When did Hibs first disappoint you?

[Jamesie]

A nice cheery and lighthearted thread on the eve of the new season :greengrin

My first game was in November 1988, as an eight year old, but the first memory of being disappointed at Easter Road came in August 1989, when we exited the League Cup at the hands of Dunfermline, a 1-3 defeat after extra time. It seems we had 13.5k in attendance that night, which, for a Tuesday, was very impressive.

Interested to hear other perspectives - it may be therapeutic!

[Eyrie]

Had to look it up, but our first game after I was born was a 1-0 defeat at St Johnstone.

[oneone73]

When they sold Colin Stein.

[Broken Gnome]

Wayne Foster.

[Paulie Walnuts]

AEK Athens.

I would have been 10 but I just remember not understanding how we didn’t turn it around. To this day I still can’t believe we didn’t win it on the night, however I can probably accept how valiant an effort it was nowadays compared to back then.

[Hibeesforever]

Countless games against Hearts in the late eighties...getting stick at school afterwards was tough to take but character building....

[Davy Mac]

Sheep v Hibs 1985 League Cup Final, wee barsteward Black broke my heart in the first 20 minutes.

[Hiber-nation]

The latter part of 1968-69 when we totally collapsed and ended up 12th after finishing 3rd the season before. And the 2-6 League Cup final defeat to Celtic was part of that run.

10 year old me just didn't understand it at all.

[BILLYHIBS]

When they sold Colin Stein

[hibby67]

Never

[JimBHibees]

When they sold Colin Stein.

Same for me

[Smartie]

Just boot him Beaumont.

Do it, boot him.

Chop him down.

Now.

Don’t just let him……

aaaaaargh!!!!!!!!!!

[hibbytam]

When they sold Andy Goram. For some reason he was my favourite player, and apparently I was in tears when he left.
I say apparently because I don't remember it, as I was only 3

[SteveHFC]

When Jimmy Boco left.

[TrinityHFC]

Sheep v Hibs 1985 League Cup Final, wee barsteward Black broke my heart in the first 20 minutes.

Same. I was 10 and I’m sure there was a lot of rubbish before then but first cup final I went to and remember.

[ChilliEater]

Since 1875. What a shambles :wink:

[SHODAN]

My first game was the 2006 semi final lol

[Fratelli]

Christmas Day 1971…Hibs v Rangers 0.1, Colin Stein in the last minute.

Wasn’t allowed to go the match but when my brothers came home and told me the score, I burst into tears and ran up to my bedroom and ripped off the wall all my Hibs posters…

[hibeez1875]

My dad took me to Easter Road (rare because he wasn’t really a football man) to see George Best. It was a cup game v Ayr Utd and we won, but Best didn’t turn up. I was gutted. It was reported he’d been out on the sauce with Debbie Harry.

[matty_f]

Last season, for the first European game I think it was, got all the way to the west upper and went to get a juice, kiosk was shut, had to go all the way down again. Gutted.

[Albert Kidd 86’]

My dad took me to Easter Road (rare because he wasn’t really a football man) to see George Best. It was a cup game v Ayr Utd and we won, but Best didn’t turn up. I was gutted. It was reported he’d been out on the sauce with Debbie Harry.
That is the only allowable excuse I can think of for missing a match, (or anything else really).

[Trinity Hibee]

My first ever game. Lost 2-0 at home to Falkirk 1995.

[Since452]

When Wayne Foster put us out the cup. Just a nipper and was gutted. Little did I know that feeling would be the norm.

[KeithTheHibby]

Sheep v Hibs 1985 League Cup Final, wee barsteward Black broke my heart in the first 20 minutes.

Same here. I was only 11 but remember watching on tv and raging at getting beat. The sheep had a great team at the time and were strong favourites but was still disappointed at losing to them. Didn’t even give them a game if memory serves me correctly.

[weecounty hibby]

My dad took me to Easter Road (rare because he wasn’t really a football man) to see George Best. It was a cup game v Ayr Utd and we won, but Best didn’t turn up. I was gutted. It was reported he’d been out on the sauce with Debbie Harry.

