On this day in history

[BILLYHIBS]

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I was waiting for this one. My auld man had declined to take me through to Hampden the week before and I was totally gutted. He did take me to this game at Easter Road though. 5 goals to the good by half time, a precursor of things to come a few weeks later.

I have memories of the League Cup being displayed, but wonder if this is mixed up with another game where it went round on top of a lawnmower with a table attached to the front.

Great Gilzean cartoon in the news on the Monday that followed. Talking of which, I would love a compilation of these cartoons. Not sure that they are archived anywhere by the Evening News, but they would make for an awesome trip down memory lane for season 72-73.

I can still picture that day, the smell of cigars in the air, the deluge of goals and the feeling that we were Hibs, the kings of the world.

Defo a lawnmower ‘thing’ with two Colts dressed in HIBS strips proudly holding aloft both cups going round the track at half-time

Followed by a 1-1 at Darkheid

Doings for Aberdeen and Hearts followed by the low of East Fife

Halcyon days

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That stat rings a bell from the programmes at that time :

Up to and Including 1/1/1973 1972/73 Total

Arthur Duncan. 18. 22

Jimmy O’Rourke. 32 34

Alan Gordon. 29. 42

Thanks Billy

[BILLYHIBS]

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Thanks Billy

1972/73 was a good time to be a hibby

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1972/73 was a good time to be a hibby

I've posted this before but it's one of my favourites. From 1/1/73 to the end of the 72/73 season, Hibs scored more goals at Tiny than Hearts! Fantastic!!

[BILLYHIBS]

17/12/2005 Scottish League SPL

Hibernian 2 v 1 Motherwell

Fletcher
Riordan

A last minute goal from Derek Riordan took HIBS to within four points of second placed Hearts after an action packed encounter at Easter Road

HIBS took the lead after three minutes when Ivan Sproule’s cut back was driven in by Steven Fletcher from eight yards

Motherwell equalised 14 minutes later when Scott McDonald bundled the ball into the net from a corner

It is well worth watching the highlights as it epitomises Tony Mowbray’s reign : wave after wave of Hibernian attack fast flowing exciting football

https://youtu.be/pvDGJL3ENiA


Hibs Zibi Whittaker Caldwell Smith Glass Fletcher S Brown Beuzelin Thomson Riordan and Sproule

Sub Konte

Att 11926




17/12/1977 Scottish League Premier Division

Hibernian 2 v 0 Aberdeen

Murray
Duncan

High flying Aberdeen arrived at Easter Road but their gas was put on a peep when Willie Murray gave HIBS an early lead

The Dons tried to rally but HIBS kept them pinned back

The points were sealed when Arthur Duncan headed a second in the second half

Special mention in this game for Jackie McNamara who played as sweeper and was an absolute standout He was starting to win the fans over with his commitment and intelligent reading of the game

Hibs McDonald Brownlie Smith McNamara Stewart Brazil Murray MacLeod Hutchinson Duncan and McGhee

Att 12000




17/12/1966 Scottish League Division One

Ayr United 0 v 2 Hibernian

Stevenson
O’Rourke

Hibs kept in contention for a European place with a fine win in blowy conditions


17/12/1949 Scottish League Division One

St Mirren 1 v 3 Hibernian

Reilly 35
Turnbull 2 (1 pen) 55 60

St Mirren took the lead in freezing conditions in six minutes when a 60 yard clearance from Martin was allowed to drop and bounced on the hard ground and sailed into the net over the head of the stranded HIBS goalkeeper

HIBS kept their cool and equalised through Reilly after good build up play by Smith and Turnbull

Turnbull gave HIBS the lead with a smart shot

Former hibee Arthur Milne thought he had equalised but his goal was disallowed for offside

An exciting affair was settled when Turnbull converted a late penalty

Hibs Younger Shaw Cairns Combe Paterson Buchanan Smith Johnstone Reilly Turnbull and Ormond

Att 10000



17/12/1932 Scottish League Division Two

Hibernian 2 v 0 Forfar Athletic

Rob Wallace
James Hart

After failing to bounce up from the second tier at the first time of asking Manager Bobby Templeton had built a new younger team and this time there would be no room for error


Birthdays

Henri Anier




At Easter Road They Play John Campbell

Martin Igoe


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[BILLYHIBS]

18/12/2010 Scottish League SPL

Kilmarnock 2 v 1 Hibernian

Riordan 55

Liam Miller’s 83rd minute red card is down graded to a yellow leaving him free to face Aberdeen on Boxing Day

The Referee was Craig Thomson


18/12/2004 Scottish League SPL

Hibernian 2 v 1 Dunfermline

Glass 66
Riordan 93

Tony Mowbray kept the same HIBS side for the third game in a row and he was rewarded when Stephen Glass thumped home a 25 yard free-kick shortly after hitting a post with a header Andy Tod rose in the box two minutes later to head home an Ian Campbell cross for an unexpected equaliser

