Your first Hibs game ?

[SON OF PADDY]

On this day 24th april 1971
Hibs 5 v Clyde 1
I was a late starter,sadly no-one in my family liked football.
A friend's uncle took me along to ER and that was it.
I've got wonderful memories from that special day!
I was hooked on the Hibees!
I've followed,the boys all over Europe and I'm looking forward to continuing that next season.🤞

💚 GGTTH

[SteveHFC]

Hibs 2-1 Celtic (Larsson's league debut for Celtic) 1997.

Was on the telly at half-time. :greengrin

[plhibs]

I can’t remember, born 1950, was taken to Easter Road one week and Tinycastle the next week. I had an uncle played for Hibs and one that played for Hearts. Very confusing but the one in green was nicer to me and I loved the colours Hibs wore, thank god, imagine being a wee boy having to go about in maroon.

[hibsfan7]

against airdrie the last game of the 1966/1967 season we got beat 2-0 but we had all ready qualified for europe

[Jim Herriot]

4/9/85 - Hibs 4 Celtic 4 aet. We won 4-3 on penalties.

Scorers: Cowan, Durie (2), Harris

Kind of hoped all games would be this entertaining. Not all of them were.

[HoboHarry]

Late 1960's at Pittodrie. My dad took me as a birthday treat thinking I'd be an Aberdeen fan like the rest of the family but 90 min later Hibs had won and I was a lifelong Hibee. :greengrin

[houstonhibbee]

Pre season friendly 1967 vscNottigham forest I think
my mums family lived on leith walk and my uncle took me
Remember seeing the pitch from walking up the stairs to the stand and thinking the pitch was so huge and green
inthink hibs won 3-2-and the crowd were singing Jim Scott the worlds best shot
thats all I remember but started going to some games on saturdays on my own and then my dad started taking me and we went to all the games including a lot of away games from 1970
remember crops debut and Alan Gordon at Patrick in the 72 cup game
gornick Zabre lostv2-1 Liverpool lost 1-0 Steve highway I think scored and then all the tornadoes games
cristmas day 1971 lost 1-0 to rangers in the 93rd minute. Colin stein scored

[babahibs]

Early 70's, I'd be maybe 4 years old, Dundee Utd at Easter Road, Hibs won, can't remember the score.
I remember the climb up the back of the massive East Terracing.

[Trinity Hibee]

April 1995. Hibs 0-2 Falkirk. North and south stands were being redeveloped so was a Wednesday 5pm KO due to no floodlights.

Defeat ended up costing us 2nd place

[BILLYHIBS]

1968 Hibs 1 v 1 Leeds United

As soon as I saw the green with long white sleeves running out reflecting off the drench floodlighting in front of a 40k + crowd I was hooked a fan for life it was unconditional love through good times and bad mostly bad

Even more when Colin Colin Stein levelled the tie on the night almost immediately from an acute angle

GGTTH

[hibstag]

Motherwell, Benny Brazil scored was in the Dunbar end as the east was closed as it was being cut down and covered. September 85 I think

[Colr]

Hibs v NEC Nijmagen 24th July 1974.

5-0 to Hibs. Joe Harper scored all the goals.

[DIXIHIBS]

against airdrie the last game of the 1966/1967 season we got beat 2-0 but we had all ready qualified for europe

Believe it or not but I think that was probably my 1st game too. Can't remember it but was told later my first game was v Airdrie when I was 4 or 5. Could be same game.

[MKHIBEE]

Hibs 3 Kilmarnock 3. 1967 or 68.

[jodjam]

Feb 6th 1977 a 3-0 cup win over Partick with Roughie in goals for them. Was absolutely hooked from the moment the team ran out.

[AltheHibby]

Early 70s, 2-0 win over them. I mostly remember Pat Stanton being booked.

[EdinMike]

Mine was either 90 or 91 in the cowshed. Don’t remember who we were playing or what the score was as I would have been 3/4.

