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Yip that was 3rd May 1980Quote:
Originally Posted by weecounty hibby
I was there and thought we played ok :confused:
At least there were two happy hibbies in the Aberdeen camp Assistant Manager Pat Stanton and Gordon Strachan
Pretty sure Stevie Archibald scored for the Sheep
NHC
14/5/1995 English Premier League
Liverpool 2 v 1 Blackburn Rovers
25 years ago today Blackburn Rovers won the EPL
After finishing 19th in the old Second Division in 1990/91 4th in the EPL in 1992/93 after gaining promotion as play-off winners, runners up in 1993/94 they finally won the First Division / Premier League Championship in 1994/95 for the first time since 1914 when Manchester United were unable to defeat West Ham at Upton Park on the last day of the season
Blackburn Rovers of course will be eternally grateful to the late Jack Walker and the SAS
( Sutton and Shearer ).
https://youtu.be/LmcRv17FKa8
15/5/2013 Scottish League SPL
Kilmarnock 1 v 3 Hibernian
Robertson
Doyle 2
This was a re-arranged fixture as the previous fixture was abandoned after a Kilmarnock fan very sadly collapsed and passed away later in Hospital when the scores were tied at 1-1
Hibs rested Leigh Griffiths with the Scottish Cup Final in mind Kilmarnock played a young team and Lewis Stevenson captained the side
Scott Robertson opened the scoring prodding the ball into the net from close range to claim his first goal for the club. Scott Robertson then added what he thought was a second but this was correctly ruled out as he was adjudged to have used a hand
Kilmarnock flew out the traps in the second half with Paul Heffernan going close. Murdoch in the HIBS goal did well to get down to a Lee Ashcroft header but he could do little about his next attempt a looping back post header that secured Kilmarnock’s equaliser and marked his debut with his first goal for the club
The home side were almost in front moments later when substitute Borja Perez’s strike hit the post and Heffernan connected with the rebound but the ball flew over. Eoin Doyle then headed the ball home but for the second time the referee ruled out a HIBS strike this time for offside
With Kilmarnock looking the more likely in the closing stages as they surged forward HIBS hit them with a late double whammy Alex Harris powered the ball across the face of the goal and Doyle stretched to poke the ball home to claim his 10th goal of the season and in the dying moments as Kilmarnock searched in vain for an equaliser Doyle powered home from 12 yards to secure all three points
Hibs Murdoch Maybury Hanlon Forster Stevenson Thomson Deegan Wotherspoon Robertson Doyle and Handling
Subs Horribine for Thomson 63 Harris for Wotherspoon 64 McGivern for Deegan 73
Unused Grant Caldwell Donaldson Done
Att 3198
https://youtu.be/GxutLUyxViQ
15/5/2004 Scottish League SPL
Livingston 4 v 1 Hibernian
Doumbe
Hibs under interim boss Gerry McCabe faced their arch nemesis Livingston FC they had played them five times this season and lost four including the League Cup Final
15/5/1993 Scottish League Premier Division
Hibernian 0 v 1 Partick Thistle
Gareth Evans sent off
The last game of the season HIBS would finish seventh in this season
This game would mark John Burridge’s last game for Hibernian He would retire from HIBS a League Cup winner and Hibernian’s oldest ever player at 41 years 163 days the only player that would do a lap of honour for the fans at the end of every game to thank them just for turning up and what about them warm-ups?
In true Budgie style that was not the end of the story he went on to sign for :
Newcastle United Scarborough Lincoln City Enfield Aberdeen Newcastle United (again) Dunfermline Athletic Dumbarton Falkirk Manchester City Notts County Witton Albion Darlington Grimsby Town Gateshead Northampton Town Queen of the South Purfleet Blyth Spartans Scarborough and Blyth Spartans again as Player Manager currently Goalkeeping Coach at Kerala Blasters in the Indian Super League
https://youtu.be/BRulE9858eE
15/5/1982 Scottish League Premier Division
Morton 0 v 0 Hibernian
Manager: Bertie Auld. :greengrin
15/5/1965 Summer Cup Group 4
Hibernian 1 v 2 Dunfermline Athletic
Neil Martin
Dunfermline gain revenge for the recent 2-0 defeat at East End when Willie Hamilton scored a brace
HIBS would qualify for the semi-final
15/5/1963 Scottish League Division One
Queen of the South 0 v 4 Hibernian
Scott
Stevenson
Baker 2
Hibs were flirting with relegation and won this game in hand they had over fellow relegation candidates Clyde thanks to an early goal to relax the nerves and the backing of a large, noisy and vociferous HIBS support
To ensure survival HIBS had to guarantee three points from their last two games the first part had been achieved they now had to travel to already relegated Raith Rovers whereas Clyde had to get a result against Rangers at home
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Derek Anderson
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Originally Posted by Mick O'Rourke
Michael, I just saw this. I believe you call him The Grass now! :greengrin Yeah, was good to chat with him, I should have been off to Portugal on Monday also!
Andy Murray 33 today
Anyone know the name of his Grandad who was on HIBS ‘ books back in 1952?
Roy Erskine?Quote:
Originally Posted by BILLYHIBS
As opposed to Anthony Stokes granda, who was called Tavernier Erskinned.
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Originally Posted by CropleyWasGod
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Originally Posted by CropleyWasGod
Another question scored off the list for the Wee Stinker :greengrin
16/5/1979 Scottish Cup Final Replay
hibernian 0 v 0 Rangers AET
A dull match played in wet and windy conditions in which both sides had chances to score but could not provide a winner after extra time so both teams would have to return to Hampden Park for a second replay on Monday 28th May 1979
Honourable mention to Jackie MacNamara who was a rock for us at the back over the three games. 17 year old Stephen Brown looked a real prospect when he came on in this game but sadly he was not to make it at HIBS and I remember Colin Campbell and Gordon Rae both having opportunities to score
We only needed one goal to win it ???
Hibs McArthur Brazil Duncan Bremner Stewart MacNamara Rae MacLeod Campbell Callachan and Higgins Sub: Brown
Att 32854
16/5/1964 Summer Cup Group 4
Dunfermline Athletic 1 v 1 Hibernian
Leishman
This match produced an identical result to the reverse fixture 10 days earlier at Easter Road with Tommy Leishman scoring at the right end this time to equalise Harry Melroses’ opener for the pars
Willie Wilson in the HIBS goal had a wonderful game pulling off a series of excellent saves including a double penalty save
Hibs would go all the way in this competition under the guidance of Jock Stein
Hibs Wilson Fraser Leishman Stanton McNamee J Stevenson J Scott Martin Vincent ORourke and Baxter
16/5/1953 Coronation Cup Semi Final
hibernian 4 v 0 Newcastle United
Turnbull 2
Reilly
Johnstone
HIBS were into the semi-final after defeating Tottenham Hotspur after a replay and faced hot favourites Newcastle United who had defeated Aberdeen 4-2 in the previous round
Newcastle started brightly enough and Tommy Younger pulled off two outstanding saves to deny them but HIBS turned on a virtuoso display of fast interchanging attacking football that was a joy to behold and Newcastle could not cope.
Eddie Turnbull opened the scoring for HIBS in the 16th minute and then turned provider to set up Lawrie Reilly who made it two before the break. Newcastle missed a first half penalty which might have put a different complexion on things but it was not to be as the second half continued in the same format as the first with Bobby Johnstone finishing off a neat three man move and Eddie Turnbull completing the scoring before the end to give HIBS a decisive and convincing 4-0 victory
In the other semi-final Celtic pulled off a shock to defeat Manchester United 2-1 to set up a battle of the greens in the final of the Coronation Cup at Hampden Park on 20th May 1953
Hibs Younger Govan Howie Buchanan Paterson Combe Smith Johnstone Reilly Turnbull and Ormond
Newcastle Simpson Batty Cowell Harvey Brennan Crowe White Mulgrew Milburn Hannah and Mitchell
Att 35000
Ibrox Park
At Easter Road They Play. John Campbell
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17/5/2009 Scottish League SPL
Hibernian 0 v 0 Celtic
Hibs dealt a mortal blow to Gordon Strachan’s Celtic sides’ Championship hopes with this no scoring draw at Easter Road after holding Celtic’s fellow title contenders Rangers 1-1 in midweek thanks to a Derek Riordan strike.
HIBS defended stoutly for long periods of this game their best chance being a Steven Fletcher over-head scissors kick that Artur Boruc did well to save
Celtic now trail Rangers by two points with one game remaining Celtic face Hearts at home and Rangers travel to Tannadice where Dundee United need one point to be sure of a Europa League place
Hibs would finish sixth and Manager Mixu Paatelainen would resign at the end of the season
Full match
https://youtu.be/84sXo1nHsws
17/5/2003 Scottish League SPL
Livingston 1 v 2 Hibernian
Scott Brown 2
Scott Brown scored in the 38th and 69th minutes Fernando Pasquinelli pulled one back for Livvy in the 87th minute
Hibs finished seventh in this season Broonie obviously still being utilised as a forward bottom club Motherwell who finished 12th were spared from relegation as First Division Champions Falkirk did not have a suitable ground
17/5/1997 Premier Division Play-Offs Final Leg 1
Hibernian 1 v 0 Airdrieonians
Cooper og
Hibs had finished ninth in this season and now faced a winner takes all two legged affair against Alex MacDonald’s First Division runner’s up Airdrieonians to hang onto their Premiership status.
From a HIBS point of view Airdrieonians were the worst possible opponents we could face in a play-off situation
They were an awkward squad full of ex-jambos who were dead set on taking HIBS’ place in the old Premier Division they were a team of real scrappers, in your face, niggly and determined to win their own battles all over the pitch at all costs. I am convinced that if Airdrie could pick one team to play in a two legged affair to play in a play-off situation from the top ten it would have been us as we were on a steep downward trajectory under Jim Duffy and Airdrieonians had given us significant problems in cup tie situations in the past
I don’t think I have ever been so nervous going to a football match at Easter Road it was a tense brutal affair with no quarter given or asked played in a very nasty hostile poisonous atmosphere any actual football on display being at a premium as an intense war of attrition developed between both the sides
Luckily HIBS won this game thanks to an unfortunate own goal by the late Steve Cooper but would a slender one goal lead be enough to take through to the away leg?
Gordon Hunter would get sent off in the battle of Easter Road in what would prove to be his last game for HIBS
Airdrieonians would find themselves all square within sixty seconds of a do or die winner takes all second leg battle at Broadwood
Hibs Leighton Renwick Hughes Welsh McQuilken Hunter Tosh McGinlay Dow Jackson and Wright
Subs Lavety and Power
Att 15308
17/5/1947 Scottish League Division One Old
Falkirk 2 v 3 Hibernian
Johnstone
Stirling
Peat
Hibs would finish runners up in the league and Scottish Cup in this season
17/5/1902 Glasgow Charity Cup First Round
Rangers 0 v 1 Hibernian
Atherton
As Scottish Cup winners HIBS were invited to contest the Glasgow Charity Cup and they could not get away from Rangers being drawn against them at Cathkin Park in the first round on Saturday 17th May
Having no fear or respect for the Scottish Champions Hibernian immediately went on the attack and the early pressure immediately saw them score but you’ve guessed it it was disallowed for off-side. There was no holding HIBS however and Bobby Atherton gave them a 0-1 half-time lead
In the second half Rangers play was of the highest quality but they just could not break down the resolute HIBS defence they even missed their obligatory penalty
The HIBS team that day was Harry Rennie Archie Gray Jimmy Hogg Barney Breslin Jimmy Harrower Alex Robertson Bobby Atherton Andy McGeachan Johnny Divers Paddy Callaghan and Jimmy Buchan
Hibs would go on to defeat Morton 3-0 in the semi-final at Tynecastle and defeat Celtic in the final 6-2 at Hampden
Birthdays
Keith Wright
Inducted into the HIBS Hall of Fame 2012
https://youtu.be/JuYo0bi6FBM
http://www.hibshistoricaltrust.org.u...s/keith-wright
https://youtu.be/CVYyYC9T6TU
The Making of Hibernian The Brave Years. Alan Lugton
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18/5/2013 Scottish League SPL
Hibernian 1 v 0 Dundee
Wotherspoon
This match appeared to be in doubt one hour before kick-off as Leith was hit by a freak torrential downpour The torrent soon passed and HIBS faced bottom club Dundee in their last League game before facing Celtic in the Scottish Cup Final on Sunday 26th May 2013.
