Who was Hibs manager when......

[RamblingJack]

You first started to support Hibs?....mine was Hugh Shaw then Walter Galbraith took over.

[Frazerbob]

Bertie Auld, proper old school with sheepskin and cigar.

[mim]

You first started to support Hibs?....mine was Hugh Shaw then Walter Galbraith took over.

Me too :agree:

[makaveli1875]

alex miller for me

[wookie70]

Eddie Turnbull for me, unfortunately post Tornadoes

[hibby6270]

My very first game it was Walter Galbraith but by the time I started going regularly it was Bob Shankly.

[Thecat23]

alex miller for me

Same.

[Hiber-nation]

Bob Shankley.

[overdrive]

Alex Miller

[Theinsider]

Sloop. Then miller the following season.

[killie-hibby]

You first started to support Hibs?....mine was Hugh Shaw then Walter Galbraith took over.

Hugh Shaw. My first game was Hibs v The British Army (or it may have been a tri service team) mid 50's.
:flag:

[Hibbyradge]

Turnbull. In full pomp.

[bob12345]

Alex Miller

[CallumLaidlaw]

You first started to support Hibs?....mine was Hugh Shaw then Walter Galbraith took over.

Bertie Auld was the manager when I was born, but it would be Alex Miller when I started going to games.

[.Sean.]

First manager when I went to my first game was Alex Miller in 1992.

Started going every home match when I was about 7 so would've been under Jim Duffy.

Started home and away most weeks under Mowbray/ Collins.

[keep the faith]

My first game was when we got thumped 5 nil by Aberdeen and they won the league at easter road. We got relegated. Great start to following hibs eh?

I have a feeling our manager then was willie ormond?

[snedzuk]

Willie mcfarlane for me.

[lyonhibs]

Alex Miller for me

[WhileTheChief..]

First I remember was John Blackley but I think Auld was there when my dad took me to my first few games.

Edit - It was Turnbull when I first went. Also completely forgot that Stanton was manager for 2 years. I have no memory of that at all.

[Sprouleflyer]

Turnbull towards the end.

Can still remember the Turnbull out chants!

[Tom Hart RIP]

Bob Shankly. 50 year anniversary next year

[Cammy]

Alex Miller for me too.

[McSwanky]

Bertie Auld for me, don't remember much about those days though.

[Forza Fred]

You first started to support Hibs?....mine was Hugh Shaw then Walter Galbraith took over.

Ditto.

Can mind an old ticket for a match...not sure which one, but the ticket was signed by Hugh Shaw.

[Dalianwanda]

Eddie Turnbull when I was three so I was told (surprising I can't remember) 1974

[scoopyboy]

Shanks.

[yerauldda]

McLeish for my first Hibs game. Bobby W when I regularly started going, should have went to the cinema instead, mind you..

[Tricla]

Miller for me. I was 11 watching the Skol Cup win on the terrace at Hampden.

[PeeJay]

... Bob Shankly for me (65) ...

[Smartie]

Alex Miller.

He remains the only Hibs manager that I've ever wanted removed from his position at the time, even though he's not even close to be being the worst manager we've had in my time watching Hibs. I just thought he'd been there too long and that it had all gone a bit stale.

Although there are several since who I have accepted with hindsight it was best for them to go (Duffy, Calderwood, Butcher).

[Peevemor]

Turnbull, but Bertie Auld when I started going regularly (old 1st division)

[RamblingJack]

Don't think Walter Galbraith was Hibs first choice,i seem to remember that they wanted Jock Stein from Dunfermline....may be wrong....memory not so good these days.

[GloryGlory]

Butcher).

Only with hindsight? :confused:

[Lago]

You first started to support Hibs?....mine was Hugh Shaw then Walter Galbraith took over.
Eddie Turnbull + the Tornadoes.

[Carheenlea]

Eddie Turnbull, but unfortunately post Tornadoes.

[HIBERNIAN-0762]

Galbraith for me.

