Moments you've felt proud to be a Hibee in defeat

[Northernhibee]

Was thinking back to the 2013 cup final earlier and remembered the whole build up with Leigh getting injured, Doyle forcing a ridiculous save from Forster in the first ten minutes before going on to lose. All the thoughts of what would have been if Leigh was fit, if Doyle had scored before seeing Leigh leave the pitch for the last time in a Hibs shirt and so forth.

I remember the last ten minutes of that game the Hibs fans outsang the Celtic support, singing "We'll support you evermore". Was broken hearted that we'd lost in a final again despite starting well and that last ten minutes still gives me goosebumps.

Have there been times when Hibs have lost but you've left feeling proud of the club?

[vercol36]

Was thinking back to the 2013 cup final earlier and remembered the whole build up with Leigh getting injured, Doyle forcing a ridiculous save from Forster in the first ten minutes before going on to lose. All the thoughts of what would have been if Leigh was fit, if Doyle had scored before seeing Leigh leave the pitch for the last time in a Hibs shirt and so forth.

I remember the last ten minutes of that game the Hibs fans outsang the Celtic support, singing "We'll support you evermore". Was broken hearted that we'd lost in a final again despite starting well and that last ten minutes still gives me goosebumps.

Have there been times when Hibs have lost but you've left feeling proud of the club?

I remember that last 10 mins being the loudest I've ever heard our fans. Though I've never really understood it to this day!!

[Hibbyradge]

AEK Athens

[darwenhibby]

1985 Skol cup final
Thought the support was great that day
Another of those moments after beating the old firm on the way but to lose to Aberdeen in the final

[therealgavmac]

1985 Skol cup final
Thought the support was great that day
Another of those moments after beating the old firm on the way but to lose to Aberdeen in the final

Beat me to it.....

[B.H.F.C]

Only time for me was Brondby when we actually won the game but lost the tie. In terms of the actual result on the night, it was our best European performance in decades and got a wee bit overlooked IMO.

I never felt that way at the Celtic cup final. I know Doyle had the chance early doors, which might have changed things, but Celtic strolled through the game.

[darwenhibby]

Beat me to it.....

Really thought it was our turn and a European place for our efforts
Just a naive 17 year old at the time

[penihibs]

1985 Skol cup final
Thought the support was great that day
Another of those moments after beating the old firm on the way but to lose to Aberdeen in the final

That day Hibs support was brilliant we had a good,team,my brother a Celtic Glory hunter came with us on bus and at end of game says the best atmosphere he's ever been involved
With at any game, specially after getting beat..

[BILLYHIBS]

HIBS 2 v 1 Hamburg
Inter Cities Fairs Cup
15/1/1969

Couldnae make it up two disallowed goals for supposed offside their goalie had a green top on played them off the park and to top it all the penalty king Joe Davis missed a penalty

The great Uwe Seeler scored for Hamburg

Lost on aggregate

[Since452]

Hibs v Aberdeen in 2017 Scottish Cup semi. Gifted them two early goals but I thought we were brilliant for 85 minutes. We must have had around 20 thousand fans there that day dwarfing the Aberdeen support and we were still a "lower league side".

[darwenhibby]

Anderlecht away
The equaliser by Jackson
The team coming back out to acknowledge us
Always good to be hibby

[green with envy]

The defeat to Brondby on penalties. I have admit there was a tear shed when the players came up to applaud us Hibs fans. Also had a similar feeling away to Anderlecht. Another that wasn't a defeat on the day was the week after we got relegated in 1-1 draw away to Kilmarnock. We took a fantastic crowd to Rugby Park that day and from memory Stevie Crawford scored an absolute cracker that day.

[Pretty Boy]

The 2013 Cup final was a bit bizarre. I remember struggling to understand why there had been any contact training the day before the game that allowed our star man to get injured. The first 5 minutes aside we were absolutely brutal. I'm sure others will feel differently but I always felt the last 10 minutes was a celebration of getting humped but not embarrassed. It summed up how soft Hibs were.

