What’s the strangest memento you have from the cup final?

[The Green Goblin]

Believe it or not, I have an unused ticket from the cup final. I got one through Hibs TV international, but one of my friends included me in his group late on, so I ended up with a spare. I tried everything I could to sell it on to someone and as late as the day itself, I was in touch with two people who were looking, but both got tickets from elsewhere. I put out an offer on Facebook etc. but couldn’t shift it.

So now I have a brand new, unused ticket as a souvenir from the greatest game in history... Anyone else have some odd souvenirs, lucky tokens, street signs, :greengrin or items with superstitious value from THAT day?

[SaulGoodman]

I have the contact lenses I wore that day stored in solution in their capsule.

They’ve seen some ****.

Yes it’s weird.

[The Green Goblin]

I have the contact lenses I wore that day stored in solution in their capsule.

They’ve seen some ****.

Yes it’s weird.

:greengrin Brilliant!!

[.Sean.]

Still have my grass stained green Adidas Topangas (from sliding into the net at FT) which have sat in their box since cup final day. Have both my programme and persevered t shirt signed so would like at some point to get them on display in a glass cabinet

[Diclonius]

I have a picture of the bruise I gave my calf celebrating the winning goal.

There's also the t-shirt I only wear to cup finals, but hopefully I'll be able to bring that out again in the not too distant future!

[Juice-Terry]

I still have my *****-stained boxers.

[Austinho]

I’m probably on some sort of watchlist after being escorted off a plane at Dubai airport by security. I flew back for the final from New Zealand, but Hibs changed the public ticket sale date for when I’d be in the air. Luckily, there was WiFi on the flight, and my booking was being processed as we landed. I hit in my seat until the cleaners were doing their rounds and they alerted security. I pleaded with them, but was dragged off with ticketmaster still loading. After answering a few questions, I got the confirmation email which was accepted as proof of my misdemeanour 🙈

Other than that, I was wearing some fairly non descript socks - I scribbled 21/05/16 in marker pens on them, so I could remember which were my new lucky socks. We lost to Brondby the next time I wore them, so clearly that’s bollocks.

[SouthMoroccoStu]

The heart murmur and sore throat from screaming at the ref “JUST BLOW THE ******* WHISTLE”

[Hibernia&Alba]

A tuft of grass from the pitch which I relocated to our back garden :greengrin

[Geo_1875]

I still have my *****-stained boxers.

Still have them on?

[Pretty Boy]

The cork from a bottle of champagne I'd been saving for that day.

The list of all the people who travelled on the buses I was running.

All the other stuff is just ticket, programme etc which I think most will have kept hold off.

[The Pointer]

A piece of turf encapsulated in a cube of inscribed resin for posterity.

[Saint Hibee]

Lee Wallace's wallet.

[SON OF PADDY]

I've still got that big cheesy smile on my face!😁 and of course all the happy memories from that wonderful weekend.

[Carheenlea]

I’ve not got anything other than a picture of me with Sam Martinez outside Hampden pre match.
I don’t know why, because I’m a pretty active user of social media and take plenty pictures of events, but on 21/5/16 that is the only picture I had taken. The I think the memories of that day, the game itself and the celebrations that night followed by a full days celebration at the Cup Parade will forever be vivid in the mind.

[Hibernia&Alba]

I’ve not got anything other than a picture of me with Sam Martinez outside Hampden pre match.
I don’t know why, because I’m a pretty active user of social media and take plenty pictures of events, but on 21/5/16 that is the only picture I had taken. The I think the memories of that day, the game itself and the celebrations that night followed by a full days celebration at the Cup Parade will forever be vivid in the mind.

:not worth

[Craig_HFC]

A mention in the book ‘Moonshine on Leith’.


I’m not mentioned by name but it was my flag (that I purchased on the way out of Hampden after the game) that the statue of Sherlock Holmes was holding and that gets a mention in the book.

It’s a memento for me & my family who were with me that day but nobody else who has read the book will know it was me so I reckon that’s a decent shout for ‘strangest memento’.