HIBS had the ball in the net on 88 minutes for a Stillie own goal but the goalie was adjudged to have been fouled by a posse of desperate HIBS players on the goalline

Just as the Referee was putting his whistle to his lips in the 93rd minute Derek Riordan exchanged a pass in the box with his old Hutchy Vale pal Garry O’Connor to hammer a shot into the roof of the net from 14 yards


Hibs S Brown Whittaker Caldwell Murray Murphy Shiels Beuzelin Rocastle Glass O’Connor and Riordan

Subs Orman A Brown Morrow

Att 10000



18/12/2003 Scottish League Cup Quarter Final

Hibernian 2 v 1 Celtic

Brebner pen 64
Thomson 82

A superb strike from Kevin Thomson gave HIBS a victory over Martin O‘Neill’s Celtic and grabbed HIBS a place in the semi-final versus Rangers

Stan Varga gave Celtic the lead from a Liam Miller corner before John Kennedy inexplicably handled a Tam McManus corner in the box to give HIBS a lifeline Grant Brebner doing an excellent job from the spot

Kevin Thomson rifled home the winner ( his first senior goal) with an exquisite strike from the edge of the box that gave Rab Douglas no chance

Hibs Andersson Baillie Smith Doumbe Whittaker McManus Brown Brebner Thomson Riordan and O’Connor

Subs Dobbie

Celtic: Douglas Varga Balde Kennedy Crainey Miller Lambert Thompson Wallace Larsson and Sutton

Subs Maloney Beattie

Att 9246


https://youtu.be/k4X4E4inkEg


18/12/1982 Scottish League Premier Division

Motherwell 0 v 1 Hibernian

Gary Murray


Manager Pat Stanton kept faith with young Brian Rice for only his second start as HIBS struggled to get off the foot of the table

Brian Rice was able to put his foot on the ball and spray his magic The game looked as though it was fizzing out to a 0-0 before Gary Murray popped up with a late winner firing high past Hugh Sproat

The win took HIBS up to eighth in a tight league

Hibs Rough Sneddon Turnbull Rae Jamieson McNamara Callachan Conroy Duncan Rice and Murray

Att 3815


18/12/1976 Scottish League Premier Division

Partick Thistle 1 v 1 Hibernian

Fyfe

Graham Fyfe gave HIBS the lead with a 30 yard fizzer that skipped over the hardened snow taking Roughie unawares at his right hand post Doug Somner equalised for the Jags one minute later

Alan Rough pulled off two fantastic saves from young Alex McGhee to stop HIBS going back along the M8 with both points



18/12/1971 Scottish League Division One

Morton 1 v 1 Hibernian

O’Rourke

HIBS fell behind to a rare Erich Schaedler own goal and had to wait until late in the game for a share of the points when Jimmy O’Rourke scored with a header to keep HIBS in third place

Hibs Herriot Brownlie Schaedler Stanton Black Blackley Edwards McEwan O’Rourke Cropley and Duncan

Subs Hazel for McEwan

Att 4166


18/12/1968 Inter Cities Fairs Cup Round 3 Leg 1

SV Hamburg 1 v 0 Hibernian

Franz-Josef Honig scores a priceless goal for the home side



18/12/1965 Scottish League Division One

Hibernian 3 v 0 St Johnstone

Cormack
Cousin
O’Rourke

Sprint star and After Dinner speaker George McNeill’s only appearance for the Cabbage where he almost scored direct from a corner and followed that up by striking the crossbar later in the game


18/12/1954 Scottish League Division One

Partick Thistle 0 v 3 Hibernian

Reilly 10
Smith 20
Ormond 36

Gordon Smith was Man of the Match on a heavy pitch The Prince Of Wingers set Lawrie Reilly up for the first He scored the second direct from a free kick and had a shot parried for the third that fell to the unmarked Reilly who because it was the season of goodwill squared it to Willie Ormond for a tap-in

Hibs Younger Ward Paterson Grant Plenderleith Turnbull Smith Johnstone Reilly Combe and Ormond

Att 8500


18/12/1948 Scottish League Division One

Hibernian 1 v 1 St Mirren

Reilly 88

Hibs pummelled the Saintees goal for 60 minutes but the Saints stunned the home crowd when Kerr fumbled at a corner kick and Stewart scored

HIBS seemed to be unable to break the Saints resistance until Gordon Smith went on a late trademark mazy run before crossing for Lawrie Reilly to head home


Birthdays

Willie Toner RIP

Daniel Andersson


At Easter Road They Play John Campbell



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[Iggy Pope]

Very informative as ever Billy, but the Saintees? Wrong mob.

[BILLYHIBS]

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Very informative as ever Billy, but the Saintees? Wrong mob.