The 2017 semi final was a different kettle of fish for me. We started poorly but the manager realised his mistake and changed it. From that moment on we bossed the game and bar a freak deflection would have went all the way in defending our trophy. The support backed the team for the entire game and the reception for the players at the end was like an appreciation for everything that had changed over the course of 3 years.

[Mick O'Rourke]

I agree with Northernhibee

We had put up with a lot after the previous final.
Stuff like "You were home before the final whistle "and the "cheerio cheerio" chants.

We did not have high hopes of beating Celtic that day and it just seemed that we knew the game was lost just before this outburst of songs.

It seemed a communal thing that we were not leaving early.
Really strange and unheard of or seen before.
I had a wee tear when this was going on.
Not defiance but our pride to be Hibernians.
i was 61 that year and i sang my lungs out (well whats left of them)
It seemed like my last "battle cry" as i thought ..
No Mick, you aint gonna see us winning this thing

As been said before Celtic fans were stunned at what was going on and a few i know thought it was an amazing sight to see, us "not walking away" and singing so loud.

The Celtic fans even joined in when we sang "It's a grand old team to play for"

Or maybe they just thought they started it going.
Or they just loved to hear that from the terraces that were formerly known as "The Rangers End"

[brog]

HIBS 2 v 1 Hamburg
Inter Cities Fairs Cup
15/1/1969

Couldnae make it up two disallowed goals for supposed offside their goalie had a green top on played them off the park and to top it all the penalty king Joe Davis missed a penalty

The great Uwe Seeler scored for Hamburg

Lost on aggregate


Even worse Billy, we lost on away goals. IIRC it was the 1st season it was introduced!

[CloudSquall]

2001 Scottish Cup final vs Celtic.

No complaints from me in defeat, quite simply we just came up against one of the best Celtic teams in recent history.

[Broken Gnome]

Most have been mentioned, the Aberdeen semi final was about as creditable a way that we could have ended our time as holders.

If there were ever an acceptable way to lose a derby, it was the Boxing Day game in 2006. Apart from Zibi.

[BILLYHIBS]

Even worse Billy, we lost on away goals. IIRC it was the 1st season it was introduced!

Remember there was a delay while the Referee worked it all out

Thought he was going to give it to us on a technical knock out

[AFKA5814_Hibs]

Hibs v Aberdeen in 2017 Scottish Cup semi. Gifted them two early goals but I thought we were brilliant for 85 minutes. We must have had around 20 thousand fans there that day dwarfing the Aberdeen support and we were still a "lower league side".

Between this and the AEK game. But for a horrendous first 10 mins we were the better team in that semi. Aberdeen were a top 3 side and we were a team from the league below, Hibs were the better side. For McGeoughs injury after his goal, we would have went on to win the game.

The AEK 2nd leg was amazing. They were a good team and to turn that around would have been one of our better European performances but for Luna's header in the 90th minute we would have done it. The rendition of SOL that night was only bettered by the League Cup Final 2007 and Scottish Cup Final of 2016.

[surreyhibbie]

Scottish cup final marathon against the team that used to be Rangers.

1979. Went to three games. We were robbed in the first game with that late penalty we didnt get.

Third game lost 3-2 to a deflected goal.

For some strange reason i wasnt as gutted as i should have been, just really proud of us to have taken them to the wire and i knew we were the better team over the three games..

[superfurryhibby]

The 2013 Cup final was a bit bizarre. I remember struggling to understand why there had been any contact training the day before the game that allowed our star man to get injured. The first 5 minutes aside we were absolutely brutal. I'm sure others will feel differently but I always felt the last 10 minutes was a celebration of getting humped but not embarrassed. It summed up how soft Hibs were.

The 2017 semi final was a different kettle of fish for me. We started poorly but the manager realised his mistake and changed it. From that moment on we bossed the game and bar a freak deflection would have went all the way in defending our trophy. The support backed the team for the entire game and the reception for the players at the end was like an appreciation for everything that had changed over the course of 3 years.

Totally disagree, the backing the team got was defiance in the face of yet another Scottish |Cup final boot in the bawz. Nothing to do with how soft we were |(what does that even mean?). We knew we'd be back and we knew we'd win the ******* thing.