[Speedy]

A vial of Andy Halliday's tears.

[Since452]

A nervous twitch gained from the last 4 minutes

[blackpoolhibs]

A discarded magic hat.

[Diclonius]

I initially "retired" the scarf I wore to the final but eventually shelved that and it's now my regular scarf again. It's one of the green and dark green bar scarves we put out in 2008 with small white dividers and I don't think we'll ever make a better scarf.

[spike220]

A house

[Chorley Hibee]

Had John McGinn's boot from the 2016 final - which I subsequently sold to help fund my wedding the following year.

Bloody women!

[nonshinyfinish]

Had John McGinn's boot from the 2016 final - which I subsequently sold to help fund my wedding the following year.

Bloody women!Jesus.

It's a bit unusual to have the grounds for divorce wrapped up before you're even married.

[Chorley Hibee]

Jesus.

It's a bit unusual to have the grounds for divorce wrapped up before you're even married.

Never thought of it like that 😂

[Northernhibee]

I’ve not got anything other than a picture of me with Sam Martinez outside Hampden pre match.
I don’t know why, because I’m a pretty active user of social media and take plenty pictures of events, but on 21/5/16 that is the only picture I had taken. The I think the memories of that day, the game itself and the celebrations that night followed by a full days celebration at the Cup Parade will forever be vivid in the mind.


I didn’t post anything on social media before the game, even that I was going. Didn’t want to curse it. Limited photos for myself but from after the final whistle and oddly a video on the train heading to the station.

[WeeRussell]

A peg from the goals that David Gray scored THAT goal in. Which I definitely didn't find while invading any pitches.

[SteveHFC]

Still have all the newspapers from the day after.

Still have my ticket, programme and scarf from that day.

[Hermit Crab]

I went to that game completely sober so I remember everything!

Have all the newspapers, match program and team sheet.

[Kato]

I still have my *****-stained boxers.

Maybe a good idea to change them after 3 years, bud.

I have..

My ticket
A programme
Piece of the pitch
Strand from the goal net which SDG scored in.


More importantly - loads of really good memories shared with pals and random Hibs fans from that weekend.

[green with envy]

The match day programme signed by SDG himself.

[pacoluna]

A breach of the piece conviction for running on the pitch at FT






















Joke.

[hibby6270]

I have a 114 (yes 114!!😃) page photobook that I put together from the plethora of internet pics online, interspersed with newspaper reports of each game, coupled with my own words of commentary for each picture/page. It’s actually 108 pages of photos plus 6 blank inside pages front and back but conveniently adds up to 114. Subtly suitable given the history.

Doesn’t just cover the final but the whole cup run. It’s unique. The only copy in the world. Took me a few weeks to compose it using the software provided by the print company.

I’m proud of it and will never part with it.

Picture of the front cover for info

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Sample page from the opening section covering the Final itself.

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[Smartie]

I think I've still got Nicky Clark in a cupboard somewhere.

[Besties Debut]

Had John McGinn's boot from the 2016 final - which I subsequently sold to help fund my wedding the following year.

Bloody women! Sold a boot to marry one :wink:..........only kidding

[danhibees1875]

I have a 114 (yes 114!!😃) page photobook that I put together from the plethora of internet pics online, interspersed with newspaper reports of each game, coupled with my own words of commentary for each picture/page. It’s actually 108 pages of photos plus 6 blank inside pages front and back but conveniently adds up to 114. Subtly suitable given the history.

Doesn’t just cover the final but the whole cup run. It’s unique. The only copy in the world. Took me a few weeks to compose it using the software provided by the print company.

I’m proud of it and will never part with it.

Picture of the front cover for info

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Sample page from the opening section covering the Final itself.

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Brilliant! :aok:

[tynehibs]

A badly damaged liver

[Stuart93]

My pals took a bit of the net he chewed off

[Hermit Crab]

My pals took a bit of the net he chewed off


He chewed a bit of the net off?!?!?!? :faf:

[Chorley Hibee]

Sold a boot to marry one :wink:..........only kidding

Even she laughed at that one! Haha

[Slavers]

I have various newspapers from the day stored in a drawer!

