On this day in history

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Originally Posted by BILLYHIBS

Yip confirmed in the Match Report link

I thought Willie MacFarlane was a great Manager for HIBS had us playing flowing attacking football top of the League and an eye for a player just a shame Tom Hart did not agree

Eddie Turnbull was no bad as well :greengrin

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Willie was the manager of Hawick Royal Albert for a while. So in Hawick we had Hibs down for pre season friendlies. Great to see them so close up.

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Remember it as good natured light hearted banter apart from the Hun Celtic and Hearts who all insisted on trying to take over our Cave :greengrin

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And never succeeded

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Remember it as good natured light hearted banter apart from the Hun Celtic and Hearts who all insisted on trying to take over our Cave :greengrin

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Yes remember all out fights with the currant buns in the cave.

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Yes remember all out fights with the currant buns in the cave.

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:greengrin

Never took kindly to us easily humping them 3-0 in the Drybrough Cup Semi and it all kicked off

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:greengrin

Never took kindly to us easily humping them 3-0 in the Drybrough Cup Semi and it all kicked off

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Something like 200 arrests if I remember correctly. The battling was mental

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Originally Posted by Ringothedog

Something like 200 arrests if I remember correctly. The battling was mental

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Yip the headgear of choice was the Builders Helmets tastefully painted green and white to deflect the flying boatils

Tom Hart took the decision to close the Cave after the Sporting game before making a brief comeback against FC Besa

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Originally Posted by BILLYHIBS

Yip the headgear of choice was the Builders Helmets tastefully painted green and white to deflect the flying boatils

Tom Hart took the decision to close the Cave after the Sporting game before making a brief comeback against FC Besa

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Biggest mistake he ever made, the Cave was “the” place to congregate especially at Big games

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Originally Posted by Ringothedog

Biggest mistake he ever made, the Cave was “the” place to congregate especially at Big games

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The fans used to suck the ball into the net and every ball that ended up in the green and white rigging was greeted as if we had just won the European Cup and usually followed by a mini pitch invasion if we could get away with it

Made for a barry atmosphere and the players were spurred on kicking down the slope towards the fans

I moved over to the North Enclosure where I found myself fenced in underneath the footstompers in the North Stand where the more discerning diehard Radges stood

Hibees! Hibees!

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Originally Posted by BILLYHIBS

The fans used to suck the ball into the net and every ball that ended up in the green and white rigging was greeted as if we had just won the European Cup and usually followed by a mini pitch invasion if we could get away with it

Made for a barry atmosphere and the players were spurred on kicking down the slope towards the fans

I moved over to the North Enclosure where I found myself fenced in underneath the footstompers in the North Stand where the more discerning diehard Radges stood

Hibees! Hibees!

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North Enclosure was were I got my first season ticket. Was mental in there at times

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Originally Posted by Ringothedog

North Enclosure was were I got my first season ticket. Was mental in there at times

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Was in there the day John McDonald decided to take a dive in the box

All hell broke loose

Sheer bedlam

20 years ago, a couple of dozen of us were in a bar on the Greek island of Aegina, on route to AEK v Hibs, watching some planes crash into some buildings.

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Was in there the day John McDonald decided to take a dive in the box

All hell broke loose

Sheer bedlam

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Snap, he was a cheating little *******. I am sure Tom Hart called him out for it

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Originally Posted by Ringothedog

Snap, he was a cheating little *******. I am sure Tom Hart called him out for it

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Aye so did Shades after the game :greengrin

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27/9/2001 UEFA Cup Round 1 Leg 2

Hibernian 3 v 2 AEK Athens ( Agg 3-4 )

Luna 2
Zitellii

HIBS had a mountain to climb after losing the first leg in Greece 0-2 against Greek cracks AEK at a sold out Easter Road

Hibs did the unthinkable on the night pulling two goals back through Paco Luna in the second half. The first when he headed in an Ian Murray flick on from a Ulysses De La Cruz cross off the underside of the bar. The second when with only nine minutes to go Ulrik Laursen headed on John O’Neil’s free kick and Luna slid in to knock the ball into the net. Luna missed a goalden opportunity to win the tie in injury time when he infamously failed to convert a diving header at the far post

Two minutes into extra time and first leg hero second half substitute Vassilis Tsartas lashed home a shot from 25 yards that silenced Easter Road. Just before the break he scored a second direct from a corner to pile on the agony

HIBS substitute David Zitelli scored a 35 yard screamer that can only be described as an Exocet with six minutes to go

The game is best remembered for Franck Sauzee booting the dug out when he had to come off injured after 80 minutes and probably the first and best ever rendition of Sunshine on Leith ever heard at Easter Road

Hibs Colgan Orman Sauzee Fenwick Laursen De La Cruz Jack O’Neil Murray Brewster and Luna

Subs Brebner McManus Zitelli

Att 17500

https://youtu.be/qvTdzQLFoV4



27/9/1980 Scottish League First Division

Hibernian 4 v 1 Clydebank

Wilson
Rae
MacLeod
Connolly

New 35k signing from Arbroath Terry Wilson scores on his debut for HIBS


27/9/1975 Scottish League Premier Division Match Day 5

Hibernian 4 v 2 St Johnstone

Munro
Duncan
MacLeod
Harper

St Johnstone’s goalscorers were Duncan Lambie and yes you’ve guessed it Jimmy O’Rourke who scored the only goal of the match for St Johnstone the last time he played at Easter Road for Saints

Man of the Match was Des Bremner who put in a typical action man performance


27/9/1972 European Cup Winners Cup Round One Leg 1

Hibernian 6 v 1 Sporting Lisbon ( Agg 7-3 )

O’Rourke 3
Gordon 2
Manaca og

All Scotland must salute Super HIBS. The Easter Road side in a night of magic gave full warning to the rest of Europe that they have well and truly arrived with a fantastic six hit performance over Sporting

The 26000 fans who roared themselves hoarse will never forget a second half that will go down in the history books. For HIBS took this Cup Winners Cup tie and their talented Portuguese opponents by the throat and converted a first leg 1-2 defeat into a magnificent triumph

Their courage was immense and in a tense first half they got the goal they so desperately needed another superb Alan Gordon header. Fate dealt HIBS a cruel blow right on the whistle for half time when a deflection off Referee Meannig sent Marinho racing away and his centre was easily converted by Portuguese superstar Yazalde to snatch a shock equaliser and valuable away goal

Shooting downhill second half HIBS seemed to have a mountain to climb but encouraged by one of Eddie Turnbull’s famous half time pep talks and roared on by their fans they stormed back with scintillating soccer

In just eight minutes of soccer magic Sporting’s European Cup Winners Cup dream lay in tatters

Three minutes after the restart Jimmy O’Rourke raced on to a Gordon head flick to blast the ball past Damas. As the Easter Road crowd roared HIBS on Gordon struck again. An Arthur Duncan cross found him soaring above the Portuguese defence and Damas was beaten to the world. Another four minutes and HIBS were undoubtedly back in the European big time. John Brownlie who minutes earlier had hit a 35 yarder against a post flicked a through ball for O’Rourke to step in and score from close range.

Ten minutes from time Arthur Duncan was brought down inside the box by a frustrated Gomes and Jimmy O’Rourke stepped up to complete his hat-trick from the spot

To complete a night of misery with only seconds to go Portuguese superstar Manaca turned a Duncan shot past his own keeper for an own goal

To say HIBS were magnificent would be an understatement this result was a declaration of intent by Hibernian Football Club and sent shock waves throughout Europe

Hibs Herriot Brownlie Schaedler Stanton Black Blackley Edwards O’Rourke Gordon Cropley and Duncan

Footnote: This was the last night that the cave was made available for Standing Supporters


27/9/1969 Scottish League Division One Old

Hearts 0 v 2 Hibernian

Cormack 39
McBride 58

Willie MacFarlanes first game in charge and it doesn’t come much better than this.

Peter Cormack headed in the first from a Joe McBride cross and Joe McBride added the second on the hour from a suspiciously offside position but the whistle did not come. Hey ho!

This result put HIBS top of the League


27/9/1961 Inter Cities Fairs Cup Round 1 Leg 2

Belenenses 1 v 3 Hibernian ( Agg 4-6 )

Baxter 2
Stevenson

After a 3-3 draw at Easter Road Manager Hugh Shaw decided on a change of tactics sitting in deep and hitting the Portuguese on the counterattack.

The tactics worked a treat and HIBS survived a torrid encounter as the Portuguese grew more and more frustrated and became more physical John Baxter hitting two and Eric Stevenson scoring a late superb diving header



27/9/1952 Scottish League Division One Old

Motherwell 3 v 7 Hibernian

Reilly 4
Johnstone 2
Turnbull pen

Johnny Aitkenhead and Wilson Humphries were among the Motherwell scorers

Att 18000


27/9/1947 Scottish League Division One

Hibernian 2 v 1 Clyde

Combe 11
Turnbull 23

Hibs went behind to a Riley goal after 3 minutes


27/9/1941 Scottish Southern League

Hibernian 8 v 1 Rangers

Combe 4
Smith 2
Milne 2

Hibs defeated a very strong Rangers side at Easter Road inflicting their worst ever competitive defeat

“ On they come like the Lord Mayor’s show. Milne made it four and Combe five, six and seven and because he is allergic to odd numbers Smith made it eight”

Sunday Post





Birthdays:


Adam Bogdan

Steve Archibald


On This Day In History Sinnet and Colquhoun


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Decent day on this day in history

Hibernian 3 v 2 AEK Athens

Hibernian 6 v 1 Sporting Lisbon

Hearts 0 v 2 Hibernian

Hibernian 8 v 1 Rangers


Stevie Archibald 65 today


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Was in there the day John McDonald decided to take a dive in the box

All hell broke loose

Sheer bedlam

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So was I used to be mental in there in the big games. Pretty sure the Daily Record doctored a photo of the incident trying to make out he hadn't dived. The more things change the more they stay the same.

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:greengrin

Never took kindly to us easily humping them 3-0 in the Drybrough Cup Semi and it all kicked off

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Disappointed it was only 3. They were a team that had won a European Trophy. That game and the final was some of the best football I have seen Hibs play. I think there was 27000 at the game against Rangers so competition was taken seriously . Builders helmets were a common fashion item amongst old firm fans.

29/9/1877 Scottish Cup Round 1

Hearts 0 v 0 Hibernian

Hibs enter the Scottish Cup for the first time and as luck would have it are drawn away to fierce Edinburgh rivals Hearts

A hard tie ended with no score but the replay two weeks later at the East Meadows ended in a 2-1 win for HIBS

The match was watched by 1000 spectators a very big crowd in those days

The Hearts fans and players were furious at this defeat to the inferior Irish and fighting broke out as the navvies celebrated

Hibs would reach the fifth round losing away 1-3 to Glasgow South Western

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30/9/2017 Scottish League Premiership Match Day 8

Celtic 2 v 2 Hibernian

McGinn 53, 77


https://youtu.be/dijYBL-Vp-8

Hibs: Laidlaw Whittaker Hanlon Stevenson Ambrose Bartley McGinn Slivka McGeouch Boyle and Stokes

Subs Barker S Murray

Att 59000


30/9/2000 Scottish League SPL Match Day 10

St Johnstone 0 v 3 Hibernian

Sauzee
Zitelli
Latapy


Monday 30/9/1996

A disastrous start to the season saw Alex Miller resign as Hibernian Manager following an easy 3-1 victory for Hearts at Easter Road after almost 10 years at the helm

A devisive character amongst HIBS fans he brought many good players to Easter Road won a League Cup during a difficult time in our history but was criticised for his defensive tactics and managerial style

He would subsequently go on to win the UEFA Champions League 2005 and FA Cup 2006 with Liverpool as First Team Coach



30/9/1975 UEFA Cup Round 1 Leg 2

Liverpool 3 v 1 Hibernian ( Agg 3-2)

Edwards 33

Pat Stanton was controversially dropped for this game and HIBS were to rue John Brownlie’s penalty miss in the first leg.

