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Ronald “Ronnie” Campbell Simpson (October 11, 1930 – April 19, 2004) was a Scottish football (soccer) goalkeeper.

He is mainly remembered for his time with Celtic, where he was one of the Lisbon Lions, the first British team to win the European Cup in 1967. Although having little to do during the match, his fancy footwork when dealing with a backpass was one of the highlights of the match.

Before this, he played for Queen’s Park, Third Lanark, Newcastle United (where he won the FA Cup twice after taking over as Newcastle’s regular goalkeeper from Jack Fairbrother) and Hibernian. Thought to be in the last throes of his career, he was transferred to Celtic in 1965 as cover for John Fallon. Simpson’s anticipation, handling and maintaining his concentration during long periods of inactivity, made him an ideal goalkeeper for the attack-minded Celtic; and he soon won the Celtic number one place from Fallon.

He also played for the Scotland national football team, in particular when they beat England 3-2 in 1967, which was Simpson’s international debut at the age of 36.

Simpson’s father Jimmy Simpson also played for Scotland, and enjoyed notable success as a centre-half for Rangers and Dundee United in the 1930s.

After he retired as a player, he was manager of Hamilton Academical for a year. He also served on the pools panel, which guessed results of postponed matches in periods of exceptionally bad weather.

He died on 19 April 2004, from a heart attack.

International Record

F.I.F.A. World Cup Qualifier
06 Nov 1968 SCOTLAND 2 – 1 AUSTRIA

International Challenge Match
10 May 1967 SCOTLAND 0 – 2 USSR

U.E.F.A. European Championship Qualifier
24 Feb 1968 SCOTLAND 1 – 1 ENGLAND
21 Oct 1967 NORTHERN IRELAND 1 – 0 SCOTLAND
15 Apr 1967 ENGLAND 2 – 3 SCOTLAND

European Championships – Qualifying Group 5 – KO 15:00
Scotland 3 (2) – 1(1) Faroe Islands
McCann 8 Johnsson 36
Dickov 45
McFadden 74

At Hampden Park, Glasgow on 06-09-2003

Scotland

• Douglas
• McNamara
• Webster
• Wilkie
• Naysmith
• Devlin (McFadden ,59 )
• Ferguson
• Cameron
• McCann
• Crawford (Thompson 75 )
• Dickov (Rae ,68)

Subs not used:

• Gallacher
• Alexander
• Ross
• Caldwell

Faroe Islands: Mikkelsen ,Jann Ingi Petersen ,Thorsteinsson ,Jon Roi Jacobsen ,Oli Johannesen ,Helgi Lamhauge Petersen (Akselsen ,66 ) ,Benjaminsen ,Johnsson (Arnbjorn Danielsen ,85 ) ,Aborg (Holst ,85 ) ,Rogvi Jacobsen ,John Petersen
Subs not used Knudsen,Olsen,Flotum,Hansen,

Bookings: Crawford (Scotland) Benjaminsen ,Rogvi Jacobsen (Faroe Islands)

Attendance:

• 40109

Referee:

• Darko Ceferin (Slovenia)

>World Cup – Qualifying Group 6 – KO 15

• 00
  Scotland 0 (0) – 0(0) Croatia

  At Hampden Park

• Glasgow on 01-09-2001
  Scotland

  • Sullivan
  • Weir
  • Elliott
  • Dailly
  • Naysmith (Gemmill 85 )
  • Lambert
  • Burley
  • Hutchison
  • Booth (Dodds 73 )
  • McCann (Cameron 52 )
  • Matteo

  
  Subs not used

  • Nicholson
  • McNamara
  • Crawford
  • Gallacher
  Croatia

  • Pletikosa
  • Tomas (Biscan 83 )
  • Jarni
  • Soldo
  • Stimac
  • Tudor
  • Robert Kovac
  • Prosinecki (Vugrinec 78 )
  • Stanic (Suker 72 )
  • Zivkovic
  • Balaban

  
  Subs not used

  • Dario Simic
  • Nico Kovac
  • Vlaovic
  • Butina

  Bookings

  • Elliott (Scotland)
  • McCann (Scotland)
  • Soldo(Croatia)
  • Stanic(Croatia)
  • Tudor (Croatia)

  Attendance

  • 47384

  [Referee:Lubos Michel (Slovakia)

Bobby Johnstone (7 September 1929 in Selkirk, Scotland – 22 August 2001 in Selkirk was a Scottish football player, mainly remembered as one of the Hibs Famous Five.

In Hibs’ rich history, no group of players has ever achieved greater fame than the Famous Five: Gordon Smith, Bobby Johnstone, Lawrie Reilly, Eddie Turnbull and Willie Ormond. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, they forged a front line that was the scourge of defences throughout Scotland.

Bobby Johnstone, known to his mates as ‘Nicker’, signed for Hibs in 1946 from Selkirk and had two spells with them. He left in 1955 to join Manchester City for the hefty sum of £22,000, before returning to Hibs in 1959 for £6,000.

Bobby is remembered most for his first spell with Hibs, yet he inspired them to a couple of incredible wins on his return, even though he had put on a few pounds and was a little less mobile. However, the brain had not slowed down any and his prompting enabled the team to score 10 goals at Firhill against Partick Thistle and another 11 at Broomfield against Airdrie.

Having signed for Hibs, Bobby received rave reviews while playing for the reserves and was given his first chance in the first team in April 1949,when they played a friendly against Nithsdale Wanderers at Sanquhar. The Famous Five were born!

However, at the start of the 1949-50 season in August it was Bobby Combe in possession of the jersey. His big chance came in October after Hibs half backs got the blame for losing to Dunfermline in the League Cup semi final at Tynecastle.

The entire half back line were dropped and Bobby was given his chance. Therefore, the Famous Five made their collective debut on October 15th 1949 against Queen of the South, with Hibs winning 2-0.

Of his thirteen international caps, probably the most memorable was scoring on his debut against England at Wembley in a 3-2 win in which Lawrie Reilly also scored.

Bobby also collected international goals against Northern Ireland, Wales, Sweden and Finland.

As well as winning 17 international caps for Scotland, Bobby also represented the Scottish League on 6 occasions as well as playing for Great Britain against the Rest of Europe.

Along with Gordon Smith, Bobby picked up three Scottish League winners medals in 1947-48, 1950-51 and 1951-52. he also played in a Scottish League Cup final.

Out of the five, Bobby was the only one to play in England where he scored in back-to-back FA Cup finals for Manchester City (the first player to ever do so!), winning in 1956 against Birmingham City.

After his second spell with Hibs he went south again to join Oldham Athletic and is widely regarded as one of their greatest ever players.

Bernard Halford was assistant secretary in those magical days of the early 1960′s and recalled, “He transformed the club, no doubt about that. He had the crowds flocking down Sheepfoot Lane, even though Athletic had dropped into the Fourth Division. I think it was the only period in my life when I regularly told lies. On match days the phone never stopped ringing. ‘Is Johnstone playing?’ Bobby might have been sitting in my office with his ankle in plaster, but I had to say he was playing, otherwise the fans wouldn’t have turned up. It really was as cut and dried as that.”

Not until the summer of 1965, some 19 years after his senior career had started, did Bobby finally retire. He may have been the unsung hero of the Famous Five, but he left the stage having gathered honours by the handful.

European Championships – Qualifying Group 9 – KO 19:45

Scotland

Jess 68

Czech Rep

Suchoparek 27
Smicer 35

At Hampden Park, Glasgow on 31-03-1999

Scotland: Sullivan ,David Weir ,Boyd ,Lambert ,Elliott ,Davidson (Johnston ,52 ) ,Burley ,Jess ,McAllister (Hutchison ,64 ) ,McCann ,Hopkin

Subs not used: Gould,Whyte,McNamara,Durrant,Ritchie,

Czech Rep: Srnicek ,Votava ,Suchoparek ,Nedved ,Hornak ,Hasek ,Nemec ,Poborsky (Rada ,76 ) ,Lokvenc (Kuka ,70 ) ,Smicer (Baranek ,84 ) ,Berger

Subs not used Vlcek,Koller,Cizek,Postulka,

Bookings: Hopkin (Scotland) Baranek (Czech Rep)

Attendance: 44513

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Finland give Scots a chilly awakening

