. So long since we last won it, so emotional for everyone there. I can remember every bit of it and will never ever forget it. I have never felt anything like the feeling when the winner went in and then the final whistle.

Hibs Class
25-06-2016, 06:04 PM
I vaguely remember 7-0 as I was about 6. It was, and remains, our best result against them in living memory, even though for me the 6-2 is much more a first hand memory. But it was a league match, and was ultimately just another two points. 21 May on the other hand was a cup final, and nothing in football ever has, or ever will, come close to that for me.

Waxy
25-06-2016, 06:26 PM
We've played in south Morrocco (have we?)
And we've played in the USA
But the second greatest game in history was the game on new years day 7-0.

Kojock
25-06-2016, 06:32 PM
I was at both of them. 0-7 I was 11 and although I knew it was special I was too young to really appreciate it. So it's 21/05/2016 for me. GGTTH

bingo70
25-06-2016, 07:06 PM
There's no argument for it being the greatest game in our history but the 6-2 game holds a special place in my heart.

I think I enjoyed that as much as I enjoyed the cup win as crazy as that sounds.

northstandhibby
25-06-2016, 07:14 PM
Has to be seeing Stokesy terrifying the Hun Defence with David Gray scoring the winner in the last couple of minutes. and watching him lift the Cup.

Not to have been there to see it would have haunted me forever. Just magic.








Glory Glory

hfc rd
25-06-2016, 07:26 PM
21.05.2016

Sevco 2-3 Hibernian

Iwastherein73
25-06-2016, 07:32 PM
i was 12 when my grandfather took me to Tynecastle on 01/01/1793 , but to be at Hampden with both my sons to see us win the Scottish Cup bests everything hands down.
There can't be many of us alive that have been to both, perhaps we should have our own supporters branch.

ACLeith
25-06-2016, 07:38 PM
i was 12 when my grandfather took me to Tynecastle on 01/01/1793 , but to be at Hampden with both my sons to see us win the Scottish Cup bests everything hands down.
There can't be many of us alive that have been to both, perhaps we should have our own supporters branch.

Count me in!

ACLeith
25-06-2016, 07:45 PM
i was 12 when my grandfather took me to Tynecastle on 01/01/1793 , but to be at Hampden with both my sons to see us win the Scottish Cup bests everything hands down.
There can't be many of us alive that have been to both, perhaps we should have our own supporters branch.

Branch name - Sir David's Tornadoes (SDT for short)

And Anyone who PLAYED in one and spectated at the other a life member!

iwasthere1972
25-06-2016, 07:53 PM
We've played in South Morocco
and we've played in the USA
But the greatest game in history
Was on Saturday 21 May.

:aok:

calumhibee1
25-06-2016, 08:03 PM
There's not a game comes close to 21st May.

Joe6-2
25-06-2016, 08:13 PM
21.05.2016

Sevco 2-3 Hibernian

Got to be this!
I'm 61, just never thought I would see the day!

thebakerboy
25-06-2016, 08:44 PM
Find it difficult to decide. First match at ER was 1952 and have been at all the matches mentioned . Teenager for the Barca riot game , and again when we beat Real in a friendly so excitement was high.Also young adult for 7 0 and actually dreamed the score again as a teenager against Naples.So after all that excitement as a youngster at 68 even after all those failed finals , very happy about the cup win, but perhaps past being very excited about any football result and carrying my father(he was pissed) out of the 7 0 is still the high point my Hibs supporting years, especially as it was 3 0 before we got in.

Sir David Gray
25-06-2016, 10:45 PM
I wasn't born in 1973 so I obviously didn't attend the 7-0 game however despite how good it must have been to see a Hibs team humiliate them in their own backyard, I find it very hard to believe that anything could beat the experience of 21/05/2016.

That's as good as it gets for me.

Seveno
25-06-2016, 10:48 PM
I was 21 for the 0-7 game and my name on here does enough to suggest that I thought it was the Greatest Game in History. Then along came 21.05.16. I have laughed so many times about the former but I cried at Hampden and many times since. The emotion after so many disappointments, so much hurt coupled with that dramatic 92nd minute goal against the most vile football club in the world will never ever leave me. It was the Greatest Day in History.

