On this day in history

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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/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

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

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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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

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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

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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

On This Day In History

2017 SJM hits a cracking 25 yard strike in a 1-1 draw at Dunfermline

https://youtu.be/Dr5Nz400CCk


2012 HIBS win 3-2 at Inverness CT with strikes from Hanlon 64 O’Connor 75 and Griffiths 85

Hibs fell behind when Hanlon knocked over Billy McKay as they jostled in the box at a corner Tansey made no mistake from the spotkick

Hanlon redeemed himself five minutes later when he headered home Leigh Griffiths’ corner

Hibs were like a team possessed and Matt Doherty cut the ball back from the byline to Garry O’Connor who made no mistake from ten yards in the 75th minute

Jonny Hayes thought he had rescued a point when his cross come shot drifted in at Stack’s far post but Griffiths’ low 18 yard drive five minutes from the end beat Tuffey all ends up to hand the valuable points to Hibs

Hibs Stack Doherty Hanlon McPake Pa Towell Stevenson Sproule Osbourne O’Connor and Griffiths

Subs Soares for Towell Doyle for Osbourne O’Donovan for Griffiths

Att 3274



2000 Paul Hartley scores the only goal in this 1-0 home victory over the Arabs

Hibs Colgan Collins Smith Dennis McIntosh Sauzee Lovell McGinlay Hartley Paatelainen and Lehmann

Subs Jack Brebner Murray

Att 10261

https://youtu.be/ej--mqCeGcc


1995 Keith Wright and Kevin Harper score in this 2-2 draw away to Partick Thistle Substitute Michael Weir sent off

Hibs Leighton Miller Millen McGinlay Tweed Hunter Harper Farrell Wright Tortolano and O’Neill

Subs D Jackson and Weir

Att 4041


https://youtu.be/ea5qG8Yavy4


1989 Want away striker Stevie Archibald watched this game from the Stand as FA Cup winner Keith Houchen becomes an instant Hibee Hero with this goal in a 1-2 loss away to Hearts

https://youtu.be/2YQVcEE-Mhc


1978 Hibs defeat Partick Thistle 3-1 at home with goals from Ally MacLeod Bobby Hutchinson and Arthur Duncan

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

Att 6210

1961 Hibs defeat Motherwell 2-1 at Easter Road thanks to a double from Joe Baker Ian St John replied for the Steelmen

The Motherwell side also contained Morris Stevenson Willie Hunter and Pat Quinn

1950 Already relegated Stirling Albion put up a brave fight at Annfield but they are unable to stop Hibs running out 5-3 winners thanks to goals from Gordon Smith 3 Lawrie Reilly and a Willie Ormond penalty

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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

Superb
The Hibernian poets Society

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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

[BILLYHIBS]

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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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

5/4/2016 Scottish League Championship

Hibernian 2 v 1 Livingston

Stokes 75
Boyle 78

https://youtu.be/fhEOHr3mlQE


Hibs who hadn’t won in five chased second placed Falkirk who were eight points ahead but HIBS had three games in hand

Livi took a first half lead through Jordan White who sent a volley over Mark Oxley and into the net

The Livingston goal led a charmed life but HIBS eventually made the breakthrough in the 75th minute when Anthony Stokes turned smartly in the box and sent a low drive past McCallum’s despairing dive

Substitute Martin Boyle sealed the points when a cross was cleared to him 35 yards out and the Starman sent a rocket past McCallum ( see above)

HIBS Oxley Gray McGregor Hanlon Stevenson Thomson McGinn Henderson Stokes Cummings and El Alagui

Subs Keatings Boyle and Gunnarsson

Att 7300



5/4/2008 Scottish League SPL

Hibernian 2 v 0 St Mirren

Nish 4
Zemmama 5

https://youtu.be/gxyrG3DzCA0

Some strike by Zemmama

Hibs McNeil Gathuessi Zarabi Canning Hogg Shiels Murray Zemmama Rankin Nish and Fletcher