HIBS centre-forward Leigh Griffiths would play his last League game for HIBS and would return to parent club Wolverhampton Wanderers after the cup final
A win for the home side would guarantee them seventh place and HIBS dominated the first half Jordon Forster heading over from a Griffiths corner and the Wolves’ hitman almost got his 29th goal of the season when his angled drive drew a good save from Dundee goalkeeper Simonsen. Griffiths followed up and his effort appeared to hit a Dundee arm but the referee waved play-on
After the break the visitors began positively John Baird finding Lewis Toshney in the HIBS box but the on-loan Celt hooked over. A wonderful Hanlon pass over the dark blues defence allowed Griffiths to chest and volley wide before Stevenson sliced high and wide from Harris’s pass
Dundee almost ended their SPL campaign in style. Harkins’s deep cross was taken left footed on the volley by Conroy from 12 yards and the ball flashed back across Ben Williams’s goal missing the post by inches
Griffiths left the field of play in the 73rd minute to a standing ovation to be replaced by Chesterfield bound Eoin Doyle but the goal when it came came from an unlikely source when with 11 minutes to go substitute David Wotherspoon met a Lewis Stevenson cross on the edge of the box and powered home a Zidane like bullet header into the goalkeepers bottom right hand corner to stake his claim for a starting place a week on Sunday
Hibs Williams Maybury Hanlon Forster McGivern Claros Stevenson Taiwo Harris Caldwell and Griffiths
Subs Doyle for Griffiths 73 Wotherspoon for Harris 75 Robertson for Taiwo 83
Unused Murdoch Done Handling Deegan
Att 9522
https://youtu.be/ZWg_WD2FtaE
18/5/1963 Scottish League Division One Old
Raith Rovers 0 v 4 Hibernian
Baxter 2
Fraser
Baker
They were dancing in the streets of Raith and on the park as HIBS and their large travelling support celebrated the completion of their Lazarus act by winning their second consecutive and last game 4-0 against already relegated Raith Rovers. Clyde would lose 1-3 at home to Champions in waiting Rangers to confirm their relegation on Wednesday 22nd May.
Raith had finished on just 9 points Clyde 23 and HIBS 25 improvement was needed and Walter Galbraith’s jacket was hanging on a shoogly peg
Hibs Simpson Cameron McClelland Preston Grant Baxter Scott Fraser Baker ORourke and Stevenson
Att 2858
18/5/1946 Victory Cup QF
Partick Thistle 1 v 1 Hibernian
Milne
Hibs would win the replay at Easter Road 2-0 with Arthur Milne and Alex Wright scoring They would defeat Clyde 2-1 in the semi-final at Tynecastle (Smith pen and Milne) and lose to Rangers in the final 1-3 at Hampden in front of 100000 fans Johnny Aitkenhead scoring for HIBS
18/5/1940 Scottish Regional League Eastern Division
Hibernian 2 v 0 Aberdeen
Mayes 2
Birthdays
Adam Jackson
Tommy Bogan RIP
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19/5/2019 Scottish League Premiership
Hibernian 1 v 2 Aberdeen
McNulty
Aberdeen remained undefeated against HIBS in this season with this win at Easter Road
Marc McNulty fired HIBS ahead after a delightful ball from Fraser Murray. Murray then curled a shot just wide and McNulty inexplicably nodded the ball back across goal when an effort towards it may well have been a better option
Just before the break Aberdeen carved out an equaliser when Connor McLennan delivered low and Cosgrove got the break of the ball before firing across Marciano and into the right hand corner
Murray was unlucky with a point blank header at the start of the second half and an 18 yard effort from Horgan flew past Lewis’ right hand post. Aberdeen then took the lead when James Wilson got on the end of a wonderful four man move and was left in acres of space to roll the ball past Marciano
Aberdeen had to better Kilmarnock’s result ( who defeated The Rangers 2-1) to qualify for Europe and they blew it when Cosgroves’ poor late penalty was saved by Rocky’s trailing left leg after SDG was harshly judged to have brought down GMS in the box. They would however go on to qualify for Europe through the back door as a result of Celtic defeating Hearts in the Scottish Cup Final
The biggest cheer of the afternoon was reserved for the 64th minute when fans favourite Marvyn Bartley replaced Mark Milligan- both making their final appearances for the club. David Gray handed Big Marv the captains arm band
Hibs Rocky Gray Hanlon Stevenson McGregor Milligan Horgan Mallan Murray Omeonga and McNulty
Subs Bartley for Milligan 64 Shaw for Horgan 79 Slivka for Omeonga 83
Unused Bogdan Whittaker Agyepong Kamberi
Att 18631
https://youtu.be/CZH4e8eWUTw
19/5/2012 Scottish Cup Final
hibernian 1 v 5 Hearts
McPake
What can one say about a match that has been wiped from the memory banks of so many HIBS supporters
My abiding memory is of turning up more in hope than expectation my heart said HIBS but my head said Hearts. HIBS would have to be at their very best and get very lucky and Hearts would have to be poor. My memory of the second half being how I was going to get back to Edinburgh in time to watch Chelsea in the Champions League Final that early evening
Pat Fenlon had been recruited by HIBS to save Colin Calderwood’s shambolic squad from relegation not only did he do that but he also got us to the Scottish Cup Final utilising his squad of hastily assembled ragtag and bobtails and loanees
Hibs found themselves still in the game at half-time only 1-2 down after skipper James McPake had pulled a goal back and Hearts could consider themselves fortunate to still have 11 men on the park after Ian Black had delivered a forearm smash to the back of Leigh Griffiths’ skull with the ball nowhere near
Referee Craig Thomson, a Hearts fan ruined the match as a contest just after the interval, awarding Hearts a penalty and sending off HIBS defender Pa Kujabi for a foul that was clearly outside the box though his second yellow card was deserved After that HIBS collapsed and Hearts easily won the biggest derby in years 5-1
Since then there have been many stories and theories about what went wrong that have come to light:
The wisdom of taking the team across the Irish Sea to Dublin the stories of cliques in the camp players not being bothered alleged assaults on Coaches, spies in the camp tactics and team line ups being revealed Claros coming into the team at the last minute only to last 42 minutes
One thing is for sure the better team on the day won a team Hearts could not afford and would enter into administration on 19th June 2013 with debts of 25m
HIBS Brown Doherty Hanlon McPake Pa Claros Soares Stevenson Osbourne OConnor and Griffiths
Subs Sproule for Claros 42 Doyle for OConnor 54 Francomb for Soares 76
Unused Grant OHanlon
Hearts MacDonald Barr Zaliukus Grainger McGowan Webster Skacel Black Driver Santana and Elliott
Subs Beattie for Santana 76 Taouil for Driver 84 Robinson for Black 86
Att 51041
Oh dear!
FFS Ref!
https://youtu.be/7xX1j9eNDMA
19/5/1965 Summer Cup Group 4
Falkirk 1 v 3 Hibernian
Cormack pen
Stevenson
ORourke
To qualify for the semi-final HIBS had to win at Brockville and hope the result between Hearts and Dunfermline worked out in their favour The first part was achieved thanks to goals from Cormack (pen)
Eric Stevenson and ORourke Thankfully for HIBS things went their way and they qualified to meet Motherwell in a two legged semi-final the first leg being at Easter Road
19/5/1894 Scottish League Division Two old
Hibernian 10 v 1 Port Glasgow
Hibs won the inaugural Scottish Second Division in a canter their 57 goals in nine home league games 1893/94 being a British record
Hibernian were now back as a force in Scottish football after being almost down and out a couple of years ago There was a catch however because there was no automatic promotion to Division One this was done on a voting system and also the bottom three teams had to apply for reelection Hibernian would have to drum up support from their very few friends in Scottish football to gain their rightful place in the First Division
The Committee came back to them stating they had decided as the result of a vote to promote Clyde to the First Division who had finished fourth in the Second Division but at that time Clyde came from Glasgow
The authorities had once again rejected Hibernian FC just as they had done in 1875 The Edinburgh Irishmen were again the misfits, the underclass, marginalised and banished to the fringes of Scottish football. But Hibernian were not going to lie down and die they were made of sterner stuff and prepared themselves to once again be champions of the Second Division
Hibernian FC On This Day Colquhoun and Sinnet
At Easter Road They Play. John Campbell
The Making of Hibernian The Brave Years Alan Lugton
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These are great Billy 👍🏻
The 5 - 1 game will stay with me for a long long time as being my worst single day in football. It doesn’t get much ****ter, but the silver lining was that I went out with my pals, hugged a few Jambos and got bladdered.
The worst bit was seeing the Hearts fans gearing up for their big day out to the parade on the train back to Berwick.
I done the same, we stopped off at a garage for a carryout on the way home to peebles. Got smashed, got the pleasure of the hearts bus arriving home hours later. Few handshakes and so on. Only one idiot thankfully. Next day I was out and about and it was tough watching cars going through for the parade.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jones28
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19/5/2012 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL
Chelsea 1 v 1 Bayern Munich ( 4-3 after pens )
Chatting about the game we don’t talk about brought this game to mind
Chelsea become the first London club to win the Champions League
https://youtu.be/sL3b2waEv74
15/5/2015 Scottish Premiership Play-Off Semi Final Ist Leg
The Rangers 2 v 0 Hibernian
A strange performance from Hibernian who had just returned from a week’s Traning Camp in Spain in their absence The Rangers had been defeating QOS in the Play-Off quarter-final.
HIBS appeared to not appreciate the importance of the occasion and their attacks and tempo of play lacked any urgency in the early stages.