John Toshack gave Liverpool the lead after 21 minutes Alex Edwards pulled one back but Toshack would go on to complete his hat-trick

Hibs McArthur Brownlie Schaedler Bremner Barry Blackley Edwards MacLeod Harper Munro and Duncan

Att 30000




30/9/1972 Scottish League Division One Old

Hibernian 3 v 2 St Johnstone

O’Rourke 2
Gordon

Henry Hall and Jim Pearson scored for the visitors in an entertaining game but Gordon and O’Rourke were on a roll

Hibs Herriot Brownlie Schaedler Stanton Black McEwan Edwards O’Rourke Gordon Cropley and Duncan

Sub Hamilton

Att: 10376


30/9/1970 Inter Cities Fairs Cup Round 1 Leg 2

Malmo 2 v 3 Hibernian (Agg 2-9)

R Duncan 46
McEwan 77
Stanton 85

Rising star Kenny Davidson makes his debut

Hibs Marshall R Duncan Schaedler Brownlie Stanton McEwan Davidson Jones McBride Blair and Duncan

Subs Graham Hamilton

Att 1900



30/9/1967 Scottish League Division One Old

Hibernian 5 v 1 Partick Thistle

Stevenson 2
Davis pen
McGraw
Quinn


Birthdays:

Sven Mathisen


Hibernian On This Day Colquhoun and Sinnet


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On This Day in History

Superb double by SJM earns a point at Parkhead

Alex Miller resigns

HIBS go crashing out of Europe against Liverpool as Pat Stanton is sensationally dropped for the second leg

HIBS hammer Malmo 9-2 on aggregate

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1/10/1995 Scottish League Premier Division Match Day 5

Hibernian 2 v 2 Hearts

Donald 61
McGinlay 73

https://youtu.be/MUXN2OxHYBk

The whole 90 minutes for anyone bored during lockdown

Hibs: Leighton C Jackson Love Tweed Hunter Evans Millen Wright Jackson and O’Neill

Sub Donald

Att 12374


1/10/1994 Scottish League Premier Division Match Day 7

Hibernian 3 v 0 Partick Thistle

Jackson 2
McGraw


1/10/1988 Scottish League Premier Division Match Day 8

Hibernian 3 v 1 Celtic

Archibald 2
Evans

Archie was a class act

https://youtu.be/aqFqi-RAzWU

Hibs : Goram Hunter Sneddon May Rae Milne Orr Archibald Kane Collins and Evans

Sub: Tortolano

Att 22800


1/10/1985 Scottish League Premier Division Match Day 8

Hibernian 5 v 0 Clydebank

Cowan 3
Durie 2



1/10/1983 Scottish League Premier Division Match Day 6

St Johnstone 0 v 3 Hibernian

Brazil
Irvine
Thomson


1/10/1966 Scottish League Division One

Motherwell 1 v 2 Hibernian

Stein
McGraw




1/10/1955 Scottish League Division One

Hibernian 2 v 1 Kilmarnock

Mulkerrin 19
Reilly 56

A young and lively Kilmarnock side took the lead after 5 minutes through Catterson and put HIBS under pressure. HIBS weathered the storm and eventually took a grip of the game Reilly scoring the winner from a pin point Gordon Smith cross


1/10/1949 Scottish League First Division

Hibernian 2 v 0 Aberdeen

Ormond
Turnbull



Birthdays:

Ricardo Vaz Te


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Scotland international Stevie Archibald chooses HIBS over Liverpool to sample European football and on this day scores a fantastic double versus Celtic at Easter Road

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2/10/1993 Scottish League Premier Division Match Day 9

Hibernian 2 v 0 Dundee United

Jackson 2

Darren Jackson scores his fifth goal versus his old club Dundee United in little over a year

https://youtu.be/Wp9Q-nNUKLw



Hibs Leighton Miller Mitchell Farrell Tweed Beaumont McAllister Hamilton Wright Jackson and O’Neill

Subs Evans Tortolano

Att 7500




2/10/1974 UEFA Cup Round 1 Leg 2

Hibernian 9 v 1 Rosenborg ( Agg 12-3)

Harper 2
Munro 2
Stanton 2
Cropley 2 pens
Gordon

Leading 3-2 from the first leg Eddie Turnbull was taking no chances and fielded his strongest team against the Norwegians but in a fast start to the game Odd Iversen eluded his marker and fired his team ahead after 15 minutes

With the crowd stunned now that the aggregate was 3-3 HIBS showed their spirit and their skill.

In 19 minutes Joe Harper equalised with a superbly taken goal. In 20 minutes Iain Munro put HIBS ahead with another first class effort and in 22 minutes Rosenborg knew it was all over when Harper headed a third

From then on it was a procession but the goals were well planned and clinically executed that is if you excuse HIBS’ fourth a lob by Munro that spun out of goalkeeper Thunshell’s hands. Pat Stanton added a fifth to make the half-time score 5-1.

The fans chanted for 7 and they got it too when Alex Cropley scored twice from the penalty spot

Headers from Stanton and Gordon made it nine the only blot on Hibs’ copybook being a booking for Joe Harper

Hibs: McArthur Brownlie Schaedler Stanton Spalding Blackley Edwards Cropley Harper Gordon and Duncan

Sub Bremner for Brownlie

Att 12379

Q What was Pat Stanton’s last game for HIBS ?





2/10/1968 Inter Cities Fairs Cup Round 1 Leg 2

Hibernian 2 v 1 Olimpija Ljubljana ( Agg 5-1 )

Davis 2 pens 61 68

The Yugoslavs proved to be a better and more determined team than the side HIBS had beaten 3-0 so comprehensively in Belgrade and they shocked the Easter Road side when Popivoda scored after only 4 minutes.

For a while Olimpija were the much better team but HIBS began to claw their way back into the game

As the Yugoslavs grew more and more frustrated they began to hack and kick at our most skilful players Marinello, Cormack and Stevenson and this was ultimately to cost them the game

Midway through the second half HIBS were awarded a penalty for hand ball in the box a decision that was hotly disputed by the Yugoslavs and the game was held up for several minutes

Once order was restored Joe Davis coolly dispatched the spot kick into the net

This proved to be the catalyst for the Yugoslavs to once again surround the Referee and push and shove him.

Minutes later Jovanovic was sent off for the latest of several savage fouls on Peter Marinello

The culptrit was hardly off the pitch when Eric Stevenson was pulled down inside the box by Kokot leaving the Referee no option but to award a second penalty of the evening

This time there were no protests and Davis duly stepped up and dispatched the penalty past the Yugoslav keeper

Hibs Wilson Shevlane Davis Blackley Cousin Stanton Marinello Quinn Stein Cormack and Stevenson

Att 10500


Birthdays

Craig Paterson


Hibs Through and Through Eric Stevenson


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Hibs record their highest ever result in Europe defeating Norwegian side Rosenborg 12-3 on aggregate on this day



2/10/2020 Scottish League Premiership Match Day 10

Hibernian 3 v 2 Hamilton Academicals

Nisbet 19 35
Hanlon 63

https://youtu.be/DIYTuX6oGF8


Kevin Nisbet oan fire as he blasts HIBS into a 2-0 halftime lead

Paul Hanlon made in three just after the hour but HIBS were made to hang on for the points following a spirited Hamilton fight back which included a Ross Callachan penalty and a Porto own goal

Hibs Rocky Hanlon Porteous McGinn Stevenson Boyle Newell Gogic Murphy Doidge and Nisbet

Subs Hallberg Wright Mallan

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Hibs record their highest ever result in Europe defeating Norwegian side Rosenborg 12-3 on aggregate on this day



2/10/2020 Scottish League Premiership Match Day 10

Hibernian 3 v 2 Hamilton Academicals

Nisbet 19 35
Hanlon 63

https://youtu.be/DIYTuX6oGF8


Kevin Nisbet oan fire as he blasts HIBS into a 2-0 halftime lead

Paul Hanlon made in three just after the hour but HIBS were made to hang on for the points following a spirited Hamilton fight back which included a Ross Callachan penalty and a Porto own goal

Hibs Rocky Hanlon Porteous McGinn Stevenson Boyle Newell Gogic Murphy Doidge and Nisbet

Subs Hallberg Wright Mallan

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Oh the good old days, when Kevin Nisbet could still actually score a goal...

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Oh the good old days, when Kevin Nisbet could still actually score a goal...

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:agree:

Yip definitely worth a watch

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Hibs record their highest ever result in Europe defeating Norwegian side Rosenborg 12-3 on aggregate on this day



2/10/2020 Scottish League Premiership Match Day 10

Hibernian 3 v 2 Hamilton Academicals

Nisbet 19 35
Hanlon 63

https://youtu.be/DIYTuX6oGF8


Kevin Nisbet oan fire as he blasts HIBS into a 2-0 halftime lead

Paul Hanlon made in three just after the hour but HIBS were made to hang on for the points following a spirited Hamilton fight back which included a Ross Callachan penalty and a Porto own goal

Hibs Rocky Hanlon Porteous McGinn Stevenson Boyle Newell Gogic Murphy Doidge and Nisbet

Subs Hallberg Wright Mallan

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Pat Stanton's last game for Hibs v St Johnstone in league cup August 1976 (came on sub in 9-2 win).

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

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Pat Stanton's last game for Hibs v St Johnstone in league cup August 1976 (came on sub in 9-2 win).