Apologies I was still in St Mirren 3 v 2 The Rangers 90+2 mode

I just love that score line

[BILLYHIBS]

19/12/2015 Scottish League Championship

Hibernian 1 v 0 Queen Of The South

Malonga 94

King Dom comes off the bench to head an injury time SDG cross into the ground and up into the roof of the Queen’s net




19/12/2009 Scottish League SPL

Aberdeen 0 v 2 Hibernian

Stokes 2 (40 and 55)

Lee Miller sent off 82



19/12/1999 Scottish League SPL

Hearts 0 v 3 Hibernian

Lehmann 18
Sauzee 27
Miller 90

https://youtu.be/QeX5kMOgCmk


The Millennium Derby

No way were HIBS losing this game

£400000 signing Antti Niemi makes his debut for Hearts

Welcome to Scotland !

Hibs Colgan Collins Smith Dennis Hughes Sauzee Brebner Latapy Lovell Paatelainen and Lehmann

Subs Miller McGinlay Bannerman

Att 17954



19/12/1998 Scottish League Division One

Hibernian 3 v 0 Clydebank

McGinlay 2
Latapy




19/12/1981 Scottish League Premier Division

Hibernian 3 v 0 Partick Thistle

MacLeod 2
Rae

There was snow on the pitch and the orange ball was used but it was the installation of the new undersoil heating that enabled this fixture to go ahead

Ralph Callachan and Arthur Duncan were outstanding for HIBS and Chairman Tom Hart warned fans about their behaviour in the fallout from the recent visit of Rangers



19/12/1964 Scottish League Division One

Hibernian 2 v 1 Partick Thistle

J Scott pen
Quinn



19/12/1959 Scottish League Division One

Partick Thistle 2 v 10 Hibernian

Johnny MacLeod 3
Joe Baker 2
Tommy Preston 2
Willie Ormond 2
Wright og


Hibs had two goals disallowed but Partick got off lightly

0-5 down at half-time the Thistle Manager Willie Thornton gave his troops the hair drier treatment and they staged a mini recovery to claw it back to 2-5 but in a totally outstanding attacking performance HIBS simply scored another five

HIBS Wren Grant McClelland Young Plenderleith Baxter MacLeod Johnstone Baker Preston and Ormond

Att 11000



19/12/1953 Scottish League Division One

Hibernian 5 v 0 Raith Rovers

Reilly
Turnbull 2
Smith 2


Eddie Turnbull had a rare penalty miss when he blasted one over the bar

This victory came at a price when Gordon Smith who had earlier scored with a rocket shot and had scored the fifth goal with a header collided with Raith goalkeeper Drummond and suffered a broken leg

Archie Buchanan also limped off with cartilage trouble


19/12/1914 Scottish League Division One

Hibernian 3 v 2 St Mirren

Lennie
Hendren 2


Christmas 1914 and it was not over by Christmas

With HIBS 1-2 down great uncle of HIBS legend Pat Stanton Centre forward Jimmy Hendren struck with a double



At Easter Road They Play John Campbell


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[ancient hibee]

I was at the game against Raith when Gordon Smith broke his leg.It was a collision with the goalie made worse by a Raith defender standing on his leg. No stretcher and he was carried around the track by two guys and he had his arms draped over their shoulders.The crowd were singing "Will ye no come back again"-very cheerful and then "A Gordon for me".Eddie Turnbull then wiped out the Raith defender first chance he got-the ref paid no attention. Incidentally,Billy, it was Archie Buchanan that was taken off injured not Jock.

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I was at the game against Raith when Gordon Smith broke his leg.It was a collision with the goalie made worse by a Raith defender standing on his leg. No stretcher and he was carried around the track by two guys and he had his arms draped over their shoulders.The crowd were singing "Will ye no come back again"-very cheerful and then "A Gordon for me".Eddie Turnbull then wiped out the Raith defender first chance he got-the ref paid no attention. Incidentally,Billy, it was Archie Buchanan that was taken off injured not Jock.

[BILLYHIBS]

20/12/2019 Scottish League Premiership

Hibernian 0 v 3 The Rangers

Bad error by Rocky to hand The Rangers a fourth minute lead

Ryan Porteous sent off on the hour




20/12/2014 Scottish League Championship

Raith Rovers 1 v 3 Hibernian

Cummings 44
Fontaine 78
Malonga 81

Barrie McKay fired Raith into the lead but Jason Cummings pulled HIBS level just before half-time

Liam Fontaine headed home Scott Allan’s corner and Dominic Malonga made sure of the points when he converted from close range with ten minutes to go


Hibs Oxley Gray Hanlon Fontaine Stevenson Allan Robertson Craig Handling Malonga and Cummings

Subs Stanton Booth Heffernan

Att 3166



20/12/1967 Inter Cities Fairs Cup Round 3 Leg 1

Leeds United 1 v 0 Hibernian

Leeds took the lead after four minutes when following a poor kick out from goalkeeper Willie Wilson Jimmy Greenhoff got to the byline skinning Joe Davis sending over a low cross to Eddie Gray whose initial attempt was blocked by John Madsen on the goalline but he followed up to convert the rebound

