On this day in history

[Killiehibbie]

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What about Jinky’s cross for Dixie Deans’ goal ?

Just aboot knocked him oot

How lucky is that ?

You're being too kind to him. It was a wayward shot.

[Killiehibbie]

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That 79 cup game v the tarts was my first Derby match. It started a series of firsts for me. The semi win v Aberdeen was my first trip to Hampden and the final was my first Scottish Cup final loss!! Sadly not the last🙄

it was the one and only time I met a person who saw us win the cup before 2016.

[BILLYHIBS]

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You're being too kind to him. It was a wayward shot.

Yip!

[Kato]

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Yip!

Dixie Deans could have farted on the pitch and accidentally wafted the ball in the net against Hibs during that era.

[Keith_M]

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10/3/1979 Scottish Cup Quarter Final

Hibernian 2 v 1 Hearts

Stewart
Rae


Hibs McArthur Brazil Duncan Bremner Stewart McNamara Rae MacLeod Hutchinson Callachan and Higgins

Att 22618

My first ever game.




Jeezo, forty two years ago today.

[Ryan91]

I know this is supposed to be about Hibs, but on this day last year we got this classic from Kickback - shamelessly lifted from Pie and Bovril's twitter feed

https://twitter.com/pieandbov/status...49855694884870

[gbhibby]

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I know this is supposed to be about Hibs, but on this day last year we got this classic from Kickback - shamelessly lifted from Pie and Bovril's twitter feed

https://twitter.com/pieandbov/status...49855694884870

That my friend's is Obika.

[BILLYHIBS]

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I know this is supposed to be about Hibs, but on this day last year we got this classic from Kickback - shamelessly lifted from Pie and Bovril's twitter feed

https://twitter.com/pieandbov/status...49855694884870

Karma

[BILLYHIBS]

11/3/2015 Scottish League Championship

Hibernian 2 v 0 Livingston

Cummings 31
Dja Djedje 89


Hibs left it late to stretch their lead over The Rangers to five points Jason Cummings gave HIBS the lead on the half hour when he was played in by Liam Craig for his 14th goal of the season

Ibra Sekajja thought he had bagged Livi a late share of the points but Franck Dja Djedje rose the highest to head home a Lewis Stevenson cross with two minutes to go

https://youtu.be/5JJLNJGwn08

Hibs Oxley Fontaine Watson Hanlon Craig Stevenson Fyvie Robertson Dja Djedje Boyle and Cummings

Subs McGeouch Stanton

Att 7857



11/3/2000 Scottish Cup Quarter Final

Hibernian 3 v 1 Falkirk

Latapy 25 42 pen
McGinlay 90


Hibs Colgan Collins Smith Hughes McIntosh Sauzee Lovell Latapy McGinlay Paatelainen and Miller

Subs Brebner Lehmann

Att 13500





11/3/1995 Scottish Cup Quarter Final

Stenhousemuir 0 v 4 Hibernian

Harper 2
Tortolano
O’Neill


The famous Murrayfield Ice Rink match

Many in the media were predicting a Cup upset as Stenhousemuir had knocked Aberdeen out of the Cup 2-0 in the previous round but HIBS won this match easily to march on to the semi-finals

Joe Joe Super Joe’s wonder strike can be seen in this clip

https://youtu.be/RCoMY0UhFiQ


Hibs Leighton Miller Mitchell Farrell Tweed Hunter Tortolano Wright Jackson and O’Neill

Att 3500



11/3/1978 Scottish League Premier Division

Hibernian 5 v 1 St Mirren

Hutchinson 2
Brazil
Higgins
Macleod pen

Bobby Hutchinson finally gets off the mark with his first goals for HIBS


HIBS McDonald Brownlie Smith McNamara Stewart Bremner Murray MacLeod Hutchinson Brazil and Higgins

Att 6250

Q. What player did HIBS use as leverage to secure the services of Bobby Hutchinson?



11/3/1967 Scottish Cup Round 3

Hibernian 1 v 1 Aberdeen

Stevenson 16

Aberdeen were a dour team and set up defensively for this fixture They had to resort to plan B when Eric Stevenson crashed a left footed shot high past Bobby Clark from 18 yards on the quarter hour