Subs Chisholm Stevenson and Donaldson

Att 13200




5/4/2006 Scottish League SPL

Hibernian 2 v 1 Kilmarnock

Riordan 80
Dalglish 87

Injury hit HIBS came from a goal down to bag the points and move back into fourth place in this midweek fixture

Kilmarnock took the lead on 19 minutes when Colin Nish cleverly held off the HIBS defence to set up the opener for Gary Wales

Derek Riordan equalised with ten minutes to go following a mistake by Lindsay Wilson

Super Sub Paul Dalglish came off the bench to fire home an impressive winner sending a powerful shot high into the roof of the net

Hibs Zibi Shields Caldwell Hogg Murphy Whittaker Konde Thomson Fletcher Riordan and Benji

Subs Konte Dalglish and Lynch

Att 10500



5/4/1997 Scottish League Premier Division

Hibernian 2 v 0 Dundee United

Charnley pen 73
McGinlay 78

Hibs would finish ninth in this season and would hang on to their Premier Division status by winning a highly toxic two legged play off against Airdrieonians

Hibs Leighton Miller McQuilken Dods McLaughlin C Jackson Tosh Charnley Power Lavety and McGinlay

Subs K Wright Grant and Elliot

Att 10951


5/4/1986 Scottish Cup Semi Final

Hibernian 0 v 3 Aberdeen

HIBS dominated this game for the first 10 minutes at sunny Dens Park

John Collins struck the woodwork IIRC

After that the Dons stepped up a gear with their goals coming from Stark, Black and Joe Miller thanks to John Hewitt assists

Hearts were playing Dundee United in the other Semi at Hampden

The Dons went on to defeat Hearts in the final by the same scoreline one week after they had blown the League at the same venue

Another year of pain

Hibs Rough Sneddon Munro May Fulton Rae Tortolano Chisholm Cowan Durie and Collins

Subs Harris McBride

Att 19165



5/4/1975 Scottish League Division One

Ayr United 2 v 2 Hibernian

Duncan
Brownlie pen

On a fiery pitch Arthur Duncan gave HIBS the lead Goals by Davie McCulloch and Gerry Phillips gave Ayr the lead but John Brownlie’s first penalty for the club squared the game

Hibs McArthur Brownlie Schaedler Bremner Barry Stanton Smith Higgins Harper Munro and Duncan

Att 5000




5/4/1971 Scottish Cup Semi Final Replay

Hibernian 1 v 2 Rangers

O’Rourke

Rangers get revenge for Dave Ewing calling them “ Rubbish “

I recall Willie Henderson saying he scored the winner with the foot he normally uses for standing on

I also remember Johnny Graham missing a good chance to give HIBS the lead from a Cropley cutback shortly before they scored the winner

Another year of pain

HIBS Marshall Brownlie Jones Blackley Stanton Pringle Graham O’Rourke Baker Cropley and Stevenson

Att 54435



5/4/1958 Scottish Cup Semi Final

Hibernian 2 v 2 Rangers

Aitken
Preston

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

Att 76727



Birthdays

Davie Nicholls



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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

Thanks for all your kind comments guys but the real praise should go to John Campbell,John R Mackay, Ian Colquhoun and Alan Lugton RIP ( see above ) and all the other great authors who have all recorded our great history for posterity as a labour of love

I started the thread for the duration of the pandemic not expecting it to last for over one year

As a fan recording each day I did not know what the next day would bring so I found it exciting not realising I had attended most of the games I also found that I could usually end each day on a happy and optimistic note

We should all be proud of the history of our great club through good times and bad

Please feel free to continue to add to this thread

The story continues ....

GGTTH

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Thanks for all your kind comments guys but the real praise should go to John Campbell,John R Mackay, Ian Colquhoun and Alan Lugton RIP ( see above ) and all the other great authors who have all recorded our great history for posterity as a labour of love

I started the thread for the duration of the pandemic not expecting it to last for over one year

As a fan recording each day I did not know what the next day would bring so I found it exciting not realising I had attended most of the games I also found that I could usually end each day on a happy and optimistic note

We should all be proud of the history of our great club through good times and bad

Please feel free to continue to add to this thread

The story continues ....

