On this day in history

HIBERNIAN 2 v 0 PARTICK THISTLE

Scottish League Premiership 31/3/2018

MacLaren 71 Hanlon 76

Hibs : Bell Hanlon McGregor Ambrose Bartley McGeoch Stevenson Boyle Allan MacLaren and Kamberi

Subs Whitts for Bartley 65 Shaw for MacLaren 78 and Swanson for Allan 92

Unused Dabrowski Slivka Murray and Porteous

Pretty sure PARTICK scored a perfectly good goal that was disallowed in this match and HIBS went up the park and scored two

Danny Devine sent off for PARTICK on 86 minutes for a second yellow

https://youtu.be/PQFprqO9rA0

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HIBERNIAN 2 v 0 PARTICK THISTLE

Scottish League Premiership 31/3/2018

MacLaren 71 Hanlon 76

Hibs : Bell Hanlon McGregor Ambrose Bartley McGeoch Stevenson Boyle Allan MacLaren and Kamberi

Subs Whitts for Bartley 65 Shaw for MacLaren 78 and Swanson for Allan 92

Unused Dabrowski Slivka Murray and Porteous

Pretty sure PARTICK scored a perfectly good goal that was disallowed in this match and HIBS went up the park and scored two

Danny Devine sent off for PARTICK on 86 minutes for a second yellow

https://youtu.be/yVuh8kYYk6A

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Also on this day in history, another Scottish cup final 1923 , and despite not losing a single goal in the tournament, we lost 1-0 to the tribute act, with Maley brothers managing each team

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Also on this day in history, another Scottish cup final 1923 , and despite not losing a single goal in the tournament, we lost 1-0 to the tribute act, with Maley brothers managing each team

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Willie Harper hesitated Cassidy nipped in for a headed goal in front of 80000 at Hampden

I went to see last Saturday
The Battle of the Greens
On the world renowned enclosure
Thats the glory of the Queens
There was very little in it
It was quite an even fight
Till a head gave the victory
To the Celtic green and white

So here’s three cheers for Celtic
And three more for the HIBS
They couldn’t share the trophy
But they shared the glittering dibs
The Cup is on the sideboard
Of the Glasgow club which means
That the losers were the greener
In the battle of the greens

Source: The Making of Hibernian The Romantic Years
Alan Lugton

Another year of pain

Scottish Championship 1/4/2017

Dunfermline 1 v 1 Hibernian

McGinn 12

A 25 yard drive from John McGinn and a second half penalty equaliser from Kallum Higginbotham after Lewis Stevenson was adjudged to have handled in the box

Hibs wore their away strip of yellow top black shorts and yellow socks 4000 hibbies made the journey through from Edinburgh
Att: 7058

Hibs: Marciano McLean Stevenson McGregor Ambrose Bartley McGinn McGeoch Boyle Graham and Cummings
Subs: Keatings for Boyle 76 Holt for Graham 78 and SDG for Cummings 93
Unused: Laidlaw Fyvie Martin and Murray

Birthdays on this day:

Scott Martin
Greg Miller

Hearts 2 v 1 HIBS SPL 1/4/1989

Houchen 25

Transfer seeking Steve Archibald was left out of a HIBS team that included £300000 newcomer Keith Houchen from Coventry City

Hibs: Goram Hunter Sneddon May Rae Mitchell Orr Houchen Kane Collins Evans Subs Tortolano McCuskey

Att 22000

Hearts scorers Bannon and Robertson

Scottish Championship 2/4/2016

St Mirren 2 v 2 Hibernian

Cummings 27
El Alagui. 89

Cummings opened the scoring latching onto McGinns threaded pass to place his effort underneath Jamie Langfield Rocco Quinn equalised for Saints and Lawrence Shankland gave them the lead on 57 minutes El Alagui came off the bench and slotted home a Stokes pass in the penultimate minute

This ended a run of four straight defeats by HIBS in the Scottish Championship :confused:

Hibs: Oxley Gray Hanlon McGregor Stevenson Bartley McGinn Henderson Boyle Cummings and Stokes

Subs: Dagnall on for Boyle 61 El Alagui on for Bartley 76

Unused: Virtanen Handling Gunnarson and Callum Donaldson
Att: 3765

Scottish League Premier Division 2/4/1985

Hearts 2 v 2 Hibernian

I attended this game it was a Tuesday night game back in the day and HIBS were struggling near the foot of the table Hearts had built a well deserved lead to lead comfortably 2-0 and my mates had decided to call it a night and would see me back at the pub They would not believe me when I told them that Super Joe had come off the bench and curled home two worldy free kicks into Henry Smiths postage stamp to earn the Hibees a valuable point This was of course in the days before internet moblie phones and blanket football coverage

Hibs: Rough Sneddon Schaedler Munro Rae Brazil Callachan Kane Irvine Rice and Jamieson

Subs: McBride and Harris

Att:17814

Super Joe McBride in action not this game

https://youtu.be/75CBCuKOtp0

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Scottish Championship 2/4/2016

St Mirren 2 v 2 Hibernian

Cummings 27
El Alagui. 89

Cummings opened the scoring latching onto McGinns threaded pass to place his effort underneath Jamie Langfield Rocco Quinn equalised for Saints and Lawrence Shankland gave them the lead on 57 minutes El Alagui came off the bench and slotted home a Stokes pass in the penultimate minute

This ended a run of four straight defeats by HIBS in the Scottish Championship :confused:

Hibs: Oxley Gray Hanlon McGregor Stevenson Bartley McGinn Henderson Boyle Cummings and Stokes

Subs: Dagnall on for Boyle 61 El Alagui on for Bartley 76

Unused: Virtanen Handling Gunnarson and Callum Donaldson
Att: 3765

Scottish League Premier Division 2/4/1985

Hearts 2 v 2 Hibernian

I attended this game it was a Tuesday night game back in the day and HIBS were struggling near the foot of the table Hearts had built a well deserved lead to lead comfortably 2-0 and my mates had decided to call it a night and would see me back at the pub They would not believe me when I told them that Super Joe had come off the bench and curled home two worldy free kicks into Henry Smiths postage stamp to earn the Hibees a valuable point This was of course in the days before internet moblie phones and blanket football coverage

Hibs: Rough Sneddon Schaedler Munro Rae Brazil Callachan Kane Irvine Rice and Jamieson

Subs: McBride and Harris

Att:17814

Super Joe McBride in action not this game

https://youtu.be/75CBCuKOtp0

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Like your mates, I left Tynie at 2-0 so not in the best position to doubt you but was it not only the equaliser that was a free-kick (I know Super Joe got both goals)? I only left with 5 mins to go, so a few Jambos jumped on the same bus as me at a stop further doon the road. I couldn't understand why they looked so miserable until I got home and checked Ceefax on the telly...!

Great memories though, so cheers - keep them coming!

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Like your mates, I left Tynie at 2-0 so not in the best position to doubt you but was it not only the equaliser that was a free-kick (I know Super Joe got both goals)? I only left with 5 mins to go, so a few Jambos jumped on the same bus as me at a stop further doon the road. I couldn't understand why they looked so miserable until I got home and checked Ceefax on the telly...!

Great memories though, so cheers - keep them coming!

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Yeah agree my memory getting a bit foggy defo one of them a free kick

I will still take the point though :greengrin

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Yeah agree my memory getting a bit foggy defo one of them a free kick

I will still take the point though :greengrin

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Given the way derby results went at that time, it pretty much felt like a win! Just wish I'd stayed, but as you said Hearts lead was well-deserved and they were so comfortable I couldn't see a way back for us. The beauty of fitba! 😁

NHC: Scottish Cup Semi Final 2/4/2006

Hibernian 0 v 4 Hearts

A sackable performance from Zibi every Hibby in the Stadium knew this was coming with Riordan Killen and Michael Stewart missing but was still painful nonetheless Sproule and Gary Smith sent off

Hibs: Malkowski Whittaker Smith Caldwell Murphy Sproule Hogg Thomson Glass Fletcher and Benjelloun

Subs:Konte for Glass 62 Konde for Benji 70 and McCluskey for Fletcher 82

Unused: Simon Brown and Shields

Att:43180

Another year of pain

Edit: Zibi went on to play another 29 times for HIBS including a 2-1 win over Hearts on 22/4/2006 a few weeks later where he had to stop Benji from celebrating his goal at the FF end in front of the Hearts fans in the away end

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Originally Posted by SideBurns

Like your mates, I left Tynie at 2-0 so not in the best position to doubt you but was it not only the equaliser that was a free-kick (I know Super Joe got both goals)? I only left with 5 mins to go, so a few Jambos jumped on the same bus as me at a stop further doon the road. I couldn't understand why they looked so miserable until I got home and checked Ceefax on the telly...!

Great memories though, so cheers - keep them coming!

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I stayed to the end but like a whole heap of others had started making my way down towards the exit tunnel. When the first went in everyone stopped leaving meaning a big crush at the tunnel. When the second went in it was chaos. I fell and when I got up my top had a lovely pattern of footprints all over it!! Them were the days.

[QUOTE=weecounty hibby;6132732]I stayed to the end but like a whole heap of others had started making my way down towards the exit tunnel. When the first went in everyone stopped leaving meaning a big crush at the tunnel. When the second went in it was chaos. I fell and when I got up my top had a lovely pattern of footprints all over it!! Them were the days.[/QUOTE

Those tunnels at the Gorgie Road End were horrendous, especially as the majority of the Hibs support used to congregate right behind the goals just above and below them. More luck than design that there wasn't a serious accident.

Btw, the YouTube footage BillyHibs posted could well have been from.that game; it suggests the goal was New Year's Day 1986 but apparently it was Colin Harris who scored.

I discovered that by perusing Hearts results from that season. Think it's worth pointing out that on the opening day of 85-86 they were 1-0 up v Celtic until Paul McStay equalised in injury time. If Hearts had held out for the win, they would've been Marshall's Chunky Chicken Champions the week before Albert Kidd Day 😁

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I stayed to the end but like a whole heap of others had started making my way down towards the exit tunnel. When the first went in everyone stopped leaving meaning a big crush at the tunnel. When the second went in it was chaos. I fell and when I got up my top had a lovely pattern of footprints all over it!! Them were the days.[/QUOTE

Those tunnels at the Gorgie Road End were horrendous, especially as the majority of the Hibs support used to congregate right behind the goals just above and below them. More luck than design that there wasn't a serious accident.

Btw, the YouTube footage BillyHibs posted could well have been from.that game; it suggests the goal was New Year's Day 1986 but apparently it was Colin Harris who scored.

I discovered that by perusing Hearts results from that season. Think it's worth pointing out that on the opening day of 85-86 they were 1-0 up v Celtic until Paul McStay equalised in injury time. If Hearts had held out for the win, they would've been Marshall's Chunky Chicken Champions the week before Albert Kidd Day 😁

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Naw that goal was scored by Super Joe in a 1-1 draw at Tiny 1/11/1986 played on a Saturday afternoon

Pretty sure it was getting dark and the milk floats were oot when Joe scored his late double :greengrin

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Naw that goal was scored by Super Joe in a 1-1 draw at Tiny 1/11/1986 played on a Saturday afternoon

Pretty sure it was getting dark and the milk floats were oot when Joe scored his late double :greengrin

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Ah, right enough! My eyesight is brutal. Still, gave me another chance to talk about Hearts glorious double winning season 😁

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Those tunnels at the Gorgie Road End were horrendous, especially as the majority of the Hibs support used to congregate right behind the goals just above and below them. More luck than design that there wasn't a serious accident.

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A section of one of them caved at a Hibs game. Late 80's maybe early 90's. They tried to blame the Hibs fans at the time. Couldn't have been their fault, nothing is.

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A section of one of them caved at a Hibs game. Late 80's maybe early 90's. They tried to blame the Hibs fans at the time. Couldn't have been their fault, nothing is.

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Now, I've a vague recollection of that...no, wouldn't be their fault, that's for sure.

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A section of one of them caved at a Hibs game. Late 80's maybe early 90's. They tried to blame the Hibs fans at the time. Couldn't have been their fault, nothing is.

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Now, I've a vague recollection of that...no, wouldn't be their fault, that's for sure.

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It was the wall above the tunnel that collapsed - a hibs fan broke his arm IIRC.

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Naw that goal was scored by Super Joe in a 1-1 draw at Tiny 1/11/1986 played on a Saturday afternoon

Pretty sure it was getting dark and the milk floats were oot when Joe scored his late double :greengrin

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It was definitely dark when Joe scored the equaliser

I remember my cardigan loving cousins telling me a few days later that Hibs didn’t gain a point Hearts gave them a point because of the money the Derby generates
Funny it wasn’t the same case last month when they beat us

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NHC: Scottish Cup Semi Final 2/4/2006

Hibernian 0 v 4 Hearts

A sackable performance from Zibi every Hibby in the Stadium knew this was coming with Riordan Killen and Michael Stewart missing but was still painful nonetheless Sproule and Gary Smith sent off

Hibs: Malkowski Whittaker Smith Caldwell Murphy Sproule Hogg Thomson Glass Fletcher and Benjelloun

Subs:Konte for Glass 62 Konde for Benji 70 and McCluskey for Fletcher 82

Unused: Simon Brown and Shields

Att:43180

Another year of pain

Edit: Zibi went on to play another 29 times for HIBS including a 2-1 win over Hearts on 22/4/2006 a few weeks later where he had to stop Benji from celebrating his goal at the FF end in front of the Hearts fans in the away end

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And the very significant news that a certain Scott Brown was declared unfit before KO.

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And the very significant news that a certain Scott Brown was declared unfit before KO.

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Forgot about him significant loss

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SPL 3/4/2011

hibernian 2 v 2 Hearts

Miller 35 pen
Vaz Te 80

A Liam Miller penalty drew HIBS level after Zakiukas was sent off for a push on Sodje following a Ryan Stevenson opener Ricardo Vaz Te put HIBS into the lead with ten minutes left but Stephen Elliot equalised for ten man hearts in the 83rd minute Two fine saves from MacDonald prevented Riordan and Matt Thornhill from restoring HIBS lead

Hibs : Brown Dickoh Hanlon Booth Towell Thornhill Miller Scott Palsson Riordan and Sodje

Subs: Vaz Te for Jimmy Scott 46 Wotherspoon for Palsson 69 Murray for Miller 82

Unused Smith Stephens Stevenson and Nish

Att: 17793

SPL 3/4/2004

Hibs 3 v 1 Livingston

McManus 38
Riordan 52 82

Hibs earned some revenge for their CIS Cup defeat and won just their fourth home game of the season
Tom McManus scored from close range after 38 minutes Derek Lilley equalised early in the second half with a deft chip Riordan regained HIBS advantage prodding home Murdocks flick from a corner and secured the points with a powerful header from a Caldwell cross

Hibs : Andersson Caldwell Murdock Baillie Edge Brown Whittaker Thomson Reid Riordan and McManus

Used Subs O’Connor Orman and James Kane

Unused Alistair Brown and Fletcher

Att: 6507

Other significant results on this day

3/4/2019 Kilmarnock H 0-0

3/4/2018 Hamilton H 3-1

3/4/1999 Hamilton A 2-0

3/4/1982 Airdrieonians A 2-0

3/4/1963 Valencia H 2-1

Birthday wishes to Alan Combe




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European Cup Semi First Leg 4/4/1956

Reims 2 v 0 Hibernian

Hibs were through to the semi final and met the French club Reims in the Parc Des Princes on April 4 1956 More than 36000 spectators paid £15000 to see the tie

Hibs chased the first goal with adventurous spirit and their eagerness to strike cost them the tie Leblond headed the Frenchmen in front in the last half hour and almost on the whistle Bliard added another

Reims had a fabulous forward in Kopa who moved later to Real Madrid and a superb Centre Half in Jonquet These two fashioned the victory and the late goal was a stunning blow to HIBS

https://youtu.be/Gx1R64daxxU

HIBS: Younger Macfarlane Paterson Buchanan Grant and Thomson Smith Turnbull Reilly Combe and Ormond

Such was the interest in the European Cup that the return match attracted a gate of 50000 which turned out to be the highest in the competition

Hibs gave the same team a chance to pull back the two goals and they did everything except score Lawrie Reilly hit the post and Eddie Turnbull had a shot cleared off the line A masterly run by Kopa enabled Glovacki to make it 3-0 on aggregate so Reims ability to soak up pressure and counter attack skilfully took them through


Scottish First Division Old 4/4/1970

Hibernian 3 v 1 Dundee Utd

McBride 2
Grant

Morris Stevenson opened the scoring for the visitors after 4 minutes Johnny Graham then got pulled down inside the box by Jim Henry and Joe McBride converted the penalty on 23 minutes Second half substitute Colin Grant gave HIBS the lead on 60 minutes and flying winger Eric Stevenson got pulled down inside the box on 75 minutes and Joe McBride converted the penalty

Hibs: Marshall Shevlane Jones Blackley Black Stanton Graham Hamilton McBride ORourke and Stevenson

