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04-06-2020 02:48 PM #271
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04-06-2020 04:26 PM #272
Glasgow??
Are you counting when the Huns got pumped off big Franck’
In 93??
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04-06-2020 07:08 PM #273
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05-06-2020 10:11 AM #274
5/6/1943 Summer Cup R1 Leg 2
Partick Thistle 2 v 5 Hibernian ( Agg 2-12)
McGilvray 3
Cuthbertson 2
5/6/1968 Friendly Challenge Match
North Ghana Select 0 v 2 Hibernian
Cormack
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05-06-2020 11:39 AM #275This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Every day is a school day
I never knew they got that far
Glad to see they got a Royal rogering
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05-06-2020 12:59 PM #276
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Here's a true sequence of scores in Europe over 1960/61.
Eintracht F 12-4 Rangers
Real Madrid 7-3 Eintracht Frankfurt
Barcelona 4-3 Real M ( Real's 1st defeat in Europe)
Hibs 7-6 Barcelona!
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05-06-2020 03:07 PM #278This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
As the games history dwindles away (Summer Cup & Tour Games only probably!!) and thoughts turn to the new, very different season, please keep up the good work!!
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05-06-2020 03:09 PM #279This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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05-06-2020 03:16 PM #280
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06-06-2020 04:21 AM #281
6/6/1942 Summer Cup Round 1 Leg 2
Clyde 0 v 2 Hibernian ( Agg 1-4 )
Combe
Kean
HIBS struggled in this hard fought encounter at Shawfield and only really took the upper hand when Clyde were reduced to 10 men through injury
HIBS were defending their trophy and would lose the final against Rangers in a bad tempered encounter at Hampden on the toss of a coin after drawing 0-0 and 2-2 on corners
Hibs: Crozier Shaw Hall Busby Baxter and Kean Smith Finnigan Milne Combe and Caskie
Att: 8000
Birthdays:
Davy Fellenger
Hibernian on This Day Colquhoun and Sinnet
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06-06-2020 01:17 PM #282This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Great stat’s BrogSCOTTISH CUP WINNERS 2016
GGTTH
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06-06-2020 10:02 PM #283
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Also enjoy reading this section so many thanks . Great to remember games I actually went to . I`m too young to remember the Summer Cup ( will have been explained already I suppose but why was this tournament invented ? ) but was at ER when we beat Rangers on 31/5/79 and remember us playing in California in May / June 81 ( some players refused to travel cause of contract problems I seem to remember ) . ,Pre season I was at Gibraltar friendly in first days of July 2013 and we`d played at Dumbarton just before that in late June . Apart from this year , close seasons have become very short in recent years . Going back a long time ( about 1972 ) I always remember reading in Evening News that we were playing Middlesbrough in a home friendly on 30th June . Luckily someone in my family phoned ER and we found out game was 30th July ( maybe year Turnbull arrived as manager ) as I lived in the Borders at the time .
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The Summer Cup was the brain child of our Harry Swan to help generate interest among the football starved population and income during the war years and was played May to July
There was also the Southern League Cup a diluted version of the League Cup which HIBS won once
( 1944 versus Rangers 6-5 on corners).
The Summer Cup was never won by more than one team more than once and was presented to Harry Swan by Willie McCartney to be retained in the HIBS boardroom after our inaugural win in 1941
The winners were :
1941 Hibernian
1942 Rangers - defeating Hibernian on the toss of a coin
1943 St Mirren
1944 Motherwell
1945 Partick Thistle defeating Hibernian 2-0
The tournament was reintroduced in 1963/64 for two years
Rangers and Celtic declined to enter
HIBS won in 1964 and Motherwell won in 1965
Hibs have the overall best record in the competition having won it twice and being runners up twice and as I said is on display at Easter Road to this very day
The match versus Middlesbrough 31/7/1971 0-2 was Eddie Turnbulls first game in charge and I remember our new young signing Bertie Auld was having a ding dong battle with Nobby Stiles in the Middlesbrough midfield
Nobby put in an over the ball challenge on Bertie and he fell awkwardly on the brick hard surface damaging his collar bone. Tam McNiven came on and told Bertie he would have to come off “ Give me five minutes “ says Bertie. Two minutes later Nobby Stiles is getting carried off on a stretcherLast edited by BILLYHIBS; 07-06-2020 at 11:09 AM.