The Rangers were content to sit back and concede territory and restrict HIBS to a couple of long range attempts from Liam Craig
With Haris Vuckic controlling the midfield they eventually took a grip of the game when his ball out wide to Foster was turned home by Nicky Clark just before half-time
Into the second half and Vuckic had the presence of mind to pass the ball to Kenny Miller in the box who was in a better position who scored easily past Oxley
Hibs could not turn their superiority into goals leading 13-1 on corners and The Rangers players must have taken great delight from the disconsolate looks on the faces of the Hibernian players at the final whistle going into the second leg in a week’s time at Easter Road
20/5/2007 Scottish League SPL
Hibs 2 v 1 Celtic
Brown
Sproule
Scott Brown would play his last game for HIBS after agreeing a transfer to Celtic for 4.4 m in the new season
Ex-Hibee Derek Riordan gave Celtic the lead in 56 minutes when he broke down the left and scored from a tight angle past Andy McNeill despite the despairing attentions of Chris Hogg
Scott Brown equalised four minutes later with a flying header from a Shiels cross - from a move that he had started himself-that appeared to take a wicked deflection rising high in the air allowing the onrushing Brown time to meet the ball flush with his forehead to direct it high into Mark Brown’s top left postage stamp corner a goal that was greeted by huge cheers from both sets of supporters
The game was petering out to a stalemate when Zemmama blew a chance to win the match for HIBS when he fired over in front of goal from six yards out with two minutes left
The game had a final twist however when in the dying embers of the game substitute Ivan Sproule who was playing the final match of his first spell at HIBS waltzed around Celtic goalkeeper Brown and fired the ball home between the legs of Stephen McManus
It was a real “ what if “ moment for HIBS’ fans defeating Celtic the week before they were due to play Dunfermline Athletic in a Scottish Cup Final a team many felt HIBS should have easily defeated in a replayed semi-final a few weeks back to set up the possibility of a domestic cup double however it was not to be
20/5/2001 Scottish League SPL
Rangers 4 v 0 Hibernian
The cracks were beginning to show in the week before the 2001 Scottish Cup Final versus Celtic an ominous result and pretty sure hibs legend Franck Sauzee copped a bad one in this game
Russell Latapy effectively being sacked by the club after missing training before the previous weekend’s Edinburgh derby and his shenanigans with Dwight Yorke
Final appearance by Jorg Albertz for the home side who returned to Hamburg to be nearer his family
20/5/1964 Summer Cup Group 4
Hibernian 4 v 0 Falkirk
Martin 3
J Stevenson
Hibs concluded their group with this convincing home win to tie second place in group 4 with Dunfermline who could only draw their final game with Hearts
Both sides would meet in a winner takes all play off at Tynecastle to see who would meet Kilmarnock in a two legged semi final
20/5/1953 Coronation Cup Final
Hibernian 0 v 2 Celtic
117000 fans turned up at Hampden for this all Scottish Final to celebrate the Queens Coronation
Hibs attacked from the off and despite attack after attack they could not get the better of Celtic goalkeeper Johnny Bonnar who was in the form of his life pulling off brilliant and inspired saves from Buchanan Johnstone Smith and Reilly even saving a Turnbull special
Tommy Younger was busy at the other end pulling off saves from Evans, Collins and Mochan but could do little about a 35 yarder from Mochan recently signed from Middlesbrough that flew past him at a rate of knots and into the net on 28 minutes
Into the second half and Reilly thought he had equalised at last when a shot deflected off Jock Stein and was headed for the bottom corner but somehow Bonnar got across and diverted the danger for a corner Gordon Smith thought he had scored when his gentle lob beat Bonnar but the ball nestled on top of the net of the unprotected goal Johnstone thought he had scored three times in the second half one that hit the post and another a miraculous save from a header that Bonnar managed to tip over the bar. All this pressure and HIBS had effectively been reduced to ten men after Bobby Combe had been injured in the first half
Two minutes remaining and Celtic broke away on the counter attack after Jock Stein had dispossessed Gordon Smith at the half way line Jimmy Walshs’ initial shot was blocked by Howie but he recovered and fired home the rebound and made it 2- 0 for Celtic
Hibs had entertained the fans with their fast exciting interchanging football in the Final and in both their defeats of the highly fancied Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United
Gordon Smith felt Celtic had been extremely fortunate to win they had their goalkeeper to thank and that we should have scored a dozen
Eddie Turnbull felt it was a disappointing end to a season we had reached a semi-final a final and we had tied a league and had nothing to show for it and he felt that the team was never the same again. Where have we heard that before?
Hibs Younger Govan Howie Buchanan Paterson Combe Smith Johnstone Reilly Turnbull and Ormond
20/5/1944 Scottish Southern League Cup Final
Hibernian 0 v 0 Rangers ( HIBS won 6-5 on corners)
50000 fans attended this war-time Cup Final at Hampden Park and in the event of the scores being even after ninety minutes corners would count
Rangers were reduced to ten men after 17 minutes when Tommy Bogan clashed with the Rangers keeper Dawson and he was carried off with a broken leg. Ten man Rangers played with even more determination but once again as usual the Referee was on their side when HIBS were denied a stonewall penalty when Jimmy Caskie was chopped down as he bore in on goal
There was no scoring in the first half but Rangers led by two to one on corners.
Mitchell Downie had played very well in HIBS goal but so had the rest of the team with Willie Finnigan and Sammy Kean working like trojans Gordon Smith was outstanding as HIBS mixed skill with playing a hard game
As the minutes of the second half ticked away Rangers were leading 5-4 on corners when with 12 minutes left HIBS drew level but there was still no scoring.
Excitement was high and tempers frayed when with only three minutes left Jimmy Caskie won a corner which was greeted by Hibernian and their fans as if it were a “goal”
The referee blew the final whistle to scenes of great joy and celebration some might say a hollow victory on corners versus 10 men but we will take any victory over Rangers especially in a cup final
Hibs Downie Fraser Hall Finnigan Baxter Kean Smith Bogan Nelson Woodburn and Caskie
Birthdays
John Byrne
The Making of Hibernian The Romantic Years Alan Lugton
hibernian FC On This Day Colquhoun and Sinnet
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Can't believe Scott Browns last game for Hibs was 13 years ago. Time flies when your getting old☹️.
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Originally Posted by weecounty hibby
Even a couple of years back Slivka was skinning him and he was catching him with late tackles
Nice money if you can get away with it ! :greengrin
21/5/2016 Scottish Cup Final
The Rangers 2 v 3 Hibernian
Stokes 2
Gray
A late David Gray header saw Hibernian beat Rangers to end a tortuous 114 year wait to lift the Scottish Cup
Anthony Stokes scored twice for HIBS either side of goals from Kenny Miller and Andy Halliday Then Gray headed in the winner before HIBS and their fans celebrated a timeless triumph
Hibs started off as though the Managers’ instructions were still ringing in their ears The strategy was that the three centre backs would stifle the corridors of space that Rangers look to exploit in attack while heavy pressing would disrupt the rhythm of Mark Warburton’s side
The planning was meticulous but an immediate advantage would not have been anticipated There was a committed intent that enthused HIBS ‘ play It was evident in the way that Stokes clattered into Jason Holt in the first minute but also in the way the striker drove into the Rangers penalty area and expertly placed a shot beyond Wes Foderingham
Rangers players were immediately subdued although some might have been feeling an element of culpability Halliday and James Tavernier had failed to win the ball from John McGinn while Rob Kiernan allowed Stokes the time and space to measure his options
Stokes naturally drifts out left but this natural instinct would have been encouraged by Stubbs since the space between Tavernier and Kiernan is the most vulnerable area of the Rangers defence
The extent of Rangers unease could be measured by the raggedness of their play passes went astray and possession was cheaply discarded.
Rangers’ whole philosophy under Mark Warburton was to keep the ball and retain possession and it was a departure from this philosophy that brought them level Foderingham’s kick up the park was won by Miller allowing Barrie McKay to gather possession and carry the ball across the field where he found Tavernier the full back immediately swept a cross into the box from deep and Miller leapt ahead of HIBS defender Darren MacGregor to plant a header past Conrad Logan
Flaws made this game exhilarating The defending was so inept at times that opportunities were inevitable Stokes sent an effort bouncing off a post then Miller won another header in the HIBS box that cannoned off the crossbar
Stokes was irrepressible at times at least when faced with Tavernier who had little answer to his forward runs Stokes cut inside the fullback early in the second half but his effort was pushed away by Foderingham That was to be a redeeming feature of the game but it was Rangers who took the lead
Halliday was allowed the room to shape to shoot around 25 yards out but his effort was fierce and true and the ball flew past Conrad Logan into the far side of the net The onus was now on the HIBS players to respond and to dig deep within themselves to find the means and to do it quickly it truly was time for heroes
The introduction of Liam Henderson made an impact not least because of his set piece deliveries From one Stokes muscled Tavernier aside to head in at the near post It was from another corner kick again from Henderson that Gray scored his historic momentous winning goal before surging off towards the fans to celebrate
Hibs Logan McGregor Hanlon Fontaine Gray Fyvie McGeouch McGinn Stevenson Stokes and Cummings
Subs Keatings for Cummings 65 Henderson for Fontaine 70 Gunnarsson for Hanlon 83
Unused Oxley Bartley Boyle and Dagnall
Att 50701
https://youtu.be/OcLhUiYrZhA
21/5/2014 Premiership Play-Off Final First Leg
Hamilton Academicals 0 v 2 Hibernian
Cummings 2
Hibs went into this match having only won once in the last 19 games whereas Hamilton had only lost one in 15 games
Step up young Jason Cummings 18 who scored the first two goals of his career either side of half-time
His first was a superb 25 yard strike in 39 minutes that Cuthbert in the Hamilton goal appeared to have covered but the ball did seem to swerve in mid-air cue celebrations and relief amongst the large travelling support
The second half was barely 10 minutes old when Cummings added his second a run and cross by Heffernan ended with the ball landing at the teenager’s feet inside the penalty area who showed the presence of mind to look up under extreme pressure and chip the ball over the advancing goalkeeper and over the line Ziggy Gordon did manage to scramble back and boot the ball away to safety but TV evidence later showed that the ball had crossed the line by at least two feet and the officials were correct to award the goal
Hibs managed to repel intense Hamilton pressure and held out for an unexpected but welcome 0-2 win to take into the second leg at Easter Road
What could go wrong?
Hibs Williams Maybury Stevenson Craig Nelson McGivern Harris Robertson Cummings Stanton and Heffernan
Subs Cairney for Cummings 85 Tudur Jones for Robertson 90
Unused Collins Forster Murdock Haynes and Thomson
Att 5322
21/5/2000 Scottish League SPL
Hearts 2 v 1 Hibernian
Paatelainen
Hibs were back in the SPL under Alex McLeish this was their last game of the season a season in which they finished a respectable sixth
Mixu scored with a brave header on the line -after the ball had hit the post from a McGinlay header -to equalise Jaunjo’s earlier strike. Hearts only needed a point to guarantee a UEFA place and they secured all three with Gary McSwegans late flicked header. Martin McIntosh was sent off for a second bookable offence when he pulled down Mickey Cameron
21/5/1981 Challenge Match
Haiti International XI 1 v 0 Hibernian
BBC Sport
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Young Tam McManus was kicked off the park at that 2000 derby. Disgraceful from that lot and sadly means that 21 May for me ever since has been a day I'd prefer to forget.
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Apologies I found it very difficult to get any info on this game for some weird reason google kept coming up with “ Millennium Derby “ and 6-2 which would have been a better way to finish off this day of days
GGTTH
22/5/2008 Scottish League SPL
Hibernian 0 v 2 Motherwell
Hibs finished sixth in this season and entered the Intertoto Cup Mixu Paatelainen replaced John Collins who resigned in the January after a series of poor results which followed a great unbeaten start that took HIBS temporarily to the top of the SPL
Hibs had sold Scott Brown Ivan Sproule Steven Whittaker and David Murphy for a total of 8.5m and lost Chris Killen and Michael Stewart on free transfers
John Collins had replaced them with Brian Kerr Clayton Donaldson Alan OBrien Yves Makalambay Thierry Guthessi Filipe Morais Mickael Antoine Curier Patrick Noubissie Ian Murray John Rankin Colin Nish Aberraouff Zarabi and Martin Canning for a total of £500000
22/5/2005 Scottish League SPL
Hibernian 0 v 1 Rangers
The last half hour of this final game of the season brought back memories of the infamous World Cup match between West Germany v Austria where both sides sat back with both teams apparently happy with the score as it stood.