NAE NOOKIE
25-06-2016, 11:16 PM
I wasn't at the 0 - 7 game, but was at the 6 - 2 game .... what a night that was, to watch us utterly humble the Yams was a joyful experience.

But nothing I have ever felt inside a football ground has ( or probably ever will ) come close to the raw emotion I felt inside Hampden park on 21-05-2016 .... not only my emotion but that of the Hibs fans all around me, it was so palpable you could almost reach out and touch it, the pandemonium when David Gray's header hit the net was more like being in an explosion than in a football crowd celebrating a goal.

I don't think I am overstating the case to say that in my opinion few football supporters can have felt what we did that day .... the circumstances are nearly impossible to replicate unless you follow a club like Hibs with our history.

21 - 05 - 2016 is without doubt the single greatest day in this clubs history.

Super_JMcGinn
25-06-2016, 11:32 PM
Don't think this has been raised in last few weeks but will be interesting to see everyone's reaction.

Until 21/05/16 it has been without a shadow of doubt the "self proclaimed" game on 01/01/1973.
There are others that might come into contention but for me it's a straight fight between just the two.

Now what do you think?
Well seen it's pre season , I'm not even going to vote.

Skyegreen
26-06-2016, 08:09 AM
THE SCOTTISH CUP win was the greatest day.

I could sense it the moment we all met up in the morning. There was something different about that morning compared to all the other times we had trodden that well worn path along the M8. Even when we were a goal down, nobody seemed to panic.......a bullet headed goal later and we had equalised.........then a full two minutes into injury time after just about wetting my pants when Stokes blazed a shot at goal, only for Forgetingham to get a good hand on it and push it beyond the incoming Keatings and out for a corner!
Wee Henderson gets ready to swing in yet another brilliantly placed corner kick and booooooooom......our captain, in a box that looked busier than Clapham junction, somehow managed to get his head on the ball and sent it crashing into the net, with twenty odd thousand Hibees exploding into delirium behind the goal. The Captain in wild celebration then makes a B line straight for the supporters who were celebrating wildly in anticipation of winning a cup that had eluded us for 114 years! .......and we cried. The best day in our history 💚👍

Pretty Boy
26-06-2016, 08:20 AM
The Scottish Cup Final.

Not even close for me, great as I'm sure 0-7 must have been for those who attended.

Onion
26-06-2016, 08:36 AM
For me, 21 May was more dramatic and important, but for sheer quality from one of Hibs greatest Hibs teams in history, nothing will ever beat 0-7 Tynecastle 1973.

Anyone under 45 will have no experience or memory of that day :greengrin

Bostonhibby
26-06-2016, 09:39 AM
We've won the Scottish Cup three times.
However, we' be only beaten Hearts 7-0 once.
I'm an old timer so I'll go for the latter.
Was at both so I think I am well placed to declare it first equal. Both were major yam set backs so equally satisfying.

WoreTheGreen
26-06-2016, 09:50 AM
Was at both also but the final was the greatest game in history. Will never top that high

Eyrie
26-06-2016, 10:08 AM
I'm too young to have been aware of the 7-0 game until a few years later, but I'm also old enough to know that perspective changes over time so I'll stick with 7-0 for now and judge 21/05/16 in a couple of years when the initial euphoria has shaded to mere exuberance.

blackpoolhibs
26-06-2016, 10:15 AM
I was at both and the 6-2 game, but the cup win was just the best feeling i have had ever, even better than sex. :greengrin

Itsnoteasy
26-06-2016, 10:19 AM
I was at both and the 6-2 game, but the cup win was just the best feeling i have had ever, even better than sex. :greengrin

What if you had sex with Sir David while watching cup final again.

blackpoolhibs
26-06-2016, 10:21 AM
What if you had sex with Sir David while watching cup final again.

When that happens i will let you know. :wink: Maybe once the club have stopped charging us for a photo with the cup, this could be the next offer?

Keith_M
26-06-2016, 10:33 AM
The greatest game for me will always be the first game I ever attended....


...purely because it was the first game I ever attended.


:wink:

Dashing Bob S
26-06-2016, 10:40 AM
Went for the New Years Day game, despite the bitter disappointment of the second half, where we criminally fell asleep at the wheel, only managing two.

s.a.m
26-06-2016, 10:44 AM
I wasn't at the 0 - 7 game, but was at the 6 - 2 game .... what a night that was, to watch us utterly humble the Yams was a joyful experience.