I do remember being more interested in being able to climb the old floodlights than the game itself though 😅

[Pagan Hibernia]

On this day 24th april 1971
Hibs 5 v Clyde 1
I was a late starter,sadly no-one in my family liked football.
A friend's uncle took me along to ER and that was it.
I've got wonderful memories from that special day!
I was hooked on the Hibees!
I've followed,the boys all over Europe and I'm looking forward to continuing that next season.🤞

💚 GGTTH

So your very first game and you saw Hibs kill Clyde as a club. Immense.

[HIBERNIAN-0762]

Hibs v Bolton Wanderers August 1963 pre season friendly,we won 2 0 recently managed to get the programme 👍💚

[AllyT]

8th March 1980 v Berwick away. George Best played. I had supported Hibs since 11 years old but lived in London at the time, then went to Germany with the Army. Was visiting my Sister in the Borders and my Brother-in-Law went with me, he was a Jambo but it was the first of many games I went with him. I was stood in the Hearts end once against Hibs - I think it was when Gordon Rae was sent off and Archibald scored a beauty? when Hibs scored, he immediately told everyone that I was a Hibee, ah great times. Both have sadly passed now :(

[2 metre Hibee]

Aug 1971, 6 years old. Motherwell at ER in the old League Cup sections.

Won 2-1 with goals by Johnny Hamilton & Joe Baker back at ER with his white boots on.

[hibbie02]

On this day 24th april 1971
Hibs 5 v Clyde 1
I was a late starter,sadly no-one in my family liked football.
A friend's uncle took me along to ER and that was it.
I've got wonderful memories from that special day!
I was hooked on the Hibees!
I've followed,the boys all over Europe and I'm looking forward to continuing that next season.🤞

💚 GGTTH

My first game was against Clyde as well. League Cup 1969, 4-1 to the Hibs. I was only 8 and my Uncle took me along that day. I lost touch with him in the mid 80s but met him again in 2018 at his son's wedding. After 40 years he comes up to me and says, "Remember me? I took you to your first Hibs match". We had a good old chin wag about Hibs (including that New Year's Day game that he attended), Life and everything. Special memories. Unfortunately he died the next year.

[Bobo]

1967 v Dunfermline, a 2-0 win with Cormack scoring. The other goal was an O.G.

I can't remember much of the game to be honest but do remember being in awe of seeing the pitch, players and fans from the top of the East Terrace for the first time.

[hibbie02]

1967 v Dunfermline, a 2-0 win with Cormack scoring. The other goal was an O.G.

I can't remember much of the game to be honest but do remember being in awe of seeing the pitch, players and fans from the top of the East Terrace for the first time.

Yes the view of the pitch from the top of the East was my abiding memory too. I was gobsmacked (if that was a thing in the 60s)!

[Two Halves]

Feb 1997. Hibs 1-1 Celtic in Scottish Cup. Remember Darren Jackson scoring a penalty to equalise and randomly that Shaun Dennis got MotM!

[Earlydelivery]

I believe i was at games earlier .. but the 1 that sticks out in my mind was when Joe Baker came back and we beat a fantastic Dons side 2-1 at ER in 71 .. him and the king scoring .. first goal Clarke had let in in 1155 minutes

[evy]

10th September 1994.

Hibs 2 - 2 Aberdeen.

Michael O'Neil (after about a minutes) and Darren Jackson on the scoresheet for us, threw away the 2 goal lead and should have known then how life as a Hibee would turn out..........but tbf I was only 6 so it's my da's fault!

[Renfrew_Hibby]

Skol Cup quater final at Somerset Park in 1991 as we marched on towards eventual Cup glory.

I grew up in Ayr with no connections to Hibs, Edinburgh or even the east of Scotland but for whatever reason I chose Hibs as my team, possibly when I was 9 or 10 years old.

By the time the Ayr game came around I was 13 and I was so excited that the Hibs were comming to town but my pals decided they didn't want to go and with my Mum saying well you can't go on your own I was gutted.

Dad was only vaguely interested in football and never mentioned taking me to the game ( he hadn't been since he was a lad himself) so I though my chance was gone.

Then on the night of the game he got I from work about half 6 as usual as suddenly told me to get ready as we had a game to get to!

I'll never forget that night, the crowd, the signing and the celebrations.
Thanks Dad.