Hibs then proceeded to dominate the game and Colin Stein had a good goal mysteriously disallowed The Irish Referee appeared to award the goal but changed his mind after being surrounded by Leeds defenders

Stein then came in for special attention from the Leeds players and was the victim of two horrendous tackles by Billy Bremner on the half hour the second of which left Stein lying in a crumpled heap on the trackside and having to be carried off on a stretcher with a badly damaged ankle Bremner was only spoken to by the Referee

Jimmy O’Rourke replaced Stein

Hibs continued to dominate the game and came close on a few occasions but it was Leeds who were cursing their luck in the final minutes when Willie Wilson redeemed himself by pulling off a fantastic full length save from England international Mick Jones

Hibs Wilson Duncan Davis Stanton Madsen McGraw Scott Quinn Stein Cormack and Stevenson

Sub O’Rourke

Att 31500


20/12/1958 Scottish League Division One

Stirling Albion 0 v 3 Hibernian

Baker 2
Smith

Joe Baker scores his third double in three games and Gordon Smith scores his 363rd goal in senior football-no bad for a winger


20/12/1952 Scottish League Division One

Queen Of The South 2 v 7 Hibernian

Smith 3
Reilly 2
Turnbull 2

Queens had won the reverse fixture at Easter Road in September with a shock 1-3 win so HIBS were expecting a hard game and so it proved at half-time when the teams were tied 1-1

Into the second half and Gordon Smith completed his hat-trick with a quick fire double Lawrie Reilly and Eddie Turnbull chipped in with a brace each with Johnstone and Paterson replying for Queens

7-2 was a fair reflection on play as the Doonhamers could not live with the slick passing, finishing and interchanging of the fantastic Famous Five in the second half

Hibs Younger Clark Howie Buchanan Paterson Combe Smith Johnstone Reilly Turnbull and Ormond

Att 9000


20/12/1947 Scottish League Division One

Hibernian 4 v 0 Aberdeen

Smith
Linwood
Ormond 2 (1 pen)

A good result on paper but the Dons were reduced to nine men through injury

This result put HIBS joint top of the League with Rangers but Rangers had three games in hand

HIBS would win the League in this season


Birthdays

Janos Matyus

Shaun Dennis

Terry Wilson

Derek Spalding

Jim Herriot

Jock Weir RIP


At Easter Road They Play John Campbell


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[Iggy Pope]

Two touches involved in that Cummings goal at Kirkcaldy with a punted assist from Oxley finished first time by JC.

[BILLYHIBS]

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Two touches involved in that Cummings goal at Kirkcaldy with a punted assist from Oxley finished first time by JC.

Yeah looks as though Jase scored a tap in when a King Dom shot was parried

Might have been 9 months later ( 24/10/2015) when Jase lobbed the Keeper?

Might be wrong?

[BILLYHIBS]

21/12/1996 Scottish League Premier Division

Raith Rovers 0 v 3 Hibernian

D Jackson 2
McGinlay


21/12/1974 Scottish League Division One

Arbroath 0 v 2 Hibernian

Arthur Duncan 2

Des Bremner continued at Centre Half in place of the still injured Derek Spalding

The defence had now only lost one goal in five

Hibs McArthur Brownlie Schaedler Stanton Bremner Blackley Edwards MacLeod Harper Munro and Duncan

Att 2863


21/12/1968 Scottish League Division One

Hibernian 3 v 1 Dunfermline Athletic

Stevenson
McBride
O’Rourke

A creditable win against European Cup Winners Cup Quarter Finalists Dunfermline

Eric Stevenson after 40 seconds and a rare Jimmy O’Rourke own goal for the Pars.

Hibs Allan Shevlane Davis Cousin Madsen Stanton O’Rourke Quinn McBride Cormack and Stevenson

Att 12577


21/12/1957 Scottish League Division One

Kilmarnock 1 v 4 Hibernian

Johnny MacLeod 2
Jimmy Harrower
Tommy Preston


21/12/1912 Scottish League Division One

Aberdeen 1 v 3 Hibernian

Sam Fleming
Willie Smith 2

HIBS enjoyed an easy win over an Aberdeen side that had only been formed ten years earlier in 1902

Reports at the time suggested that Aberdeen had only been formed in the hope of HIBS relocating there and the Dons getting all our players

Who knew?



Birthdays:

BOBBY SMITH RIP

http://www.hibshistoricaltrust.org.u...rs/bobby-smith











Hibernian On This Day Colquhoun and Sinnet

In Colours Green and White John Campbell






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[Keith_M]

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....

18/12/1976 Scottish League Premier Division

Partick Thistle 1 v 1 Hibernian

...

League record up to that point

W-1, D-9, L-4

There was one more league game to play before the end of the year, on Xmas Eve, which would be our tenth draw in 15 games.