“In the next round a real blood and thunder clash against Aberdeen I scored possibly the best goal of my career Receiving a one two from Pat Quinn just inside the box I hesitated briefly before crashing a thunderous first time left foot drive past Bobby Clark into his top left hand corner for my first ever goal in the Scottish Cup “

Aberdeen were forced out of their shell and HIBS appeared to be coping admirably until Jimmy Smith punished a moment of slackness in the 86th minute

Hibs Allan Duncan Davis Stanton Madsen Cousin Quinn O’Rourke Scott Cormack and Stevenson

Att 37225




11/3/1961 Scottish Cup Round 4

Celtic 1 v 1 Hibernian

Kinloch 47

The in form Bobby Kinloch silenced the Celtic hordes on 47 minutes and it looked to be enough until Stevie Chalmers popped up with a late equaliser on 86 minutes

Hibs Simpson Fraser McClelland Baxter Easton Baird MacLeod Kinloch Baker Preston and Stevenson

Att 56000





11/3/1950 Scottish League Division One

Hibernian 4 v 2 Dundee

Reilly 2
Smith
Johnstone

A horror show from young Dundee goalkeeper Bill Brown handed HIBS the points

For the first he clashed with Lawrie Reilly pulling his jersey back the ball broke free and trickled over the line the Referee decided to dispense with the penalty and awarded the goal The second a hopeful cross from Gordon Smith sailed over his head and in off the back post The third he allowed a tame shot from Reilly to squirm from his grasp and over the line

Dundee pulled a goal back through Gerrie but their hopes of a revival were crushed when Bobby Johnstone added a fourth

Gerrie scored a late consolation for Dundee to make the score more respectable

Bill Brown would go on to have a distinguished career with Dundee Tottenham Hotspur and Scotland winning the Scottish League Cup, English First Division, 2 x FA Cups, 2 x Charity Shields and the ECWC

Hibs Younger Govan Cairns Howie Paterson Ogilvie Smith Johnstone Reilly Combe and Ormond

Att 33000




11/3/1925 Scottish League Division One

Hibernian 4 v 1 Rangers

McColl 3 68
Walker 18
Halligan 43


In arranging for a five o’ clock kick off HIBS Manager Alec Maley was taking a gamble with the weather He was rewarded for his optimism as the light held out Not only were the conditions perfect but a crowd of over 20000 turned out

HIBS ran amok and led by three at half time with counters from ‘Darkie’ Walker, Jimmy McColl and Johnny Halligan

In the second half Jimmy McColl added a fourth as Hibernian set about their work with renewed vigour and always looked certain winners even if they continued to miss chances at the rate they had been doing The score was not at all flattering to the Irishmen who with better finishing the final score would have been overwhelming

Hibs were now second in the league having pushed Rangers into third place Airdrie were now top of the League but it was very tight

Hibs Harper McGinnigle Dornan Kerr Miller Shaw Ritchie Dunn McColl Halligan and Walker

Att 23000





Birthdays:

Bjarni Larrasson

Stephen Pinau

John Brownlie


At Easter Road They Play John Campbell

The Making of Hibernian The Romantic Years Alan Lugton

John Sparky2



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[superfurryhibby]

Some great crowds there. 37,000 v Aberdeen in 1967, 33,000 v Dundee in 1950.

Nice link to Tortolano’s video, some great goals from super Joe.

[ancient hibee]

Interesting to read about Bill Brown having a nightmare. Went on to become a great goalie for Dundee and Scotland and perhaps most of all for the Spurs double winning team. Someone deserves credit for persevering with him at Dundee.

[CropleyWasGod]

Darkie Walker?