[Bostonhibby]

Airdrie at Easter Road around 67-68 season, don't remember a huge amount, I think it was a night game and know from checking in our very own John Campbell's book that we scored 5 on our way to a win.

I definitely supported Hibs before that though as I have a bible dedicated to me by my grandmother from earlier than that which has Hibs for the cup written on it.

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[JoeT_WasTheBest]

Like the OP my family weren’t interested in football, so my uncle took me to my first game and weirdly enough, I searched it up last week.

I remembered it was v Aberdeen, that Alan Rough saved a penalty and it was 0-0. Fitbastats reliably informs me it was Monday 02/05/83, and he saved it from a certain Gordon Strachan.

I’d been hooked well before going to watch my first game, but that sealed it [emoji1303]

[gbhibby]

https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/87599/
Pity about the result

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[One Day]

4th April 1962 Hibs V St Mirren which would mean I had just turned 5.
I'm sure i may have been taken to reserve games prior to that

[Ray_]

Hamilton, November 1965, Hibs won 11-1. I had always thought I remembered the Hamilton goal [off the bar, hitting Willie Wilson's back and going in].

It must have been a different game, according to this report. https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hibee-history-eleven-is-heaven-against-accies-230651

[GordonHFC]

Hibs 1 V Dundee 3 1969
I remember as a 7 year old walking down London Road thinking 'does this road never end'
Hooked on the Hibees ever since.

[O'Rourke3]

5 September 1970. 0-0 versus Hearts. My mate's grandad took us. Straight to the Dunbar end. Season 72-3 started going on our own.

[H18S NX]

Hibs vAirdrie 1956

[Ryan91]

15 August 1998, Hibs v Stranraer at ER, we lost 1-2

[1959 Hibby]

4 September 1971: Hearts 0 Hibs 2. Dull game, then a wonderful goal from Cropley with a couple of minutes to go. Then a solo effort from Johnny Hamilton.

[nsandy62]

4 May 1963 -- 3- 3 draw which we needed to stay up as I remember. Match day was much delayed due to the extremely bad winter.

[Billy Bunter 07]

Raith Rovers in about 1996, sure we lost. Rougier played for them, got the tickets being at the Easter camp at the Jack Kane. North stand was fairly new.

[Tambo]

Airdrieonians in 1991, it was when they let you in for free during the second half, always remember the vision of someone climbing the floodlights.

[Scouse Hibee]

St Johnstone at ER September 1990

[Captain Emerald]

Can't remember much about my first game apart from being incredibly excited before, during and after the match at Easter Road. Walking down the road after the game I questioned the ear off my Dad about all the players and numbers and positions. Early 1960s, I was around 7 and I think the opposition was Dundee United. They wore all-white strips at the time. Actually, I didn't really care what the opposition was, I was there to see the Hibees :greengrin

[Pretty Boy]

Too young to remember, I was 2.

First time I have any real memory of being in the ground was the Hand off Hibs rally.

[Bridge hibs]

Mid 70s v Clydebank, cant remember much if anything about the game though

[Albert Kidd 86’]

Aberdeen 4 Hibs 1. 1979.

I grew up in the highlands, all my mates were OF or sheep, (I was the only Hibee in the village!:wink::wink::wink::wink:)

did not dampen my enthusiasm though….

[HoboHarry]

Aberdeen 4 Hibs 1. 1979.

I grew up in the highlands, all my mates were OF or sheep, (I was the only Hibee in the village!:wink::wink::wink::wink:)

did not dampen my enthusiasm though….
Not to different from myself :greengrin

[Silversand]

Hibs - Aberdeen Scottish Cup semi final 1979, 2-1 Hibs.

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[LustForLeith]

Hibs 1 Hamilton 1

I was at Lorne Primary and they gave pupils free tickets for the match

With hindsight I would have taken ten of the best

[Gloucester Hibs]

First game could’ve been any game from the mid-1980s. My Dad used to take me and my brother in the old main stand but we had no real interest in the game. Have vague memories of seeing the old scoreboard which was knackered.

First game where I had an actual interest was a 1-0 home win over Celtic 1990, think Kano scored a pen and we were in the Cowshed.