Sub: Grant for Blackley 46

Att: 5051

Honourable mention to the late great Joe McBride I thought he was a fantastic player for HIBS and a prolific goal scorer scoring 24:28 in his first season and returning 58: 91 in all games

100 Years Of HIBS
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Willie Harper hesitated Cassidy nipped in for a headed goal in front of 80000 at Hampden

I went to see last Saturday
The Battle of the Greens
On the world renowned enclosure
Thats the glory of the Queens
There was very little in it
It was quite an even fight
Till a head gave the victory
To the Celtic green and white

So here’s three cheers for Celtic
And three more for the HIBS
They couldn’t share the trophy
But they shared the glittering dibs
The Cup is on the sideboard
Of the Glasgow club which means
That the losers were the greener
In the battle of the greens

Source: The Making of Hibernian The Romantic Years
Alan Lugton

Another year of pain

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The Hibernian poets Society

Scottish League Cup Final 5/4/1969

Hibernian 2 v 6 Celtic

ORourke
Stevenson


Oh dear another Cup Final and a crushing defeat from Celtic in what would be the first of three heavy defeats over the next decade

Let us rewind six months to a packed Tynecastle Stadium where HIBS faced a decent Dundee side in the League Cup Semi Final

Hibs had got to the semi final after beating East Fife 6-2 on aggregate in the Quarter Final after topping a group containing Raith Rovers St Johnstone and Falkirk

Hibs warmed up for the semi final with a crushing 5-1 home win over Airdrieonians so went into the tie in confident mood

The game kicked off at 100 mph with George McLean giving Dundee the lead and Colin Stein equalising thirty seconds later The game carried on at pace with Dundee having the better of the chances

With fifteen minutes left Alan McGraw got carried off on a stretcher with what appeared to be a serious leg injury and HIBS found themselves down to ten men as they had previously made their one substitution as they had replaced Quinn for ORourke

A great cheer went up from the Hibs support as minutes later Alan McGraw reappeared with his leg heavily bandaged brought on as purely nuisance value hobbling out on the wing

In the dying minutes as the clock ticked down McGraw managed to deflect an Eric Stevenson corner at the Gorgie Road end off his bandaged knee past a despairing Ally Donaldson and into the net to send the Hibernian horde behind his goal wild with delight

Minutes later the referee blew the final whistle and Alan McGraw was carried shoulder high from the field of play by his team mates as the Hibees knew they were on their way to Hampden

Eric Stevenson told the story in his book “HIBS through and through” that they were on £50 a man to reach the final and after the match he was walking along Princes Street with Goalkeeper Willie Wilson and in true western style they walked into a pub and Willie announced to all those present “ The drinks are on me”

The Final at Hampden due to be played at the end of October versus Celtic was delayed due to a fire in the South Stand at Hampden and was put back to the 5th April 1969

The final itself from a HIBS point of view was a damp squib Celtic were in irresistible form as they raced into an unassailable six goal lead with Lennox 3 Craig Auld and Wallace all scoring HIBS put a more respectable shine on things with late goals from a quickly taken ORourke free kick and a near post Stevenson header

Top scorer Colin Stein had long since departed for Ibrox and new top scorer Joe McBride was ineligible to play

Peter Cormack in his book “ From the cowshed to the kop” said that he was forced to play centre forward in this game and Billy McNeill could not have enjoyed an easier ninety minutes as the ball never once landed at his feet and McNeill won everything in the air


HIBS : Allan Shevlane Davis Stanton Madsen Blackley Marinello Quinn Cormack ORourke and Stevenson

Unused sub: Hunter

Att: 74253

https://youtu.be/wx2ePQycYtM

Other results on this day

5/4/2016 Championship Livingston H 2-1

5/4/2008 SPL St Mirren H 2-0

5/4/2003 SPL Kilmarnock H 2-1

5/4/1997 SPL Dundee United H 2-1

Scottish Premiership 6/4/2019

Hearts 1 v 2 HIBS

Horgan 2

Hibs had not beaten Hearts in ten attempts at Tiny

Hearts dominated the early exchanges with Olly Lees free kick hitting the post before he crossed for Peter Haring to head home the opener on 25 minutes from a corner

Daryl Horgan equalised when he slid home a low cross following good work from Marc McNulty on the left despite Hearts claims that the HIBS centre forward was initially in an offside position

In the 56 th minute HIBS took the lead following a wonderful move full of fast intricate accurate pacy passing between Horgan Mallan and Kamberi which ended up with Horgan dispatching a low left foot drive into the bottom right hand corner of Bobby Zlamals net cue wild scenes in the School End

His goals apart Daryl Horgan was outstanding all day

McNulty should have made it three two minutes later with a header and brought out a great save from Zlamal in the dying minutes

The match will be remembered for the smoke bombs and the coconut on the pitch but the highlight for me was Darren MacGregors tackle on Peter Haring

This was HIBS first win at Tiny since 2013 and saw them jump above Hearts to finish in fifth place pre split but sadly that was to be their last win of the season

Hibs : Rocky Gray MacGregor Hanlon Stevenson Milligan Horgan Mallon Omeonga Kamberi and McNulty

Subs Bartley for Kamberi 73 Spector for Gray 77 and Slivka for Horgan 88

Unused Bogdan Murray Mackie and Allan

Att: 19667

https://youtu.be/nHeE4BcykHg



Scottish League Premier Division 6/4/1985

Dumbarton 0 v 2 HIBS

Irvine
Rice

Following on from the superb display at Tynecastle in midweek where two late goals from Joe McBride rescued an unexpected but welcome point HIBS still found themselves locked perilously close to the foot of the division and faced a tricky and nervy away fixture at fellow strugglers Dumbarton

Such was the sense of urgency felt by the HIBS Board to turn around this situation that they put on buses for the large travelling support @ fifty pence per head

I actually attended this game hard to believe it was 35 years ago I can still feel the tension and nervousness in the air there was a huge HIBS support and Old Boghead Park was a dump of a ground with a pitch to match like a bog that had gone hard and bumpy

Looking at our team you wondered why we were at the bottom of the league?

Second half goals from Irvine and Rice would ease the Hibee nerves but they were not out of the woods yet back in the days of the old top ten the bottom two teams went down

A home draw to Dundee United 1-1 followed by an inexplicable 0-4 reverse at home to St Mirren a 2-1 away win at Morton followed up by a last day 1-0 win over Rangers scorer Paul Kane ensured that HIBS finished in eighth place eight points clear of the relegated Dumbarton with Morton picking up the wooden spoon

Hibs Rough Sneddon Munro Kane Rae and Brazil Callachan Durie Irvine Rice and McBride

Sub Jamieson

Att 5084


Birthdays on this day

Danny Lennon

Mark Venus

Joe Tortolano

Andy Walker

Erich Schaedler RIP


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Not football related, but on this day 700 years ago the Declaration of Arbroath was signed....

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Not football related, but on this day 700 years ago the Declaration of Arbroath was signed....

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Sealed and delivered.

Scottish League Division Two 7/4/1894

HIBS 6 v 0 Glasgow Northern

HIBS won comfortably in a league match at Easter Road on their way to winning the first ever Scottish League Division Two Championship

Hibernian were now back as a force in Scottish Football after being almost down and out a couple of years before

There was a catch however because there was no automatic promotion to Division One this was decided on a voting system and also the bottom three clubs had to apply for reelection

The Scottish League in their wisdom decided to vote Clyde into the first division who did not even finish runners up but were a Glasgow club

Generally the press had supported Hibernian but some showed anti Edinburgh and anti Catholic bias one stating “ they were not the type of club wanted in the first division”

There was a strong suspicion that Celtic and Hearts had voted against HIBS in their application for election

HIBS would just have to persevere and win the Second Division again in 1895 which they did and succeeded in going up

In their last game of the season on the 31st May 1894 at Powderhall they took some measure of revenge against First Division Hearts in the final of the Rosebery Cup by defeating them 4-2

The team that day was the same team that had played for most of the season Donnelly Rooney McFarlane Breslin McGeachan and Murphy Murray Kennedy Martin Smith and Amos

The Rosebery Cup is currently on display at Easter Road after Hibernian were the most recent winners in 1945






Scottish Cup Semi Final 7/4/1995
Ibrox Park

HIBS 0 v 0 Celtic

Jim Leighton saved a disputed penalty after Andy Walker took a dive in the box

HIBS lost the replay 1-3 on 11/4/1995 Keith Wright scoring for HIBS

Another year of pain

HIBS : Leighton Miller Mitchell McGinlay Tweed Millen Harper Farrell Wright Jackson and ONeill

Att 40950

Hibs actually finished third this season behind Champions Rangers and Motherwell and two points ahead of fourth placed Celtic




Birthdays on this day

Scott Robertson






The Making of Hibernian The Brave Years
Alan Lugton


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Scottish League Division One (Old) 8/4/1972

Hibernian 7 v 1 St Johnstone

Stanton
Edwards
ORourke
Baker
Gordon 2
Duncan

There was something happening down Easter Road way the Tornadoes were starting to take shape but still not quite as we know it

Hibernian blew St Johnstone away with a scintillating display of fast attacking football goals from Stanton Edwards ORourke Baker Gordon 2 and Duncan in a totally brilliant display

Alex Rennie scored a consolation goal for St Johnstone in what was HIBS biggest win since they beat Partick Thistle 7-0 in September 1966

Hibs: Herriot Brownlie and Schaedler McEwan Blackley and Stanton Edwards ORourke Baker Cropley and Duncan

Att: 6358

Sadly this was to be the Baker Boys last goal for HIBS

I actually attended his last game for HIBS a Scottish Cup Semi Final versus Rangers in front of a crowd of 76174 on a hot sunny Saturday afternoon at Hampden one week after the St Johnstone game

Hibs started nervously and found themselves down to an Alex MacDonald goal but second half HIBS rallied Peter McCloy parried a Baker shot into the path of ORourke who had no hesitation in burying the ball into the back of the net to silence the large Rangers support

The replay took place two weeks later and HIBS blew Rangers away with a display of fast attacking football Stanton opening the scoring after 12 minutes and Alex Edwards completed the scoring after dispatching a Hazel knockdown into the net

It was a superb display from HIBS and Rangers could not compete with the accuracy and speed of the Hibernian passing in a game HIBS totally dominated from start to finish Ole! Ole!

I do not think any of the Supporters Buses returned to Edinburgh with their windows in tact

Both of these games made a young Billyhibs realise what a horrible and despicable club Rangers really were and they certainly did not like it up em!

Joe Baker was an unused sub


Other significant games on this day

8/4/2015 Championship Dumbarton A 2-1

8/4/1963 First Division Old Dundee A 3-1



Birthdays on this day

Big Dave

Gordon Chisholm







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I stayed to the end but like a whole heap of others had started making my way down towards the exit tunnel. When the first went in everyone stopped leaving meaning a big crush at the tunnel. When the second went in it was chaos. I fell and when I got up my top had a lovely pattern of footprints all over it!! Them were the days.[/QUOTE

Those tunnels at the Gorgie Road End were horrendous, especially as the majority of the Hibs support used to congregate right behind the goals just above and below them. More luck than design that there wasn't a serious accident.

Btw, the YouTube footage BillyHibs posted could well have been from.that game; it suggests the goal was New Year's Day 1986 but apparently it was Colin Harris who scored.

I discovered that by perusing Hearts results from that season. Think it's worth pointing out that on the opening day of 85-86 they were 1-0 up v Celtic until Paul McStay equalised in injury time. If Hearts had held out for the win, they would've been Marshall's Chunky Chicken Champions the week before Albert Kidd Day 😁

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Jeez, Marshall a Chunky Chickens, never heard that for years. My dad was a farm manager and we lived on it outside of Tullibody. Still there I understand but new company manage farms.

Scottish League Championship 9/4/2016

Alloa 1 v 0 HIBS

Weeks away from immortality HIBS continued to stutter in the League losing this encounter to a Duffy goal that had shades of England 1966 written all over it and was doubtful if it had actually crossed the line

HIBS failed to convert chances that fell to Hanlon Gray Stokes Keatings and Cummings against Jack Ross’s basement boys before Oxley saved a late strike from Duffy

Hibs : Oxley Gray and Gunnarsson Hanlon Stevenson and Fyvie Henderson McGinn Keatings Cummings and Stokes

Subs: Boyle for Keatings 62 Dagnall for Cummings 75

Unused : Bartley Handling MacGregor Thomson and Virtanen

Att: 1364






Scottish League SPL 9/4/2011

Aberdeen 0 v 1 Hibernian

Sodje 15

A first half strike from Akpo Sodje on 15 minutes gave Aberdeen their third successive defeat in seven days

The dons tried to get back on terms Chris Maguire hitting the post and HIBS goalkeeper Mark Brown pushing a second point blank Maguire effort onto the upright Josh Maginnis had a header hit the underside of the bar but the Edinburgh side survived late Dons pressure to end a run of three games without a win

Hibs : Brown Hanlon Stephens Booth Towell and Stevenson Thornhill Miller Palsson Vaz Te and Sodje

Subs: Nish for Sodje 57 Wootherspoon for Vaz Te 57 Murray for Stevenson 74

Unused: Divis Hart Scott and Duffy

Att: 7400







Scottish Cup Semi Final Replay 9/4/1958



Hibernian 2 v 1 Rangers

Turnbull pen
Fraser

This Scottish Cup Semi Final replay took place the midweek after a thrilling 2-2 draw between the teams at Hampden Aitken and Preston being the HIBS heroes

Hibs had been going through a few extra training sessions in the days before the tie and the extra effort paid off as they triumphed 2-1 and progressed to the final where they would play Clyde

The replay goals were scored by Turnbull from the spot and Fraser but every single player that night was a hero and the support travelled back to Edinburgh singing their praises It had been 56 years since HIBS lifted that trophy and the win against Rangers gave them their first chance to do so since they lost 2-1 in the 1947 final versus Aberdeen

Hibs: Leslie Grant McClelland Turnbull Paterson Baxter Fraser Aitken Baker Preston and Ormond

Att: 74895






Scottish Cup Semi Final Replay 9/4/1924

Hibs 1 v 0 Aberdeen

Dens Park

Following a 0-0 draw the replay was once again staged at Dens Park Again it was a hard entertaining game with both teams opening up a bit which favoured Hibernian but Willie Harper still had to pull off some fine saves one of which showed Harper to be the best goalkeeper in Scotland The Hibees put Aberdeen under a lot of pressure which mounted as the match got older in 85 minutes Dunn’s shot hit the upright with great force It was a first time effort and easily the best shot of the match Then two minutes later Harry Ritchie went on an unstoppable run down the right wing and the Aberdeen goalkeeper could not hold his thunderbolt shot leaving Darkie Walker to ram home the winning goal

HIBS opponents in the final were to be Airdrie a highly talented team who were only just pipped by Rangers for the championship in this season

Hibs: Harper McGinnigle Templeton Kerr Miller Shaw Ritchie Dunn Murray Halligan and Walker

Att: 12000


Other significant fixtures on this day

9/4/2005 Scottish Cup Semi Final Dundee United 1-2

9/4/2000 Scottish Cup Semi Final Aberdeen 1-2






Birthdays

Emerson Hyndman

Kurtis Byrne







At Easter Road They Play John Campbell

The Making of Hibernian The Romantic Years Alan Lugton

www.fitbastats.com

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A section of one of them caved at a Hibs game. Late 80's maybe early 90's. They tried to blame the Hibs fans at the time. Couldn't have been their fault, nothing is.

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I was theremwhen it happened. Think a guy frpm my school broke his leg, f,n death trap, still is.