Brazil will be delighted at result;
so will Norway and Morocco

• Scotland 1
• Finland 1

by Ken Gaunt

SCOTLAND are heading for the World Cup finals desperately short of firepower.
Manager Craig Brown used all his five top strikers at Easter Road last night yet they struggled to break down a side 62nd in the current FIFA rankings.
Brown fielded a weakened team but their inability to beat the Finns in this friendly hardly gives the Tartan Army hope for the June 10 clash with World Cup holders, Brazil.
He was anxious for a victory in their last World Cup warm-up game on home soil but the Scots were rocked after just 10 minutes when Finland took the lead.
Ironically for Brown the goal came after two players, who are based in Scotland, linked up.
Motherwell midfielder Simo Valakari split the defence with a ball through the middle. Colin Hendry and Matt Elliott were both unable to plug the gap and Rangers winger Jonatan Johansson raced into the hole.
He showed a cool head to strike the ball beyond keeper Jim Leighton.
Brown had been forced to shake up his side following the withdrawal through injury of keeper Andy Goram, midfielder Craig Burley and striker Eoin Jess.
But Scotland, beaten 1-0 by Denmark last month, drew level in the 16th minute through Darren Jackson.
Colin Calderwood delivered a deep cross to the back post and Christian Dailly, also lurking in a forward role, headed the ball back across the face of the goal.
The ball broke to Scott Booth whose effort nudged the post and Celtic striker Jackson tapped in from the rebound for one of the easiest goals of his career.
Finland, who were three minutes away from qualifying for the play-offs of the World Cup finals, played with a degree of confidence in the first half.
Brown rang the changes at half-time by bringing on Kevin Gallacher and David Weir for Jackson and Elliott.
Blackburn striker Gallacher had been suffering a throat infection all week but he gave Scotland greater impetus in the second half.
Scott Booth saw a shot beaten away by Rangers goalkeeper Antti Niemi three minutes after the break as Scotland began the half with a bang.
However, it took defender Tommy Boyd, who replaced Christian Dailly after 86 minutes, to set Scottish pulses racing when he almost grabbed the winner shortly after coming on with four minutes to go.
He found space on the edge of the area but dragged his shot wide of the post.
It was a frustrating night all round for Brown and the Edinburgh fans, who had waited 90 years to see Scotland return to Easter Road.
The news of Scotland’s failure to defeat Finland is bound to be greeted by smiles not only in the Brazil camp but in Norway and Morocco as well.
Finland had earlier this year struggled to draw with Cyprus and then lost to Slovakia before narrowly beating Malta.
But they were good enough to contain Scotland last night — and that must be a chilling thought for Brown.
SCOTLAND: Leighton, Elliott, Whyte, Calderwood, Hendry, Dailly, Gemmill, McKinlay, Booth, Jackson, Collins.
FINLAND: Niemi, Ylonen, Tuomela, Hyypia, Coskinen, Mahilo, Reini, Valakari, Sumiala, Litmanen, Johansson.

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James Robert “Bobby” Combe (born 29 January 1924 in Leith, Edinburgh; died 19 January 1991) was a former Scottish international footballer who spent his entire senior career with Hibernian.

A schoolboy internationalist, Combe joined his local club Hibernian at the age of 17 from Inveresk Athletic. He was originally an inside right but dropped back to the half back line upon the formation of Hibs’ “Famous Five” forward line, his position taken by Bobby Johnstone. Despite operating largely in the shadows of the “Five”, he enjoyed a long and successful career, during which he won three League winners medals (1947-48, 1950-51, 1951-52) and one Scottish League Cup runners-up medal (1951).

Combe was also a Scotland internationalist, earning 3 caps in 1948. He made his debut in a 2-0 defeat by England and also appeared against Switzerland and Belgium that year, scoring against the latter. He was selected in Scotland’s 22 man squad for the 1954 FIFA World Cup but the Scottish Football Association only budgeted to take 13 players to the finals in Switzerland and Combe was one of the nine who did not travel.

British International Championship

10 Apr 1948 SCOTLAND 0 – 2 ENGLAND

International Challenge Match

17 May 1948 SWITZERLAND 2 – 1 SCOTLAND
28 Apr 1948 SCOTLAND 2 – 0 BELGIUM Scored

In 1957 Combe retired from playing and was appointed Hibernian’s trainer. He held the role for two years before briefly becoming manager of Dumbarton in 1959. In his later years, Combe worked as a shopkeeper in his native Leith, then in the marketing department of Scottish Gas

Steven Fletcher (born March 26, 1987, in Shrewsbury, Shropshire)

Early career

Fletcher was born into an army background and spent much of his early years living on military bases in England and Germany where his Liverpudlian soldier father was based. His father died from cancer when Fletcher was aged only 10, prompting his mother to relocate to Hamilton, Scotland to be closer to her family. Hibs youth coach Donald Park, also from Hamilton, spotted his footballing talent and the young Anglo-Scot joined the Leith side’s youth network aged 13. [1]

Hibernian

Fletcher made his debut for Hibs towards the end of the 2003-04 season in a 3-0 win over Kilmarnock. However his big breakthrough came in the 2004-05 season when he became a regular, playing 26 times and scoring 5 goals. In the 2005-06 season, Fletcher scored 10 goals in just 1,966 minutes on the pitch, which approximates to a goal every other game.

Fletcher took on a more prominent role in the 2006-07 season, after Hibs had sold star strikers Garry O’Connor and Derek Riordan. He scored in Hibernian’s 5-0 Intertoto Cup win over Dinaburg and played regularly during the league season. The highlight of the season for Fletcher and Hibs was when he scored two goals in Hibernian’s 5-1 win over Kilmarnock in the 2007 Scottish League Cup Final.

Fletcher has become Hibs’ main striker during the 2007-08 season. He scored his first professional hat-trick in a 4-2 win over Gretna on 13 February 2008.

He has recently been touted for a £4.5million summer move to Real Madrid C.F. due to Madrid’s scouts watching his performances for both Hibs and Scotland.

International career

Fletcher made his debut for Scotland under-21s in the 2004-05 season. He was the top scorer in the Scotland under-19 side which reached the final of the 2006 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship, losing to Spain in the final. Following the well acknowledged achievements of the under-19 side, Fletcher is seen as a hot prospect for the future. He was named by The Scotsman as one of the “ten to watch” in 2007.

On 17 March 2008, Fletcher was named in the squad for Scotland’s senior friendly international against Croatia. Fletcher started the game, providing the assist for Kenny Miller’s equaliser in a 1-1 draw. Fletcher was substituted at half-time due to injury[4].

Patrick Cregg

* Patrick Cregg
* Born 21 February 1986 Ireland
* Position Midfielder

A highly rated, steadily emerging midfield prospect at the Club, Irishman Patrick enjoyed another good year last season. He progressed to the Under-19s, scoring four times in 21 appearances, and also stepped up to the reserves, playing six times at that level, as well as two FA Youth Cup games. The Irish Youth International is happy as a holding midfielder, but also excels when going forward.

Patrick was sold to Falkirk in Jan 06

Signed for hibs in 2009

Erich Peter Schaedler (born 6 August 1949; died 24 December 1985) was a Scottish professional footballer of German extraction, who played as a left back. Schaedler was the son of a German POW.


Born in Biggar, South Lanarkshire, Schaedler started his career at Stirling Albion in 1969 before moving to Hibernian later that year. It was at Easter Road that he would enjoy his greatest success, forming part of the “Turnbull’s Tornadoes” side that won the Drybrough Cup then League Cup in 1972-73, and the Drybrough Cup in 1973-74. This side also finished second in the Scottish League in consecutive seasons.


Schaedler was awarded his only Scotland cap during this period, against West Germany. He was selected in the squad for the 1974 FIFA World Cup but did not play in the tournament.


Schaedler moved to Dundee in 1977, where he collected his final medal, for a First Division championship, in 1978-79. He returned to Hibs in 1981 for 4 seasons before moving to Dumbarton.


He committed suicide on Christmas Eve 1985, aged only 36.

Brown played junior football in the Fife Youth League with clubs including Inverkeithing United and Foulford Royals of Cowdenbeath. He signed for Hibernian professionally in 2002 and made his debut as a substitute in a 3-1 win over Aberdeen in May 2003. He made his first starting appearance the following week, a 1-0 win over Motherwell. He started in Hibs’ remaining two matches of the season and scored in both, a double in a 2-1 against Livingston and in a 3-2 defeat to Partick Thistle.

The following season (2003-04) he became a regular fixture in the Hibernian team, playing 41 times in all competitions and netting 4 goals. Despite a disappointing league campaign, in which they eventually finished 8th, Hibs reached the final of the League Cup, defeating both Celtic and Rangers en route. However, they were defeated 2-0 by Livingston in the final. Brown featured in all the matches of Hibs’ League Cup run and scored in the 9-0 win over Montrose in the third round.

In season 2004-05, Brown, along with several other young players at the club, flourished under the guidance of new manager Tony Mowbray. Brown, largely due to missing four months of the season due to an injury sustained against Celtic, only featured 23 times for Hibs, scoring twice, including the second goal in a 3-1 win over Celtic at Celtic Park.

Season 2005-06 was also blighted somewhat by injury. He missed most of the second half of the season due to a broken leg and missed Hibs’ Scottish Cup semi-final against Hearts. He did, however, feature in the final Edinburgh derby of the season, coming on as a substitute as Hibs won 2-1.