GGTTH

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Thanks for all your kind comments guys but the real praise should go to John Campbell,John R Mackay, Ian Colquhoun and Alan Lugton RIP ( see above ) and all the other great authors who have all recorded our great history for posterity as a labour of love

I started the thread for the duration of the pandemic not expecting it to last for over one year

As a fan recording each day I did not know what the next day would bring so I found it exciting not realising I had attended most of the games I also found that I could usually end each day on a happy and optimistic note

We should all be proud of the history of our great club through good times and bad

Please feel free to continue to add to this thread

The story continues ....

GGTTH

Thanks for your kind words , Billy and thanks for referencing my books along the way ✅

[Mick O'Rourke]

As someone who has been totally housebound since before the outbreak of covid ,this thread has helped my sanity.

I have friends who have short memory loss ,yet can quote incidents, players,outcomes of games gone past, 60s and 70s

The thread has been great and helpful in a therapeutic way.
Particularly with the restrictions on daily life this past year and more for many.

Some of the games/years mentioned trigger for me other things that where going on in my life ,good or ill.
So the value there in jogging memories in us older Hibby's is good for us mentally.
Well done Billy for your hard work.
Which i am sure you enjoyed researching and submitting here.

The comments following some of your match reports have added to your reports and certainly educational in many ways for younger fans.
Even if some do stray off in other areas.

The Club historians you mention deserve praise for their devotion and invaluable contribution to the written history of our club.


...........Thanks for the memories




We stayed at The Holy Ground.
We recovered the Harp.
We finally found the Holy Grail ....................and stopped they bad boys stealing it for their first time/

[darwenhibby]

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

[BILLYHIBS]

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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[BILLYHIBS]

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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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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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

9/4/2005 Scottish Cup Semi Final

Hibernian 1 v 2 Dundee United

Riordan pen 56

https://youtu.be/VMiTFDCnvHE

Deeks gave HIBS the lead from the penalty spot early in the second half when Barry Robson brought down Dean Shiels but United hit back with two goals in three minutes from Jim McIntyre and Jason Scotland

HIBS Brown Whittaker Murphy Caldwell Smith Brown Shiels Glass Fletcher O’Connor and Riordan

Subs Thomson Sproule Morrow

Att 27271



9/4/2000 Scottish Cup Semi Final

Hibernian 1 v 2 Aberdeen

Latapy

https://youtu.be/eZ08M7hQbHc


Russell Latapy’s brilliant opener early in the second half was cancelled out by Arild Stavrum and ex hibee Andy Dow

The attendance was affected by the match being shown live by Sky Sports at 6pm on a Sunday night

Derek Collins limped off early doors after declaring himself fit to play only hours before

HIBS Colgan Collins Smith McIntosh Hughes Sauzee Lovell McGinlay Latapy Paatelainen and Miller

Subs Hartley Lehmann

Att 22193




9/4/1977 Scottish League Premier Division

Aberdeen 0 v 0 Hibernian

Super Ally MacLeod missed a penalty in this stalemate Dons’ keeper Ally Maclean saving his kick

Hibernian cult hero Ally ‘Benny’ Brazil made his debut in this match Brazil had been a commanding centre half in the reserves but transformed into a box to box midfielder for this match

Hibs MacDonald Brownlie Schaedler Bremner Stewart Blackley Brazil MacLeod Scott Smith and Duncan

Att 8769




9/4/1966 Scottish League Division One

Dundee United 5 v 4 Hibernian

Cormack 33
Davis 49 50 pen
Stanton 89

A fantastic match at Tannadice played in a torrential downpour

HIBS trailed 1-3 at the interval clawed it back to 3-3 United added two more before Pat Stanton’s late counter