British Championship 10/4/1886

Scotland 4 v 1 Wales

James McGhee and James Lundy become the first Hibernian players to represent their country

Stop the ball now Lundy
McGhee now take your man
For the Harp and Hibernian
Play up the Sons O Dan

Saturday 10th April 1886 was a proud day for Hibernian and St Patrick’s CYMS when James McGhee and James Lundy ran out onto Hampden Park to play for Scotland against Wales. Canon Hannon, Michael Whelehan, John McFadden and numerous other commitee members were present in the Hampden stand. Also present was ex captain and committee member Michael Cavenagh who three years earlier had been selected to play for Scotland but had missed the game through injury Scotland won by four goals to one and only the crossbar prevented James McGhee from scoring James Lundy did get his name on the score sheet however with a deflection that gave Wales their only goal

Since that day many players have represented their country ranging from Scotland England Northern Ireland and Wales to European countries as well as far flung places such as Ecuador and Trinidad and Tobago whilst playing for HIBS




Significant results on this day:

10/4/2004 Kilmarnock H 3-0
Caldwell Thomson and Riordan (pen)

10/4/1999 Raith Rovers A 3-1
Marinkov Dennis and Latapy

10/4/1976 St Johnstone A 2-0
Bremner and McGhee

10/4/1974 Dundee A 3-1
Harper 2 Cropley

10/4/1971 Airdrieonians H 3-1
Baker 2 Graham



Birthdays on this day

Tommy Younger RIP







The Making of Hibernian: The Harp Awakes Alan Lugton
HIBS Historical Trust
www.fitbastats.com

Scottish League Premier Division 11/4/1998

Hibs 2 v 1 Hearts

Lavety
Harper

Hibs ended Hearts hopes of the League title with a stunning 2-1 win over their city rivals easing their own relegation worries ever so slightly. Barry Basher Lavety gave HIBS the lead on the hour mark substitute John Robertson equalised for Hearts with a stunning free kick and HIBS substitute Kevin Harper won the game for HIBS with a fine individual goal

It was Manager Alex McLeish’s first Edinburgh Derby and he went on a fine run of only losing once in ten games

Hibs: Gunn Miller Boco Brebner Hughes and Welsh Lavety Rougier Crawford Skinner and McGinlay

Sub Harper for Skinner

Att: 15530

https://youtu.be/OMVZqwCbCY8


Scottish Cup Semi Final 11/4/1979

Hibs 2 v 1 Aberdeen

Rae
MacLeod pen


Fewer than 10000 fans attended this midweek Scottish Cup Semi Final at Hampden Park Stevie Archibald gave Aberdeen the lead Gordon Rae equalised nine minutes later and an Ally MacLeod penalty just before the half time whistle was enough to put HIBS into the final to face Rangers

Hibs: McArthur Brazil and Duncan Bremner Stewart McNamara MacLeod Rae Campbell Callachan and Brown

Att: 9384


Scottish League Division One 11/4/1951

Clyde 0 v 4 Hibernian

Souness 2
Mulkerrin
Buchanan

Minus the services of Smith Reilly and Ormond HIBS took the field on the night of Wednesday 11th April 1951 at Shawfield against Clyde. Souness Mulkerrin and Hugh Higgins were the HIBS deputies and despite the fact that it was midweek a huge travelling support witnessed the visitors dominating throughout scoring four times in the second half without reply through Souness who got two Mulkerrin and Buchanan to lift the league championship with four games still to play


Hibs: Younger Govan Cairns Howie Paterson and Buchanan Souness Combe Mulkerrin Turnbull and Higgins

Att: 6000






Scottish Cup Final 11/4/1914

Ibrox Stadium

Hibs 0 v 0 Celtic

Special trains carried thousands of Hibernian supporters packed like herring in a barrel to the great Irish Festival in Glasgow The HIBS and Celtic hordes mingled together in good humoured banter and God Save Ireland was sung until their lungs nearly burst as 50000 squeezed into Ibrox A real gale was blowing and the general opinion was that whoever won the toss their decision of ends would win the game Mattha Paterson won the toss and booked the wind the HIBS old tactics being grab a first half goal and hang on to it. HIBS early play was a joy to see just like the ould Hibernians in the past the defence was rock solid and crisp passing between the forwards saw them descend on the Celtic goal
There is such a thing as tradition attached to Hibernian Football Club and this was plain to see with their green stonewall defence and their dashing helter skelter forwards The gale however spoiled the finishing from Jimmy Hendren Bobby Wilson and Sam Fleming. Celtic the best team in Scotland also played as good a game as the conditions would allow and they had some unconvincing chances. At half time there was no scoring

In the second half with the wind now at their backs Celtic had the better chances and Willie Allan had to show his worth and once the angels hovered over him as Celtic hit the post The HIBS forwards were still combining well but were less effective but as so often happens in a Cup Final a golden opportunity presented itself for HIBS to steal the match Internationalist Willie Smith broke completely clear of the Celtic defence with one of his famous artful dodger swerving runs and the Celtic goal lay at his mercy he just could not miss Was it that he swerved it at too sharp an angle was it the windy conditions perhaps it was just the gods Willie screwed the ball beautifully across the Celtic goal but it went just past the post This was in the last minute of the match poor HIBS they had come so near to accomplishing their mission and poor Willie he was to suffer from recurring nightmares about the incident To the credit of the HIBS officials we are told Willie was never criticised nor were there any recriminations it was not in the philosophy of the football school these Irish gentlemen ran at Easter Road and gentlemen they surely were So the Final ended in no scoring a result no one would have predicted



Hibs:Allan Girdwood Templeton Kerr Paterson Grosart Wilson Fleming Hendren Wood and Smith

Manager: Dan McMichael

Att: 56000


Other significant results on this day

11/4/1995 Scottish Cup Semi Final Replay Celtic N 1-3

11/4/1992 Scottish League Premier Division Falkirk A 3-2




Birthdays

Tony Caig
Gerry Baker RIP



At Easter Road They Play John Campbell
The Making of Hibernian The Brave Years Alan Lugton
John Sparky 2
www.fitbastats.com

Scottish Championship Sunday 12/4/2015

Hibernian 2 v 0 Hearts

Cummings
El Alagui

Hibernian took the Edinburgh derby day spoils for the first time this season and kept up their claim on second spot in the Championship

Jason Cummings close range finish rewarded HIBS early dominance and the best chances continued to fall for the hosts with Liam Fontaine hitting the bar and Farid El Alagui missing from close range

El Alagui scored a deserved second in time added on after champions Hearts were opened up on the break

The win ensures HIBS remain in front of Rangers on goal difference ahead of next weekends Scottish Cup semifinal with Falkirk

It was also a first derby win for Alan Stubbs whose side had twice lost leads in the previous meetings between the sides this term

Hibs: Oxley Forster Hanlon Fontaine Boyle McGeouch Allan Fyvie Stevenson El Alagui and Cummings

Subs: Malonga on for Cummings 68 Dja Djedje on for Malonga 87

Unused: Cerny Craig Stanton Handling and Dunsmore

Att: 13530


https://youtu.be/xOixHCSHdFk

Scottish League Division One Old 12/4/1975

Hibernian 6 v 1 Airdrieonians

Harper 3
Bremner
Smith
Duncan

Title chasing HIBS hammered Airdrie at Easter Road with goals from Harper 3 Bremner Smith and Duncan HIBS would eventually finish seven points behind champions Rangers and four points ahead of third placed Celtic

Hibs : McAthur Brownlie Schaedler Bremner Barry and Stanton Edwards Smith Harper Munro and Duncan

Att: 7056


Other significant results on this day

12/4/2016 Championship Falkirk H 2-2

Cummings 2 one pen

12/4/1986 Scottish League Premier Division Dundee H 1-0

Rae

12/4/1980 Scottish Cup Semi Final Celtic N 0-5

Eddie Turnbulls last game in charge


Birthdays

Grant Holt

Gary Caldwell

Eddie Turnbull RIP









Hibernian FC On This Day Colquhoun and Sinnet

www.fitbastats.com

Scottish Cup Semi Final 13/4/2013

Hibernian 4 v 3 Falkirk
Harris
Doyle
Griffiths 2

Hibs staged one of the great Scottish Cup fightbacks to beat Falkirk and reach the final in a seven goal epic

The Bairns swept into a three goal lead thanks to Craig Sibbalds strike Jay Fulton’s stooping header and Blair Alston’s finish

But goals from Alex Harris after twice striking the frame Leigh Griffiths after his penalty was saved and Eoin Doyle brought extra time and Griffiths struck a beautiful 20 yard winner after having a legitimate effort disallowed as time and Falkirks energy ran out

HIBS:Williams Clancy McGivern Hanlon McPake Cairney Claros Robertson Thomson Harris and Griffiths

Subs Handling for Robertson 32 Doyle for Cairney 46 Taiwo for Thomson 65

Unused Murdoch Stevenson

Att: 22268

Check out Sparky’s exquisite strike for the winner and to put HIBS into the final


https://youtu.be/DQs_w6bCZls


Scottish League SPL 13/4/2005

Hearts 1 v 2 HIBS

OConnor
Shiels

Hibs took a big step towards confirming a third place finish as they came from behind to beat Hearts at Tynecastle for the first time in five years

Hearts dominated the first half and a mistake by HIBS keeper Simon Brown let Lee Miller head home the opening goal

Hibs brought on substitute Amadou Konte after 60 minutes and his introduction changed the game

Hibs drew level midway through the half when Shiels nipped in on the blindside of Jason Thomson to cause panic in the Hearts box and the ball broke to OConnor who side footed the ball into the net and the visitors went ahead five minutes later when Kontes header hit the post and Shiels followed up to fire the ball home

Hearts pressed hard for an equaliser but it was not to be

HIBS: Brown Whittaker Smith Caldwell Ian Murray Antonio Murray Brown Glass Shiels OConnor and Riordan

Subs Thomson for Ian Murray 61 Konte for Riordan 61 Fletcher for Shiels 84

Unused Brown Hogg Morrow and Sproule

Att: 17676





Other significant results on this day

13/4/1993 Scottish League Premier Division Dundee United A 3-0

Wright 3

13/4/1968 Scottish League Division One Motherwell H 2-1

Cormack
Stevenson



Birthdays

Andy Goram






www.fitbastats.com

Scottish Cup Semi Final 14/4/2012

Hibs 2 v 1 Aberdeen

OConnor
Griffiths

Garry OConnor stabbed home a low Kujabi cross to give HIBS the early lead over Craig Browns Aberdeen A superb 25 yard looping goal from Rory Fallon pulled Aberdeen back on level terms Mark Brown replaced Graham Stack in the HIBS goal before on loan Wolves striker Leigh Griffiths latched onto a Garry OConnor through ball to score the winner

Hibs:Stack Doherty Hanlon McPake Kujabi Claros Soares Sproule Osbourne OConnor and Griffiths

Subs: Wotherspoon for Claros 66 Brown for Stack 73 Francomb for OConnor 90

Unused Doyle ODonovan

Att: 28278

https://youtu.be/OUoD9kvuQgg


https://youtu.be/f45DUwckBqg
Full Match



Scottish Cup Semi Final 14/4/2001

Hibs 3 v 0 Livingston

ONeil 2
Zitelli

Hibs reached the Scottish Cup Final easily beating run away First Division leaders Livingston by three goals to nil following a double from John ONeil and David Zitelli after a mistake by Livvy goalkeeper McCaldon

The biggest cheer of the day was reserved for onloan Hearts player Darren Jackson a late Livingston sub

Hibs: Colgan Murray Smith Fenwick Sauzee Laursen Jack Latapy ONeil Paatelainen and Zitelli

Subs Used: McManus Brebner Libbra

Att: 24658


Birthdays

Boozy
Graeme Donald




Hibernian On This Day Colquhoun and Sinnet
www.fitbastats.com

NHC: 21st Anniversary Ryan Giggs wonder goal versus Arsenal FA Cup Semi Final 14/4/1999


https://youtu.be/XgPJ8g05qOw

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Scottish Cup Semi Final 14/4/2012

Hibs 2 v 1 Aberdeen

OConnor
Griffiths

Garry OConnor stabbed home a low Kujabi cross to give HIBS the early lead over Craig Browns Aberdeen A superb 25 yard looping goal from Rory Fallon pulled Aberdeen back on level terms Mark Brown replaced Graham Stack in the HIBS goal before on loan Wolves striker Leigh Griffiths latched onto a Garry OConnor through ball to score the winner

Hibs:Stack Doherty Hanlon McPake Kujabi Claros Soares Sproule Osbourne OConnor and Griffiths

Subs: Wotherspoon for Claros 66 Brown for Stack 73 Francomb for OConnor 90

Unused Doyle ODonovan

Att: 28278

https://youtu.be/OUoD9kvuQgg


https://youtu.be/f45DUwckBqg
Full Match



Scottish Cup Semi Final 14/4/2001

Hibs 3 v 0 Livingston

ONeil 2
Zitelli

Hibs reached the Scottish Cup Final easily beating run away First Division leaders Livingston by three goals to nil following a double from John ONeil and David Zitelli after a mistake by Livvy goalkeeper McCaldon

The biggest cheer of the day was reserved for onloan Hearts player Darren Jackson a late Livingston sub

Hibs: Colgan Murray Smith Fenwick Sauzee Laursen Jack Latapy ONeil Paatelainen and Zitelli

Subs Used: McManus Brebner Libbra

Att: 24658


Birthdays

Boozy
Graeme Donald




Hibernian On This Day Colquhoun and Sinnet
www.fitbastats.com

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My memory must be playing tricks on me - did Tam McManus no' score the 3rd v Livvy in 2001?? If he didn't get off the bench it would seem unlikely, but that's what ma pickled brain is saying...

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Zitelli scored when the keeper came out and missed the ball

Tam McManus had two chances to score late on but the keeper saved both

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...up/1277423.stm




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Scottish Championship 15/4/2017

Hibernian 3 v 0 Queen of the South

McGregor 2
Gray

Hibernian sealed their return to the Premiership beating Queen of the South to wrap up the Championship title

Defender Darren MacGregor looped home a header then flicked in a Jason Cummings corner before the interval Cummings was the supplier again as Captain David Gray squeezed in a header early in the second half

With nearest challengers Falkirk drawing at home to St Mirren Neil Lennons men cannot be caught with three games remaining

A crowd of 17056 turned up for the Easter Road party ending a period of three seasons in the second tier for the Edinburgh club


Hibs:Rocky Gray Stevenson McGregor Ambrose McGinn Fyvie McGeouch Shinnie Boyle and Cummings

Subs: Harris for Shinnie 66 Keatings on for Boyle 75 Bartley for McGeouch 83

Unused: Laidlaw Holt Forster and Graham

Att: 17056


Scottish League Division One 15/4/1981

Hibs 3 v 0 Clydebank

Rae 2
Paterson

Bertie Aulds HIBS secured the first division title and promotion by beating Clydebank 3-0 at Easter Road with goals from Craig Paterson and a double from Gordon Rae HIBS finished six points ahead of Dundee with a staggering goal difference of plus 45 Hearts took HIBS place in the first Division having been relegated from the Premier League that season


HIBS: McArthur Sneddon Brown McLaren Paterson McNamara Callachan Murray Rae Duncan and Connolly

Att:3691




Scottish League Premier Division 15/4/1978

Hibernian 4 v 1 Celtic

Higgins 2
Duncan
McGhee

An oldie but goodie Any win over Celtic is worth another looksee Goals by Big Tony Higgins 2 Arthur Duncan and Alex McGhee secured a comfortable win Celtic employed their usual tactics of trying to get the game abandoned by invading the pitch Check out the comedy goal celebrations HIBS were to finish fourth in this season one point ahead of fifth placed Celtic qualifying for the UEFA Cup

https://youtu.be/PcZ0yrTT45c

Hibs:MacDonald Brownlie Smith McNamara Stewart Bremner Murray MacLeod Hutchinson Duncan and Higgins

Sub: McGhee

Att: 16286

Other significant results on this day

15/4/2007 Scottish Cup Semi Final N HIBS 0 v 0 Dunfermline

15/4/2000 SPL H St Johnstone 3-3

15/4/1974 Scottish League Division One Old H Motherwell 1-0

15/4/1972 Scottish Cup Semi Final N Rangers 1-1

15/4/1967 Scottish League Division One Old H Ayr United 4-1



Birthdays

Tom James

Chris Dagnall

Derek Collins




Hibernian on this day Colquhoun and Sinnet
BBC Sport
www.fitbastats.com

Wow, 48 years ago to the day I was hit in the face by a ‘ginger’ bottle at Hampden, my sin? Supporting the team who had the cheek to draw 1-1 with the hun!

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Wow, 48 years ago to the day I was hit in the face by a ‘ginger’ bottle at Hampden, my sin? Supporting the team who had the cheek to draw 1-1 with the hun!