Brown handed in a transfer request to the Hibernian assistant manager, Tommy Craig, directly after their home game against Dundee United on 2 December 2006. The action was thought to be taken on the advice of Brown’s agent Willie McKay.[5]

On 31 January 2007, however, Brown announced that he was retracting his transfer request and was now ‘happy’ to remain with Hibernian for the duration of his contract (which was due to end in summer 2009). Despite this, media rumours continued to suggest that he would move to Rangers in summer 2007. Former Hibernian teammate Kevin Thomson, who signed for Rangers in January 2007, claimed to have spoken with Brown about joining him at Rangers.[6] Subsequent reports linked him with a transfer to other clubs in the summer, including Celtic, Everton, Tottenham Hotspur, Middlesbrough and Reading. Reading confirmed that they reached agreement with Hibernian to sign Brown but the player said “If I had chosen Reading I would probably be fighting a relegation battle next season and then maybe disappearing into the Championship. In two years’ time people would have been saying, ‘Remember that lad Scott Brown – whatever happened to him?’”.

Despite intense speculation about his future, Brown helped Hibs win their first trophy in 16 years as they won the League Cup, defeating Kilmarnock 5-1 in the final.

He scored in his final appearance for Hibs against future employers Celtic, on 20 May 2007 at Easter Road, a match in which the Hibees won 2-1. The goal was celebrated by both the Hibs and Celtic supporters, he was also given a standing ovation from both sets of fans when he was taken off late on.

Abdessalam “Benji” Benjelloun (born 28 January 1985 im Fez, Morocco) is a Moroccan footballer, currently playing for Scottish Premier League club Hibernian. He also plays at international level for the Moroccan Olympic (Under-23) team.

Benjelloun trained with Hibs for many weeks during the early part of 2006, while Hibs assessed whether to sign him, and then underwent the complex process of obtaining the documentation (such as a work permit and international clearance) needed to sign him. During this time, rumours grew on Hibs-related internet sites that Hibs had unearthed a major talent, so expectations were high when Benjelloun’s signing was formally announced in March 2006.

He made his debut for Hibernian in the 2006 Scottish Cup semi-final loss to local rivals Hearts on 2 April 2006. Hibs’ manager at the time (Tony Mowbray) later admitted that it was perhaps unfair to Benjelloun to have to make his first appearance in Scottish football in such an important game. Mowbray’s options were limited due to injuries (Chris Killen), suspensions (Derek Riordan), cup transfer rules (Paul Dalglish) and the sale of Garry O’Connor.

Benjelloun demonstrated his potential in the Edinburgh derby on 22 April 2006, when he came off the bench to score the winning goal. ‘Benji’ became an instant hero with the Hibernian supporters, although his goal celebration caused some controversy. He ran wildly towards the Hearts supporters, having scored the goal at the other end of the ground. Fortunately the Hibs goalkeeper, Zibi Malkowski, managed to prevent Benji from reaching the Hearts supporters, or a major incident could have ensued. His appearance also gave rise to the now infamous motto “Benjelloun coming on thnk god hes rubbish” [sic] posted by a Hearts supporter on the BBC Fans Forum message board. The phrase is now used by Hibs fans as an ironic sign of affection towards the Moroccan hitman.

He is currently contracted to Hibernian until 2010 and is regarded as a good prospect for the future. A fellow Moroccan, Merouane Zemmama, has since been signed by Hibs, and it is thought this should help Benji to settle into Scottish football. Recently, he got married, and dedicated his 2 goals against Aberdeen, to his new wife. His improved English, coupled with an impressive increase in form (with 9 goals in eleven appearances for Hibs up to 18th March) have led to his becoming a more relaxed and confident performer. Immensely popular with the Hibernian support, many of whom wear traditional Moroccan ‘Fez’ hats to matches in his honour, Benji has declared himself settled in Edinburgh, and even suggested that he should be known as ‘McBenji.’ The forward wrote himself into Hibernian folklore when he scored two goals in Hibs’s 5-1 win over Kilmarnock in the CIS Cup Final on 18th March, 2007. He also has a four year plan to reach his goal and play for Real Madrid.

Thomas Younger (born 10 April 1930, died 13 January 1984) was a Scottish professional footballer of the 1950s and 60′s who played as a goalkeeper.

Quoted from image: Serves with the B.A.O.R. near Berlin and is flown home to play in Hibs chief matches. Joined Hibs from a local Juvenile side Hutchison Vale, and once he joined the sidein 1948-49, has seldom missed a League game. Will one day play for scotland

Life and playing career

Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Younger signed for Home town club Hibernian in 1948 where he was part of the successful side of the early 50s, winning two titles in 1950-51 and 1951-52. Younger soon gained a reputation for being an excellent goalkeeper and alerted Liverpool manager Phil Taylor who captured his signature in June 1956 for £9000.

He made his debut at Anfield on the 18 August, the same year, in a league match against Huddersfield Town, However, Huddersfield spoilt Younger’s day by taking both points from a 3-2 win. He kept his first clean-sheet 2 games later at Gigg Lane as the Reds beat Bury 2-0. Younger immediately took over the No.1 jersey at Anfield and played in 43 of Liverpool’s 45 matches in his first season.

Younger was capped by Scotland 24 times in just 3 years making his debut on the 4 May 1955 in a friendly international against Portugal at Hampden Park, Glasgow, the Scots were too strong for their Iberian counterparts winning the game 3-0 thus gaining Younger his first clean-sheet at national level. Younger also had the honour of keeping goal for the Scottish side during the 1958 World Cup in Sweden, he played in 2 matches, the first against Yugooslavia with the second, his last appearance for the Scots, coming against Paraguay.

Younger spent 3 years at Liverpool only missing 6 matches during this time, he was allowed to leave to take on a player/manager role at Falkirk, a back injury led to him ending his career but, after finding out that the injury wasn’t as bad as first diagnosed, he returned to England when Stoke City signed him in 1960. Younger went on to play for Leeds United where he finally retired in 1962.

After his retirement he stayed on at Leeds as a scout before he got his first coaching role, it was in Canada at Toronto City. After his stint in Toronto he headed back to the club that set him on his way, Hibs. As well as being a fabulous keeper he also had an astute business brain which he used in his role as, at first, a director at the Easter Road club and then Chairman.

Younger also put a lot back into the Scottish game after he was appointed to the Scottish Football Association where he eventually became President a role in stayed in right up until his death on 13 January 1984 aged 53.

Career details

• Hibernian F.C (1948 – 1956) – ??? appearances
• 2 Scottish Football League Division 1 (Level 1) championship winners medals (1951 and 1952)
• Scottish League Cup runners-up medal (1951)
• Liverpool F.C (1956 – 1959) – 127 (including 120 league)appearances
• Falkirk F.C. (1959-1960)
• Stoke City F.C. (1960-1961) – 10 league appearances
• Leeds United A.F.C. (1961-1962) – 37 league appearances
• Scotland(1955 – 1958) – 24 caps

Merouane Zemmama (born October 7, 1983) is a Moroccan football player who currently plays for the Scottish Premier League club Hibernian. He joined from Raja Casablanca in August 2006. Zemmama represented his country at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
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Hibernian

The diminutive playmaker Zemmama made his debut for Hibernian on 12 August 2006 in a 0-0 draw at Inverness. He has been hailed as the ‘new Russell Latapy’. Latapy was an excellent creative midfielder for the 2000/2001 Hibs side.

His early performances have excited the Hibernian faithful. In his home debut against Motherwell, Zemmama made a sublime assist for the second goal, flicking the ball with his backheel into the path of Scott Brown. Zemmama created three goals in his third match for Hibs, a 4-0 win over Peterhead in the CIS Cup. He then set up Scott Brown’s goal in Hibs’ next match against Celtic, a match which Hibs eventually lost 2-1.

Zemmama scored his first goal for Hibs in the 2-2 draw with rivals Hearts on 15 October 2006. Zemmama finished the season tied for second in the league in assists with nine, despite missing two months’ worth of games due to a hamstring injury.

Transfer dispute

On 20 August, 2006, it was reported by the Sunday Mail[7] that Raja Casablanca were disputing the legality of Zemmama’s transfer to Hibernian. Raja have stated that the player has signed a contract with them until 2009, which would have precluded him from signing a contract with Hibernian.

On 21 August, however, the Hibernian chairman, Rod Petrie, refuted the claim that Zemmama has a contract with Raja. FIFA stated that there was no investigation into the transfer. On 30 August, 2006, however, the Moroccan Football Federation announced that they had suspended the player pending an investigation into the transfer. FIFA have stated that the player can continue to be selected for Hibs during the investigation.