[King Cosell]

27th November 1982

Hibs 2 Celtic 3

Simon Murray's dad scored both our goals.

[Bishop Hibee]

Don’t know my first home one but my first away game was at Bayview in November 1972. A 0-1 victory courtesy of an Alan Gordon header. I was an almost 6 year old behind the goal he scored into. Remember it vividly.

[Mentalbarnett]

1/5/93 home to motherwell 1-0 with Mickey Weir getting the goal. 3 year old I had been to reserve games but this was my first full game. I wasn't supposed to be going but when my mum dropped of my dad and grandad off at the hibs club we briefly went in. I then wrapped my arms around a table leg and refused to let go until I was allowed to go to the game.

[Fanforlife]

Hibs 3 Kilmarnock 3. 1967 or 68.
Think 68 and our deluded neighbours lost the Scottish cup final 3-1 to Dunfermline on same day.

[Fanforlife]

61 or 62 Hibs reserves v QOS Reserves. 9 -2 Hibs , was 8 years old first game with pals from Magdalene, had been when younger wae my Da but no idea which was first one wae him.🤣🤣

[Chorley Hibee]

Hibs 1 Motherwell 0, November 1987.

Paul Kane with the goal.

Had not long moved to Edinburgh from Chorley and my Hibs supporting Dad was desperate to take me to my first game.

Been an integral part of my life ever since.

[MM19]

Pre season friendly 1967 vscNottigham forest I think
my mums family lived on leith walk and my uncle took me
Remember seeing the pitch from walking up the stairs to the stand and thinking the pitch was so huge and green
inthink hibs won 3-2-and the crowd were singing Jim Scott the worlds best shot
thats all I remember but started going to some games on saturdays on my own and then my dad started taking me and we went to all the games including a lot of away games from 1970
remember crops debut and Alan Gordon at Patrick in the 72 cup game
gornick Zabre lostv2-1 Liverpool lost 1-0 Steve highway I think scored and then all the tornadoes games
cristmas day 1971 lost 1-0 to rangers in the 93rd minute. Colin stein scored
My mum and dad took me a couple of times to see the famous five but I can't remember but this was my first game that I remember it was 1966 after the world cup and Joe Baker was playing for Nottingham Forrest. He scored their two goals and I think it was Joe Davis with a penalty, Alan McGraw and Jim Scott that scored our goals in a 3-2 win. I used to go with my mum cos my dad worked shifts and I've been going to Easter Road since.

[ancient hibee]

1947 or ‘48 against Third Lanark reserves.

[MKHIBEE]

Think 68 and our deluded neighbours lost the Scottish cup final 3-1 to Dunfermline on same day.
I’m not even sure I was aware Hearts existed.

[Dibben]

23/4/88.

1-1 draw with Motherwell

Tortolano scoring a good equaliser.

If I’d waited 2 weeks to go to my first game, I would have witnessed Goram scoring from a kick out.

[The Harp]

My 1st game was an Ediburgh derby in 1951 at Tynecastle. The game ended 1-1, with Hibs goal being scored by Lawrie Reilly. My Dad took me to the game - he was an Evertonian, but adopted Hibs as his team when the family moved up here from Liverpool.

[houstonhibbee]

My mum and dad took me a couple of times to see the famous five but I can't remember but this was my first game that I remember it was 1966 after the world cup and Joe Baker was playing for Nottingham Forrest. He scored their two goals and I think it was Joe Davis with a penalty, Alan McGraw and Jim Scott that scored our goals in a 3-2 win. I used to go with my mum cos my dad worked shifts and I've been going to Easter Road since.
See my earlier post- my first game too.

[HendoDelivered]

I started going around 2005 at around 9/10 years old. Think we lost 0-3 at home to Livingstone. 🤣🤣

[Jim44]

My dad and uncle took me to lots of matches from 1956 onwards, which I enjoyed but I can’t remember the first game I went to. The earliest game I’ll never forget was the game v Barcelona in 1961.

[West Upper]

Hibs 4-2 St Mirren February 2001

[Eyrie]

Hibs 1 Aberdeen 1 in late 1990.

