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Alan Gordon
Personal information
Date of birth	May 14, 1944 (1944-05-14) (age 62)
Died	Feb 18, 2010 (1944-05-14) (age 62)
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Height	6′
Playing position	Striker
Youth clubs
–1961	Edina Hearts Edinburgh Athletic
Senior clubs1
1961–1967 1967–1968 1968–1969 1969–1972 1972–1974 1974–1976	Hearts Durban United Hearts Dundee United Hibernian Dundee Total	111 0(49) 015 00(6) 077 0(34) 084 0(51) 036 00(8) 324 (128)

Alan Gordon (born 14 May 1944, in Edinburgh) is a retired Scottish footballer famous for playing for the two senior sides of both Edinburgh and Dundee.

Despite attending the rugby-playing George Heriot’s School, Gordon nurtured his early footballing prowess by appearing for youth sides Edina Hearts and Edinburgh Athletic. He earned a professional contract with Hearts aged 17, although he persisted with his studies towards an accountancy qualification and would continue to work in that industry throughout his playing days. He made his senior debut a couple of months later, playing in a League Cup final in only his second match. By the 1964-65 season he had developed into a first team regular, scoring 23 times as the Maroons narrowly missed out on the League title.

Following a year-long spell in South Africa related to his accountancy career in 1967, where he played for Durban United, Gordon left Tynecastle permanently in 1969, when Jerry Kerr paid £8,000 to take him to Dundee United. While with the Tannadice club he remained Edinburgh-based for business-reasons, training twice a week with the Terrors. However when Jim McLean was appointed manager he instigated a policy requiring all United players to live in Tayside and Gordon’s conflict of interests led to him being transfer-listed.

Eddie Turnbull paid £12,000 to take Gordon to Edinburgh with Hibernian in January 1972 and it was with the Easter Road side he enjoyed his career highlights. In 1972-73 he helped Hibs to victory in the League Cup and Drybrough Cup, while the following season they retained the Drybrough Cup. He also featured in one of the most celebrated matches in Hibs’ history, the 7-0 victory over rivals Hearts in the 1973 “Ne’er day” Derby, a match in which he scored twice.

Despite this success, Gordon was sold to Dundee for £13,000 in 1974, earning the unique distinction of having represented both of Dundee and Edinburgh’s senior sides. His spell with the Dark Blues was less successful however, and following their last-day relegation in 1975-76, ironically only by virtue of an inferior goal difference to former side United, he retired aged 32.

Since ending his playing days, Gordon has continued to work in the accountancy profession, with his clients including Irvine Welsh. He was a sports pundit for Radio Forth during the 1980s and more recently has worked as a match host for Hibs at Easter Road.

Sunday, 11 January 2009
The Homecoming Scottish Cup
Hibernian 0-2
(HT 0-1) Hearts
Nade 38
Glen 90+3

Bookings:
Stevenson 59
Riordan 66
Rankin 75

Bookings:
Berra 25
Zaliukas 67

Sent off:
Fletcher 31

Hearts kept up their push for Uefa Cup football with an Edinburgh derby win that owed much to the defensive shortcomings of their city rivals.

With the visitors asleep, Michal Pospisil stroked Hearts in front inside the first 30 seconds.

And a shocking mistake from keeper Andrew McNeil allowed Andrew Driver to shoot into an empty net on 22 minutes.

Hibs wasted two good early chances but, despite enjoying a lot of the ball, rarely threatened after the break.

Hearts must now hope Aberdeen slip up in their remaining matches, if they are to nick third place on the last day of the season.

For Hibs it was another miserable day and their winless streak since lifting the CIS Cup continues.

Hibs have made a habit of gifting their local rivals goals in recent seasons and the visitors were at their calamitous worst right from the kick-off.

Chris Hogg and Shelton Martis failed to deal with a long, high punt, letting the ball to bounce between them and Pospisil squeezed past his dithering opponents to slide in an angled shot.

Hibs immediately carved out two wonderful chances to level the game but teenage strikers Damon Gray and Steven Fletcher were both ponderous in front of goal, allowing defenders to close them down.

However, John Collins’ side continued to defend with all the composure of giraffes on ice and Hearts were pouring on the pressure.

McNeil made a great reflex save to keep out a close range Roman Bednar header and the keeper made another fine block to stop a fierce shot from the same player.