But nothing I have ever felt inside a football ground has ( or probably ever will ) come close to the raw emotion I felt inside Hampden park on 21-05-2016 .... not only my emotion but that of the Hibs fans all around me, it was so palpable you could almost reach out and touch it, the pandemonium when David Gray's header hit the net was more like being in an explosion than in a football crowd celebrating a goal.

I don't think I am overstating the case to say that in my opinion few football supporters can have felt what we did that day .... the circumstances are nearly impossible to replicate unless you follow a club like Hibs with our history.

21 - 05 - 2016 is without doubt the single greatest day in this clubs history.

Agree with all of that. Well put.:aok:

InchHibby
26-06-2016, 10:44 AM
I was at them all, 7.0, Real Madrid, Barcelona, 6.2, all three League cup wins, but none come even close to the feeling I felt on 20.05.16

Itsnoteasy
26-06-2016, 11:04 AM
1st Scottish Cup Final
2nd Skol Cup final 1st time seeing Hibs lift a trophy
3rd 5-1 v Killie
4th 6-2
5th AEK at Easter Road best atmosphere ever at ER
6th 2-0 Dundee I was teenager at Tynie High. Monday morning after was about the only time I left the house early to be at school.
7th 0-7 Was only 2 at the time

erin go bragh
26-06-2016, 11:05 AM
I've already watched the cup final win more times than I've watched the 0-7 game ( that's some going in five weeks :)

Billy McKirdy
26-06-2016, 11:57 AM
I was at them all, 7.0, Real Madrid, Barcelona, 6.2, all three League cup wins, but none come even close to the feeling I felt on 20.05.16

I can only imagine how you felt the next day at 10 to 5 :greengrin

Roxyhibee
26-06-2016, 12:11 PM
I was at 5-0 Naples, 0-7, 6-1 Sporting Lisbon, all three League Cup final wins, 0-3 millennium derby., 6-2 ...... All fantastic days but none of them come close to our SC victory. Unbelievable day.

And I know there can be many more of these great days if we just get behind our Club - and the time is now..

Hibbyradge
26-06-2016, 12:38 PM
The cup win spoiled the yams' songbook, but ours can stay intact, regardless of which game was more significant. :wink:

hibby6270
26-06-2016, 01:19 PM
I was at both. There is no doubt in my mind that 7-0 was a great football performance; but for emotion and the overall meaning of the day the final has to be the greatest in my (lengthy) lifetime. I would also include the game v Napoli, the friendly v Real Madrid, the League Cup final(s) and the 6-2. There are others which were significant for many reasons but the cup final ended a jinx and, let's face it, most of us didn't believe it would ever happen.

With you belhavenbill on the other games you mention. Only one I wasn't at was the Real Madrid game, so can recall the significance of Napoli, LC finals, 6-2. I also thought of Sporting Lisbon.

End of the day we have always called 0-7 "the greatest game" and now there is one that probably tops it for a whole lot of different reasons.

Emotions wise I'm going for 210516 but for a complete footballing (demolition) display I'd still plump for 010173. Both great days that will never be forgotten.

HibbyRod
26-06-2016, 03:55 PM
I was at them all, 7.0, Real Madrid, Barcelona, 6.2, all three League cup wins, but none come even close to the feeling I felt on 20.05.16

Just cannae beat that D .... as I have the same record as you!!!

This Scottish Cup Win is the best in my Life for sure! :top marks:flag::flag::flag:

Risboro Hibby
26-06-2016, 04:00 PM
Was a 16 year old laddie at the 7 0 nil and was definitely at that time of my life taking the great Hibs team of that time for granted so on that day probably never celebrated that remarkable score in the manner I should have. Fast forward 43 years and the man now 60 stood throughout the match and watched us at long last win the Scottish Cup. For the sheer raw emotion and pure drama of that day it will remain the greatest game in history and for me will now never be surpassed.

snooky
26-06-2016, 05:24 PM
The difference between the 0-7 and 2-3 games is years of pain that vanish with the latter. The 0-7 didn't have that as a backdrop.
While I still think the Tynie game was TGGIH, the 2-3 was by far the most emotional.