Rangers had taken the lead after Nacho Novo had opened the scoring on 59 minutes via a deflection off HIBS defender Gary Caldwell
All ears were glued to transistor radios as Rangers had to win to have any chance of snatching the title from Celtic who would incredibly lose their final game at Motherwell
Hibs who finished in third position qualifying for the UEFA Cup needed to avoid a heavy defeat to prevent Aberdeen overtaking them on goal difference
A lot of HIBS fans at the time were not happy as they felt we had the forwards to cause Rangers problems and should have just went for it besides we were starting to get fed up of other teams celebrating title wins at Easter Road
Aberdeen beat Hearts 2-0 but we were back in Europe
22/5/1997 Premier Division Play-Offs Final Leg 2
Airdrieonians 2 v 4 Hibernian ( Agg 2-5 )
Jackson 2 pens
Tosh
Wright
After the battle of Easter Road HIBS arrived at Broadwood for this play-off showdown 1-0 up thanks to an own goal from Steve Cooper
Such was the importance of this game to Hibernian Football Club I looked behind me shortly before kick off and there sat three HIBS legends together Pat Stanton Lawrie Reilly and Joe Baker
This HIBS feel good factor was destroyed within 90 seconds of the kick off however when HIBS found themselves one goal down and Airdrieonians were level on aggregate
Jamie McQuilken inadvertently found Forbes Johnston with a clearance Jim Leighton came for his cross to make a routine save Big John Hughes headed the ball out of his hands ball drops to Paddy Connolly 1-0 Airdrie
Thereafter the game continued in the same brutal vein as the first leg with the emphasis being on the physical side of the game and the basic tactic being thump it hard thump it wide thump it high and if you can take the man as well so much the better a real battle for survival the only subtlety or signs of any football coming from Darren Jackson and Paddy Connolly
Airdrieonians were all over HIBS as the half wore on and one doubted that if HIBS conceded another they would be able to come back
Jim Leighton had his work cut out and was performing miracles until he got knocked out cold after a sickening clash of heads with Steve Cooper
Things looked to have got a lot worse for HIBS when they conceded a penalty in 34 minutes Referee Willie Young awarding the kick when a Johnston shot struck Brian Welsh’s hand in the box Up stepped Steve Cooper to redeem himself for his og at Easter Road such was his enthusiasm and eagerness to score he could only succeed in hitting the ball with all his might over the crossbar and into Row Z
22 seconds into the second half and Referee Young awarded HIBS a penalty after Jimmy Sandison was softly adjudged to have pulled back Pat McGinlay but a penalty it was and Darren Jackson stepped up to show Airdrie how a penalty should be taken
Airdrie suffered a blow in 55 minutes when Gary Mackay was stretchered off to be replaced by Brian McPhee who only took 3 minutes to get booked
Midway through the second half HIBS were awarded a second penalty when Brian Grant and Davies contested a Paul Tosh cross in the box and the Airdrie man was adjudged to have handled no protest up stepped Darren Jackson cool as you like 2-1 HIBS
Four minutes later Airdrie knew they were staying in the First Division. Grant played the ball through to Tosh in space who had run through from the half-way line his first attempt was parried by Rhodes but he wasted no time in burying the rebound into the empty net
Jimmy Sandison already booked and realising he would not be seeing old adversary Pat McGinlay again for another season decided to elbow him in the face and the Airdrie captain was immediately shown the red card
HIBS rubbed salt into the Airdrie wounds when substitute Keith Wright in his last appearance for HIBS rose unchallenged to meet a superb Darren Jackson cross and bullet a typical header into the net to make it 4-1 for HIBS on the night and at last we could relax
With just two minutes left Hughes handled a Connolly cross in the box and Kenny Black stepped up to score Airdrie’s consolation
Like the first leg this was a rough house game of football with eight bookings ( five for Airdrie) one sending off and four penalties awarded
A game where Airdrie’s rough style of football for once backfired and came back to haunt them
From a HIBS point of view they had held onto their top-flight status and had Darren Jackson Jim Leighton Pat McGinlay and Keith Wright to thank for pulling them out of the fire worryingly only one of them would be at Easter Road in the following season
Hibs Leighton Renwick McQuilken Grant Hughes and Welsh Tosh Dow Power Jackson and McGinlay
Subs Lavety Wright and Harper
Att 7560
22/5/1965 Summer Cup Semi-Final Leg 1
Hibernian 2 v 0 Motherwell
Cormack
Stevenson
Things looked promising for HIBS in their defence of the Summer Cup thanks to a couple of cracking goals from Peter Cormack and Eric Stevenson to give them a two goal advantage going into the second leg
They would play Motherwell at Fir Park in four days time
What could go wrong ?
Birthdays
Joe Davis RIP
George Best RIP
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My main memory of that Airdrie game (other than yelling abuse at Mackay when he was injured just in front of me) was singing "Can't Help Falling In Love With You" as we left.
Yip got stretchered off in 55 minutes after writhing aboot in agony beside us the 4000 HIBS fans were going tonto got replaced by Brian McPhee and it only took him 3 minutes to get booked....lovely teamQuote:
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23/5/2015 Scottish Premiership Play-Off Semi-Final 2nd Leg
Hibernian 1 v 0 The Rangers ( Agg 1-2 )
Cummings 94
A minutes silence was perfectly observed in the Leith sunshine for the 216 men from the 1st/7th Leith Battalion who lost their lives in Britain’s worst rail disaster at Quintinshill north of Gretna in 1915
Hibs hammered the Rangers goal for the first 20 minutes of this game but could not find a way through the Referee waving aside hopeful claims when Dean Shiels hit a clearance off his own hand in the box and Liam Craig and Dominic Malonga both being denied by Cammy Bell
As the intensity of HIBS’ play dropped Rangers came more into the game Kenny Miller hitting a shot straight at Oxley and heading just past the post with a diving header from a Foster cross
Into the second half and it was all one way traffic HIBS threw caution to the wind as they ended up with four attackers with Farid El Alagui and Franck Dje Djedje joining Malonga and Cummings up front.
Rangers had parked the bus they had decided to hold what they had and there was no way through as their resolute defence withstood all HIBS attacks with Scott Allan and Dominic Malonga twice going close
Into stoppage time and Paul Hanlon hit the post during a frantic spell of HIBS pressure before Jason Cummings -too little too late - curled a sublime finish into Cammy Bell’s top right hand corner in the 94th minute
Hibs Oxley Gray Hanlon Fontaine Stevenson Craig McGeouch Fyvie Allan Malonga and Cummings
Subs El Alagui for Craig 54 Dja Djedje for Stevenson 70
Att 14742
23/5/1964 Summer Cup Play-Off
Hibernian 3 v 1 Dunfermline Athletic
Stan Vincent
Jim Scott 2
Hearts won group 4 but pulled out of the competition due to a previous commitment to tour the United States
Hibernian and Dunfermline finished equal in second place both with 6 points and both scoring 11 and conceding 9 They would have to play-off to decide which club would qualify
Hibernian easily won this play-off decider at Tynecastle against Dunfermline Athletic in front of a 14000 crowd despite being without the services of top scorer Neil Martin who was in France with Scotland Under 23s scoring the first goal in an away win
Stan Vincent and a Jim Scott double for HIBS and Bert Paton scoring for The Pars
Jock Stein’s Hibs would face Kilmarnock in the semi-final the first leg would be at Rugby Park
Hibs Wilson Fraser Leishman Stanton McNamee J Stevenson Hogg ORourke Vincent Hamilton and Scott
Att 14000
Birthdays
Stan Vincent
Stephen Glass
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24/5/2009 Scottish League SPL
Aberdeen 2 v 1 Hibernian
Riordan
Aberdeen beat Dundee United for the UEFA place for the second successive season on the last day of the season with this win over HIBS
HIBS got off to the worst possible start when Yves Ma-Kalambay rolled the ball to the edge of his 18 yard box and kicked his hand to foot clearance off the static Lee Miller and could only watch as the ball ricocheted into the empty net
Charlie Mulgrew made it two just before half-time with a sumptuous free-kick after successfully appealing his red card versus Rangers at Ibrox at the weekend
Derek Riordan took advantage of the euphoria in the Dons team after Mulgrew’s goal by stepping inside his man from the inside left position evading two desperate Aberdeen challenges in the box before dispatching a right foot shot into the corner of the net
Ian Murray was dismissed for a second bookable offence after obstructing flying winger Peter Pawlett in the 69th minute and Ma-Kalambay redeemed himself by saving an 86th minute Sone Aluku penalty after Jonatan Johansson had handled in the box
Hibs finished sixth in this season and Manager Mixu Paatelainen resigned at the end of the game
HIBS were knocked out of their first round of both domestic cup competitions losing to Morton at home 3-4 in the League Cup and Hearts 0-2 at Easter Road in the Scottish Cup -Referee Craig Thomson sending off Steven Fletcher for a challenge on Christophe Berra when the score was 0-0 and HIBS looking the more likely
On the bright side the Under 19s won a League and Cup double and Derek Riordan had returned to the fold following his £400000 move from Celtic (Wiki)
Hibs: Ma-Kalambay Van Zanten Jones Murray Chisholm Rankin Stevenson Bamba Thicot Fletcher and Riordan
Subs OBrien for Jones 67 Johansson for Fletcher 81
Unused McNeill Keenan McCormack Campbell and Cropley
Att 14083
Oh Ma-Kalamity!
https://youtu.be/Cp8tAcWp64g
24/5/2003 Scottish League SPL
Hibernian 2 v 3 Partick Thistle
Matty Jack
Scott Brown
Hibs finished seventh in this season but this last game of the season was an exciting affair for the neutral observer
Matty Jack gave HIBS the lead after only 8 minutes with a header Gerry Britton equalised for the Jags in 29 minutes and Scott Brown put HIBS ahead 8 minutes later
Into the second half David Rowson equalised for Partick Thistle on 52 minutes and with five minutes to go after both sides had missed chances to score Alex OHara popped up with the winner to top off an entertaining game
Partick Thistle substitute Chic Charnley got a rousing ovation from both sets of supporters making his final appearance at this level
After the match John Lambie received a presentation from Eddie Turnbull to mark his retirement from the game John Lambie had been a Coach at Easter Road Under Turnbull in the 1970s
Fashion note: HIBS wore yellow jerseys and green shorts and Partick Thistle wore all white in this game
Hibs Colgan Whittaker Smith Jack Matyus Thomson Wiss Brebner Murray Riordan and Brown
Subs McManus Nicol
Att 9286
24/5/1981 Challenge Match
Haiti International X1 0 v 0 Hibernian
24/5/1956 Friendly
Olympique Marseilles 3 v 2 Hibernian
Birthdays
Tommy McDonald RIP
Hibernian FC On This Day Colquhoun and Sinnet
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Thanks for these Billy. Really enjoy reading them.
My wee pal Stan V scoring on his birthday. One of the funniest guys I've ever met, even though he's a closet Jambo!!Quote:
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Originally Posted by brog
A bit like ma old mucker Willie Wilson one of the nicest men you would ever want to meet but a jambo
Must admit doing my research I could not find anyone saying a bad word about Stan Vincent very funny and only too happy to stop and chat
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Originally Posted by BILLYHIBS
This was the game that turned in a huge pagger with Hibs payers lucky to get off the Island in one piece.
Well remembered the first game a few days earlier was a rough house that HIBS lost 1-0 with HIBS players getting hacked down at every turn Both Tom Hart and Bertie Auld stated clearly that if similar treatment was meted out in the second game their players would be promptly taken from the field thereby ending the match The warning went unheeded and when Arthur Duncan was hacked down twice in a row and Ally MacLeod was knocked out in a shocking challenge Bertie Auld had seen enough and called his players offQuote:
Originally Posted by Kato
1980/81 US Tour
9/5/1981 Fresno A 4-2
G Rae
G Murray
Macleod
Duncan
17/5/1981 SAN Jose Earthquakes A 4-2
Rae 3
Murray
21/5/1981 Haiti International X1 A 0-1
Jonnyboy has this first game result as being 0-0 in his excellent book
Pretty sure that for the Fresno game, Hibs were kinda surprised to find the game was taking place in a public park, rather than any form of stadium but was a successful run out judging by the scoreline.Quote:
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The trip was supposed to be a reward for getting back to the Premier League and was all about team bondingQuote:
Originally Posted by delbert
George Best played for SAN Jose and they arranged a return fixture at Easter Road
Pretty sure I read that Haiti had a Witch Doctor at the side of the pitch casting evil spells on our players :greengrin
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Originally Posted by BILLYHIBS
Not sure about that but I did hear that the police, the airport officials and the general populace couldn't have been less welcoming or intimidating.