FIFA then stated that the main allegation – that the international transfer certificate had been forged – is a criminal matter, and they have therefore closed their investigation pending the outcome of enquiries by the Moroccan police.

Media reports have recently suggested that Hibs have paid a fee of €200,000 fee to Raja.

D.O.B 07 May 1983

O’Connor made his debut under manager Alex McLeish in April 2001 as a substitute against Dundee , his only appearance that season. The following season it looked as though O’Connor would need to wait longer for a regular place in the side, making just four appearances by Christmas. However the departure of Alex McLeish to Rangers and the arrival of new manager Franck Sauzée saw O’Connor feature more regularly in the first team. He scored his first goal for the club in a 1-1 draw with Celtic in February 2002, and although Sauzee was sacked later that month, O’Connor continued to feature in the first team under Sauzee’s successor Bobby Williamson. O’Connor went on to score a further 7 goals that season, including goals in 5 consecutive games between March and April.

His impressive form towards the end of the season was noticed by Scotland national team manager Berti Vogts, who gave O’Connor his debut against against South Korea in May 2002.

Following a period in which he struggled to fulfill his early promise, the arrival of manager Tony Mowbray at Hibs in May 2004 led to improved form for both O’Connor and the team as a whole. Hibs’ impressive 2004-05 campaign (in which they finished third in the Premier League) led to speculation that many of their talented young players would move abroad, or to the Old Firm. With O’Connor firmly establishing himself in the Hibs team, he won a recall to the Scotland squad and once again began to be linked with a move away from the club. O’Connor had formed a formidable partnership with Derek Riordan at Hibs and between them they scored 42 goals that season as Hibs qualified for the UEFA Cup.

O’Connor’s form continued in 2005-06 and he scored his first Scotland goal in a 2-2 draw with Austria in August 2005.

Lokomotiv Moscow

On 26 February 2006, it was reported that O’Connor was set to join Lokomotiv Moscow for approximately £1.6 million. This offer was subsequently accepted by Hibernian, with Tony Mowbray conceding that the personal terms on offer (including a reputed weekly wage of £16,000) were “life-changing for Garry and his family”. On 6 March it was announced that the transfer had been agreed [5]. O’Connor scored a total of 58 goals for Hibs in all competitions and scored in his final Hibs appearance against Falkirk in the Scottish Cup [6].

On 22 March 2006, O’Connor scored for the first time for his new club, the opening goal in a 2-2 draw with Spartak Moscow in a Russian Cup tie. He opened the scoring for his side against Torpedo Moscow in a 4-1 win on 14 May. In the 2006 season he scored 7 league goals and 1 cup goal in the 29 matches he played in (although only on the field for the full 90 minutes in 5 matches – he averaged 58 minutes of playing time per match), and was yellow-carded once. In Moscow he has formed a partnership with Russian international Dmitry Sychev, although Dramane Traoré, the Mali international, has threatened his position.

On 27 May 2007, O’Connor came off the bench to score the winning goal for Lokomotiv Moscow in the Russian Cup final against city rivals FK Moscow. The extra-time goal, coming in the 109th minute, was enough to seal a 1-0 victory for the railway team, and provided a measure of redemption for O’Connor, who struggled to settle into life in Russia, and was repeatedly linked with a return to British football. On June 27, he completed a £2.65m move to Birmingham.

International

Appearances 11
Goals 4
Yellow Cards 0
Red Cards 0

Matches

F.I.F.A. World Cup Qualifier
12 Oct 2005 SLOVENIA 0 – 3 SCOTLAND
26 Mar 2005 ITALY 2 – 0 SCOTLAND

International Challenge Match
30 May 2007 AUSTRIA 0 – 1 SCOTLAND
12 Nov 2005 SCOTLAND 1 – 1 USA
17 Aug 2005 AUSTRIA 2 – 2 SCOTLAND
16 May 2002 SOUTH KOREA 4 – 1 SCOTLAND
17 Apr 2002 SCOTLAND 1 – 2 NIGERIA

Reunification Cup
Date Home Team – Score – Away Team Goals Cards
23 May 2002 HONG KONG 0 – 4 SCOTLAND

U.E.F.A. European Championship Qualifier
06 Jun 2007 FAROE ISLANDS 0 – 2 SCOTLAND
07 Oct 2006 SCOTLAND 1 – 0 FRANCE
02 Sep 2006 SCOTLAND 6 – 0 FAROE ISLANDS

Derek George Riordan (born 16 January 1983) is a Scottish professional association football player who plays for Scottish Premier League club Hibernian. Riordan started his career with Hibernian, where he established himself as one of the top young players in the Scottish game. He won both young player of the year awards in 2005 and represented the Scotland national football team once. He signed for Celtic in 2006, but he failed to hold down a regular place in their first team. Riordan returned to Hibernian in 2008.

Hibernian

Riordan signed for Hibs (his boyhood favourites) in 2000 and made his debut the following year. It took a few years for Riordan to establish himself in the first team, and he spent a brief spell on loan at Cowdenbeath in January 2003.

He was finally given an opportunity towards the end of the 2002/03 season, as Hibs finished in the bottom half of the Scottish Premier League. He took this opportunity well, and he was the club’s top goalscorer for each of the next three seasons, with 18, 23 and 20 goals respectively.

This success earned him recognition in the form of the Scottish PFA Young Player of the Year award in 2005, and selections for the full Scotland international squad during 2005.

Jun 13 Barcelona Belgium v Argentina 1-0

SCOTLAND WORLD CUP 82 WE HAVE A DREAM LYRICS

I awoke in the night, with a fever
and the sky was the darkest blue (blue sky)
and a still, small voice was calling
to me
(your country is needing you)
aye – and just like that!
and away, away in the distance
I can just make out this ball, coming in from the left
and I’m starting to run, to run like hell
and the voice is getting louder, and louder, and louder
crying “hey big yin – gaun yersel”

chorus
I have a dream (we have a dream)
If dreams come true (if dreams come true)
Then bonnie Scotland (then bonnie Scotland)
I’ll play for you (we’ll play for you)
now I hope, and I pray (we hope and pray)
That if, if I do (that if we do)
then Bonnie Scotland – we’ll score the winning goal for you

Now the next thing I know, someones gone and tripped me
and I’ve fallen just inside the box (its a penalty!)
The ref – he looks to his linesman
and he’s pointing straight at the spot (that’s brilliant)
now, John Robertson, who normally takes them
Is handing the ball to me (you don’t say)
Then i hear my old lady screaming blue murder
she saying “its no the ba’ yer kicking ya eejit – its me!”

Gary Caldwell, (born April 12, 1982, in Stirling), is a Scotland international football player who currently plays for Scottish Premier League team Celtic.

Primarily considered a central defender, Caldwell proved extremely versatile and had been deployed as a right-back, defensive midfielder and man-marker at various spells in his career.
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Club career

Caldwell started his career with Celtic Boys Club. At 16 he went to England, alongside his elder brother Steven at Newcastle United. Breaking through from the reserves proved difficult, however, and in search of regular first team football, he went on loan to other clubs on several occasions: Darlington and Hibernian in 2001-02, then Coventry and Derby County the following season. In the summer of 2003 he was given a free transfer, and despite being linked with boyhood favourites Celtic, he returned to Easter Road to sign with Hibs.

Transfer speculation continued to see him linked with a move to Celtic, and persistent rumours that he had signed a pre-contract agreement to join the club in the summer of 2006 were finally confirmed on January 20.

International career

Since winning his first Scotland cap in 2002, under the reign of Berti Vogts, Caldwell had established himself as a squad, if not first team, regular. As of October 2006, he has played 23 times for his country, scoring twice.

Caldwell’s international debut came in the first match of Berti Vogts management, a 5-0 defeat to France at the Stade de France. Ironically, what is possibly the finest moment of his career came also against France, scoring the only goal of the game as Scotland defeated the World Cup runners up 1-0 at Hampden Park, on October 7, 2006 in a Euro 2008 qualifying match

Ian William Murray (born 20 March 1981, in Edinburgh) is a professional Scottish footballer currently playing for Rangers in the Scottish Premier League.

His versatility has seen him deployed in a variety of roles in his career, without really establishing a recognised position. He can play centre back, left back, right back, defensive midfielder and even as a striker. He is often used for his good man-marking skills.

He previously played for Hibernian, where he was also captain, before joining Rangers on a free transfer in the summer of 2005. His transfer to Rangers was the cause of much resentment amongst the Edinburgh side’s supporters. Consequently, Murray’s circumstances ensure he is roundly booed at both Tynecastle and Easter Road whenever he returns with Rangers to play in Edinburgh.

On October 3, 2006 it was revealed that Murray had been suffering from reactive arthritis and was ruled out until early 2007. His return to the team against Motherwell was manager Paul Le Guen’s last match in charge before leaving the club by mutual consent. Sadly his whole season was put in disarray due to the illness where he missed Ranger’s run in.

