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Sevilla retained the Uefa Cup with a 3-1 shoot-out victory against Espanyol.

Adriano scored the first in a thrilling match with a lovely finish following a swift Sevilla break, but Alberto Riera levelled with a deflected shot.

Andres Palop denied Riera with a fine save and the game looked to turn when Espanyol’s Moises Hurtado was sent off for a second booking on 68 minutes.

Sevilla’s pressure told when Frederic Kanoute turned in a cross, before a goal from Jonatas sent it to penalties.

But having done the hard work of taking the game to a shoot-out, Espanyol’s efforts from 12 yards were abject.

Palop saved from Luis Garcia, Jonatas and Marc Torrejon to keep Sevilla on course for a Treble.

And Palop’s heroics meant the Andalucians, who are third in La Liga and in the final of the Copa del Rey, also became the second team to retain the Uefa Cup after Real Madrid in 1986.

As well as emerging as the hero, Palop set up the opening goal in this all-Spanish affair at Glasgow’s Hampden Park.

Sevilla struck when the keeper gathered a corner and released a monumental throw, which the galloping Adriano gathered ahead of a lunging covering challenge from David Garcia before finishing crisply.

Espanyol, the tournament’s leading scorers, found a way back into the game when Ivan de la Pena picked out Rieri in space on the left.

The former Manchester City man cut inside the retreating Daniel Alves and his shot from the edge of the area beat Palop, with the help of a deflection off the Brazilian.

Espanyol maintained the momentum after the break and Raul Tamudo saw a rising shot palmed over, before Riera unleashed a ferocious dipping volley that Palop tipped on to the bar.

But with the Catalans in the ascendancy the game changed when holding midfielder Moises received a second booking with a tackle from behind on substitute Aleksandr Kerzhakov.

The extent of the setback was highlighted by the fact that talismanic skipper Tamudo was the man sacrificed as Espanyol, 12th in La Liga, shored up their defence.

And midfield orchestrator De la Pena soon followed as Sevilla stoked up the intense pressure on a stout defensive line.

A fizzing passing move ended with Kerzhakov firing over, Javi Navarro saw a header saved, Kanoute had an effort clawed away at the back post, Ivica Dragutinovic blasted the rebound wildly wide and twinkle-toed substitute Jesus Navas had a penalty shout turned down.

On it went as the corners racked up, Gorka Iraizoz saving Renato’s shot while in extra time Luis Garcia’s last-ditch tackle denied Antonio Puerta a shooting opportunity.

But the Blanquiazules backline was finally breached when former West Ham and Tottenham striker Kanoute stole in to poke in a low Navas cross at the near post.

The Rojiblancos had chances to kill off the game, but Iraizoz denied Puerta and Alves in one-on-one situations.

And out of nothing substitute Jonatas took the final to penalties with a fiercely struck, long-range shot which took the slightest of deflections off Christian Poulsen five minutes from the end of the extra period.

But that only meant Palop returned to centre stage, while Kanoute, Ivica Dragutinovic and Puerta scored to break Espanyol hearts.

Hibernian 2 – 1 OB Odense

(HT 0-0)
(agg 2-2)

GOALS
Hibernian: Jones 54,Dalglish 80

Odense : Grahn 51

BOOKINGS
Hibernian: Thomson 18,Glass 55,Dalglish 71,Shiels 82,Stevenson 88

Odense : Hansen 53

Odense 1 (1) – 0(0) Hibernian
Sorensen 33(p)

Bookings

• Killen
• Murphy
• Scott Brown
• Thomson

Referee: Philippe Kalt ()

The first matches under the management of Tony Mowbray.

UEFA Cup – Qualifying second leg – KO 19:00
National Bucharest 2 (1) – 2(1) SK Tirana

National Bucharest
Ilie 29
Radu 60

SK Tirana
Merkoci 8
Zaccanti 68

National Bucharest win 3 – 2 on aggregate
on 29-08-2002

Hibernian 3 – 2 AEK Athens

UEFA Cup – 1st Qualifying first leg – KO 18:45
Glenavon 0 (0) – 1(0) Kilmarnock
Innes 90

Glenavon: Addis ,Wright ,Johnny Montgomery ,Rafferty (Kane ,73 ) ,Mallon ,McCann ,McAree ,McMahon ,Keegan (Campbell ,71 ) ,Dean Smith (Forker ,75 ) ,Collins
Subs not used: McCombe,Hill,Riches,O’Kane,

Kilmarnock: Marshall ,Canero ,Innes ,Dindeleux ,Hay ,McLaren (Fowler ,78 ) ,Mahood ,Calderon (Pizzo ,62 ) ,Mitchell ,Merdy (Cocard ,55 ) ,Ngonge
Subs not used Meldrum,Reilly,Hessey,Di Giacomo,

Bookings: Mitchell (Kilmarnock)

Attendance: 3000

Referee: Jari Maisonlahti ()

29 September 1992 UEFA Cup Anderlecht

Hibernian Edinburg – RSC Anderlecht 2:2 (1:1)
(Beaumont 4, McGinlay 75 – Degryse 39 p, van Vossen 67)
RSC ANDERLECHT – Hibernian Edinburg 1:1 (1:1)
(Nilis 4 -Jackson 15)

Hibernian 0-0 FC Liege

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FC Liege saw off Hibs in the second leg when an extra-time wonder goal whizzed past Andy Goram.