[Hillsidehibby]

There has been so many defeats I canny pinpoint one!

One that does stick in my mind was a league cup tie v Aberdeen at ER. Must have been late 80's.

Hibs played in all white against a very fancied Dons side and probably played as good as I had seen a Hibs side play since the tornadoes.

Alas we got beat but I went home vewy pwoud.

[Sammy7nil]

I remember that last 10 mins being the loudest I've ever heard our fans. Though I've never really understood it to this day!!

I thought that was a bit cringey just my opinion.


Anderlecht away
The equaliser by Jackson
The team coming back out to acknowledge us
Always good to be hibby

That is probably my favourite the home support applauded the Hibs fans at the end.

Another one worth a mention is defeat away to Liege in extra time.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Anderlecht away
The equaliser by Jackson
The team coming back out to acknowledge us
Always good to be hibby

That would be mine.

[BILLYHIBS]

Totally disagree, the backing the team got was defiance in the face of yet another Scottish |Cup final boot in the bawz. Nothing to do with how soft we were |(what does that even mean?). We knew we'd be back and we knew we'd win the ******* thing.

:agree:

This sums up how I felt that day we were definitely getting closer and the singing from the HIBS fans in the last ten minutes was more in defiance as if to say we will be back even the Celtic fans were stunned by the fact that we out sang them and must have thought to themselves RESPECT

Looking back on that day Stokes and Hooper tore us apart with their at times telepathic understanding and we realistically never stood a chance especially playing a half fit Leigh I did think to myself we might have a chance at this if we could somehow get Stokes back? :greengrin

[Waxy]

1985 Skol cup final
Thought the support was great that day
Another of those moments after beating the old firm on the way but to lose to Aberdeen in the final

Also the semi final at ibrox when we lost 1-0 in front of a full stand of 7000 Hibbys. Fortunately we’d won 2-0 in the first leg.

[Waxy]

Was thinking back to the 2013 cup final earlier and remembered the whole build up with Leigh getting injured, Doyle forcing a ridiculous save from Forster in the first ten minutes before going on to lose. All the thoughts of what would have been if Leigh was fit, if Doyle had scored before seeing Leigh leave the pitch for the last time in a Hibs shirt and so forth.

I remember the last ten minutes of that game the Hibs fans outsang the Celtic support, singing "We'll support you evermore". Was broken hearted that we'd lost in a final again despite starting well and that last ten minutes still gives me goosebumps.

Have there been times when Hibs have lost but you've left feeling proud of the club?
Going out the Europa to Brondby.

[Sir David Gray]

I remember that last 10 mins being the loudest I've ever heard our fans. Though I've never really understood it to this day!!

Me neither, I didn't get it then and still don't now.


Hibs v Aberdeen in 2017 Scottish Cup semi. Gifted them two early goals but I thought we were brilliant for 85 minutes. We must have had around 20 thousand fans there that day dwarfing the Aberdeen support and we were still a "lower league side".

Mine too.

[BILLYHIBS]

Also the semi final at ibrox when we lost 1-0 in front of a full stand of 7000 Hibbys. Fortunately we’d won 2-0 in the first leg.

Naw the best one was in the Scottish Cup at Ibrox when a full HIBS end sung “ We are the people!”

Sorry I forgot victories dinnae count :greengrin

[SideBurns]

I thought that was a bit cringey just my opinion.



That is probably my favourite the home support applauded the Hibs fans at the end.

Another one worth a mention is defeat away to Liege in extra time.

Aye, Liege & Brussels were tremendous - large (and largely pished) Hibs supports giving great backing, and so near on both occasions to going through.

Since we're talking glorious failures in Europe, I'd add Brondby. Superb display to win the second leg, felt bad for SJM being the man to miss the penalty but fans and team were united in defeat at the end.

[JimBHibees]

That day Hibs support was brilliant we had a good,team,my brother a Celtic Glory hunter came with us on bus and at end of game says the best atmosphere he's ever been involved
With at any game, specially after getting beat..