[superfurryhibby]

Eddie Turnbull was the man to lead the way. Even now I can cast mymind back to those early games and picture the way the ground looked and the vision of that mesmerising team. Just wish there was more archive footage of the Tornadoes in their pomp. Imagine highlights v Sporting Lisbon or Leeds Utd, maybe a wee bit 8-1 v Ayr Utd.

[southsider]

... Bob Shankly for me (65) ...
Me too. First game v St J on xmas day about '66. We lost 5-2 at home.

[jgl07]

John Blackley.

[monarch]

I was born 2 months prior to Willie McCartney's death although Hugh Shaw was the manager by the time I started going to ER.
McCartney built the "famous five" team which won 3 league championships but unfortunately died before they actually got their hands on the trophies.

Remarkably he spent 16 years as manager of Hearts before coming to ER. Didn't manage to build a league winning side at what was at that time the grey bus shelter. Pity that :greengrin

[lord bunberry]

Bertie Auld, but John Blackley when I first started going to games.

[Auckland Hibs]

Alex Miller's green & white army.

[ACLeith]

You first started to support Hibs?....mine was Hugh Shaw then Walter Galbraith took over.

Same for me. There's quite a few of our era still hanging on going by some of the posts. Only thing we can be hanging on for now is to see us RETAIN the Holy Grail 👍👍

[Smartie]

Only with hindsight? :confused:

Yes.

Seriously.

I remember applauding him vociferously as he came onto the park to celebrate the win in the first leg of the playoff.

Our drop was so drastic we were down before I really knew what had happened.

There were clearly problems but he had been there so little time it would have seemed like madness if we'd have punted him.

Relegation seemed unthinkable with about 5 or 6 games to go.

Although as I said, with the benefit of hindsight.........

[Rougier45]

My first game was when we got thumped 5 nil by Aberdeen and they won the league at easter road. We got relegated. Great start to following hibs eh?

I have a feeling our manager then was willie ormond?

I was at that game pretty sure I was on the pitch -Aberdeen fans invaded to celebrate _

I met Fergie recently and I told him I was there when he won his first title at ER and he said " Son , do you know , who was the Hibs manager that day "? I couldn't remember - I thought maybe Bertie Auld -He remembered all right -Willie Ormond is right .:aok:

[allezsauzee]

Eddie Turnbull when I first considered myself a Hibby, Bertie Auld when I first got taken to a game and Pat Stanton when I became a ST holder for the first time.

[Posh Swanny]

Alex McLeish was in charge when I came up to look for a flat at the end of November 2001 - I remember him saying in the papers that week that he wasn't going to leave for Rangers. By the time I moved up in mid-December, he'd left for Rangers and Franck was in the hot seat. By the time I actually dragged my ar$e to a game at the start of the next season, Bobby Williamson was in charge for a 1-0 win against Livi with Ian Murray bagging the only goal. ****, that team was dull.

[ChilliEater]

Eddie Turnbull for me - 1975. I was at that Aberdeen 5-0 game too. My early games were mostly against the Dons as my dad didn't like football but one of his mates was an Aberdeen fan, so he used to take me when they visited ER. By the time I was old enough to get myself along as a regular it was John Blackley.

[jdships]

Willie McCartney my first game was December 1940
He served 27 April 1936 to 31 January 1948

[Eyrie]

Turnbull when I became a fan, but Miller for my first match and also for my first season ticket.

[northstandhibby]

Our own Eddie Turnbull was the manager when my dad started taking me to ER.

GGTTH

[CentreLine]

Bob Shankley for me.

[AFKA5814_Hibs]

Pat Stanton was manager when I went to my first Hibs game in 1983.

[Dashing Bob S]

Alan Stubbs. Remember it well. I had been a Celtic fanatic, and although I'd never been to Parkhead (shucks, my bad folks) I always bought the latest strip and loved watching them on TV, especially Champions League games. Then, and it was on May 21st, funny how the date sticks in my mind, I decided that i'd switch to Hibs. No particular reason - I'd always liked the strip and thought people would think I had some soul and substance if I supported the club of my local community. So here I am! Never looked back once! Now I'm such a fanatic that when I sing Sunshine on Leith I sing 'my beep was broken...' cause real Hibs fans NEVER say that word.