Read the Witch Doctor bit on HIBS.net so must be a fact/true. :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Kato
If it's not it is now. :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by BILLYHIBS
Him and JimmyO a double act chuckle brothersQuote:
Originally Posted by brog
25/5/2014 Scottish Premiership Play-Off Final 2nd Leg
Hibernian 0 v 2 Hamilton Academicals Agg: 2-2 ( Hamilton won 4-3 on pens AET )
Hibs crashed out of the Scottish Premiership after losing this play-off final second leg at home on penalty kicks
Terry Butcher’s spectacular run of bad form as HIBS Manager was ended thanks to Jason Cummings’ wonderful strikes at New Douglas Park in midweek to give HIBS a two goal advantage going into this winner takes all decider
HIBS decided to play one striker upfront, Paul Heffernan and deployed Jason Cummings as an extra midfielder Butcher also gave a start to onloan forward Danny Haynes ahead of the off form teenager Alex Harris but he had to be replaced by Harris after only six minutes after a crunching Jon Routledge challenge so HIBS were back to their midweek line-up
Six minutes later and the ball was swiftly dispatched into the HIBS net following a misplaced pass by Ryan McGivern. Ali Crawford’s interception was flicked on by Routledge to Jason Scotland whose quick turn mugged Michael Nelson before the striker’s left foot drive from just inside the box slipped under Ben Williams’ outstretched hand
Accies could smell the fear in the Stadium and as in the first leg continued to play the better controlled possession football. HIBS -who had not been performing well at home since the closure of the old East Stand back in 2010 - relied on the long hopeful ball up to Heffernan hoping for a chink in the second tier defence. This ploy almost worked as the natives grew more and more nervous Heffernan having a goal ruled out for off-side and Jason Cummings having a close range header cleared off the line shortly after Williams had saved a net bound Louis Longridge drive with an outstretched foot
Into the second half and Butcher pushed Cummings up front to join Heffernan in search of a tension releasing equaliser this reduction in midfield manpower however left HIBS’ creaking defence exposed and Williams had to be quick off his line to block a Scotland shot after his quick turn left two HIBS defenders going the other way as he bore down on goal
The match wore on and Accies continued to play the tidier controlled football Accies Manager Alex Neil brought himself on to control the tempo of the game and HIBS responded by introducing veteran Kevin Thomson for substitute Alex Harris
The clock was ticking down and after 83 minutes Heffernan was replaced by Tudor-Jones a player who later publicly admitted that he signed a contract at HIBS knowing his legs were gone ?
Deep into four minutes added on time and Butchers plan to hang on to what we had back-fired spectacularly when with seconds to go Scotland once again turned Nelson out wide and fired in a low cross that Tony Andreu turned home with his outstretched foot
There was no further scoring in Extra Time and Kevin Thomson and Jason Cummings would miss their penalties cue protests outside the ground and deserved Accies celebrations inside
Terry Butcher is statistically Hibernian’s worst ever Manager his honeymoon bounce lasted three games over Christmas and things started to go pear-shaped when we surrendered a two goal lead at Tannadice. When he took over we were nowhere near relegation lying in seventh position and then we went on a downward spiral we seemed to be incapable of getting a win and no one seemed to notice when Raith Rovers knocked us out of the Scottish Cup 2-3 at home
His man-management, motivational and tactical skills or rather lack of, team selections and accusations of bullying and use of hair brained schemes also being called into question
We were now headed for the second tier where Hearts and The Rangers were waiting for us but perhaps it was a blessing in disguise we had to change the structure of our club after years of mismanagement and get away from short term fixes it was time to regroup we certainly had to find a new Manager and a new squad of players
There is no doubt that relegation was a financial disaster to our club and was an enormous psychological blow to a club and a support who once again had been badly let down
HIBS Williams Maybury Stevenson Craig Nelson McGivern Heffernan Robertson Haynes Stanton and Cummings
Subs Harris for Haynes 8 Thomson for Harris 68 Tudor-Jones for Heffernan 83
Unused Cairney Collins Murdoch and Forster
Att 18031
https://youtu.be/GA4pwg0q9Ms
25/5/1946 Victory Cup Quarter Final Replay
Hibernian 2 v 0 Partick Thistle
Wright
Milne
Hibs won this replay after drawing 1-1 at Firhill with goals from Alex Wright and Arthur Milne
HIBS would go on to defeat Clyde in the semi-final at Tynecastle and lose to Rangers 1-3 in the final at Hampden Park in front of a crowd of 100000 HIBS would have a man sent off
25/5/1895 Scottish League Division Two old
Airdrieonians 2 v 4 Hibernian
Hibs were Second Division Champions for the second successive year but still there was no automatic promotion Hibernian had to campaign all the clubs in the First Division many who were bigoted against the Irishmen and fearful of what a strong Hibernian side could do in the First Division
The press were on our side this was a match report of the above match:
“ I know of no club that can bombard a goal in the style of Hibernian and from some of these terrific rallies Martin, Murray and Murphy scored with shots that you only get from Hibernian With such a magnificent season’s record the public are confident that Hibernian will certainly figure among the elite of the upper ten “
Of the top ten St Bernard’s the Scottish Cup winners confirmed their support whilst Hearts and Leith Athletic dithered but all the clubs in the West and beyond were visited and all confirmed their support Hibernian were finally dining at the top table of the Scottish football elite
Championship medals were issued and the Championship Flag was unfurled of the Irishmens own design
“ green with a yellow harp and no crown with the inscription Hibernian Football Club Erin Go Bragh Scottish League 2nd Division Champions 1894-95”
Birthdays
Gordon Smith RIP
The Making of Hibernian The Brave Years Alan Lugton
Hibernian FC On This Day Colquhoun and Sinnet
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26/5/2013 Scottish Cup Final
Hibernian 0 v 3 Celtic
With Leigh Griffiths clearly not 100% Eoin Doyle was probably our best chance of a goal and he blew his lines with a header that was too close to Fraser Forster in the opening minutes ...unlucky!
After that it was the Anthony Stokes show
A younger leaner meaner fitter Stokes did to us what he was to do against The Rangers three years later though thankfully he did not score laying two goals on a plate for Gary Hooper with whipped in crosses and generally being a pest the whole game
Hooper should have had a hat-trick into the second half but took a fresh air swipe at Lustig’s pass in front of goal but Joe Ledley followed up to hit a rising shot high into Williams’ net to give the score perhaps an unfair reflection but I suppose no one could realistically argue
The large HIBS support were defiant until the end, we would be back, but little did they know there would be even more pain to follow
111 years and counting
Hibs Williams Maybury Hanlon Forster McGivern Claros Taiwo Thomson Harris Doyle and Griffiths
Subs Handling for Doyle 71 Caldwell for Thomson 76 Stevenson for Griffiths 84
Unused Murdoch Robertson
Att 51254
https://youtu.be/_EPknvzqGnY
26/5/2001 Scottish Cup Final
Hibernian 0 v 3 Celtic
Hibs to have any chance of winning this would have to be at their very best to compete with Martin O’Neill’s very strong and physical treble chasing Celtic team Unfortunately, unknown to us mere HIBS fans at the time, Le God looked as though he was carrying an injury and we were without our talismanic midfielder Russell Latapy who had effectively been sacked by the club There was also no place in the squad for Tam McManus who had scored in every round other than the semi-final
Hibs held their own up until Jackie McNamara replaced Lubo Moravcik on 18 minutes he then proceeded to rip us apart scoring on 39 minutes. Larsson added a second just after half-time before finishing the scoring with a soft penalty after being pulled down by Gary Smith with 10 minutes left
99 years and counting
Hibs Colgan Smith Sauzee Fenwick Laursen ONeill Jack Brebner Murray Libbra and Paatelainen
Subs Arpinon Lovell and Zitelli
Att 51824
https://youtu.be/c1FAEO47s9c
26/5/1965 Summer Cup Semi-Final 2nd Leg
Motherwell 6 v 2 Hibernian ( Agg 6-4 )
Cormack pen
Quinn
Hibs went into this second leg two goals up from the first leg but Motherwell very quickly reversed this score in ninety minutes
Into extra-time and the wheels very quickly came off the bus for HIBS as despite goals from Cormack ( pen) and Quinn Motherwell added another four of their own to end Hibs’ defence of the trophy
Motherwell would beat Dundee United in the final 3-2 on aggregate
Hibs Wilson Simpson Davis Stanton McNamee and Baxter Scott Quinn ORourke Cormack and Stevenson
26/5/1945 Summer Cup Round 1 1st Leg
St Mirren 4 v 2 Hibernian
Smith 2
Hibs lost this first leg at Love Street but would go on to win the second leg 7-0 at Easter Road
Hibs would lose the final to Partick Thistle at Hampden after defeating Celtic in the semi-final 2-0 at Tynecastle
Birthdays
Sir Matt Busby RIP
Willie Irvine #1
Hibernian On This Day Colquhoun and Sinnet
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Originally Posted by BILLYHIBS
Billy, did you know Willie Wilson?
I used to live near his house when I was a kid and his wife was a lovely woman. She found out I was a Hibs supporter and invited me and my pal in to show us all her photo albums of Willie's career.
My Dad found out later and was totally seething with envy ;-)
Fun Fact: Willie Wilson's house at that time was about 50 metres away from where 'Geebsie' lived (Gogs* was in the year below me at school and I was in his sister's class).
Gogs was his correct nickname, not Geebsie ;-)
I worked beside him at Wallyford for yearsQuote:
Originally Posted by Keith_M
I also know Geebsies sister...nice lady Prison Officer or WPC I think?
I also played for Wallyford Bluebell back in ancient fitba times we had a picture of Jock Wallace hanging up in the clubhouse holding a trophy think it was the Junior Cup but maybes naw :greengrin
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His sister's called Jean Anne. I haven't seen her for years so don't know what she does now.
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Originally Posted by BILLYHIBS
OMG, I should be asking for your autograph!
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The fitba used to interfere with my favourite hobby of watching HIBS but luckily like the Bluebell HIBS werenae very good at that time. :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Keith_M
27/5/1964 Summer Cup Semi-Final Leg 1
Kilmarnock 4 v 3 Hibernian
Vincent
Martin
Hamilton
Hibs had reached the semi-final of the Summer Cup under Jock Stein and the first leg was away at Rugby Park and as usual it would prove to be a tricky tie
Kilmarnock scored through a Ronnie Hamilton penalty a John McNamee og and goals from Brian McIlroy and Jackie McInally.
HIBS responded through Vincent Hamilton and Martin and crucially Martin saw Sandy McLaughlin save his late penalty kick but it mattered not a jot as HIBS would go on to defeat Kilmarnock 3-0 at Easter Road three days later and qualify to meet Aberdeen in what would prove to be an epic final
Worth mentioning that after this semi-final at Rugby Park both sets of supporters gave the teams a rousing standing ovation for a good old fashioned entertaining end to end Cup tie
Hibs Wilson Fraser Leishman Stanton McNamee and J Stevenson ORourke Hamilton Vincent Martin and J Scott
27/5/1961 Inter Cities Fairs Cup Semi-Final Play-Off
Roma 6 v 0 Hibernian
Hibs had reached the semi-final of the Inter Cities Fairs Cup which would nowadays be the equivalent of the UEFA Cup or the Europa League
Hibs had already played Roma home and away in the semi-final drawing 2-2 at Easter Road and drawing 3-3 in Rome
Based on present day rules HIBS would be in the Final on the away goals rule but back then the venue for the deciding tie in the event of a draw would be decided by the toss of a coin
In his book Davie Gibson states that the Hibernian Directors actually agreed a financial guarantee to return at the end of May which was fine by him as he had thrown a coin in the Trevi Fountain with Johnny MacLeod and Ronnie Simpson hoping to return one day but not on the end of a 6-0 thrashing
Roma won the toss allegedly but the mysterious thing was the tie was to take place a full month after the 3-3 draw in Rome and a month after HIBS’ domestic season had ended
The Italians were still in the middle of their season and the under prepared HIBS team having not played for a month suffered their heaviest ever away defeat in Europe.
Manfreddi scored in the first minute and would add another three both sides would each miss a penalty before Menichelli and Selmosson would complete the scoring for the Italians
The HIBS players treated the whole trip as a holiday as they did not expect to win and according to Eric Stevenson’s book they would go on organised excursions to the Coliseum, The Trevi Fountain and other local landmarks all laid on by the Daily Express.