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:top marks

Today marks the first day in history that Hibernian Real Madrid Bayern Munich PSG and Ajax have all lost a League match on the same day

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4/10/2008 Scottish League SPL Match Day 8

Aberdeen 1 v 2 Hibernian

Riordan 2 (1 pen)

Derek Riordan in his second spell with the club scored his second and third goals

The first when a Lee Mair slip let Deeks in on 33 minutes for the opener. The second when Charlie Mulgrew handled on the goalline with 10 minutes to go and Deeks converted the penalty to seal the victory

Lee Miller equalised for the Dons on 42 minutes after he was fouled in the box by Sol Bamba

Hibs: Ma-Kalambay Van Zanten Bamba Jones Stevenson Rankin Murray Thicot Fletcher Nish and Riordan

Sub Shiels

Att 10793

Q. What squad number did Derek Riordan choose on his return to the club?


4/10/2003 Scottish League SPL Match Day 8

Partick Thistle 0 v 1 Hibernian

Brebner 90


4/10/1997 Scottish League Premier Division Match Day 8

Hibernian 3 v 4 Rangers

McGinlay
Lavety
Crawford

Oh dear! The beginning of the end for Jim Duffy as his team leading 3-1 contrived to lose 3-4 against an admittedly very good but physical Old Co Rangers team

https://youtu.be/vfke1BSg4u4


HIBS: Gottskalksson Miller Boco Dods Hughes Charnley Harper Lavety Crawford Rougier and McGinlay

Subs Dow Tosh

Att 15000



4/10/1986 Scottish League Premier Division Match Day 10

Hamilton 1 v 4 Hibernian

May 2
McCluskey
McBride


4/10/1980 Scottish League Division One Match Day 11

Dunfermline 0 v 2 Hibernian

MacLeod 2

A George Best inspired HIBS easily defeated the Pars It would be his third last game before being transferred to San Jose Earhquakes


4/10/1969 Scottish League Division One Old

Hibernian 1 v 0 Morton

Stanton 52


4/10/1967 Inter Cities Fairs Cup Round 1 Leg 2

Porto 3 v 1 Hibernian ( Agg 3-4)

Davis pen

Defending a 3-0 lead from the first leg things looked rosy for HIBS when Joe Davis converted a penalty in only two minutes after Colin Stein had been fouled inside the box. Cue pushing and shoving of the Referee by the Portuguese players immediately after the award

With 10 minutes remaining of the first half Peter Cormack was sent off following a melee with his immediate marker who had punched Cormack in the face after not being happy with one of his tackles. Once again the Referee was surrounded by unhappy Porto players and both players eventually saw red

Into the second half and Porto scored two goals on the hour in quick succession to change the whole complexion of the game. The Portuguese were pressing forward in numbers and scored a third through Valdir with twenty minutes remaining but a much relieved HIBS side managed to hold on

Hibs Allan Duncan Davis Stanton Madsen McGraw Scott Quinn Stein Cormack and Stevenson

Att 40000


4/10/1965 Scottish League Cup Semi-Final

Hibernian 2 v 2 Celtic

Neil Martin 2

Joe McBride opened the scoring for Celtic with a header after 8 minutes from an offside position a fact confirmed by TV coverage later that evening. Neil Martin added two to put HIBS ahead the first a header from a Jim Scott cross the second a low drive from an Eric Stevenson cut back on the hour

Hibs were starting to play some fantastic stuff but just could not add to their lead. Into injury time and as is so often the case Tommy Gemmell overlapped down the right wing skipped past a few desperate challenges sent over a cross cum shot that cannoned off Willie Wilson and fell nicely at the feet of Bobby Lennox who fired home the equaliser to take the game into extra time

There was no further scoring and the players would have to do it all again

Hibs Wilson Simpson Davis Stanton McNamee Baxter Cormack Quinn Scott Martin and Stevenson

Att 46000


Birthdays

Brandon Barker


Hibs Through and Through. Eric Stevenson


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Groundhog Day

Deeks fires in a double against Aberdeen

High flying HIBS are defeated by Rangers at Easter Road to start a slide that leads to relegation

Hibs knock Porto out of Europe

Celtic score a last minute equaliser in a League Cup Semi Final at Ibrox as the HIBS players wait on a free-kick that never comes Celtic take a quick throw in break up the park and score

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Groundhog Day

Deeks fires in a double against Aberdeen

High flying HIBS are defeated by Rangers at Easter Road to start a slide that leads to relegation

Hibs knock Porto out of Europe

Celtic score a last minute equaliser in a League Cup Semi Final at Ibrox as the HIBS players wait on a free-kick that never comes Celtic take a quick throw in break up the park and score

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That game in October 1997 where Hibs lost a 3-1 lead to the currant buns brought back memories.

One being me looking at my watch at ten past four and thinking there is no way Hibs are going to hold onto this lead.

One reason being the currant buns bringing on Stuart McColl at half time (although McColl was one of them always rated him especially for Scotland).McColl calmed them down which enabled them to go on and win.

Just watched the highlights back on video.Some of the tackles flying in from both sides were a bit tasty.One in particular early on from Kevin Harper (for which the referee took no action) made Portos tackle on Aribo look like a gentle nudge.

Also reminded me of some of the players Jim Duffy brought in.Nuff said padre,sit down.

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That game in October 1997 where Hibs lost a 3-1 lead to the currant buns brought back memories.

One being me looking at my watch at ten past four and thinking there is no way Hibs are going to hold onto this lead.

One reason being the currant buns bringing on Stuart McColl at half time (although McColl was one of them always rated him especially for Scotland).McColl calmed them down which enabled them to go on and win.

Just watched the highlights back on video.Some of the tackles flying in from both sides were a bit tasty.One in particular early on from Kevin Harper (for which the referee took no action) made Portos tackle on Aribo look like a gentle nudge.

Also reminded me of some of the players Jim Duffy brought in.Nuff said padre,sit down.

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Lots of tasty tackles back when men were men and Porto’s tackle would not have raised an eyebrow but what was Harper daein? :greengrin

Olly did not cover himself in glory at the penalty but little he could do with the strikes from Gazza Albertz and Negri

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6/10/2018 Scottish League Premiership Match Day 8

Hibernian 6 v 0 Hamilton Academicals

Boyle
Mallan 2
Hyndman
Kamberi
Kilgallon og


https://youtu.be/yBZnGO_Qy_Q


Hibs: Bogdan Gray Ambrose Porteous Stevenson Milligan Boyle Hyndman Mallan Slivka and Kamberi

Subs Horgan Gullan Nelom

Att 16857


6/10/2012 Scottish League SPL Match Day 9

Hibernian 3 v 0 Dundee

Doyle 29
Griffiths pen 51
Wotherspoon 74


https://youtu.be/5_G5hw5WEkc

Hibs: Williams Clancy McGivern Hanlon McPake Deegan Claros Cairney Wotherspoon Griffiths and Doyle

Subs: Taiwo Kuqi Harris

Att 10163


6/10/2007 Scottish League SPL Match Day 9

Rangers 0 v 1 Hibernian

Murphy 59

Hibs went to the top of the SPL when David Murphy got in front of Alan McGregor and managed to head a Felipe Morais corner into the unguarded net on the hour

A Rangers side containing ex hibee heroes Steven Whittaker and Kevin Thomson were high on confidence after defeating Lyon 3-0 away in the Champions League but they could not compete with the passing, movement, hard work and speed on the counter attack of John Collins’ undefeated HIBS side

David Murphy was again the hibee hero in the dying minutes when he popped up on his own goal-line to head clear a goal bound Carlos Cuellar header

HIBS: Ma-Kalambay McCann Hogg Jones Murphy Antoine-Curier Kerr Beuzelin Chisholm Donaldson and Fletcher

Subs Morais 46 Zemmama 74 O’Brien 82

Att 50440


6/10/1990 Scottish League Premier Division Match Day 7

Hibernian 1 v 0 St Mirren

Michael Weir 31


6/10/1984 Scottish League Premier Division Match Day 9

St Mirren 2 v 0 Hibernian

Bobby Thomson had his first half penalty saved by Campbell Money after a Saints defender had punched a goal bound effort off the line and was only booked for his trouble

Future HIBS centre half Mark Fulton would score for Saints in this game

This would be the only season that HIBS would lose all four games to St Mirren


6/10/1973 Scottish League Division One

Aberdeen 1 v 1 Hibernian

Gordon


6/10/1962 Scottish League Division One

Hibernian 1 v 0 Raith Rovers

Stevenson pen


Birthdays:

John Plenderleith

Mervyn Jones




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A Stevie Mallan double helps high flying HIBS to a comfortable 6-0 win over Hamilton Academicals at Easter Road

Hibs defeat Dundee 3-0 at Easter Road

A David Murphy goal puts HIBS top of the League at Ibrox

European Cup hero Jackie Plenderleith celebrates his 84th birthday today

Q Can anyone remember who fellow birthday boy Mervyn Jones was related to?

Alan Stubbs born 50 years ago. Happy 50th Stubbsy.

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Alan Stubbs born 50 years ago. Happy 50th Stubbsy.

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Happy Birthday Scottish Cup winning legend

Many thanks for everything



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Happy Birthday Scottish Cup winning legend

Many thanks for everything



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Thought he was older than that. I now feel ancient.

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A Stevie Mallan double helps high flying HIBS to a comfortable 6-0 win over Hamilton Academicals at Easter Road

Hibs defeat Dundee 3-0 at Easter Road

A David Murphy goal puts HIBS top of the League at Ibrox

European Cup hero Jackie Plenderleith celebrates his 84th birthday today

Q Can anyone remember who fellow birthday boy Mervyn Jones was related to?

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He is related to John Greig.

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Yep, his nephew I believe

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He is related to John Greig.

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Nephew

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Nephew

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Crossed a lovely ball for Joe to net his comeback goal against Aberdeen.

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7/10/2013 Scottish League Premiership Match Day 9

Partick Thistle 0 v 1 Hibernian

Craig 69

https://youtu.be/PG_5mZNDp8c

Hibs: Williams Stevenson Hanlon Nelson McGivern Taiwo Thomson Craig Robertson Collins and Heffernan

Subs Zoubir Tudor-Jones Stanton

Att 4500



7/10/1995 Scottish League Premier Division

Hibernian 2 v 1 Falkirk

Jackson pen
McAllister

https://youtu.be/plZj0ycafR8

Hibs: Leighton Dods C Jackson McGinlay Tweed Hunter McAllister Harper Evans Jackson and O’Neil

Sub: Love

Att:8356


7/10/1978 Scottish League Premier Division

Motherwell 2 v 3 Hibernian

Hutchinson
MacLeod pen
Rae

Bobby Hutchinson headed HIBS ahead after only two minutes from Ally MacLeod’s cross. Strikes from Ian Clinging and Mike Larnach gave Motherwell the lead before Ally MacLeod equalised from the penalty spot. With time running out Motherwell were awarded a penalty kick but Mike McDonald brilliantly dived to his left to save Peter Marinello’s low effort. This seemed to galvanise HIBS and with two minutes remaining Gordon Rae accepted Ralph Callachan’s square pass and dispatched a rising drive into the top right hand corner to secure all three points for HIBS

Hibs: McDonald Duncan Smith Fleming Stewart McNamara Rae MacLeod Hutchinson Callachan and Higgins

Sub Campbell for Fleming

Att 5500

https://youtu.be/CnFn0DB1Zmk




7/10/1972 Scottish League First Division

Dundee 1 v 0 Hibernian


A major disappointment for the Tornadoes with Aberdeen getting beat and Celtic only drawing

Bobby Ford scored the only goal of the game



7/10/1964 Friendly Challenge Match

Hibernian 2 v 0 Real Madrid

Cormack
Zoco og

Jock Stein gave the fans a taste of what they might expect under his tenure when he invited European Champions Cup runners up Real Madrid to Easter Road for a Challenge Match

30000 HIBS fans turned up to witness a masterclass performance as HIBS put on a superb display with our very own Willie Hamilton and Pat Quinn dominating a Real midfield that included the legendary Ferenc Puskas

Before the game Jock Stein showed his players on a blackboard the tactics he wanted them to employ but things turned out even better than he had anticipated when 18 year old Peter Cormack scored with a drive after 13 minutes and Pat Quinn had a free kick deflected into his own net by a defender in the second half

Real Madrid wore their famous all white strips HIBS wore green tops white sleeves green shorts and green socks

HIBS Wilson Fraser Parke Stanton McNamee Baxter Cormack Hamilton Scott Quinn and Martin


