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The whole hoops obsession confuses me if I'm honest.

Beyond 'winding up Celtic' (which it wouldn't anyway) I see no reason at all why a significant anniversary should be marked by a hooped top. It wasn't our first strip, it wasn't an early strip that was used for a particularly long time and it's not the kit most synonymous with us throughout our history. We wore hoops for 3 years in the 19th century. That's it.

The hoops are Celtics. Ask anyone who knows Scottish football which club wore, wears and will forever wear green and white hoops and they will say Celtic. They didn't steal them from us, they adopted them more than 2 decades after we stopped wearing them. Of all the things to be bitter about when it comes to Celtic that is pretty far down the list imo.

Our 150th anniversary should be a celebration of Hibs. Hibs as a whole and only Hibs. Any thought that any part of it should be used to try and wind up Celtic or provoke a reaction from any other fanbase can quite frankly get in the bin. I'd buy pretty much any anniversary tat Hibs throw out for us but a hooped kit leaves me cold and I doubt I'd buy it.

The hooped strip was the first top we had with green on it so there is a bit of significance. It also looks great with the HFC right across the chest. It can't really be anything barring the first top though for the centenary top but I wouldn't want it as the home strip as I think that should always be green. Maybe do the first strip we had that resembles our current strip for the home strip and the initial kit as the away top