Hibs support that day was fantastic. :flag:

[Crab apple]

1985 Skol cup final
Thought the support was great that day
Another of those moments after beating the old firm on the way but to lose to Aberdeen in the final

Agree. We had a young team up against a very good Aberdeen team. That whole league cup campaign was great in that we scored lots of goals while our league form wasn't great. Both legs of the semi against the huns were good with a huge support through on the train for the second leg.

[Diclonius]

Aberdeen semi final.

[Feed McGraw]

Between this and the AEK game. But for a horrendous first 10 mins we were the better team in that semi. Aberdeen were a top 3 side and we were a team from the league below, Hibs were the better side. For McGeoughs injury after his goal, we would have went on to win the game.

The AEK 2nd leg was amazing. They were a good team and to turn that around would have been one of our better European performances but for Luna's header in the 90th minute we would have done it. The rendition of SOL that night was only bettered by the League Cup Final 2007 and Scottish Cup Final of 2016. The SOL at the end of the 1-0 replay win against hertz was up there with all of them IMHO.

[Mibbes Aye]

Wanted to mention one that hadn't been covered.

When we went down in 97-98, we had started the season well (typical nineties Hibs). We played Rangers in October. They were jam-packed full of talent, ridiculously so in comparison to us but we were competing with them. We ended up losing 4-3 but we had at least showed up.

From memory we then went on a bad run. There were more relevant defining moments as to why we were relegated but that day felt positive because we had gone toe-to-toe. I've been going to Hibs games, on and off, since the late seventies and I don't think there was ever such a mismatch in resources for us as that with the Rangers team that dwveloped during the nineties. Yet we still managed to get some results against them.

The Celtc team that emerged towards the end of the nineties gave us some absolute shoeings but it never quite felt they were as star-studded as the Rangers team we were managing to compete against. They probably were, but in an era when TV access to all the European leagues was not really available, the Hun stars were higher-profile names by a long chalk.

[B.H.F.C]

Totally disagree, the backing the team got was defiance in the face of yet another Scottish |Cup final boot in the bawz. Nothing to do with how soft we were |(what does that even mean?). We knew we'd be back and we knew we'd win the ******* thing.

We did go on to win the thing. But I didn’t leave that final against Celtic thinking to myself ‘you know what, we’ll be back’. It was right in the middle of the one of the worst periods in our history, it didn’t feel like defiance to me, I’m no sure what it was. I’m another that found it a bit bizarre.

[tamig]

I remember that last 10 mins being the loudest I've ever heard our fans. Though I've never really understood it to this day!!

The team did absolutely nothing to deserve the backing they got that day. It was a poor performance on the pitch and I couldn’t get my head round it myself.

[B.H.F.C]

The SOL at the end of the 1-0 replay win against hertz was up there with all of them IMHO.

Totally agree. Proper emotion that night.

[tamig]

Anderlecht away
The equaliser by Jackson
The team coming back out to acknowledge us
Always good to be hibby

Was just about to say that. Fantastic trip and I couldn’t believe it when Jackson scored. Team got great backing that night.

[Buc]

Anderlect away, my wife and I had gone on a two week drive round Europe and had our second anniversary in Brussels, we met up with three pals and went to the game. I remember having a brilliant build up to the game andthe teams performance being great. However the fans performance was spectacular and along with the team coming back out I can remember the Anderlect fans in the corporate hospitality applauding theHibs fans. There was more than a wee tear in the eye at the end of the game.

[GreenNWhiteArmy]

League Cup Final vs Ross County in 2016

Scottish Cup semi vs Aberdeen a year later

[superfurryhibby]

We did go on to win the thing. But I didn’t leave that final against Celtic thinking to myself ‘you know what, we’ll be back’. It was right in the middle of the one of the worst periods in our history, it didn’t feel like defiance to me, I’m no sure what it was. I’m another that found it a bit bizarre.

Fair enough, so if not defiance, what did you think inspired that singing?

It was a grim period in our history, but for me it was a case of the fans saying that we’ll be back. Someone else mentioned the League Cup final in 85. We were never in that game either but we totally out sang the Sheep and I felt proud to be a Hibee that day too. .

