Favourite ever goal in an Edinburgh Derby (Excluding Hanlon's!)

[RossScott1991]

Aside from the obvious going mental at the Paul Hanlon stoppage time equaliser last season at tynecastle last season, what would you say is a goal in the derby you have enjoyed the most ? whether it was a crucial goal, significance of the game was great, if it was one of your first memories of the derby or simply just because it was a great goal.

Latapy volley in 6.2 game sticks out for me as I was only about 8 or 9 years old, and he was one of my if not my favourite Hibs player at the time, another that stands out was Wotherspoon deflected effort in 2013, just remember Easter Road being packed and relief from the stands as it was a game we just couldnt afford to lose.

[Beefster]

Sauzee's peach at PBS. Mental.

[LichtieHibby]

Gordon Hunter at Tynecastle to stop our awful record.
It does seem that the longer you wait for things the better it is when it happens.

[JimBHibees]

Deeks when he cut inside from the left and rocketed a shot past Gordon.

[Smartie]

Garry O'Connor's winner when we'd played for more than a half with 10 men.

Really didn't expect it, went bananas when that one went in.

[patlowe]

Dean Shiels winner under Mowbs in the mid-noughties. Scenes.

[HibbyScott]

Difficult to pick!

Latapy in 6-2 is up there, for the same reasons mentioned above - I was 11 and to go 6-1 up against them was mental!

Riordan's goal down towards the South Stand when he cut in from the left and dispatched it into the top corner past Gordon was a peach!

Sheils vs them at the PBS to go 2-1 up after yet another Simon Brown debacle was mental.

O'Connor in the last minute of the "we only need 10 men" game.

It starts to really hit home how many goals have caused absolute scenes in the stands against them!

[hibby6270]

Either Russell's in the 6-2 game or Deek's against Craig Gordon. Can't choose!!:confused:

[Hibs Class]

Difficult to pick just one. Benji's at ER stands out, decent goal and even better celebration.

[SteveHFC]

Caldwell's winner just for the scenes in our end.

[wookie70]

Gordon Hunter at Tynecastle to stop our awful record.
It does seem that the longer you wait for things the better it is when it happens.
That is my top one too. Kevin Harper's New Year Strike, Walking in a Harper Wonderland, would be up there too

[Hibs Class]

Caldwell's winner just for the scenes in our end.

Leigh's free kick was pretty special too

[Mr White]

Latapy in the 6 2 for me but special mention too for Farid's in the 2 nil win at easter road in 2015. That was my son's first derby win and the big man's wonderful finish confirmed it. I've got a photo of the smile on my boys face just after the celebrations, and it's a special one.

[jeffers]

Archibald's at Tynecastle. Managed to get prints of him shooting and his celebration afterwards, signed by the man himself. From what I remember we went 1-0 up that day quite early on before Gordon Rae was sent off. Felt like we were hanging on for a long time before Archibald scored.

[Waxy]

Kanos header in a 2-1 win 1987 just for the bedlam.

[Curly1875]

Caldwell's winner just for the scenes in our end.

Ruined their end of season lap of honour as well IIRC

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Gordon Hunter at Tynecastle to stop our awful record.
It does seem that the longer you wait for things the better it is when it happens.

This or Archibald. Thoroughly enjoyed Houchens header too, it might be the ravages of time but he seemed to leap to a ridiculous height.

[tamig]

The Archiegoal. Fantastic goal from a class player to seal the win when we played more than half the game with 10 men.

[patlowe]

In terms of technical brilliance, Riordan's volley at the PBS was absolutely outstanding. It's often forgotten about because it turned out to be a consolation.

[saltandsauce]

John o'neil in a 1-1 draw away

[DH1875]

Gordon Hunter at Tynecastle to stop our awful record.
It does seem that the longer you wait for things the better it is when it happens.