The 20-year-old custodian then undid his good work with a catastrophic blunder that led to his team falling further behind.

McNeil advanced to gather a loose ball but, under no pressure, let it squirm from his grasp and Driver was on hand to hook the ball into an empty net from 15 yards.

Guillaume Beuzelin tried his luck with a fizzing long range effort but it flew straight at Hearts keeper Craig Gordon.

McNeil had to look lively to tip over a free-kick from Laryea Kingston and there was a let-off for Hibs on the stroke of half time when Christophe Berra’s header crashed off the crossbar.

The visitors made a bright start after the interval and Hearts defender Christos Karipidis was fortunate to see only one yellow card for violent hacks at Dean Shiels and David Murphy .

Gordon saved free-kicks from Merouane Zemmama and Fletcher but the keeper had little else to do as his defenders kept Hibs at bay with ease.

In the final minute, the goal opened up for Shiels inside the penalty box but the midfielder scuffed his shot, summing up a wretched day for Hibs.

Booked: Fletcher, Whittaker, McCann, Sproule.

Ref: S Dougal

Bookings

• Benjelloun
• Sproule (Hibernian)
• Hartley (Hearts)

Attendance: 16654

Referee: Charlie Richmond (Scotland)

2 April 2006

Hearts 4 Hibs 0

Hampden Park

Scottish Cup Semi-final

43,180

First Hearts v Hibs Scottish Cup semi-final since 1901. Paul Hartley scored a hat-trick, while Hibs had two players sent off. Hearts go on to win the Scottish Cup with a 4–2 win on penalties after a 1–1 draw with Gretna in the 2006 Scottish Cup Final.

Hearts 4 (3) – 1(0) Hibernian
Hartley 27 O’Connor 58
Skacel 41
Hartley 44(p)
Elliot 50

Bookings: Brellier (Hearts) Murphy(Hibernian)

Attendance: 17371

Referee: Michael McCurry (Scotland)

BBC Match Report

Hearts 4-1 Hibernian
A devastating first-half display from Hearts sank 10-man Hibs at Tynecastle.

Paul Hartley stabbed in the opener after 27 minutes and Rudi Skacel fired in the second from the edge of a packed penalty area 14 minutes later.

Hartley made it 3-0 from the spot (44), before an off-the-ball incident resulted in Gary Smith being sent-off just before the interval.

Skacel set up Calum Elliot for the fourth (50), while Garry O’Connor bulleted in a consolation for Hibs.

The 126th competitive Edinburgh derby was preceded by a minute’s applause for former Hearts chairman Wallace Mercer who died earlier in the month with cancer.

When the game got underway, it was Jambos keeper Craig Gordon who had to make the first save of the game after six minutes.

The Scottish internationalist threw himself smartly to his right to save a powerful Garry O’Connor header from a Derek Riordan free-kick.

Gordon pulled off an even better save moments later when he punched away Riordan’s first-time drive after the Hibs striker had been set up by O’Connor 16 yards from goal.

There was no let-up in the action and at the other end Hibs keeper Simon Brown saved comfortably from Skacel’s left-footed drive from the edge of the box.

With Scotland manager Walter Smith watching from the stand, Hartley did his international hopes no harm by grabbing the opening goal.

Skacel made his way to the by-line and cut the ball back and there was Hartley to stab home from close range at the front post.

Five minutes before the break, Hartley swung in a free-kick from wide on the left which was knocked out to the edge of the box inadvertently by Christophe Berra and Skacel followed it up to thunder a left-footed shot through a crowd of players and past Brown.

There was more drama three minutes later when Hibs defender Gary Caldwell hauled Skacel down for a penalty.

More drama ensued just before the half-time whistle when Hibs veteran Smith was shown a straight red card for a clash with Saulius Mikoliunas.

The Gorgie side had no intention of sitting on their three-goal lead and indeed added to it only five minutes after the interval.

Skacel all too easily beat Easter Road full-back Steven Whittaker down the left and when his cut-back came into the six-yard box Elliot had the easiest of tasks to slip the ball past the helpless Brown at the near post.

However, the shell-shocked visitors stemmed the tide a little shortly after, when O’Connor turned and drilled a superb 25-yard drive past Gordon.