I stand by what I said. We were saying, we know your team is much better, but we, the fans, are unbowed and we’ll be back. Both times we returned and won those cups. It was a Girfuy and a show of solidarity and unity. Not that bizarre when you look at it that way really, is it?

[snedzuk]

Any loss in the championship away during 2014 - 2016 - chants of hibees hibees at the end of every game bar one - away to Dumbarton on day one 2-1 defeat. As soon as Stubbs came in with something like 4 full time players on the books I thought there was a great togetherness.

[Hibbyradge]

Scottish cup final marathon against the team that used to be Rangers.

1979. Went to three games. We were robbed in the first game with that late penalty we didnt get.

Third game lost 3-2 to a deflected goal.

For some strange reason i wasnt as gutted as i should have been, just really proud of us to have taken them to the wire and i knew we were the better team over the three games..

We lost to an Arthur Duncan own goal.

[Kato]

I agree with Northernhibee

We had put up with a lot after the previous final.
Stuff like "You were home before the final whistle "and the "cheerio cheerio" chants.

We did not have high hopes of beating Celtic that day and it just seemed that we knew the game was lost just before this outburst of songs.

It seemed a communal thing that we were not leaving early.
Really strange and unheard of or seen before.
I had a wee tear when this was going on.
Not defiance but our pride to be Hibernians.
i was 61 that year and i sang my lungs out (well whats left of them)
It seemed like my last "battle cry" as i thought ..
No Mick, you aint gonna see us winning this thing

As been said before Celtic fans were stunned at what was going on and a few i know thought it was an amazing sight to see, us "not walking away" and singing so loud.

The Celtic fans even joined in when we sang "It's a grand old team to play for"

Or maybe they just thought they started it going.
Or they just loved to hear that from the terraces that were formerly known as "The Rangers End"I thought at the time and still think it's pretty obvious what went on that day.

The Celtic fans had been silent the full game apart from A, Just before kick off and B, whenever they scored, after which they were pretty quiet again. With ten minutes to go they started to celebrate, get noisier and go into their song book and the Hibs fans gave them a collective "F##k this".
There was even an audible groan from a sections of the Hibs fans just as the Celtic fans started up.
I reckon it was just to drown them out and have a sing song, it felt defiant and not celebratory at all.

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[NAE NOOKIE]

The 2013 cup final was indeed a bit bizarre because it seemed to come out of nowhere, it wasn't even as if Hibs had given us any hope apart from the first 10 minutes that we were going to compete. No matter what the reason was for it, it was brilliant to be part of.

AEK Athens obviously ... ER has never had an atmosphere like that night since, though we have come close a few times ... the 1 = 0 cup reply against Hertz being a case in point as others have mentioned.

The one nobody has mentioned is the championship play off 2nd leg against the Huns in 2015 ..... We absolutely battered them that day but just couldn't get the breakthrough we needed until it was too late. With about 5 minutes to go the crowd suddenly began singing all over the stadium and continued after the final whistle, it made the hairs stand up on the back of your neck.

[Inch joe]

AEK ATHENS, what a night

[CloudSquall]

We did go on to win the thing. But I didn’t leave that final against Celtic thinking to myself ‘you know what, we’ll be back’. It was right in the middle of the one of the worst periods in our history, it didn’t feel like defiance to me, I’m no sure what it was. I’m another that found it a bit bizarre.

Agree, I have to admit I fell completely out of love for Hibs around that time, we seemed to celebrate defeat at every opportunity with a team that was just beyond *****.

Thank god for Stubbs and even more so Lennon for giving the club and fans the boot up the arse everyone deserved.

[.Sean.]

I might get absolutely rinsed for this but the last ten, fifteen minutes against Celtic was embarrassing and it showed how soft some of our support were back then. Getting trounced 3-0 in the final of a cup we’d no won in about 110 years, the year after that final and some fans just accepted it just because we were there. Hibs should never ever be there just to make up the numbers. Thankfully the support on the whole now have a bit of steel.

[Kato]

. Thankfully the support on the whole now have a bit of steel.

How would we react now?