7/10/1963 Scottish League Cup Semi Final

Hibernian 1 v 1 Morton

Martin

Hibs found themselves taken unawares by the quality and all round good play of a second division Morton team that put them under pressure and played superbly for 90 minutes scoring after only three minutes through Alan McGraw thanks to an uncharacteristic error from veteran goalkeeper Ronnie Simpson

Thereafter it was a rearguard action where the defence and in particular Ronnie Simpson performed admirably

Neil Martin equalised in the first half and later broke his wrist but was able to see out the 90 minutes

Hibs were outfought on the day but would live to fight another day a young Pat Stanton missing a glorious chance to steal the tie at the death

Hibs Simpson Fraser McClelland Grant Easton Baxter Scott Stanton Baker Martin and Stevenson

Att 47000


7/10/1950 Scottish League Cup Semi Final

Hibernian 3 v 1 Queen Of The South

Turnbull 3 ( 1 pen)




Birthdays:

Merouane Zemmama

Ofir Marciano


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7/10/2020 Scottish League Cup Group B

Hibernian 3 v 1 Brora Rangers

Mallan 8 12
Hanlon 89

Jack Ross used this fixture to give Gray, McGregor, Mallan and Gullan game time and handed debuts to Dillon Barnes and Stephen McGinn New signing Kyle Magennis took his place on the bench

HIBS raced into a two goal lead thanks to a Stevie Mallan brace with two superb strikes from outside the box

HIBS continued to push forward but despite creating many chances were unable to add to their lead and were made to pay on the hour when Gillespie scored a tremendous free-kick from just outside the box after Paul Hanlon was adjudged to have fouled Jordan Macrae

Hibs continued to push forward to restore their two goal advantage but the fans had to wait until two minutes from the end when Hanlon stooped to convert a Stevie Mallan corner

HIBS Barnes Gray McGregor Hanlon Stevenson Hallberg S McGinn Wright Mallan Murphy and Gullan

Subs Boyle for the injured Murphy 49 Magennis for McGinn 60 Doidge for Wright 60 Nisbet for Hallberg 77


Loads of good games on this day well worth following the links above to see some vintage HIBS games from this day in history

The stand out probably Hibernian 2 v 0 Real Madrid 14.29 in the link below


https://youtu.be/mFeYSJVaYxk

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Crossed a lovely ball for Joe to net his comeback goal against Aberdeen.

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I grew up near Mervyn and his brother Davy. Used to see their uncle John about their house a lot.
Davy went on to play for East Fife and he was a Rangers fan.
Mervyn I believe was gutted to get a free from Hibs (so were a lot of Hibs fans)

Here's a funny thing. Before the Malmo nightmare at ER I was waiting outside the FF stand and there was Mervyn, Davy and their families all decked out in the Hibs colours!
It was nice to see.

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7/10/2020 Scottish League Cup Group B

Hibernian 3 v 1 Brora Rangers

Mallan 8 12
Hanlon 89

Jack Ross used this fixture to give Gray, McGregor, Mallan and Gullan game time and handed debuts to Dillon Barnes and Stephen McGinn New signing Kyle Magennis took his place on the bench

HIBS raced into a two goal lead thanks to a Stevie Mallan brace with two superb strikes from outside the box

HIBS continued to push forward but despite creating many chances were unable to add to their lead and were made to pay on the hour when Gillespie scored a tremendous free-kick from just outside the box after Paul Hanlon was adjudged to have fouled Jordan Macrae

Hibs continued to push forward to restore their two goal advantage but the fans had to wait until two minutes from the end when Hanlon stooped to convert a Stevie Mallan corner

HIBS Barnes Gray McGregor Hanlon Stevenson Hallberg S McGinn Wright Mallan Murphy and Gullan

Subs Boyle for the injured Murphy 49 Magennis for McGinn 60 Doidge for Wright 60 Nisbet for Hallberg 77


Loads of good games on this day well worth following the links above to see some vintage HIBS games from this day in history

The stand out probably Hibernian 2 v 0 Real Madrid 14.29 in the link below


https://youtu.be/mFeYSJVaYxk

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beating Brora just isn’t for everyone.

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:agree:

I know

Here's one for you Billy. For the Real Madrid game 13 players were named. Who were our 2 "substitutes"?

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Here's one for you Billy. For the Real Madrid game 13 players were named. Who were our 2 "substitutes"?

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Eric Stevenson and Jimmy Jimmy O’Rourke


Next! :greengrin

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Eric Stevenson and Jimmy Jimmy O’Rourke


Next! :greengrin

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Top Man, (of course)! I'll tell you story re their commemorative tankards next time I'm up!

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9/10/2001 Scottish League Cup Round 3

Raith Rovers 0 v 2 Hibernian

Brewster 2 ( 54, 86)


9/10/1993 Scottish League Premier Division

Motherwell 0 v 2 Hibernian

Jackson
Wright

https://youtu.be/BKMnrHrXa9c


Hibs: Leighton Miller Mitchell Farrell Tweed Beaumont McAllister Hamilton Wright Jackson and O’Neill

Sub:Evans

Att 9100



9/10/1985 Scottish League Cup Semi Final

Rangers 1 v 0 Hibernian ( Agg 1-2)

8500 HIBS supporters made their way along the M8 to see if their team could hold onto the 2-0 lead HIBS had established in the first leg at Easter Road

Thanks to delays on the motorway many fans would miss the opening goal scored by Davy Cooper after half an hour an excellently executed free kick from the edge of the box that flew into Alan Rough’s top right postage stamp corner.

Hibernian stalwart Gordon Rae was booked in the build up to the free kick when he pulled down Ally McCoist outside the box a booking that meant he would miss the final against Sir Alex Ferguson’s all conquering Aberdeen

Hibs managed to hold on due to some excellent defending and goalkeeping and were always dangerous on the counterattack and could easily have scored an away goal as the Rangers defence could not handle the strength and pace of a young Gordon Durie all that was required at times was a wee bit composure in front of goal

Hibs Rough Sneddon Munro Brazil Rae Hunter Kane Chisholm Cowan Durie and McBride

Att 39276


https://youtu.be/5vEkSTKe3_c



9/10/1974 Scottish League Cup Semi Final

Hibernian 1 v 0 Falkirk

Harper 70

Joe Harper hammered home an Alan Gordon pass from 18 yards to settle a dour encounter at Tynecastle

Hibs would face Celtic in the final at Hampden

Hibs: McArthur Brownlie Schaedler Stanton Spalding Blackley Edwards Cropley Harper Gordon and Munro

Att: 20000



9/10/1968 Scottish League Cup Semi Final

Hibernian 2 v 1 Dundee

Stein
McGraw

A rip roaring old fashioned Cup tie at a packed Tynecastle

George McLean gave Dundee the lead after only six minutes to silence the large HIBS support. Colin Stein equalised almost immediately with what was to be his last goal for the club

The game went from end to end with if truth be told Dundee looking the more likely

Into the second half and Bob Shankly decided to beef up our attack by taking off midfielder Pat Quinn and replacing him with pocket battleship Jimmy O’Rourke. Disaster struck however minutes later when Alan McGraw had to be stretchered off with a serious leg injury leaving HIBS down to ten men with 15 minutes remaining

With five minutes to go and extra time looming Alan McGraw reappeared to huge cheers from the HIBS fans with a huge strapping on his injured left knee. Barely able to run McGraw had been introduced as nuisance value hoping to tie up a defender

With seconds to go HIBS won a corner out on our left Jimmy O’Rourke swung in an inswinging cross that was somehow twice cleared off the line by desperate Dundee defenders but McGraw who looked incapable of movement managed to lunge forward and force the ball over the line past the stranded Dundee goalkeeper Ally Donaldson with his injured knee

With virtually no time left for Dundee to respond pandemonium broke out both on and off the park as HIBS realised they were actually going to a cup final for the first time in 18 years

Hibs: Wilson Shevlane Davis Cousin Stanton McGraw Scott Quinn Stein Cormack and Stevenson

Sub:O’Rourke

Att 19572

Footnote: Eric Stevenson tells the story that HIBS were on £50 a man to qualify for the final and after the game he was walking along Princes Street with Willie Wilson heading towards the East End in order to catch a bus or a train back to Wallyford and Bonnyrigg anyway they walked into a bar full of hibbies and in true western style Willie suddenly announced “ The drinks are on me!”


9/10/1954 Scottish League First Division

Queen Of The South 0 v 2 Hibernian

Smith 9
Ormond 21

Hibs missing the injured Lawrie Reilly get that elusive first win of the season with Gordon Smith scoring a trademark individual solo goal and Willie Ormond adding a second






Birthdays:

Willie Wilson RIP

Alan Gow

Earl Jean


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HIBS reached three League Cup Finals on this day defeating Rangers Falkirk and Dundee

The dynamic duo Darren Jackson and Keith Wright destroy Motherwell at Fir Park

Q. What record does Birthday Boy Earl Jean 50 today hold ?

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HIBS reached three League Cup Finals on this day defeating Rangers Falkirk and Dundee

The dynamic duo Darren Jackson and Keith Wright destroy Motherwell at Fir Park

Q. What record does Birthday Boy Earl Jean 50 today hold ?

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The first member of a royal family to play for Hibs?


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The first member of a royal family to play for Hibs?


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Naw we had John The Duke Grant RIP before him :greengrin

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HIBS reached three League Cup Finals on this day defeating Rangers Falkirk and Dundee

The dynamic duo Darren Jackson and Keith Wright destroy Motherwell at Fir Park

Q. What record does Birthday Boy Earl Jean 50 today hold ?

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Top scorer for St Lucia?

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Top scorer for St Lucia?

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Something crazy like 20:23

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10/10/1998 Scottish League Division One

Stranraer 0 v 1 Hibernian

Lovell

Hibs gain revenge for a shock opening day 1-2 reverse at Easter Road with a late Archie goal

We didn’t know it at the time but champions elect Hibernian were already well into a 22 game unbeaten run under the ginger one


10/10/1987 Scottish League Premier Division Match Day 12

Hibernian 4 v 0 Dunfermline Athletic

Kano
May
McCluskey
Collins

Andy Goram signed from Oldham Athletic for £325,000 made his debut in this match our record victory in this season all four goals coming inside the first 28 minutes

Hibs: Goram Sneddon Mitchell May Rae Hunter Kane Orr McCluskey Collins and Watson

Subs Bell McBride

Att: 9286


Q. Prior to this game when was the last time HIBS scored four goals inside the first 28 minutes?


10/10/1981 Scottish League Premier Division

Hibernian 4 v 0 Morton

Gary Murray
Flavell
MacLeod
Callachan

Hibs made it a miserable return to Easter Road for goalkeeper Roy Baines

Gary Murray might have had a hat-trick but struck the crossbar twice

Morton had ex Hearts man Drew Busby and the enigma that was Andy Ritchie in their team


10/10/1973 Scottish League Cup Round 2 Leg 2

Raith Rovers 0 v 2 Hibernian (2-5)

Schaedler
Gordon


10/10/1964 Scottish League Division One

Rangers 2 v 4 Hibernian

Cormack 2
Hamilton
Quinn

Fresh from their 2-0 victory over Real Madrid Jock Stein took his HIBS team to Ibrox and kept them guessing with a new look 4-2-4 formation in which Willie Hamilton and Pat Quinn ran the show.