As much as I love Hibs, I'm with George on that one!!

[Hibrandenburg]

When we failed to get that elusive 8th goal at Tynecastle, I was traumatised.

[Hibernian Verse]

Dundee Utd relegated us in 1998 at the end of my first Hibs match. Been a steady stream of disappointment since, mixed in with some unbelievable highs.

[Hibees1973]

Arbroath in the cup, think 1977. Beat us 2-1 in a replay at Easter Road. Before that most of the games I saw we won.

[portohibee]

The first one that stands out for me was Ali McCoist overhead kick to score in the Cup Final at Parkhead, most recently the play off against Hamilton

[Mcbizz1998]

I was relatively late to becoming a hibs fan, only started as a teenager. Remember we won the league cup 2007 not long after I became a fan. I was convinced we were going to win the double, attended the semi final of the Scottish cup v Dunfermline but couldn’t make the (last ever) replay a few days later.

I couldn’t believe that we lost to them! All my much longer suffering Hibs pals took it in their stride but I was gutted. First time I remember being genuinely disappointed with them.

[Jones28]

The league cup v livi was the first time I felt any pangs of disappointment as a Hibee. We lived abroad at the time and had to rely on dial up internet updates, no commentary, no live text or indication of how the game was going, just refreshing the page and seeing the score.

I might be making it up but I’m sure it was only done every five minutes to save money 😂

My first proper in person disappointment was Dundee United in the Scottish cup semi final under Mowbray, my biggest by far was league cup final v Ross county. I’d never felt more confident before a final and was convinced we were going to win.

[Not In The Know]

The negativity in this board hits a new low with this thread. Jeez.

[cocteautwin]

Early ‘80s when I was a wee boy and they opened the gates with 15 minutes to go. Midweek cup game with Meadowbank Thistle. So excited to see the game go to extra time as we got that extra half hour for free after spending out 5ps on the number 15 up to London Road.

Most recent disappointment was waking up a week or so ago to find Gray had fielded a second string side against Kelty Hearts. Probably the dumbest thing I’ve seen a Hibs manager do in close to 50 years of being a conscious Hibs supporter.

Will be tuning in and excited for the new season tomorrow. [emoji3]

[zero-seven]

When they don’t give it all when we play our biggest rivals, our record against an average side is horrendous and we should hang ourheads in shame

11 v 11 don’t get it, no passion or heart

[Mcbizz1998]

The negativity in this board hits a new low with this thread. Jeez.

Everyone else is just telling an interesting memory from their time supporting the club.

You are the negative one.

[blackpoolhibs]

My dad took me to Easter Road (rare because he wasn’t really a football man) to see George Best. It was a cup game v Ayr Utd and we won, but Best didn’t turn up. I was gutted. It was reported he’d been out on the sauce with Debbie Harry.

I've always thought he missed that game because he'd been with the Irish rugby team the night before, never heard the blondie story before? 😁

[BILLYHIBS]

I've always thought he missed that game because he'd been with the Irish rugby team the night before, never heard the blondie story before? 😁

Can still remember the feeling of disappointment when Willie Murray was named as a late replacement for George Best 15000 of us freezing souls turning up for a rare Sunday fitba match at that time

George has got a virus :greengrin

Blondie were staying at the same Hotel as the French Rugby team IIRC

[MKHIBEE]

Scottish Cup Final 1972 Celtic 6 Hibs 1.

[JimBHibees]

I've always thought he missed that game because he'd been with the Irish rugby team the night before, never heard the blondie story before? 😁

Thought it was the French rugby team at the North British hotel 😄

[Bostonhibby]

Scottish Cup Final 1972 Celtic 6 Hibs 1.Same here, was taken through by my Hearts supporting uncle, he even wore a maroon jacket!
When that equaliser went in I thought we'd win it.