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Yip! Pretty scary I was there too

First time I heard “ We are the people “ did not know what they were on about still don’t there were thousands of them all dirty and with no clothes sense speaking in this strange accent

I went to the replay after we gubbed them I got punched in the face by a Hun old enough to be my Dad Hated them with a vengeance ever since

The 1-1 game was the great Baker Boys last game for us

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Scottish Championship 15/4/2017

Hibernian 3 v 0 Queen of the South

McGregor 2
Gray

Hibernian sealed their return to the Premiership beating Queen of the South to wrap up the Championship title

Defender Darren MacGregor looped home a header then flicked in a Jason Cummings corner before the interval Cummings was the supplier again as Captain David Gray squeezed in a header early in the second half

With nearest challengers Falkirk drawing at home to St Mirren Neil Lennons men cannot be caught with three games remaining

A crowd of 17056 turned up for the Easter Road party ending a period of three seasons in the second tier for the Edinburgh club


Hibs:Rocky Gray Stevenson McGregor Ambrose McGinn Fyvie McGeouch Shinnie Boyle and Cummings

Subs: Harris for Shinnie 66 Keatings on for Boyle 75 Bartley for McGeouch 83

Unused: Laidlaw Holt Forster and Graham

Att: 17056


Scottish League Division One 15/4/1981

Hibs 3 v 0 Clydebank

Rae 2
Paterson

Bertie Aulds HIBS secured the first division title and promotion by beating Clydebank 3-0 at Easter Road with goals from Craig Paterson and a double from Arthur Duncan HIBS finished six points ahead of Dundee with a staggering goal difference of plus 45 Hearts took HIBS place in the first Division having been relegated from the Premier League that season


HIBS: McArthur Sneddon Brown McLaren Paterson McNamara Callachan Murray Rae Duncan and Connolly

Att:3691




Scottish League Premier Division 15/4/1978

Hibernian 4 v 1 Celtic

Higgins 2
Duncan
McGhee

An oldie but goodie Any win over Celtic is worth another looksee Goals by Big Tony Higgins 2 Arthur Duncan and Alex McGhee secured a comfortable win Celtic employed their usual tactics of trying to get the game abandoned by invading the pitch Check out the comedy goal celebrations HIBS were to finish fourth in this season one point ahead of fifth placed Celtic qualifying for the UEFA Cup

https://youtu.be/PcZ0yrTT45c

Hibs:MacDonald Brownlie Smith McNamara Stewart Bremner Murray MacLeod Hutchinson Duncan and Higgins

Sub: McGhee

Att: 16286

Other significant results on this day

15/4/2007 Scottish Cup Semi Final N HIBS 0 v 0 Dunfermline

15/4/2000 SPL H St Johnstone 3-3

15/4/1974 Scottish League Division One Old H Motherwell 1-0

15/4/1972 Scottish Cup Semi Final N Rangers 1-1

15/4/1967 Scottish League Division One Old H Ayr United 4-1



Birthdays

Tom James

Chris Dagnall

Derek Collins




Hibernian on this day Colquhoun and Sinnet
BBC Sport
www.fitbastats.com

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Was it Rae or Duncan who scored 2 v Clydebank? More likely to be Rae I'd think, as the big man was still playing up front then whereas Arthur was usually left back by that stage of his career. Also, note the contrast between the crowds at the games which saw us win promotion in 1981 and 2017 - less than 4000 at the Clydebank match! Was a hard shift watching Hibs back then...

Scottish Cup Semi Final 16/4/2016

Hibernian 0 v 0 Dundee United

Hibernian won 4-2 on penalties

HIBS debutant goalkeeper Conrad Logan saved two penalties in a shoot out to send the Edinburgh side through to the Scottish Cup Final after a 0-0 draw

Logan playing his first senior game in 16 months saved from Dundee United’s Blair Spittal and Billy McKay HIBS striker Jason Cummings who dinked a ridiculous first half penalty over the bar made amends by scoring the winning penalty in the shoot out

Irishman Logan produced a series of vital saves in normal and extra time The 29 year old whose last game was for Rochdale in December 2014 twice denied McKay in the first half before making further saves from John Rankin and Henri Anier in the extra period

Hibs: Logan Gray McGregor Hanlon Stevenson Bartley Fyvie McGinn Henderson Cummings and Stokes

Subs El Alagui for Stokes 79 Boyle for Henderson 85 Dagnall for El Alagui 96

Unused Handling Gunnarsson Thomson Virtanen

Att: 19651

https://youtu.be/S-b5zdCokYg


East of Scotland Shield Semi Final 16/4/1984

Hibernian 1 v 1 Meadowbank Thistle

Meadowbank won 5-4 on penalties

Hibernian legend Arthur Duncan made his final appearance for the club going off injured with a broken collar-bone

Nijinksky/Flyer was one of my all time favourites making a record 626 appearances for the club scoring 114 goals and earning six full Scotland caps

Inducted into the Hibernian Hall of Fame 2010



https://youtu.be/J80OWhK5gL0

Legend!


Other significant results on this day


16/4/2006 Scottish League SPL Celtic A 1-1
Fletcher

16/4/1989 Scottish Cup Semi Final Celtic 1-3
Archibald

16/4/1988 Scottish League Premier Division Rangers A 1-1
kano pen

16/4/1983 Scottish League Premier Division Morton A 1-0
Thomson

16/4/1914 Scottish Cup Final Replay Celtic 1-4


Birthdays

Liam Henderson





Hibernian On This Day Colquhoun and Sinnet

John Sparky 2

www.fitbastats.com

Enjoying these posts. Can’t believe some of them are so long ago now.

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Enjoying these posts. Can’t believe some of them are so long ago now.

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Agree time flies

I thought I would just do a wee update during lockdown but I have been quite fortunate for the time of year loads of cup finals and semis and classic games and brilliant players

I suppose more to do with our rich football heritage and history makes you proud to be a Hibby

GGTTH

Scottish League Premier Division 17/4/1993

Hibernian 3 v 1 Celtic

Wright
Evans
Jackson pen

Hibs hosted Celtic in the league who were in turmoil off the park and sported a strange black and jade kit for the game HIBS were 2-0 up within seven minutes with goals from Keith Wright and Gareth Evans and went three up just before the interval thanks to a Darren Jackson penalty Alex Miller told the team to protect their lead second half which they managed albeit conceding a late goal to veteran striker Charlie Nicholas HIBS fans spent most of the game goading the Celtic fans not about their financial plight but how bad their team was

Hibs : Burridge Miller Mitchell Hunter Tortolano Lennon Evans Hamilton Wright Jackson and McGinlay

Used Subs: MacLeod and Weir

Att:11132

Scottish League Division One Old 17/4/1916

Hearts 1 v 3 Hibernian

Newton
Lennie
Fleming

On the Edinburgh Monday holiday 17th April second bottom HIBS faced high flying Hearts in a league match at Tynecastle The Irishmen were again written off and this time it seemed justified with the maroons leading 1-0 at half time It is not known exactly what Manager Dan McMiichael said to his HIBS team at the interval but the words pride and tradition featured several times and it certainly worked for in a five minute spell in the second half Fleming Lennie and Newton scored three times to bring off another HIBS shock victory over “ the ould inimy “

The green jerseys that day were Harry McManus Peter Kerr Neil Girdwood Robert Taylor Matha Paterson Frank Newton Robert Lennie Sam Fleming Harry Hutchison Thomas Muirhead and Willie Smith

Att: 5000


Other significant results on this day

17/4/1999 Scottish League Division One St Mirren H 2-1
Hartley
Latapy

17/4/1990 Scottish League Premier Division Celtic H 1-0
Kano pen

17/4/1982 Scottish League Premier Division Dundee United A 1-0
Turnbull

17/4/1976 Scottish League Premier Division Motherwell H 2-0
McGhee
MacLeod

17/4/1974 Scottish League Division One Old Dumbarton H 3-0
Gordon 3

17/4/1972 Scottish League Division One Old Dundee A 2-1
Hazel
Stanton

17/4/1965 Scottish League Division One Old Airdrieonians H 5-1
Scott
Martin
Cormack
Hamilton 2

17/4/1948 Scottish League Division One Old Partick Thistle H 1-0
Turnbull

Almost Champions




Birthdays

Thierry Gathuessi

Jarkko Wiss


The Making of Hibernian The Romantic Years Alan Lugton

Hibernian FC On This Day Colquhoun and Sinnet

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Scottish League Premier Division 18/4/1998

Dunfermline 1 v 1 Hibernian

Welsh 95

Hibernian under Manager Alex McLeish were on a rescue mission trying to do the unthinkable and hang on to HIBS’ premier league status

Relegation threatened HIBS were running out of games and 8000 HIBS supporters crossed the River Forth to play fellow strugglers Dunfermline more in hope than expectation

Hibs played well but Grant Brebner so often a rock for this HIBS team had the misfortune to score an own goal HIBS pressed and pressed to get back on level terms roared on by the large travelling support but it was not until the ninety fifth minute that Brian Welsh rose above the Dunfermline defence to power home a Kevin Harper corner

The way HIBS had played and the way they had dominated the game gave the HIBS fans belief that they could pull a season that had started so well but had turned into an unqualified disaster out of the fire

A hard fought 0-0 draw at Parkhead the next again week would set them up for a winner takes all showdown versus Dundee United at Easter Road a fortnight later

Hibs : Gunn Miller Dods Brebner Hughes and Welsh Harper Rougier Crawford Lavety and McGinlay

Subs: Tosh and Skinner

Att: 12749


Scottish League Division One Old 18/4/1970

Dunfermline 1 v 2 Hibernian

ORourke
Murphy

Special shout out for this end of season game as I have only just realised that I actually attended this match with a school chum fifty years ago and witnessed proceedings from the comfort of the Centre Stand compliments of two tickets gratis from a very kind gentleman in the name of Chris Shevlane

Willie MacFarllane was beginning to make his mark on the team with the introduction of a young chap from Stirling Albion by the name of Erich Schaedler and it is safe to say that Willie had an eye for a player

Jimmy ORourke scored for HIBS on eleven minutes and substitute John Murphy added a second after replacing Alex Cropley

Hibs finished third in the league this season qualifying for the UEFA Cup which would set up a showdown with Liverpool

Hibs: Marshall Shevlane Schaedler Brownlie Black Hamilton Stevenson Hunter McBride ORourke and Cropley

Sub: Murphy

Att: 3925


Other significant matches on this day

18/4/2015 Scottish Cup Semi Final Falkirk N 0-1

18/4/1981 Scottish League Division One Raith Rovers H 2-0
Callachan
Murray

Champions




18/4/1956 European Cup Semi Final Reims H 0-1


Birthdays

Conrad Logan

Eamonn Bannon



Hibernian on this day Colquhoun and Sinnet



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Inter Cities Fairs Cup Semi Final First Leg 19/4/1961

Hibernian 2 v 2 Roma

Baker
McLeod

Hibs go to Rome next week still with a fighting chance of reaching the final of the Inter Cities Cup And fighting is the word Once again a continental team blotted their copybook at Easter Road with a display of bad temper and vicious fouling when things were going against them The bravos of the small Italian contingent were completely overwhelmed at the end by the booing of the 40000 Scottish fans

The battle started in the second half with a deliberate back heeler from Orlando which put Davin out of the game for five minutes It was followed by the brutal felling of Scott both offences got no more than a mild remonstrance from the referee He did however eventually book Lojacano after the third of a series of particularly fierce tackles on Grant

Hibs could not match the skill of Roma in their best passages of play but they deserve tremendous credit for their spirit in fighting back to a courageous draw They lost the second goal when Davin was off the field and sheer guts won them the equaliser

Baker boosted his prestige in Italy with a glorious goal and many flashes of his brilliant best despite the fact that two defenders had been specially briefed to watch him Johnny McLeod was the other outstanding HIBS player but every man did his bit with Baird a fearless skipper

The speedy Italians got in three shots before HIBS had a look in Fortunately they were all yards high or wide Schiaffino carved the openings on two occasions thus this early he looked the dangerman and Lojacano the shot happy one HIBS conceded three free kicks under pressure and Schiaffino winced with an ankle knock after a tackle from Preston

There was no sign of HIBS settling and in fifteen minutes they fell behind to a great goal again it was the schemer Schiaffino who designed it with a pass to Lojacano from fully twenty yards the inside man unleashed a waist high shot off Simpsons fingertips and into the net

Now we saw HIBS get cracking with Baker and McLeod raising hopes The winger sent over several five crosses and Joe though closely marked all the time got in two terrific headers spectacularly saved by Cudicini as well as a shot that scraped past the upright A Baker header followed by a Preston shot had Cudicini in real trouble and Baxter kept up the good work with a header that hit the crossbar

What a roar went up in the first minute of the second half when HIBS dramatically equalised A honey of a goal it was McLeod wandered right across the field with the ball at his toes and slipped a short pass to Scott Scott’s cross looked a poor one until Baker raced back and collected the ball turned in a twinkling and crashed a twenty yard shot goalwards it was deflected by Raymondo out of the keepers reach but it looked a scorer in any case Another Baker dash and cross kept the Roma defence on the hop

There was an outbreak of booing when Orlando was involved in a touchline clash with Davin The HIBS man crumpled in pain and had to be assisted off that was a burden for HIBS to carry and it was increased in the 17th minute Baird fouled Orlando just outside the angle of the penalty area Lojacano took the freekick a rocket of a shot which caught the underside of the bar and came down The referee well up with the play immediately signalled a goal though HIBS looked momentarily inclined to protest Davin came back on but his five minutes absence had been costly

Ten minutes from time HIBS staged another thrilling comeback McLeod was fouled near the byeline he took the freekick himself and turned a cunning ball high into the far corner of the net

HIBS:Simpson Fraser Davin Grant Easton and Baird Scott Preston Baker Baxter and McLeod



Scottish League First Division Old 19/4/1949

Hibernian 5 v 0 Motherwell

Combe
Turnbull
Smith
Linwood 2

One point from their last game versus Dundee and HIBS have won the League nearest challengers Rangers have to win all three of their remaining games by twenty six goals

HIBS scored five goals but their outfield play might have produced a dozen HIBS formula of success is brief and contains no mysterious element every man is prepared to do his full share and also that little bit extra outside his own zone of operation where necessary

Combe and Turnbull were always there to help their defence and with their half backs in complete domination Farm Govan and Shaw need only complete deeds that were simple and straightforward

Buchanan was masterly whether halting Motherwells progress or providing ground routed passes to the forwards Finnigan was neatness itself Howie while sometimes a little over exuberant in the tackle never looked capable of a mistake Reilly took over the left wing berth and on this display of speed and thrust will be the tenant of the position until Ormonds fitness offers competition

From the kick off HIBS went the proper way towards accumulating goals and after Combe had failed when put through by Linwood the inside right calmly applied a finish to an inswinging Smith corner for the first goal HIBS then scored two glorious goals in fifty seconds Turnbull bored in and unleashed a ball whose progress no one could follow until it smashed against the back of the net The cheering was still at its crescendo when Linwood lobbed the ball backwards from the goal line and the in rushing Smith hit the ball on the drop past the spectating Johnston

A Linwood left footer eight minutes after the restart deserved a better resting place than a post but as two large policemen escorted one small man from the scene of his discontent Linwood put one well inside the posts after a Reilly goal maker

A spell of wild finishing was ended by Linwood spectacularly netting from twenty yards

HIBS: Farm Govan and Shaw Finnigan Howie and Buchanan Smith Combe Linwood Turnbull and Reilly

Att :20000



After the match the Scotland Selectors announced Govan Shaw Smith Combe and Turnbull to start in the upcoming international versus Belgium Howie as a reserve



Scottish Cup Final 19/4/1947

Hibernian 1 v 2 Aberdeen

Cuthbertson

Around 82000 fans travelled from Aberdeen and Edinburgh to witness this match the first cup final where the trophy would be publicly presented to the winners as opposed to being presented in the dressing room The Hibernian team stepped off their coach and as Tom Wright described they sang lustily as though hurling defiance at all comers

In the first minute a mistake by the Aberdeen goalkeeper allowed Johnny Cuthbertson to open the scoring but by all accounts Aberdeen were the better team even allowing themselves the luxury of missing a penalty to win their first Scottish Cup 2-1

Hibs Kerr Govan Shaw Howie Aird and Kean Smith Finnigan Cuthbertson Turnbull and Ormond




Scottish Cup Final 19/4/1924

Hibernian 0 v 2 Airdrieonians

The 40000 Hibernian fans at Ibrox apparently turned the stadium green but any prematch confidence was quickly dispelled when Airdrieonians scored after just two minutes Then the curse struck again one HIBS player was already limping and disastrously HIBS star player and centre forward Jimmy Dunn broke down injured Airdrieonians scored another just before half time to take a well deserved two goal lead As HIBS tried to get back into the match they were awarded a penalty As the ball was placed on the spot and Hibernian player Harry Ritchie got ready to take the kick the referee ran over to his linesman and amazingly reversed his decision and awarded a goal kick instead

Airdrieonians held on to win the Scottish Cup for the only time in their history

Hibs: Harper McGinnigle Dornan Kerr Miller and Shaw Ritchie Dunn McColl Halligan and Walker

Att:59218




Birthdays

Sam Stanton








What kept you HIBS James Stephen

Daily Record

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[QUOTE=BILLYHIBS;6148291]Inter Cities Fairs Cup Semi Final First Leg 19/4/1961

Hibernian 2 v 2 Roma

Baker
McLeod

Hibs go to Rome next week still with a fighting chance of reaching the final of the Inter Cities Cup And fighting is the word Once again a continental team blotted their copybook at Easter Road with a display of bad temper and vicious fouling when things were going against them The bravos of the small Italian contingent were completely overwhelmed at the end by the booing of the 40000 Scottish fans

The battle started in the second half with a deliberate back heeler from Orlando which put Davin out of the game for five minutes It was followed by the brutal felling of Scott both offences got no more than a mild remonstrance from the referee He did however eventually book Lojacano after the third of a series of particularly fierce tackles on Grant

Hibs could not match the skill of Roma in their best passages of play but they deserve tremendous credit for their spirit in fighting back to a courageous draw They lost the second goal when Davin was off the field and sheer guts won them the equaliser

Baker boosted his prestige in Italy with a glorious goal and many flashes of his brilliant best despite the fact that two defenders had been specially briefed to watch him Johnny McLeod was the other outstanding HIBS player but every man did his bit with Baird a fearless skipper

The speedy Italians got in three shots before HIBS had a look in Fortunately they were all yards high or wide Schiaffino carved the openings on two occasions thus this early he looked the dangerman and Lojacano the shot happy one HIBS conceded three free kicks under pressure and Schiaffino winced with an ankle knock after a tackle from Preston

There was no sign of HIBS settling and in fifteen minutes they fell behind to a great goal again it was the schemer Schiaffino who designed it with a pass to Lojacano from fully twenty yards the inside man unleashed a waist high shot off Simpsons fingertips and into the net

Now we saw HIBS get cracking with Baker and McLeod raising hopes The winger sent over several five crosses and Joe though closely marked all the time got in two terrific headers spectacularly saved by Cudicini as well as a shot that scraped past the upright A Baker header followed by a Preston shot had Cudicini in real trouble and Baxter kept up the good work with a header that hit the crossbar

What a roar went up in the first minute of the second half when HIBS dramatically equalised A honey of a goal it was McLeod wandered right across the field with the ball at his toes and slipped a short pass to Scott Scott’s cross looked a poor one until Baker raced back and collected the ball turned in a twinkling and crashed a twenty yard shot goalwards it was deflected by Raymondo out of the keepers reach but it looked a scorer in any case Another Baker dash and cross kept the Roma defence on the hop

There was an outbreak of booing when Orlando was involved in a touchline clash with Davin The HIBS man crumpled in pain and had to be assisted off that was a burden for HIBS to carry and it was increased in the 17th minute Baird fouled Orlando just outside the angle of the penalty area Lojacano took the freekick a rocket of a shot which caught the underside of the bar and came down The referee well up with the play immediately signalled a goal though HIBS looked momentarily inclined to protest Davin came back on but his five minutes absence had been costly

Ten minutes from time HIBS staged another thrilling comeback McLeod was fouled near the byeline he took the freekick himself and turned a cunning ball high into the far corner of the net

HIBS:Simpson Fraser Davin Grant Easton and Baird Scott Preston Baker Baxter and McLeod



Of course we went to Rome & drew 3-3, a result that nowadays would have put us in the final. Imagine scoring 7 goals away at Barca & Roma!!