[ancient hibee]

You first started to support Hibs?....mine was Hugh Shaw then Walter Galbraith took over.
Me too.

[The Sundance Kid]

Alex McLeish for me. First season was the 2000/01 season as a 6/7 year old. We won most weeks, played great football, were 2nd for much of the season before finishing third by some distance, reached the Scottish Cup final and beat Hearts 6-2 in my first Edinburgh derby and I assumed that's how it would always be.

Then Latapy went out on the lash with Dwight Yorke, McLeish ran off to Rangers and Sauzee was sacked after a few months and life got real haha

[Ardenttwo]

You first started to support Hibs?....mine was Hugh Shaw then Walter Galbraith took over.

Hugh Shaw

[HibbySpurs]

John Blackley.

Yeah, John Blackley for me as well

[Pretty Boy]

Alex Miller.

[Billy McKirdy]

Shankley when I was born but Turnbull when I started going to games.

[SpaceBob]

Pat Stanton

[Diclonius]

Tony Mowbray.

[Albanian Hibs]

Miller for me. I was 11 watching the Skol Cup win on the terrace at Hampden.

Me too

[fat freddy]

My dads good pal and golf partner, Willie McFarlane. I bumped into his son Ian recently, He was of the opinion that his dad put the building blocks in place for Turnbulls Tornadoes but was dismissed from the club with indecent haste, he may have a point.

[Golden Bear]

I'm guessing but maybe Bobby Combe.

[DTS]

Alex McLeish for me first season ticket at the age of 3 2000

[Pretty Boy]

I'm guessing but maybe Bobby Combe.

Did Bobby Combe manage Hibs? Genuinely didn't know that if he did.

[Callyballybe]

Alex Miller for me as well

[Captain Trips]

Alex Miller.

[Gettin' Auld]

I started going when Jock Stein was the manager.

[Golden Bear]

Did Bobby Combe manage Hibs? Genuinely didn't know that if he did.

Looks like I could be wrong (not unusual these days!) The best I can come up with is that he held the role of "trainer " for a couple of years before he moved to Dumbarton where he held the post of Manager for a year.

I've absolutely no idea why his name came into my head though.


:doh:

[Jonnyboy]

Walter Galbraith for me

[Mikey]

Eddie Turnbull. And we won :greengrin

http://www.fitbastats.com/hibs/game.php?gameid=36029

[hibernian36]

Eddie Turnbull. I went to my first game when I was 3 back in 1977 :-)

[Adniston Burn]

Bob Shankly

[O'Rourke3]

Willie MacFarlane ER v Hearts

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[iwasthere1972]

Bob Shankley.

[Bobo]

Bob Shankly.

[Ricky Bobby]

Eddie Turnbull. 23rd September 1978 vs Morton

[Deek9]

Eddie Turnbull. First game I recall was a 3-1 win against Rangers at Easter Road in League Cup in 1974. Distinctly remember Alan Gordon scoring a great header into the top corner. Was right behind it in the Dunbar end pre segregation. Think it was Hibs third goal.

[Hibby Bairn]

Eddie Turnbull when I was three so I was told (surprising I can't remember) 1974

Snap. But I was 6.

[Allant1981]

Alex miller for me

[Hillsidehibby]

Bob Shankly

[Ray_]

Bob Shankly. 50 year anniversary next year

Same, although my 50th is next month, 11-1 against Hamilton and all I remember is Hamilton's goal, came off the bar, hit Willie Wilson back and went in!

[Wee Effen Bee]

I'm guessing but maybe Bobby Combe.
Didn't see Bobby Combe in the list Golden - even the caretaker managers - but Wiki isn't always on the button:greengrin
Anyway, I was just going to put Turnbull (around 70/71) as I always believed I had lost my football virginity sometime during the mighty Tornadoes era. But, I checked and realised I may have attended my first games during the short reign of Davey Ewing! I can't remember my first game 9i was around 5/6 but what is interesting for me, is that Jock Stein took over Hibs the month I was born and left for Celtic on the very day of my first birthday.

