Laughably Bad

[Carheenlea]

Saw a clip of this on Twitters "Crap 90`s Football" and couldn`t help but laugh. A rare defeat that season on a dreadful surface, and the sort of performance we have been treated to for as long as I`ve been going when you least expect expect it.

Clydebank were playing home matches at the old Boghead back then - who was all at this one?

[Chorley Hibee]

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Saw a clip of this on Twitters "Crap 90`s Football" and couldn`t help but laugh. A rare defeat that season on a dreadful surface, and the sort of performance we have been treated to for as long as I`ve been going when you least expect expect it.

Clydebank were playing home matches at the old Boghead back then - who was all at this one?

I was there, remember Ian McCall giving us stood behind him it tight when they scored.

[Baldy Foghorn]

Was there too.

Jeez Marinkov, (sp), and Gottsklalkson......

[Chorley Hibee]

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Was there too.

Jeez Marinkov, (sp), and Gottsklalkson......

Was with you on the Carlton bus. Many good memories of the trips away that season.

[BroxburnHibee]

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Saw a clip of this on Twitters "Crap 90`s Football" and couldn`t help but laugh. A rare defeat that season on a dreadful surface, and the sort of performance we have been treated to for as long as I`ve been going when you least expect expect it.

Clydebank were playing home matches at the old Boghead back then - who was all at this one?

Yes I was there.

[Onceinawhile]

I'm sure we took the train there, but can't be certain as I'd only have been about 10 at the time..

[Ringothedog]

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Was with you on the Carlton bus. Many good memories of the trips away that season.

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[Smartie]

Was that not the first game we'd lost in donkeys, having played some quite brilliant stuff during the months leading up to that?

How tf did we ever manage to win the league with Ollie in goals btw? We can't have had the ball near our goal that much that season.

[Iggy Pope]

An enjoyable season that didn’t start well, made better with some good signings (particularly Mixu) but I remember turning up there and knowing we were getting beat that day! I’d never had much fun at Boghead, only one or two exceptions.

[DJ HIBBY]

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Was that not the first game we'd lost in donkeys, having played some quite brilliant stuff during the months leading up to that?

How tf did we ever manage to win the league with Ollie in goals btw? We can't have had the ball near our goal that much that season.

Ironically, he was one of our best players that season from what I recall. He was then dropped for colgan early the next season.

Edit - and yes was there for both games at boghead. The bogs there were howling, whole floors flooded in piss 🙈

[Baldy Foghorn]

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Was with you on the Carlton bus. Many good memories of the trips away that season.

[Mon Dieu4]

I was there too, only missed one game that season, the 2nd Stranraer away, don't think I will ever beat the amount of games I went to that season

[Smartie]

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Ironically, he was one of our best players that season from what I recall. He was then dropped for colgan early the next season.

I remember the fullbacks being good - Lovering was decent on the left, Collins superb on the right. We had our issues in the middle of the defence with all sorts of funny folk playing a bit part there, like Derek Anderson and Marinkov.

Mixu turned the season - terrible until he arrived, much better as soon as he pitched up. I remember Stevie Crawford being good for a while and being linked with a possible Scotland call-up from the second tier, but hearing less of him as Latapy and then Sauzee came in.

Justin Skinner I remember being a class act for us, and I also remember at least a couple of cracking goals from Paul Hartley.

Can't remember much about the keeper. Ollie was howling the year before, but you don't win the league without a goalkeeper winning you points along the way. He looks hopeless again in the game above though, all over the shop. The players get a bit of leeway due to the horrible pitch.

[DJ HIBBY]

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I remember the fullbacks being good - Lovering was decent on the left, Collins superb on the right. We had our issues in the middle of the defence with all sorts of funny folk playing a bit part there, like Derek Anderson and Marinkov.

Mixu turned the season - terrible until he arrived, much better as soon as he pitched up. I remember Stevie Crawford being good for a while and being linked with a possible Scotland call-up from the second tier, but hearing less of him as Latapy and then Sauzee came in.

Justin Skinner I remember being a class act for us, and I also remember at least a couple of cracking goals from Paul Hartley.

Can't remember much about the keeper. Ollie was howling the year before, but you don't win the league without a goalkeeper winning you points along the way. He looks hopeless again in the game above though, all over the shop. The players get a bot of leeway due to the horrible pitch.

Agree with most of that. I remember Tom Smith looking like a real good signing before horror injury too

[brianmc]

I was there with a Bankie supporting pal. Met up with all his mates in the pub before the game (The Stag's Head maybe..?).
Luckily I was so steaming by the time we left I have zero recollection of what was, I believe, a brutal attempt at football.

[DJ HIBBY]

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I remember the fullbacks being good - Lovering was decent on the left, Collins superb on the right. We had our issues in the middle of the defence with all sorts of funny folk playing a bit part there, like Derek Anderson and Marinkov.

Mixu turned the season - terrible until he arrived, much better as soon as he pitched up. I remember Stevie Crawford being good for a while and being linked with a possible Scotland call-up from the second tier, but hearing less of him as Latapy and then Sauzee came in.

Justin Skinner I remember being a class act for us, and I also remember at least a couple of cracking goals from Paul Hartley.