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07-06-2020 10:06 AM #285
7/6/1953 Octagonal Rivadavia Correa Meyer Tournament
Vasco Da Gama 3 v 3 Hibernian
Turnbull
Reilly 2
HIBS were invited to play in this unofficial World Club Championship of the World in a tournament that consisted mostly of Brazilian teams
HIBS were drawn in a section that consisted of Vasco Da Gama, Botofago and Fluminese
The first match against Brazilian Champions Vasco Da Gama was to be played in the world famous Maracana Stadium in front of a crowd of 33671
A jet lagged HIBS team performed admirably in the searing heat scoring through Lawrie Reilly 2 and Eddie Turnbull
The Vasco Da Gama third goal was a mile offside but the Referee waved aside the HIBS protests
Turnbull and Bobby Johnstone would both go on to hit the crossbar but the game would finish all square
The match is best remembered for the Brazilian fans fighting amongst themselves on the terraces
HIBS and their entertaining style of play were very well received by the Brazilian fans and in particular Gordon Smith as Vasco Da Gama showed interest in signing him after the tournament
The other non Brazilian sides placed in the tournament were Sporting Lisbon and Olympia of Paraguay
7/6/1941 Summer Cup Ist Round Ist Leg
Celtic 2 v 5 Hibernian
Milne 3
Anderson 2
A thrilling performance from McCartney’s babes who blew Celtic away.
Arthur Milne opened the scoring for HIBS in only 12 seconds
Celtic would get revenge with a 1-0 win at Easter Road but too little too late
HIBS would go on to win a thrilling final 3-2 versus Rangers at Hampden
HIBS : Kerr Shaw Hall Finnigan Baxter and Kean Adams Combe Anderson Milne and Nutley
Hibernian FC On This Day. Colquhoun and Sinnet
The Making of Hibernian: The Romantic Years Alan Lugton
Birthdays
Darren Dods
Billy McLaren
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09-06-2020 05:25 AM #286
9/6/1945 Summer Cup Round 2 Leg 1
Hibernian 3 v 1 Falkirk
Smith 2
McMullen
Hibs would go on to lose the final at Hampden Park to Partick Thistle
Birthdays
Maciej Dabrowski
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10-06-2020 07:46 AM #287
10th June 2014 : Leeann Dempster today took the decision to sack her former Motherwell employee : Hibernian Manager Terry Butcher
HIBS had been mid-table when Butcher took over in mid November 2013 but he had failed to win a match in any of our last 13 games sucking us into a relegation battle and resulting in our eventual relegation from the top tier in the playoff stages to the Championship.
Terence Ian Butcher goes down in history as the worst Hibernian Manager ever
10/6/1944 Summer Cup Round One 2nd leg
Hibernian 3 v 0 Airdrieonians (Agg 7-2)
Bogan 2
Smith
HIBS would go out in the next round to Greenock Morton
Birthdays
Joe McBride Snr RIP
Andy Millen
Kevin McKee
Hibernian FC On This Day Colquhoun and Sinnet
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11-06-2020 06:23 AM #288
11/6/1967 North American League Match Day 4
Toronto City 1 v 2 Los Angeles Wolves
Davis (pen)
Hibs faced English cracks Wolverhampton Wanderers in a home match in Toronto
Early in the second half Joe Davis equalised an earlier Derek Dougan goal from the penalty spot.
The big talking point however came midway through the second half when the Wolves winger David Wagstaffe punched Jim Scott in the face in an off the ball altercation.