International career1981

Murray’s international debut for Scotland came as a substitute against Canada in October 2002 in a 3-1 win. He did not win a cap till two years later when he came on during a World Cup 2006 qualifier at half time against Moldova in a 1-1 draw played in October 2004. His only start for the national team so far was a disappointing 1-0 home defeat against Belarus where he came off at half time due to a poor performance. In total he has won six caps for Scotland though he has failed to establish himself as a starter in an established position.

He was also a captain for the Scotland Under 21′s side.

Ivan Sproule (born February 18, 1981 in Castlederg, County Tyrone) is a professional footballer who is famed for his fast feet and pace and currently plays for Bristol City in the Championship.

Sproule, a winger, came late to professional football. His career had been spent at Omagh Town and Institute – semi-professional clubs in the Irish Football League. He combined playing football with his full time career as an engineer.
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Hibernian

Scottish Premier League club Hibernian invited him for a trial in January 2005, in which he impressed manager Tony Mowbray and signed as a full-time professional until the end of the season for £5,000, which meant that he had to give up his day job.

The gamble paid off for both Sproule and Hibs. He scored one of the goals in a 3-1 win over Celtic at Celtic Park which significantly damaged their championship hopes, a particularly enjoyable moment for him given his boyhood allegiance to Rangers[citation needed]. As a result of such form, he was offered a revised 2 year deal which he showed little hesitation in accepting.

In August 2005 Sproule hit the headlines by scoring a hat-trick in a defeat of Rangers[3]. In February 2006 Sproule further added misery to Rangers season by helping Hibs eliminate them from the Scottish Cup. Sproule scored one goal and assisted with another, as Hibs again won 3-0. Hibs went on to lose in a semi-final against rivals Hearts. Sproule was sent off during this match for a stamp on Saulius Mikoliunas[5].

Sproule’s name was often sung by the Hibs fans with “He’s here, he’s there, he’s every-f***ing-where”, a reference to his blinding pace. However, most of his better performances at Hibs tended to occur when he came on as a substitute, which has sometimes made it difficult for him to command a regular first team place. He made a total of 94 appearances for Hibs of which 40 were as substitute, scoring 18 goals. And now with Ivan leaving for Bristol City his pace will be missed.

Bristol City

Sproule joined Bristol City on a three-year contract on 27 June 2007 for an undisclosed fee believed to be about £500,000.

He made his debut for the west-country club on 29 August 2007 against Manchester City in the Carling Cup. He was made to sit out the first four games of the season due to a suspension which he received while playing for Hibernian.

International career

Sproule was called into the Northern Ireland squad for the first time in September 2005, and came on as a substitute in the famous 1-0 win over England at Windsor Park.

Sproule scored on his first start for Northern Ireland against Estonia on 1 March 2006. His goal won the match, as it was the only goal of the game. The goal was actually scored with his first touch, with only 2 minutes of the game played[8]. During this match, the Northern Ireland fans sang “And I can’t – help – falling in love – with – Sproule”, after his maiden international goal.

He was, however, left out of the initial Northern Ireland squad for the matches in October 2006 with Denmark and Latvia, but was later added for the Latvia match due to call-offs by other players.

Replaced matty jack in the 6-2 game

Previous Clubs: Trintoc (Trinidad), Trinity Pros (Trinidad), United Petrotrin (Trinidad), Raith Rovers (Scotland), Hibernian (Scotland), Port Vale (England), Brighton & Hove Albion FC, (England – 18-Feb-2003 one month loan from Reading), Reading FC, (England 2000 to 2003), Brentford (England – Aug-2003 to 24-Mar-2004), Bristol City (England – 25-Mar-2004 to 02-Jun-2004), Nanjing Yoyo FC (China, Aug-2004 to 2005), Rochester Rhinos (USA, 26-Apr-2005 to 07-Jun-2005), United Petrotrin (Trinidad, 17-Oct-2005 to Dec-2006).
Born: Sobo Village, La Brea/Point Fortin, South Trinidad.
TnT Debut: T&T 1994.

D.O.B 06 Jul 1971

Clubs Hibernian,Gretna,Cowdenbeath F.C.

Matches

International Challenge Match
25 Apr 2001 POLAND 1 – 1 SCOTLAND

International career

Fenwick earned 33 caps for the Canadian national team between 1994 and 2003, participating in the 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup and the 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Michael O’Neill
Personal information
Full name	Michael Andrew Martin O’Neill
Date of birth	July 5, 1969
Place of birth	Portadown, Northern Ireland
Height	5ft 11in
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Brechin City
Number	Manager
Senior clubs1
1988-1989 1989-1993 1993-1996 1996-1998 1998 1998 1998-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002	Newcastle United Dundee United Hibernian Coventry City Aberdeen (loan) Reading (loan) Wigan Athletic St Johnstone Clydebank	48 (15) 64 (11) 97 (19) 5 (0) 6 (0) 9 (1) 66 (2) 9 (0) 19 (4)
National team2
	Northern Ireland	31 (4)
Teams managed
2006-	Brechin City
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11/11/2006. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 11/11/2006. * Appearances (Goals)

John Collins:
Real name John Collins,
Height 5.07,
Weight 10.10,
Date of birth 31-01-1968,
Place of birth Galashiels,
Position Midfielder,
Nationality Scotland,
International Caps 58,
International Goals 12

John was SPFA young player of the year 1987-88 whilst with Hibernian.
John was won 58 caps for Scotland between 1988 and 2000.

Playing career

As a youngster he played both rugby and football before turning his attention strictly to football. At youth level, John played for Hutchison Vale between 1980 and 1984, captaining the side for four years, before signing as a professional with Hibernian. At the professional level, Collins played for Hibernian, Celtic, AS Monaco, Everton, and Fulham.

Hibernian

Collins played for Hibernian from 1984 until his million pound transfer to Celtic in 1990. During his 6 seasons with the club he played 195 times and scored 21 goals.

Celtic

Collins signed for Celtic in 1990, becoming their first million pound player. He generally played on the left side of midfield, scoring 47 goals in 217 appearances. He is unfortunate to have played in one of Celtic’s most barren spells and won only one trophy, the 1995 Scottish Cup.

Monaco and later playing career

Collins moved to AS Monaco in the summer of 1996 on a free transfer under the Bosman ruling. Celtic, under the direction of Fergus McCann, attempted to obtain compensation for the loss of Collins. McCann argued that the Bosman ruling did not apply to this case because AS Monaco are based in the principality of Monaco and are outside of European Union jurisdiction.

Collins won the French championship in 1997 with Monaco, who then reached the semi-final of the 1998 UEFA Champions League, defeating Manchester United in the quarter-final. Collins returned to the UK in the summer of 1998 by moving to Everton, before ending his playing career with Fulham.

Scotland

For Scotland, he scored 12 goals in 58 caps and played for his country at Euro 96 and the 1998 World Cup. He scored in the opening match of that World Cup, with a penalty against Brazil. Collins retired from international football after the aggregate defeat in the Euro 2000 playoff by England in November 1999.

After playing

After retiring from club football in the summer of 2003, Collins spent time with his family while also obtaining coaching qualifications, including the UEFA Pro licence. Collins has retained links with his former clubs. An amusing case of this was when Fulham signed a new player in 2004, John Collins introduced Collins John.

Hibs manager

On October 31, 2006 he was named as manager of Hibernian. Collins led Hibernian to their first piece of silverware in 16 years when they defeated Kilmarnock 5-1 in the Scottish League Cup Final on March 18, 2007.

Mixu Paatelainen
Personal information
Full name	Mika-Matti Paatelainen
Date of birth	February 3, 1967
Place of birth	Helsinki, Finland
Height	1.82 m (6 ft)
Playing position	Striker (retired)
Club information
Current club	Turun Palloseura (manager)
Senior clubs1
1985-1987 1987-1992 1992-1994 1994-1997 1997-1998 1998-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005	FC Haka Dundee United Aberdeen Bolton Wanderers Wolves Hibernian RC Strasbourg Hibernian St. Johnstone St. Mirren	00? 0(?) 133 (33) 075 (23) 069 (15) 022 0(0) 093 (32) 00? 0(?) 024 0(7) 032 (11) 015 0(4)
National team
1989-2003	Finland	070 (18)
Teams managed
2005-2006 2006-	Cowdenbeath TPS
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Andrew Lewis Goram (b. April 13, 1964 in Bury, Lancashire, England) is a former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played for both Oldham Athletic A.F.C. and Hibernian F.C. but is best remembered for having played for Rangers F.C. during which time he was known to teammates simply as “The Goalie”. In 2001 he was voted Rangers’ greatest ever goalkeeper by the fans. After his time with Rangers he had short spells at Motherwell F.C., Notts County, Sheffield United, Manchester United, Elgin City, Queen of the South and Coventry City.

