On this day in history

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5/5/2019 Scottish League Premiership The Rangers A 0-1


5/5/2018 Scottish League Premiership Aberdeen A 0-0




5/5/2010 Scottish League SPL

Motherwell 6 v 6 Hibernian

Nish 3

Stokes 2

Riordan


Hibs took the lead after a flowing move in the 11th minute when Nish converted David Wotherspoon’s low cross from close range but Motherwell were level in the 16th minute. Jutkiewicz beat Ian Murray inside the box and cut the ball across the face of goal for Giles Coke to smash home his first goal for the club

Hibernian took just four minutes to regain the lead when Nish’s scuffed shot from eight yards squeezed under John Ruddy’s body HIBS moved further ahead when a slack passback by Coke was seized upon by Riordan who rounded Ruddy and although pushed wide managed to squeeze the ball home from a tight angle

Nish completed his hat-trick in the 36th minute the former Kilmarnock striker slid Riordan’s low cross into the bottom corner which prompted some Motherwell fans to head for the exits but their team pulled a goal back in the 39th minute when Sutton headed Jim O’Brien’s right wing cross into the bottom corner

Motherwell’s hopes of a comeback were undone in the 56th minute as Stokes stroked home at the far post and he grabbed his second in the 65th minute when he diverted Riordan’s driven cross home at the near post

The home side maintained the scoring rate two minutes later when Coke redeemed himself by netting a rebound after O’Brien’s 25 yard drive had cannoned off the post before the goals tally moved into double figures in the 72nd minute when Smith fumbled Hateley’s inswinging free-kick over his line

Sutton then reduced the deficit to one as he towered above the HIBS defence to head home O’Brien’s corner Motherwell then got a penalty in the 87th minute when Smith was adjudged to have brought down Jutkiewicz in the box but he redeemed himself diving to his left to parry away Forbes’ effort

The scoring was not finished however when in the second minute of injury time Jutkiewicz latched on to a long ball and unleashed a worldy volley from an acute angle into Smith’s faraway top corner

Not an ideal result from a HIBS point of view at the time it felt like a kick in the nuts and three points definitely lost rather than a point gained On the bright side we were part of one of the best games ever in the SPL the highest aggregate score and even better we ended up finishing fourth and qualifying for Europe thanks to an excellent away win at Dundee United and a double from Colin Nish four days later




Hibs Smith Thicot Hanlon Hogg Murray Wotherspoon Rankin Miller Nish Riordan and Stokes

Subs McBride for Riordan Benjelloun for Stokes

Att 6241


https://youtu.be/bQvQEFczWis

Full match

https://youtu.be/RRU3KWSaPjs


5/5/2007 Scottish League SPL Kilmarnock H 0-1




5/5/2004 Scottish League SPL Partick Thistle H 1-2

Murdock





5/5/1990 Scottish League Premier Division Dunfermline Athletic A 1-1

Kano





5/5/1984 Scottish League Premier Division Aberdeen A 2-2

McGachie
Rice

Att 17268

Hibs were excellent on the day that Aberdeen unfurled the League flag at Pittodrie

John McGachie raced clear to put HIBS 1-0 up and score his first goal for the club a player we had signed from Aberdeen.

Brian ‘Chipper’ Rice then put HIBS 0-2 up with a glorious free-kick to upset the Aberdeen title party

Going into the closing stages with HIBS leading 2-1 Alan Rough was severely impeded by Porteous in the box for the Aberdeen equaliser the HIBS protests were ignored by Referee Ian Foote

Hibs Rough McKee Schaedler Sneddon Rae Blackley Callachan Jamieson Irvine Rice and McGachie



5/5/1980 Scottish League Premier Division Partick Thistle H 0-1

Att 1191

Hibs were relegated this season the end of the Eddie Turnbull era





5/5/1965 Summer Cup Group 4 Dunfermline Athletic A 2-1

Hamilton 2









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