At first the Referee appeared to send Wagstaffe off only for Derek Dougan to step in insisting that if Wagstaffe went then the rest of the Wolves team would join him in the Dressing Room
This seemed to confuse the Referee who eventually changed his mind and merely booked the Wolves player a quite incredible decision
To make matters worse Dougan himself would score the winner a few minutes from the end after intercepting a poor cross field pass by John Madsen
Wolves would go on to lift the trophy defeating Aberdeen in the Final after extra-time
Hibs: Allan Simpson Davis Stanton Madsen Cousin Quinn Cormack Scott McGraw and Stevenson
Subs: Stein and Grant
Birthdays:
Big John McNamee
Chic Charnley
Hibs Through and Through. Eric Stevenson
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12-06-2020 09:09 AM #289
12th June 1990 Millionaire Tom Farmer comes to HIBS rescue by buying a substantial number of shares in an attempt to block Wallace Mercer’s unpopular takeover bid. Mr Farmer was keen to stress that this was a blocking move with the sole intent of saving HIBS rather than an attempt to take over the club himself
12/6/1965 Friendly Challenge Match: Tour of Canada
Hibernian 2 v 1 Nottingham Forest
Baxter
Quinn
12/6/1943 Summer Cup Round 2 Leg 1
Queens Park 1 v 2 Hibernian
Cuthbertson
Williams
Hibs would get knocked out by Rangers at the semi-final stage in this year
Guest player Stanley Williams would go on to score the winning goal for Aberdeen against Hibernian in the 1947 Scottish Cup Final
Hibs Brown Shaw Hall Finnigan Baxter and Kean Smith Williams McGilvray Cuthbertson and Caskie
Hibernian On This Day Colquhoun and Sinnet
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13-06-2020 07:34 AM #290
13/6/1953 Correa Meyer Tournament
Botafogo 3 v 1 Hibernian
Reilly
Gordon Smith had a goal disallowed in this game the heat and the travelling were starting to take it’s toll on the players
13/6/1942 Summer Cup Round 2 Leg 1
Hibernian 8 v 2 Third Lanark
Milne
Baxter
Rennie og
Combe
Smith 2 ( one pen)
Kean
Caskie
Hibs Crozier Shaw Hall Busby Baxter Kean Smith Finnigan Milne Combe and Caskie
Att 5000
Birthdays:
John Connolly
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14-06-2020 07:48 AM #291
14/6/1974 World Cup Finals
Scotland 2 v 0 Zaire
Lorimer
Jordan
John Blackley became the last Hibernian player to represent Scotland at a World Cup on this day
Scotland : Harvey Jardine McGrain Bremner Holton Blackley Dalglish Hay Lorimer Jordan and Law
Sub Hutchison for Dalglish
Att 25800
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14/6/1967 North American League Match Day 5
Toronto City 2 v 2 Dallas Tornadoes
Cormack
Stein
Colin Stein returned from illness to face a Dundee United side going under the banner of Dallas Tornadoes
Hibs were the better side but the game ended all square
HIBS: Allan Simpson Davis Stanton Madsen Cousin Scott Cormack Stein ORourke and Stevenson
14/6/1941 Summer Cup Round 1 Leg 2
Hibernian 0 v 1 Celtic ( Agg 5-3 )
A goal by Divers in 10 minutes was not enough to save this tie for Celtic
Hibs would go on to lift the trophy at Hampden Park in this year
Hibs Kerr Shaw Hall Finnigan Baxter Kean Smith Combe Anderson Milne and Adams
Birthdays:
Kevin McBride
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15-06-2020 07:36 AM #292
15/6/1946 Victory Cup Final
Rangers 3 v 1 Hibernian
Aitkenhead
Professional football had been suspended for the duration of the Second World War
The cessation of the war came too late for a proper football season in 1945-46. It was ordered by the SFA that instead of a Scottish Cup which had been withheld for the duration of the conflict a Victory Cup would be competed for in April, May and June of 1946
HIBS had defeated Dundee, Hearts, Partick Thistle and Clyde to reach the Final where they would face Rangers at Hampden Park
The match was unique in that brothers Jock and Davie Shaw would line up against each other on opposing sides
The match kicked off and Rangers were running HIBS ragged with their short crisp neat passing moves Aitkenhead and Peat were having to drop back to help out their beleaguered defence in which Shaw and Govan were performing admirably
They could only hang on for so long however and after 20 minutes Rangers took the lead when following a quick throw in out wide taken by ex Hibee guest Jimmy Caskie to Duncanson who reverse passed the ball back to the winger who whipped in a cross to Gillick whose attempt on goal was diverted past his own goalkeeper by the inrushing Finnigan