Can't remember much about the keeper. Ollie was howling the year before, but you don't win the league without a goalkeeper winning you points along the way. He looks hopeless again in the game above though, all over the shop. The players get a bot of leeway due to the horrible pitch.

Agree with most of that. I remember Tom Smith looking like a real good signing before horror injury too

[weedgiehibbie]

Yeah was at this game and the 2-2 draw earlier that season, couldn't believe how bad e were that day - was only about 14 so have seen many more poor performances since

Going to Boghead was err.. quite an education. I've ben to Brockville a few times but stadiums like those back in the late 90's were like time capsules/machines - only time i remember more grass/greenery growing through the disused terracing than on the pitch.

I think i may have went to just as many away games as home if not, and probably, more as most, other than Raith and Stranraer, were almost "home" games

[h1bs4life]

Was there , we did a tour of some old dumps that season but was enjoyable.
Big Mixu was a great signing at the time .
Le God's 1st game was at Brockville with Marinov.
Was that the season we played St Johnstone in the cup , we took a huge support up there filled the away end and some only for Oli to have a nightmare and we got beat 4-0

[CMurdoch]

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Was there too.

Jeez Marinkov, (sp), and Gottsklalkson......

I had successfully forgotten about Marinkov
Now i'm going to have to forget him again!

[wookie70]

I was there. Dreadful performance

[Since452]

One of my favourite seasons supporting Hibs. Franck Sauzee must have wondered what he was doing at some of those places

[tamig]

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I had successfully forgotten about Marinkov
Now i'm going to have to forget him again!

There was nothing wrong with Marinkov. Decent centre-half who helped us back up. Sure he might even have made his debut along with Sauzee.

[Shrekko]

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There was nothing wrong with Marinkov. Decent centre-half who helped us back up. Sure he might even have made his debut along with Sauzee.

Agree Marinkov was absolutely fine- people seem to think some players are poor simply because they only played a few games. think by the time he arrived we had a settled centre half pairing of Yogi and Shaun Dennis.

Derek Anderson however... oh my God, we had some terrible players early in that season and he was the worst.

[HoboHarry]

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There was nothing wrong with Marinkov. Decent centre-half who helped us back up. Sure he might even have made his debut along with Sauzee.

At Falkirk if I remember correctly.

[Peevemor]

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At Falkirk if I remember correctly.

The match, in torrential rain, that more or less put us out of Falkirk's reach.

[greenlad]

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Agree Marinkov was absolutely fine- people seem to think some players are poor simply because they only played a few games. think by the time he arrived we had a settled centre half pairing of Yogi and Shaun Dennis.

Derek Anderson however... oh my God, we had some terrible players early in that season and he was the worst.

I think Hughes never played at all that season after New Year because of injury. Maybe returned the last day of the season. Mark Dempsie played with Shaun Dennis then Marinkov came in the same time as Sauzee.

From his few appearances Marinkov looked decent and IIRC it was only family reasons that saw him return to France in the summer, over time he'd have ousted either of Hughes or Dennis. Instead we signed Matty Jack, who was pretty average his first year at centre half, before being switched to the Matty Jack role in midfield.

[supermcginn]

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I had successfully forgotten about Marinkov
Now i'm going to have to forget him again!

There was nothing wrong with marinkov, steady player.

[BILLYHIBS]

Picked up Olly the Goalie from the Airport when he arrived in Scotland

I told him all he has to worry about is beating the Hearts

We lost 0-1

TBF we did beat Celtic 2-1 on his debut

[Gregor]

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I remember the fullbacks being good - Lovering was decent on the left, Collins superb on the right. We had our issues in the middle of the defence with all sorts of funny folk playing a bit part there, like Derek Anderson and Marinkov.

Mixu turned the season - terrible until he arrived, much better as soon as he pitched up. I remember Stevie Crawford being good for a while and being linked with a possible Scotland call-up from the second tier, but hearing less of him as Latapy and then Sauzee came in.

Justin Skinner I remember being a class act for us, and I also remember at least a couple of cracking goals from Paul Hartley.

Can't remember much about the keeper. Ollie was howling the year before, but you don't win the league without a goalkeeper winning you points along the way. He looks hopeless again in the game above though, all over the shop. The players get a bit of leeway due to the horrible pitch.

Mixu was terrible when he arrived ; for 1 game. Thrown into the side away to St Mirren after being pumped out the league cup by St Mirren. I remember a massively depressing drive home after a 2-0 pumping and wondering what we were doing spending money on that donkey. He never appeared for the next game. This followed a massive run of form building up slowing after that game from mid-September until February when we were pumped out the other cup, by Stirling Albion. Although Mixu bolstered the team up front, I would put that largely down to the introduction of Latapy who was afforded protection by the brilliant Justin Skinner. That unbeaten run turned things around from a potential horror-show.

https://web.archive.org/web/19990221...n/fixtures.cgi has quite a few match reports (sadly not including the Clydebank game referenced in this thread) if anyone is interested.

[lord bunberry]

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The match, in torrential rain, that more or less put us out of Falkirk's reach.

I remember that game well, I turned up in just a hibs top and no jacket, I was soaked to the skin. I remember being behind the goals in what was normally the home end for that game, I can’t remember why that was.