Goram joined Oldham Athletic as a teenager and spent seven years with the English club before moving to Hibernian in 1987. He was bought by Rangers in 1991 for £1m and went on to help the club to win nine Scottish League titles in a row between 1989 and 1997. He was also instrumental in Rangers’ run in the European Cup in 1992-93, as they came to within one match of reaching the final.

He was also an important player for the Scotland national team, winning 43 caps.

After it was reported in the press that Goram had a mild form of schizophrenia, fans responded with a chorus of “Two Andy Gorams, there’s only two Andy Gorams”. This chant quickly gained popularity, and became the title of a book documenting humorous football chants – Two Andy Gorams: The Funniest Football Songs Ever (ISBN 1902927532).

He ended his career with Queen of the South F.C. and Elgin City. With Queen of the South in 2002 he won the Bells Challenge Cup.

(Match 275) 9th April 1960 (British Championship)

SCOTLAND – ENGLAND 1-1 (1-0)

Referee: Jeno Sramko (Hungary)

Crowd: 129.193, Hampden Park, Glasgow

Goals: 1-0 Leggat (16), 1-1 Charlton (49) penalty

SCOTLAND: (Manager: Andrew Beattie/13)

Francis Haffey (1/Celtic) -

Duncan MacKay (5/Celtic)

Eric Caldow (22/Rangers) -

John Cumming (5/Heart of Midlothian)

Robert Evans (Captain) (44/Celtic)

Robert Johnston McCann (4/Motherwell) -

Graham Leggat (15/Fulham)

Alexander Young (1/Heart of Midlothian)

Ian St John (4/Motherwell)

Denis Law (7/Manchester City)

Andrew Best Weir (2/Motherwell)

ENGLAND: (Manager: Walter Winterbottom)

Ronald D.G.Springett – James Christopher Armfield, Ramon Wilson – Ronald Clayton (Cap), William John Slater, Ronald Flowers – John Michael Connelly, Peter Frank Broadbent, Joseph Henry Baker, Raymond Alan Parry, Robert Charlton.

HIBS

LESLIE WEST HAM
GRANT M
MACFARLANE
TURNBULL
PATERSON
BAXTER
FYRE
PRESTON
McLEOD
BAKER – TURIN
ORMOND

ARMY

DUFF
McINTOSH
PARKER
SHARPE
SPIERS
WILLIAMS
CHARLTON
HITCHEN
JONES
CURRY
HARRIS

Hibs Goals

Tommy Preston,
TURNBULL (penalty)

Many thanks to hampden hibby on the hibeesbounce.com for the actual date and score from this match.

He first came to prominence playing in midfield for Scottish First Division side Clyde, but was converted to striker when he signed for Aberdeen, forging a prolific partnership with Joe Harper. After winning the Scottish Premier Division title in 1980, he had a four year spell with London club Tottenham Hotspur, where he won FA Cup winners medals in 1981 and 1982 and the UEFA Cup in 1984.

Archibald scored 77 goals in 189 appearances for Spurs between 1980 and 1984, forming successful striking partnerships with Garth Crooks and Mark Falco. He was a member of the Scottish national team at the 1982 and 1986 World Cups. In 1984 he joined Barcelona, where he was a popular figure until restrictions on fielding foreign players led to him being excluded from the squad in favour of Gary Lineker and Mark Hughes. He was loaned out to Blackburn Rovers for a spell prior to a surprise return to Scottish football with Hibernian. After a brief return to Catalonia with RCD Espanyol, he joined St Mirren and was influential in bringing former Barça teammate Victor Muñoz to the club.

Archibald’s later career saw him make a handful of appearances at a number of clubs in Scotland, England and Ireland, including a nostalgic return to Clyde. In 1994 he joined East Fife as player-manager.

Des, part of the turnbulls tornadoes, won a one Scotland Cap in his career.

His one outing for Scotland was in 1976 in a 1-0 home win against Switzerland.

From Blackburn Hibs Programme (28 Sept 1977)

Midfiled man Des Bremner initially won honours as a Scotland under-23 player, then gained a full cap and this product of highland league Deverondavale has shown his adaptability by doing a successful stint at right back on occasion

John Brownlie was born in Caldercruix (Lanarkshire) on 11 March 1952.

Brownlie was a pioneering right back who played a crucial role in the entertaining and enterprising Hibernian side of the early 1970s. He developed the traditional tackling role of the full back into an attacking option, with his surging runs down the wing, from where he could deliver many a telling cross. He joined Hibs from Pumpherston Juniors in 1969, and had nine years at Easter Road, winning seven caps in the process. He won the Scottish League Cup in 1972, and also appeared in losing finals in the Scottish Cup of 1972 and League Cup of 1974. In 1978 he went to Newcastle, the start of a lengthy link with the north east of England. From there he went to Middlesbrough in 1982, Hartlepool United in 1984, Berwick Rangers a year later, and finally a short spell with Blyth Spartans early in 1986.

Johns 7 caps

Johns Euro Debut Described

Alan Roderick Rough (“Roughie”) (born November 25, 1951 in Glasgow) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Partick Thistle and Hibernian. He was also a successful goalkeeper for the Scotland national team. After making his debut at the end of season 1969-70, he went on to play a total of 624 games for Thistle before his transfer to Hibs in 1982. He was a member of the Partick Thistle team that defeated Celtic 4-1 in the Scottish League Cup Final of 1971. After leaving Hibernian in 1988 he played in the USA with Orlando Lions, and also had spells with Celtic, Hamilton Academical and Ayr United before leaving senior football.

He played in two World Cup final stages for Scotland (1978 and 1982) in an international career that saw him play 53 times for his country. He kept a clean sheet in 16 of those games.

Alex Cropley

2 international caps,

U.E.F.A. European Championship Qualifier
Date Home Team – Score – Away Team
10 Nov 1971 SCOTLAND 1 – 0 BELGIUM
13 Oct 1971 SCOTLAND 2 – 1 PORTUGAL

WEDNESDAY MARCH 22 1950
International League Game,
Football league vs English League,
At Ayresome Park Middlesborough
Teams

John Henderson Blackley (born 12 May 1948) is a Scottish football coach and former player.
Blackley made 279 appearances at centre-half for Hibernian and also represented Newcastle United, Preston North End and Hamilton Accies. He won seven Scottish international caps and represented his country in the 1974 FIFA World Cup.

Blackley began a mangerial career with Hamilton in 1982, before taking charge of another former club, Hibs, between 1984 and 1986. His final managerial role was at Cowdenbeath, which he left to become Gordon Wallace’s assistant at Dundee.

Arthur, part of the turnbulls tornadoes, won six Scotland Caps in his career.

His first outing for Scotland was in 1975 in a 1-0 home win against Portugal.
GAME 2 for Scotland was in 1975 in a 2-2 away draw against Wales.
GAME 3 for Scotland was in 1975 in a 3-0 home win against Northern Ireland.
GAME 4 for Scotland was in 1975 in a 5-1 away defeat against England.
GAME 5 for Scotland was in 1975 in a 1-1 away draw against Romania.
GAME 6 for Scotland was in 1976 against Denmark.

All caps won when Willie Ormond was Scotland manager.

Scottish International
2 caps 0 goals

Born

• Longbridge
• 5 October 1946

Position

• Goalkeeper

Teams Seasons Apps. Gls.
Source : Edina Hibs
Hibernian 65-70 70 0
Dundee 72-78 159 0
Meadowbank Thistle 78-79 2 0
Hearts 78-80 24 0
Falkirk 80-81 12 0
East Stirling 82-83 1 0

Totals 268 0

Thomson Sandlands Allan (born 5 October 1946, in Longridge, West Lothian) is a former Scottish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Allan began his career at Hibernian in 1963, where he was a League Cup runner-up in 1968-69. He joined Dundee in 1971 and collected his only winner’s medal at Dens Park, when the Dark Blues defeated Celtic 1-0 in the 1973-74 League Cup final.

Allan was called up to the Scotland squad that season, earning his only two caps in warm-up matches for the 1974 FIFA World Cup. He was selected in the squad for West Germany but was considered back-up to Leeds United’s David Harvey and did not play during the tournament.

Allan reverted to part-time status when he started working at British Leyland’s Bathgate plant and wound down his career with brief spells at Meadowbank Thistle, Heart of Midlothian, Falkirk and East Stirling before retiring in 1982.

A consistent and reliable goalkeeper who had a long career in the game, he began at Hibernian in 1963. A move to Dundee in 1971 brought him his only senior medal, a Scottish League Cup winner’s medal in 1973. Early in 1979 he had a brief loan spell with Meadowbank Thistle and soon after moved to Heart of Midlothian until his retirement in 1980. His two caps came in the spring of 1974 and he was reserve goalkeeper in Scotland’s World Cup squad in Germany that summer.