[BILLYHIBS]

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Darkie Walker?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W...er,_born_1902)

Apparently called ‘Darkie’ because of his black hair but more as a tribute to a famous Hearts and Leith Athletic player John Walker who played some 20 years earlier and was of Afro-Caribbean descent

Every day is a school day

[CropleyWasGod]

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W...er,_born_1902)

Apparently called ‘Darkie’ because of his black hair but more as a tribute to a famous Hearts and Leith Athletic player John Walker who played some 20 years earlier and was of Afro-Caribbean descent

Every day is a school day

Gotcha. Ta

[BILLYHIBS]

P12/3/2008 Scottish League SPL

Hibernian 1 v 0 Motherwell

Nish 52

Colin Nish sped through the ‘Well defence to slot the ball past Graeme Smith to keep alive our UEFA Cup hopes

Ian Murray was sent off with 10 minutes to go for a poor challenge on Stephen Hughes having previously being booked for a tackle on Ross McCormack

HIBS Ma-Kalambay Canning Murray Jones Hogg Morais Zemmama Kerr Rankin Nish and Fletcher

Subs Chisholm Benji Hanlon

Att 11692


12/3/1986 Scottish League Premier Division

Hibernian 3 v 0 St Mirren

Cowan 3

Stevie Cowans hat-trick took his tally to 25 for the season He would go on to score 28 He would be the most prolific goalscorer since Alan Gordon 37 in 1972/73 His partnership with Gordon Durie amassed 42 goals in total

HIBS Rough Milne Munro Brazil Rae Fulton Tortolano Chisholm Cowan Durie and McBride

Att 4750





12/3/1980 Scottish Cup Round 5 Replay

Hibernian 1 v 0 Berwick Rangers

Macleod

Hibs without George Best made heavy weather of this game but Ally MacLeod eventually found a way past Berwick goalkeeper Keith Davidson

Peter Cormack wore the #5 jersey that he made famous with Liverpool FC


Hibs McArthur Brazil Lambie Paterson Cormack Rae Callachan MacLeod Higgins Campbell and Duncan

Sub Murray

Att 9600

Q. What was remarkable about the first game in Berwick?




12/3/1960 Scottish Cup Round 4

Rangers 3 v 2 Hibernian

Johnstone pen
MacLeod

Bobby Johnstone gave HIBS the lead in two minutes from the penalty spot Johnny MacLeod added a second but Rangers scored three without reply

Another year of pain


Hibs Muirhead Grant McClelland Young Plenderleith Baxter MacLeod Johnstone Baker Buchanan and Ormond

Att 63000



12/3/1955 Scottish League Division One

Dundee 2 v 2 Hibernian

Reilly 63
Smith 66

Hibs trailed 0-2 at half-time thanks to goals from Merchant and Christie but came storming back in the second half with two goals in three minutes from Lawrie Reilly and Gordon Smith The first goal from Reilly a 20 yard piledriver that brought the house down

Gordon Smith almost won it at the death but Dundee goalkeeper Bill Brown tipped his fantastic rocket shot from distance over the crossbar

Hibs Younger Macfarlane Paterson Grant Plenderleith Preston Smith Combe Reilly Turnbull and Ormond

Att 18000



12/3/1927 Scottish League One

Hibernian 3 v 2 Dundee United

Ritchie
Halligan
Dunn

In a tousy affair HIBS triumphed over the recently renamed Dundee United- they had previously been known as Dundee HIBS

HIBS made heavy weather of this game against their relegation threatened opponents Dundee United playing in white twice took the lead but were pegged back by goals from Harry Ritchie, Johnny Halligan and Jimmy Dunn who scored the winner in the dying minutes

Hibs Robb McGinnigle Stark Murray Dick Gilfeather Ritchie Dunn McColl Halligan and Bradley

Att 12000



Birthdays:


Eoin Doyle

Olafur Gottskalksson

Alan Sneddon


At Easter Road They Play John Campbell



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[ancient hibee]

That two minute penalty against Rangers-the ref had already turned down a stonewaller in the first minute when Baker and Johnstone went straight through from the kick off without a Rangers player touching the ball.

