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    Quote Originally Posted by BILLYHIBS View Post
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    John (Onion) Brownlie is definitely the best right back I have ever had the pleasure of watching at Easter Road

    Better than McGrain and Jardine

    The HIBS team at that time was a joy to behold playing their own brand of fast exciting entertaining attractive attacking football a “green machine.”

    HIBS had just won the League Cup outclassing a very good Celtic side beat Ayr Utd 8-1 and humiliated Hearts 0-7 .

    We were top of the league when we faced East Fife on 6/1/73

    The crack made by Ian Printys tackle on an over stretching John Brownlies leg reverberated around Easter Road and the whole of Scottish football

    Yes I agree it wasn’t a close thing in the end but it is typical HIBS that we find ourselves asking ourselves what might have been if we had a fit John Brownlie and an available Alex Edwards that found himself suspended for a ridiculous 10 games

    I have no doubt it would have been a closer run thing if we had both of these excellent players available
    What did Alex Edwards do to get a 10 match ban?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Captain Trips View Post
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    I thought Graeme Mitchell never shirked a tackle either
    We had a few really under-appreciated players around that time. Mitchell was a superb full-back who served Hibs well.

    I always thought Geebsie was a cracking player, and Willie Miller on the right was good too.

    Proper defenders, who could defend.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bostonhibby View Post
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    My vote for best ever left back and my favourite ever Hibs player.

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    John Brownlie was my best ever right back and Erich Schaedler was my best ever left back

    Solid as a rock he would run through a brick wall for the cause

    His game was all about athleticism speed power and pace

    Not blessed with a lot of skill he would play to his strengths using his power and pace to beat a man

    The 0-7 game sums up Erich Schaedler to a tee his amazing long throw for Jimmy ORourkes first goal and his powerful crunching tackle for the seventh rattling the Hearts players body like a xylophone the sheer power and pace of the challenge carrying the momentum of the ball through to Arthur Duncan who looked up picked out the graceful and immaculate Alan Gordon whose flicked but powerful header hit the inside of the far away post rolled along the line hit the inside of the near post and in 7-0

    So good we signed him twice

    He would go the gym long before going to the gym was fashionable

    I had the pleasure of meeting Erich Schaedler once and I have to admit he is probably one of the nicest human beings I have ever had the pleasure of meeting

    RIP

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    Quote Originally Posted by DaveF View Post
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    What did Alex Edwards do to get a 10 match ban?
    Believe it or not throwing the ball away

    The SFA at that time had a complicated points system and was not suited to a player of Alex Edwards nature who was volatile and always on a short fuse

    Opponents realised this and worked it to their advantage and would always target him for special treatment and wynd him up

    There was a feeling at that time that the SFA and many referees in particular did not like HIBS be it the club Tom Hart or Eddie Turnbull

    http://www.hibshistoricaltrust.org.u...s/alex-edwards

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    Quote Originally Posted by matty_f View Post
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    Aside from heading cup winning goals, my favourite thing about SDG is the way he knows exactly the right moment in a match to absolutely smash someone to get the crowd and the team going. It's a skill.
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    It is a virtually impossible exercise when you try to compare two players from different eras. I saw John Brownlie and loved him as much as I love SDG.

    What we know about Sir David is that he is an outstanding attacking and defensive right back, an inspiring leader, as brave as can be and the man that won us the Scottish Cup.

    If there was a public subscription for a statue, I would contribute.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Seveno View Post
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    It is a virtually impossible exercise when you try to compare two players from different eras. I saw John Brownlie and loved him as much as I love SDG.

    What we know about Sir David is that he is an outstanding attacking and defensive right back, an inspiring leader, as brave as can be and the man that won us the Scottish Cup.

    If there was a public subscription for a statue, I would contribute.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BILLYHIBS View Post
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    John Brownlie was my best ever right back and Erich Schaedler was my best ever left back

    Solid as a rock he would run through a brick wall for the cause

    His game was all about athleticism speed power and pace

    Not blessed with a lot of skill he would play to his strengths using his power and pace to beat a man

    The 0-7 game sums up Erich Schaedler to a tee his amazing long throw for Jimmy ORourkes first goal and his powerful crunching tackle for the seventh rattling the Hearts players body like a xylophone the sheer power and pace of the challenge carrying the momentum of the ball through to Arthur Duncan who looked up picked out the graceful and immaculate Alan Gordon whose flicked but powerful header hit the inside of the far away post rolled along the line hit the inside of the near post and in 7-0

    So good we signed him twice

    He would go the gym long before going to the gym was fashionable

    I had the pleasure of meeting Erich Schaedler once and I have to admit he is probably one of the nicest human beings I have ever had the pleasure of meeting

    RIP
    I'd have struggled to put it better myself

    Don't get me wrong, I could make a case for quite a few from that era. Shades usually comes to the top the more I dwell on it, Stanton was my hero and Jimmy O was the Mr Hibs of the day.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Captain Trips View Post
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    I thought Graeme Mitchell never shirked a tackle either
    A very decent player, I’d have to back SDG, Shades etc in a 50/50 though 😀

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    Quote Originally Posted by BILLYHIBS View Post
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    Believe it or not throwing the ball away

    The SFA at that time had a complicated points system and was not suited to a player of Alex Edwards nature who was volatile and always on a short fuse

    Opponents realised this and worked it to their advantage and would always target him for special treatment and wynd him up

    There was a feeling at that time that the SFA and many referees in particular did not like HIBS be it the club Tom Hart or Eddie Turnbull

    http://www.hibshistoricaltrust.org.u...s/alex-edwards
    Stanton and Blackley also got hefty suspensions a few games after Mickey.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kato View Post
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    Stanton and Blackley also got hefty suspensions a few games after Mickey.
    Telt ye!

    It was a conspiracy

    The SFA were against us

    ABH

    Anybody but HIBS

    All geared towards the Old Firm

    Remember 1979

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    Quote Originally Posted by Seveno View Post
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    It is a virtually impossible exercise when you try to compare two players from different eras. I saw John Brownlie and loved him as much as I love SDG.

    What we know about Sir David is that he is an outstanding attacking and defensive right back, an inspiring leader, as brave as can be and the man that won us the Scottish Cup.

    If there was a public subscription for a statue, I would contribute.
    I’m always struck at how slow the game was when you see clips from that era.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Captain Trips View Post
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    I thought Graeme Mitchell never shirked a tackle either
    Inspired signing

    Never let HIBS down

    Beautiful left foot

    Scottish League Cup winner

    314 appearances 4 goals
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    Quote Originally Posted by DaveF View Post
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    What did Alex Edwards do to get a 10 match ban?
    I think it was a combination of previous sendings off. Think he got sent off for reacting to an East fife player booting him for the tenth time that game, pretty sure he booted same player to merit the sending off. Was an expensive game that, Brownlie broken leg and Mickey sent off.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kato View Post
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    Stanton and Blackley also got hefty suspensions a few games after Mickey.
    Was that the Rangers game at Ibrox, when first goal was 5 yards offside.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JimBHibees View Post
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    Was that the Rangers game at Ibrox, when first goal was 5 yards offside.
    From memory, Aye. Blackley was booked/sent off for complaining about said decision. The SFA operated a "4 bookings and your up before the beaks" type system, with madey-up suspensions at their discretion.

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