Sent from my SM-A750FN using Tapatalk

[darwenhibby]

Probably that game at Hampden
My 8 year old at the time in tears walking out.
Couldn’t wait to get out of Edinburgh the next day just as their parade was gathering.
Remember being absolutely gutted when Sauzee was sacked.
St Johnstone never even got to the amount of points that season we had accumulated before we sacked him.

[Septimus]

Two disasters stand out. When we sold Tommy Younger was a real downer for me. The other was the Coronation Cup final. A friend of my father took me and Hibs were clear favourites to win. At least I saw Jock Stein play that day although truth to tell I can’t remember.

[scoopyboy]

Two disasters stand out. When we sold Tommy Younger was a real downer for me. The other was the Coronation Cup final. A friend of my father took me and Hibs were clear favourites to win. At least I saw Jock Stein play that day although truth to tell I can’t remember.

I get your disappointments but what a great time to be a Hibs supporter.

You've witnessed league winning teams, so jealous:flag:

[Smartie]

The negativity in this board hits a new low with this thread. Jeez.

It's a celebration of masochism.

[Pickle]

When John Collins left, first experience of losing a player to the old form, quickly followed by Goram. 2 of the best players I’ve seen at Hibs. To a lesser degree Didier Agathe and the bizarre 6 month contract

[LaMotta]

Sheep v Hibs 1985 League Cup Final, wee barsteward Black broke my heart in the first 20 minutes.


Same. I was 10 and I’m sure there was a lot of rubbish before then but first cup final I went to and remember.


Same here. I was only 11 but remember watching on tv and raging at getting beat. The sheep had a great team at the time and were strong favourites but was still disappointed at losing to them. Didn’t even give them a game if memory serves me correctly.

That was mine at aged 5. I'd been to quite a few games but that was the first time I'd seen us lose. My dad had warmed me up to the fact we werent favourites though which helped with coping.

The first time I felt totally gutted was a few months later when we lost 3-2 to Clydebank at Easter Road (Jan 86).. I remember the booing and really hated that one.

What a strange team that was, turned over Celtic in both cups, beat Rangers over two legs in the League Cup, hammered Motherwell by 6 in the League Cup. But then we couldnt do anything against Hearts and regularly lost games like the Clydebank one.

[ozhibs]

Besides treating the derby as just another game, my first big disappointment was selling Pat Stanton


GGTTH 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬

[KWJ]

Wayne Foster.

This.

And in the flesh - league cup semi v Celtic at Ibrox.

[babahibs]

1979 Scottich Cup final v the rangers, 10 year old me couldn't believe we didn't get the stonewall penalty near the end and go on to win, I remember being absolutely gutted afterwards.

[Hillsidehibby]

There's been numerous but the 2004 League cup final v Livi. That was after beating Celtic in the QF and Rangers in the SF.

[Pretty Boy]

Wayne Foster.

That was the one that came to my mind as well.

It was the first time I was really old enough to comprehend how much of a sickener that goal was.

[Dr What If?]

Sheep v Hibs 1985 League Cup Final, wee barsteward Black broke my heart in the first 20 minutes.
That was mine too, I don't remember a single thing we had to cheer that whole game....I was 10 at the time and inconsolable. With hindsight and grown up eyes I will concede that that Aberdeen team was some side and it would have been a big ask to beat them so I'll change my answer to the UEFA Cup 1989 against Liege.....freak last minute goal in the second leg. I still shudder when I think of Houchens penalty miss in the first leg, honestly I still don't think I'm over it :greengrin

[Scouse Hibee]

1990 the first time I walked into the stadium and thought WTF. I soon got over it though.

[Dr What If?]

When John Collins left, first experience of losing a player to the old form, quickly followed by Goram. 2 of the best players I’ve seen at Hibs. To a lesser degree Didier Agathe and the bizarre 6 month contract
Another hindsight one but we had those two in the same side as well as Steve Archibald (my absolute all time hero / for Scotland as well as Hibs) and won nothing.....how???

[Pretty Boy]

Probably that game at Hampden
My 8 year old at the time in tears walking out.
Couldn’t wait to get out of Edinburgh the next day just as their parade was gathering.
Remember being absolutely gutted when Sauzee was sacked.
St Johnstone never even got to the amount of points that season we had accumulated before we sacked him.