[BILLYHIBS]

13/3/2016 Scottish League Cup Final

Hibernian 1 v 2 Ross County

Fontaine 45

Hibs Oxley Gray Fontaine Stevenson McGregor Henderson Bartley McGinn Thomson Stokes and Cummings

Subs Keatings Boyle

Att 39000



13/3/2010 Scottish Cup Round 6

Hibernian 2 v 2 Ross County

Nish
Riordan

The East was under reconstruction so HIBS were without their 12th man in this Scottish Cup Quarter Final

Colin Nish gave HIBS an early lead but unfortunately Ian Murray then scored an own goal Derek Riordan restored HIBS’ lead minutes later

First Division Ross County cheered on by 1600 fans more than held their own and scored a deserved equaliser through Gardyne ten minutes from the end

Ross County would go on to reach the Scottish Cup Final knocking out Celtic in the Semi Final


Hibs Stack Wotherspoon Hogg Hanlon Murray McBride Rankin Miller Riordan Nish and Stokes

Subs Galbraith Benji

Att 10000





13/3/1982 Scottish League Premier Division

Hibernian 2 v 2 Morton

Rae
Murray

This game was played in a subdued atmosphere as HIBS mourned the loss of Chairman Tom Hart who had unexpectedly sadly passed away on the Thursday

Hibs were leading 2-1 going into the final minutes when Andy Ritchie equalised with virtually the last kick of the game


Hibs McArthur Sneddon Schaedler Brazil Paterson McNamara Callachan Murray MacLeod Rae and Duncan

Att 4300



13/3/1976 Scottish League Premier Division

Hearts 0 v 1 Hibernian

Duncan 3

Arthur Duncan scored his 100th competitive goal for the club in the third minute on a cold and miserable mid-March day at Tiny to settle this derby

Duncan scored with a first time left footed shot that was played into him by Joe Harper following a fine overlapping run and pass played inside by right back John Brownlie that took the Hearts defence unawares

Hibs would win three and draw one against their great rivals in this season



Hibs McDonald Brownlie Spalding Stanton Barry Blackley Carroll Bremner Harper Smith and Duncan

Subs Murray Muir

Att 18500




13/3/1973 Scottish League Division One

Hibernian 2 v 0 Partick Thistle

Cropley pen
O’Rourke

The Thistle goalkeeper Alan Rough stopped a landslide against a rampant HIBS team

HIBS could easily have scored another four

Hibs Herriot McEwan Schaedler Stanton Black Blackley O’Rourke Higgins Gordon Cropley and Duncan

Att 13500



13/3/1963 Inter Cities Fairs Cup Quarter Final Ist Leg

Hibernian 0 v 5 Valencia







13/3/1954 Scottish League Division One

East Fife 1 v 3 Hibernian

Turnbull
Ormond
Johnstone

Hibs were trying to catch Hearts at the top of the League and did themselves a big favour by inflicting East Fife’s first home defeat of the season

Hibs had been dealt a hammer blow when being told weeks earlier that ace striker Lawrie Reilly had been diagnosed with pleurisy and would miss the rest of the season


Hibs Hamilton Macfarlane Paterson Buchanan Ward Gallacher McDonald Johnstone Combe Turnbull and Ormond

Att 8500



13/3/1948 Scottish League Division One

Hibernian 2 v 0 Falkirk

Buchanan
Linwood


Hibs Farm Govan Shaw Cairns Howie Buchanan Smith Combe Linwood Cuthbertson and Aitkenhead

Att 10000




13/3/1926 Scottish League Division One

Clydebank 0 v 1 Hibernian

Shaw


The only goal in this game was scored by Hugh Shaw

Hugh Shaw ranks as a colossus in the history of Hibernian Football Club

He was an accomplished full-back in the great 1920’s side and as a Manager he oversaw the most successful period in the club’s history

Inducted as an inaugural member of the Hibernian Hall Of Fame in 2010


Hibs Millsop Stark Dornan Kerr Mellon Shaw Ritchie Dunn McColl Halligan and Walker

Att 3000








Birthdays

Alex Linwood RIP




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[Keith_M]

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13/3/2016 Scottish League Cup Final

Hibernian 1 v 2 Ross County

Fontaine 45

Came all the way from Munich to watch that.