Littlewoods Pools just hated Hibs that season

[BILLYHIBS]

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League record up to that point

W-1, D-9, L-4

There was one more league game to play before the end of the year, on Xmas Eve, which would be our tenth draw in 15 games.





Littlewoods Pools just hated Hibs that season

It was acceptable in the eighties

[Iggy Pope]

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Yeah looks as though Jase scored a tap in when a King Dom shot was parried

Might have been 9 months later ( 24/10/2015) when Jase lobbed the Keeper?

Might be wrong?

Might be.

[BILLYHIBS]

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Might be.

👍🏿

[Keith_M]

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It was acceptable in the eighties

Perhaps, but that was 1976, under Eddie Turnbull.

[BILLYHIBS]

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Perhaps, but that was 1976, under Eddie Turnbull.

Yip!

Didn’t end well

But acceptable for Bertie the Bunnet and Lexo

[BILLYHIBS]

22/12/2018 Scottish League Premiership

Hibernian 1 v 1 Livingston

Porteous 80


Hibs playing their third game in six days started with their two main strikers Jamie MacLaren and Florian Kamberi on the bench

Livingston who had swatted away Hearts 5-0 eight days previously were unchanged

After a tight first half in which either team could have taken the lead it was left to Scott Hardie 10 minutes into the second half to score his third goal in four games when he lobbed a Declan Gallagher pass over the advancing Bogdan

Hibs had an immediate chance to restore parity when Martin Boyle was hauled down inside the box but Florian Kamberi was unconvincing, lacking any confidence and Kelly made a routine save from his telegraphed spot kick

It was left to young Ryan Porteous playing through the pain barrier as he appeared to reset his damaged knee on more than one occasion to lead by example to stoop to head home a fine cross by Daryl Horgan to snatch the equaliser

Hibs Bogdan McGregor Ambrose Porteous Milligan Slivka Boyle Hyndman Mackie Shaw and L Allan

Subs Kamberi Horgan MacLaren

Att 17000



22/12/2007 Scottish League SPL

Celtic 1 v 1 Hibernian

Murphy 20


Hibs began life without John Collins with a battling draw at Parkhead

HIBS under the cosh for most of this game broke free from their shackles on 20 minutes when David Murphy charged forward exchanged a pass with Benji on the edge of the Celtic box before unleashing a fierce drive that entered the Celtic net via the underside of the crossbar at a rate of knots

Celtic with no fewer than five former Hibees in their ranks Caldwell, Brown, Hartley, Riordan and Killen continued to press forward but HIBS held out for almost an hour until Jarosik scored from a corner

HIBS were reduced to ten men for the last 10 minutes when Benji limped off HIBS having used all of their subs

Vennegoor Of Hesselink hit the base of the post in the last minute with a header

Hibs Ma-Kalambay McCann Hogg Jones Murphy Zemmama Kerr Beuzelin Chisholm Stevenson and Benji

Subs Morais O’Brien McCormack

Att 58000

Full Match:

https://youtu.be/janPymS83fc




22/12/1979 Scottish League Premier Division

Hibernian 2 v 1 Rangers

Higgins
Campbell

Hibs were bottom of the table looking certainties for relegation but they still had one ace up their sleeve George Best

On a frozen rock hard pitch Best put on a masterclass performance orchestrating the midfield Rangers had no answer to him He was quite literally dancing on ice One crude attempt to dispossess him by Derek Johnstone with a challenge from behind ended with Best picking up the ball and asking the prostrate Johnstone “ Is this what you are after?”

Tommy McLean gave Rangers the lead direct from a free kick Tony Higgins equalised in the second half when Ally Macleod burst through and Higgins unleashed an exocet low into the goalkeeper’s bottom right hand corner Colin Campbell got some small recompense for the Scottish Cup Final when the goalkeeper appeared to have his looping header covered but he landed awkwardly resulting in the ball hitting off his back and drifting over the line

Hibs McArthur Brazil Duncan Rae Paterson McNamara Callachan MacLeod Higgins Campbell and Best

Att 18750



22/12/1973 Scottish League Division One

Hibernian 5 v 0 Morton

O’Rourke 3
Gordon 2

With mist and rain over Easter Road the fans were invited to take cover under the covered enclosures free of charge

HIBS scored the first in 17 minutes when Cropley floated over a corner Stanton headed on and O’Rourke crashed the ball high into the net from 5 yards giving Baines no chance

In 24 minutes HIBS increased their lead O’’Rourke clipped a ball over his shoulder to the onrushing Duncan who hit the byline and sent over the perfect cross for Gordon to glance into the inside of the net

Into the second half and after 54 minutes Edwards sent O’Rourke clean through on goal he struck his shot firmly enough but the ball got stuck on the sawdust and agonisingly rolled over the line after what seemed an eternity

O’Rourke completed his hat-trick in 77 minutes

Gordon added a fifth in 82 minutes


Hibs McArthur Bremner Schaedler Stanton Black Blackley Edwards O’Rourke Gordon Cropley and Duncan