The home fans were encouraging their team to go looking for more goals, but there was a surprising reluctance from the Hearts players to push home the numerical advantage.

The game, in fact, petered out with both sides content to run the clock down.

Scottish Premier – KO 19:45
Hearts 1 (1) – 2(0) Hibernian
Goals

• Miller 40

• O’Connor 68
• Shiels 73

At Tynecastle on 13-04-2005

Hearts: Gordon ,Thompson (McKenna ,77 ) ,Webster ,Pressley ,Wallace (Berra ,74 ) ,Cesnauskis ,Hartley (Kizys ,68 ) ,MacFarlane ,McAllister ,Miller ,Burchill
Subs not used: Moilanen,Wyness,Hamill,Stewart,

Hibernian: Simon Brown ,Whittaker ,Gary Smith ,Caldwell ,Murray (Thomson ,61 ) ,Murray ,Scott Brown ,Glass ,Shiels (Fletcher ,84 ) ,O’Connor ,Riordan (Konte ,61)
Subs not used Alister Brown,Hogg,Morrow,Sproule,

Bookings: MacFarlane ,McAllister (Hearts) Murray ,Riordan (Hibernian)

Attendance: 17676

Referee: John Rowbotham (Scotland)

Gordon Smith (May 25, 1924 in Edinburgh – August 8, 2004 in North Berwick) was a Scottish football player.




When a recurring ankle injury led to Hibs releasing him in 1959 most observers assumed that (the then 35 year-old) Smith’s career was over. Smith thought otherwise, and after paying for an operation on the offending ankle himself, he eventually signed for Hearts. He was to enjoy immediate success at Tynecastle, winning both the League and the League Cup in his first season.




After an injury-plagued second season with Hearts, Smith was released and again the football writers prepared obituaries for the veteran’s career. Again Smith was to confound contemporary wisdom, signing for Dundee and forming a part of their first, and so far only, league winning side in 1962. At the age of 38, Smith had achieved the unique distinction of being the only player to win the league title with three different teams, remarkably despite playing for neither of the traditionally dominant “Old Firm”.




The following season Smith, in a forward pairing with Alan Gilzean helped Dundee to the European Cup semi-finals, where they performed gallantly in an aggregate defeat to A.C. Milan. After leaving Dundee, he played briefly for Drumcondra in the Republic of Ireland before finally retiring.




During his playing career, Gordon Smith was capped 19 times by Scotland, scoring 4 goals.

Scottish Premier – KO 15:00
Hearts 5 (2) – 1(0) Hibernian
Kirk 18 Murray 51
de Vries 40
de Vries 66
de Vries 90
de Vries 90

At Tynecastle on 11-08-2002

Hearts: Niemi ,Maybury ,Pressley ,McKenna ,Mahe (McMullan ,61 ) ,Simmons (Twaddle ,54 ) ,Severin ,Boyack ,Valois ,de Vries ,Kirk (Wales ,80)
Subs not used: McKenzie,Webster,

Hibernian: Caig ,Orman ,Gary Smith ,Dempsie ,Murray ,O’Neil (Brebner ,12 ) ,Townsley (Paatelainen ,77 ) ,Jack ,Arpinon ,Luna ,O’Connor (McManus ,78)
Subs not used Colgan,Fenwick,

Bookings: Twaddle (Hearts)

Attendance: 15245

Referee: Michael McCurry (Scotland)

Hibernian ,Rangers,hearts , celtic

Six-goal Hibs break Hearts

Hibernian 6-2 Heart of Midlothian

Hibernian could be about to make Dick Advocaat eat his words after a Mixu Paatelainen hat-trick turned the tables in the Edinburgh derby.

Stung by an early goal from Northern Ireland international striker Andy Kirk, Hibs powered back to score six in a scintillating display of skilful, possession football with plenty of punch up front.

A day after Advocaat dismissed Hibs as genuine title contenders, the Rangers manager first watched his side lose 2-1 away to St Johnstone, then would have arrived back in Glasgow just in time to watch TV pictures of the kind of convincing win in the capital that ought to be the reserve of champions.

Hibs’ 6-2 win takes them to within five points of leaders Celtic and seven ahead of fourth-top Rangers, who were beaten at Easter Road last weekend.

Shrugging off

Hibernian had named the same side that started the game against Rangers, French striker David Zitelli, who suffered a hamstring strain after scoring the winner, having recovered in time.