Mines as well :agree:

[21.5.16]

Sparkys free kick at tynie and sparkys "non goal" at ER

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[patlowe]

John o'neil in a 1-1 draw away

That was a special one - saved Sauzee's unbeaten record against them.

[Wheat Hound]

Gordon Hunter 27/8/94

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Gordon Hunter 27/8/94

He seemed to be enjoying himself just as much at the London Hibs Night on Sat!

[SirDavidsNapper]

Kevin Harpers run and winning goal from halfway line around 98. My first derby.

[Wheat Hound]

He seemed to be enjoying himself just as much at the London Hibs Night on Sat!

Glad to hear it!

[matty_f]

Latapy for number 6 is my favourite.

[Mon Dieu4]

Other than the ones mentioned I will go John O'Neil in the 6-2 I'm sure it was his first goal for us and he'd been knocking close to it for some time and playing really well, was just all the sweeter it came in that game

[Diclonius]

Don't think I've ever celebrated a derby goal more than Wotherspoon's winner to knock them out the cup.

[hibsbollah]

Garry O'Connor's winner when we'd played for more than a half with 10 men.

Really didn't expect it, went bananas when that one went in.

That's mine too.

[RossScott1991]

Don't think I've ever celebrated a derby goal more than Wotherspoon's winner to knock them out the cup.

surprised more people havent mentioned this ! same for me. Was better it took a wicked deflection off that big f***y zaliukas aswell. It was a great atmosphere at end, to lose after what happened year before would been unbareable, so was massive relief to win that one.

Cummings in replay last year is also highlight, more because that goal brings me back to the sunshine on leith at the end. the video on youtube by sky sports i still look back on now and again

[.Sean.]

O'Connor in the Unbeatable game by a mile for me but honourable mentions for:

Benji no long after the semi

Wotherspoon in the Scottish

Winners at the PBS from Riordan and Caldwell

[Pretty Boy]

Gordon Hunter 1994. 1st time I had seen us beat Hearts. I was 8! Tied for 1st with Wotherspoon in the Scottish Cup.

Notable mention for Dean Shiels. Bedlam. Riordan v Casper and Ross Caldwell were also great and saw mental celebrations considering they were ultimately 'meaningless' games.

[WoreTheGreen]

Gordon Hunter 1994. 1st time I had seen us beat Hearts. I was 8! Tied for 1st with Wotherspoon in the Scottish Cup.

Notable mention for Dean Shiels. Bedlam. Riordan v Casper and Ross Caldwell were also great and saw mental celebrations considering they were ultimately 'meaningless' games.

Hunter for me to never been back to that sh-----e other than when are not playing them

[Onion]

The next one.

[Michael]

Rob Jones in the 81% derby.

[CockneyRebel]

Hunter for me to never been back to that sh-----e other than when are not playing them

Same here

[WoreTheGreen]

Same here

Great minds and all that stuff

[Viva_Palmeiras]

Archiegoal.
But Wotherspoons was a cracker and got ER bouncing.
And the one that sent us on our road to the SC...

[WoreTheGreen]

Emotions -- Hunter.
Fitba -- Latapy
My brother is still looking for his spects who i punched clean of his face when RL scored .Oh the old north stand

[ED Hibee]

O'Connor's just for the sheer emotion of it all following such a shocking refereeing decision.

I knew a steward who previously had a nominal rangers affiliation and was covering the east that game. He felt atmosphere so good that he's been a Hibee ever since!

The other one has to be Kevin Harper's in the 2-1 game in the season we went down.

[fat freddy]

King Paddys 99th minute equaliser at Tynie in 75 (i think)...older jambos still moan that the ref played too much extra time and he scored after the pubs had opened (pubs shut between 2 and 5 in those days for younger viewers) Amazing scenes as he scored into a rammed hibs end, a wee invasion as well as delirious hibbies spilled onto the trackside.