It's funny but the 2012 final never bothered me as much as I thought it would. I remember being back in Edinburgh and hitting the pub and by 10pm the Hibs songs were being belted out in defiance and there was a real gallows humour to it. Following day was crap nursing a hangover and knowing they were having a party but it soon passed. Tbh I found most real Hearts fans who actually go to games were pretty gentle with me. They knew it I was hurting, they had experienced humpings in cup finals in relatively recent memory and they knew nothing they could say would make it worse. It was the out of the woodwork brigade who tried to be smart and they got short shrift. If you 'support' your team once a decade when you win a trophy then your opinion is irrelevant to me.

I think what made it better was I flew off on holiday a few days later. I was in Turkey and got chatting to a Geordie guy and inevitably the chat ended up at football. He was a Newcastle fan and was delighted they had just finished 5th and had Europe to look forward to; he asked who I supported and when I said Hibs he said 'oh you'll be happy after that final then'. I just laughed, their result they said 'resonated around the world' never even made it as far as Newcastle:greengrin

I see some people now saying they are over it but they get really uptight whenever it is mentioned and bite every single time. I was genuinely over it pretty quickly and just laugh at the attempts at slagging now; it's done and we have won the cup since beating them en route to doing so. I never understood the 'oh that result has ruined some of them and they'll never recover and never go back'. I question anyone who has that mentality when it comes to their football team or believes it off anyone else; I'd question their own loyalty and mentality. You moan and get angry and have a strop but surely no real fan believes anyone just gives up on the back of one game?

[weecounty hibby]

Have been thinking about this quite a bit. I coukd probably list dozens if disappointments but actually I never have and probably never will lose the thrill and joy of walking up to ER. I still remember the first time way back in 73/74 season and those stunning green shirts with white sleeves, the big croud and the size of the stadium that looked absolutely enormously to a then 5 year old. I was always more disappointed when my mum couldn't afford to give me money to get to ER than I was with anything Hibs did on the park.

Selling Mickey Weir to Luton and then getting pumped 0-4 at home to Dundee in the same week was a blow though!!

[greenginger]

When did Hibs first disappoint?

I reckon it must have been when we first climbed down out of the trees and started walking upright across the African plains :greengrin

[GloryGlory]

A nice cheery and lighthearted thread on the eve of the new season :greengrin

My first game was in November 1988, as an eight year old, but the first memory of being disappointed at Easter Road came in August 1989, when we exited the League Cup at the hands of Dunfermline, a 1-3 defeat after extra time. It seems we had 13.5k in attendance that night, which, for a Tuesday, was very impressive.

Interested to hear other perspectives - it may be therapeutic!

My first great disappointment was when we sold Colin Stein to Rangers. Too many more disappointments have followed.

[Smartie]

It's funny but the 2012 final never bothered me as much as I thought it would. I remember being back in Edinburgh and hitting the pub and by 10pm the Hibs songs were being belted out in defiance and there was a real gallows humour to it. Following day was crap nursing a hangover and knowing they were having a party but it soon passed. Tbh I found most real Hearts fans who actually go to games were pretty gentle with me. They knew it I was hurting, they had experienced humpings in cup finals in relatively recent memory and they knew nothing they could say would make it worse. It was the out of the woodwork brigade who tried to be smart and they got short shrift. If you 'support' your team once a decade when you win a trophy then your opinion is irrelevant to me.

I think what made it better was I flew off on holiday a few days later. I was in Turkey and got chatting to a Geordie guy and inevitably the chat ended up at football. He was a Newcastle fan and was delighted they had just finished 5th and had Europe to look forward to; he asked who I supported and when I said Hibs he said 'oh you'll be happy after that final then'. I just laughed, their result they said 'resonated around the world' never even made it as far as Newcastle:greengrin

I see some people now saying they are over it but they get really uptight whenever it is mentioned and bite every single time. I was genuinely over it pretty quickly and just laugh at the attempts at slagging now; it's done and we have won the cup since beating them en route to doing so. I never understood the 'oh that result has ruined some of them and they'll never recover and never go back'. I question anyone who has that mentality when it comes to their football team or believes it off anyone else; I'd question their own loyalty and mentality. You moan and get angry and have a strop but surely no real fan believes anyone just gives up on the back of one game?