Despite going behind Hibernian actually began to grow into this match Gordon Smith in particular was causing Jock Shaw some difficulty
Just before half-time Nutley and Milne cleverly worked the ball up the left hand side exchanging passes A dummy by Nutley allowed his partner to deliver a ball into the Rangers box A lung bursting run by Aitkenhead saw him reach the ball first and thunder it first time beyond Bobby Brown high into the roof of the Rangers net
Rangers kicked off the second half and immediately scored what was reported at the time as being one of the best goals ever scored at Hampden Park
Thornton kicked off and played the ball to Torry Gillick He returned it to Thornton and he in turn passed the ball back to Symon The half back lobbed the ball into the centre to be met by Thornton who had made the run The number 9 laid it off neatly for the arriving Duncanson to lash it into the net from fully 20 yards The first time a HIBS player touched the ball in the second half was to pick the ball out of the net
The goal did little to dampen HIBS spirits however and Gordon Smith continued to torment Shaw down the HIBS right flank forcing Brown into two outstanding saves as HIBS chased an equaliser
Willie Waddell had the ball in the net for Rangers but it was ruled out for an infringement in the build up
The game was sealed in the dying moments however when Waddell found Duncanson with a launched ball downfield who beat all opposition to it being first to the ball and guiding it beyond the advancing Jimmy Kerr
In truth it was a poor performance by HIBS on the day who struggled to assert their authority apart from 20 minutes towards the end of the first half. They struggled against explayer Jimmy Caskie who helped Rangers dominate the game and failed to cope with the absence of the experienced Sammy Kean. Manager Willie McCartney going for a positional change rather than a like for like swap
HIBS : Kerr Govan Shaw Howie Aird Finnigan Smith Peat Milne Aitkenhead and Nutley
Att: 100000
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16-06-2020 09:09 AM #293
Hibs’ 2-1 defeat of a tired unbeaten Nottingham Forest side playing the last game of their Canadian tour on 12 th June 1965 signalled the start of a successful but exhausting tour of North America and Canada in which HIBS would score a remarkable 72 goals conceding only six :
12/6/1965 Friendly Challenge Match
Hibernian 2 v 1 Nottingham Forest
Baxter
Quinn
16/6/1965 Friendly Challenge Match
Hibernian 9 v 2 British Columbian All Stars
Martin 4
Cormack 2
Hamilton
Stevenson
Davis
21/6/1965 Friendly Challenge Match
Hibernian 7 v 1 Calgary Kickers
Martin 3
Cormack 3
Scott
22/6/1965 Friendly Challenge Match
Hibernian 15 v 1 Concordia All Stars
Martin 5
Quinn 3
Hamilton 2
Cormack 2
Scott 2
ORourke
23/6/1965 Friendly Challenge Match
Hibernian 11 v 0 Manitoba All Stars
Cormack 3
Scott 3
Hamilton 2
Quinn
Whiteford
Stevenson
The biggest obstacle in this game was the swarm of midges that descended upon the fair skinned HIBS players for a proverbial feast. Derek Whiteford recorded 27 bites whilst Willie Hamilton was strangely unaffected ??
26/6/1965 Friendly Challenge Match
Hibernian 4 v 0 Toronto Italia
Cormack
Scott
Martin
Stevenson
27/6/1965 Friendly Challenge Match
Hibernian 15 v 0 Ottawa All Stars
Hamilton 7
J Stevenson 2
Cormack 2
Baxter
Quinn
Scott
Simpson
A silver salver was up for grabs for Man of the Match and even in the 90 degree heat Willie Hamilton was irresistible As well as scoring 7 goals he mesmerised the opposition with his ball skills and lethal bursts of pace. After being presented with the Man of the Match award Willie couldn’t get the prize into his hold-all. Undeterred he bent the tray over his knee to ensure his beloved mum would get her present from Canada
29/6/1965 Friendly Challenge Match
Hibernian 3 v 0 Montreal Italia
Hamilton
J Stevenson
ORourke
This match was played in a surreal atmosphere with armed police surrounding the pitch as the local stadium and fans had a reputation for trouble
The Italians did not take kindly to being outplayed and they resorted to underhand tactics kicking punching and head-butting
The Referee warned HIBS about their rough play at half time??