Even at 1-2 down HIBS played with a calmness and quiet authority and they seemed to know that if they just kept going about their business playing with confidence the goals would come -they just knew that they were the better team - and come they did with a double from young Peter Cormack a flying diving header from Willie Hamilton and a goal from Pat Quinn

Call it the Jock Stein factor

Hibs Wilson Fraser Parke Stanton McNamee Baxter Cormack Hamilton Scott Quinn and Martin

Att 36607


Birthdays :

Thomas Agyepong



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10/10/2020 Scottish League Cup Group B

Cove Rangers 1 v 2 Hibernian

Gullan 49
Nisbet 60

https://youtu.be/z27UR3UJ8UM


A superb strike from Kevin Nisbet spared HIBS’ blushes after Jamie Gullan came off the bench to equalise Daniel Higgins’ stunning 16th minute free-kick

Hibs: Barnes Gray McGregor Stevenson Boyle Hallberg S McGinn Mallan Wright Nisbet and Doidge

Subs Gullan for Wright Magennis for McGinn


Edit

In the 1981 Hibernian 4 v 0 Morton game Jackie McNamara lost four front teeth in a first half clash of heads with his own player Erich Schaedler

When asked what he was doing out on the pitch at full time Bertie Auld informed the Reporter he was looking for some teeth to put more bite into his midfield

A. 18/9/65.

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A. 18/9/65.

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:top marks

Jimmy Jimmy O’Rourke’s 19th Birthday

A double and a double from Eric Stevenson in 19 minutes put the Hearts gas on a peep at Tiny



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Something crazy like 20:23

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I remember his international record being close to a goal a game but had no idea if anybody had scored more since.

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11/10/2014 Scottish League Championship Match Day 9

Hibernian 0 v 0 Dumbarton

Alan Stubbs’ HIBS side were chasing runaway leaders Hearts in the Championship race.

HIBS ‘ task became even more difficult when the Referee refused to award a goal from Dom Malonga’s penalty kick that appeared to have crossed the line against Ian Murray’s Dumbarton side

Hibs only had themselves to blame as they passed up 4-5 chances to win this game



11/10/2002 KEVIN McALLISTER TESTIMONIAL

Falkirk 1 v 1 Hibernian

Gordon Strachan plays for HIBS

Q. Anyone know who scored the goals in this game?


11/10/1980 Scottish League Division One

Hibernian 2 v 0 Falkirk

Connolly
Jamieson

George Best played his last game for HIBS



11/10/1972 Scottish League Cup Quarter Final Leg 1

Airdrieonians 2 v 6 Hibernian

Duncan 3
Brownlie 2
O’Rourke pen

Iconic away performance by the Tornadoes every player was totally outstanding against an Airdrieonians side that had become something of a bogey team

John Brownlie returned to the ground where he was a ballboy and was outstanding scoring a double

Full highlights available on the Turnbull’s Tornadoes video



11/10/1969 Scottish League Division One

Rangers 1 v 3 Hibernian

Marinello 2
McBride

HIBS went to Ibrox in confident mood sitting proudly at the top of the table after having already defeated both Celtic and Hearts

Manager Willie MacFarlane got the players to swap jerseys prior to kick off with instructions to confuse the Rangers defenders even further during the game by interchanging positions.

Eric Stevenson grabbed the number 9 jersey and kicked off as centre forward.

Rangers debutante fullback Brian Herron couldn’t handle the pace and ball wizardry of Peter Marinello as he ran through the middle of the Rangers defence in the centre forward position - ripping them a new one and scoring two first half goals. Willie Johnston replying for Rangers.

Joe McBride increased HIBS’ lead in the second half

I can still remember the headlines in that evenings Edinburgh Evening Pink News:

” PUNCHINELLO ROCKS THE ‘GERS!”

Hibs Marshall Shevlane Jones Blackley Black Stanton Marinello Hamilton McBride Cormack and Stevenson

Sub Madsen

Att 54000


11/10/1952 Scottish League Division One

Rangers 1 v 2 Hibernian

Reilly
Turnbull

Hibs totally dominated the play in front of 60000 at Ibrox

Grierson struck first for Rangers but Lawrie Reilly equalised just before half time Eddie Turnbull hammered home a fierce drive in the second half to seal the points


11/10/1947 Scottish League Division One

Hibernian 6 v 0 Queen Of The South

Reilly 3
Combe
Turnbull
Ormond

One of only three games that Smith Reilly Turnbull and Ormond played together in this Championship winning season and the only game that they actually won

Jock Govan got MOM for his overlapping runs and assists despite Reilly’s hat-trick


Birthdays:

Ronnie Simpson RIP

Brian Rice

Matt Thornhill



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George Best plays his last game for HIBS

https://youtu.be/LIDVmLCkgRY

Turnbull’s Tornadoes put in an iconic performance routing bogey team Airdrieonians at Broomfield

Willie MacFarlane plays the new George Best - Peter Marinello as a #9 and he cuts through the Ibrox defence like a knife through butter scoring twice

Scottish Champions Hibernian defeat Rangers 2-1 at Ibrox

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Naw we had John The Duke Grant RIP before him :greengrin

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Damn it, I thought I had it as well


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George Best plays his last game for HIBS

https://youtu.be/LIDVmLCkgRY

Turnbull’s Tornadoes put in an iconic performance routing bogey team Airdrieonians at Broomfield

Willie MacFarlane plays the new George Best - Peter Marinello as a #9 and he cuts through the Ibrox defence like a knife through butter scoring twice

Scottish Champions Hibernian defeat Rangers 2-1 at Ibrox

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Heady days and I often wish Willie McFarlane had been allowed to finish what he started. I believe he would have been more successful than ET

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HIBS sat proudly at the top of the League after having already defeated Hearts and Celtic and had us playing some fast exciting attacking football he also had an eye for a player bringing ‘Shades’ with him from Stirling Albion

Further vintage highlights of George Best 1 v 1 Celtic 1980

https://youtu.be/4YyA-AIvHM4

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Further vintage highlights of George Best 1 v 1 Celtic 1980

https://youtu.be/4YyA-AIvHM4

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I was too busy dodging the bottles being thrown at us by the 'loveable rogues' from Glasgow to see the goal properly at the time

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Did you not have your regulation builders helmet on in the club Colours ?

“Era Souvenir Helmets, Wrigleys Spearmint and Macaroon Bars!”

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Did you not have your regulation builders helmet on in the club Colours ?

“Era Souvenir Helmets, Wrigleys Spearmint and Macaroon Bars!”

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Nah, I presume fashions had moved on by the time I started going to games. :wink:



Incidentally, that was my first season attending games on my own, at the heady age of 13.

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12/10/1997 Craig Levein Testimonial # 2

Hearts 0 v 1 Hibernian

Newman

Hibs team included John Collins and John Leslie

Att: 9000



12/10/1996 Scottish League Premier Division Match Day 8

Hibernian 2 v 1 Rangers

Jackson pen
Donald

Jocky Scott was in temporary charge after Alex Miller had resigned

Rangers took the lead after 13 minutes with a howitzer of a free-kick that Jim Leighton didn’t even move for from Jorg Albertz

Second half HIBS came out the traps flying with Kevin Harper and Darren Jackson terrorising the Rangers defence going down the slope After 60 minutes Darren Jackson in full flow got pulled down just outside the box but landing well inside the box the Referee awarded a penalty 1-1 Oh Ah Jackson Ah! Three minutes later HIBS took the lead when Graeme Donald got on the end of a brilliant team passing move and found himself with a tap-in in front of goal past Andy Goram

Scenes in the closing stages when the Referee obviously trying to even things up awards Rangers a penalty and Brian Laudrup uncharacteristically steps up and misses The Referee orders a retake for encroachment and Jim Leighton pulls off a fantastic save

Hibs Leighton Miller Donald C Jackson Dods Hunter Cameron Wilkins Harper Jackson and McGinlay

Subs Millen McAllister Dow

Att 12500




12/10/1991 Scottish League Premier Division Match Day 12

St Mirren 0 v 1 Hibernian

Tommy McIntyre


12/10/1985 Scottish League Premier Division Match Day 10

Hibernian 1 v 1 Aberdeen

Cowan 25

A Skol Cup Final dress rehearsal and a match played in brilliant sunshine in front of a deserted East as it was getting a new roof fitted.

Hibs were hoping to transfer their brilliant League Cup form to the League and they got off to the perfect start when Stevie Cowan scored against his old club heading in a Brazil free-kick off the underside of Jim Leighton’s crossbar.

Aberdeen were struggling to cope with the pace and power of Gordon Durie’s runs as he continually stretched their defence but slowly but surely Aberdeen were starting to gain the upper hand in the match

Late into the second half and running out of ideas, Alan Rough twice denying Billy Stark with brilliant saves, Alex Ferguson introduced BP Youth Cup winning youngsters Paul Wright and Steven Gray into the fray and it was the latter now sadly deceased who snatched the equaliser for the Dons latching onto a brilliant Neale Cooper through ball to score past Rough from the edge of the box with a low right footed drive

Hibs Rough Sneddon Munro Brazil Rae Hunter Kane Chisholm Cowan Durie and McBride

Att 10000


12/10/1974 Scottish League Division One

Hibernian 6 v 2 Motherwell

Munro 2
Stanton
Spalding
Cropley
Gordon



12/10/1965 Inter Cities Fairs Cup Round 1 Leg 2

Valencia 2 v 0 Hibernian ( Agg 2-2 )

Hibs defending a 2-0 lead held out for 14 minutes when Waldo stepped up and curled a free-kick round the wall and into the net. HIBS defended heroically and Willie Wilson performed miracles in goal but there was little he could do in 74 minutes when Baxter gave away a penalty when he committed a foul in the box Sanchez-Lage stepping up to convert the award

HIBS lost the toss and would have to return to the Mestalla for the replay



12/10/1955 European Champions Cup Round 1 Leg 2

Hibernian 1 v 1 Rot-Weiss Essen ( Agg 5-1)

Jock Buchanan becomes the first player to score in the European Cup on British soil when he finished off a brilliant move after only 5 minutes

Goalkeeper Willie Adams plays his first and last game for HIBS


7/10/1978 Scottish League Premier Division

Motherwell 2 v 3 Hibernian

Hutchinson
MacLeod pen
Rae

Interesting footage already reported from this game played 42 years ago

https://youtu.be/CnFn0DB1Zmk



Birthdays:

Joe McClelland RIP

Tom Smith

Brian Kerr


Hibernian On This Day Colquhoun and Sinnet





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Jocky Scott’s HIBS defeat Rangers 2-1 on this day in 1996

Interesting footage of the match below as the match officials collude to try and ensure that Rangers do not lose :greengrin

https://youtu.be/iInKs5CUPYY

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Jocky Scott’s HIBS defeat Rangers 2-1 on this day in 1996

Interesting footage of the match below as the match officials collude to try and ensure that Rangers do not lose :greengrin

https://youtu.be/iInKs5CUPYY

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How biased was the commentator?

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How biased was the commentator?