[Ringothedog]

V Partick Thistle in September 67 a 5-1 victory watched from the Centre stand(my dad took me)

[Ship of Hope]

First game was Pat Stantons testimonial. Went with my dad and sat in the posh seats in main stand. He was a pal of Tommy Preston who gave me a signed programme at half time which I still have to this day. My dad was a jambo but I became a lifelong hibee.. the only thing I can remember about the game is a celtic fan stealing the ball and zigzagging up the terracing and ultimately disapearing into the crowd.

[MrSmith]

My dad taking me to ER when I was about 3 so would be 1970, Hibs v Celtic, I think we might have won 3-2 but have never confirmed.

[Kato]

St Johnstone at ER September 1990Can you remember the European fixtures against Liverpool, Scouse?

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[gordie18]

Hibs v Morton 24/10/64, Hibs won 2-1 and my Grandad sat me on one of the crush barriers on the East Terrace.


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[Whelahan 1875]

30th Sep 1972. We beat St. Johnstone 3-2 at ER. O’Rourke (2) & Gordon got the goals. 3 months later we beat Celtic at Hampden and lifted the league cup, 1 month after that beat Hertz 7-0. Safe to say my first 6 months of supporting Hibs were special! The downhill slide and repeated climbs back up have always been good too though 🇳🇬🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇮

[Scouse Hibee]

Can you remember the European fixtures against Liverpool, Scouse?

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Barely remember them playing when I was eight years old.

[poolman]

Only thing I remember it was against Killie, think we won 3-2, I was about 10

[Lancs Harp]

Hibs 5 Dundee 2 October 1999
A young Kenny Miller scored the first and couple from Latapy who was my stand out player, one from Sauzee (free kick) and cant remember who got the other one (last one). Attendance was around 10k.

Hibs had been my Scottish team as a kid, as oppose to either of the OF who everyone else seemed to favour, i was living in Newbury at the time and just started a new job one of the guys there was a Hibs fan and we went up for the weekend and took the game in.

[Jones28]

I think it must have been 4th of May 1996, I'd have been 3 at that time. My dad took me, in the East stand and we scored a penalty - Darren Jackson.

I'd left my dad and gone to stand with a group of lads just behind us but started crying because of the noise when we scored :greengrin

Next game after that was I think the 6-2 against Hearts, then after living abroad for a few years it was an end of season game against Motherwell the season before Mowbray took over and we then got season tickets.

I think I was unbeaten in my early games.

[Shezza]

Hibs v Morton 24/10/64, Hibs won 2-1 and my Grandad sat me on one of the crush barriers on the East Terrace.


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Snap. This was the first game on my own. The only bit I remember is a goal by Peter Cormack.

[Halmyre Hibee]

Hibs 3 Kilmarnock 3. 1967 or 68.

That was my first game Colin Stein hat trick

[PatHead]

Skol Cup quater final at Somerset Park in 1991 as we marched on towards eventual Cup glory.

I grew up in Ayr with no connections to Hibs, Edinburgh or even the east of Scotland but for whatever reason I chose Hibs as my team, possibly when I was 9 or 10 years old.

By the time the Ayr game came around I was 13 and I was so excited that the Hibs were comming to town but my pals decided they didn't want to go and with my Mum saying well you can't go on your own I was gutted.

Dad was only vaguely interested in football and never mentioned taking me to the game ( he hadn't been since he was a lad himself) so I though my chance was gone.

Then on the night of the game he got I from work about half 6 as usual as suddenly told me to get ready as we had a game to get to!

I'll never forget that night, the crowd, the signing and the celebrations.
Thanks Dad.

What football is all about

[Hillsidehibby]

Hibs v Falkirk 1968. 2-0 down then a Joe Davis penalty and two from Peter Cormack for the win.

[jakedance]

9 January 1993
Hibs 5 St Mirren 2
Attendance 7997
Weir (2), Jackson, Wright, McGinlay

I was a bit late to Hibs. I was in High School and went with some mates. My dad was more of a rugby guy, so naturally took me to a couple of Hearts games when I was younger, but I took an immediate visceral hatred towards them because some wee kid in front of us was mean to me.