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[Viva_Palmeiras]

Was thinking back to the 2013 cup final earlier and remembered the whole build up with Leigh getting injured, Doyle forcing a ridiculous save from Forster in the first ten minutes before going on to lose. All the thoughts of what would have been if Leigh was fit, if Doyle had scored before seeing Leigh leave the pitch for the last time in a Hibs shirt and so forth.

I remember the last ten minutes of that game the Hibs fans outsang the Celtic support, singing "We'll support you evermore". Was broken hearted that we'd lost in a final again despite starting well and that last ten minutes still gives me goosebumps.

Have there been times when Hibs have lost but you've left feeling proud of the club?

That was the one that immediately sprung to mind. From a club that was supposed to have died.

[Viva_Palmeiras]

I might get absolutely rinsed for this but the last ten, fifteen minutes against Celtic was embarrassing and it showed how soft some of our support were back then. Getting trounced 3-0 in the final of a cup we’d no won in about 110 years, the year after that final and some fans just accepted it just because we were there. Hibs should never ever be there just to make up the numbers. Thankfully the support on the whole now have a bit of steel.

I think you completely missed the point in that. It was an amazing effort to get that far and the team gave their all after supposedly getting ended as a club by the Jambos showed there was some life in the old dog yet. I guess you missed out on the Miller era. No shame in letting your team know you’re with them. Would you rather have seen mass booing and scarf lobbing onto the pitch ?

[B.H.F.C]

Fair enough, so if not defiance, what did you think inspired that singing?

It was a grim period in our history, but for me it was a case of the fans saying that we’ll be back. Someone else mentioned the League Cup final in 85. We were never in that game either but we totally out sang the Sheep and I felt proud to be a Hibee that day too. .

I stand by what I said. We were saying, we know your team is much better, but we, the fans, are unbowed and we’ll be back. Both times we returned and won those cups. It was a Girfuy and a show of solidarity and unity. Not that bizarre when you look at it that way really, is it?

To this day, I still think it was odd. And I’ll get pelters for this, but there wouldn’t have been any ‘defiance’ had we been getting pumped 3-0 with 10 minutes to go having not made a game of it against Hearts or Rangers (or anyone else) in a cup final, the place would have been empty. I’m still no sure what made that day any different.

Other people have mentioned the Aberdeen semi final in 2017. I didn’t feel particularly proud that day either but there was a proper connection between the fans and team then so I could understand any appreciation the players got then.

[18Craig75]

In the Aberdeen semi final am I right in thinking that Rocky almost scored from a header after going up for a corner in the last minute?

We were so unlucky that day. Awesome for 80 minutes. As someone else said, if McGeouch hadn’t got injured after his goal we would’ve got another.

[Pretty Boy]

We did go on to win the thing. But I didn’t leave that final against Celtic thinking to myself ‘you know what, we’ll be back’. It was right in the middle of the one of the worst periods in our history, it didn’t feel like defiance to me, I’m no sure what it was. I’m another that found it a bit bizarre.

That's basically what I was trying to say. It's probably easy for someone to say with 20/20 hindsight that they knew we would be back to win it. At the time I just felt it was another Scottish cup final that we had failed to turn up in and the game was over long before the final whistle. It was no different to 2001 or 2012 in my eyes. With 10 minutes left I just wanted to get home and forget about football for the summer. In truth I probably felt that way from as soon as the 2nd goal went in as it was obvious we were watching a procession from that point on.

As I said I accept others feel differently. However standing singing with 10 minutes to go in a cup final because it was a good effort to get there or whatever is for the likes of Falkirk, Queen of the South, Gretna and other minnows who have made finals in recent years. We are Hibs, we should expect to be getting to the latter stages of tournaments and we should expect to at least put up a bit of a fight when we get there.

[Sir David Gray]

I think you completely missed the point in that. It was an amazing effort to get that far and the team gave their all after supposedly getting ended as a club by the Jambos showed there was some life in the old dog yet. I guess you missed out on the Miller era. No shame in letting your team know you’re with them. Would you rather have seen mass booing and scarf lobbing onto the pitch ?

Why do people have an obsession with going to extremes on here? Just because people are questioning the singing and general jubilant atmosphere at that game doesn't mean they would have preferred the polar opposite of scarf chucking and booing.