Funnily enough, that's my memory of 2012.

A few folk I know had come from far and wide to go to the game so the Saturday night actually ended up being quite a good night - Champions League final, an absolute ton of bevvy and some gallows humour.

The Wayne Foster goal and game has left a wound that can never heal. I think it was an age thing and the fact that we were pretty good at that time. We had reason to expect better. By the time 2012 came round, Hibs' ability to inflict torture on your soul was so well established that something like that was almost inevitable, with hindsight.

[expresso]

1972 Scottish Cup Final, my first time seeing them live.
My dad a Celtic fan brought me over from Belfast .

[A Hi-Bee]

Is this thread for real, like something for 4 year olds :greengrin
Just in the interests of balance my first Hibs disappointment, was when they started to stop me getting a lift over, it meant we had to climb a pretty big wall just to get in. :greengrin
:flag::flag::flag:

[Jones28]

It's funny but the 2012 final never bothered me as much as I thought it would. I remember being back in Edinburgh and hitting the pub and by 10pm the Hibs songs were being belted out in defiance and there was a real gallows humour to it. Following day was crap nursing a hangover and knowing they were having a party but it soon passed. Tbh I found most real Hearts fans who actually go to games were pretty gentle with me. They knew it I was hurting, they had experienced humpings in cup finals in relatively recent memory and they knew nothing they could say would make it worse. It was the out of the woodwork brigade who tried to be smart and they got short shrift. If you 'support' your team once a decade when you win a trophy then your opinion is irrelevant to me.

I think what made it better was I flew off on holiday a few days later. I was in Turkey and got chatting to a Geordie guy and inevitably the chat ended up at football. He was a Newcastle fan and was delighted they had just finished 5th and had Europe to look forward to; he asked who I supported and when I said Hibs he said 'oh you'll be happy after that final then'. I just laughed, their result they said 'resonated around the world' never even made it as far as Newcastle:greengrin

I see some people now saying they are over it but they get really uptight whenever it is mentioned and bite every single time. I was genuinely over it pretty quickly and just laugh at the attempts at slagging now; it's done and we have won the cup since beating them en route to doing so. I never understood the 'oh that result has ruined some of them and they'll never recover and never go back'. I question anyone who has that mentality when it comes to their football team or believes it off anyone else; I'd question their own loyalty and mentality. You moan and get angry and have a strop but surely no real fan believes anyone just gives up on the back of one game?

Likewise, ended up being a good night out, met a lot of Jambos who were obviously delighted but it was all in good humour and no one took it too far.

I still maintain they were destined to win that cup after Blacks red card not being dished out. They got everything that day, all the rub of the green and a Hearts cant of a referee who should have sent Black off and gave them a penalty that was 3 feet outside the box. It was never happening that day and from the moment I got up I felt we weren't going to win. It didn't soften the blow at the game but it was easier to get over. I was done with it once we got off the bus in Leith.

It's funny now and a sadly now departed Hearts supporting family member tried to give us it tight at a wedding. It totally washed over us having seen us lift the cup the year before. Theres a video of a guy at the 2016 parade saying "nothing matters anymore, nothing", and he was bang on the money.

[Jones28]

Is this thread for real, like something for 4 year olds :greengrin
Just in the interests of balance my first Hibs disappointment, was when they started to stop me getting a lift over, it meant we had to climb a pretty big wall just to get in. :greengrin
:flag::flag::flag:

4 year olds wouldnt have such interesting chat though :greengrin

[Since452]

It's funny but the 2012 final never bothered me as much as I thought it would. I remember being back in Edinburgh and hitting the pub and by 10pm the Hibs songs were being belted out in defiance and there was a real gallows humour to it. Following day was crap nursing a hangover and knowing they were having a party but it soon passed. Tbh I found most real Hearts fans who actually go to games were pretty gentle with me. They knew it I was hurting, they had experienced humpings in cup finals in relatively recent memory and they knew nothing they could say would make it worse. It was the out of the woodwork brigade who tried to be smart and they got short shrift. If you 'support' your team once a decade when you win a trophy then your opinion is irrelevant to me.