[Kato]

The match day programme signed by SDG himself.

Quality.

[Kato]

He chewed a bit of the net off?!?!?!? :faf:



Watched the dudes doing that, nibble by nibble for wee tiny bits. Thorough job.

We "raided" the turf and nets. Notice how our theologically obsessed hun chums have entered that into the narrative. Aye we did raid Hampden, GIRFUY.

[weecounty hibby]

Not really a strange momento but me and my laddie found a green/light green student type scarf as we left Hampden. Still have it. Wee bit of turf in a plant pot that was handed to my son by so wine we knew who was on the pitch. Still water it and cut it with scissors. Need to weed it again soon.

[Stuart93]

He chewed a bit of the net off?!?!?!? :faf:

Straight off perfect little square piece of net, was a very good job

[RoscoHibby]

I'm one for keeping tickets from matches, gigs etc. Lost my ticket that day, likely in the final whistle carnage. Still beelin about it. Have 3 of the programmes tho!

[Scouse Hibee]

The memory that it was the greatest feeling I have ever had at a football match. Still seems a strange one for me but that’s the truth.

[Jumbo]

A peg from the goals that David Gray scored THAT goal in. Which I definitely didn't find while invading any pitches.

I've a peg that held one of the advertising banners down and like you I don't know how it came into my possession :wink:

[Topographic Hibby]

A Facebook post on 21/5 from my best mate saying he’s never heard his pal, a teacher, swear in public.....

...followed by the full uncensored, sweary, effin’ and jeffin’ text I sent him from Hampden at FT

:greengrin

[kevinc]

I have a hospitality pass, ticket , programme and signed teamsheet (unfortunately missing Logan, Fontaine, Stokes and Gunnarsons siganatures), I also have a newspaper with a picture of Lewy and SDG holding the cup aloft with me in the background :flag:

[Lancs Harp]

Nothing out of the ordinary, match programme of course and the green french connection polo shirt I wore that day has been retired and not worn since.

[basehibby]

I have a picture of the bruise I gave my calf celebrating the winning goal.

There's also the t-shirt I only wear to cup finals, but hopefully I'll be able to bring that out again in the not too distant future!


I had a similar injury which made me smile every time I noticed it and was my souvenir from the game for a long time after - scrapped my shins off the seat in front of me celebrating Stokesy's opener and, though I hardly noticed it until the next day it took at least a year before the scars had healed properly. Other than that though - nothing other than the memories between my ears!

Didn't get a program or anything due to pre match rushing about - but it doesn't matter a jot because the shear joy of being there will live with me forever :flag::flag::flag::cup::flag::flag::flag:

[HibernianJK]

The corner flag.

[heretoday]

The head of Alfredo Garcia.

[Weegreenman]

My bothers ticket framed on my wall alongside mine. He passed not long after the cup final. As heartbreaking as it was, the one thing I can console myself with is the fact he was there on that special day. :gwa::flag:

[danhibees1875]

I'm one for keeping tickets from matches, gigs etc. Lost my ticket that day, likely in the final whistle carnage. Still beelin about it. Have 3 of the programmes tho!

I think I lost my ticket too. Never bought a programme that day - regrettably!

I don't think I've any real momentos other than a newspaper from the day after and a couple of photos (not many though for some reason).

[Bishop Hibee]

My match programme is signed by SDG and Paul Hanlon. One of my brothers and a couple of pals are celebrating in a great photo looking from behind into the crowd when SDG celebrates in front of the South Lower. Pride of place on the walls of their respective homes.

[CentreLine]

I’ve got nothing. Missed it by being on holiday in Alaska. (Booked before the 2015 cup final)
Threads like this just rub it in so stop it ya bunch of lucky beeeees. 😢

[Here’s Lucy!]

My Albert Kidd badge which I tried to give to SDG, but he insisted I keep it.

:greengrin

[AFKA5814_Hibs]

The cork from a bottle of champagne I'd been saving for that day.

The list of all the people who travelled on the buses I was running.

All the other stuff is just ticket, programme etc which I think most will have kept hold off.

I still have the winning football card you sold me on the bus that day. The £40 paid for a few beers that night. :thumbsup:

[Famous Fiver]

I found a bright shiny 1p piece on my way to the turnstiles. I immediately identified it as a 'lucky penny'.

Framed in my living room with my match ticket.

[JimboHibs]

I’ve got nothing. Missed it by being on holiday in Alaska. (Booked before the 2015 cup final)
Threads like this just rub it in so stop it ya bunch of lucky beeeees. 😢

Ive always wondered what it must have been like watching live on tv ? I knew as soon as we scored it was won and time passed in what felt like an instant though my mate said watching it live the last 4 minutes felt like 40 minutes 😂

[Eyrie]

Ive always wondered what it must have been like watching live on tv ? I knew as soon as we scored it was won and time passed in what felt like an instant though my mate said watching it live the last 4 minutes felt like 40 minutes 😂

Can only speak for myself but I had a feeling we were going to win as soon as Stokes equalised so I wasn't afraid of Sevco getting a third. That said, it was a long wait for the final whistle to confirm us as Scottish Cup winners.

[WoreTheGreen]

Can only speak for myself but I had a feeling we were going to win as soon as Stokes equalised so I wasn't afraid of Sevco getting a third. That said, it was a long wait for the final whistle to confirm us as Scottish Cup winners.

My sphincter relaxing when the cross field pass whent out for bye kick

[heidtheba]

Ive always wondered what it must have been like watching live on tv ? I knew as soon as we scored it was won and time passed in what felt like an instant though my mate said watching it live the last 4 minutes felt like 40 minutes 😂

Well, having been an ST holder for a few years in the mid-90s and then having stopped going, I wasn't about to rock up at a final. I always think a fan has to 'earn' the right for a day like that - no judgement on others, I just know it wasn't for me. Anyway, I studiously avoided anything cup final related that day. Couldn't bear it. The LC final that year and then the playoff last few minutes were a nightmare even for p*(* poor 'fan' like me.

I broke and turned on the tv to see SDG's goal go in and I couldn't believe what was happening. I may have said to Mrs Me that 'our tv has broken because it's got us leading with only seconds to go...that can't be right'.

Anyhoo, bigger things than me that day. Didn't mean a huge amount to me, but I did think of all the guys I went to the games with and those who sat around us and wondered how they were feeling and I felt very calm and uplifted. I can't imagine what you all went through.

[1875STEVE]

ive got my programme signed by most of the squad, that liam fontaine got for me, im going to frame it with my match ticket and team sheet.

Adding to someone above losing their ticket, i keep all my tickets.

I had all the programmes and tickets from the 07 league cup win, my mate offered to get them framed, his dad was a framer, his dad took not well, so i left it.

When i went to him to get my stuff back quite a while later, he had lost them. i was gutted.

My only consolation is he worked for hibs as well, and that's where he lost them, somewhere inside easter road, they are in a cupboard or office, i suppose if they are anywhere, that's the best place

[Hibees1973]

I have kept my ticket, programme, scarf and some grass from the Hampden pitch in an envelope.

All these items are in a box in the spare room. Also have a Persevered T-shirt in the box.

I kept some of the clothes I wore on the day of the final for while as well. A green checked shirt and socks with a bit of green in them. I always wore this shirt and socks whenever we played Hearts after we won the cup.

This shirt and socks went on a nine game unbeaten run against Hearts until they finally beat us last year. I thought about keeping them but they were getting worn out so binned them recently.

I look in the box at the cup final mementos now and again. Will never throw this out.

[Centre Hawf]

I have numerous programmes from the run. I bought extra copies from the programme publisher for the Hearts and Inverness games for some reason, glad I did now! The only ones Im missing are the away games. Does anyone know if anyone is selling copies of them?

[HappyAsHellas]

I bought a programme that day for the first time in decades and my daughter asked why and I really didn't know. I still have it and our tickets and a photo of me kneeling on the pitch holding my scarf aloft in roughly the position from where SDG scored. I also managed to get a few photo's of an ecstatic girl who I do not know and have never met. I keep thinking one day I'll see her at ER and be able to show her the pictures in case she wants them. Never seen her yet.......

[tanfield]

I have numerous programmes from the run. I bought extra copies from the programme publisher for the Hearts and Inverness games for some reason, glad I did now! The only ones Im missing are the away games. Does anyone know if anyone is selling copies of them?

I went onto the ICT fans forum a month or so ago and luckily managed to get a copy of the away programme. Might be worth a try but sure the ICT fans are getting bored with Hibs fans registering to try and get a copy! 😂

[CentreLine]

Ive always wondered what it must have been like watching live on tv ? I knew as soon as we scored it was won and time passed in what felt like an instant though my mate said watching it live the last 4 minutes felt like 40 minutes 😂

Watching on my phone, just before Stokes scores the first, Ian Crocker says something like “first team to score have won the last 16 finals”
Good enough for me. I was confident up to the point that they scored their second. But when Stokes scores our equaliser I was convinced again.
It was barely the back of nine in the morning when SDG popped up with the winner. Ball went in and was so stunned that I turned to my wife and simply said quietly “he’s just won the cup”. No lap of honour or anything. Mind you, being on a cruise ship, we headed for the bar, not another sole to celebrate with but we raises a glass or two to my confirming it’s been me that was the jinx at all those previous Scottish Cup finals since I attended my first in 1971.

[GTMRossaK3]

I have two of the 2016 European Championship Series Stickies from Lidl!

The following is a copy of a post I did after the Cup Final:-

http://www.hibs.net/images/icons/icon10.png Incredible coincidence
My 3 year old grandson, Oliver, has been a keen collector of the various little Stickie figures issued free from LIDL over the years. He has a Postman Pat stuffed toy which lives at our house and we hide a Stickie in the mailbag for each visit he makes to us. A few days before The Final LIDL launched a new series of Stickie figures based on the European Football Championship with a figure from each competing country plus the trophy. Each one comes in a sealed pouche so you have no idea what is in each pouche. The day before the Final I gave him his first two pouches from the new series. When he opened the first one it was the trophy! Spooky I thought. When he opened the second it was a green shirted player!! They sat on top of the TV as we watched the game with his Dad. The rest is history!


They still sit close to my TV and remind me of a fantastic day and a very special moment with my lovely grandson.

I've been a supporter for 63 years but was born in the Highlands 68 years ago, how I came to support Hibs from up there is another story!

I still wish my suggestion that someone should gather all those special Cup Final memories & stories into a book would happen. It would be a lovely 'different' part of our great club's history.

Here's hoping!

[Swedish hibee]

It's not strange, but I never keep boarding card or train tickets- but I kept the ones from that weekend. They are in the sock drawer with the passport and I'll come across them and think "that weekend really did happen"
....Hoping there's many more to come!

[The Green Goblin]

Loving these replies... :greengrin

[jon paul jones]

Mmmm...a friend planted some of the pitch in my back garden in a very drunken ceremony one year on....I have eight used cup final tickets that I found after the final whistle....a green trilby hat and two scarfs and a beauty of a photo of my brother and me behind the goal with half of Leith on the pitch

[Cyborg Ninja]

Mmmm...a friend planted some of the pitch in my back garden in a very drunken ceremony one year on....I have eight used cup final tickets that I found after the final whistle....a green trilby hat and two scarfs and a beauty of a photo of my brother and me behind the goal with half of Leith on the pitch

I think your friend helped me with my back garden too brother! Cracking photo & memories of the greatest day in footballing history :flag:

[danhibees1875]

I went onto the ICT fans forum a month or so ago and luckily managed to get a copy of the away programme. Might be worth a try but sure the ICT fans are getting bored with Hibs fans registering to try and get a copy! 😂

I'll maybe try that on bears den for a final programme. :duck:

[Keith_M]

I own one tooth from every The Rangers player assaulted on the pitch.