Personally I just got up and left to go back to my car and I'm guessing that many more like me, who didn't really get the clapping and singing either, did the same.

I tend to agree with Sean, I found the clapping and singing that day a bit strange but I also would not have agreed with booing. A 3-0 defeat to Celtic isn't really a singing/clapping, nor is it a booing/scarf chucking, kind of result.

[we are hibs]

That's basically what I was trying to say. It's probably easy for someone to say with 20/20 hindsight that they knew we would be back to win it. At the time I just felt it was another Scottish cup final that we had failed to turn up in and the game was over long before the final whistle. It was no different to 2001 or 2012 in my eyes. With 10 minutes left I just wanted to get home and forget about football for the summer. In truth I probably felt that way from as soon as the 2nd goal went in as it was obvious we were watching a procession from that point on.

As I said I accept others feel differently. However standing singing with 10 minutes to go in a cup final because it was a good effort to get there or whatever is for the likes of Falkirk, Queen of the South, Gretna and other minnows who have made finals in recent years. We are Hibs, we should expect to be getting to the latter stages of tournaments and we should expect to at least put up a bit of a fight when we get there.

Theres been a couple of times something similar has happened. I didnt get the applause and singing sunshine on leith after rangers beat us in the play offs in 2015. That was the worst rangers team i have ever seen in my life and we pumped them 3-1,4-0 and 2-0 earlier that season with QOTS also drubbing them twice, alloa beating them ect. We were the better team and should have beaten them. The fact motherwell turned them over after us proved it. It Really really annoyed me that day.

[BILLYHIBS]

Theres been a couple of times something similar has happened. I didnt get the applause and singing sunshine on leith after rangers beat us in the play offs in 2015. That was the worst rangers team i have ever seen in my life and we pumped them 3-1,4-0 and 2-0 earlier that season with QOTS also drubbing them twice, alloa beating them ect. We were the better team and should have beaten them. The fact motherwell turned them over after us proved it. It Really really annoyed me that day.
:agree:

We finished three points above them in the league lost 0-2 in the first leg peppered their goal the first twenty minutes then only really went for it towards the end putting on four forwards Hanlon hitting the post and Jase scoring 90+4 too little too late a game too far frustrating as f#*k!

[Since452]

I might get absolutely rinsed for this but the last ten, fifteen minutes against Celtic was embarrassing and it showed how soft some of our support were back then. Getting trounced 3-0 in the final of a cup we’d no won in about 110 years, the year after that final and some fans just accepted it just because we were there. Hibs should never ever be there just to make up the numbers. Thankfully the support on the whole now have a bit of steel.

I agree. It was as if we were celebrating only losing one goal in the second half. I didn't get it.

[Lancs Harp]

Surely the Celtic 2013 final was defiance not celebration.

edit to add for me persoanlly it would be the Aberdeen semi final in 2017.Thought our support was fantastic that day.

[Fergos]

Also the semi final at ibrox when we lost 1-0 in front of a full stand of 7000 Hibbys. Fortunately we’d won 2-0 in the first leg.

That was a great night, full Hibs end at hunbrox....going through after winning the first leg by 2. First time at Ibrox with my Dad who was well chuffed we had went through as we all were.

Great memories.

GGTTH

[Keith_M]

Aye, Liege & Brussels were tremendous - large (and largely pished) Hibs supports giving great backing, ....


Maybe the club should start giving out free crates of beer at home games.

[surreyhibbie]

We lost to an Arthur Duncan own goal.

I remember it well dave. Always thought it was unfair to blame Arthur, he couldnt do much about it.

[DarlingtonHibee]

AEK Athens

Snap, bumped into Frank the next day at the barbers, his eye was all swollen, and stitching

We shook hands, and he said "sorry"

Hibs class..

[Onceinawhile]

In the Aberdeen semi final am I right in thinking that Rocky almost scored from a header after going up for a corner in the last minute?

We were so unlucky that day. Awesome for 80 minutes. As someone else said, if McGeouch hadn’t got injured after his goal we would’ve got another.