[southsider]

My dads good pal and golf partner, Willie McFarlane. I bumped into his son Ian recently, He was of the opinion that his dad put the building blocks in place for Turnbulls Tornadoes but was dismissed from the club with indecent haste, he may have a point.
Willie had the team playing brilliant stuff. We were due to play Liverpool in the Fairs Cup at ER. Something happened (with a female employee ?) and the new chairman Tom Hart wanted, I think, Johnny Graham and Joe McBride dropped. Willie stood his ground and Hart sacked him. Brought in Dave (rangers are rubbish) Ewing and then ET. This may be complete rubbish but was the story going round at the time.

[Roxyhibee]

School memories of managers...

Since my first game was 1963 at the age of 4, it was Walter Galbraith. But I don't remember anything at all about him or Stein.

My first awareness of a manager was Bob Shankly who was in the songs I had started to learn.

Willie MacFarlane then made me realise that managers were important - he seemed a real character and beat the old firm in all meetings in the same season. I remember he was overlooked for a Manager Of The Month award (which was a giant bottle of whisky) after a series of great performances and results and we sang "Willie wants his whisky" in the playground.!

Yes, as was mentioned earlier Dave Ewing made that famous 'Rangers are rubbish' quote which completely outraged the press.

And then Eddie Turnbull - ahh, you just wanted to wear your Hibs scarf to school at every opportunity in those days. Cannot emphasise enough to our younger fans just how utterly diminished and fearful the drab Yams were by Turnbull and his glamorous brilliant team in those years.

[oneone73]

Bob Shankly for me.

[Risboro Hibby]

[QUOTE=fat freddy;4846564]My dads good pal and golf partner, Willie McFarlane. I bumped into his son Ian recently, He was of the opinion that his dad put the building blocks in place for Turnbulls Tornadoes but was dismissed from the club with indecent haste, he may have a point.[/QUOTE

Bob Shankly was the manager when I first started going to ER
Agree with this though Willie Mcfarlane was one of my favourite Hibs Managers and did get the basis of the team in place for when Turnbull arrived just after Dave Ewing disastrous short spell

[Glory Lurker]

My first game was when we got thumped 5 nil by Aberdeen and they won the league at easter road. We got relegated. Great start to following hibs eh?

I have a feeling our manager then was willie ormond?

Me too (Ormond, not first game).

[surreyhibbie]

pre-season friendly against Newcastle Utd 1969 (I think) so probably Shankly, just before he left?

[NORTHERNHIBBY]

Bertie Auld. He made Alex Miller's style of play look like total football.

[emerald green]

Hugh Shaw. Mr Shaw managed Hibs for nearly 14 years before he resigned.

Virtually unheard of these days for a manager at one club. Maybe Sir Alex Ferguson or Arsene Wenger?

[James70]

pre-season friendly against Newcastle Utd 1969 (I think) so probably Shankly, just before he left?

My first game too, had just moved back to Scotland after secondary school in Manchester. Wasn't sure who to support but I made the right choice! :flag:

[Viva_Palmeiras]

alex miller for me

I feel your pain - me too

[northstandhibby]

Bertie Auld. He made Alex Miller's style of play look like total football.

Play for a nil nil draw Bertie.

Alex Miller won the Skol Cup in 91 which will always live in my memory forever.

GGTTH

[Sir David Gray]

Alex Miller.

[Halmyre Hibee]

Colin Stein hat trick with Bob Shankly as manager.

http://www.fitbastats.com/hibs/game.php?gameid=22009

[One Day]

would be Hugh Shaw as I first was taken to Easter road 1961

[HoboHarry]

Willie MacFarlane was in charge for me......

[hfc rd]

I believe it was Alex Miller who was in charge at the time

[IainA]

Bob Shankly but the best time I remember was under Eddie Turnbull GGTTH:flag: