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10/1/2015 Scottish League Championship

Hibernian 3 v 3 Falkirk

Cummings 2
Leahy og


HIBS threw away a two goal lead and two points to draw with Falkirk at Easter Road

Jason Cummings opened the scoring on 11 minutes but John Baird levelled with a free header on his Bairns debut

Jason Cummings then added another two to complete his first senior hat-trick but Referee Willie Collum controversially decided that his second goal was an own goal by Luke Leahy ?

Into the second half Martin Boyle missed a good chance to increase HIBS’ lead when he knocked the ball past the upright from a good position

Peter Grant pulled one back for Falkirk from a corner when the ball seemed to enter the net via a HIBS defender There was no doubt however about Grant’s well taken second and Falkirk’s equaliser.

Apologies once again for the partisan commentary

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Hibs Oxley Booth Hanlon Fontaine Stevenson Craig Robertson Allan McGeouch Boyle and Cummings

Subs Dja Djedje Handling

Att 9500


10/1/2007 Scottish Cup

Aberdeen 2 v 2 Hibernian

Sproule
Killen

Ivan Sproule slammed HIBS in front on 43 minutes when Jamie Langfield failed to hold a Steven Whittaker shot Aberdeen substitute Craig Brewster then levelled the tie on the hour with a powerful header

On 73 minutes Michael Stewart sent a long diagonal ball into the path of Chris Killen who controlled it on his chest before sending an unstoppable volley past Langfield

In the dying minutes Severin launched one last hopeful one into the box that found the head of Brewster who nodded the ball down into the path of Barry Nicholson who blasted home

HIBS started this game without the services of Thomson Brown Fletcher and Zemmama and would win the replay

HIBS McNeil McCann Jones Martis Murphy Whittaker Shiels Stewart Benji Sproule and Killen

Subs Stevenson Benji

Att 7900


10/1/1998 Scottish League Premier Division

Hibernian 1 v 0 Dunfermline

Stevie Crawford



10/1/1987 Scottish League Premier Division

Hibernian 1 v 0 St Mirren

Graham Mitchell


10/1/1976 Scottish League Premier Division

Hibernian 3 v 0 Ayr United

Harper 2
Brownlie pen

Joe Harper scores his first goals in ten games Hugh Sproat denied him his hat-trick with a series of brilliant saves John Brownlie kept his cool to score a retaken penalty


10/1/1968 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Round 3 Leg 2

Hibernian 1 v 1 Leeds United ( Agg 1-2)

Stein 4

My first ever HIBS game and I was hooked when I saw the green shirts with the long white sleeves running out under the drench floodlighting in front of 40000 fans

The match that had been delayed by five minutes to allow the massive crowd into the ground got off to the best possible start from a HIBS point of view

Kicking up the slope Cormack fed Quinn out on the left who spotting Stein’s run squared the ball high towards him and as the ball bounced in front of him fending off the attentions of Cooper he spotted Sprake off his line and managed to lift the ball over his despairing hands from a tight angle towards the unguarded net Jack Charlton backtracking could only help the ball into the net

It was redemption for the young centre forward who had had a goal controversially disallowed and had been carried off in the first leg to square the tie on the night

Leeds did not take this setback lying down and Eddie Gray unleashed a shot from the edge of the penalty area that Wilson gathered at the second attempt

HIBS piled forward and Bremner nicked the ball off Stein’s foot as he was about to strike and Cormack was hauled down outside the Leeds box but nothing came of the freekick Minutes later a long range daisy cutter by Quinn almost caught Sprake unawares

Into the second half and HIBS were going down the slope and things were getting heated

A Billy Bremner back heel allowed Gray a free sight of goal and he hit it with all his power but Pat Stanton put his body in the way to deflect it for a corner Cormack and Charlton then entered Clive Thomas’ book for separate misdemeanours

Alex Scott pulled out a brilliant save from Sprake with Joe Davis going close from the resultant corner bringing a huge gasp from the crowd

Alex Scott and Colin Stein then broke clear with only Charlton between them and Sprake’s goal Scott fed Stein whose rushed shot flew past the upright

Peter Cormack then produced the best piece of skill in the whole game showing the ball first to Bremner then Hunter before impudently going past both feeding Quinn who once again sent his drive beyond the post

Five minutes to go and Leeds scored against the run of play Lorimer harassed Wilson on the right hand side of his box just as he was about to launch a hand to ball clearance down the slope forcing him to inadvertently take an extra step with an alleged push the rule at the time was that the goalkeeper was allowed to take four steps something Sprake got away with the whole game taking several steps on more than one occasion

Clive Thomas gave the award Jack Charlton stood on the goal-line Johnny Giles flighted the ball over and with one flash of Charlton’s head HIBS were unluckily and undeservedly knocked out of the Fairs Cities Cup

Hibs had one final spell of pressure that ended with a Quinn corner He sent the ball over Sprake came for the ball and missed it but there were no takers in a green and white jersey

Leeds United would win the Fairs Cities Cup in this season

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

Leeds Sprake Reaney Cooper Bremner Charlton Hunter Greenhoff Lorimer Jones Gray and Giles


10/1/1959 Scottish League Division One

Hibernian 4 v 1 Queen Of The South

Baker 3
Preston


10/1/1948 Scottish League Division One

Hibernian 4 v 0 Queens Park

Combe 21
Smith 27 80
Turnbull 49


Gordon Smith was given the freedom to roam wherever he dared to express himself in this match a la Ronaldo and he scored two goals




At Easter Road They Play John Campbell



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