[yonder1875]

Being only 21 years old, I'd have to go with Garry O'Connor's goal to make it 2-0 in the 2005 Derby to end their unbeaten start to the season. One of my favourite Hibs games to date

[KeithTheHibby]

Quite a few to mention.

Geebsys winner at Tynie to end that horrendous run. Very fitting it was one of our own that scored the winner.
Latapys in the 6-2 game, the cherry on the top.
Shiels winner at Tynie in the 2-1 game.
GoC winner in the 10 men game at ER.

One not mentioned or perhaps 2 were the goals scored by GoC and Boozy in the 2-0 game when those fuds came to ER on the back on their unbeaten start to the season.
Their moronic fans had been going on about how we were no longer their rivals as they had moved on to a new level - all this based on the back of an 8 game unbeaten run. Deluded or what.
Celebrated those goals like we had won the league!

[HibbyAndy]

Beuzelin .Absolute ****ing carnage in the East that day , Just got my breath back and Garry O rattled in number 2 to seal it.

[RoscoHibby]

Kevin harpers 20yd volley into the top corner on New Years day. Had jst been gubbed 7-0 from der hun, yams scored 5 minutes in. Had to listen to them for half an hour or so til O'Neill equalised with a bullet header. Few minutes later, long ball headed into the air by keef, Harper. Boom.

I was just 14 with a breaking voice, it was all too much, floods of tears. Only time the fitba has done that to me. Until 21st May.

[lord bunberry]

Dean Shiels winner under Mowbs in the mid-noughties. Scenes.

Absolutely this
Although I also loved the goal Zemmama scored when he just jinked one way and 2 hearts defenders including Presley went the other way and fell on their ***** and he slotted it home

[nonshinyfinish]

Deeks when he cut inside from the left and rocketed a shot past Gordon.

O'Connor's winner in the 10-men game is a close second, but I have to vote for this one for sheer geometric beauty.

[3pm]

Mixing making it 4-1, the sign a hiding was coming.

[snooky]

Gaz's (10 men)
Deek's 30 yarder against plooky
Alan Gordon's majestic header for no. 7

[GlesgaeHibby]

Brian Kerr 1-0 at Tynecastle :duck:

[Dibben]

For me either Wee Russell's sixth or the Hunter 'Hoodoo buster' 😀

[MWHIBBIES]

Spoony was quality

So was Cummings to make it 1-0 last year

[Thegreenside]

Deeks pen in the casper. No problem to get tickets for that game only about 900 of us at that game

[seanshow]

Geebsie's would be my number one also, it was an amazing moment of joy and relief, (I miss the old terracing days with bedlam and huge sways, and at Tynie giving abuse to the jambos hanging out the windows behind)

Dirk Diggler's in the millennium derby was awesome also.

[MikeyS]

Deek's screamer against Gordon. Unbelievable strike :top marks:flag::hibees

[O'Rourke3]

Steve Archibald but at ER. He feathered a header over Henry Smith from what felt like the 6yd line. Game ended in a draw so was one of the 22....

Houchin's on his debut is up there too.

[SuperAllyMcleod]

Looking at the rest of this thread I'm going to show my age a bit here. Not the most popular player at Hibs but Joe Harpers rocket from about 30 yards to win 1-0 at ER was a fabulous strike.

Also remember Ally McLeod scoring a cracker late on at the PBS ( before it became a bus shelter) to win 1-0.

Then there was the Joe McBride double in the last 6 minutes to get a draw - early signs of Jambottling in that game [emoji16]

[Sir David Gray]

Latapy's goal in the 6-2 game was a thing of beauty.

[Slavers]

Sauzee when he ran the length of the pitch to celebrate with the Hibs fans at Tynie!

[SChibs]

De la Cruz after 36 seconds.

[where'stheslope]

Keith Houchen at the PBS.

[brog]

Looking at the rest of this thread I'm going to show my age a bit here. Not the most popular player at Hibs but Joe Harpers rocket from about 30 yards to win 1-0 at ER was a fabulous strike.