Att 5491



22/12/1970 Inter Cities Fairs Cup Round 3 Leg 2

Liverpool 2 v 0 Hibernian (Agg 3-0)

Hibs hit the post twice through Johnny Graham and Joe McBride but it was not to be goals by Heighway and Boersma gave Liverpool a comfortable win

Hibs gave a better account of themselves than in the first leg and entertained the appreciative home fans but it was felt that Baines might have done better for the decisive second goal and was deceived by the flight of the ball

It was to be Joe McBride’s last game for the greens

Hibs Baines Brownlie Jones Blackley Black Stanton Duncan McEwan McBride Blair and Stevenson

Subs Graham Hamilton

Att 38000



22/12/1956 Scottish League Division One

Dunfermline Athletic 1 v 3 Hibernian

Fraser
Turnbull 2 ( 1 pen )

The Reserves were beating the young Pars on the same day at Easter Road 4-1 with young Jimmy Mulkerrin bagging all four surely staking a claim for a starting spot


22/12/1951 Scottish League Division One

Hibernian 5 v 0 Raith Rovers

Johnstone 2
Combe 2
Reilly


Champions again





22/12/1883 Scottish Cup Round 6

Hibernian 6 v 1 Battlefield

This game brings us to the strange case of Jim Brogan

Brogan was one of the scorers in this match but this was to be his last game for the club

Brogan was a real asset to the club a prolific scorer who had scored six goals on his debut

The problem was that even although he was a Catholic he wasn’t practicing and refused to attend mass or join in any religious marches

After 3 months he left to join our arch rivals Hearts who were only too pleased to sign him but after only a few months there he was tempted by the professional game down south and joined Bolton Wanderers where he became a regular goalscorer

He was a good player and Catholic but he wasn’t Catholic enough for HIBS at that time

Brogan left Bolton in 1892 and worked in the shipyards until he was 85



Birthdays:

Bryan Gunn

Jimmy Boco



At Easter Road They Play John Campbell




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[superfurryhibby]

Masterstroke from the non-tactical genius who left McLaren and Kamberi on the bench v Livingston.

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Masterstroke from the non-tactical genius who left McLaren and Kamberi on the bench v Livingston.

Yip a big buzz went round the ground things were starting to unravel

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22/12/2018 Scottish League Premiership

Hibernian 1 v 1 Livingston

Porteous 80


Hibs playing their third game in six games started with their two main strikers Jamie MacLaren and Florian Kamberi on the bench

Livingston who had swatted away Hearts 5-0 eight days previously were unchanged

After a tight first half in which either team could have taken the lead it was left to Scott Hardie 10 minutes into the second half to score his third goal in four games when he lobbed a Declan Gallagher pass over the advancing Bogdan

Hibs had an immediate chance to restore parity when Martin Boyle was hauled down inside the box but Florian Kamberi was unconvincing, lacking any confidence and Kelly made a routine save from his telegraphed spot kick

It was left to young Ryan Porteous playing through the pain barrier as he appeared to reset his damaged knee on more than one occasion to lead by example to stoop to head home a fine cross by Daryl Horgan to snatch the equaliser

Hibs Bogdan McGregor Ambrose Porteous Milligan Slivka Boyle Hyndman Mackie Shaw and Allan

Subs Kamberi Horgan MacLaren

Att 17000



22/12/2007 Scottish League SPL

Celtic 1 v 1 Hibernian

Murphy 20


Hibs began life without John Collins with a battling draw at Parkhead

HIBS under the cosh for most of this game broke free from their shackles on 20 minutes when David Murphy charged forward exchanged a pass with Benji on the edge of the Celtic box before unleashing a fierce drive that entered the Celtic net via the underside of the crossbar at a rate of knots

Celtic with no fewer than five former Hibees in their ranks Caldwell, Brown, Hartley, Riordan and Killen continued to press forward but HIBS held out for almost an hour until Jarosik scored from a corner

HIBS were reduced to ten men for the last 10 minutes when Benji limped off HIBS having used all of their subs

Vennegoor Of Hesselink hit the base of the post in the last minute with a header

Hibs Ma-Kalambay McCann Hogg Jones Murphy Zemmama Kerr Beuzelin Chisholm Stevenson and Benji

Subs Morais O’Brien McCormack

Att 58000

Full Match:

https://youtu.be/janPymS83fc




22/12/1979 Scottish League Premier Division

Hibernian 2 v 1 Rangers

Higgins
Campbell

Hibs were bottom of the table looking certainties for relegation but they still had one ace up their sleeve George Best

On a frozen rock hard pitch Best put on a masterclass performance orchestrating the midfield Rangers had no answer to him He was quite literally dancing on ice One crude attempt to dispossess him by Derek Johnstone with a challenge from behind ended with Best picking up the ball and asking the prostrate Johnstone “ Is this what you are after?”