Joe Davis scored a rare goal from open play when Peter Cormack ‘dummied’ his shot from distance to wrong foot United keeper Don Mackay

Scorers for United Dennis Gillespie 12 22 Finn Dossing 37 52 Ian Mitchell pen 61

According to reports at the time United’s fourth goal was miles offside and Mitchell’s penalty was taken twice as Thomson Allan saved his first attempt but was deemed to have ‘moved’

John McNamee was booked in the fracas surrounding the United penalty after an altercation with Finn Dossing that convinced him that he was the victim of a witch-hunt by Scottish refs

Hibs Allan Duncan Davis Stanton McNamee Cousin Cormack O’Rourke Scott Stein and Stevenson

Att 4700



9/4/1955 Scottish League Division One

Hibernian 3 v 1 Partick Thistle

Reilly 5
Smith 75
Turnbull pen 76

Aberdeen won the first division championship for the first time in their history on this day defeating Clyde 0-1 at Shawfield

Hibs Younger Paterson Macfarlane Thomson Plenderleith Preston Smith Moran Reilly Turnbull and Ormond

Att 16000





9/4/1952 Scottish League Division One

Hibernian 3 v 1 Dundee

Ormond 2
Combe

Dundee’s Christie lobbed a hopeful ball towards Tommy Younger’s goal At the fatal minute Younger slipped and the ball sailed into the empty net

The fans got right behind the team and Willie Ormond headed in the equaliser from a Gordon Smith corner A little later Smith and Bobby Combe worked a great move and Ormond made it 2-1 Combe made it 3-1 into the second half

Younger redeemed himself with two late saves but the biggest cheer of the afternoon was reserved for full back Jock Govan who picked up the ball inside his own box went on a mazy run beating man after man found himself deep in the Dundee box waltzed around the Dundee goalie before lifting his final shot high over the vacant goal

The fans loved Jock Govan so he was quickly forgiven

HIBS Younger Govan Howie Paterson Buchanan Gallacher Smith Combe Reilly Turnbull and Ormond

Att 26000



9/4/1949 Scottish League Division One

Hibernian 2 v 1 Partick Thistle

Turnbull
Smith

Eddie Turnbull opened the scoring when he headed home a Bobby Johnstone cross Gordon Smith added a second with a raking left foot drive

Walker pulled one back for Thistle late in the game

Tommy Younger made his debut in this game

Lawrie Reilly missed this game as he was scoring for Scotland in their 3-1 win at Wembley

Hibs Younger Govan Cairns Buchanan Kean Ogilvie Smith Johnstone Cuthbertson Turnbull and Ormond

Att 14000



At Easter Road They Play John Campbell



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Loving this thread. Thanks again.
Wee correction for the 2005 semi, Sproule was one of the subs.

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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

pic.twitter.com/4nHvrRjbi1






At Easter Road They Play John Campbell

The Making of Hibernian The Romantic Years Alan Lugton

www.fitbastats.com

On This Day In History

1966 Scottish League Division One

Dundee United 5 v 4 Hibernian

Cormack 33
Davis 49 pen 50
Stanton 89

A fantastic game at Tannadice played in a torrential downpour

Hibs trailed 1-3 at half-time but clawed it back to 3-3 United added another two before Pat Stanton’s late counter

Joe Davis scored a rare goal from open play when Peter Cormack dummied his long range daisy-cutter to wrong foot United keeper Don Mackay

Scorers for United Dennis Gillespie 12 22 Finn Dossing 37 52 and Ian Mitchell penalty 61

According to reports at the time United’s fourth goal was miles offside and Mitchell’s penalty was taken twice as keeper Thomson Allan was deemed to have moved

Big Bad John McNamee was booked in the fracas surrounding the United penalty after an altercation with Finn Dossing that convinced him that he was the victim of a witch-hunt by Scottish Refs

Hibs Allan Duncan Davis Stanton McNamee Cousin Cormack O’Rourke Scott Stein and Stevenson