Russell Latapy challenged by Thomas Flogel
Russell Latapy challenged by Thomas Flogel
Scott Severin returned for Hearts after shrugging off injuries but had to make do with a place on the bench, but fellow midfielder Lee Makel and strikers Gary Wales and Stephane Adam were all still out.

Hearts’ only change from the side that defeated Dundee United last weekend was versatile Austrian Thomas Flogel coming in for Grant Murray at full-back.

Gordon Durie became the latest, following the likes of Brian Hamilton and present team-mate Darren Jackson, to don both colours in Edinburgh derbies and he marked the event, and this week’s signing of a long-term contract, by setting up the opening goal.

Fears of another goal-less draw to follow the first Edinburgh derby of the season were dispelled after a mere four minutes had elapsed, when the veteran striker picked out the over-lapping run from Steve Fulton.

Early control

The midfielder who has been standing in at left-back following the sale of Gary Naysmith drove in a low cross that was turned home at the near post by Kirk, who had stolen in ahead of Paul Fenwick, for his fourth goal in three games.

Inspired by the goal and the commanding presence of central defender Steve Pressley, Hearts took early control, but the home side gradually worked their way into the match.

Latapy found Paatelainen with crossfield ball that caught Fulton out of position, but the striker’s chip was foiled by the hand of fellow Finn Antii Niemi in the Hearts goal.

Paatelainen then headed home from the resulting corner, but referee Hugh Dallas blew for a foul by the striker on Pressley.

Thoroughly deserved

A shot from Ulrik Laursen thundered into Niemi’s chest and Russell Latapy screwed a shot wide from 16 yards after being put clear by Zitelli.

However, although Durie fired in a drive that was well held by Nick Colgan after the striker dispossessed Gary Smith, Hibs thoroughly deserved the equaliser when it came after 42 minutes.

A Latapy cross was flicked on by the head of Zitelli, bounced off Pressley’s chest in to the path of Paatelainen and the veteran thumped the ball into the roof of the net from eight yards.

It only took another minute for Hibs to completely turn the match on its head.

Pressley could only head Zitelli’s corner high in the air, Laursen climbed above the defence to head the ball into the six yard box, where Paatelainen prodded the ball past Niemi.

Six minutes into the second half and Hibs were in total command when Latapy’s pass split the centre of the defence and Zitelli played the ball under the approaching Niemi and into the net.

Volleying home

Another delightful pass from Latapy sent John O’Neil down the right wing and his cross into the box was side-footed home by Paatelainen to make it four after 74 minutes.

O’Neil got himself on the scoresheet next, pouncing on a loose ball to thump the ball into the roof of the net in a crowded penalty area from 16 yards.

Latapy provided the tastiest form of icing on the cake with seven minutes remaining, beating a defender, playing a one-two with Paatelainen and then volleying home from eight yards.

Hearts got one back when substitute Gary McSwegan won a tackle on the edge of the box and Colin Cameron drove the ball into the far corner, but it was a mere consolation on a sad night for Jim Jefferies’ cash-hit side.

Hibernian: Colgan, Lovell, G. Smith, Sauzee, Fenwick, Laursen, O’Neil, Jack, Latapy, Paatelainen, Zitelli.

Subs: Franks, Andrews, Lehmann, Bannerman, Murray.

Hearts: Niemi, Flogel, Pressley, James, Fulton, Petric, Cameron, Tomaschek, Kirk, Durie, Juanjo.

Subs:

• McKenzie
• McSwegan
• Jackson
• Murray
• Severin

Referee: H Dallas.

Goals

• Lehmann 18
• Sauzee 27
• Miller 90

Bookings

• Petric (Hearts) Lehmann
• Paatelainen (Hibernian)

Attendance

• 17954

Referee

• Willie Young (Scotland)

11 April 1998

Hibs 2 Hearts 1

Easter Road

Scottish Football League Premier Division

15,530

John Robertson scored the last of his record 27 goals in the derby. Hibs severely dented Hearts’ league title chances with the win, but were unable to save themselves from relegation.