Tommy McLean gave Rangers the lead direct from a free kick Tony Higgins equalised when Ally Macleod burst through and Higgins unleashed an exocet low into the goalkeeper’s bottom right hand corner Colin Campbell got some small recompense for the Scottish Cup Final when the goalkeeper appeared to have his looping header covered but he landed awkwardly resulting in the ball hitting off his back and drifting over the line

Hibs McArthur Brazil Duncan Rae Paterson McNamara Callachan MacLeod Higgins Campbell and Best

Att 18750



22/12/1973 Scottish League Division One

Hibernian 5 v 0 Morton

O’Rourke 3
Gordon 2


Hibs McArthur Bremner Schaedler Stanton Black Blackley Edwards O’Rourke Gordon Cropley and Duncan

Att 5491



22/12/1970 Inter Cities Fairs Cup Round 3 Leg 2

Liverpool 2 v 0 Hibernian (Agg 3-0)

Hibs hit the post twice through Johnny Graham and Joe McBride but it was not to be goals by Heighway and Boersma gave Liverpool a comfortable win

It was to be Joe McBride’s last game for the greens

Hibs Baines Brownlie Jones Blackley Black Stanton Duncan McEwan McBride Blair and Stevenson

Subs Graham Hamilton

Att 38000



22/12/1956 Scottish League Division One

Dunfermline Athletic 1 v 3 Hibernian

Fraser
Turnbull 2 ( 1 pen )

The Reserves were beating the young Pars on the same day at Easter Road 4-1 with young Jimmy Mulkerrin bagging all four surely staking a claim for a starting spot


22/12/1951 Scottish League Division One

Hibernian 5 v 0 Raith Rovers

Johnstone 2
Combe 2
Reilly


Champions again





22/12/1883 Scottish Cup Round 6

Hibernian 6 v 1 Battlefield

This game brings us to the strange case of Jim Brogan

Brogan was one of the scorers in this match but this was to be his last game for the club

Brogan was a real asset to the club a prolific scorer who had scored six goals on his debut

The problem was that even although he was a Catholic he wasn’t practicing and refused to attend mass or join in any religious marches

After 3 months he left to join our arch rivals Hearts who were only too pleased to sign him but after only a few months there he was tempted by the professional game down south and joined Bolton Wanderers where he became a regular goalscorer

He was a good player and Catholic but he wasn’t Catholic enough for HIBS at that time

Brogan left Bolton in 1892 and worked in the shipyards until he was 85



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What a strike that was from Murphy in the 2007 game at Celtic Park. Still my favourite left back from my 30 odd years of watching Hibs.

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What a strike that was from Murphy in the 2007 game at Celtic Park. Still my favourite left back from my 30 odd years of watching Hibs.

Yip well worth fast forwarding the VT to 20 minutes to watch again and again

You can hear the Hibees singing

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What a strike that was from Murphy in the 2007 game at Celtic Park. Still my favourite left back from my 30 odd years of watching Hibs.

Would agree with you David Murphy would be left back in my all time favourite Hibs team.However Murph just edges out John Park.One of the classist players who ever played for Hibs.

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Erich Schaedler scored a similar long range worldy in a 1-1 draw at Parkhead 10/12/1975 in the replay of the match that was abandoned because of fog when HIBS were cruising with minutes to go

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23/12/2017 Scottish League Premiership

Hibernian 2 v 1 Ross County

Stokes 21
Shaw 75

HIBS came from behind to defeat Ross County at Easter Road Anthony Stokes heading home -in off the post -Dylan McGeouch’s perfect delivery and Olly Shaw with the winner when he got on the end of a Brandon Barker cutback but it looked as though defender Van Der Weg got the decisive touch to divert the ball away from Fox

Hibs Rocky Ambrose McGregor Hanlon Stevenson Boyle McGeouch McGinn Barker Stokes and Shaw

Sub Bartley

Att 16228


23/12/2012 Scottish League SPL

Kilmarnock 1 v 1 Hibernian

Doyle 26

Eoin Doyle equalised an early Paul Heffernan strike


Hibs Williams McGivern Hanlon Maybury Deegan Cairney Wotherspoon Stevenson Taiwo Griffiths and Doyle

Subs Sproule Claros Kuqi

Att 4000

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23/12/2006 Scottish League SPL

Hibernian 5 v 1 St Mirren

Beuzelin 21
Killen 32
Shiels 58
Zemmama 65
Benji 74

Scott Brown and Kevin Thomson were dropped from the squad as a mysterious double bid came in for the pair but it didn’t stop HIBS going nap

John Sutton scored for Saints

Hibs Zibi Whittaker Murphy Martis Jones Beuzelin Stewart Zemmama Shiels Fletcher and Killen

Subs Glass Benji McCluskey

Att 13000



23/12/1972 Scottish League Division One

Celtic 1 v 1 Hibernian

Gordon 37

Celtic were looking for revenge after the 1972 League Cup Final but it was HIBS who were in the form of their lives and took the lead when Alan Gordon expertly headed in Alex Cropley’s free-kick