I think what made it better was I flew off on holiday a few days later. I was in Turkey and got chatting to a Geordie guy and inevitably the chat ended up at football. He was a Newcastle fan and was delighted they had just finished 5th and had Europe to look forward to; he asked who I supported and when I said Hibs he said 'oh you'll be happy after that final then'. I just laughed, their result they said 'resonated around the world' never even made it as far as Newcastle:greengrin

I see some people now saying they are over it but they get really uptight whenever it is mentioned and bite every single time. I was genuinely over it pretty quickly and just laugh at the attempts at slagging now; it's done and we have won the cup since beating them en route to doing so. I never understood the 'oh that result has ruined some of them and they'll never recover and never go back'. I question anyone who has that mentality when it comes to their football team or believes it off anyone else; I'd question their own loyalty and mentality. You moan and get angry and have a strop but surely no real fan believes anyone just gives up on the back of one game?

It was the opposite for me. Barely left the house for a week after it other than for work. Horrible, just horrible. 2016 completely wiped it out though.

[The Harp]

Fortunately I've developed a selective memory over the years (pretty handy if you're an old Hibernian). One early disappointment that does stick out though is the 1958 defeat to Clyde in the Cup Final.
Results in all Cup finals since, except the few we won, were quickly forgotten.

[Ringothedog]

Never been disappointed watching The Hibs, it has been a privilege to watch them and call myself a supporter

[Dr What If?]

It's funny but the 2012 final never bothered me as much as I thought it would. I remember being back in Edinburgh and hitting the pub and by 10pm the Hibs songs were being belted out in defiance and there was a real gallows humour to it. Following day was crap nursing a hangover and knowing they were having a party but it soon passed. Tbh I found most real Hearts fans who actually go to games were pretty gentle with me. They knew it I was hurting, they had experienced humpings in cup finals in relatively recent memory and they knew nothing they could say would make it worse. It was the out of the woodwork brigade who tried to be smart and they got short shrift. If you 'support' your team once a decade when you win a trophy then your opinion is irrelevant to me.

I think what made it better was I flew off on holiday a few days later. I was in Turkey and got chatting to a Geordie guy and inevitably the chat ended up at football. He was a Newcastle fan and was delighted they had just finished 5th and had Europe to look forward to; he asked who I supported and when I said Hibs he said 'oh you'll be happy after that final then'. I just laughed, their result they said 'resonated around the world' never even made it as far as Newcastle:greengrin

I see some people now saying they are over it but they get really uptight whenever it is mentioned and bite every single time. I was genuinely over it pretty quickly and just laugh at the attempts at slagging now; it's done and we have won the cup since beating them en route to doing so. I never understood the 'oh that result has ruined some of them and they'll never recover and never go back'. I question anyone who has that mentality when it comes to their football team or believes it off anyone else; I'd question their own loyalty and mentality. You moan and get angry and have a strop but surely no real fan believes anyone just gives up on the back of one game?
I remember that night well. I wasn't going to go out and when I did it was already late, plan was to drink myself into a comma lol. It was like what you say though, the other Hibs fans I bumped into had this 'this will not define us' attitude, a we will fight on vibe, it was the therapy I kind of needed :agree:. Yes the Jambo's were celebrating but it wasn't in our faces, annoyingly some were almost sympathetic! The one exemption was this lass that had kind of attached herself to me for most of the night, she ripped pretty hard but then admitted she didn't even like football and was just teasing.....looking back I think she was trying to pull but I was very much not in the mood :greengrin......she was hot too, with hindsight that hurts more than the score lol!
A few years later when Hearts got their COVID demotion (as they like to call it) I was chatting with a Jambo mate of FB....I may have been taking the piss a little :greengrin.....his only comeback was 5-1, I just found it funny. That 'win' cost them 2 relegations and took them to a whisker of going out of business.....still, that's the comfort blanket they hold on to when things go bad.