Couldn't get on the train at Mount Florida after the game and had to walk to the city centre...along with a large number of other miserable souls.

[BILLYHIBS]

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Came all the way from Munich to watch that.




Couldn't get on the train at Mount Florida after the game and had to walk to the city centre...along with a large number of other miserable souls.

Did you come back for 21/5/2016?

[BILLYHIBS]

14/3/2015 Scottish League Championship

Cowdenbeath 0 v 2 Hibernian

Fyvie 32
Cummings 34


Jason Cummings scored the second goal for HIBS when he intercepted a poor pass back and prodded the ball home to push HIBS seven points clear of The Rangers in the race for second place in the Championship

Fraser Fyvie gave HIBS the lead when he cracked home David Gray’s delivery from 18 yards after the half hour

HIBS Oxley Gray Fontaine Watson Stevenson Fyvie Robertson Allan McGeouch Dja Djedje and Cummings

Subs Boyle Stanton Forster

Att 1800



14/3/2009 Scottish League SPL

Hibernian 1 v 0 Hearts

Fletcher 14

Steven Fletcher gave HIBS the lead when he headered Alan O’Brien’s 14th minute cross off his shoulder and in off the underside of the crossbar

The game exploded into life in the 45th minute when Hearts’ goalkeeper Janos Balogh was sent off for pulling down Fletcher when he was clean through on goal Seconds later the Referee evened things up when he sent off Sol Bamba for chopping down Christian Nade

Hibs Szamotulski Bamba Hogg Jones Stevenson O’Brien Rosa Rankin Riordan Nish and Fletcher

Subs Van Zanten Keenan Murray

Att 15091





14/3/2004 Scottish League Cup Final

Hibernian 0 v 2 Livingston


Hibs Andersson Smith Murdock Doumbe Edge Brown Caldwell Thomson Reid Riordan and O’Connor

Subs McManus Dobbie

Att 45500



14/3/1959 Scottish Cup Quarter Final

Hibernian 1 v 2 Third Lanark

Ormond

Gordon Smith plays his last ever game for Hibernian after playing 636 competitive matches and scoring 303 goals He would go on to win two League titles and one League Cup before retiring

Legend !

HIBS Leslie Grant McClelland Turnbull Plenderleith Preston Smith Fox Baker Gibson and Ormond

Att 20000




14/3/1896 Scottish Cup Final

Hibernian 1 v 3 Hearts

O’Neill 89


Played at Logie Green ( St Bernard’s) the only Scottish Cup Final to take place outside Glasgow

Hibs had defeated Renton 2-1 in the semi-final but Renton put in a protest and the SFA after completing their investigation only informed HIBS 24 hours before kick off that the result was upheld and that they would be playing in the Scottish Cup Final

Hibs kicked off with the sun in their eyes but one could tell that the strain of the three week long protest and court case had taken its toll on the players as they appeared to be suffering from over anxiety and seemed unable to go about their normal business

No complaints though the better team on the day won even although their first two goals had a huge element of fluke about them The first a soft penalty - ball to hand- the taker hit the ball straight at the goalkeeper that he unwittingly helped over the line The second the goalkeeper attempted to clear but only helped the ball into the net The third was a well taken headed goal

Hibs’ consolation was a well worked move involving Pat Murray and Willie Groves finished off by newcomer John O’Neill

Hibs McCall Robertson McFarlane Breslin Neill Murphy Murray Kennedy Groves Smith and O’Neill

Att 17000




The Making of Hibernian The Brave Years Alan Lugton








Birthdays:


Alex Edwards



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[Keith_M]

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Did you come back for 21/5/2016?

Nah, I only attend the losing finals




I'd actually used quite a bit of holiday leave, and money, for the first one and wasn't feeling very enthusiastic about doing the same thing twice in the space of a couple of months.

