Time I think for the Yams to take courage & look back to their finest hour in 1985/86 when they went 31 games undefeated & yet still managed to lose the league! Given they only managed a paltry 20 (league) games undefeated this season it should be well within their capabilities to throw away the title & give Craig Levein a remarkable double success as player & puppeteer! There would surely be no more fitting way to celebrate the 30th anniversary of this stunning achievement by spending it enjoying another season in the Championship! Go on boys, you can do it!!
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Thread: The Spirit Of '86!
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25-01-2015 10:06 AM #1
The Spirit Of '86!
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25-01-2015 10:33 AM #2@hibs.net private member
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T'would be a mighty feat indeed, but I can't think of a more world-renowned club, with 400,000 fans united as one behind them,
better equipped to take on this task.
They wouldn't even have to cheat.
GG
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25-01-2015 11:04 AM #3First Team Regular
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Time for a couple of secret agents to get onto sickbag & start the mind games, mental warfare...planting the seeds of doubt.....should wind them up good style PMSL
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25-01-2015 11:21 AM #4Coaching Staff
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It seems unlikely, but it has to be said that if there is one club capable of upsetting these odds its the Yams. Our own club let us down a lot more regularly than the Yams let down their fans. But it has to be said that when the Yams do it, its on an epic scale.
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25-01-2015 11:27 AM #5Testimonial Due
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As much as it is would be wonderful they are not going to throw that big a lead away. The bigger problem is our own inconsistency. We have struggled at home in the majority of our games. I do think that we will catch Rangers though. What I will say is Hearts next game away at Alloa is a big one.
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25-01-2015 11:38 AM #6Coaching Staff
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I will never forget the sight of grown Yams crying that day.
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We need to bring Sir Albert over to do the half time draw at the Derby
United we stand here....
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25-01-2015 12:47 PM #8@hibs.net private member
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I can recall getting off the bus around Mayfield Rd to play golf at Prestonfield. Each week Id go past a garage with the weeks yam result scribed up in felt tip.
Its a pity I don't recall how that series ended up and how soon after it was white-washed :) surely I can't have been the only Hibby to remember this?
You know it's a terrible time to go on a wobbly. It would take a collapse of epic proportions and that would have been a shame if it weren't the unwashed.
It's a little known fact their 86 escapades provided inspiration for Volkswagen.
"The more things change the more they stay the same" as one of their French signings used to say ;)
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25-01-2015 12:51 PM #9Left by mutual consent!
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Agreed, Hibs let Us down on a regular basis but after a while, you learn to expect it - 'THEM' on the other hand ??. Every time they go on a good run, boy, do they shout it from the roof-tops - listening to them the now you'd think Barcelona/Real Madrid etc are s*****g themselves !!. A support totally incapable of learning it's lesson from history - and long may that continue !. They're doing well just now, which is typical of their luck but - and it's a big 'BUT' - sooner or later, the effects of 'Playing within their means' will eventually be felt. For the majority of them, used to 30+ years of players who would've never touched them with a barge-pole were it not for the (other people's) money they flung about - the culture-shock will be too much !!
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Picture the scenario . Hearts just need to draw their last game of the season to win the league . Were 3pts behind and 7 goals worse off . They lose 1-0 to a 94m goal . We win 7-0 .
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25-01-2015 01:33 PM #11Coaching Staff
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Would be absolutely hilarious if they were to loose the league after being so far ahead but sadly it is highly highly unlikely. At least now though their incredibly tedious "we are unbeatable" patter is put to bed.
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25-01-2015 01:43 PM #12Testimonial Due
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Scenes like this again would be absolutely delightful
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Sad, maybe even tragic, pictures there. It's a good thing they won the cup the following weekend to cheer them up a bit.
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That's true Originally Posted by lapsedhibee
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Are scenes like these why they are known as "the famous"? is it the haircuts? Originally Posted by lord bunberry
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I often wondered, or is it just self proclaimed nonsense?
"I did not need any persuasion to play for such a great club, the Hibs result is still one of the first I look for"
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25-01-2015 02:27 PM #17Testimonial Due
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Son-in-law (who is a Yam) has been saying for weeks they have been poor recently and lucky to have got some of the results they've managed.
Think they've started to believe their own hype. A slippery, slippery slope may lie ahead.
We can but hope.
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25-01-2015 03:32 PM #18Coaching Staff
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Falkirk with the addition of Thier new players have imo fired themselves into top four contention ahead of queens . Originally Posted by hibby6270
This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteSon-in-law (who is a Yam) has been saying for weeks they have been poor recently and lucky to have got some of the results they've managed.
Think they've started to believe their own hype. A slippery, slippery slope may lie ahead.
We can but hope.
When the yams have had a set back they have responded by winning the next game and shown no sign of going into free fall . So next game is a big one for them .
Never thought they would go whole season unbeaten and they will drop more points but it's still a mountain to climb for us to get anywhere near them unless they don't handle the pressure and the wheels come off the bandwagon .There is hope but there are t enough good teams in the division to beat them
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25-01-2015 03:40 PM #19Coaching Staff
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The weeping bloke with the sort of V shaped hair-do. What's that like eh? Originally Posted by Bostonhibby
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Always reminds me of Sam the Eagle from the muppets Originally Posted by emerald green
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"I did not need any persuasion to play for such a great club, the Hibs result is still one of the first I look for"
Sir Matt Busby
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Their last scheduled game is at home against the The Rangers. If they need any points from this game, they will brick it big time Originally Posted by erin go bragh
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The only people who refer to them as "the famous" are themselves....everyone else does an owl impression....Who? Who? Originally Posted by Bostonhibby
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25-01-2015 04:02 PM #22Matron
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That day at ER for Hibs v Dundee Hibernians, is the only time Hibs have been defeated and I've celebrated.
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On 5th Nov 2011, Rangers (IL variant), held a 15pt lead over Celtic in the SPL and the title race was over . By 28th Dec, a total of 53 days, Celtic had overtaken them...
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25-01-2015 05:10 PM #24Coaching Staff
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That's him! Originally Posted by Bostonhibby
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25-01-2015 05:40 PM #25Matron
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Keep seeing this guy's pic. Any idea who he is?
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It makes me feel warm and giddy inside. Originally Posted by emerald green
This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteI will never forget the sight of grown Yams crying that day.
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Walter Kidd Originally Posted by FranckSuzy
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I just feel that somehow he is someone who has played a significant part in their history.
"I did not need any persuasion to play for such a great club, the Hibs result is still one of the first I look for"
Sir Matt Busby
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25-01-2015 06:00 PM #28@hibs.net private member
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Sir Walter Kidd Originally Posted by Bostonhibby
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Originally Posted by FranckSuzy
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Easy... It's Barry Chuckle. Well he gave every Hibs fan a Barry Chuckle!! Ha ha.. See what I did there? A Barry..... I'll log out.
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