HIBS were the dominant side and pressed throughout the second half but could not add to their lead

Kenny Dalglish equalised with a close range tap in on 78 minutes

Hibs Herriot Brownlie Schaedler Stanton Black Blackley Edwards O’Rourke Gordon Cropley and Duncan

Att 42500


23/12/1967 Scottish League Division One

Hibernian 1 v 1 Falkirk

McGraw


23/12/1950 Scottish League Division One

Falkirk 1 v 5 Hibernian

Buchanan
Johnstone
Ormond
Turnbull 2

After a torrential downpour in the Falkirk area the Falkirk groundstaff worked wonders to clear the surface water from the pitch to ensure that 14000 spectators got their festive footie fix

They probably wish they hadn’t bothered as the win took HIBS to third in the league three points behind leaders Dundee with four games in hand and two behind second placed Aberdeen with three games in hand



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24/12/2016 Scottish League Championship

Hibernian 1 v 1 Raith Rovers

Boyle 88

Gary Locke brought his Raith Rovers team containing ex Jambos Jason Thomson and pantomime villain Rudi Skacel to Easter Road and filled his sack with a point knocking HIBS off their perch at the top of the League

HIBS dominated the first half with Kevin Cuthbert making magnificent saves from Shinnie Commons and Cummings

Into the second half and Jean-Yves M’Voto got his head to a Johnston cross to nod past Ross Laidlaw for the opener

Raith Rovers grew in confidence and Jason Thomson clipped a 25 yarder off Laidlaw’s crossbar

With the clock ticking down Neil Lennon replaced Commons and Cummings with Boyle and Keatings and the move paid off two minutes from the end when Boyle scampered off down the left wing before cutting inside to fire a right footed shot beyond Cuthbert

Hibs Laidlaw Gray McGregor Hanlon Stevenson McGeouch Martin Commons Shinnie Holt and Cummings

Subs Keatings Boyle Graham

Att 15500


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24/12/1977 Scottish League Premier Division

Hibernian 2 v 1 Motherwell

MacLeod pen
Paterson

Both teams were in the bottom four and were determined to lift themselves clear of the pack so a festive attacking cracker was on the menu

HIBS took a half time lead when Ally Macleod coolly slotted home a penalty in 45 minutes

Motherwell drew level three minutes into the second half when goalkeeper McDonald blocked a goal bound effort from exhibee hero Jimmy O’Rourke and another ex hibee Willie Pettigrew following up gratefully slotted home the rebound

Game on

Bobby Hutchinson went off injured to be replaced by derby hero Willie Paterson who scored his second and final goal for the club sending an unstoppable drive to Stewart Rennie’s left for the winner

The victory took HIBS up to mid table beside a strangely struggling Celtic

HIBS McDonald Brownlie Smith McNamara Stewart Brazil Murray MacLeod Hutchinson Duncan and McGhee

Subs Edwards Paterson

Att 8500


24/12/1976 Scottish League Premier Division

Hibernian 1 v 0 Ayr United

Filippi og

Hibs record only their second League win of the season


24/12/1966 Scottish League Division One

Hibernian 2 v 5 St Johnstone

Stevenson 8
O’Rourke 86

Heavy snow lay on the pitch and was cleared prematch to reveal an ice rink of a pitch that suited the smaller and more nimble St Johnstone players leading to a shock defeat

No excuses it was the same for both sides and HIBS were roundly booed off the pitch by the 5688 Christmas shoppers that bothered to turn up


24/12/1960 Scottish League Division One

Hibernian 8 v 4 Third Lanark

J Baker 5
Baxter 2
J Scott

A proverbial Christmas cracker with Goodfellow 2, Hilley and and Gray replying for Thirds

Thirds were no pushovers illustrated by the fact that Ronnie Simpson saved two penalties

John Baxter received six stitches to a head wound and insisted on seeing out the game

Hibs Simpson Fraser McClelland Grant Easton Baird Scott Preston Baker Baxter and MacLeod

Att 14000


24/12/1955 Scottish League Division One

Hibernian 2 v 3 Celtic

Combe 44
Turnbull 80

With HIBS having just scored and swarming downhill buzzing around the Celtic penalty box looking for an equaliser the Referee Mr Youngson of Aberdeen blew the final whistle with 86 minutes on the clock

An early Christmas present for Celtic


24/12/1949 Scottish League Division One

Hibernian 4 v 2 Raith Rovers

Reilly 2
Johnstone
Smith





24/12/1898 Scottish League Division One

Rangers 10 v 0 Hibernian

Black Christmas

This was and still is HIBS’ worst ever defeat

HIBS were third in the league and played a strong side but Rangers were too good on the day on a game played on a heavy muddy pitch

Things might have been worse Rangers actually missed a penalty but as was to become a tradition the Referee simply awarded them another which they duly converted



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