International Challenge Match
06 Jun 1974 NORWAY 1 – 2 SCOTLAND
27 Mar 1974 GERMANY (WEST) 2 – 1 SCOTLAND

Hibernian

Neil Martin, joined Hibs from Queen of the South in 1963 and spent just over two seasons at Easter Road before moving to Sunderland in a £45,000 deal. The striker made three appearances for Scotland, two of them while a Hibs player, in 1965. All three were World Cup qualifying ties, the 1-1 draw with Poland in Chorzow, 2-1 win against Finland in Helsinki and the famous 1-0 defeat of Italy at Hampden.

Sunderland

Neil Martin had scored over a 100 goals in Scottish football before he arrived at Roker Park. He also topped the 100 mark south of the border, managing just shy of half that figure for the Lads. The highest point of his Sunderland career came in the FA Cup, he scored a hat-trick during the 7-1 thrashing of Peterborough United in February ’67.

B. Wed 21 Aug 1940

Joined Newcastle from Hibernian in August 1967. Made over 50 appearances for Newcastle before transfer to Crystal Palace in February 1972.

International Challenge Match
11 May 1966 SCOTLAND 0 – 3 NETHERLANDS

Joseph Henry “Joe” Baker (July 17, 1940 – October 6, 2003) was an England international footballer. Born in Liverpool, England, he spent virtually his entire childhood growing up in Motherwell, Scotland. Despite having a Scottish accent and upbringing, his birthplace made him only eligible to play for England under the rules of the time.

A centre forward, Baker began his career with Hibernian, scoring 102 goals in 117 games. His place of birth made him ineligible to play for Scotland (much to his chagrin), so he reluctantly opted to play for England. He made his England debut against Northern Ireland in 1959, which made the first player to be given his debut having never played in England (the only other player to have done so is Owen Hargreaves). Baker was labelled “England’s Scottish player”, and in all he won eight caps for the senior England side.In 1961 Baker moved to Torino, joining other British players such as Jimmy Greaves and Denis Law. However, despite scoring in a derby match against Juventus, his time at the Italian club was short and almost ended in tragedy; Baker was involved in a serious car crash on February 7, 1962; he attempted to drive his car the wrong way around a roundabout – it clipped a kerb and flipped over, nearly killing him and injuring Denis Law, who was a passenger.

Baker recovered from his injuries and in July 1962 he returned to the UK, joining Billy Wright’s Arsenal for a club record £27,500. He made his debut against Leyton Orient on August 18, 1962, and in all spent four seasons with the Gunners. In each of those seasons he was the club’s top scorer; he scoring 101 goals in 156 games, making him one of the club’s most prolific goalscorers of all time. His pace and acceleration made him a highly effective and dynamic attacker, and he was equally adept with his feet and his head, despite his lack of height (he was only 5’7″ tall). With Geoff Strong he formed one of Arsenal’s most prolific striking partnerships, but Arsenal’s defence could not match the quality of their attack, which meant they were unable to challenge for silverware, or even a regular place in Europe. In March 1966, Baker left Arsenal for Nottingham Forest.

Despite earning a brief recall to the England side in 1965, scoring in a 2-0 win over Spain, Baker didn’t make the squad for the 1966 World Cup. After three years at Forest, scoring 41 goals in 118 league games, he moved to Sunderland. After two seasons there, he returned to Hibernian for a second time in 1971, but his comeback did not last long and he moved to Raith Rovers in 1972 after 12 goals in 30 appearances for Hibs. He retired in 1974, having in all scored 294 league goals in under 500 games. His elder brother Gerry was also a footballer, who played for Manchester City, Ipswich Town and Coventry City.

Baker later became Albion Rovers manager on two occasions, but never pursued a full coaching career, instead running a pub and working for Hibernian’s hospitality service. He died at the age of 63, after suffering a heart attack during a charity golf tournament.

joe vs cloughie for the England shirt discussed in a hibs Middlesbrough programme

John Grant was born in Edinburgh in 1931.

Grant came to Hibernian from Merchiston Thistle in 1949, but such was the talent in the Easter Road side at the time that it was not until the 1954/55 season that he made his first team debut. He had to be versatile to keep his place in the team, playing at inside forward and half back before eventually settling to a role as right back, the position he occupied for his two caps in the autumn of 1958. He also played six times for the Scottish League. He remained a stalwart for Hibs until the summer of 1964 when he was freed by Jock Stein as he rebuilt the team. He spent a season at Raith Rovers before retiring in 1965.

Ronald “Ronnie” Campbell Simpson (October 11, 1930 – April 19, 2004) was a Scottish football (soccer) goalkeeper.

He is mainly remembered for his time with Celtic, where he was one of the Lisbon Lions, the first British team to win the European Cup in 1967. Although having little to do during the match, his fancy footwork when dealing with a backpass was one of the highlights of the match.

Before this, he played for Queen’s Park, Third Lanark, Newcastle United (where he won the FA Cup twice after taking over as Newcastle’s regular goalkeeper from Jack Fairbrother) and Hibernian. Thought to be in the last throes of his career, he was transferred to Celtic in 1965 as cover for John Fallon. Simpson’s anticipation, handling and maintaining his concentration during long periods of inactivity, made him an ideal goalkeeper for the attack-minded Celtic; and he soon won the Celtic number one place from Fallon.

He also played for the Scotland national football team, in particular when they beat England 3-2 in 1967, which was Simpson’s international debut at the age of 36.

Simpson’s father Jimmy Simpson also played for Scotland, and enjoyed notable success as a centre-half for Rangers and Dundee United in the 1930s.

After he retired as a player, he was manager of Hamilton Academical for a year. He also served on the pools panel, which guessed results of postponed matches in periods of exceptionally bad weather.

He died on 19 April 2004, from a heart attack.

International Record

F.I.F.A. World Cup Qualifier
06 Nov 1968 SCOTLAND 2 – 1 AUSTRIA

International Challenge Match
10 May 1967 SCOTLAND 0 – 2 USSR

U.E.F.A. European Championship Qualifier
24 Feb 1968 SCOTLAND 1 – 1 ENGLAND
21 Oct 1967 NORTHERN IRELAND 1 – 0 SCOTLAND
15 Apr 1967 ENGLAND 2 – 3 SCOTLAND

Sammy Baird
D.O.B 13 May 1930
Appearances 7
Goals 2
Yellow Cards 0
Red Cards 0

Samuel Baird was born in Denny (Stirlingshire) on 13 May 1930.
An inside left who scored on his debut for Scotland and also in his last match (in the 1958 World Cup). His career took him to many clubs starting with Clyde in 1949, on to Preston North End (1954), Rangers (1955), Hibernian (October 1960), Third Lanark (November 1962), and finally as player manager of Stirling Albion from June 1963, playing just 12 matches before hanging up his boots. He won a B Division championship medal with Clyde in 1951/52 and further honours with Rangers, including the Scottish League in 1955/56, 1956/57 and 1958/59 and the Scottish Cup in 1960.

Matches

British International Championship
05 Oct 1957 NORTHERN IRELAND 1 – 1 SCOTLAND

F.I.F.A. World Cup
15 Jun 1958 FRANCE 2 – 1 SCOTLAND (1 Goal )

F.I.F.A. World Cup Qualifier
26 May 1957 SPAIN 4 – 1 SCOTLAND
19 May 1957 SWITZERLAND 1 – 2 SCOTLAND
08 May 1957 SCOTLAND 4 – 2 SPAIN

International Challenge Match
22 May 1957 GERMANY (WEST) 1 – 3 SCOTLAND
21 Nov 1956 SCOTLAND 2 – 0 YUGOSLAVIA (1 Goal )

Scored a Penalty in Europe for Hibernian vs Belenenses, September 4, 1961 (Link Here)

Thomas Younger (born 10 April 1930, died 13 January 1984) was a Scottish professional footballer of the 1950s and 60′s who played as a goalkeeper.

Quoted from image: Serves with the B.A.O.R. near Berlin and is flown home to play in Hibs chief matches. Joined Hibs from a local Juvenile side Hutchison Vale, and once he joined the sidein 1948-49, has seldom missed a League game. Will one day play for scotland

Life and playing career

Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Younger signed for Home town club Hibernian in 1948 where he was part of the successful side of the early 50s, winning two titles in 1950-51 and 1951-52. Younger soon gained a reputation for being an excellent goalkeeper and alerted Liverpool manager Phil Taylor who captured his signature in June 1956 for £9000.

He made his debut at Anfield on the 18 August, the same year, in a league match against Huddersfield Town, However, Huddersfield spoilt Younger’s day by taking both points from a 3-2 win. He kept his first clean-sheet 2 games later at Gigg Lane as the Reds beat Bury 2-0. Younger immediately took over the No.1 jersey at Anfield and played in 43 of Liverpool’s 45 matches in his first season.