Also remember Ally McLeod scoring a cracker late on at the PBS ( before it became a bus shelter) to win 1-0.

Then there was the Joe McBride double in the last 6 minutes to get a draw - early signs of Jambottling in that game [emoji16]

Harper's was a magnificent goal & was IIRC our 1st ever SPL goal. Loved Ally's goal also but think it was an equaliser,even better really!

[SirDavidsNapper]

Chris Humphrey's last minute winner in Scottish Cup at Tynecastle. Picked it out the sky on the volley Zidane style at the Hibs end. Absolute scenes. Might get in trouble for the pitch invasion though

[brog]

Going way back, Pat Quinn's 3rd in a 4-1 win at PBS. Eric Stevenson played keepy uppy with the ball then lobbed it to Pat who hit it on drop into roof of net. Pat hadn't scored for 2 years before that. We waited for him outside & asked if it was his 1st ever hat trick. Son, he said I'm seek of scoring them! Classic!

[Billy Whizz]

Sauzee when he ran the length of the pitch to celebrate with the Hibs fans at Tynie!

Me too, my favourite

[malcky]

Me too, my favourite

We were behind the goals when zemmama took out half their defence while sticking it past Gordon

[21.05.2016]

Riordan scored an absolute screamer at ER (can't remember the exact year bit it ended 1-1).


Enjoyed the Wotherspoon 1-0 game in the SC. Off the back of the 5-1 final, it was nice to end their cup defence before it barely had begun. Shortest time ever a team has held onto the SC if I recall correctly.

[Ozyhibby]

Caldwell last minute. It was my 7 year olds (at the time) first Tynecastle Derby. Watching him go mental when it hit the back of the net still trumps everything apart from David Gray's goal.


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[frazeHFC]

Caldwell's winner for me. Had been to five Edinburgh derbies at Tynecastle and never seen us even score (four defeats and a 0-0), so that was pretty special.

[Barman Stanton]

Rob Jones in the League Cup win

O'Connor 10 men win

Sauzee at Tynecastle

[.Sean.]

Absolutely this
Although I also loved the goal Zemmama scored when he just jinked one way and 2 hearts defenders including Presley went the other way and fell on their ***** and he slotted it homeForgot about that. We were two up after about 6 minutes IIRC

[Sir David Gray]

Forgot about that. We were two up after about 6 minutes IIRC

2-0 after 16 minutes.

Then Zibi got involved. :rolleyes:

[Joe6-2]

Archibald's at Tynecastle. Managed to get prints of him shooting and his celebration afterwards, signed by the man himself. From what I remember we went 1-0 up that day quite early on before Gordon Rae was sent off. Felt like we were hanging on for a long time before Archibald scored.

This

[Eyrie]

Another vote for Latapy scoring the sixth.

[Broken Gnome]

Craig James before it all went tits up.

For loudness, the only two that can compete are Harper 2-1 and O'Connor 2-0. White noise.

[heretoday]

Kano scoring the first at Tynecastle and making Archibald's winner with an overhead pass from a mud-caked centre spot. After his goal he noised up the Hearts fans and got a ticking off from the police later.

[Jonnyboy]

Going way back, Pat Quinn's 3rd in a 4-1 win at PBS. Eric Stevenson played keepy uppy with the ball then lobbed it to Pat who hit it on drop into roof of net. Pat hadn't scored for 2 years before that. We waited for him outside & asked if it was his 1st ever hat trick. Son, he said I'm seek of scoring them! Classic!

I'll add Willie Hamilton's to that, B. A peach from an impossible angle!!

[heretoday]

Kano scoring the first at Tynecastle and making Archibald's winner with an overhead pass from a mud-caked centre spot.
After his goal he noised up the Hearts fans and got a ticking off from the police later!