Scottish Premier – KO 19:45
Hibernian 0 (0) – 1(1) Hearts
McCann 7

Hibernian

• Gottskalksson
• Miller
• Boco
• Dods
• Hughes
• Charnley (Harper ,76 )
• Dow
• Lavety (Power ,70 )
• Crawford
• Rougier
• McGinlay
• Subs not used McCaffrey

Hearts

• Rousset
• Frail (Salvatori ,73 )
• Pointon (Flogel ,88 )
• Weir
• McManus
• Ritchie
• McCann
• Fulton
• Robertson (Hamilton ,89 )
• Cameron
• Adam

Bookings

• Pointon(Hearts)
• Ritchie (Hearts)

Attendance

• 15550

TICKET

PROGRAMME

Hibernian Goals :

• Donald
• McGinlay

Hearts Goals :

• McPherson
• Robertson

Wright Weir and Harper

Game postponed to the 18th due to frozen pitches at tynie

HEARTS

• Walker
• Mclaren
• Levein
• Berry
• Frail
• Mackay (sent off)
• Leitch (A johnstone 76)
• McKinley (Miller 40)
• Colquhoun
• Robertson
• M Johnstone

HIBS

• Leighton
• Beaumont
• Tweed
• Hunter
• Miller(Tortolano 50)
• Evens
• Findley
• Hamilton
• O’Neill
• Harper(McAllister 62)
• Jackson

Referee

• Mr L Mottram (Forth)

Attendance

• 14000

Quote: from Jacksons Column

Winning against hearts was a huge relief to all of us. That victory should now end press speculation about a jinx, and we can look forward to more successes against out city rivals. The reaction of our fans throughout the game was absolutely tremendous and i was delighted to join them in celebration at the end of the match. There were only 4000 Hibs fans in Tynecastle that day because of the reduced ticket allocation, but they sounded more like 14000, especially when the final whistle was blown. At the end of the day it was only three points – but it was a great three points to win.

Match Report In this programme

Here

Match Report in the subsequent Programme: Here

postponed from 1/1/94 – frozen pitch

GOALS
Hearts : Tosh McKinlay ;John Robertson

Brechin City : Brown

att : 1903

HIBERNIAN

• John Burridge
• Willie Miller
• Graham Mitchell
• Gordon Hunter
• Tommy McIntyre
• Dave Beaumont
• Mickey Weir
• Brian Hamilton
• Keith Wright
• Gareth Evans
• Pat McGinley
• Mark McGraw
• Joe Tortolano
• Danny Lennon
• David Nichols

1986 saw a return to glory for the fans, so it seemed. In one week Hearts could achieve the double. Following a 31-match unbeaten run, Hearts had to go to Dundee and nearest challengers Celtic were at St Mirren. A seven-goal turnaround was needed for Hearts to throw away the championship. Until the final seven minutes Hearts were going to be champions once more. Albert Kidd scored twice for Dundee in the last seven minutes, and Celtic won at St Mirren (who incidentally had a new £1m stand the next season) by five goals to nil. Hearts were shattered by this and went on to lose the Scottish cup final 3-0 to Aberdeen.

Hibs beat Hearts 2-1

This is an 20-page wide size programme issued by Inde Coope Scotland Ltd for a Three Day Soccer Tournament played at Tynecastle and Easter Road in the 1980’s. It was the Skol Festival Trophy. The teams taking part were Coventry City, Hearts, Hibs and Manchester City. The managers of the teams at that time were Gordon Milne,Willie Ormond, Eddie Turnbull and Malcolm Allison respectively The programme is in very good condition with no writing.

Hibs beat Hearts 2-1

This is an 20-page wide size programme issued by Inde Coope Scotland Ltd for a Three Day Soccer Tournament played at Tynecastle and Easter Road in the 1980’s. It was the Skol Festival Trophy. The teams taking part were Coventry City, Hearts, Hibs and Manchester City. The managers of the teams at that time were Gordon Milne,Willie Ormond, Eddie Turnbull and Malcolm Allison respectively The programme is in very good condition with no writing.

Hibs beat Hearts 2-1

This is an 20-page wide size programme issued by Inde Coope Scotland Ltd for a Three Day Soccer Tournament played at Tynecastle and Easter Road in the 1980’s. It was the Skol Festival Trophy. The teams taking part were Coventry City, Hearts, Hibs and Manchester City. The managers of the teams at that time were Gordon Milne,Willie Ormond, Eddie Turnbull and Malcolm Allison respectively The programme is in very good condition with no writing.