As you can imagine, it's quite a collection.

[MSK]

I'll maybe try that on bears den for a final programme. :duck:Grab me one too 😆👍

[budgiemcb]

Got one of the ties that the players/coaches/board members wore.

[oneone73]

I have the (empty) Laurent-Perrier champagne bottle that I'd bought for the 2001 final. Had it for breakfast on May 22, 2016, having resisted pressure in the intervening 15 years to open it for the birth of four grandchildren.
I also have framed a programme, a pic of me and four mates holding the cup and ...my niece's cup final ticket. It would have been mine, but as I was assembling items for framing, my good lady wife, trying to be helpful, decided to try to flatten it by ironing it. Instantly fogged, of course.
Ah well, it's a conversation piece.

[Besties Debut]

After the game, the big Tescos outside Hampden was giving away free mementos to hundreds of Hibs fans. It was like supermarket sweep

[One Day]

I have two of the 2016 European Championship Series Stickies from Lidl!

The following is a copy of a post I did after the Cup Final:-

http://www.hibs.net/images/icons/icon10.png Incredible coincidence
My 3 year old grandson, Oliver, has been a keen collector of the various little Stickie figures issued free from LIDL over the years. He has a Postman Pat stuffed toy which lives at our house and we hide a Stickie in the mailbag for each visit he makes to us. A few days before The Final LIDL launched a new series of Stickie figures based on the European Football Championship with a figure from each competing country plus the trophy. Each one comes in a sealed pouche so you have no idea what is in each pouche. The day before the Final I gave him his first two pouches from the new series. When he opened the first one it was the trophy! Spooky I thought. When he opened the second it was a green shirted player!! They sat on top of the TV as we watched the game with his Dad. The rest is history!


They still sit close to my TV and remind me of a fantastic day and a very special moment with my lovely grandson.

I've been a supporter for 63 years but was born in the Highlands 68 years ago, how I came to support Hibs from up there is another story!

I still wish my suggestion that someone should gather all those special Cup Final memories & stories into a book would happen. It would be a lovely 'different' part of our great club's history.

Here's hoping!


That would be a great idea

[easty]

Got a selfie with Lewis Stevenson on the pitch

[itslegaltender]

For my sons 18th I got a superb picture of the goal from Leask photography with Sir David having both arms wide just landed from heading the goal.

I got it framed with both our tickets, with our names and dates printed underneath with
“When the Hibs went up to lift the Scottish Cup, we were there”

[McHibby]

A tuft of grass from the pitch which I relocated to our back garden :greengrin

Me too!!

I helped an old man down to the pitch and thought 'sod it'... tore off a little handful of blades of grass (now dried and cherished). However the guy in the seat behind me had about a square foot of turf when he came back 🤣 He broke off a nice chunk for me - which is firmly planted in my garden. And will be coming with me whenever I move house

[McHibby]

Me too!!

I helped an old man down to the pitch and thought 'sod it'... tore off a little handful of blades of grass (now dried and cherished). However the guy in the seat behind me had about a square foot of turf when he came back 🤣 He broke off a nice chunk for me - which is firmly planted in my garden. And will be coming with me whenever I move house

Oh and an Irish fiver!! I won the sweepstake on the bus and the £5 note was in there.

[McHibby]

I have the contact lenses I wore that day stored in solution in their capsule.

They’ve seen some ****.

Yes it’s weird.

🤣🤣👏👏 That's fantastic! You have to be the winner 🏆🏆🏆

[GTMRossaK3]

For my sons 18th I got a superb picture of the goal from Leask photography with Sir David having both arms wide just landed from heading the goal.

I got it framed with both our tickets, with our names and dates printed underneath with
“When the Hibs went up to lift the Scottish Cup, we were there”

Was that the Leask photographers in Lerwick out of interest?

I worked up there for 3 years from 1984 - 87 during my BP career and we used Leask's photography services for the BP Supply Base there. I got to know the owner reasonably well.