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Gerry McNee old school

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Gerry McNee old school

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Couldn't remember his name. Another Hun apologist. Loved how he complained about the lack of competition for the dead club just before Hibs scored

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Couldn't remember his name. Another Hun apologist. Loved how he complained about the lack of competition for the dead club just before Hibs scored

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Oh Ah Jackson Ah was miles outside the box when he wiz impeded but we’ll take it :greengrin

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13/10/2006

Tony Mowbray leaves the club to join West Bromwich Albion one month after signing a 12 month rolling contract

Q. Who took charge of first team affairs after Mogga left?





13/10/1990 Scottish League Premier Division Match Day 8

Dundee United 1 v 0 Hibernian

In a statement of intent HIBS gave a debut to German Cup and Super Cup winner Murdo MacLeod recently signed from Borussia Dortmund

Cheered on by a large vociferous travelling support it looked as though HIBS were going to hang on for a valuable point against table topping Dundee United that was until the 89th minute when full back Willie Miller inexplicably diverted a long clearance from United keeper Alan Main over the head of Andy Goram and into the unguarded net




13/10/1973 Scottish League First Division

Hibernian 2 v 0 Falkirk

Higgins
Gordon



13/10/1971 European Championship Qualifiers

Scotland 2 v 1 Portugal

O’Hare 23
Gemmill 56


Alexander James Cropley makes his debut for Scotland at Hampden Park and lines up in the same team as Patrick Gordon Stanton

This match is interesting as it is the first game in which English born players were allowed to play for Scotland : Bob Wilson and Alex Cropley

Alex Cropley would break his ankle in his second and last game for Scotland versus Belgium at Pittodrie giving a debut to a young Kenny Dalglish

Scotland: Wilson Jardine Colquhoun Stanton Hay Bremner Cropley Graham Johnstone O’Hare and Gemmill

Subs Buchan for Colquhoun

Att 58500


13/10/1951 Scottish League Division One

Hibernian 1 v 0 Morton

Hibs were going neck and neck for the Championship with early leaders East Fife in this season and Morton were proving a tough nut to crack with their goalkeeper Jimmy Cowan repelling everything HIBS could throw at him

On 45 minutes Eddie Turnbull swung over a free-kick, Gordon Smith rose like a salmon to bullet home a header but the Referee insisted he had already blown for half-time as soon as Turnbull took the free-kick

Into the second half and eventually HIBS’ pressure paid off much to the relief of 30000 fans when Ormond’s glancing header went beyond Cowan’s outstretched hand and into the net via the post

HIBS would win the league in this season eventually beating Rangers by 4 points


13/10/1917 Scottish League Division One

Hibernian 4 v 2 Queens Park

Willie Miller 3
Moir

Interesting fact 4 Willie Millers have played for Hibernian 1 x Goalkeeper 1 x Defender and 2 x Forwards


13/10/1894 Scottish League Division Two

Morton 1 V 7 Hibernian

After being denied entry into the First Division after winning the Second Division the year before due to the rules at that time HIBS meant business this season thrashing Greenock Morton away scoring 92 goals in their 18 League games and winning the league by 8 points ahead of second placed Motherwell

Hibs would play Morton at the Holy Ground again in the League a week later and would win 6-3






In Colours Green and White John Campbell


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On this day:

Tony Mowbray resigns

Murdo MacLeod makes his debut for HIBS

Alex Cropley makes his debut for Scotland

Champions Hibs defeat Morton on their way to two in a row

HIBS become the first team to win the same lower tier division in two consecutive years defeating Morton on this day and eventually finishing eight points ahead of second placed Motherwell

Q What player did Tony Mowbray take with him to WBA?

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On this day:

Tony Mowbray resigns

Murdo MacLeod makes his debut for HIBS

Alex Cropley makes his debut for Scotland

Champions Hibs defeat Morton on their way to two in a row

HIBS become the first team to win the same lower tier division in two consecutive years defeating Morton on this day and eventually finishing eight points ahead of second placed Motherwell

Q What player did Tony Mowbray take with him to WBA?

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Shelton Martis


Which was a little strange as he hardly played him when here ….

Edit: 27 games - so had more game time than I recalled

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Shelton Martis


Which was a little strange as he hardly played him when here ….

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:top marks

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HIBS become the first team to win the same lower tier division in two consecutive years defeating Morton on this day and eventually finishing eight points ahead of second placed Motherwell

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That was when the leagues were first introduced and the winners of the Second Division had to also win a vote by the top league clubs to get promoted.

Incidentally, Hearts voted in favour of Hibs being promoted but Celtc voted against.


Celtc had been on a long campaign to eradicate all other clubs with Irish origins so that they would have a monopoly on supporters of Irish descent. They apparently even subsidised supporters buses at one point to encourage fans in other areas to watch them instead of supporting their local team.

Charitable origins? My Ar5e!

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14/10/2017 Scottish League Premiership

Hibernian 0 v 1 Aberdeen

14/10/2000 Scottish League SPL

Hibernian 1 v 0 Rangers

Zitelli 22

Kenny Miller’s first game against HIBS after defecting to the Hun but won by a wonderful David Zitelli strike when he finished off an excellent move with a typical exocet shot from 22 yards that he dispatched with deadly accuracy low into the Ranger’s goalkeeper’s ( Mark Brown) bottom right hand corner

Rangers sub Andrei Kanchelskis introduced along with Kenny Miller at half-time was sent off for two bookable offences

Hibs were one point ahead of Rangers in second place before kick off so 3 points earned here was a good psychological boost

HIBS Colgan Lovell Smith Fenwick Sauzee Jack Laursen Latapy O’Neil Paatelainen and Zitelli

Sub Lehmann

Att 14500



14/10/1995 Scottish League Premier Division

Celtic 2 v 2 Hibernian

Harper
Jackson pen

Hibs took the lead in 27 minutes when Kevin Harper scored at the back post following a Darren Dods flick on from a Kevin McAllister corner. John Collins equalised three minutes later direct from a free kick from just outside the box.

Into the second half and Pierre Van Hooijdonk gave a dominant Celtic side the lead with a well placed shot from just inside the box.

Celtic could not add to their lead and they paid the price when Darren Jackson scored his second penalty in three weeks in Glasgow to equalise when Tom Boyd tripped a grateful Gareth Evans inside the box

Hibs Leighton Dods Love McGinlay Tweed Hunter McAllister C Jackson Harper Jackson and O’Neill

Subs Wright Evans Donald

Att 34000

https://youtu.be/C8i1BmsQzh0


14/10/1989 Scottish League Premier Division

Hibernian 3 v 2 Motherwell

Weir
Houchen
Collins


14/10/1972 Scottish League Division One

Hibernian 5 v 2 Airdrieonians

O’Rourke 3 ( 1 pen )
Gordon
Duncan

Following their 6-2 win in the League Cup at Broomfield HIBS now put another five past Airdrie in the League Roddy Mackenzie must have been having nightmares



14/10/1970 Inter Cities Fairs Cup Round 2 Leg 1

Hibernian 2 v 0 Vitoria Guimaraes

Duncan
Stanton

A last minute Pat Stanton goal to add to Arthur Duncan’s opener gave HIBS a decent lead to defend in Portugal


14/10/1967 Scottish League Division One Old

Hibernian 2 v 0 Dunfermline

Barry og
Cormack

This game is memorable because Peter Cormack scored from just inside his own half when he noticed that Dunfermline goalkeeper Bent Martin was standing off his line

Q. What club did HIBS eventually sell Peter Cormack to ?


14/10/1963 Scottish League Cup Semi Final Replay

Hibernian 0 v 1 Morton

After drawing the first semi final 1-1 HIBS go crashing out of the Cup to Second Division Morton at Ibrox thanks to a penalty scored by future hibby Alan McGraw


14/10/1950 Scottish League Division One

Hibernian 6 v 2 Motherwell

Johnstone 2
Ormond 2
Turnbull pen
Reilly

In this dress rehearsal for the 1950-51 Scottish League Cup Final the Famous Five gave Motherwell a footballing lesson and that was without the services of Gordon Smith who spent a large part of this game limping injured out on the wing

What could go wrong?

hibs Younger Govan Ogilvie Buchanan Paterson Combe Smith Johnstone Reilly Turnbull and Ormond

Att 25000


Birthdays

Benny Yorston RIP

Joe Keenan

Kevin Thomson






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On This Day In History:



Hibs defeat Rangers at Easter Road to go top of the League after a rasping strike from David Zitelli

Hibs dig in deep to secure a late point at Dark Heid

Hibs hang on to defeat Motherwell but face an uncertain summer as a club

Hibs continue their dominance over Airdrieonians

Hibs defeat Guimaraes in Europe

Peter Cormack scores from the half-way line

Hibs lose a semi-final to a lower league club

Hibs fire six past Motherwell at Fir Park only to lose a national cup final to the same team at Hampden just two weeks later

Cormack
Nottingham Forest.
Did not use Google for answer.

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Cormack
Nottingham Forest.
Did not use Google for answer.

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What a player Peter was. I am sure that Bill Shankley was after Peter when he was at Hibs. Jock Stein picked Peter as a 17 year old to play against Brazil. I have never seen anyone since who runs like Peter did. Sure he was man of the match against Brazil.
Not a bad goalkeeper as well.

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What a player Peter was. I am sure that Bill Shankley was after Peter when he was at Hibs. Jock Stein picked Peter as a 17 year old to play against Brazil. I have never seen anyone since who runs like Peter did. Sure he was man of the match against Brazil.
Not a bad goalkeeper as well.

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Really great player and he was picked to play at Hampden against Pele and Brazil. Shankley took him to Liverpool from Forest, where he made the new position of holding mid with number 5 on his back the position that became synonymous with Liverpools (Ray Kennedy etc, etc) success over many years.
Wonderful player who was also great in the air.
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Really great player and he was picked to play at Hampden against Pele and Brazil. Shankley took him to Liverpool from Forest, where he made the new position of holding mid with number 5 on his back the position that became synonymous with Liverpools (Ray Kennedy etc, etc) success over many years.
Wonderful player who was also great in the air.
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His jumping style was unique as well, he seemed to be able to hang in the air for ages.

Every school boy in Edinburgh used to imitate his running style running on their toes prepared to launch themselves at a seconds notice to bullet a header into the postage stamp

A brave intelligent player with the heart of a lion well able to pick out a pass and chip in with his fair share of goals

I remember one Derby he took over in goals and against St Mirren when Willie Wilson reappeared on the wing looking like Kochise

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Every school boy in Edinburgh used to imitate his running style running on their toes prepared to launch themselves at a seconds notice to bullet a header into the postage stamp

A brave intelligent player with the heart of a lion well able to pick out a pass and chip in with his fair share of goals

I remember one Derby he took over in goals and against St Mirren when Willie Wilson reappeared on the wing looking like Kochise

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In that Derby remember him making a great diving to his right turning a net bound daisy cutter around the post. A guy who stood behind me in the North Enclosure called him the ballet dancer.

Peter was No.1 target for the boo boys at Easter Road for a good bit of his time at Hibs.A guy who always stood near where we stood would start it before the team came out.One of us eventually had to have a word with him so he moved somewhere else. Peter never gave up on a lost cause.

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Peter was No.1 target for the boo boys at Easter Road for a good bit of his time at Hibs.A guy who always stood near where we stood would start it before the team came out.One of us eventually had to have a word with him so he moved somewhere else. Peter never gave up on a lost cause.