An Italian family back in Edinburgh had arranged a slap feed with free flowing wine at a top class local restaurant
Many of the players suffered sunburn lying on the beaches under the intense hot summer sun
The big attraction for the Italian fans was of course Joe Baker but little did they or the HIBS fans realise that he had already been sold
Roma would go on to defeat Birmingham City 4-2 in a two legged final a final that if things had been different should have been a Battle of Britain
Hibs Simpson Fraser McClelland Baxter Easton and Baird MacLeod Kinloch Baker Gibson and Stevenson
Att 50000
https://youtu.be/iJtuz-nxgoo
Hibernian FC On This Day. Colquhoun and Sinnet
Hibs Through and Through Eric Stevenson
Gibbo The Davie Gibson Story
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Quote:
Originally Posted by WoreTheGreen
I spent 2 or 3 years playing for the Corrie Inn alongside Jimmy & Stan. A couple of games I was lying down crying with laughter (or maybe just knackered) at their antics, especially Stan.
28/5/1979 Scottish Cup Final Second Replay
Hibernian 2 v 3 Rangers. AET
Higgins
MacLeod pen
The final instalment of the bore-fest that HIBS so easily could have won
” The first replay was played in dreadful wet conditions and our defence was superb in a match that went to extra time There were no penalty shoot-outs in those days so a second replay took place the following Monday, 28th May
Once again I thought we had our hands on the Cup as we tore Rangers apart in the first half. Tony Higgins put us ahead after 16 minutes but we just could not finish off the Glasgow team Big Derek Johnstone’s equaliser before half-time came off a rebound when Tommy McLean’s 25 yarder took a slight deflection on its way to Jim McArthur who could not hold it.
Johnstone had moved up front and he scored his second after an hour but still we did not give up. The penalty award which allowed us to equalise was soft; McCloy’s offence in the first game was much worse. Ally MacLeod made no mistake and we almost snatched it late on when Bobby Hutchinson who I had sent on to replace Tony Higgins grazed the outside of the post with a shot
Jim McArthur saved a penalty from Alex Miller but in the second half of extra time Davie Cooper swung in a cross and Arthur Duncan dived to try and head clear only for the ball to end up in our net. We had lost the Scottish Cup by an own goal and after 330 minutes of unceasing effort we had nothing to show but losers medals I don’t think Arthur ever forgave himself but he was such a great player for HIBS over the years that no one ever held it against him.”
Eddie Turnbull
77 years and counting
Hibs McArthur Brazil Duncan Bremner Stewart and McNamara MacLeod Rae Campbell Callachan and Higgins
Subs Hutchinson and Brown
Att 27556
28/5/1967 North American League
Hibernian 1 v 1 Cerro
McGraw
The first game of a gruelling 12 game North American tour in which HIBS drew 1-1 with Cerro of Uruguay in the Yankee Stadium New York -played in intense heat -thanks to an Alan McGraw header
Hibs’ next game would be against Eddie Turnbull’s Aberdeen three days later but they would also go on to face Ado Den Haag, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Dundee United, Cagliari, Sunderland ( twice ) Bangu, Stoke City, Shamrock Rovers and Glentoran all in the name of trying to push soccer to the locals
It was also a chance to get in some valuable team bonding and sight-seeing
HIBS played under the name Toronto City
Cerro were the New York Skyliners
Aberdeen were the Washington Whips
Dundee United were Dallas Tornadoes
Hibs Allan Duncan Davis Stanton Madsen and Cousin Quinn Cormack Scott McGraw and Stevenson
In Colours Green and White. John Campbell
Having A Ball. Eddie Turnbull
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I think Stan worked for Jimmy in the Corrie inn. He also took us ‘s’ form lads for training on a Tuesday / Thursday nightQuote:
Originally Posted by brog
29/5/1943 Summer Cup First Round First Leg
Hibernian 7 v 0 Partick Thistle
Baxter 2
Cuthbertson 2
Anderson
Smith 2
Partick held out well for the first half-hour even although Bobby Baxter had opened the scoring after only 8 minutes but when Jocky Cuthbertson added a second on 32 minutes their resistance caved in and the floodgates opened Baxter and Cubby again adding goals before half-time
HIBS were imperious and irresistible and went on to totally dominate the second half Gordon Smith grabbing a late double
Hibs would win the second leg 5-2 with Charles McGilvray getting a rare start scoring a hat-trick
St Mirren would go on to defeat Rangers 1-0 in the final at Hampden
Hihs : Brown Shaw Hall Finnigan Baxter Kean Smith McGilvray Anderson Cuthbertson and Caskie
Att: 8000
Hibernian FC On This Day Colquhoun and Sinnet
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30/5/1964 Summer Cup Semi-Final 2nd Leg
Hibernian 3 v 0 Kilmarnock ( Agg 6-4 )
Martin 2
Vincent
After losing the first leg 3-4 in an entertaining game at Rugby Park HIBS welcomed Kilmarnock to Easter Road and 18000 fans turned up expecting more of the same
Two goals by the brilliant Neil Martin in either half sandwiched in between a strike from Stan Vincent put paid to Killie’s hopes but special mention must be made to Willie Wilson, Pat Stanton and John McNamee who were outstanding in defence on the night
The Final would be a two legged affair against Aberdeen who had defeated Partick Thistle 3-2 on aggregate in the other semi but the Final would be put on hold until 1st of August due to a typhoid outbreak in the town
The HIBS players could relax and go on holiday
Hibs : Wilson Fraser Leishman Stanton McNamee J Stevenson ORourke Hamilton Vincent Martin and Scott
30/5/1942 Summer Cup Round One
Hibernian 2 v 1 Clyde
Milne 2
HIBS began their defence of the Summer Cup with this win at Easter Road
They would go on to lose a brutal hard fought final to Rangers at Hampden Park after extra time on the toss of a coin
Birthdays
Pat McGinlay
Calum Booth
At Easter Road They Play. John Campbell
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31/5/1979 Scottish League Premier Division
Hibernian 2 v 1 Rangers
Brazil
Rae
On Thursday 31st May HIBS played their last match of the season against a Rangers side they were unable to beat only days earlier in three titanic Scottish Cup Finals and in true HIBS form went out and beat them 2-1 in front of only 3242 spectators the goals coming from Brazil and Rae
Hibs McArthur Brazil Duncan Bremner Stewart and McNamara Rae MacLeod Campbell Brown and Hutchinson
31/5/1967 North American League
Toronto City 1 v 2 Washington Whips
Stevenson
Hibs playing their second game of the tour lost this home match in Toronto to Eddie Turnbull’s Aberdeen
Aberdeen took the lead through Jimmy Smith and Jim Storrie with Eric Stevenson reducing the deficit from a Cormack cutback to make for an exciting finish for the large ex-pat audience
Hibs Allan Duncan Davis Stanton Madsen and Cousin Quinn Cormack J Scott McGraw and Stevenson
Att 10000
Birthdays
Alen Orman
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1978 Tour of Canada
1/6/1978 Ottawa Tigers 0 v 7 Hibernian
MacLeod 2
Brownlie 2
Higgins
Duncan
Bremner
30/5/1978 Manitoba All Stars 0 v 6 Hibernian
MacLeod 4
28/5/1978 Edmonton All Stars 0 v 7 Hibernian
MacLeod 3
Duncan 2
Higgins
Paterson
25/5/1978 Vancouver Island Vistas 0 v 9 Hibernian
MacLeod 4
Higgins 2
Duncan 2
Bremner
23/5/1978 Vancouver Whitecaps 2 v 2 Hibernian
W Murray
Duncan
The most controversial game of the tour Willie Murray and Arthur Duncan put HIBS on easy street Kevin Hector pulled one back on the hour before Ally MacLeod had a perfectly good goal harshly disallowed for an earlier soft infringement on the edge of the box This decision prompted whistles from the large Scottish crowd in the Stands which only grew louder moments later when the Whitecaps were awarded a hotly disputed penalty that Alan Hinton smashed home to level the tie at 2-2
Ex West Ham stopper Phil Parkes played in goal for the Whitecaps
18/5/1978 Calgary Kickers 1 v 4 Hibernian
Macleod 2
Duncan
Higgins
16/5/1978 Ontario All Stars 1 v 1 Hibernian
MacLeod
1/6/1946 Victory Cup Semi-Final
Hibernian 2 v 1 Clyde
Smith pen
Milne
Hibernian won this Victory Cup semi-final at Tynecastle Park thanks to a Gordon Smith penalty on 32 minutes and an Arthur Milne goal on 52 minutes Hepburn pulled a goal back for Clyde on 58 minutes
Hibs would play Rangers in the final at Hampden who beat Celtic 2-0 in a replayed semi-final after a 0-0 draw
Celtic had two men sent off for dissent in the replay
Hibs Kerr Howie Shaw Finnigan Aird and Kean Smith Peat Milne Aitkenhead and Nutley
Att: 25000
1/6/1940 Rosebery Charity Cup Final
Hearts 2 v 5 Hibernian
Milne 3
Finnigan 2
A very long season came to an end on Saturday 1st June when in the final of the Rosebery Charity Cup at Tynecastle the Hibees thrashed Hearts 2-5 the highlight being an Arthur Milne hatrick and a brace from Willie Finnigan Another highlight was a brilliant Jimmy Kerr save from a Tommy Walker penalty
Birthdays
David Murphy
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I remember a geezer who had obviously came straight from work, he was wearing a boiler suit, ran on the park and put an arm around Arthur and had a word of consolation for him. Pretty big cheer from the crowd as he ran back to the terrace as I think we all felt the same and none of us would blame AD for what happened in the final.Quote:
Originally Posted by BILLYHIBS
Me and my mates got dropped off at the Chesser Inn after the 3-0 doing from the Sheep at Hampden in the League Cup Final 1985 or 1986Quote:
Originally Posted by Kato
Willie Allan told us to take our scarves off Big Dod Stewart appeared from the back still with his blazer and tie on he said “ naw these boys are fine Willie” He started to talk about the 79 Final he said that Arthur turned to him and said “ Sorry George!” He replied “ Dinnae worry about it Arthur “ but he felt like knocking his block off
As Eddie Turnbull said he didn’t think Arthur ever got over it and no one ever held it against him as he was a wonderful servant to the club and a great player
1968 Tour of Nigeria and Ghana
2/6/1968 Ghana Select 1 v 0 Hibernian
29/5/1968 Western Rovers 0 v 1 Hibernian
Stein
25/5/1968 Northern Lions 0 v 1 Hibernian
Cormack
22/5/1968 Nigerian Olympic 1 v 1 Hibernian
Cormack
Hibs would play their final game against a North Ghana Select on 5/6/1968 winning 2-0 after water was removed from the flooded pitch HIBS goals came from Colin Stein and a Joe Davis penalty but the highlight of the game came from the performance of young Peter Marinello on the right wing whose ball control wizardry brought great cheers and clapping from the local fans
2/6/1945 Summer Cup First Round Leg 2
Hibernian 7 v 0 St Mirren ( Agg 9-4 )
Weir 3
Baxter 2
Smith
Caskie
Birthdays:
Franck Dja Djedje
Joe McLaughlin
Alex McGhee
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3/6/1944 Summer Cup Round One First Leg
Hibernian 4 v 2 Airdrieonians
Bogan 3
Smith
1924 Tour of Austria
3/6/1924 Rapid Vienna 1 v 3 Hibernian
Jimmy Dunn
Harry Ritchie 2
5/6/1924 Vienna Select 5 v 3 Hibernian
7/6/1924 British Army 1 v 1 Hibernian
Birthdays
Tony Higgins
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3/6/1978 WORLD CUP FINALS ARGENTINA
Peru 3 v 1 Scotland
Jordan
https://youtu.be/THMHg8BYhpk
4/6/1990 Wallace Mercer stages his controversial take-over attempt as he is introduced to a shocked HIBS Board in London
I flew out to Italia 90 on this day not knowing if I would still have a football club on my return
https://youtu.be/eLjZC0qcUFU
4/6/1967 North American League Match Day 3
Hibernian 2 v 0 Ado Den Haag
Cormack
Davis (pen)
A decent performance as Ado had defeated Sunderland 6-1 in their previous game
Johnsparky2
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You must be posh, flew out to Italia 90. We were a day and a half on a bus each way. Good laugh on the way there with the worlds biggest carry oot, but the journey home was no laughing matterQuote:
Originally Posted by BILLYHIBS
Did that for Spain 82. Fine in my twenties, wouldn't fancy it now. (Flew to Italia 90)Quote:
Originally Posted by weecounty hibby
Landed at Pisa Airport and the whole plane burst into ‘Flower of Scotland’Quote:
Originally Posted by weecounty hibby
Jambo that organised it a Travel Agent had us staying in a Farmhouse up in the hills in Pisa so we had to drive to Genoa ( twice) and Turin along the Auto Strada two wives two Bairns buggies food and other parafinalia that comes wi Bairns in a Renault V
It was handy for the sightseeing though Verona Sienna Florence etc
In a 14 day holiday we spent a helluva lot of time in that bus. We stayed in Rimini and travelled to San Marino for the day, travelled to all three games and when you add in the three days of the journey, it a surprise how we managed to spend so much time in the pub!!! Great two weeks almost spoiled by the fat Tory *******. We beat him in the end thoughQuote:
Originally Posted by BILLYHIBS
4/6/16
My dear old dad passed away at St.John's in Livingston.