Videoton 0 – 3 Hibernian

Hibernian 1 – 0 Videoton

Celtic Played Politehnica Timisoara of Romania (Rumania) in the Cup Winners Cup

Sept. 28 Blackburn Rovers …….. (A) 1-0 Higgins.

Osters Vaxjo 4 – 1 Hibernian

Bobby Smith gets hibs goal

Goals

• Blackley
• Brownlie pen

Eddie Turnbull’s page

After what is best described as a frustrating
afternoon against Partick Thistle here on Saturday,
l am confident that spectators will see a much more
open game tonight.
Over the years, we have grown accustomed to
foreign teams playing defensively away lmm home
but I don`t think Oesters will fall into that category.
Like ourselves. the Swedes believe in attacking
football and that must he good for the game.
Chairman Tom Hart and I watched Oesters lose
4-3 to Djurgaardens in Stockholm a few weeks ago
and the scoreline alone is enough to convince anyone
that it was an exciting game with no thought given to
negative tactics.
l haven`t seen many more attack-minded sides for
a long time and Oesters will prove first-class entertainment when they are going forward.
Hibs fans haven’t had many goals to cheer in the
League and, for their sake as well as our own, it
would he refreshing to establish a worthwhile lead
for our trip to Vaxjo in a fortnight.
lt is almost the end of the season in Sweden and
Oesters have one game left after drawing 2-2 at
home with Elfsborg on Sunday. They seem sure to
finish third in the table which indicates the task in
store for us tonight.

Brownlie scores for hibs

Wed 17 Sep 1975

Hibernian 1 Liverpool 0

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Liverpool went on to win the competition.

Hibs’ biggest aggregate defeat in European competition.

Hibs’ biggest win in Europe in one leg and on aggregate.

Home 9–1

Away 3–2

Agg. 12–3

Hibs’ biggest win in Europe on aggregate.

0 – 0

Leeds win 4-5 on pens

10 YEARS AGO

Wednesday, October 24,1973. Leeds United v. Hibernian. U.E.F.A. Cup.
Result (0-0).
Leeds United — Harvey; Madeley, Cherry; Bremner, Ellam, Yorath;
Lorimer, Clarke, Jones, Bates, F. Gray. Subs. Jordan, O’Neill, Mann,
Davey, Shaw.
Hibs – McArthur; Bremner, Schaedler; Stanton, Black, Blackley;
Smith, Higgins, Gordon, Cropley, Duncan. Subs. Edwards, Hazel,
O’Rourke, Munro, Robertson.
Hibs won a lot of admirers with their display against Leeds United in the
first leg of their U.E.F.A. Cup tie at Elland Road. Their plan to attack the
English League leaders raised quite a few eyebrows among the media
representatives and Jimmy Hill had nothing but praise for the Scots display.
Changed days indeed!
Leeds, with four Scots on the park, and one on the bench, were hot
favourites and the crowd at the start was around the 25,000 plus mark.
Using two wingers — Bobby Smith and Arthur Duncan — Hibs exploited
the lack of mobility in the Leeds full-backs, and were unlucky not to gain a
winning lead. Their best chance came in the last minute when Arthur
Duncan, for the umpteenth time sped past Madeley, and crossed into the
middle. Alan Gordon dummied the ball and Tony Higgins, with the goal at
his mercy, huudod over when it appeared easier to score.
The big man made amends throughout the 90 minutes by his whole-
hearted display which left Leads skipper Billy Bremner a clear second best
in their tussles.
In the second-half Leeds brought on Joe Jordan and their young winger
O’Neill to provide a service for the new Scotland leader, but the Hibs
defence held firm and kept taking the game to Leeds.
The large Hibs support were a credit to the club and Scotland.
By RIKKI RAGINIA and RICHARD F. WHITE

from Hibernian 0 – 0 Celtic (October 26th, 1983)

4-2 (Gordon (3),Duncan)

7-1
O’Rourke (3) – Player Profile Here
Duncan (2) – Player Profile Here
Cropley – Player Profile Here
Brownlie – Player Profile Here

Jimmy O’Rourke scored a hat-trick in the home leg.