Younger was capped by Scotland 24 times in just 3 years making his debut on the 4 May 1955 in a friendly international against Portugal at Hampden Park, Glasgow, the Scots were too strong for their Iberian counterparts winning the game 3-0 thus gaining Younger his first clean-sheet at national level. Younger also had the honour of keeping goal for the Scottish side during the 1958 World Cup in Sweden, he played in 2 matches, the first against Yugooslavia with the second, his last appearance for the Scots, coming against Paraguay.

Younger spent 3 years at Liverpool only missing 6 matches during this time, he was allowed to leave to take on a player/manager role at Falkirk, a back injury led to him ending his career but, after finding out that the injury wasn’t as bad as first diagnosed, he returned to England when Stoke City signed him in 1960. Younger went on to play for Leeds United where he finally retired in 1962.

After his retirement he stayed on at Leeds as a scout before he got his first coaching role, it was in Canada at Toronto City. After his stint in Toronto he headed back to the club that set him on his way, Hibs. As well as being a fabulous keeper he also had an astute business brain which he used in his role as, at first, a director at the Easter Road club and then Chairman.

Younger also put a lot back into the Scottish game after he was appointed to the Scottish Football Association where he eventually became President a role in stayed in right up until his death on 13 January 1984 aged 53.

Career details

• Hibernian F.C (1948 – 1956) – ??? appearances
• 2 Scottish Football League Division 1 (Level 1) championship winners medals (1951 and 1952)
• Scottish League Cup runners-up medal (1951)
• Liverpool F.C (1956 – 1959) – 127 (including 120 league)appearances
• Falkirk F.C. (1959-1960)
• Stoke City F.C. (1960-1961) – 10 league appearances
• Leeds United A.F.C. (1961-1962) – 37 league appearances
• Scotland(1955 – 1958) – 24 caps

Bobby Johnstone (7 September 1929 in Selkirk, Scotland – 22 August 2001 in Selkirk was a Scottish football player, mainly remembered as one of the Hibs Famous Five.

In Hibs’ rich history, no group of players has ever achieved greater fame than the Famous Five: Gordon Smith, Bobby Johnstone, Lawrie Reilly, Eddie Turnbull and Willie Ormond. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, they forged a front line that was the scourge of defences throughout Scotland.

Bobby Johnstone, known to his mates as ‘Nicker’, signed for Hibs in 1946 from Selkirk and had two spells with them. He left in 1955 to join Manchester City for the hefty sum of £22,000, before returning to Hibs in 1959 for £6,000.

Bobby is remembered most for his first spell with Hibs, yet he inspired them to a couple of incredible wins on his return, even though he had put on a few pounds and was a little less mobile. However, the brain had not slowed down any and his prompting enabled the team to score 10 goals at Firhill against Partick Thistle and another 11 at Broomfield against Airdrie.

Having signed for Hibs, Bobby received rave reviews while playing for the reserves and was given his first chance in the first team in April 1949,when they played a friendly against Nithsdale Wanderers at Sanquhar. The Famous Five were born!

However, at the start of the 1949-50 season in August it was Bobby Combe in possession of the jersey. His big chance came in October after Hibs half backs got the blame for losing to Dunfermline in the League Cup semi final at Tynecastle.

The entire half back line were dropped and Bobby was given his chance. Therefore, the Famous Five made their collective debut on October 15th 1949 against Queen of the South, with Hibs winning 2-0.

Of his thirteen international caps, probably the most memorable was scoring on his debut against England at Wembley in a 3-2 win in which Lawrie Reilly also scored.

Bobby also collected international goals against Northern Ireland, Wales, Sweden and Finland.

As well as winning 17 international caps for Scotland, Bobby also represented the Scottish League on 6 occasions as well as playing for Great Britain against the Rest of Europe.

Along with Gordon Smith, Bobby picked up three Scottish League winners medals in 1947-48, 1950-51 and 1951-52. he also played in a Scottish League Cup final.

Out of the five, Bobby was the only one to play in England where he scored in back-to-back FA Cup finals for Manchester City (the first player to ever do so!), winning in 1956 against Birmingham City.

After his second spell with Hibs he went south again to join Oldham Athletic and is widely regarded as one of their greatest ever players.

Bernard Halford was assistant secretary in those magical days of the early 1960′s and recalled, “He transformed the club, no doubt about that. He had the crowds flocking down Sheepfoot Lane, even though Athletic had dropped into the Fourth Division. I think it was the only period in my life when I regularly told lies. On match days the phone never stopped ringing. ‘Is Johnstone playing?’ Bobby might have been sitting in my office with his ankle in plaster, but I had to say he was playing, otherwise the fans wouldn’t have turned up. It really was as cut and dried as that.”

Not until the summer of 1965, some 19 years after his senior career had started, did Bobby finally retire. He may have been the unsung hero of the Famous Five, but he left the stage having gathered honours by the handful.

Lawrence “Lawrie” Reilly (born 28 October 1928, in Edinburgh) is a former Scottish football player.

He was one of the “Famous Five”, the Hibernian forward line during the 1950s. The others were Bobby Johnstone, Gordon Smith, Eddie Turnbull, and Willie Ormond.

Reilly joined Hibs in 1945 at the age of 16, despite interest from their city rivals Hearts. He quickly established himself in the Hibernian team, scoring his first goal against Queen of the South. He netted the first of 18 hat-tricks for Hibs in 1947, again against Queen of the South.

By the early 1950s, Hibernian were the most feared force in Scottish football as they won back-to-back league championships in seasons 1950-51 and 1951-52, with Reilly instrumental in both, finishing top scorer in the 1951-52 triumph. Reilly was also now an established Scottish international, making his debut against Wales in 1948 and scoring the first of 5 goals in 5 matches at Wembley later that year.

In 1955-56, Reilly almost quit football after a row with Hibernian after they refused him a testimonial match – a matter which was eventually resolved by the SFA. Reilly, however, began to suffer from illness as pleurisy and pneumonia led him to miss much of the 1955-56 season.

Reilly made his final Scotland appearance against England in 1957 but failed to score at Wembley for the first time.

His last appearance for Hibs came in 1957-58 where he scored against Rangers.

Reilly is Hibernian’s most capped player ever and is joint third in the Scotland national team’s top ever goalscorers . He also boasts an international strike rate of 61%, greater than that of Kenny Dalglish, Denis Law and Joe Jordan, and second only to that of Hughie Gallacher amongst those capped more than 10 times.

He won a total 38 caps for Scotland, scoring 23 goals.

James Robert “Bobby” Combe (born 29 January 1924 in Leith, Edinburgh; died 19 January 1991) was a former Scottish international footballer who spent his entire senior career with Hibernian.

A schoolboy internationalist, Combe joined his local club Hibernian at the age of 17 from Inveresk Athletic. He was originally an inside right but dropped back to the half back line upon the formation of Hibs’ “Famous Five” forward line, his position taken by Bobby Johnstone. Despite operating largely in the shadows of the “Five”, he enjoyed a long and successful career, during which he won three League winners medals (1947-48, 1950-51, 1951-52) and one Scottish League Cup runners-up medal (1951).

Combe was also a Scotland internationalist, earning 3 caps in 1948. He made his debut in a 2-0 defeat by England and also appeared against Switzerland and Belgium that year, scoring against the latter. He was selected in Scotland’s 22 man squad for the 1954 FIFA World Cup but the Scottish Football Association only budgeted to take 13 players to the finals in Switzerland and Combe was one of the nine who did not travel.

British International Championship

10 Apr 1948 SCOTLAND 0 – 2 ENGLAND

International Challenge Match

17 May 1948 SWITZERLAND 2 – 1 SCOTLAND
28 Apr 1948 SCOTLAND 2 – 0 BELGIUM Scored

In 1957 Combe retired from playing and was appointed Hibernian’s trainer. He held the role for two years before briefly becoming manager of Dumbarton in 1959. In his later years, Combe worked as a shopkeeper in his native Leith, then in the marketing department of Scottish Gas

David Shaw

British International Championship
17 Nov 1948 SCOTLAND 3 – 2 NORTHERN IRELAND
23 Oct 1948 SCOTLAND 3 – 1 WALES
10 Apr 1948 SCOTLAND 0 – 2 ENGLAND
27 Nov 1946 SCOTLAND 0 – 0 NORTHERN IRELAND
19 Oct 1946 WALES 3 – 1 SCOTLAND

International Challenge Match
23 May 1948 FRANCE 3 – 0 SCOTLAND
17 May 1948 SWITZERLAND 2 – 1 SCOTLAND
28 Apr 1948 SCOTLAND 2 – 0 BELGIUM
15 May 1946 SCOTLAND 3 – 1 SWITZERLAND

His Death in 1976 [14-10-1976]