The Golden Years: Hibernian in the Days of the Famous Five

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Sat 20 Apr 1878 EFA Cup Hearts 3 Hibernian 2". Londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Archived from the original on 15 December 2011 . Retrieved 25 February 2010. Andrews, Neil (January 2011). "Great Britain v Europe". When Saturday Comes . Retrieved 10 September 2017. Arthur Duncan Played across three decades for the club on his way to setting a record for appearances. Part of the '72 team and contributed outstandingly on 1 January 1973. Some weeks later, Hibs were at Ibrox and as ever Gordon was coming in for some particular attention from their defenders when he decided that maybe he should teach them a wee lesson. He scored twice, once from an impossible angle near the byline and the other from 40 yards when he spotted Scottish International goalkeeper Bobby Brown off his line. His favourite goal however was not one he scored himself and he recalls with great affection how he “ beat Tiger Shaw and the rest of the Rangers defence by playing keepie uppie with the ball before I lobbed it into the box for Cubby (Johnny Cuthbertson) to score. We won 4-2 that day and I tried the keepie uppie thing in a couple of other games with my only disappointment being that I didn’t score when I got into the box”

Wed 9 May 1945, Hibernian 2 Hearts 2 (7-6 on corners), Rosebery Cup Final". London Hearts SC . Retrieved 11 May 2021. Hardie, David (5 June 2006). "Essien's delight at Easter Road". Edinburgh Evening News. Johnston Press. Archived from the original on 17 June 2011 . Retrieved 24 February 2010. When Lawrie Reilly took to the field to face Rangers in a 1958 match he was just 29 years old and yet that would prove to be his last game for Hibs as injury and illness forced his premature retirement. Typically he scored that day, number 234 in a glittering Hibernian career spanning eleven years. Lewis Stevenson holds the record for most league appearances for Hibs, passing 450 in 2023, taking the place of Arthur Duncan who made 446. [23] All of the Famous Five – Gordon Smith, Eddie Turnbull, Lawrie Reilly, Bobby Johnstone and Willie Ormond – scored more than 100 league goals for Hibs. [12] Kelly, Stuart (24 April 2015). "A Decent Ride by Irvine Welsh review – poor writing and peJohn Collins confirmed as Hibs manager". BBC Sport. 31 October 2006. Archived from the original on 9 November 2006 . Retrieved 23 February 2010.

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Sports psychologist Tom Lucas insists Andy Murray’s weekend win can inspire Hibs to Scottish Cup glory, Iain Collin, Capital City Press, 16 May 2016 Lomax, Andrew (29 May 2009). "Mixu Paatelainen resigns as Hibs manager". Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group Limited. Archived from the original on 26 May 2012 . Retrieved 3 October 2011. But in 1956, Aberdeen were, in fact, Scottish champions, but like English counterparts Chelsea, they ignored the offer. So Hibs were in by default. In the first round they met West German champions RotWeiss Essen. Hibs won 4-0 in Essen and the return tie in Scotland ended in a 1-1 draw.

Hibs bid farewell to slope". BBC Sport. 29 April 2000. Archived from the original on 7 January 2009 . Retrieved 23 February 2010. It’s not clear who first coined the phrase ’Famous Five’ in relation to those Hibs men but whoever that individual was they could scarcely have known that more than fifty years later the phrase, like the legend of the players themselves, would still be instantly recognisable by the Easter Road faithful and many football fans beyond.

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Train - Edinburgh is served by a number of train stations, with Edinburgh Waverley being the one you’re most likely to pull into if you’re arriving from afar. It’s about twenty minutes from the ground on foot. Willie was the last member of the 'Famous Five' to leave the Club in 1961. After hanging up his playing boots at his hometown club Falkirk, Willie embarked on his next adventure, coaching and management. Hibernian are one of only two full-time professional football clubs in Edinburgh, which is the capital of and second largest city in Scotland. [130] The club had the fourth largest average attendance in the Scottish leagues during the 2022–23 season (17,469). [131] [132] In the period after the Second World War, Hibs attracted average attendances in excess of 20,000, peaking at 31,567 in the 1951–52 season. [132] Since Easter Road was redeveloped into an all-seater stadium in the mid-1990s, average attendance has varied between a high of 18,124 in 2017–18 and a low of 9,150 in 2003–04. [133] [132] There has been a significant increase in recent seasons, inspired by the Scottish Cup victory in 2016 and promotion in 2017. [133] In the 1980s and 1990s, a minority of the club's supporters had a reputation as one of Britain's most prominent casuals groups, known as the Capital City Service. [134] Literature [ edit ] Ormond was appointed Scotland Manager in 1973 and held the position for four years. He led the Scots to the 1974 World Cup in West Germany, winning one game and drawing two as Scotland finished the tournament the only undefeated team, despite exiting in the group stages on goal difference. Gordon Smith (25 May 1924 – 7 August 2004) was a Scottish footballer. He is the only player to have won a Scottish league championship with three clubs: Hibernian, Heart of Midlothian, and Dundee. Smith also represented Scotland and the Scottish League XI.

Arguably Hibs highest achiever on the international stage with an incredible scoring rate for Scotland. All the qualities required of a great striker and and still a wonderful and revered Hibee to this day. See also: List of Hibernian F.C. seasons Foundation and early history (1875–1939) [ edit ] The Cowgate, where Hibs were formed in 1875. Hibernian were the first British club to enter European competition in season 1955/6 (the following year Matt Busby would follow Hibs' lead with Manchester United as the first English club into Europe) and three years before that had graced the Maracana Stadium in Brazil. Population of Scotland, Statistics of Scottish City population". Scotland.org. Archived from the original on 3 March 2009 . Retrieved 24 February 2010.As a boy there was only ever one team for Lawrie and that was the Hibs. In time he would realise his dream of playing for them but when he was very young he used to travel all over Scotland to watch them, thanks to the fact that his Dad, who was also Hibs daft, worked for the railways and father and son made liberal use of the guards van to follow their heroes! Hibernian 0–2 Hamilton". BBC Sport. 25 May 2014. Archived from the original on 26 May 2014 . Retrieved 25 May 2014.