Att 4700


1958 Rare archive footage of Hibs’ 2-1 Scottish Cup Semi-Final Replay victory over Rangers at Hampden in front of 75000


https://youtu.be/ZJJT9eyM8Ps


1949 Legendary goalkeeper Tommy Younger makes his HIBS debut in a 2-1 home League win over Partick Thistle Eddie Turnbull opened the scoring when he headed home a Bobby Johnstone cross Gordon Smith added a second with a raking left footed drive

Lawrie Reilly missed this game as was scoring for Scotland in a 3-1 win over England at Wembley


Birthdays :

Many Happy Returns to

Emerson Hyndman

Kurtis Byrne

[ancient hibee]

The cup replay was I’m pretty sure an afternoon game not an evening one.Hibs played well against a good Rangers side. Rangers moaned for years about a Ralph Brand goal being chalked off because he’d punched the ball out of Leslie’s hands.

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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

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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

11/4/1992 Scottish League Premier Division

Falkirk 2 v 3 Hibernian

McIntyre
Hamilton
Donald


Hibs Reid Miller Tortolano Findlay McIntyre Hunter Weir Hamilton Donald Evans and McGinlay

Subs Orr McGraw

Att 3943




11/4/1981 Scottish League Division One

Hibernian 2 v 0 East Stirling

Callachan
Connolly

Hibs only needed three more points to win the League East Stirling knew that they were ‘safe’ from relegation so were relaxed and playing with confidence

Man of the Match was Arthur Duncan whose service to the club had been rewarded with a testimonial
The goals came from Ralph Callachan and John Connolly Ally MacLeod made a late appearance as a Sub for Willie Jamieson to mark his return to action after eight weeks out due to injury

At the final whistle results elsewhere meant that HIBS were guaranteed promotion they now had to concentrate on winning the first division title Dundee St Johnstone Raith Rovers and Motherwell all being in with a shout


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

Sub MacLeod

Att 2825



At Easter Road They Play John Campbell



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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

On This Day In History

1998 Relegation haunted Hibs defeat title challenging Hearts 2-1 at Easter Road

Never say never

https://youtu.be/OMVZqwCbCY8

1995 Hibs lose 1-3 to Celtic at Ibrox in a Scottish Cup Semi Final Replay

1992 Scottish League Cup holders Hibernian defeat Falkirk 3-2 away thanks to goals from Tommy McIntyre Brian Hamilton and Graeme Donald

1979 Hibs defeat Aberdeen 2-1 at Hampden Park in the Semi Final of the Scottish Cup thanks to goals from Gordon Rae and a penalty from Ally MacLeod after Stevie Archibald had given the Dons the lead in front of only 9384 fans at Hampden

1914 Hibs and Celtic draw 0-0 in the Final of the Scottish Cup at Ibrox Park

Hibs miss a glorious chance to win the game at the death

The fates conspire against us as the SFA order that we play a League game 24 hours before the Cup Final Replay

Celtic would go on to complete the domestic double

[ancient hibee]

The cup replay against Aberdeen led to a change in the rules. We listed McLeod and one other(maybe Campbell)as 12 and 14 -the accepted numbers for subs on the team sheet but they were in the starting 11. Aberdeen protested after the game but we pointed out that the rules only stated that 13 players should be listed. The rules were subsequently changed to show a starting 11 plus subs.
It was a very foggy night and I followed a supporters bus away from the match for some distance until I noticed it was an Ayrshire supporters bus.