Into the second half and a free for all ensued when Peter Cormack was clearly punched in the face off the ball and Jim Scott was sent off for the first time in his career for bad mouthing the Referee near the end of the game
As the final whistle neared the fans had left their seats and were surrounding the pitch outnumbering the armed police waiting to exact their revenge on the HIBS players
At the final whistle Big John McNamee simply walked off the pitch with his chest puffed out closely followed by his team-mates following in behind and safely into the locker room as the Montreal fans hurled abuse at them
/6/1965 Friendly Challenge Match
Hibernian 6 v 1 New Jersey Allstars
Scott 2
Hamilton
Quinn
Stevenson
J Stevenson
16/6/1945 Summer Cup Round 2 Leg 2
Falkirk 1 v 0 Hibernian ( Agg 2-3 )
Hibernian would go on to lose the final to Partick Thistle in this year
Birthdays:
Steven Whittaker
John Grant
Hibs Through and Through Eric Stevenson
At Easter Road They Play. John Campbell
From the Cowshed to the Kop Peter Cormack
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17-06-2020 08:07 AM #294
17/6/1947/Friendly Challenge Match
Norrkoping 3 v 1 Hibernian
Leslie Johnston
Hibernian fell to a shock defeat in front of a full house
According to Eddie Turnbull it was the worst case of biased refereeing he had ever witnessed in his whole career; blocking our players, awarding three penalties to the Swedes and even providing the pass for their third goal and waving play on
Things began to go wrong when the crowd refused to return “our” heavy filly and we had to play with their light weight effort which was a big deal in those days
The name Norrkoping would not be forgotten and Turnbull would have his revenge
Norrkoping played a young centre forward Gunnar Nordahl who would become a Swedish legend making his name in Italy
Other games on this tour:
Sparsborg 2 v 5 Hibernian
Johnston 2
Buchanan
Ormond
Turnbull
Gjoes Oslo 0 v 7 Hibernian
Smith 2
Reilly 4
Ormond
Djero Bergen 0 v 11 Hibernian
Smith 4
Ormond 4
Turnbull 2
Leslie Johnston
Stavangar 0 v 5 Hibernian
Smith 3
Turnbull 2
17/6/1944 Summer Cup Round 2 Leg 1
Greenock Morton 1 v 1 Hibernian
Smith
Hibernian on this Day Colquhoun and Sinnet
Gordon Smith Prince Of Wingers Tony Smith
Having a Ball Eddie Turnbull
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18-06-2020 08:12 AM #295
18/6/1967 North American League Match Day 6
Toronto City 2 v 1 Chicago Mustangs
Cormack
Grant
A goal in the first minute by Peter Cormack gave HIBS the lead against crack Italian Serie A side Cagliari
Throughout the remainder of the first half the Italians were guilty of leaving the boot in and grabbing a handful of flesh as well as your jersey at set pieces They would kick and trip you off the ball when they thought the Ref wasn’t looking
Things kicked off half way through the first half when an Italian full back was sent off for punching and head butting Jim Scott who once again found himself to be the unfortunate victim
The Italian was followed into the Changing Room just before half time by Peter Cormack who was sent off for retaliating to the heavy handed treatment that was being handed out his way
Cagliari equalised just after the re-start but things escalated with only seven minutes remaining. Pat Quinn took a quick free-kick to Colin Grant who wasted no time in burying the ball beyond the Italian goalkeeper for the winner
The Referee was immediately surrounded by the Italian players who insisted that he hadn’t blown for the free-kick to be taken Courageously the Referee refused to change his decision and awarded the goal
The Cagliari Manager instructed his players to leave the field of play Many of the fans in the 15000 crowd who were of Italian origin left their seats and they too entered the fray trying to get at the Referee
After a long delay the Italian team still refused to come back onto the pitch and HIBS were awarded the points
The headlines in the following days press would read “ Soccer Riot in Toronto “
HIBS : Allan Duncan Davis Stanton Madsen Cousin Quinn Cormack Scott Stein and Stevenson
Subs: McGraw and Grant
Att: 15000
HIBS Through and Through Eric Stevenson
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19-06-2020 07:26 AM #296
19/6/1943 Summer Cup Round 2 Leg 2
Hibernian 4 v 0 Queens Park ( Agg 6-1 )
Kean
Smith
Williams
McGillvray
Alex Hall had won the FA Cup with Sunderland in 1937 and played over 250 games for Hibernian throughout the war years
Hibernian: Brown Shaw Hall Finnigan Baxter Kean Smith Williams McGillvray Combe and Caskie
Att 7000
Birthdays
Brian Grant
Bobby Hutchinson
Hibernian on this day Colquhoun and Sinnet
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19-06-2020 07:31 AM #297
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Played ok in the play-off game away to Airdrie along with Leighton and Jackson IIRC
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20-06-2020 09:58 AM #300
20/6/1953 Rivadavia Correa Meyer Tournament
Fluminense 3 v 0 Hibernian
20/6/1942 Summer Cup Round 2 Leg 2
Hibernian 5 v 1 Third Lanark ( Agg: 13-3 )
Smith
Milne
Combe 2
Caskie
HIBS would play Rangers in the final at Hampden Park and lose their grip on the cup on the toss of a coin
Birthdays:
Paul Kane
Billy McEwan
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