[O'Rourke3]

The earliest most disappointed I remember being was after the away defeat to Osters Vaxjo in the UEFA Cup. Took a 4-1 hammering from a Scandinavian Team were we'd, in my limited experience, handed other Scandi teams a severe beating.

[Halmyre Hibee]

When my mum told me Hibs had sold Pat Stanton to Hearts in the early 70’s. I can still feel the utter dejection of that moment until moments later she said “April Fool”.

[therealgavmac]

When they sold Colin Stein.

ABSOLUTELY this

[MagicSwirlingShip]

Hard to say personally, but I definitely felt the pain of Hibs selling John Collins to Celtic through my Dad. Same with Andy Goram.

Losing to Rangers in the league cup final in 93, i was 6 so could just about understand it fully.

I’d probably say the Jim Duffy period. I had been a season ticket holder throughout the latter part of Alex Millers tenure. Duffy arrived to big fanfare, but assembled a terrible squad. Some of the worst players I’ve ever seen at Hibs since

[J-C]

Apart from the Tornadoes era, we've been mostly average/pi sh with the occasional half decent season. The 5-1 cup loss to that mob and the months of slagging afterwards was a very low point for me.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

The oldest one I can really remember was losing to East Fife in the cup, at least we ended up getting Gordon Durie. 🤔

[Tambo]

Relegation in 98 was a disappointment for 12 year old Hibee, good few Hampden games to throw in.

[snedzuk]

Scottish Cup Final 1972 Celtic 6 Hibs 1.

Same here. Then Turnbull made his 'we'll be back' comment.

[Soldiersteve]

Getting knocked out of Europe by Leeds United (the first time) after they got a dodgy free kick for the 4 step rule! I was 9 years old and thought we were the better side. 1968 I believe.

[Keith_M]

Relegation day 1980

Very dissapointng day for a 13 year old.

[Ralphy C]

way before i was old enough to go to games, early 70s, i remember Hibs were going to be on the telly on a wednesday night i think it was,didny know the score so excitedly stayed up past my bedtime to watch, and did they no get beat by Montrose. That was my 1st but countless times since, but when youve made yer bed eh.
:flag:

[Cabbage-Patch]

One of the 1st ever games I went to as a kid with my dad. Boxing day 95 or 96 was tipping down with snow and we got absolutely pumped 7 nil by rangers. The match where gazza booked the ref. Durie scored 4 or 5 i think. I was only about 9 but remember thinking we would probably never win the league ever. Fast forward 29 years not much has changed

[hibeez1875]

That is the only allowable excuse I can think of for missing a match, (or anything else really).


As much as I love Hibs, I'm with George on that one!!

Aye, the Best decision looks the right one in hindsight

[Ringothedog]

One of the 1st ever games I went to as a kid with my dad. Boxing day 95 or 96 was tipping down with snow and we got absolutely pumped 7 nil at home by rangers. The match where gazza booked the ref. Durie scored 4 or 5 i think. I was only about 9 but remember thinking we would probably never win the league ever. Fast forward 29 hears not much has changed

It was on the 30th December at Ibrox, our next game after that defeat was a 2-1 victory over Hearts

[Newcastlehibby]

When Big John McNamee was sold to Newcastle. Then, Colin Stein to Rangers.

[RIP]

My first Final was against Hearts in the East of Scotland Shield. We had Jambos on dad's side so there was a lot of family rivalry around every Derby.

We started well and were 3-0 up at half-time. When the 4th goal went in on the hour a cricket score looked on the cards. Joe Baker was on a hat-trick and we increased our attack, hungry for a fifth that would have given us bragging rights for years to come.

In doing so however we let them back in and they scored 2 in the last ten minutes. However, in the last minute the ref blew for a penalty and Joe stepped up to make it FIVE.

