Brian Hamilton

***superfurryhibby*** · 17-09-2020 05:20 PM

Originally Posted by eastmainsmsh

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The Bp cup winning teams had some quality G Donald P Currie C McDonald J Gardiner N Ingram but somehow Lex Millers lads were given full time contracts lol

Graeme Donald made a very promising start but injury seemed to halt his progress at HIbs. Colin McDonald went on to well elsewhere, particularly at Falkirk.

**jgl07** · 17-09-2020 05:31 PM

Originally Posted by The Baldmans Comb

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There is always a section of supporters prevalent at all club's who really only attend in order to berate officials, wind up opposition fans and most of all abuse their own players.

They have little concept of the sport they are watching and everyone has sat in front or behind them on numerous occasions.

Hamilton fell victim to them but it wasnt particularly deserved as he was a competent player with a good football brain and played very upright with an eye for a pass but mainly just kept it simple and covered the gaps when Pat McGinlay went walkabout.

£260,000 from the tribunal was laughable though.

He rarely missed a match for Hibs and, in the pre-Bosman days, the fee would have been decided based on wages paid and comparisons with similar players.

It was a great deal for Hibs getting most of their initial outlay back. He only managed 25 League matches before moving on to Falkirk.

**ancient hibee** · 17-09-2020 05:42 PM

Originally Posted by The Baldmans Comb

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There is always a section of supporters prevalent at all club's who really only attend in order to berate officials, wind up opposition fans and most of all abuse their own players.

They have little concept of the sport they are watching and everyone has sat in front or behind them on numerous occasions.

Hamilton fell victim to them but it wasnt particularly deserved as he was a competent player with a good football brain and played very upright with an eye for a pass but mainly just kept it simple and covered the gaps when Pat McGinlay went walkabout.

£260,000 from the tribunal was laughable though.

I have never understood these supporters.Among the many players being booed in my time as a supporter have been-Eddie Turnbull,John Fraser(usually before he came onto the park when his name was read out replacing Smith or Reilly in the programme),Joe Baker(for not being Lawrie),Pat Stanton(when he started playing as an inside forward-"he'll never make it"),Peter Cormack("hopeless"),Jim Scott,John Baxter.A few reasonable performers in there I think.

**Hibs1969** · 17-09-2020 09:30 PM

Cards on the table I liked Brian Hamilton. There were times when he strolled through games and made them look easy, he made short simple passes that allowed McGinlay, Jackson and others to drive forward and do the fancy attacking work. Someone has to do the ugly stuff. He was an easy target and probably didn’t score enough goals, but for 2 or 3 years, especially around the time of the Skol Cup win, he was part of a Hibs team that was great to watch and for that I appreciate his efforts. We don’t have that many players who have won cups for us, so I’d like to think we’d maybe cut the guy some slack........