Eddie Turnsbulls Page

Hibs last three matches have enabled us to gain a
two-goal lead over our Swedish opponents in liurope
and to collect three away points in the Premier
League. and 1 would say that represents reasonable
progress.
It is true that against Oesters we might have
scored more goals on pressure but they were pushed
back into their own penalty area and defended
stoutly. However. I am not dissatisfied with the first-
leg lead and it will take three to beat us.
Last Saturday’s win at Ayr was hard earned in a
game of three penalties. United were given two spot
kicks and Mike McDonald saved the second one at
an important stage of the game.
This was a clour. fighting performance. with l-libs
taking a powerful grip in the final 15 minutes.
It was the same type of contest at Kilmarnock
with more concentration on endeavour than skill. ln
the end. a draw was quite fair.
So the first lap in the League programme will be
completed this afternoon with the derby game
against Hearts. I saw them on Monday and rated
them unfortunate to lose to Celtic.
At least. both teams are sure to go forward today
in search of goals and that should mean better
entertainment or the fans.

Joined Hibernian in 1998, whom he helped win the First Division in 1998-99

Page 2

Managers Room

My first duty today is to wish everyone here a happy 1974 and; to hope that more teams put the emphasis on attacking football this year. That is the only way to entice people to support the game and Hibs will be doing their bit in this direction. We showed the way in our last home game against Morton. The team produced fascinating football in the mud and rain and thrilled the fans judging from the reception given to the players at the end of the game. Morton helped to make it a spectacle by deciding on a
positive approach when they might have been tempted to pack their goal area. Anyhow, that is past and we should have loads of entertainment this afternoon since Hearts have made an impact this season by concentrating on attack. They proved their ability in the first League meeting with Hibs by scoring four goals and I certainly don’t want that to happen again. My players are out for revenge, naturally, but they seek the two points to keep in close pursuit of Celtic, for the eventual destination of the championship could hinge on the results over the New Year period. This is a vital game for both Hibs and Hearts and the winners should make headway in the League competition. I hope and believe that Hibs will win but it is important, too, that the Edinburgh teams produce a display that encourages the fans to keep coming back.

Found this under the carpet…still an interesting read

Hearts 0 Hibernian 7

January 1st, 1973, Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh.

attendance: 36,000

half time – 0-5

- the largest ever winning margin between the two teams in an competitive game

- One of the largest wins by an away team in the Scottish League’s history

- neither team has scored as many goals against each other since

Referee – Mr J.P.R. Gordon of Newport on Tay, who replaced W.Mullen who was ill

On New Year’s Day 1973 , Hibernian were sitting second in the old Scottish First Division, with only Jock Stein’s legendary Celtic team ahead of them. Hibs were an attractive footballing team, but still carried a physical presence. Hibs had already had landed two trophies that season, the Drybourgh Cup, in which they defeated Celtic, and more significantly, the League Cup, won the month previous to the game, with Celtic again the losers. Hibs manager Eddie Turnbull took his side to Tynecastle Park for the Edinburgh Derby full of confidence, and a Hibs win was expected, especially as Hearts had failed to beat Hibs in the previous 14 clashes. Hibs needed to win by six clear goals to go top of the league , as Celtic’s game against Rangers had been postponed due to large numbers of the Celtic team coming down with flu. However few in the packed stadium would have thought they could go one better and that they would witness one of Hibs’ finest ever victories…

You said it – 0-7 quotes

“Ironically on the telly that day was the film “Zorro”, I always remember thinking that it’s swish resembled a seven”

* Jimmy O’Rourke

“I got a lift to the game from Jimmy O’Rourke, and when he picked me up I jumped in, shook hands with him, said Happy New Year, and I asked him “So what do you think?”. Jimmy replied “I think it’s going to be one of these
1-2-3-4-5 cases, which of course it turned out to be”

* Alan Gordon

“One of the Hearts players had described us before the game as cowboys. I told the players to go out and show them that they weren’t cowboys, they were really class players”

* Eddie Turnbull

“I don’t think for one minute that the Hearts players were as up for the game as we were”

* Alex Cropley

“People ask me why I told the players to slacken off in the second half, but that wasn’t the case at all. I told them to carry on the way they had been playing, as Hearts would do exactly
the same to us if they had the chance”