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Inter Cities Fairs Cup Semi Final First Leg 19/4/1961

Hibernian 2 v 2 Roma

Baker
McLeod

Hibs go to Rome next week still with a fighting chance of reaching the final of the Inter Cities Cup And fighting is the word Once again a continental team blotted their copybook at Easter Road with a display of bad temper and vicious fouling when things were going against them The bravos of the small Italian contingent were completely overwhelmed at the end by the booing of the 40000 Scottish fans

The battle started in the second half with a deliberate back heeler from Orlando which put Davin out of the game for five minutes It was followed by the brutal felling of Scott both offences got no more than a mild remonstrance from the referee He did however eventually book Lojacano after the third of a series of particularly fierce tackles on Grant

Hibs could not match the skill of Roma in their best passages of play but they deserve tremendous credit for their spirit in fighting back to a courageous draw They lost the second goal when Davin was off the field and sheer guts won them the equaliser

Baker boosted his prestige in Italy with a glorious goal and many flashes of his brilliant best despite the fact that two defenders had been specially briefed to watch him Johnny McLeod was the other outstanding HIBS player but every man did his bit with Baird a fearless skipper

The speedy Italians got in three shots before HIBS had a look in Fortunately they were all yards high or wide Schiaffino carved the openings on two occasions thus this early he looked the dangerman and Lojacano the shot happy one HIBS conceded three free kicks under pressure and Schiaffino winced with an ankle knock after a tackle from Preston

There was no sign of HIBS settling and in fifteen minutes they fell behind to a great goal again it was the schemer Schiaffino who designed it with a pass to Lojacano from fully twenty yards the inside man unleashed a waist high shot off Simpsons fingertips and into the net

Now we saw HIBS get cracking with Baker and McLeod raising hopes The winger sent over several five crosses and Joe though closely marked all the time got in two terrific headers spectacularly saved by Cudicini as well as a shot that scraped past the upright A Baker header followed by a Preston shot had Cudicini in real trouble and Baxter kept up the good work with a header that hit the crossbar

What a roar went up in the first minute of the second half when HIBS dramatically equalised A honey of a goal it was McLeod wandered right across the field with the ball at his toes and slipped a short pass to Scott Scott’s cross looked a poor one until Baker raced back and collected the ball turned in a twinkling and crashed a twenty yard shot goalwards it was deflected by Raymondo out of the keepers reach but it looked a scorer in any case Another Baker dash and cross kept the Roma defence on the hop

There was an outbreak of booing when Orlando was involved in a touchline clash with Davin The HIBS man crumpled in pain and had to be assisted off that was a burden for HIBS to carry and it was increased in the 17th minute Baird fouled Orlando just outside the angle of the penalty area Lojacano took the freekick a rocket of a shot which caught the underside of the bar and came down The referee well up with the play immediately signalled a goal though HIBS looked momentarily inclined to protest Davin came back on but his five minutes absence had been costly

Ten minutes from time HIBS staged another thrilling comeback McLeod was fouled near the byeline he took the freekick himself and turned a cunning ball high into the far corner of the net

HIBS:Simpson Fraser Davin Grant Easton and Baird Scott Preston Baker Baxter and McLeod



Of course we went to Rome & drew 3-3, a result that nowadays would have put us in the final. Imagine scoring 7 goals away at Barca & Roma!!

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Roma went on to defeat Birmingham City in a two legged final

Scottish Championship 20/4/2016

Hibernian 3 v 2 The Rangers

This dress rehearsal for the 2016 Scottish Cup Final could not have gone any better from a HIBS point of view although somewhat aided and abetted by a few uncharacteristic mistakes from Champions The Rangers

In five minutes Jason Cummings fired home after a Tavernier throwin landed at his feet HIBS looked pumped up for this and Stokes added a second when Foderingham fumbled a shot cum cross into his own net A mistake by Mark Oxley allowed Jason Holt to pull one back for The Rangers before Niklas Gunnarsson was allowed to pick his spot when the ball fell kindly to him from a second half corner

Anthony Stokes came close with a 22 yard free kick before Barrie McKay repeated his trick against Celtic to give The Rangers false hope

Onwards to Hampden

Hibs Oxley Gunnarsson McGregor Hanlon Gray and Fyvie Bartley McGinn Stevenson Stokes and Cummings

Subs Keatings for Cummings 77 Dagnall for Stokes 89

Unused Boyle Henderson Thomson and Logan

Att:12231


https://youtu.be/UnzN5UGFzYs


Scottish League Division One Old 20/4/1968

Falkirk 2 v 3 Hibernian

Stein
ORourke
Davis pen

Jimmy Jimmy ORourke was the inspiration for this hard fought victory away to Falkirk at Brockville

He set up the opener for Colin Stein in 8 minutes John Markie equalised for Falkirk on the half hour mark before Jimmy ORourke riflled home a peach of a thirty yarder on 33 minutes Jimmy ORourke then got hauled down in the box by John Lambie and the penalty king Joe Davis duly obliged to put HIBS 3-1 up on 56 minutes before Johnny Graham pulled one back for Falkirk on 76 minutes

Hibs Wilson Simpson Davis Cousin Madsen McGraw Scott Quinn Stein ORourke and Stevenson

Att: 3376



Scottish League Division One Old 20/4/1953

Hibernian 2 v 1 East Fife

Johnstone
Ormond

If any game sums up being a HIBS supporter this is it

HIBS were going head to head with Rangers and East Fife for the title with only three games to go To stand any chance of retaining the title they had to win their last remaining three games at home and hope that someone else slips up The first game brought East Fife to Easter Road for a match that if won by either side would certainly have an effect on the title hopes of the other

Although a huge crowd played its part on roaring HIBS on the occasion was clearly having an effect on both sides as the game was littered with fouls which meant that neither outfit could settle into their normal game The HIBS defenders had decided to clear their lines with long punts down the park playing right into the hands of the tall East Fife defence and there reached a stage where Lawrie Reilly could clearly be heard to be shouting to his team mates to keep the ball low It seemed to work as a flowing 13 th minute move saw Howie feed Turnbull who in turn laid the ball in front of Johnstone and the little inside right scampered through to hit the ball past Curran to make it 1-0 Eleven minutes later East Fife were level when Matthews ran down the right wing and crossed for Jimmy Bonthrone to head past Younger The Methil side had brought a good support and their fans showed their delight with loud cheers By the time the half time whistle sounded HIBS had scored three more goals but each had been disallowed for offside much to the disgust of fans and players

Eleven minutes into the second half Smith sent over a cross at about knee height and Ormond threw himself full length to head the ball in at the back post This time there was no offside so HIBS were 2-1 up and that was how it finished although there was a scare in the last minute when Fleming hit Youngers crossbar with a header

HIBS won their remaining two home games beating Third Lanark 7-1 and Raith Rovers 4-1 but sadly even although they finished on the same number of points as Rangers 43 and with a superior goal difference 42:41 they lost the title on an inferior goal average 1.82 to 2.05

Hibs Younger Govan Howie Buchanan Paterson and Combe Smith Johnstone Reilly Turnbull and Ormond

Att:47000


Other significant games


20/4/1991 Scottish League Premier Division Dundee United H 1-0
Fellenger

20/4/1977 Scottish League Premier Division Ayr United H 2-0
Bremner
Scott

20/4/1946 Victory Cup First Round First Leg Dundee H 3-0
Smith 3







At Easter Road They Play John Campbell



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Scottish Premiership 21/4/2018

Hibernian 2 v 1 Celtic

McLaren
Slivka

Say what you want about Neil Lennon but he always seemed to have the Indian sign over Celtic at HIBS

Celtic rolled up looking for a win to seal another Championship but their gas was put on a peep when Jamie MacLaren tapped home a Lewis Stevenson cross from close range Vykintas Slivka stooped to head home a low Florian Kamberi cross before Odsonne Edouard scored a late consolation for Celtic

Hibs : Rocky Whittaker Ambrose Hanlon Stevenson Boyle McGeouch McGinn Swanson MacLaren and Kamberi

Subs Barker for Swanson 64 Slivka for MacLaren 73

Unused Bell Murray Porteous Stirling and Allan

Att: 19886

https://youtu.be/ETYX5sWUftQ


Scottish League Premier Division 21/4/1979

Hibernian 4 v 0 Motherwell 21/4/1979

Bremner
Rae
Campbell
Callachan

Motherwell rocked up at Easter Road already relegated but that hadn’t stopped them defeating Scottish Cup Finalists Rangers the week before so HIBS would have to be at their best

Rae got the first for HIBS and Ralph Callachan soon added a second

Motherwell hit the bar in one of their rare attacks

Bremner and Campbell then completed the scoring

HIBS 17 year old striker Steven Brown had seven attempts on goal without scoring

Hibs:McArthur Brazil Duncan Bremner Stewart and McNamara Rae MacLeod Campbell Callachan and Brown

Sub Hutchison

Att 4356


Scottish League Division One Old 21/4/1958

Hibernian 3 v 1 Rangers

The final home game of the season fell to be played on Monday 21st April 1958 and it would bring Rangers to Easter Road on what was a hugely emotional night for everyone connected with Hibernian Football Club Lawrie Reilly would pull on the green and white jersey for the last time and it was perhaps fitting that Rangers would provide the opposition given the number of times Lawrie had faced and tormented their defence in years gone by as the Glasgow club battled HIBS for the top prizes on offer in Scotland

HIBS won this last home game winning 3-1 with the retiring Rellly scoring along with Baxter and Aitken

The Scottish Cup Final with Clyde was only days away :confused:

Att: 24000


Friendly Match 21/4/1949
Nithsdale Wanderers 1 v 8 Hibernian

Ormond 2
Turnbull 2
Reilly 2
Gallagher
Smith

Hibs fulfilled an obligation to play a friendly against Nithsdale Wanderers and they duly obliged by thrashing their hosts but this game would be significant in being the first time the famous forward line of Smith Johnstone Reilly Turnbull and Ormond would play together and little would any of the spectators realise that this forward line would go on to dominate Scottish football in the years to come





Other significant matches on this day

21/4/2002 Scottish League SPL Motherwell H 4-0
Arpinon
Townsley
OConnor 2

21/4/1976 Scottish League Premier Division Celtic H 2-0
Smith
MacLeod pen






At Easter Road They Play John Campbell






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Likewise. Amazing how many games I remember.

BTW jumped off your tower a couple of months ago. Mental.

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Likewise. Amazing how many games I remember.

BTW jumped off your tower a couple of months ago. Mental.

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Brave!!

I take my 3 year old up the tower once a month, she absolutely loves it. I struggle to walk over the glass floor never mind doing the sky walk or jump!

The Scottish Cup Semi Final 22/4/2017

Hibernian 2 v 3 Aberdeen

Holt
McGeouch

Where to begin? If any game sums up Neil Lennons tenure at HIBS it is this one Wrong team and wrong tactics The ball gets played back to John McGinn from kick off he looks to take the ball for a run gets ambushed by 2-3 Aberdeen players Bartley wins the ball back plays it back to MacGregor who is slack with a pass to Ambrose Rooney latches onto it through on goal 1-0 Aberdeen

Hibs struggled to gain any foothold in the match and the most noticeable thing was that the ball was not sticking up front and just kept coming back Fraser Fyvie picked up a booking wide on the right giving away a free kick Christie lined up the free kick and went straight for goal whipping the ball in with pace and beating Rocky at his near post

Neil Lennon changed things bringing on 36 year old Grant Holt for the already booked Fraser Fyvie Suddenly the ball started to stick upfront and the whole dynamic of the game changed Holt pulling a goal back almost immediately with a header from a Boyle cross

Into the second half and HIBS drew level with a goal of real quality Dylan McGeouch slotting home after a superb one two with Holt but sadly for HIBS he had to limp off after celebrating his counter too much

As so often happens in Cup ties one stroke of luck turned the game Aberdeen’s way Hayes did well to make space for a shot from long range and the ball appeared to pose no threat to Marcianos goal until it took an unfortunate wicked deflection off MacGregors leg and trundled into the net

Hibs had one last throw of the dice as they tried to hang on to the cup Rocky came up for a stoppage time corner and headed towards goal but his counterpart Joe Lewis held onto the ball to ensure Aberdeen progressed to the final

Hibs : Rocky Gray McGregor Ambrose Stevenson Bartley Fyvie Boyle McGeouch McGinn Cummings

Subs Holt for Fyvie 34 Shinnie for McGeouch 63 Graham for Ambrose 88

Unused Laidlaw Keatings Forster and Humphrey

Att: 31969

https://youtu.be/rGS9jOFVqSk


Scottish Championship 22/4/2015

Livingston 1 v 3 Hibernian

Robertson
Cummings
Malonga

Hibernian moved to within one point of second top The Rangers with this victory over Livingston

Scott Robertson guided in an early opener Myles Hippolyte levelled with a superb volley past Mark Oxley and Jason Cummings restored HIBS lead forcing the ball home at the second attempt following a scramble in the box

Just before half time Cole of Livvy saw red after picking up a second yellow

Things were looking ominous for Livvy when HIBS were awarded a penalty kick into the second half but goalkeeper Jamieson saved McGeouchs effort

Hibs were not to be denied for too long however and in the 82nd minute substitute Dominic Malonga in typical fashion latched onto Fraser Fyvies long ball to dribble his way through the Livvy defence to make it 3-1


HIBS Oxley Forster Hanlon Fontaine Boyle McGeouch Robertson Fyvie Stevenson El Alagui and Cummings

Subs Malonga for El Alagui 66 Dja Djedje for Cummings 76 Craig for Fyvie 84

Unused Stanton Handling Cerny Dunsmore

Att: 2300

https://youtu.be/UdrxRaHYQjQ


Scottish League SPL 22/4/2006

Hibernian 2 v 1 Hearts

Riordan
Benji


Abdessalam Benjelloun came off the bench to score the winner for Hibernian as they dented Hearts hopes of Champions League qualification

Following a typically frantic start it was the home side who took the lead after 14 minutes Jay Shields robbed Paul Hartley in midfield and fed Sproule on the right The Irishman drove his cross to the back post where Derek Riordan took a touch before brilliantly rifling his right footed shot past Craig Gordon into the far corner of the net

HIBS held onto their lead until a few seconds before half time Bednar chased a speculative long ball into the box which was being shepherded by Gary Caldwell back to Zibi Malkowski however the ball slipped from the goalkeepers grasp allowing Bednar the easiest of chances to roll the ball into the empty net

This goal seemed to galvanise Hearts at the start of the second half with Bednar twice hitting the ball just wide of the post and Aguiar and Tall also going close to giving Hearts the lead

This inspired HIBS Manager Tony Mowbray to change things and introduced Scott Brown Paul Dalglish and Benji to the proceedings the latter two combining to allow the Moroccan to fire home the winner from 16 yards on the 78th minute