[BILLYHIBS]

15/3/2008 Scottish League Premier Division

Hibernian 2 v 0 Kilmarnock

Morais 29
Fletcher 73

Hibs moved to third in the League following goals from Felipe Morais his first for the club capitalising on a Colin Nish knock down and Steven Fletcher when put clean through by Merouane Zemmama


Hibs Ma-Kalambay Canning Hogg Jones Hanlon Morais Rankin Chisholm Zemmama Fletcher and Nish

Subs Shiels Stevenson

Att 12500




15/3/2003 Scottish League SPL

Partick Thistle 0 v 1 Hibernian

McManus 15

Hibs Colgan O’Neil Doumbe Smith James Matyus Jack Brebner Murray McManus and Paatelainen

Subs O’Connor Riordan

Att 4551



15/3/1986 Scottish League Premier Division

Clydebank 1 v 3 Hibernian

Chisholm
Tortolano 2

Man of the match Joe Tortolano turned in his best performance since signing for the club

Firstly setting up the first goal for Gordon Chisholm with an accurate free-kick and then setting off on a mazy run down the right wing turning three defenders inside out cutting inside and unleashing an unsaveable shot high past Jim Gallacher into the top corner of the net from 25 yards for Hibs’ second

Joe topped his performance when he restored HIBS’ two goal advantage in the second half with another fine solo effort when he set off through the middle of the ‘bankies defence and tucked a low shot past the unprotected Gallacher

Hibs Rough Milne Munro Brazil Rae Chisholm Kane Collins Cowan Durie and Tortolano

Sub May

Att 2000




15/3/1978 Scottish League Premier Division

Motherwell 2 v 4 Hibernian

Macleod 2
Bremner
Murray

A midweek encounter against high flying Motherwell HIBS led 2-0 but Motherwell fought back with goals from Vic Davidson and Gregor Stevens to make it 2-2 but a strong finish brought the points back to Easter Road


Hibs McDonald Brownlie Smith McNamara Stewart Bremner Murray MacLeod Hutchinson Brazil and Higgins

Sub Carroll

Att 4500




15/3/1975 Scottish League Division One

Hibernian 5 v 1 Dunfermline Athletic

Munro 3
Harper
Macleod

Iain Munro scored his first hat-trick in senior football and immediately paid tribute to his HIBS colleagues stating that he could easily have scored six

Graham Shaw scored for the Pars

Hibs scored all their goals in the first 55 minutes

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

Subs Spalding for Stanton

Att 5325





15/3/1958 Scottish Cup Round 4

Hibernian 3 v 2 Third Lanark

Baker 2
Fraser

Pre-match HIBS announced that at the relatively young age of 29 Lawrie Reilly was forced to retire from the game due to injury No more would the cry ‘ Gie the ba to Reilly’ be heard from the terracing

Lawrie Reilly played 355 competitive games for HIBS scoring 238 times Playing 38 times for Scotland scoring 22 times

Legend!

A Joe Baker double and a scorcher from John Fraser took the Hibees through despite replies from Matt Gray and Bobby Craig

HIBS would meet Rangers in the semi-final

Hibs Leslie Paterson McClelland Turnbull Plenderleith Baxter Fraser Grant Baker Preston and Ormond

Att 28500




15/3/1947 Scottish Cup Round 4

Hibernian 2 v 0 Dumbarton

Smith
Cuthbertson

A first minute goal by Gordon Smith and a late counter by Cubby against a determined Dumbarton side saw HIBS into the semi-finals to face Motherwell

On the same day Hearts were being knocked out of the Scottish Cup away to Arbroath 1-2

Hibs Kerr Govan Shaw Howie Aird Kean Smith Finnigan Cuthbertson Turnbull and Ormond

Att 32500




15/3/1919 Victory Cup Round 2

Hibernian 1 v 0 Ayr United

Kilpatrick 86

In 1919 after the Great War the SFA decided to abandon the Scottish Cup and introduced the Victory Cup

Hibs recorded a fortunate win against a superior Ayr United when Tommy Kilpatrick scored a late goal against the run of play

Hibs had lost 0-2 to Ayr United in the League at Easter Road seven days previously and a puzzled Ayr United fan wrote to the SFA asking for clarification of HIBS’ Edinburgh/Leith connections