* Eddie Turnbull

Hibernian 2-1 Hearts

The derby before 7-0 and before the ‘72 LC final

sign to hibs from st mirren in 1989

Darren Jackson
Real name	Darren Jackson
Height	5.10
Weight	10.10
Date of birth	25-07-1966
Place of birth	Edinburgh
Position	Forward
Nationality	Scotland

Club	From	To	Fee	League		FA Cup		League cup		Other
Clydebank	18-01-2002	28-04-2002	Loan	7 (6)	2	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0
St Johnstone	12-07-2001	01-06-2002	Free	6 (3)	1	0 (0)	0	0 (1)	0	0 (0)	0
Livingston	04-04-2001	12-07-2001	Signed	3 (0)	1	0 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0
Livingston	12-01-2001	03-04-2001	Loan	5 (1)	0	3 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0
Hearts	26-03-1999	04-04-2001	£ 300000	47 (9)	7	3 (0)	1	2 (2)	2	2 (0)	1
Coventry	20-11-1998	17-01-1999	Loan	0 (3)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0
Celtic	15-07-1997	26-03-1999	£ 1250000	13 (16)	3	0 (4)	1	3 (0)	1	3 (3)	1
Hibernian	14-07-1992	15-07-1997	£ 400000	170 (0)	50	5 (0)	1	3 (0)	2	0 (0)	0
Dundee Utd	16-12-1988	14-07-1992	£ 200000	87 (0)	30	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0
Newcastle	13-10-1986	16-12-1988	£ 60000	No appearance data available
Meadowbank Thistle	01-08-1985	13-10-1986		48 (0)	22	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0
Totals			£ 2210000	386 (38)	116	11 (5)	3	8 (3)	5	5 (3)	2
			goals / game	0.27		0.18		0.45		0.25
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals

HIBERNIAN

• WILSON
• SIMPSON
• DAVIS
• STANTON
• McNAMEE
• BAXTER
• HOGG
• COUSIN
• SCOTT
• O’ROURKE
• CORMACK

HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN

• CRUIKSHANK
• FERGUSON
• HOLT
• MILLER
• ANDERSON
• CUMMING
• HAMILTON
• HIGGINS
• WALLACE
• KERRIGAN
• TRAYNOR

During his career he played for; East Fife, Hibernian, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, Rangers and Hearts. He was also capped 43 times by Scotland, scoring 7 goals.

Managed Hibernian 96 to 98 (30-12-1996 02-02-1998)

Duffy’s managerial career

http://www.soccerbase.com/managers2.sd?managerid=1529

Hibernian Games (46) Won (8) Lost (23) Drawn (15)

Peter Marinello (born in Edinburgh on February 20, 1950) is a Scottish former footballer.

Marinello started his career at Hibernian, and could play either as a forward or right winger. He was regarded as being talented enough there that he was dubbed “the next George Best” by the British press. In January 1970 he joined Arsenal for £100,000 (a club record fee and the first time Arsenal had paid a six-figure sum for a player) and he scored on his debut, against Manchester United at Old Trafford on January 10, 1970.

However after that his career quickly took a downturn, a combination of homesickness, his celebrity lifestyle and heavy drinking and a knee injury led to a dip in form which meant he was left out of Arsenal’s first team; he did not take part in Arsenal’s Inter-Cities Fairs Cup triumph of 1970 and only played three matches in their 1970-71 Double-winning campaign. Unable to break into the first team consistently in his Arsenal career, he only played eight league matches in 1971-72 and thirteen in 1972-73; he eventually left Arsenal in July 1973 for Portsmouth after failing to agree a new contract. In total he played 51 matches for Arsenal, scoring five goals.

He later played for Motherwell, Fulham, Phoenix Inferno, Heart of Midlothian and Partick Thistle. Though he retired a wealthy man, a failed business venture left him bankrupt in 1994, and he suffered a nervous breakdown. He now lives in Bournemouth, West Sussex.