Benji was so delighted at scoring his first goal for the club that even though it came at the Famous Five end he insisted in celebrating it in front of the South Stand which housed the baying Jambo hordes despite being held back by a somewhat relieved Zibi and getting booked for his trouble

Hibs Zibi Whittaker Murphy Hogg Caldwell Shields Glass Konde Sproule Fletcher and Riordan

Subs Brown Benji and Dalglish

Att 16654


https://youtu.be/in6gU-YlC_A


Other significant results on this day

22/4/2000 Scottish League SPL Celtic A 1-1
Lovell

22/4/1989 Scottish League Premier Division Hamilton A 3-0
Archibald 2
Kano

22/4/1972 Scottish League Division One Old Morton H 1-0
Blackley

22/4/1967 Scottish League Division One Old St Johnstone A 2-1
McGraw 2

22/4/1961 Scottish League Division One Old Clyde H 4-0
Baxter
Scott
Stevenson
Baker











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Scottish League SPL 23/4/2005

Hibernian 2 v 2 Hearts

OConnor
Riordan

A late goal from defender Andy Webster earned Hearts a share of the spoils in an entertaining Edinburgh derby

Hibs went in front early when striker Garry OConnor swept home a low Scott Brown cross from close range But Hearts hit back with Lee Miller crashing in a powerful strike after good work from Mark Burchill Hibs regained the lead in the second half when Derek Riordan thundered in a wonderful shot but Webster nodded the ball in to equalise on 88 minutes

The home side stay third in the table but Aberdeen who won at Motherwell have closed the gap to two points in the race for a UEFA Cup place Hearts remain eight points behind their city rivals and will find it hard to make up ground in the four remaining games

HIBS looked eager to make amends after last weeks surprise loss to Livingston and started the game in positive fashion Hearts were pinned back and found themselves trailing after just eight minutes A Riordan corner was cleared as far as Scott Brown on the edge of the penalty area and the midfielder quickly slipped the ball back between Hearts defenders allowing OConnor to slide in and force the ball into the net

The visitors came close to an equaliser soon after when Burchill headed a Paul Hartley freekick against the base of the post but Miller had the ball in the net on 23 minutes after a neat flick from Burchill was met by the striker and lashed high into the net from a tight angle Webster almost put his side in front a minute later but his header was well saved by Simon Brown HIBS appeared stunned by the Hearts comeback and completely lost their way giving the ball away cheaply and losing out in every midfield challenge

Tony Mowbrays side survived a sticky spell and thought they had regained the lead three minutes before halftime when Gary Caldwell rose to meet a Derek Riordan corner The Scotland defenders header was thumped clear by a Hearts player with the home team protesting that the ball had crossed the line

Striker Amadou Konte making his first start for HIBS did well to create space for a shot early in the second half but his poked effort was tipped wide by Gordon From the resulting corner Konte diverted in a Dean Shiels shot but the linesman’s flag cut short the home fans celebrations Gordon then had to make another great save to stop Riordans powerful shot across goal However the Scotland keeper had no answer to Riordans next effort The young forward cut in from the left flank after 63 minutes and thundered the ball inside the far post from the edge of the penalty area Riordan created an almost identical chance minutes later but this time Gordon was able to stop the shot

HIBS had a lucky escape when keeper Brown put the ball down without noticing Miller behind him The Hearts forward nipped in to steal the ball and Brown appeared to impede his opponent who had embarrassed him however Mike McCurry did not see any infringement and the ball was cleared

Hibs were punished for not making the most of their second half chances when a Hartley free kick was forced home by Webster on 88 minutes

Hibs Brown Whittaker Caldwell Smith Glass Shiels Brown A Murray Riordan Konte Morrow

Subs Morrow for OConnor 72 Fletcher for Konte 82

Att 16620






Scottish League Division One Old 23/4/1966

St Johnstone 1 v 3 Hibernian

Stein
Scott
E Stevenson

Hibs just had four League games remaining before the squad could sit back and enjoy the 1966 World Cup the first of these games was away to St Johnstone at Muirton Park with Bob Shankly looking for his troops to do the double over the Perth saints That feat was duly achieved when goals from Stein Scott and Stevenson earned a 3-1 victory a Richmond penalty giving the saints their goal in the first minute of the game

The highlight of the game however was the performance of young Colin Stein who not only scored one but laid on the other two Shankly described Jim Scott’s goal after brilliant lead up play by Stein as one of the best he had ever witnessed

Hibs Allan Duncan Davis Stanton McNamee and Stevenson Cormack Stein Scott ORourke and Eric Stevenson

Att 3385

Other significant results on this day

23/4/1974 Scottish League Division One Old Arbroath H 2-1
Bremner
Harper

23/4/1949 Scottish League Division One Old Falkirk H 2-0
Cuthbertson
Turnbull pen

23/4/1910 Scottish League Division One Old Motherwell H 1-0
Smith


Birthdays

Graeme Harvey


At Easter Road they Play John Campbell
BBC Sport




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On this day in history, a wee team from Ayrshire travelled to Edinburgh. They needed to win by at least 2-0 to win the League, otherwise their hosts would be champions.

As David Coleman would say, what happened next?

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On this day in history, a wee team from Ayrshire travelled to Edinburgh. They needed to win by at least 2-0 to win the League, otherwise their hosts would be champions.

As David Coleman would say, what happened next?

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Ha Ha!

Great shout CWG I can still remember the crowds going to Tiny that day hard to believe 55 years ago

https://youtu.be/-93_7Gz5FTQ

Ye cannae whack Scottish fitba

Haste ye back!

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On this day in history, a wee team from Ayrshire travelled to Edinburgh. They needed to win by at least 2-0 to win the League, otherwise their hosts would be champions.

As David Coleman would say, what happened next?

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I was there, in the company of a certain Pat Stanton!

Scottish Cup Semi Final Replay Monday 24/4/1972

Hibernian 2 v 0 Rangers

Stanton
Edwards

After a nervous 1-1 draw at Hampden in the first semi final where Jimmy ORourke had equalised Alex MacDonalds opener all eyes were once again turned towards Hampden to see which team would go on to play in the 1972 Scottish Cup Final

In truth Rangers could not compete with HIBS that night HIBS turned on a display of fast attacking interchanging possession football and their dominance in the match was so total that the Rangers hordes had left long before the end

HIBS opened the scoring on 12 minutes when Pat Stanton broke through the Rangers defence from midfield his shot from outside the box took a deflection off Colin Jackson’s shins to deceive the Rangers goalkeeper Peter McCloy

Alex Edwards scored a cracker of a second on 66 minutes when an Alan Gordon cross was nodded into his path by John Hazel and he duly buried it into the Rangers net

Hibs then proceeded to retain possession spraying the ball about with such pace and accuracy that the Rangers players were longing for the final whistle long before it came

In his biography Eddie Turnbull recalled:

The replay was on a Monday night at Hampden Park and in that match we saw John Brownlie at his best I had begun to play Alex Edwards in an unusual position Very few managers sussed that I was no longer playing him as an out and out winger That was where he lined up but he would soon move slightly inside from the wing to the gap where an old fashioned inside right might have operated This baffled full backs who did not know whether to come with him or stay in their normal position John Brownlie with his pace could go down the wing and exploit the space but sometimes he and Edwards would exchange places and in that game we destroyed Rangers down the right wing By full time we had beaten Rangers 2-0 and in my first season as a manager I had taken HIBS to a Scottish Cup Final

Hibs Herriot Brownlie Schaedler Stanton Black and Blackley Edwards Hazel Gordon ORourke and Duncan

Unused Sub Baker

Att 57645


Other significant results on this day

24/4/2007 Scottish Cup Semi Final Replay Dunfermline 0-1

24/4/1999 Scottish League Division One Morton H 2-1
Lovell
Sauzee

24/4/1982 Scottish League Premier Division St Mirren H 2-1
Jamieson
Murray pen

24/4/1971 Scottish League Division One Old Clyde H 5-1
Hazel
Baker
ORourke 3 ( 2 pens )

24/4/1968 Scottish League Division One Old Clyde H 2-1
Davis pen
ORourke




Having a Ball Eddie Turnbull





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Brave!!

I take my 3 year old up the tower once a month, she absolutely loves it. I struggle to walk over the glass floor never mind doing the sky walk or jump!

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Didn't think I would manage it but it was fantastic. Thinking about a bungee jump at killiecrankie now.

Really loved your city. I can see why people emigrate but it is a hell of a way!

(Sorry for the thread highjack)

Scottish League Division One Old 25/4/1953

Hibernian 7 v 1 Third Lanark

Johnstone 3
Smith 2
Turnbull
Ormond

This was the season that Hibernian went head to head for the Championship with Rangers eventually losing out on Goal Aggregate by the minutist of margins despite having the better goal difference of +1 and on today’s calculations would have won yet another League title for Hibernian Football Club

HIBS gave Third Lanark a thrashing of 7-1 to boost their goals for column but if it had not been for goalkeeper Wee Jocky Robertson in the Thirds goal HIBS would have surely won the League He brought off save after brilliant save throughout the match as the HIBS forward line applied the pressure including saving a first half Turnbull penalty

Bobby Johnstone had notched a hatrick in twenty five minutes and Gordon Smith added a fourth before the interval Ormond Turnbull and Smith again took the total to seven into the second half but Henderson pulled back a sickening late consolation for Thirds with a thirty yard worldy past Younger with two minutes to go

This was the same day that Rangers were drawing 1-1 with Aberdeen at Hampden in the Scottish Cup Final and a huge roar went around the ground when Aberdeen equalised to take the game into a replay as the 18000 crowd tuned in on their transistor radios

Hibs Younger Govan Howie Buchanan Paterson and Combe Smith Johnstone Reilly Turnbull and Ormond

Att 18000



Scottish League Division One Old 25/4/1951

Hibernian 3 v 0 Raith Rovers

Reilly
Combe
Turnbull pen

In the first home game after the Championship win HIBS ran out to a full house to face Raith Rovers and had Alex Bruce in goal for his only first team appearance for the club By chance Rovers also had their substitute keeper on duty and whist Bruce was a virtual spectator Johnstone had to pick the ball out of net three times courtesy of goals from Turnbull Combe and Reilly

Pretty sure I saw an image recently on HIBS.net of HIBS unfurling the league flag at this fixture

Hibs Bruce Govan Cairns Howie Paterson and Buchanan Munro Johnstone Reilly Turnbull and Combe





Other significant fixtures on this day

25/4/2015 Scottish League Championship Alloa H 4-1
Boyle
Craig
Cummings
Malonga



25/4/1998 Scottish League Premier Division Celtic A 0-0

A dour midfield battle Celtic fighting for the Championship HIBS to avoid relegation just two shots on goal the whole match a bad tempered game resulting in HIBS Boss Alex McLeish and Celtic Assistant Manager Murdo MacLeod both being sent to the stand



25/4/1956 Scottish League Division One Old Celtic A 3-0
Reilly 3



25/4/1936 Scottish League Division One Old Dunfermline A 1-0
Black






Birthdays

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Scottish League Division One Old 25/4/1953

Hibernian 7 v 1 Third Lanark

Johnstone 3
Smith 2
Turnbull
Ormond

This was the season that Hibernian went head to head for the Championship with Rangers eventually losing out on Goal Aggregate by the minutist of margins despite having the better goal difference of +1 and on today’s calculations would have won yet another League title for Hibernian Football Club

HIBS gave Third Lanark a thrashing of 7-1 to boost their goals for column but if it had not been for goalkeeper Wee Jocky Robertson in the Thirds goal HIBS would have surely won the League He brought off save after brilliant save throughout the match as the HIBS forward line applied the pressure including saving a first half Turnbull penalty

Bobby Johnstone had notched a hatrick in twenty five minutes and Gordon Smith added a fourth before the interval Ormond Turnbull and Smith again took the total to seven into the second half but Henderson pulled back a sickening late consolation for Thirds with a thirty yard worldy past Younger with two minutes to go

This was the same day that Rangers were drawing 1-1 with Aberdeen at Hampden in the Scottish Cup Final and a huge roar went around the ground when Aberdeen equalised to take the game into a replay as the 18000 crowd tuned in on their transistor radios

Hibs Younger Govan Howie Buchanan Paterson and Combe Smith Johnstone Reilly Turnbull and Ormond

Att 18000



Scottish League Division One Old 25/4/1951

Hibernian 3 v 0 Raith Rovers

Reilly
Combe
Turnbull pen

In the first home game after the Championship win HIBS ran out to a full house to face Raith Rovers and had Alex Bruce in goal for his only first team appearance for the club By chance Rovers also had their substitute keeper on duty and whist Bruce was a virtual spectator Johnstone had to pick the ball out of net three times courtesy of goals from Turnbull Combe and Reilly

Pretty sure I saw an image recently on HIBS.net of HIBS unfurling the league flag at this fixture

Hibs Bruce Govan Cairns Howie Paterson and Buchanan Munro Johnstone Reilly Turnbull and Combe





Other significant fixtures on this day

25/4/2015 Scottish League Championship Alloa H 4-1
Boyle
Craig
Cummings
Malonga



25/4/1998 Scottish League Premier Division Celtic A 0-0

A dour midfield battle Celtic fighting for the Championship HIBS to avoid relegation just two shots on goal the whole match a bad tempered game resulting in HIBS Boss Alex McLeish and Celtic Assistant Manager Murdo MacLeod both being sent to the stand



25/4/1956 Scottish League Division One Old Celtic A 3-0
Reilly 3



25/4/1936 Scottish League Division One Old Dunfermline A 1-0
Black






Birthdays

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At Easter Road They Play. John Campbell

Hibernian on this day Colquhoun and Sinnet






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Wee Jocky Robertson used to go down Prestonfield Park in the summer to keep fit & gave 6d to anyone who could score a goal against him. I remember also playing in Prestonfield Park with John Greig & Jimmy/Tommy Millar. Innocent days!

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Wee Jocky Robertson used to go down Prestonfield Park in the summer to keep fit & gave 6d to anyone who could score a goal against him. I remember also playing in Prestonfield Park with John Greig & Jimmy/Tommy Millar. Innocent days!

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Aye pretty sure Budgie went to his school of goalkeeping

Fair Cities Cup Semi Final Second Leg 26/4/1961

AS Roma 3 v 3 Hibernian ( Agg 5-5 )

Kinloch
Baker 2



Hibs with 17 minutes left for play in their second leg of the Fairs Cities Cup Semi Final in Rome last night were brought dramatically back to a draw after being two goals in the lead Manfreddi and Lojacano got the late goals to save the Italians

It was a great night for the Easter Road boys and now they’ll meet Roma in a decider at the same venue on May 11 The teams tossed for it and HIBS lost

HIBS sprang a fast one on the Italians Baker was listed and played at centre but the number nine jersey was worn by Kinloch Baker wore number eight The numbering strategy baffled the 30000 crowd and seemed to mystify the Roma defence So well did the strategy work that HIBS were two goals up with a quarter of the game remaining only a late rally from Roma kept HIBS from repeating their triumph over Barcelona

Most of the game was played in a spectacular thunderstorm with great lightning flashes the pitch was almost flooded

At the start Sammy Baird was sent crashing to the ground in a heavy tackle HIBS got in the first shot Cudicini clearing a squiggler from Baker with his boot

In five minutes the HIBS goal had an amazing escape Orlando raced away and his centre was completely missed by Manfreddi in front of goal Baker then made ground in a HIBS raid that ended with a Gibson shot being safely saved by the Roma keeper In HIBS ‘ next thrust McLeod from Bakers pass was nudged off the ball in the box but the ref saw nothing wrong and waved play on

HIBS began to look more settled in 20 minutes then they found themselves a goal down Manfreddi netting easily from a Menichelli cross Then in 32 minutes HIBS stunned the home crowd with the equaliser Kinloch rapped the ball high into the Roma net after a clever left wing move The goal bucked HIBS up and a Baker shot zipped past the Roma post A free kick from Orlando whizzed over the bar and Ronnie Simpson safely held an effort from Lojacano

Within two minutes of the second half Simpson was making a fine save from a Menichelli header after an Orlando cross had beaten the defence This was followed by a real scare when Lojacano was brought down just inside the box but the referee decided the initial tackle was just outside the box

In the 60th minute HIBS took the lead thanks to a wonderful goal from Baker From midway in the Italian half he weaved his way past three defenders and hit a low slanting ball that curled into the net at the far post Great stuff from HIBS and there was more to follow Kinloch sent over a cross from the right and up rose Baker and the ball shot off his forehead and into the net to put HIBS 3-1 up on the night

The Roma crowd was gloomily silent now but they found their voices again in the 67 th minute when Manfreddi burst through and sent a low shot past the advancing Simpson All the HIBS players except Baker were now in defence and the Roma fans were urging their players forwards The equaliser came in the 73rd minute Lojacano netting from close range

