Off course I knew we were the first, but did not realise that Aberdeen FC should have been there instead of us.
http://www.afc.co.uk/articles/200706...212158_1055020
Is this link a fair representation of what actually happened?
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15-02-2014 07:21 PM #1
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No. Aberdeen were never invited. There's a BBC link out there which claims this but the guy has his story wrong.
Hibs were intialy invited by L'Quipe a French sports magazine. There was a hullabaloo about who should govern the tourney so FIFA took it over and re-sent invitations to play, Hibs again being invited. So Hibs were in fact invited twice. The following season it was agreed the League winners would enter the competition.
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The article is a little confusing saying the SFA didn't pay much attention to the tourney but Harry Swan, in his capacity of SFA President lobbyed for Hibs? How can they have it both ways?
L'Quipe didn't go through national governing bodies, they invited the clubs directly. Hibs were well known boox-office in Europe at the time so the invite came our way.Last edited by Kato; 15-02-2014 at 07:39 PM.
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15-02-2014 08:51 PM #3
I think Aberdeen were the previous seasons champions and if the qualification rules were the same as they are now the Dons would have been it rather than us, but as Kato says, teams didn't qualify as such and were invited instead. As Hibs had toured Europe and further afield on a regular basis we were generally seen as trend setters and were the obvious team from Scotland to invite.
I'm sure I read somewhere that one of Lawrie Reilly's few regrets at Hibs was that the European Cup didn't start five or so years earlier as he was convinced Hibs would have won it. Maybe someone can put me right on this.
I think Chelsea were also invited, but the FA wouldn't let them play as they didn't think this new competition would amount to much.
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I think Chelsea were also invited, but the FA wouldn't let them play as they didn't think this new competition would amount to much.
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