At least he knew Hibs had won the Scottish Cup.
RIP dad
💚Quote:
Originally Posted by Smiggy 7-0
I stayed in Rimini, too. Was on my own, and picked up a lift to Turin for the Brazil game on a supporters bus. Wonder if it was yours?Quote:
Originally Posted by weecounty hibby
Possibly, I'm sure that for all of the games we had more folk on our bus than we actually had to start with. There wasn't a lot of rules, regulations or anything like that. There were about 20 of us from Alloa and a bunch of folk from the Falkirk area as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by oneone73
Only 4 cities in the UK have had 2 teams reach the semi final stage of Europe's top competition (European cup /champions League). Can you name them?Quote:
Originally Posted by BILLYHIBS
Birmingham, London, Dundee, Manchester?Quote:
Originally Posted by Argylehibby
London, Glasgow, Manchester, Dundee ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Argylehibby
👍🏿Quote:
Originally Posted by stantonhibby
Correct! Only 1 team from Edinburgh has managed, thankfully. London is the only city with 3 clubs who have got that far.Quote:
Originally Posted by stantonhibby
Glasgow??
Are you counting when the Huns got pumped off big Franck’
In 93??
Huns got beat in semi final v Eintracht Frankfurt ,think it was something like 12-4 on aggregate the year Real Madrid won it in the early 60,s at Hampden.Quote:
Originally Posted by darwenhibby
5/6/1943 Summer Cup R1 Leg 2
Partick Thistle 2 v 5 Hibernian ( Agg 2-12)
McGilvray 3
Cuthbertson 2
5/6/1968 Friendly Challenge Match
North Ghana Select 0 v 2 Hibernian
Cormack
Davis (pen)
Thanks mateQuote:
Originally Posted by Fanforlife
Every day is a school day
I never knew they got that far
Glad to see they got a Royal rogering
👍😁Quote:
Originally Posted by darwenhibby
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fanforlife
Here's a true sequence of scores in Europe over 1960/61.
Eintracht F 12-4 Rangers
Real Madrid 7-3 Eintracht Frankfurt
Barcelona 4-3 Real M ( Real's 1st defeat in Europe)
Hibs 7-6 Barcelona!
As the season has just about ended, can I just say how much I have enjoyed the contributions from BillyHibs and everyone else on this thread. It has been a history lesson and also very informative too.Quote:
Originally Posted by BILLYHIBS
As the games history dwindles away (Summer Cup & Tour Games only probably!!) and thoughts turn to the new, very different season, please keep up the good work!! :thumbsup:
Thanks for thatQuote:
Originally Posted by Topographic Hibby
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😁😁👍👍👌Quote:
Originally Posted by brog
6/6/1942 Summer Cup Round 1 Leg 2
Clyde 0 v 2 Hibernian ( Agg 1-4 )
Combe
Kean
HIBS struggled in this hard fought encounter at Shawfield and only really took the upper hand when Clyde were reduced to 10 men through injury
HIBS were defending their trophy and would lose the final against Rangers in a bad tempered encounter at Hampden on the toss of a coin after drawing 0-0 and 2-2 on corners
Hibs: Crozier Shaw Hall Busby Baxter and Kean Smith Finnigan Milne Combe and Caskie
Att: 8000
Birthdays:
Davy Fellenger
Hibernian on This Day Colquhoun and Sinnet
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Barcelona were the holders of the cup when we knocked them out .Quote:
Originally Posted by brog
Great stat’s Brog ��
Also enjoy reading this section so many thanks . Great to remember games I actually went to . I`m too young to remember the Summer Cup ( will have been explained already I suppose but why was this tournament invented ? ) but was at ER when we beat Rangers on 31/5/79 and remember us playing in California in May / June 81 ( some players refused to travel cause of contract problems I seem to remember ) . ,Pre season I was at Gibraltar friendly in first days of July 2013 and we`d played at Dumbarton just before that in late June . Apart from this year , close seasons have become very short in recent years . Going back a long time ( about 1972 ) I always remember reading in Evening News that we were playing Middlesbrough in a home friendly on 30th June . Luckily someone in my family phoned ER and we found out game was 30th July ( maybe year Turnbull arrived as manager ) as I lived in the Borders at the time .
I suppose like now where we find ourselves in the middle of a pandemic crisis football clubs are expensive to run and back in 1940 many players and fans were unavailable due to the war and any players that were available were either guest players due to their posting ( Sir Matt Busby) or older players or players in special occupations that were paid on a part time basisQuote:
Originally Posted by IberianHibernian
The Summer Cup was the brain child of our Harry Swan to help generate interest among the football starved population and income during the war years and was played May to July
There was also the Southern League Cup a diluted version of the League Cup which HIBS won once
( 1944 versus Rangers 6-5 on corners).
The Summer Cup was never won by more than one team more than once and was presented to Harry Swan by Willie McCartney to be retained in the HIBS boardroom after our inaugural win in 1941
The winners were :
1941 Hibernian
1942 Rangers - defeating Hibernian on the toss of a coin
1943 St Mirren
1944 Motherwell
1945 Partick Thistle defeating Hibernian 2-0
The tournament was reintroduced in 1963/64 for two years
Rangers and Celtic declined to enter
HIBS won in 1964 and Motherwell won in 1965
Hibs have the overall best record in the competition having won it twice and being runners up twice and as I said is on display at Easter Road to this very day
The match versus Middlesbrough 31/7/1971 0-2 was Eddie Turnbulls first game in charge and I remember our new young signing Bertie Auld was having a ding dong battle with Nobby Stiles in the Middlesbrough midfield
Nobby put in an over the ball challenge on Bertie and he fell awkwardly on the brick hard surface damaging his collar bone. Tam McNiven came on and told Bertie he would have to come off “ Give me five minutes “ says Bertie. Two minutes later Nobby Stiles is getting carried off on a stretcher
7/6/1953 Octagonal Rivadavia Correa Meyer Tournament
Vasco Da Gama 3 v 3 Hibernian
Turnbull
Reilly 2
HIBS were invited to play in this unofficial World Club Championship of the World in a tournament that consisted mostly of Brazilian teams
HIBS were drawn in a section that consisted of Vasco Da Gama, Botofago and Fluminese
The first match against Brazilian Champions Vasco Da Gama was to be played in the world famous Maracana Stadium in front of a crowd of 33671
A jet lagged HIBS team performed admirably in the searing heat scoring through Lawrie Reilly 2 and Eddie Turnbull
The Vasco Da Gama third goal was a mile offside but the Referee waved aside the HIBS protests
Turnbull and Bobby Johnstone would both go on to hit the crossbar but the game would finish all square
The match is best remembered for the Brazilian fans fighting amongst themselves on the terraces
HIBS and their entertaining style of play were very well received by the Brazilian fans and in particular Gordon Smith as Vasco Da Gama showed interest in signing him after the tournament
The other non Brazilian sides placed in the tournament were Sporting Lisbon and Olympia of Paraguay
7/6/1941 Summer Cup Ist Round Ist Leg
Celtic 2 v 5 Hibernian
Milne 3
Anderson 2
A thrilling performance from McCartney’s babes who blew Celtic away.
Arthur Milne opened the scoring for HIBS in only 12 seconds
Celtic would get revenge with a 1-0 win at Easter Road but too little too late
HIBS would go on to win a thrilling final 3-2 versus Rangers at Hampden
HIBS : Kerr Shaw Hall Finnigan Baxter and Kean Adams Combe Anderson Milne and Nutley
Hibernian FC On This Day. Colquhoun and Sinnet
The Making of Hibernian: The Romantic Years Alan Lugton
Birthdays
Darren Dods
Billy McLaren
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9/6/1945 Summer Cup Round 2 Leg 1
Hibernian 3 v 1 Falkirk
Smith 2
McMullen
Hibs would go on to lose the final at Hampden Park to Partick Thistle
Birthdays
Maciej Dabrowski
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10th June 2014 : Leeann Dempster today took the decision to sack her former Motherwell employee : Hibernian Manager Terry Butcher
HIBS had been mid-table when Butcher took over in mid November 2013 but he had failed to win a match in any of our last 13 games sucking us into a relegation battle and resulting in our eventual relegation from the top tier in the playoff stages to the Championship.
Terence Ian Butcher goes down in history as the worst Hibernian Manager ever
10/6/1944 Summer Cup Round One 2nd leg
Hibernian 3 v 0 Airdrieonians (Agg 7-2)
Bogan 2
Smith
HIBS would go out in the next round to Greenock Morton
Birthdays
Joe McBride Snr RIP
Andy Millen
Kevin McKee
Hibernian FC On This Day Colquhoun and Sinnet
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11/6/1967 North American League Match Day 4
Toronto City 1 v 2 Los Angeles Wolves
Davis (pen)
Hibs faced English cracks Wolverhampton Wanderers in a home match in Toronto
Early in the second half Joe Davis equalised an earlier Derek Dougan goal from the penalty spot.
The big talking point however came midway through the second half when the Wolves winger David Wagstaffe punched Jim Scott in the face in an off the ball altercation.