He received this reply:

‘ Hibs are an Edinburgh club with it’s ground Hibernian Park at Easter Road in Leith The name of the club is Edinburgh Hibernian ‘

Hibs would lose 1-3 to St Mirren in the semi-final who would go on to defeat Hearts in the final at Celtic Park 3-0 after extra-time in front of 60000

Man of the Match Hibs’ goalkeeper David Stevenson who was outstanding


Hibs Stevenson McGinnigle Templeton Shaw Paterson R Smith Wood Kilpatrick Whittaker Gilmour and Williams

Att 15000



Birthdays

Sean Welsh

Joe Newall





At Easter Road They Play John Campbell


The Making of Hibernian The Romantic Years Alan Lugton



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[Argylehibby]

Just checked to see when this thread started and sad to say we have only got a couple of weeks to go before the years up even if Billy does do a 29th February “special”. It’s been one of my favourite threads on .net ever, brought back some great memories (and some not so great ones too). What have you got planned to replace it Billy?

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Just checked to see when this thread started and sad to say we have only got a couple of weeks to go before the years up even if Billy does do a 29th February “special”. It’s been one of my favourite threads on .net ever, brought back some great memories (and some not so great ones too). What have you got planned to replace it Billy?

Dunno compiling a quiz as I type

Counting down the days

Many thanks for your kind comments they are greatly appreciated

We should all be proud of our fantastic club with its brilliant history and tradition full of fantastic players and stories and great memories good and bad

GGTTH

[MartinfaePorty]

Enjoying these, as ever. Think the Partick game was one where the supporters' bus I was on got stuck in horrendous traffic on the M8 and we didn't end up getting to Firhill until just before half-time. We tried to negotiate a cheaper entrance fee at the turnstile, but they were having none of it, so a number of folk just went to the pub!

[MartinfaePorty]

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[BILLYHIBS]

Thanks for posting

Super Joe was always one of my favourites even when he was getting abuse from all around

In 60 years of supporting HIBS I was rarely wrong re a player

Well maybes Joe Newall ? 😃

Happy Birthday Joe

Many happy returns

[ancient hibee]

Another post of memories.Thank you Billy.

Although Lawrie's retirement was announced he still had time to score a last goal against Rangers in a league match at Easter Road on the Monday before the cup final. In the cup match against Third Lanark I think Fraser's scorcher was actually a 3 yarder from a Baker cut back. Third Lanark had a very wee goalie Jocky Robertson and one of Joe's goals was an easy lob which Jocky fumbled into the net. Thirds got their revenge the following season which was in yesterday's post and as you said was Gordon's last game -the result of probably Harry Swan's worst ever decision (of which there were a few as he lost his grip).

[Mick O'Rourke]

Brilliant thread !
Has me reminiscing a lot.

An earlier post mentions result v Valencia March 1963 in old Fairs Cup.
(Europa now of course)
.I was at that game
I was also at East End Park with Jimmy O and other family members to see Dunfermline beat Valencia 6-2 same season.
Jimmy's Hibs debut was in that tourney in an earlier round v Utrecht.
Valencia beat The Pars at home 4-0, so went through on "away goals" rule.

Jock Stein was Dunfermline's manager and future Tornado 16yr old Alex Edwards scored 1st goal at home.
Amazingly, Valencia also beat Celtic !.
3 trips to Scotland !
Valencia went on to win the Fairs Cup.


We would meet Valencia again a couple of seasons later and go out in a play off game,after first two legs ended in stalemate.
2-0 and 2-0 !




Edit; Correction
Dunfermline and Valencia played a 3rd game (play off) in Lisbon.
The Spanish won 1-0.

[Keith_M]

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Just checked to see when this thread started and sad to say we have only got a couple of weeks to go before the years up even if Billy does do a 29th February “special”. It’s been one of my favourite threads on .net ever, brought back some great memories (and some not so great ones too). What have you got planned to replace it Billy?

Billy's going to start a 'On this day in Hearts history' thread.