There were some desperate moments in the HIBS goal after that but Simpson held out including one outstanding point blank save

The tie should have been over in the closing minutes as Manfreddi clean through on goal shot high over the bar from only ten yards out and held his head in frustration

The referee blew the final whistle and the HIBS players had to make a beeline for the dressing room as the unsporting Roma fans spat at them and threw fruit banana skins and all sorts down on them

Hibs Simpson Fraser Davin Baxter Easton Baird McLeod Kinloch Baker Gibson and Ormond




Scottish Cup Final 26/4/1958

Hibernian 0 v 1 Clyde

Hibs were red hot favourites for this final and Leith emptied to push the attendance up to 95000 this in spite of Gordon Smith and HIBS main defender ( Jock Paterson) both being injured for the match

The HIBS Scottish Cup curse seemed to strike after only 15 minutes when young winger Andy Aitken suffered a match ending injury and John Baxter deflected a Coyle shot past goalkeeper Lawrie Leslie to put Clyde up 1-0

Joe Baker scored what he thought was a late equaliser for HIBS but was adjudged to have used a hand

Hibs Leslie Grant McClelland Turnbull Plenderleith and Baxter Fraser Aitken Baker Preston and Ormond




Scottish Cup Final 26/4/1902

Hibernian 1 v 0 Celtic

McGeachan

This match was originally due to take place at Ibrox Park but due to a Stand collapse at the recent Scotland v England match in which 25 people were killed and 517 were injured Hibernian agreed to play the final at Parkhead

If Hibernian were going to win the cup for the second time they would have to do it the hard way

Johnny Divers kicked off for Hibernian at exactly one minute past 4pm amid a tumult of noise The game did not live up to its hype because a very strong wind blew diagonally across Celtic Park making any scientific play impossible It was a dour struggle

It was an evenly contested first half with perhaps Celtic unfortunate not to score and also employing an effective offside trap nullifying any Hibernian raids

In the second half HIBS took the initiative more The Hibernian forwards pressed constantly but in a breakaway Celtic hit the post Bobby Atherton then beat the Celtic offside trap and scored but was ruled out for offside

Hibernian however finally got the winning goal in 75 minutes Paddy Callaghan won a corner took it quickly and cleverly to Bobby Atherton who in a fine piece of gamesmanship dummied it and shouted in a Glasgow accent “leave the ba” at the Celtic defence who kindly obliged leaving the cheeky arrogant Andy McGeachan to backheel the ball through the legs of McFarlane the Celtic goalkeeper

The big HIBS support who made up the majority of the crowd went crazy

There was high jinks in the streets of Edinburgh as the triumphant team returned home They were greeted by Newhaven Brass Band who played “ Hail the Conquering Hero” and another horse drawn carriage which carried the team and the cup along Edinburgh’s main thoroughfare Princes Street where it was greeted by 10000 supporters bringing traffic to a standstill on the main streets of the capital

The procession went along Princes Street down the top of the Walk along London Road and down Easter Road where there was much joyful singing dancing and chanting each player getting the opportunity to raise the cup before their adoring fans never before had Edinburgh seen such a gathering of people just for winning a football match

When the crowds eventually dispersed the Hibernian party including legendary Manager Dan McMichael retired to President Philip Farmers pub in Leith Walk where many a dram and a hearty toast was taken out of the Scottish Cup

Sir Tom Farmer once said in an interview that a cabinet in his house was once the temporary home of the Scottish Cup

Hibs Rennie Gray Glen Breslin Harrower and Robertson McCall McGeachan Divers Callaghan and Atherton

Att: 16000


Other significant results on this day

26/4/2017 Scottish League Championship Raith Rovers H 3-2
Keatings 2
Holt

26/4/2016 Scottish League Championship Dumbarton H 4-0
Keatings 2
Stokes
og

26/4/2003 Scottish League SPL Dundee United A 2-1
Murray
McManus pen

26/4/1975 Scottish League Division One Old Arbroath H 2-1
Brownlie
Edwards

26/4/1947 Scottish League Division One Old St Mirren H 1-0
Leslie Johnstone





Birthdays

Pat Quinn



Hibernian on this day Colquhoun and Sinnet

What Kept you HIBS James Stephen

The Making of Hibernian Alan Lugton

Daily Record






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Wee Jocky Robertson used to go down Prestonfield Park in the summer to keep fit & gave 6d to anyone who could score a goal against him. I remember also playing in Prestonfield Park with John Greig & Jimmy/Tommy Millar. Innocent days!

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Were you ever a Grey Horse man m8😁

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Were you ever a Grey Horse man m8😁

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I was really 2 young at the time. I used to visit my cuz & my granny who lived on Prestonfield Ave. A crowd of the older guys frequented the pub tho including Michael Renwicks dad.

What a thread :thumbsup:

27/4/2014 Scottish League Premiership Hearts H 1-2
Forster

27/4/2013 Scottish League SPL St Mirren H 3-3
Griffiths 2
Ross Caldwell

27/4/2002 Scottish League SPL Dundee H 2-2
Townsley
OConnor

27/4/1996 Scottish League Premier Division Falkirk A 1-1
McGinlay

27/4/1974 Scottish League Division One Old Morton A 3-0
Harper 2
Stanton




Birthdays

Niklas Gunnarsson

Willie Jamieson

Bobby Duncan







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I was really 2 young at the time. I used to visit my cuz & my granny who lived on Prestonfield Ave. A crowd of the older guys frequented the pub tho including Michael Renwicks dad.

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lot of them still do,
Michael,s uncle Rab does,As for his dad usually Swannies for him if not barred,he has a penchant for being so🤣,great guy though,Horse is my local,guy who owns it now is a Jambo but a very sound guy, Vast majority who use it are Hibs minded though.

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lot of them still do,
Michael,s uncle Rab does,As for his dad usually Swannies for him if not barred,he has a penchant for being so🤣,great guy though,Horse is my local,guy who owns it now is a Jambo but a very sound guy, Vast majority who use it are Hibs minded though.

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Excellent! there were also twins who went there, urquhart? but I'm talking nearly 60 years ago now. Strangely, Michael's dad was always just known as "Renwick" in those days.

Scottish Premier League 28/4/2019

Hibernian 1 v 1 Hearts

Berra og

The one thing we learned from this match was that form certainly goes out of the window when it comes to derby games HIBS who remain unbeaten in the league under Heckingbottom looked as if they had the points in the bag such was their dominance in the second period only for Hearts somehow to draw strength from the depths to snatch a point Hibernian fans will look back on this game as two points dropped in their search for a fourth placed finish

Hearts survived a dodgy first half with Soutar in particular looking nervous and Zlamal pulling off saves from Omeonga and Stevenson HIBS kept up the pressure second half Slivka should have opened the scoring for HIBS with a header that brought out a point blank save from Zlamal then Ikpeazu caught Hanlon in the box with an innocuous clumsy attempt at a clearance handing HIBS a soft penalty that McNulty failed to convert clipping the outside of the post HIBS kept up the pressure and Horgans cross was diverted into his own goal by skipper Berra

Hearts introduced the experienced Stephen MacLean into the fray and it paid off with six minutes to go as he got onto the end of an Ikpeazu flick managing to cut the ball back into the path of the onrushing centre forward who guided it past Marciano

Hibs Rocky Gray MacGregor Hanlon Stevenson Milligan Horgan Mallan Omeonga McNulty and Kamberi

Subs Slivka for Kamberi 45 Agyepong for Horgan 89

Unused Bartley Gauld Spector Bogdan and Shaw

Att: 19395

https://youtu.be/WxNZT-CmwDc


Scottish Premier League 28/4/2018

Hihernian 5 v 3 Kilmarnock

Allan
Whittaker
Maclaren
Kamberi
Barker

Hibs boosted their chances of a second place finish with a thrilling victory over Kilmarnock

Scott Allan opened the scoring following a neat one two with Kamberi inside the Kilmarnock box and smashed the ball across Leo Fasan and into the right hand corner

Kilmarnock were level two minutes later when Kris Boyd was given too much time and space in the box and was able to direct his header through Marciano for his 22nd goal of the season

Into the second half and Steven Whittaker gave HIBS the lead with a first time finish following a glorious pass from John McGinn

Findlay for Kilmarnock pulled the Rugby Park men level again though questions have to be asked about the HIBS defence

MacLaren added a third for HIBS before Kamberi was denied a penalty claim but made it 4-2 a few minutes later in any case

A howitzer of a Boyd freekick made for an interesting finish before Brandon Barker showed us that he does know the way to goal after all to secure an excellent 5-3 win

A brilliant performance from both teams

Hibs Rocky Ambrose McGregor Hanlon Boyle Whittaker McGinn Allan Stevenson MacLaren and Kamberi

Subs Barker for MacLaren 68 Swanson for Allan 84

Unused Bartley Slivka Bell Porteous and Allan

Att:17470

https://youtu.be/B7lF7W3aJEY


Scottish Southern League 28/4/1941

Hearts 3 v 5 HIBS

Smith 3
Combe
Adams


Gordon Smith a Hearts Supporter was born and bred in Edinburgh but his family moved to Montrose when he was an infant

By the age of 16 he was playing centre forward for junior side Dundee North End and was selected to play for a Junior Select side versus a very strong Hearts HIBS select side to open Lochee Harps new ground The Junior Select side won 3-2 with the young Gordon Smith scoring a hatrick

Hibs Manager Willie McCartney was at the match and Hearts Chairman Mr A Irvine offered Gordon Smith a trial Willie McCartney didn’t need to give Gordon Smith a trial he had just witnessed a great footballing talent and that was enough for him

While Hearts dithered and the press linked Gordon Smith to Hearts McCartney made his move arranging to meet Gordon and his dad in Artbroath Gordon Smith was very impressed with the flamboyant McCartney with the tremendous personality who invited Gordon and his dad down to the North British Hotel on Monday the 28th April where there would be no trial nonesense and he would go right into the Hibernian first team at Tynecastle that very same day versus Hearts

A couple of hours later the footballing bargain of all time lined up in Hibernians famous green jersey along sides two other new recruits Jock Weir and HIBS daft Bobby Combe in the Southern League match that had been postponed from New Years Day due to the war

Willie McCartney had pulled a real flanker over Hearts that day with Gordon Smith being listed as a trialist on the team sheets scoring a hatrick Bobby Combe also got one of the goals Tommy Walker of Hearts scored all three Hearts goals

Willie McCartney sent his team out that day with these instructions “ keep the ball on the deck and well away from that big Hearts puddin Dykes”

The Hibernian team that day was Jimmy Kerr Davy Shaw Alex Hall Sammy Kean Bobby Baxter Willie Rice Jock Weir Bobby Combe Gordon Smith Willie Finnigan and Tommy Adams

The hatrick versus Hearts was to herald Gordon Smiths glittering 18 year career with Hibernian Football Club

Att:3004

Gordon Smith signed for Hibernian Football Club at 4.00pm in the North British Hotel present were his father Willie McCartney Harry Swan and Tom Hartland

“in my heart I had decided to join HIBS “ and this he did at teatime on Monday 28th April in the North British Hotel receiving a £10 signing on fee “I felt like a millionaire “


Other significant results on this day


28/4/2007 Scottish League SPL Rangers H 3-3
McCann
Whittaker
Fletcher
Boozy sent off

28/4/1990 Scottish League Premier Division Dundee H 1-1
Houchen

28/4/1979 Scottish League Premier Division Partick Thistle H 1-0
Callachan

28/4/1973 Scottish League Division One Old Celtic H 0-3
Celtic win League
Pat Stanton’s 300th game
Hibs finish third after a season of injuries and suspensions
Drybrough Cup Winners
League Cup Winners



The Making of Hibernian: The Romantic Years Alan Lugton




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Some reports are more enjoyable than others, but always worth reading so thanks.

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Excellent! there were also twins who went there, urquhart? but I'm talking nearly 60 years ago now. Strangely, Michael's dad was always just known as "Renwick" in those days.

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I drink with an Ian Urquhart, his dad was Ian as well sure he was a twin,unfortunately not with us now.Micheal is still known as that m8😁Horse will have changed a lot over that timespan,my ma,s granny used to get her tipple from the jug bar ,no longer there and bar is on opposite side from when i first drank in there,over 45 years ago.🤣

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I drink with an Ian Urquhart, his dad was Ian as well sure he was a twin,unfortunately not with us now.Micheal is still known as that m8😁Horse will have changed a lot over that timespan,my ma,s granny used to get her tipple from the jug bar ,no longer there and bar is on opposite side from when i first drank in there,over 45 years ago.🤣

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Excellent, I have another cuz who posts on here & who now lives nearby. We'll have to make a pilgrimage next time I'm up!!

Scottish Championship 29/4/2017

Ayr United 0 v 4 Hibernian

Cummings 2
Boyle
Keatings

Hibs were Champions now and easily disposed of relegation haunted Ayr United with a polished performance in a game where they could relax the shackles were off and at long last they had the freedom to express themselves

Hibs were hungry from the start and Cummings went close when he hit the outside of the post

He was not to be denied however and following good footwork from McGinn out on the left he nodded home McGinns accurate cross

It was two shortly after as Grant Holts cross was met at the back post by the oncoming Boyle to slide the ball under goalkeeper Greg Fleming

The second half was more of the same with HIBS applying the pressure McGinn and Boyle both going close with long distance efforts before Cummings set up substitute Keatings for a simple tap in for HIBS’ third

Cummings wasn’t done for the day though and added his second and HIBS fourth after Keatings turned supplier with a delightful through ball

Ayr staged a late rally but Laidlaw comfortably held efforts from Rose and Meggat

HIBS Laidlaw Gray MacGregor Forster Stevenson Boyle Fyvie Holt Humphrey McGinn and Cummings

Subs Keatings for Humphrey 61 Shinnie for Boyle 76 Murray for McGinn

Unused Ambrose Graham Martin and Martin

Att 2152




Scottish League SPL 29/4/2001

Dundee 0 v 2 Hibernian

Libbra
Zitelli




Scottish League SPL 29/4/2000

Hibernian 1 v 0 Aberdeen

Kenny Miller

This was the last game before the slope was levelled



Scottish League Premier Division 29/4/1995

Dundee United 0 v 1 Hibernian

McGinlay

Gordon Hunter sent off



Scottish League Premier Division 29/4/1980

Hibernian 2 v 1 St Mirren

Rae
Torrance



Scottish League Division One Old 29/4/1972

Rangers 1 v 2 Hibernian

Auld
ORourke pen

Rangers lost three games in six days in Glasgow for the first time in their history Twice at the hands of Hibernian and once to Dunfermline

The HIBS goals came from Bertie Auld and a Jimmy O’Rourke penalty Colin Stein replied for Rangers

Hibs would finish third in the League this season Runners up in the Scottish Cup and their highest home attendance would be 40671 versus Celtic

Four weeks later Rangers would go on to lift the European Cup Winners Cup in Barcelona

Hibs Herriot Brownlie Schaedler Stanton Black Blackley Auld Hazel Gordon ORourke and McGhee

Sub Billy McEwan

Att 13124


Scottish League Division Two Old 29/4/1933

Forfar Athletic 3 v 3 Hibernian

Connolly3

Champions Hibernian ended their two year sojourn in the lower league with a point at Station Park in front of a 1500 crowd

The league was already won and HIBS did not play their strongest side

HIBS took the lead on three separate occasions but each time they were pegged back

Celtic legend Paddy Connolly scored his only hatrick for HIBS but left for Airdrieonians in the summer


Birthdays


Vykintas Slivka

Ralph Callachan




Hibernian on this Day Colquhoun and Sinnet





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Really enjoying these every day. Don't know what we'll do in the summer!!
Oh Ralphy, Ralphy. Ralphy Ralphy Ralphy Callachan. One of my early heroes when I started going every week. Took some abuse at times!

13k at Ibrox,those were the days!!

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Really enjoying these every day. Don't know what we'll do in the summer!!
Oh Ralphy, Ralphy. Ralphy Ralphy Ralphy Callachan. One of my early heroes when I started going every week. Took some abuse at times!

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Yip had a funny gangly lanky style about him

Some goal versus Dundee

Good player

Loves the HIBS

Happy Birthday Ralph

Many Happy Returns

:partyhibb

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Originally Posted by brog

13k at Ibrox,those were the days!!