Yes he did, though I suspect if watched back it probably wasn't as good a header as it felt at the time!

Agree about Dylan too.

Injured after scoring ffs!

[TelaStella]

Theres been a couple of times something similar has happened. I didnt get the applause and singing sunshine on leith after rangers beat us in the play offs in 2015. That was the worst rangers team i have ever seen in my life and we pumped them 3-1,4-0 and 2-0 earlier that season with QOTS also drubbing them twice, alloa beating them ect. We were the better team and should have beaten them. The fact motherwell turned them over after us proved it. It Really really annoyed me that day.

Frustrating is an understatement though more of me was left raging from the first leg at ibrox. We’d been there 3 times already that season, performing valiantly even in the challenge cup game pre season where we eventually lost in extra time. That day however we just didn’t seem to click and they inevitably punished us. The struggle started there. I guess McCall that season simply had us sussed a bit better than prior co, his first game if I remember was the 2-0 defeat at ER? Another day of leaving early spewing.


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[SouthMoroccoStu]

Random one
A 1-0 defeat to Killie at home in the very early days on Tony Mowbray’s management
A very Young team played with great pace and excitement
Defeat was very harsh and the crowd knew we were in for an exciting season

[Sudds_1]

AEK Athens

Yep....me too. My 8yo daughter was bawling her eyes out at the end. I asked her why she was crying..

"I dont know" she snuffled! 😅

[TelaStella]

2014/15 league cup QF? Lost on penalties to a very strong Dundee United. Promising signs to come for when we were still very much wobbly in our early championship days


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[BILLYHIBS]

2014/15 league cup QF? Lost on penalties to a very strong Dundee United. Promising signs to come for when we were still very much wobbly in our early championship days


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Natural Order was restored the following season though with a thumping 3-0 win goals from SDG Jase and Lewis

Met United fans on the Walk that night and they told me to enjoy my night oot

[Onceinawhile]

Random one
A 1-0 defeat to Killie at home in the very early days on Tony Mowbray’s management
A very Young team played with great pace and excitement
Defeat was very harsh and the crowd knew we were in for an exciting season

Think that was the first home game of the season iirc.

[TelaStella]

Natural Order was restored the following season though with a thumping 3-0 win goals from SDG Jase and Lewis

Met United fans on the Walk that night and they told me to enjoy my night oot

Absolutely


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[MKHIBEE]

Random one
A 1-0 defeat to Killie at home in the very early days on Tony Mowbray’s management
A very Young team played with great pace and excitement
Defeat was very harsh and the crowd knew we were in for an exciting season

The first game of the season and the only Hibs game that 3 generations of our family attended together.

[lugz]

2013 Scottish cup final, truth be told we all knew we were losing that day and could have been on the end of another embarrassing hiding. Always remember at 3-0 down all the fans getting behind the team and out singing the Celtic fans.

Should have read the thread 🙈🙈🙈🙈

[scoopyboy]

2013 Scottish cup final, truth be told we all knew we were losing that day and could have been on the end of another embarrassing hiding. Always remember at 3-0 down all the fans getting behind the team and out singing the Celtic fans.

Should have read the thread 🙈🙈🙈🙈

It was only 2-0 at half time but apart from that I agree

[Wakeyhibee]

Anderlecht away
The equaliser by Jackson
The team coming back out to acknowledge us
Always good to be hibby

:agree: that atmosphere was fantastic before, during and after.

[BILLYHIBS]

Let’s be honest at 0-3 down versus Falkirk (who were going through us like a hot knife through butter) how many of us thought at half time we would be in the 2013 Final?

I also remember Lyle Taylor missing a glorious chance to make it 0-4 just before half time

[SingaporeHibs]

AEK Athens

This one for me as well. Probably the birth of SoL as we know it now. Goosebumps moment, I remember the hairs on my arms standing up, it was spine tingling. We’ve had many occasions since that SoL contributed to similar iconic moments in our history but as far as I remember that night was the first time it was blasted around the stadium with such passion. I remember a good mate of mine that is a Dons fan telling me how he listened to the game that night on the radio and he said the next day how incredible it sounded even on the radio.