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Thread: Hibs v. Maastricht 1971
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05-12-2019 09:23 PM #2This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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05-12-2019 09:28 PM #4
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I heard it was a treat eh.
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05-12-2019 09:42 PM #5
This from Book Two
Back at Easter Road four days later, Dutch side Maastricht visited in a return clash following the pre season friendly won by Hibs the previous August. Again the greens were too strong for their opponents and ran out comfortable 3-0 winners with goals from Graham, Cropley and Davidson.This is how it feels
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05-12-2019 09:44 PM #6
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I've a recollection of attending a friendly which could have been against Maastricht in the summer of 1971. The date would have been considerably later than 5/5 as I think it was part of the club's pre-season warmups for 71-72. I attended with an American who was a college goalkeeper and thought it was amazing - the standard was so far above anything he'd experienced.
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05-12-2019 10:06 PM #9
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There was a home end of season friendly against a Dutch team about then . Thought it was Nijmegen but could have been Maastricht . Think we won 5 v 0 and game was remembered cause their goalie was wearing glasses . Maybe 2 different games in different years .
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05-12-2019 10:18 PM #10
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05-12-2019 10:32 PM #12
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06-12-2019 02:00 AM #13
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I believe I was there and it was Crops debut
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06-12-2019 04:07 AM #14This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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06-12-2019 05:10 AM #15
Strange one
I remember being at this game so the match definitely happened
Ebay list the programme as being dated 5/5/1971 with a picture on the front of HIBS v Clyde 24/4/1971 a game that HIBS won 5-1 with Jimmy Jimmy ORourke scoring a hatrick two pens
In the programme notes they say that HIBS invited the Dutch side over for a friendly as Dutch football was fashionable with their concept of total football and the rise and success of Ajax who were European Cup holders
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06-12-2019 05:18 AM #16This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Crops debut 1/3/1969 3-0 home win versus St Mirren
Alex Cropley was a late last minute replacement for Eric Stevenson who missed his first game of the season due to influenza
Cropley scored his first goal two weeks later in a 1-2 loss at home to ArbroathLast edited by BILLYHIBS; 06-12-2019 at 05:22 AM.
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06-12-2019 05:40 AM #17This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
The Semi performance and particularly the performance of Alex Cropley, really gave the Hibs support hope after losing Peter's Marinello & Cormack during the previous season and the friendly reinforced that with Crop's performance suggesting we had a new superstar developing very quickly. So when Dave Ewing resigned soon after the MVV game there was a feeling of disappointment as despite a poor season we had hope from our late season performances especially in the Semi and the MVV game.
After a little bit of a delay ET's signing was announced and the excitement took over as we all knew how good his Aberdeen side was and we weren't to be disappointed.Last edited by Ray_; 06-12-2019 at 06:41 AM.
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06-12-2019 10:08 AM #18
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Gutted.
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06-12-2019 10:23 AM #19This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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06-12-2019 10:32 AM #20
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I' m sure I remember the Nijmegen game, midweek friendly? and wee fat Joe scored all 5. I was there, on the East terracing near the cave...
edit: Monday, August 5th 1974, just found the programme.
Harper had also scored both goals in a 3-2 defeat from Rangers in the Dryborough cup a few days earlier.Last edited by surreyhibbie; 06-12-2019 at 10:41 AM.
Alcohol IS the answer, but I forget the question...
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06-12-2019 11:00 AM #21
I was at the game in Maastricht. I ended up in our dressing room before the game, taken in by our then manager, Willie Macfarlane. King Pat looked up, saw me & said, F*** me boss, we're surely not that short! Insulted by a Hibs legend, my 15 seconds of fame!
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06-12-2019 11:13 AM #22This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
A few month after your experience, in Liverpool, we were cheering the team from the coach in to the players entrance, the same King Pat told me humorously that I was too young to be there on my own [I was with a whole coach load courtesy of Mrs Mac as a member of the Hawkhill Branch]. If he told me that now I'd know he was taking the "P".
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06-12-2019 01:35 PM #23
August 2nd 1970 we won away 3-0 V MVV Maastricht with goals from McBride (pen), Graham and Duncan. Sweltering heat during the match - "Hotter than Africa" said some.
As stated elsewhere we beat them again at ER 3-0 on May 5th 1971 with goals from Graham, Cropley and Davidson. A 4,000 crowd saw Korver of Maastricht take the field in glasses.
Franciscus Arnoldus Mattheus Körver is now 82 and retired from coaching only nine years ago. Wee bit of research there.
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06-12-2019 02:04 PM #24This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
http://www.ihibs.co.uk/hibs/friendly.php?id=3100
its in the friendlies and other games section.
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06-12-2019 03:30 PM #25
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Would love to play Maastricht again.
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06-12-2019 03:41 PM #26This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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06-12-2019 04:22 PM #27
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Programme from the game."The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who don't have it" - George Bernard Shaw.
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06-12-2019 07:02 PM #28
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06-12-2019 07:17 PM #29
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Is this the only time a Hibs player scored a nap, if that is the word?
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06-12-2019 07:31 PM #30This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Gordon Smith got a 5 (also 3rd Lanark)
Jock Cuthbertson got a 5 v Falkirk
All in competitive games, I suspect there will be more in friendlies. I'll get round to them one day.
Last Hibs player to score a 4 in a competitive game was Alan Gordon.
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