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Many left before the end anaw as they did the previous Monday when we beat them 2-0 at Hampden in SCSF according to Jonnyboys book

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Scottish Championship 29/4/2017

Ayr United 0 v 4 Hibernian

Cummings 2
Boyle
Keatings

Hibs were Champions now and easily disposed of relegation haunted Ayr United with a polished performance in a game where they could relax the shackles were off and at long last they had the freedom to express themselves

Hibs were hungry from the start and Cummings went close when he hit the outside of the post

He was not to be denied however and following good footwork from McGinn out on the left he nodded home McGinns accurate cross

It was two shortly after as Grant Holts cross was met at the back post by the oncoming Boyle to slide the ball under goalkeeper Greg Fleming

The second half was more of the same with HIBS applying the pressure McGinn and Boyle both going close with long distance efforts before Cummings set up substitute Keatings for a simple tap in for HIBS’ third

Cummings wasn’t done for the day though and added his second and HIBS fourth after Keatings turned supplier with a delightful through ball

Ayr staged a late rally but Laidlaw comfortably held efforts from Rose and Meggat

HIBS Laidlaw Gray MacGregor Forster Stevenson Boyle Fyvie Holt Humphrey McGinn and Cummings

Subs Keatings for Humphrey 61 Shinnie for Boyle 76 Murray for McGinn

Unused Ambrose Graham Martin and Martin

Att 2152




Scottish League SPL 29/4/2001

Dundee 0 v 2 Hibernian

Libbra
Zitelli




Scottish League SPL 29/4/2000

Hibernian 1 v 0 Aberdeen

Kenny Miller

This was the last game before the slope was levelled



Scottish League Premier Division 29/4/1995

Dundee United 0 v 1 Hibernian

McGinlay

Gordon Hunter sent off



Scottish League Premier Division 29/4/1980

Hibernian 2 v 1 St Mirren

Rae
Torrance



Scottish League Division One Old 29/4/1972

Rangers 1 v 2 Hibernian

Auld
ORourke pen

Rangers lost three games in six days in Glasgow for the first time in their history Twice at the hands of Hibernian and once to Dunfermline

The HIBS goals came from Bertie Auld and a Jimmy O’Rourke penalty Colin Stein replied for Rangers

Hibs would finish third in the League this season Runners up in the Scottish Cup and their highest home attendance would be 40671 versus Celtic

Four weeks later Rangers would go on to lift the European Cup Winners Cup in Barcelona

Hibs Herriot Brownlie Schaedler Stanton Black Blackley Auld Hazel Gordon ORourke and McGhee

Sub Billy McEwan

Att 13124


Scottish League Division Two Old 29/4/1933

Forfar Athletic 3 v 3 Hibernian

Connolly3

Champions Hibernian ended their two year sojourn in the lower league with a point at Station Park in front of a 1500 crowd

The league was already won and HIBS did not play their strongest side

HIBS took the lead on three separate occasions but each time they were pegged back

Celtic legend Paddy Connolly scored his only hatrick for HIBS but left for Airdrieonians in the summer


Birthdays


Vykintas Slivka

Ralph Callachan




Hibernian on this Day Colquhoun and Sinnet





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My mum baked a huge chocolate cake for Ralph's Birthday, sometime early 80's.

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EDDIE TURNBULL RIP 12-4-1923 to 30-4-2011


Hibernians greatest Eddie Turnbull died aged 88 from a respiratory illness As a player he played in all three of Scotland’s games at the 1958 World Cup in Sweden and played 487 games for HIBS scoring 202 goals between 1946 and 1959 During his playing career at HIBS he won three league championships

As a Manager he won the Scottish Cup with Aberdeen with HIBS he won a League Cup and two Drybrough Cups guiding HIBS to two second place finishes and several cup final appearances
As a player and as a Manager he was involved in Hibernians greatest European Matches

Turnbull was and is simply the greatest Hibernian

HIBS lost 2-1 at home to St Johnstone in the League the day he died



30/4/2005 Scottish League SPL

Celtic 1 v 3 Hibernian

OConnor
Sproule
Brown

Hibs hadn’t won at Celtic Park since 1992 Celtic were chasing the title but were stunned when Garry OConnor gave HIBS the lead after only six minutes Derek Riordan started the move with a clever back heel deep in his own half to send Scott Brown away into the oppositions half where he found the overlapping Garry OConnor The striker still had plenty to do but cut inside Stanislav Varga with ease then placed his right foot shot past the on rushing David Marshall from eight yards

Both sides had chances to score before Craig Beattie equalised for Celtic on the hour Celtic and their fans were starting to turn up the heat and the yellow clad hibbies were starting to feel the pressure Balde hit the side net with an effort and Simon Brown pulled off a great save from a Hartson header

Substitute Ivan Sproule became the hero with 11 minutes remaining when he pounced on a loose ball to fire under the body of Marshall Hibernian were not finished there however and Scott Brown took Murray’s long ball in his stride to coolly chip the advancing Marshall to spark more wild scenes in the visiting section despite some over zealous Celtic Stewarding

Beattie tried to pull his side back into the game with two minutes remaining but Simon Brown tipped his effort over the crossbar

Hibs Brown Brown Caldwell Konte Glass A Murray Murray Smith Whittaker Riordan OConnor

Subs Sproule for Riordan 71 Shiels for Konte 72 Morrow for OConnor 77

Unused Brown Hogg MacDonald and Murphy

Att 58322


https://youtu.be/hLx_S-dtfS8


30/4/1969 Scottish League Division One Old St Johnstone H 4-0
Cormack 2
McBride
ORourke

Wilson Quinn McGraw and Cousin were allowed to leave at the end of the season

Youngsters Billy McEwan and John Brownlie called up to the first team



30/4/1952 International Friendly Scotland 6 v 0 USA

Reilly 3
McMillan 2
og

Gordon Smith also started this game

Att:107809




30/4/1951 Scottish League Division One Old

Hibernian 3 v 1 Celtic

Reiliy2
Buchanan


The final game of the season had little at stake HIBS had won the league and Celtic had won the Scottish Cup but both sides served up an entertaining game for the 22000 fans

HIBS started like a train and Bobby Johnstone had two astonishing misses the first when he hit the bar from about six yards out and again when he was clear through and totally miskicked

In 22 minutes Smith crossed Mallan and Reilly both jumped and missed and Buchanan was next in line to hit the ball first time into the net

After 25 minutes of the second half Reilly made it safe Turnbull headed the ball towards him at the edge of the Celtic box with his back to goal he allowed the ball to go over his shoulder before spinning and volleying a left foot shot into the net

With three minutes to go Turnbull shivered the Celtic timber with a terrific drive the ball bounced on the line and the ever ready Reilly tapped it through

Ex hibee Jock Weir pulled a cheerless goal back for Celtic at the death



Hibs Younger Howie Cairns Gallagher Paterson Buchanan Smith Johnstone Reilly Turnbull and Combe



Birthdays

Victor Palsson

Willie Paterson

Bobby Robertson


Hibernian on this day Colquhoun and Sinnet

At Easter Road They Play John Campbell

In Colours Green and White John Campbell




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Originally Posted by brog

Excellent, I have another cuz who posts on here & who now lives nearby. We'll have to make a pilgrimage next time I'm up!!

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more than welcome m8,thinking you may remember Frankie Meechan,Jimmy Young,John Slaven?😁

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Originally Posted by BILLYHIBS

Yip had a funny gangly lanky style about him

Some goal versus Dundee

Good player

Loves the HIBS

Happy Birthday Ralph

Many Happy Returns

:partyhibb

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I played under 15,s with Ralph,definitely deserved all he got out the game and certainly is Hibs Daft.😁

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Originally Posted by Fanforlife

more than welcome m8,thinking you may remember Frankie Meechan,Jimmy Young,John Slaven?😁

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I remember Frankie very well. I used to sign him into Hibs Club for Celtc games. Good guy for a Celt!

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Originally Posted by brog

I remember Frankie very well. I used to sign him into Hibs Club for Celtc games. Good guy for a Celt!

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My Uncle - not sure about the last sentence :0 )

1/5/2016 Scottish League Championship

Hibernian 2 v 0 Queen of the South

Gunnarsson
Cummings

They used to say that being a Hibby it is the hope that kills you

With Falkirk winning 1-0 versus Morton HIBS needed to defeat QOS by four clear goals to avoid an extra play off double header in midweek against Raith Rovers

Queens defended stoutly and were well organised but HIBS had chances to score Liam Henderson forced a save from James Atkinson Anthony Stokes did likewise later on as did John McGinn

Queens had a fine chance to take the lead themselves when Dale Hilson fired over Conrad Logan’s bar from a good position

The second half had just started when James Keatings was put through on goal and spurned a wonderful opportunity to give HIBS the lead when his shot was blocked by the keeper

On 55 minutes Millar was sent off for an ugly tackle on McGinn the gods were at last smiling on HIBS

There was still time for a goal rush but once again Henderson flicked wide of the goal from a good position

Just on the hour Stubbs introduced Cummings but surprisingly when the goal came it came from an unlikely source when Gunnarsson turned in a Henderson cross to give HIBS some hope

Cummings made it two with a header from a Boyle cross on 79 minutes but Queens held out after that

Hibs will rue their missed chances having 21 shots 11 on target they leave themselves a marathon task to get promotion a double header versus Raith then the winners playing Falkirk to see who plays the second bottom Premiership side

There is always the Scottish Cup I suppose?

Hibs Logan Gunnarsson Hanlon Fontaine Stevenson Fyvie Boyle Henderson McGinn Stokes and Keatings

Subs Cummings for Fyvie 63 McGeouch for Henderson 72 Dagnall for Keatings 81

Unused Oxley Gray Bartley McGregor

Att 9900


1/5/2010 Scottish League SPL Hearts H 1-2
Stokes

1/5/2004 Scottish League SPL Dundee H 1-0
Riordan

1/5/1999 Scottish League Division One Stranraer A 4-0
Hartley
Crawford
Miller
Lovell

1/5/1993 Scottish League Premier Division Motherwell H 1-0
Michael Weir

1/5/1982 Scottish League Premier Division Celtic A 0-6

1/5/1974 Scottish League Division One Old Clyde A 1-1
Harper


1/5/1965 Summer Cup Group 4

Hibernian 3 v 0 Hearts

Martin2
Scott

Hibs kicked off their defence of the Summer Cup with a fine 3-0 win over a strong Hearts side in front of just over 13000 fans at Easter Road Hearts defended stoutly for the first hour but HIBS broke down Hearts stiff resistance with goals from Jim Scott and a double from Neil Martin

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

Hearts Cruikshank Ferguson Holt Barry Anderson Polland Ford Hamilton White Wallace and Traynor



The Summer Cup may sound like an obscure trophy now but back in the days of little or no televised or foreign football coverage it was a prestigious trophy to win Most fans in bygone days only cared about the Scottish game

Over the bridge next to East End Park not a happy hunting ground for the men from Leith with it having been six seasons since they had tasted victory there but hoodoos are there to be broken and two fine solo efforts from the mercurial Willie Hamilton allowed that to happen as HIBS triumphed 2-1 Group topping HIBS then hosted Falkirk at Easter Road and the bairns gave a good account of themselves despite going down 3-2 thanks to goals from Cormack (pen) Scott and John Baxter

Things were certainly going well for the Hibees as they made the short trip to Tynecastle and left with a point in a 2-2 draw Cormack and Martin getting the goals in a tight even game Dunfermline then arrived at Easter Road looking for revenge and duly got it in the shape of a 2-1 win Martin scoring for HIBS his 33rd of the season

To qualify for the semi final HIBS had to win at Brockville and hope that the result between Hearts and Dunfermline worked out in their favour The first part was achieved thanks to goals from Cormack (pen)Stevenson and Jimmy O’Rourke the youngster earning his chance after scoring 25 goals in that seasons reserve League Thankfully for HIBS things went their way and they qualified to meet Motherwell in a two legged semi final the first being at Easter Road

Things looked promising for another trip to the final when the greens beat Motherwell 2-0 at Easter Road thanks to a couple of cracking goals from Peter Cormack and Eric Stevenson but four days later the Steelmen had reversed that score at the end of the regulation 90 minutes meaning the game went into extra time Sad to say that the wheels came off the bus for HIBS at this stage and despite two goals from Cormack ( pen ) and Quinn the hosts scored four more to win 6-2 and end the HIBS defence of the trophy


Hibs Historical Trust


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more than welcome m8,thinking you may remember Frankie Meechan,Jimmy Young,John Slaven?😁

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Popped into the Horse a couple of years ago after a visit to The Royal
Meechan was in wae his pal John Cummings
Chewed the fat about the auld days drinking in the High Street/Canongate
I went to a number of Wembleys with the Soothside boys
Always jumped the rattler tae Kings Cross on the friday night
Covent Garden boozers early sat morning
Names
The Pullars The Daly's, Tam Hoose, Tam and Albert Cannon et el
Some crew !!

Meechan and T Cannon supported the HIbs when they were laddies
Then they got the bus fares for Celtic Park !

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Originally Posted by Mick O'Rourke

Popped into the Horse a couple of years ago after a visit to The Royal
Meechan was in wae his pal John Cummings
Chewed the fat about the auld days drinking in the High Street/Canongate
I went to a number of Wembleys with the Soothside boys
Always jumped the rattler tae Kings Cross on the friday night
Covent Garden boozers early sat morning
Names
The Pullars The Daly's, Tam Hoose, Tam and Albert Cannon et el
Some crew !!

Meechan and T Cannon supported the HIbs when they were laddies
Then they got the bus fares for Celtic Park !

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I stayed next door to Tam Cannon in Broomhouse, my dad knew him well from the auld days before we moved there. My brother still stays in the hoose so Tam remains his neighbour. Some character; good guy though.

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Originally Posted by brog

I remember Frankie very well. I used to sign him into Hibs Club for Celtc games. Good guy for a Celt!

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aye Frankie is sound drink with his son in law(Hibby).Frankie had a bad accident a couple of years ago,knocked down ,made a good recovery though,bombards me with fitba questions whenever he is in.🤣hopefully get some more from him soon.🤣

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Originally Posted by Mick O'Rourke

Popped into the Horse a couple of years ago after a visit to The Royal
Meechan was in wae his pal John Cummings
Chewed the fat about the auld days drinking in the High Street/Canongate
I went to a number of Wembleys with the Soothside boys
Always jumped the rattler tae Kings Cross on the friday night
Covent Garden boozers early sat morning
Names
The Pullars The Daly's, Tam Hoose, Tam and Albert Cannon et el
Some crew !!

Meechan and T Cannon supported the HIbs when they were laddies
Then they got the bus fares for Celtic Park !

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your spot on regarding Meechan being a Hibby when younger,gets ripped for it all the time.🤣Assume you mean Wullie Daly,Terry and Michael? If so unfortunately Wullie and Michael are no longer with us.Cummings still pops into Horse every now and then.

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Originally Posted by Mick O'Rourke

Popped into the Horse a couple of years ago after a visit to The Royal
Meechan was in wae his pal John Cummings
Chewed the fat about the auld days drinking in the High Street/Canongate
I went to a number of Wembleys with the Soothside boys
Always jumped the rattler tae Kings Cross on the friday night
Covent Garden boozers early sat morning
Names
The Pullars The Daly's, Tam Hoose, Tam and Albert Cannon et el
Some crew !!

Meechan and T Cannon supported the HIbs when they were laddies
Then they got the bus fares for Celtic Park !

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I remember bumping into you in London one time when you came off the train Mick, you probably don't!! We stayed in a hotel in Bloomsbury, not far from Cov Garden!
Billy, sorry to hijack your great thread but I'm enjoying the Southside nostalgia!! :wink:

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Originally Posted by Fanforlife

your spot on regarding Meechan being a Hibby when younger,gets ripped for it all the time.��Assume you mean Wullie Daly,Terry and Michael? If so unfortunately Wullie and Michael are no longer with us.Cummings still pops into Horse every now and then.

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Aye I was very pally with Michael back in the 70s
The Snuff Box, then Cheers
Sad when he died so young
I used to see Willie and Terry any time i popped into the Grapes
My oldest grandson lives in Peffermill Road though not a big drinker he pops into the Horse sometimes for live fitba on the telly
He is friendly with Brendan McCabe
So he has been introduced to my old cohorts who go in there.
I used to pal with Brendan's dad Gordon and travel to away games with him

Memories eh ?

Sorry for hijacking the thread
Maybe have a Memories thread !

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Originally Posted by brog

I remember bumping into you in London one time when you came off the train Mick, you probably don't!! We stayed in a hotel in Bloomsbury, not far from Cov Garden!
Billy, sorry to hijack your great thread but I'm enjoying the Southside nostalgia!! :wink:

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Probably hungover or still bevvied
One game at Wembley (73) me and big Alex Imlach (fae the southside) sneaked in to the dear seats.
The Hibs team a few rows behind us resplendent in Hibs blazers
I motioned to Sloop to give JOR a nudge
He just blanked me.
Not Sloop... James !!
Dinnae blame him now
I must have looked a mess after all the bevvy consumed since we left the High Street the night before
Non stop !!

I do mind the rainbow bus to Celtic Park for another final we should have won against the Hun

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Originally Posted by brog

I remember bumping into you in London one time when you came off the train Mick, you probably don't!! We stayed in a hotel in Bloomsbury, not far from Cov Garden!
Billy, sorry to hijack your great thread but I'm enjoying the Southside nostalgia!! :wink:

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Nae bother!

Think I used to drink with Ian Urquhart in the Libby Inn good Hibby last time I saw him was in the Southsider. :confused:

Pubs seem a long time ago now