[ancient hibee]

I'll add Willie Hamilton's to that, B. A peach from an impossible angle!!
Me too.Also Joe's 4th in the cup tie as I didn't think they would pull back two before time up though they came pretty close.

[ballengeich]

For me, Arthur Duncan's winner in a cuptie in the early 70s.

A few years later, Joe McBride junior's late equalizer.

[DickieDastardly]

Archibald at Swincastle followed by Gordon Hunter at the same....

[21sMay]

Riordans penalty at Tynie ! Had £10 on deek 1-0 and also £20 on 1-0 Hibs , got into Tynie to notice we had half a team playing , was totally pissed and never fancied our chances once seeing the team sheets. How we celebrated when he rolled home that penalty !!! Absoloute scenes . Deano's winner on a Wednesday night comes very close, falling down the stairs after he scored kind of took the edge off the win as 7 stitches to the forehead was needed afterwards

[Viva_Palmeiras]

Anyone have the Hibs Monthly/ Mass Hibsteria front cover with Archie the Jinx-Buster?

Used to have a blown up copy of that... Alas no more.

[Bill Milne]

Archibald's at Tynecastle. Managed to get prints of him shooting and his celebration afterwards, signed by the man himself. From what I remember we went 1-0 up that day quite early on before Gordon Rae was sent off. Felt like we were hanging on for a long time before Archibald scored.

This, I was standing directly in line with Archibald and, when the ball went under the goalie (Smith, I think), everyone around me went ballistic!!

[bournehibby]

I'll add Willie Hamilton's to that, B. A peach from an impossible angle!!
That's mine too Jonnyboy. NYD 1965 I believe :greengrin

bh

[thebakerboy]

King Paddys 99th minute equaliser at Tynie in 75 (i think)...older jambos still moan that the ref played too much extra time and he scored after the pubs had opened (pubs shut between 2 and 5 in those days for younger viewers) Amazing scenes as he scored into a rammed hibs end, a wee invasion as well as delirious hibbies spilled onto the trackside.

This is one of mine as well especially as I am sure the extra time came from Jeffries getting sent off and refusing to go quickly. Others worth a mention , the Archiegoal , and all 7 on 1st Jan 1973 along with Latapy in the 6 2.

[brog]

I'll add Willie Hamilton's to that, B. A peach from an impossible angle!!

Remember it well John & the 6-0 humping of Falkirk at ER the next day! As usual Willie's shirt was soaked in sweat after about 5 minutes ( on 2 Jan! ) but Willie produced a masterclass that day & was MOTM even though Neil Martin scored 4! Incidentally Stan Vincent still moans about Neil stealing one of his goals & denying him a Hibs hat trick! I also remember the Falkirk keeper, Alan (Willie) Whigham being their MOTM & him laughing & joking with the Hibs crowd behind the goal. I believe he was a Hibby! Only just over 51 years ago but I can't remember what I had for tea last night! :greengrin

[SteveHFC]

King Paddys 99th minute equaliser at Tynie in 75 (i think)...older jambos still moan that the ref played too much extra time and he scored after the pubs had opened (pubs shut between 2 and 5 in those days for younger viewers) Amazing scenes as he scored into a rammed hibs end, a wee invasion as well as delirious hibbies spilled onto the trackside.

my dad remembers that one:greengrin

[cmcd]

The 7th goal scored by Alan Gordon not just the header but the build up involving Shades and Duncan .

[Blaster]

Poor Brian Kerr

[hibs#1]

Wotherspoons 1st game I'd been to since that final (not protesting or refusing to go just hadn't managed to a game)
I just knew we were going to win that day landed in the halfway in the row in front and nearly took the young lad standing next to me,was great atmosphere in the east the stadium that day I don't believe It was actually that full either.great day.

[kaimendhibs]

Gordon Hunter at tynie.