He missed and what could have been a hammering ended up in a much closer 4-2 outcome.

[Pagan Hibernia]

Christmas Day 1875 when we couldn't break down an 8 man Hearts team and got beat 1-0. Couldn't finish my turkey I was so sick

[Alfiembra]

Not sure if disappointed is the right expression for me but angry and annoyed comes to mind when they let Jimmy O leave and more shocked when the news of Saint Pat was going to Celtic. I never took to Turnbull that much to be honest but no denying the Tornadoes were exquisite to watch.

[ErinGoBraghHFC]

First time I can remember is the semi final replay vs Dunfermline. Devastating to a 6 year old EGB[emoji17]


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[heidtheba]

My first game was the 3-4 Rangers game in January 1993. I wasn't a football fan before then, but even with a 'first game defeat', I was hooked. I was at Tynie later that year when Michael O'Neill (I think?) missed a golden chance late on to end the 'hoodoo'. I saw wins, draws and losses in my first season, but the first 'blow' was the Wayne Foster goal in the cup game in late 93/94. They scored early, we had so many more chances and levelled (I think before half-time?) and then they did hee-haw until the very end when Foster scored. Sigh. That was the first loss which hurt.

[Tambo]

Livingston league cup final was another, me and my father couldn't get seats together and going in as favourites i was sure we would be leaving witnessing a cup win

[Bostonhibby]

My first Final was against Hearts in the East of Scotland Shield. We had Jambos on dad's side so there was a lot of family rivalry around every Derby.

We started well and were 3-0 up at half-time. When the 4th goal went in on the hour a cricket score looked on the cards. Joe Baker was on a hat-trick and we increased our attack, hungry for a fifth that would have given us bragging rights for years to come.

In doing so however we let them back in and they scored 2 in the last ten minutes. However, in the last minute the ref blew for a penalty and Joe stepped to make it FIVE.

He missed and what could have been a hammering ended up in a much closer 4-2 outcome.They delighted me the day, and to the hour I was born, Hearts 2 - Hibs 3 East of Scotland Shield.



Sent from my SM-A750FN using Tapatalk

[Bostonhibby]

Livingston league cup final was another, me and my father couldn't get seats together and going in as favourites i was sure we would be leaving witnessing a cup winScunnered, my boys first cup final. I've managed expectations ever since.

Sent from my SM-A750FN using Tapatalk

[Pagan Hibernia]

Livingston league cup final was another, me and my father couldn't get seats together and going in as favourites i was sure we would be leaving witnessing a cup win

Horrendous.

After knocking out both old firm too.

As Hibs as it gets.

[Gloucester Hibs]

Disappointed would be an understatement but the “Mercer Derby” 1990 was the first gut real gut punch I can recall following Hibs.

[IberianHibernian]

Horrendous.

After knocking out both old firm too.

As Hibs as it gets.Livi were favourites and most neutrals would have expected them to win . They had signed a lot of good players ( where the money came from is another question ) and result was certainly no surprise for fans of any club who followed Scottish football at the time . The same when we lost unluckily to Ross County in 2016 .

[Pagan Hibernia]

Livi were favourites and most neutrals would have expected them to win . They had signed a lot of good players ( where the money came from is another question ) and result was certainly no surprise for fans of any club who followed Scottish football at the time . The same when we lost unluckily to Ross County in 2016 .

All of that may be true.

I expected to win. And I rarely expect anything from hibs.

[Ronniekirk]

When Eddie started to break up the great Tornadoes Team too early

[Septimus]

I get your disappointments but what a great time to be a Hibs supporter.

You've witnessed league winning teams, so jealous:flag:

Correct. But it was also a great time to support Scottish Football. Before the ludicrous dominance of the old firm when Scottish internationals played for teams like Dunfermline, Partick Thistle, Clyde, etc etc. All now husks of their former greatness and more is the pity. At that time wee Scotland still had parity in games won against England and Scotland had such riches in players that they could afford to play the great Lawrie Reilly on the wing. A good time to be a boy indeed.