At first the Referee appeared to send Wagstaffe off only for Derek Dougan to step in insisting that if Wagstaffe went then the rest of the Wolves team would join him in the Dressing Room
This seemed to confuse the Referee who eventually changed his mind and merely booked the Wolves player a quite incredible decision
To make matters worse Dougan himself would score the winner a few minutes from the end after intercepting a poor cross field pass by John Madsen
Wolves would go on to lift the trophy defeating Aberdeen in the Final after extra-time
Hibs: Allan Simpson Davis Stanton Madsen Cousin Quinn Cormack Scott McGraw and Stevenson
Subs: Stein and Grant
Birthdays:
Big John McNamee
Chic Charnley
Hibs Through and Through. Eric Stevenson
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12th June 1990 Millionaire Tom Farmer comes to HIBS rescue by buying a substantial number of shares in an attempt to block Wallace Mercer’s unpopular takeover bid. Mr Farmer was keen to stress that this was a blocking move with the sole intent of saving HIBS rather than an attempt to take over the club himself
12/6/1965 Friendly Challenge Match: Tour of Canada
Hibernian 2 v 1 Nottingham Forest
Baxter
Quinn
12/6/1943 Summer Cup Round 2 Leg 1
Queens Park 1 v 2 Hibernian
Cuthbertson
Williams
Hibs would get knocked out by Rangers at the semi-final stage in this year
Guest player Stanley Williams would go on to score the winning goal for Aberdeen against Hibernian in the 1947 Scottish Cup Final
Hibs Brown Shaw Hall Finnigan Baxter and Kean Smith Williams McGilvray Cuthbertson and Caskie
Hibernian On This Day Colquhoun and Sinnet
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13/6/1953 Correa Meyer Tournament
Botafogo 3 v 1 Hibernian
Reilly
Gordon Smith had a goal disallowed in this game the heat and the travelling were starting to take it’s toll on the players
13/6/1942 Summer Cup Round 2 Leg 1
Hibernian 8 v 2 Third Lanark
Milne
Baxter
Rennie og
Combe
Smith 2 ( one pen)
Kean
Caskie
Hibs Crozier Shaw Hall Busby Baxter Kean Smith Finnigan Milne Combe and Caskie
Att 5000
Birthdays:
John Connolly
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14/6/1974 World Cup Finals
Scotland 2 v 0 Zaire
Lorimer
Jordan
John Blackley became the last Hibernian player to represent Scotland at a World Cup on this day
Scotland : Harvey Jardine McGrain Bremner Holton Blackley Dalglish Hay Lorimer Jordan and Law
Sub Hutchison for Dalglish
Att 25800
https://youtu.be/2cHjPF8F3v0
14/6/1967 North American League Match Day 5
Toronto City 2 v 2 Dallas Tornadoes
Cormack
Stein
Colin Stein returned from illness to face a Dundee United side going under the banner of Dallas Tornadoes
Hibs were the better side but the game ended all square
HIBS: Allan Simpson Davis Stanton Madsen Cousin Scott Cormack Stein ORourke and Stevenson
14/6/1941 Summer Cup Round 1 Leg 2
Hibernian 0 v 1 Celtic ( Agg 5-3 )
A goal by Divers in 10 minutes was not enough to save this tie for Celtic
Hibs would go on to lift the trophy at Hampden Park in this year
Hibs Kerr Shaw Hall Finnigan Baxter Kean Smith Combe Anderson Milne and Adams
Birthdays:
Kevin McBride
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15/6/1946 Victory Cup Final
Rangers 3 v 1 Hibernian
Aitkenhead
Professional football had been suspended for the duration of the Second World War
The cessation of the war came too late for a proper football season in 1945-46. It was ordered by the SFA that instead of a Scottish Cup which had been withheld for the duration of the conflict a Victory Cup would be competed for in April, May and June of 1946
HIBS had defeated Dundee, Hearts, Partick Thistle and Clyde to reach the Final where they would face Rangers at Hampden Park
The match was unique in that brothers Jock and Davie Shaw would line up against each other on opposing sides
The match kicked off and Rangers were running HIBS ragged with their short crisp neat passing moves Aitkenhead and Peat were having to drop back to help out their beleaguered defence in which Shaw and Govan were performing admirably
They could only hang on for so long however and after 20 minutes Rangers took the lead when following a quick throw in out wide taken by ex Hibee guest Jimmy Caskie to Duncanson who reverse passed the ball back to the winger who whipped in a cross to Gillick whose attempt on goal was diverted past his own goalkeeper by the inrushing Finnigan
Despite going behind Hibernian actually began to grow into this match Gordon Smith in particular was causing Jock Shaw some difficulty
Just before half-time Nutley and Milne cleverly worked the ball up the left hand side exchanging passes A dummy by Nutley allowed his partner to deliver a ball into the Rangers box A lung bursting run by Aitkenhead saw him reach the ball first and thunder it first time beyond Bobby Brown high into the roof of the Rangers net
Rangers kicked off the second half and immediately scored what was reported at the time as being one of the best goals ever scored at Hampden Park
Thornton kicked off and played the ball to Torry Gillick He returned it to Thornton and he in turn passed the ball back to Symon The half back lobbed the ball into the centre to be met by Thornton who had made the run The number 9 laid it off neatly for the arriving Duncanson to lash it into the net from fully 20 yards The first time a HIBS player touched the ball in the second half was to pick the ball out of the net
The goal did little to dampen HIBS spirits however and Gordon Smith continued to torment Shaw down the HIBS right flank forcing Brown into two outstanding saves as HIBS chased an equaliser
Willie Waddell had the ball in the net for Rangers but it was ruled out for an infringement in the build up
The game was sealed in the dying moments however when Waddell found Duncanson with a launched ball downfield who beat all opposition to it being first to the ball and guiding it beyond the advancing Jimmy Kerr
In truth it was a poor performance by HIBS on the day who struggled to assert their authority apart from 20 minutes towards the end of the first half. They struggled against explayer Jimmy Caskie who helped Rangers dominate the game and failed to cope with the absence of the experienced Sammy Kean. Manager Willie McCartney going for a positional change rather than a like for like swap
HIBS : Kerr Govan Shaw Howie Aird Finnigan Smith Peat Milne Aitkenhead and Nutley
Att: 100000
Hibernian On This Day Colquhoun and Sinnet
Hibs’ 2-1 defeat of a tired unbeaten Nottingham Forest side playing the last game of their Canadian tour on 12 th June 1965 signalled the start of a successful but exhausting tour of North America and Canada in which HIBS would score a remarkable 72 goals conceding only six :
12/6/1965 Friendly Challenge Match
Hibernian 2 v 1 Nottingham Forest
Baxter
Quinn
16/6/1965 Friendly Challenge Match
Hibernian 9 v 2 British Columbian All Stars
Martin 4
Cormack 2
Hamilton
Stevenson
Davis
21/6/1965 Friendly Challenge Match
Hibernian 7 v 1 Calgary Kickers
Martin 3
Cormack 3
Scott
22/6/1965 Friendly Challenge Match
Hibernian 15 v 1 Concordia All Stars
Martin 5
Quinn 3
Hamilton 2
Cormack 2
Scott 2
ORourke
23/6/1965 Friendly Challenge Match
Hibernian 11 v 0 Manitoba All Stars
Cormack 3
Scott 3
Hamilton 2
Quinn
Whiteford
Stevenson
The biggest obstacle in this game was the swarm of midges that descended upon the fair skinned HIBS players for a proverbial feast. Derek Whiteford recorded 27 bites whilst Willie Hamilton was strangely unaffected ??
26/6/1965 Friendly Challenge Match
Hibernian 4 v 0 Toronto Italia
Cormack
Scott
Martin
Stevenson
27/6/1965 Friendly Challenge Match
Hibernian 15 v 0 Ottawa All Stars
Hamilton 7
J Stevenson 2
Cormack 2
Baxter
Quinn
Scott
Simpson
A silver salver was up for grabs for Man of the Match and even in the 90 degree heat Willie Hamilton was irresistible As well as scoring 7 goals he mesmerised the opposition with his ball skills and lethal bursts of pace. After being presented with the Man of the Match award Willie couldn’t get the prize into his hold-all. Undeterred he bent the tray over his knee to ensure his beloved mum would get her present from Canada
29/6/1965 Friendly Challenge Match
Hibernian 3 v 0 Montreal Italia
Hamilton
J Stevenson
ORourke
This match was played in a surreal atmosphere with armed police surrounding the pitch as the local stadium and fans had a reputation for trouble
The Italians did not take kindly to being outplayed and they resorted to underhand tactics kicking punching and head-butting
The Referee warned HIBS about their rough play at half time??
Into the second half and a free for all ensued when Peter Cormack was clearly punched in the face off the ball and Jim Scott was sent off for the first time in his career for bad mouthing the Referee near the end of the game
As the final whistle neared the fans had left their seats and were surrounding the pitch outnumbering the armed police waiting to exact their revenge on the HIBS players
At the final whistle Big John McNamee simply walked off the pitch with his chest puffed out closely followed by his team-mates following in behind and safely into the locker room as the Montreal fans hurled abuse at them
/6/1965 Friendly Challenge Match
Hibernian 6 v 1 New Jersey Allstars
Scott 2
Hamilton
Quinn
Stevenson
J Stevenson
16/6/1945 Summer Cup Round 2 Leg 2
Falkirk 1 v 0 Hibernian ( Agg 2-3 )
Hibernian would go on to lose the final to Partick Thistle in this year
Birthdays:
Steven Whittaker
John Grant
Hibs Through and Through Eric Stevenson
At Easter Road They Play. John Campbell
From the Cowshed to the Kop Peter Cormack
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17/6/1947/Friendly Challenge Match
Norrkoping 3 v 1 Hibernian
Leslie Johnston
Hibernian fell to a shock defeat in front of a full house
According to Eddie Turnbull it was the worst case of biased refereeing he had ever witnessed in his whole career; blocking our players, awarding three penalties to the Swedes and even providing the pass for their third goal and waving play on
Things began to go wrong when the crowd refused to return “our” heavy filly and we had to play with their light weight effort which was a big deal in those days
The name Norrkoping would not be forgotten and Turnbull would have his revenge
Norrkoping played a young centre forward Gunnar Nordahl who would become a Swedish legend making his name in Italy
Other games on this tour:
Sparsborg 2 v 5 Hibernian
Johnston 2
Buchanan
Ormond
Turnbull
Gjoes Oslo 0 v 7 Hibernian
Smith 2
Reilly 4
Ormond
Djero Bergen 0 v 11 Hibernian
Smith 4
Ormond 4
Turnbull 2
Leslie Johnston
Stavangar 0 v 5 Hibernian
Smith 3
Turnbull 2
17/6/1944 Summer Cup Round 2 Leg 1
Greenock Morton 1 v 1 Hibernian
Smith
Hibernian on this Day Colquhoun and Sinnet
Gordon Smith Prince Of Wingers Tony Smith
Having a Ball Eddie Turnbull
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18/6/1967 North American League Match Day 6
Toronto City 2 v 1 Chicago Mustangs
Cormack
Grant
A goal in the first minute by Peter Cormack gave HIBS the lead against crack Italian Serie A side Cagliari
Throughout the remainder of the first half the Italians were guilty of leaving the boot in and grabbing a handful of flesh as well as your jersey at set pieces They would kick and trip you off the ball when they thought the Ref wasn’t looking
Things kicked off half way through the first half when an Italian full back was sent off for punching and head butting Jim Scott who once again found himself to be the unfortunate victim
The Italian was followed into the Changing Room just before half time by Peter Cormack who was sent off for retaliating to the heavy handed treatment that was being handed out his way
Cagliari equalised just after the re-start but things escalated with only seven minutes remaining. Pat Quinn took a quick free-kick to Colin Grant who wasted no time in burying the ball beyond the Italian goalkeeper for the winner
The Referee was immediately surrounded by the Italian players who insisted that he hadn’t blown for the free-kick to be taken Courageously the Referee refused to change his decision and awarded the goal
The Cagliari Manager instructed his players to leave the field of play Many of the fans in the 15000 crowd who were of Italian origin left their seats and they too entered the fray trying to get at the Referee
After a long delay the Italian team still refused to come back onto the pitch and HIBS were awarded the points
The headlines in the following days press would read “ Soccer Riot in Toronto “
HIBS : Allan Duncan Davis Stanton Madsen Cousin Quinn Cormack Scott Stein and Stevenson
Subs: McGraw and Grant
Att: 15000
HIBS Through and Through Eric Stevenson
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19/6/1943 Summer Cup Round 2 Leg 2
Hibernian 4 v 0 Queens Park ( Agg 6-1 )
Kean
Smith
Williams
McGillvray
Alex Hall had won the FA Cup with Sunderland in 1937 and played over 250 games for Hibernian throughout the war years
Hibernian: Brown Shaw Hall Finnigan Baxter Kean Smith Williams McGillvray Combe and Caskie
Att 7000
Birthdays
Brian Grant
Bobby Hutchinson
Hibernian on this day Colquhoun and Sinnet
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One on that big list of guys I'd forgotten played for HibsQuote:
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Originally Posted by G15 Hibs
Played ok in the play-off game away to Airdrie along with Leighton and Jackson IIRC
20/6/1953 Rivadavia Correa Meyer Tournament
Fluminense 3 v 0 Hibernian
20/6/1942 Summer Cup Round 2 Leg 2
Hibernian 5 v 1 Third Lanark ( Agg: 13-3 )
Smith
Milne
Combe 2
Caskie
HIBS would play Rangers in the final at Hampden Park and lose their grip on the cup on the toss of a coin
Birthdays:
Paul Kane
Billy McEwan
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