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[DTS]

One that I enjoyed a lot which hasn't been mentioned was the James Collins winner under butcher, looked as if we'd thrown it away in typical hibs fashion until the goal came

[SouthsideHarp_Bhoy]

Being only 21 years old, I'd have to go with Garry O'Connor's goal to make it 2-0 in the 2005 Derby to end their unbeaten start to the season. One of my favourite Hibs games to date

If i remember right, it came quite quickly afyer the first from boozy.

That was a cracking game, big atmosphere, both teams pretty strong and i remember it just feeling incredibly intensr throughout. So O'Connor's goal was such a relief.

Hard to beat dean shiels at tynie around the same time too.

[I'm_cabbaged]

Archibald's without a doubt!!

[SouthsideHarp_Bhoy]

Deeks pen in the casper. No problem to get tickets for that game only about 900 of us at that game

Did we not have ovet half the stand? I was there, last minutte decision to go. Was pretty funny, absolutely mugging them like they had do e to us so often in the past

[Pretty Boy]

Did we not have ovet half the stand? I was there, last minutte decision to go. Was pretty funny, absolutely mugging them like they had do e to us so often in the past

I travelled down from Aberdeen for that game. Saw the team and was tempted to go straight back.

Delighted I never, absolute scenes when the goal went in. Not many of us there but we were bloody loud.

[SouthsideHarp_Bhoy]

I travelled down from Aberdeen for that game. Saw the team and was tempted to go straight back.

Delighted I never, absolute scenes when the goal went in. Not many of us there but we were bloody loud.

Was that not the game after darren mccormack had reportedly knocked out callum elliot - i remembet a game giving elliot pelters as he warmed up in front of us...

One punch, he only takes one punch...

[stantonhibby]

One that I enjoyed a lot which hasn't been mentioned was the James Collins winner under butcher, looked as if we'd thrown it away in typical hibs fashion until the goal came

I think that was the first goal? Craig pen was the winner.

[Glory Lurker]

I think that was the first goal? Craig pen was the winner.


:agree: And it was one of the most pointless penalties conceded in the history of football. It was not a good performance that night, against a threadbare hearts team. In the pub afterwards we all reckoned Hibs had been lucky. Then we chucked away a two goal lead in our next game. Then.....

[Is It On....]

Steve Archibald at PBS - first and last and allways!! What a shot, what celebrations..

[Northernhibee]

One that I enjoyed a lot which hasn't been mentioned was the James Collins winner under butcher, looked as if we'd thrown it away in typical hibs fashion until the goal came

That was Liam "Boooooo" Craig

[Is It On....]

Harper's was a magnificent goal & was IIRC our 1st ever SPL goal. Loved Ally's goal also but think it was an equaliser,even better really!

Kevin Harper also scored a cracker in a new year's day game just before half time.

[Is It On....]

Steve Archibald but at ER. He feathered a header over Henry Smith from what felt like the 6yd line. Game ended in a draw so was one of the 22....

Houchin's on his debut is up there too.

Didn't Archibald also hit the inside of the post in that game as well? Akso, I wonder if Mr Cummings was seeking to copy the great man when he tried something similar at the PBS last season.

[beensaidbefore]

Sauzee losing his teeth does it for me. Dedication to the cause.

[Pete]

The 7th goal scored by Alan Gordon not just the header but the build up involving Shades and Duncan .

I love that goal too. Second and fourth are also good ones from that game.


My favourite ever has to be Cummings winner in the last Derby. Part of the legend now.

[Scorrie]

Stevie Archibald at the old Tynie. Most mental celebration ever behind the goals. What a birthday present 😀

[Itsnoteasy]

Stevie Archibald at the old Tynie. Most mental celebration ever behind the goals. What a birthday present 😀

It's still the same Tynie to this day.

[Itsnoteasy]

Mines are all Tynie.
Joe Mcbride jnr free kick
Archibald
Gordon Hunter

[Tom Hart RIP]

Kenny Miller's in millennium Derby. Even at 2-0 And being ten times better than them there was always a chance of a dodgy penalty.