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

Alan Gordon
Personal information
Date of birth	May 14, 1944 (1944-05-14) (age 62)
Died	Feb 18, 2010 (1944-05-14) (age 62)
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Height	6′
Playing position	Striker
Youth clubs
–1961	Edina Hearts Edinburgh Athletic
Senior clubs1
1961–1967 1967–1968 1968–1969 1969–1972 1972–1974 1974–1976	Hearts Durban United Hearts Dundee United Hibernian Dundee Total	111 0(49) 015 00(6) 077 0(34) 084 0(51) 036 00(8) 324 (128)

Alan Gordon (born 14 May 1944, in Edinburgh) is a retired Scottish footballer famous for playing for the two senior sides of both Edinburgh and Dundee.

Despite attending the rugby-playing George Heriot’s School, Gordon nurtured his early footballing prowess by appearing for youth sides Edina Hearts and Edinburgh Athletic. He earned a professional contract with Hearts aged 17, although he persisted with his studies towards an accountancy qualification and would continue to work in that industry throughout his playing days. He made his senior debut a couple of months later, playing in a League Cup final in only his second match. By the 1964-65 season he had developed into a first team regular, scoring 23 times as the Maroons narrowly missed out on the League title.

Following a year-long spell in South Africa related to his accountancy career in 1967, where he played for Durban United, Gordon left Tynecastle permanently in 1969, when Jerry Kerr paid £8,000 to take him to Dundee United. While with the Tannadice club he remained Edinburgh-based for business-reasons, training twice a week with the Terrors. However when Jim McLean was appointed manager he instigated a policy requiring all United players to live in Tayside and Gordon’s conflict of interests led to him being transfer-listed.

Eddie Turnbull paid £12,000 to take Gordon to Edinburgh with Hibernian in January 1972 and it was with the Easter Road side he enjoyed his career highlights. In 1972-73 he helped Hibs to victory in the League Cup and Drybrough Cup, while the following season they retained the Drybrough Cup. He also featured in one of the most celebrated matches in Hibs’ history, the 7-0 victory over rivals Hearts in the 1973 “Ne’er day” Derby, a match in which he scored twice.

Despite this success, Gordon was sold to Dundee for £13,000 in 1974, earning the unique distinction of having represented both of Dundee and Edinburgh’s senior sides. His spell with the Dark Blues was less successful however, and following their last-day relegation in 1975-76, ironically only by virtue of an inferior goal difference to former side United, he retired aged 32.

Since ending his playing days, Gordon has continued to work in the accountancy profession, with his clients including Irvine Welsh. He was a sports pundit for Radio Forth during the 1980s and more recently has worked as a match host for Hibs at Easter Road.

Born: Edinburgh d.o.b: 6 May 1942

Position: Right Back

Teams Seasons Apps. Gls.
Source : Loanhead Mayflower
Hearts 62-67 104 1
Glasgow Celtic 67-68 2 0
Hibernian 68-71 66 1
Greenock Morton 71-74 38 0

Retired

Totals 210 2

Willie Hamilton Born Willie 16th Feb 1938, Died : 1976.

Bought from Heart of midlothian for £6000 in October 1963, a troubled genius who showed all his bes qualities under Jock Stein at Hibs then lost his way again after Jock moved to Celtic.

Willie won one cap for Scotland in 1965 against Finland.

27 May 1965 FINLAND 1 – 2 SCOTLAND

Gordon Smith (May 25, 1924 in Edinburgh – August 8, 2004 in North Berwick) was a Scottish football player.




When a recurring ankle injury led to Hibs releasing him in 1959 most observers assumed that (the then 35 year-old) Smith’s career was over. Smith thought otherwise, and after paying for an operation on the offending ankle himself, he eventually signed for Hearts. He was to enjoy immediate success at Tynecastle, winning both the League and the League Cup in his first season.




After an injury-plagued second season with Hearts, Smith was released and again the football writers prepared obituaries for the veteran’s career. Again Smith was to confound contemporary wisdom, signing for Dundee and forming a part of their first, and so far only, league winning side in 1962. At the age of 38, Smith had achieved the unique distinction of being the only player to win the league title with three different teams, remarkably despite playing for neither of the traditionally dominant “Old Firm”.




The following season Smith, in a forward pairing with Alan Gilzean helped Dundee to the European Cup semi-finals, where they performed gallantly in an aggregate defeat to A.C. Milan. After leaving Dundee, he played briefly for Drumcondra in the Republic of Ireland before finally retiring.




During his playing career, Gordon Smith was capped 19 times by Scotland, scoring 4 goals.