[HH81]

Hibs 2 Dunfermline 0 1991 Skol cup final

I was a glory fan.

Posted loads of pics from day on my twitter couple years back. Hampden was different back then!

[cubehindthegoal]

Wish I could remember .. later 1960s I’d guess … remember being at school in early seventies and somehow knowing team I supported was something special. Felt a bit of .. a naive kind of sorry .. for pals who supported other teams … either hearts, who seemed dull to me and way on the less colourful part of town as I felt it .. or teams in glasgow that might as well have been playing on the moon, the amount of times they went to see them play .. they actually saw Hibs more lol, and some even changed allegiance later on … we all got lifted in and later on climbed the wall or other ways to get in, even reserve games, in the old enclosure under the stand … it was an adventure !

ps I did pay in soon as I could afford it lol, but old faither could only afford his own entrance .. least I learnt to climb a bit. Helped tho, later, when I was an old dad at Ratho clip n climb with my lad and his pals lol

[Keith_M]

Hibs 2-1 Hearts, Scottish Cup, Att' 23k

[Roxyhibee]

August.? 1965 - Hibs 1 St Mirren 0 in the League Cup, standing in the Dunbar end. 5 year old.

Goalie Willie Wilson gets a kick in the head first half, no subs back then, so Peter Cormack goes in goals.

Willie gets a giant bandage on his napper and comes out in the second half to make up the 11. Can still see the floodlights hitting the big white dressing on his head and the bright white sleeves. Never stopped going from that night.

[Bristolhibby]

November 1988. A 1-2 home defeat to Aberdeen. We were late getting into the game and Hibs scored while we were queuing to get in. So I didn’t even get to see a Hibs goal. I would have been 8. I had it in my head that it was a draw, but looked it up. Definitely a defeat. As was my second game. The second home game vs Aberdeen and again, another 1-2 defeat.

After that we moved to England in May 1989. Then it was a case of going to the match when we came back to Edinburgh during the school holidays and Christmas.

J

[SHODAN]

2006 semi final against Hearts.

I've said it before but I think the magnitude of that result in my first game is probably why I place so much importance on derbies.

[Cooshed Kid]

13 August 1969 at East End Park. We lost 3-1 to the Pars on a night we were simply outclassed. I was staying with my great aunt on Garvock Hill just above the stadium and her wonderful neighbour Mr McHarg offered to take me, aged 10, down the road to the match. Dunfermline were deserved winners that night and I was disappointed but the atmosphere was great. They also had the late, great Alex Edwards playing for them then, who lived across the road from another great aunt. I remember watching him washing his car from her front room - a Ford Capri?

I always enjoyed my brief holidays in Dunfermline, which I have always thought of as a picturesque neighbour of Edinburgh, though less so these days with all the road realignments scything through former parks, and the Pars have been a team I like to do well in consequence.

[FilipinoHibs]

September 1970 Hibs 1 Rangers 3, League Cup quarter final first leg.

[hibsbollah]

George Bests home debut, December 1st 1979 2-1 win over Partick Thistle.

[RIP]

Posted this last month on the 'Derbies' thread.

"Does the East of Scotland Shield count? Wednesday 29th March 1961.

Hibs 4 Hearts 2. Hibs were 3-0 up at half time, 4-0 after an hour. The Hearts scored 2 in the last 10 minutes to render the scoreline respectable. Joe Baker missed a last minute pen for his hattrick.

The teams consisted of twenty Scots-born Scots and 2 English-born Scots - Gordon Marshall Hearts G/K and Joe Baker.

Hibs had 5 U21s. Hearts had none. Willie Bauld and Gordon Smith were still playing for Hearts then.

All the above info is typed with the benefit of hindsight.

I was with my dad as a tall for my age 4-year old who could barely see over the wa', standing at the bottom of the East Terrace. Sixty-four years later and by the Grace of God I'm still standing in the East, this time high up in the Singing Section beside the crazy gang. I was hooked on the atmosphere that night under the floodlights and enjoy it just as much now.

GGTTH"