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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

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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






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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


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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

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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






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13/4/2009 Scottish League Premier Division

St Mirren 1 v 1 Hibernian

Fletcher 45

St Mirren who knew victory would see them move two points clear of tenth placed Inverness CT totally dominated this game and had HIBS pinned back in their own half for long spells

St Mirren broke the deadlock in 28 minutes when Andy Dornan scored his third goal in as many games when he let a lofted pass from McGinn drop over his shoulder and hammered in an unstoppable shot from the right hand side of the penalty area high past Szamotulski

HIBS struggled to produce anything of note but they did fashion an unlikely equaliser just before half-time when Steven Fletcher controlled Derek Riordan’s long accurate pass just inside the box and sent a superb left footed shot low past Mark Howard

The second half continued in the same format with HIBS defending in depth and attacking on the counter Fletcher breaking free in 51 minutes and grazing the Saintees crossbar Howard pulling off a miraculous save from a Sol Bamba point blank power header from a John Rankin cross and Colin Nish electing to shoot in the 89th minute when Riordan was standing in acres of space screaming for the ball

Hibs Szamotulski Hogg Jones Bamba Rankin Rosa Stevenson O’Brien Nish Riordan and Fletcher

Subs Johansson Murray Chisholm

Att 5151


13/4/2004 Scottish League SPL

Dunfermline Athletic 1 v 1 Hibernian

Riordan 5

This game took place on a Tuesday evening

Deeks gave HIBS an early lead Gary Dempsey equalised for the Pars in the 78th minute

Kevin Thomson sent off

Hibs Andersson Caldwell Murdock Doumbe Edge Brown Nicol Thomson Reid Riordan and McManus

Subs O’Connor Whittaker

Att 5041




13/4/1993 Scottish League Premier Division

Dundee United 0 v 3 Hibernian

K Wright 3

Keef! Keef! Keef! bags his third hat-trick for HIBS

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

Subs MacLeod Farrell

Att 5167




13/4/1977 Scottish League Premier Division

Hearts 2 v 2 Hibernian

Bremner 38 43


Willie Gibson 25 gave Hearts an early lead before rising star Des Bremner unleashed two thunderbolts from outside the box to give HIBS a 2-1 halftime lead

Jim Brown 89 equalised for Hearts from a suspiciously offside position

The point was not enough to save Hearts from relegation

This midweek fixture was HIBS’ 17th League draw of the season equalling Falkirk’s 50 year record

HIBS McDonald Brownlie Schaedler Bremner Stewart Blackley Edwards MacLeod Scott Smith and Duncan

Att 10686




13/4/1974 Scottish League Division One

Arbroath 3 v 2 Hibernian

Stanton
Harper

Second placed HIBS took a chance and played a weakened side against Arbroath for this end of season affair and came a cropper

Leading comfortably 0-2 at half-time the roof fell in second half as goals from Andy Penman ( penalty) Eric Sellars and John Fletcher saw the points remaining in Gayfield

Willie Murray making his first competitive start was replaced by Bobby Smith

HIBS would finish second to champions Celtic

Hibs McKenzie Brownlie Munro Stanton Adair Spalding Murray Hazel Harper Cropley and Duncan

Sub Smith

Att 3410



13/4/1968 Scottish League Division One

Hibernian 2 v 1 Motherwell

Cormack
Stevenson

Wilson scored for Motherwell

Hibs would finish third in this season

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

Att 6600



13/4/1929 Scottish League Division One

Celtic 1 v 4 Hibernian

Gilfeather
Brown
McStay og
McColl

Hibs were struggling in the League and had no right to win this match but we all know that HIBS can rise to the big occasion

This match took place at the Holy Ground as Celtic Park was suffering from fire damage

The HIBS team was not in good shape because of injuries and four reserves were drafted in three defenders and one forward

Celtic’s legendary brilliant young goalkeeper John Thomson was to have an uncharacteristically bad game selling two goals and Celtic’s international fullback Willie McStay was to compound matters by scoring an own goal Jimmy McColl scored Hibs’ fourth goal

In truth HIBS won without having to do very much indeed they even had the luxury of missing a penalty

Hibs would finish 14th in this season with 32 points but managed to complete the League double over Celtic

HIBS Harris Wilkinson Urquhart Finlay Dick Gilfeather Frew Brown McColl Halligan and Bradley

Att 10000




Birthdays

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Alex Gogic



The Making of Hibernian The Romantic Years Alan Lugton

In Colours Green and White John Campbell





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