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He wasn't universally popular in his pomp either, although players like Colin Grant & Merv Jones had become the No1 target for the cretins. I never could understand it, he was a terrific player, I remember his last game before heading south, April 1970, he scored a brace as Willie Mac's Hibs beat a really good St Johnstone side 4-1. Tuesday after school the Evening News brought the dreaded news that Matt Gillies had taken him to Forest for 80k, gutted, and so soon after his great pal, Peter Marinello had departed.

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Couldn't remember his name. Another Hun apologist. Loved how he complained about the lack of competition for the dead club just before Hibs scored

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Wasn’t Gerry McNee supposed to be a Celtic fan? He wrote a number of books about Celtic before he had a tiff with Billy McNeill.

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In that Derby remember him making a great diving to his right turning a net bound daisy cutter around the post. A guy who stood behind me in the North Enclosure called him the ballet dancer.

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I remember the yellow goalie jersey being about ten sizes too big for him and after that save pulling off lumps of mud pretending to throw it at passing Hearts players

I also remember him getting sent off versus Hearts was on a short fuse and was bad for retaliating as he had to put up with a lot of tough treatment

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I remember the yellow goalie jersey being about ten sizes too big for him and after that save pulling off lumps of mud pretending to throw it at passing Hearts players

I also remember him getting sent off versus Hearts was on a short fuse and was bad for retaliating as he had to put up with a lot of tough treatment

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Yeah, the sending off was the 1970 new year derby where he retaliated to Peter Oliver's foul on him. He wasn't in the best of moods anyway as he had been hankering for a move south for ages and his mate Marinello had just beat him to it.

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Yeah, the sending off was the 1970 new year derby where he retaliated to Peter Oliver's foul on him. He wasn't in the best of moods anyway as he had been hankering for a move south for ages and his mate Marinello had just beat him to it.

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He had been promised a move but had to watch Martin, Scott and Stein go and then Marinello before him so agree he was ragin

Bob Shankly resigned because we were a selling club

If only Jock Stein had stayed

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Wasn’t Gerry McNee supposed to be a Celtic fan? He wrote a number of books about Celtic before he had a tie with Billy McNeill.

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You wouldn't know that from the commentary.

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15/10/2006 Scottish League SPL Match Day 10

Hibernian 2 v 2 Hearts

Zemmama
Killen

Tony Mowbray had left the building and HIBS started off life without him by throwing away a two goal lead.

Merouane Zemmama shot HIBS into an early lead after some delightful footwork and Chris Killen added a second on 16 minutes from a corner

Hearts hit back with an Andrius Velicka header but lost Saulius Mikoliunas to a second bookable offence early in the second half. Velicka caught the HIBS defence and Zibi Malkowski cold with a near post strike to give 10 man Hearts some hope

Craig Gordon pulled off a cracking save from a Rob Jones header at the death

Two points dropped and Zibi back on the naughty step

Hibs Malkowski Whittaker Martis Jones Murphy Sproule Brown Thomson Stewart Killen and Zemmama

Subs Glass Fletcher Shiels

Att 16600

Do not adjust your set

https://youtu.be/ka0Tt8Fcw40


15/10/2005 Scottish League SPL Match Day 10

Hibernian 4 v 2 Kilmarnock

Beuzelin 2
O’Connor
Riordan

0-2 down at half-time thanks to a Simon Ford header and a James Fowler strike HIBS came out of the traps flying in the second half to complete an amazing fight back

Garry O’Connor accepted a pass from Derek Riordan on 53 minutes and bulleted a long low drive into the back of the net Riordan was the provider again and this time it was Guillaume Beuzelin who left the net bulging with a superb diving header

By now HIBS were well on top and it was no surprise when they took the lead Ivan Sproule won a free kick on the edge of the area and Kevin Thomson curled a superb free kick onto the head of Beuzelin for the third

HIBS were on a roll and they added to their tally when Beuzelin found the head of Steven Fletcher with a cross who nodded the ball into the path of Derek Riordan to complete the scoring

Hibs Malkowski Whittaker Caldwell Hogg Glass Fletcher Beuzelin Stewart Thomson O’Connor and Riordan

Subs Sproule Rudge Morrow

Att 11700


15/10/1983 Scottish League Premier Division

Hibernian 2 v 1 Aberdeen

Willie Irvine 2

Willie Irvine #1 scored his 13th goal of the season and was flying with the trademark shirt outside the shorts and socks round his ankles scoring the first when he beat Alex McLeish to an Arthur Duncan cross and the second when an Erich Schaedler long throw was touched back to him and he sent a fizzer past Jim Leighton


15/10/1977 Scottish League Premier Division

Hibernian 2 v 1 Aberdeen

Smith og
Macleod

Aberdeen took the lead through Drew Jarvie but HIBS equalised just before half-time time when Joe Smith put through his own goal

Ally MacLeod scored a spectacular winner in the second half to seal the points

HIBS had young Rangers striker Martin Henderson on a three month loan who had a goal disallowed for shouting “ Leave it “ because he was unsure of his colleagues’ names


15/10/1955 Scottish League First Division

Hibernian 2 v 0 Falkirk

Combe
Ormond


15/10/1949 Scottish League First Division

Hibernian 2 v 0 Queen Of The South

Smith 25
Turnbull 64

The first League game in which the Famous Five appeared together

HIBS Younger Govan Cairns Combe Paterson Buchanan Smith Johnstone Reilly Turnbull and Ormond

Att 25000


Birthdays :

John Baxter RIP

Owain Tudur Jones


In Colours Green and White John Campbell


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On This Day In History

2016 Raith 0 v 0 Hibernian

Marvin Bartley is red carded for the second time in a month

Both cards were rescinded


2011 Motherwell 1 v 0 Hibernian

The beginning of the end for Colin Calderwood

HIBS lose an early goal but despite dominating are unable to claw the goal back

1994 Hibernian 0 v 0 Falkirk

A dour affair and despite finishing third in this season HIBS fail to qualify for Europe as Raith Rovers shock Celtic in the League Cup Final

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1994 Hibernian 0 v 0 Falkirk

A dour affair and despite finishing third in this season HIBS fail to qualify for Europe as Raith Rovers shock Celtic in the League Cup Final

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Finished third, only one point behind Motherwell and took Celtc to a replay in the SC Semi Final (at Ibrox), so were also very close to putting them out the Cup.

That was one of those 'so near, and yet so flipping far' seasons.

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Finished third, only one point behind Motherwell and took Celtc to a replay in the SC Semi Final (at Ibrox), so were also very close to putting them out the Cup.

That was one of those 'so near, and yet so flipping far' seasons.

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It was particularly annoying as Hibs lost at home to bother Falkirk and Partick Thistle late in the season. Losing the SF was a bad blow.

The team started to decline the following season.

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Wasn’t Gerry McNee supposed to be a Celtic fan? He wrote a number of books about Celtic before he had a tiff with Billy McNeill.

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Gerry McNee bears the honour of being the only journalist known to have been decked by both Jock Stein and Jock Wallace(at different times!).

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16/10/2010 Scottish League Premier Division

Hibernian 2 v 1 Kilmarnock

Chris Hogg 2

David Silva gave Kilmarnock a shock early lead after two minutes but Captain Courageous Chris Hogg gave managerless Hibernian all three points with two headed goals just before the interval

The game swung from end to end during the second half with both sides having chances but were unable to add to the score line

Hogg picked up an injury and had to be replaced by Michael Hart on 65 minutes and received a standing ovation from the HIBS support

HIBS Mark Brown Hogg Hanlon Bamba Rankin Stevenson McBride Wotherspoon Miller Nish and Riordan

Subs Hart Galbraith De Graaf

Att 11250

Q. Who took charge of the first team for this game?



NHC:16/10/2004 La Liga

Espanyol 0 v 1 Barcelona

Lionel Messi makes his debut for Barcelona as an 82nd minute sub he would go on to play 488 games for Barca scoring 445 goals (Wiki) winning countless trophies and to play for Argentina 140 times scoring 71 goals

First wore his famous #10 shirt versus HIBS at Murrayfield in 2008

GOAT?




16/10/2004 Scottish League SPL Match Day 9

Hibernian 2 v 0 Dundee United

O’Connor 11
Fletcher 55


16/10/1999 Scottish League SPL

Motherwell 2 v 2 Hibernian

Latapy pen
Paatelainen

Hibs Gottskalksson Smith Jack Dennis Dempsie Sauzee Brebner Latapy McGinlay Paatelainen and Miller

Subs Hartley and Lehmann

Att 7500

https://youtu.be/ckBX5OUMx4A





16/10/1993 Scottish League Premier Division

Hibernian 1 v 1 Celtic

Evans

Hibs Leighton Miller Mitchell Farrell Beaumont Hunter McAllister Hamilton Wright Evans and O’Neill

Sub Tortolano

Att 14588

https://youtu.be/vqmF5RvmVC4




16/10/1982 Scottish League Premier Division

Hibernian 1 v 0 Motherwell

Rae

Mike Conroy and Malky Robertson made their debuts in this hard fought game


16/10/1954 Scottish League First Division

Hibernian 2 v 1 Raith Rovers

Buchanan 26
Ward 88

Raith Rovers took the lead in this game through David Duncan after 11 minutes when Willie MacFarlane misjudged the flight of the ball and allowed Duncan a free run on goal

Jock Buchanan equalised on his debut with a shot from close range. HIBS piled on the pressure Willie Ormond missed a penalty and with time running out Pat Ward scored with two minutes to go when Raith failed to properly clear a corner kick

Att: 20000

16/10/1948 Scottish League Cup Group 1

Clyde 1 v 4 Hibernian

Linwood 2
Smith
Cuthbertson

A brave bid by HIBS to try and win the section but Rangers beat Celtic on the same day to win a tough group


16/10/1909 Scottish League Division One

Queens Park 1 v 2 Hibernian

Smith
Logan

Dan McMichael took his HIBS team through to Hampden Park to play in this excellent game played in the true spirit of the game

Both sides played brightly and the standard was impressive HIBS had the better of the play but fell behind to a soft headed goal by Bowie. Parity was restored just before half time when William Smith scored

The game was even in the second half but HIBS took the points with a well worked corner from Donald Dixon who found the head of Hugh Logan who scored the winner

This was some small consolation for Logan who had a goal ruled out in the first half

Hibs Allan Birrell S Allan O’Hara Paterson Duguid Dixon Logan Peggie Callaghan and Smith

Att 10000

Q. What is the nickname of Queens Park?


Birthdays :

Barry Prenderville


Hibernian On This Day Colquhoun and Sinnet

In Colours Green and White John Campbell

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2010 HIBS 2 v 1 Kilmarnock

Managerless HIBS record their first home win since March when a Danny Galbraith goal saw off the same opposition

Colin Calderwood was waiting in the wings :confused:

2004 Hibs 2 v 0 Dundee United

Steven Fletcher scores his first competitive goal for HIBS

HIBS were playing beautiful sexy football under Tony Mowbray and would win all three League games against the Tangerine Terrors including a memorable 4-1 win at Tannadice on Boxing Day but United would have the last laugh knocking the ‘Boy Band’ out of both domestic cup competitions

1999 HIBS 2 v 2 Motherwell

Hibs were back in the SPL and would draw 2-2 three times with ‘Well losing 0-2 at Fir Park in the fourth against Alex McLeishs’ former team

1993 Hibs 1 v 1 Celtic

Top of the League HIBS drop a point to lowly managerless Celtic who had sacked Manager Liam Brady

Tony Mowbray John Collins and Pat McGinlay lined up for Celtic

Gareth Evans gave HIBS the lead but Gerry Creaney bagged a brilliant but undeserved equaliser with five minutes to go

This match was a warm up for the 1993 League Cup Final against Rangers at Parkhead

The last time HIBS went into a League Cup Final as League leaders was in 1950 versus Motherwell and lost 0-3

What could go wrong?

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17/10/2015 Scottish League Championship

Hibernian 4 v 2 Dumbarton

Malonga
Fontaine
Cummings pen
Keatings




17/10/2009 Scottish League SPL

Hibernian 1 v 0 Kilmarnock

Benji pen


17/10/1998 Scottish League Division One

Hibernian 2 v 1 Morton

McGinlay
Prenderville



17/10/1987 Scottish League Premier Division

Hibernian 2 v 1 Hearts

May
Kano

Hibs got their first home victory over top of the table Hearts in 10 years and Alex Millers first ever victory over Hearts as HIBS Manager at a sold out Easter Road

Hibs took the lead after 5 minutes when Henry Smith could not hold a shot from Paul Kane and Eddie May tapped it home after one of his trademark late runs into the box

Hearts equalised 10 minutes later when John Colquhoun skipped past Alan Sneddon out wide and sent in a cross for you know who?

Paul Kane gave HIBS the lead just before half-time when he headed home an Eddie May corner

There was no further scoring but there was a coming together of both sets of fans after the final whistle that was handbags at nine paces

Ex HIBS Manager John Blackley then employed by Tottenham Hotspur as Chief Scottish Scout sat in the Stand and was reported to have been looking at John Collins

HIBS Goram Sneddon Mitchell May Rae Hunter Kane Orr McCluskey Collins and Watson

Subs Bell McBride

Att 23500



17/10/1970 Scottish League Division One

Hibernian 4 v 0 Ayr United

McBride
Davidson
Duncan
Graham

Hibs swept aside exhibee Ally MacLeod’s Ayr United and the scoreline should have been more emphatic as HIBS hit the woodwork on three occasions

Willie MacFarlane expressed the view that HIBS were playing some good stuff but only 7000 diehards turned up to watch


17/10/1964 Scottish League First Division

St Johnstone 1 v 3 Hibernian

Cormack
Quinn
Martin


17/10/1959 Scottish League Division One

Hibernian 7 v 4 Dunfermline

Baker 3
Preston
Ormond
Baxter
Young



17/10/1953 Scottish League First Division

Falkirk 2 V 4 Hibernian

Reilly 3
Turnbull pen

16000 crammed into Brockville to watch Lawrie Reilly’s long awaited return from injury and they weren’t disappointed

A Scotland Selector sat in the Stand to run the rule over Reilly’s comeback






At Easter Road They Play John Campbell



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Hibs end a miserable derby run of nine defeats and eight draws on this day to give Alex Miller his first derby victory and go on their own six game undefeated run

Andy Goram achieves in his first derby what Roughie failed to achieve in 17


17/10/2020 Scottish League Premiership

Ross County 0 v 0 Hibernian

Hibs miss several chances Kyle Magennis hits the upright and Kevin Nisbet has a goal bound shot kicked off the line but they fail to breach the Staggies’ defence

Ross County had a man sent off in 79 minutes

https://youtu.be/7ENQ2o0A6ac

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18/10/2014 Scottish League Championship

Livingston 0 v 4 Hibernian

Malonga 31
Handling 53
McGeoch pen 70
Heffernan 86

https://youtu.be/yB90BN9EN2g


Hibs Oxley Gray Hanlon Stevenson Booth S Robertson Handling Allan McGeoch Malonga and Cummings

Subs Harris Stanton Heffernan

Att 2666






18/10/2010 Hibernian appoint Colin Calderwood as Manager.

Our second worst Manager of all time :

P 49 W 12 D 11 L 26

His only achievement was a surprise victory over Rangers at Ibrox

The club had to bring in Pat Fenlon to save us from relegation

Be careful what you wish for as our worst Manager ever was still to come





18/10/2003 Scottish Premier Division

Hibernian 0 v 2 Livingston

A larger crowd than normal attended this match as HIBS legend Joe Baker had sadly tragically passed away on 6th October 2003

Livingston would beat us four times in this season one of them being the Scottish League Cup Final




18/10/1989 UEFA Cup Round 2 Leg 1

Hibernian 0 v 0 Liege

The kick off was delayed for fully 15 minutes to allow the near full capacity crowd into the Stadium for Hibs’ 69th game in Europe

When the game did eventually kick off the HIBS fans also discovered that Liege had brought l’autobus with them playing a sweeper and two markers and everyone and his cat in midfield

Hibs played some neat football but were perhaps guilty of taking the extra touch at times and were also guilty of not using the wings to bypass the congested midfield The Belgians resorted to fouling - largely going unpunished and time wasting tactics early in the match

Hibs’ best player in the first half was Michael Weir who tried to lead by example taking the fight to Liege and was unlucky when he got too much elevation on an Evans cutback

Hibs had a goalden chance to take the lead 11 minutes before the interval when they were awarded a penalty when Keith Houchen latched onto a long through ball from Paul Kane in the box his attempt on goal went past the post but his feet were clearly taken from under him by Wegria in mid shot - an obvious penalty

There was a delay of two minutes whilst Alan Sneddon received treatment for an injury and I noticed that Captain Andy Goram ran the length of the pitch to make sure Houchen took the kick

When eventually he did take the kick the shot wasn’t firmly enough placed and Munaron was able to make an easy diving save

HIBS continued to make all the running in the second half with John Collins blasting over from a good position The Belgians were happy to soak up all the pressure with the ever dangerous De Sart making good contact with a 25 yarder and Danny Boffin sweeping a deflected shot wide of the target in a seperate move

HIBS introduced talisman Stevie Archibald on 65 minutes and should have taken the lead 5 minutes later when Neil Cooper got on the end of a Gareth Evans corner only to see his excellent header beat Munaron all ends up but could only watch as Danny Boffin headed his effort off the line

Hibs Goram Kane Sneddon Cooper Mitchell Hunter Weir Hamilton Houchen Collins and Evans

Subs Orr Archibald

Att 18000

Q. What world famous footballer played for Liege in this tie?


https://youtu.be/Po6ELDvMFfk





18/10/1986 Scottish League Premier Division

Hibernian 1 v 1 Aberdeen

Chisholm 76

Alex Ferguson’s last game in charge of Aberdeen at Easter Road



18/10/1980 Scottish First Division

St Johnstone 1 v 2 Hibernian

Jamieson
Macleod

Jim Docherty gave Saints an early lead

With time running out and with bestest buddies Ralph Callachan and Jackie McNamara both off injured Willie Jamieson equalised from a Terry Wilson cross with 15 minutes left.

Super Ally MacLeod sealed the points with a glorious long range effort in the dying moments

Hibs: McArthur Brown Duncan McNamara Paterson Callachan Jamieson Rae MacLeod Brazil and Connolly

Subs Wilson Cormack

Att 4150




18/10/1978 UEFA Cup Round 2 Leg 1

Strasbourg 2 v 0 Hibernian

A French side containing internationalists Dominique Dropsy Francis Piasecki Albert Gemmrick and Raymond Domenech were too strong for HIBS on the night

HIBS can feel aggrieved as the Hungarian Referee awarded the French side a soft penalty - an award that would eventually win the tie -many observers thought that the HIBS defender had cleanly and fairly won the ball

Piasecki 60 pen and Gemmrich 20 were the goalscorers

Hibs fans were charged £20 for admission a lot of money in any currency back then

Hibs McDonald Duncan Stewart McNamara Smith Bremner MacLeod Campbell Rae Hutchinson and Higgins

Att 25000


https://youtu.be/-gBCZQwaL2o








18/10/1965 Scottish League Cup Semi Final Replay

Hibernian 0 v 4 Celtic




18/10/1952 Scottish League Division One

Hibernian 4 v 2 Falkirk

Ormond
Turnbull 2
Souness


Fresh from their 2-1 win at Ibrox in front of 60000 HIBS now faced Falkirk at Easter Road but were without the services of Lawrie Reilly and Gordon Smith who were away on Scotland duty

Falkirk could smell blood and very quickly raced into an early two goal lead with Duncan converting two penalties. Goals by Ormond and Turnbull drew HIBS level going into the interval.

The tide had now turned and in the second half HIBS exerted their authority with further goals from Souness and Turnbull

Att:25000


Birthdays:

Paul Tosh

Efe Ambrose

John McGinn




At Easter Road They Play. John Campbell



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1975 Scottish League Premier Division

Celtic 0 v 2 Hibernian

Bremner 26
Harper 76

Referee RH Davidson abandoned this match with 5 minutes to go due to fog

The match had previously been held up for 10 minutes due to a pitch invasion as the Celtic fans tried to get the match abandoned

The coast was clear 10 minutes after the final whistle

The replay ended in a 1-1 draw

HIBS McArthur Brownlie Schaedler Stanton Barry Blackley MacLeod Bremner Harper Munro and Duncan

Subs Smith Spalding

Att 33000

Q What did Liege Dnipro and Dinaburg have in common?

Don't get me started on RH Davidson and that game.

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Don't get me started on RH Davidson and that game.

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Ha Ha !

I am sure the last image Sportscene had was of Sloop John B giving the vicky’s through the fog to the cameras

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Ha Ha !

I am sure the last image Sportscene had was of Sloop John B giving the vicky’s through the fog to the cameras

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Saw that on the TV also was able to see him doing it at the game.

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Originally Posted by BILLYHIBS

1975 Scottish League Premier Division

Celtic 0 v 2 Hibernian

Bremner 26
Harper 76

Referee RH Davidson abandoned this match with 5 minutes to go due to fog

The match had previously been held up for 10 minutes due to a pitch invasion as the Celtic fans tried to get the match abandoned

The coast was clear 10 minutes after the final whistle

The replay ended in a 1-1 draw

HIBS McArthur Brownlie Schaedler Stanton Barry Blackley MacLeod Bremner Harper Munro and Duncan

Subs Smith Spalding

Att 33000

Q What did Liege Dnipro and Dinaburg have in common?

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Celtic fans invading the park and trying to influence games, can't possibly be true. After all they are the self proclaimed greatest fans in the world. 😁

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Celtic fans invading the park and trying to influence games, can't possibly be true. After all they are the self proclaimed greatest fans in the world. ��

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Yip They tried that dodge a few times 5-3 Drybrough Cup springs to mind when we were 3-0 up

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Yip They tried that dodge a few times 5-3 Drybrough Cup springs to mind when we were 3-0 up

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Also at the 4 1 game at Easter Road just after Mike Mcdonald caught Mike Conroy. Jock Stein went mental at their fans.

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Also at the 4 1 game at Easter Road just after Mike Mcdonald caught Mike Conroy. Jock Stein went mental at their fans.

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Also 4-3 Scottish Cup game at full time

Cannae take a beating fair and square

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Also 4-3 Scottish Cup game at full time

Cannae take a beating fair and square

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Remember that, what a game that was, amazing limbs in the East when Eddie May scored.