Hibernian vs Liverpool – FAIRS CUP – Third Round First Leg

Hibernian

• Baines
• R. Duncan
• Schaedler –
• Blackley –
• Jim Black
• McEwan
• Eric STEVENSON
• Pat Stanton
• Blair
• Arthur Duncan –
• McBride –
• Graham
• Jimmy O’Rourke –
• John Brownlie –
• Davidson

Liverpool
Ray Clemence
Lawler
Lindsay
Smith
Llyod
Hughes
Hall
McLaughlin
Heighway
Toshack SCORED
Thompson
Lawernce
Yeats
Ross
Boersma
Whitham

Teamlines
Hibernian
1. Baines
2. Shevlane
3. Schaedler
4. Blackley
5. Black
6. Stanton
7. Davidson
8. Graham
9. McBride
10. Mcewan
11. Duncan

GUIMARES
1. Rodriguez
2. Bernardo
3. Costeado
4. Jorge
5. Prese
6. Silva
7. Zezinho
8. Ademir
9. Goncalves
10. Augusto
11. Osvaldinho

Fraser Headed the Revival

Hibs Assistant trainer John Fraser has good reason to recall the club’s first test against Portuguese opposition. that was against belenenses nine years ago and Hibs trailed 3-0 until Fraser took a hand with his had and knocked in two goals. Hibs pulled off a 3-3 draw and won the second leg in Lisbon.
Three years ago Hibs climinated Porto after an extremely close fight. Peter Cormack, who struck twice in the first leg which Hibs won3-0, was sent off in the return. Although Hibs scored right away from a Davis penalty, Porto hit back with a vengeance and made the agreatgate 4-3. But even another goal wouldn’t have been enough for them as Hibs had scored an away goal.

Joe McBride scored a hat-trick (his and the club’s second in European competition) in the home leg.

Away leg was a one nil win for Hamburg Hibs were eliminated on the away goals rule.

2 – 1 (McBride (2))

3 – 1 (McBride (3))

Joe McBride scored a hat-trick in the home leg, the first hat-trick scored by a Hibs player in European competition.

Hibernian 2 – 1 Olympia (Yugoslavia)

Davis (2 pens)

1 – 1 (Colin Stein , Jack Charlton )

COLIN IS TOP SCORER AGAIN

Colin stein has re-established himself as leading goal scorer in Scottish league matches. His two goals against Dundee untied hoisted him to the thirteen mark and made his overall total 16, including Fairs Cup and friendlies.

Pat Quinn is having a happy season as a marksman, considering he went so long without a goal until his hatrick against heart in September.

He collected one of Hibs’ five goals against Partick thistle and completed a nap hand against united.

All of them have been vital contributions and there is no denying another goal would be a big help tonight.

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STRONG AT HOME .» .
They are particularly strong on their
own ground at Easter Road, Edinburgh
where they have been beaten only once
this season and conceded but two goals.
So we are under no illusion about the
task which confronts us in the second
leg. A good lead tonight will ease it
considerably.

in the last round of the Fairs Cup they
put up at renmrkitblc performance to
beat Naples. Down 4-1 in the first leg
their cause looked hopeless but at Easter
Road they played the Italians off the
pitch to win 5-0 and take the round on
a 6-4 aggregate. There have been few
such dramatic turnabouts in the history
of the competition. In the first leg Hibs
heat the Portugese side, Porto, on a 4-3
aggregate, winning 3-0 at home and
losing 3-1 away

DOUBLE CUP DRIVE

Last Wednesday’s victory over Stoke
City means we keep up our double cup
drive with the prospects of making it a
three pronged one when the RA. Cup
campaign begins in the New Year.
Thanks to an excellent start which put
us a couple of goals up in the first 15
minutes through Billy Bremner and Pete
Lorimer, who hit his 22nd of the season
so far, we always held most of the cards
and Stoke once again had to retire beaten
at Elland Road.

Victory over Derby County in the two-
legged semi·final will not be easy. Derby
are a greatly improved side this season
even if they have not quite fulfilled
their early promise but without falling
into the error of counting our chickens
before they are hatched our prospects
of reaching the Wembley final of the
Football League Cup on March 2nd
must be bright.

One of the most famous matches ever played at Easter Road. Hibs overturn a three-goal deficit by scoring five goals past Italian goalkeeping legend Dino Zoff.

5 – 0 (

• R.Duncan
• Quinn
• Cormack
• Stanton
• Stein

)

Leeds United 1-0 Bologna aet (1-1)
(Leeds United won on coin toss)

Away leg ended 2-0 for Valencia

Hibs lost 3–0 in the play-off match.

2 – 1 (G.Baker,Stevenson)
Hibs Goals

• G.Baker,
• Eric STEVENSON

BELENENSES vs HIBERNIAN FC

Taça das Cidades com Feira 1961/1962

1ª Mão – HIBERNIAN FC 3 – BELENENSES 3
Marcadores

• Fraser (2) (Hibernian)
• Sammy BAIRD (P) (Hibernian)
• Matateu (2) (Belenenses)
• Yauca (Belenenses)

TEAMS

Ref.

• Howley (Middlesborough)

2ª Mão – BELENENSES 1 – HIBERNIAN FC 3

Marcadores

• Matateu (Belenenses)
• Baxter (2) (Hibernian )
• Stevenson (Hibernian )

2 – 2 (Baker,MacLeod)

Hibs record European crowd.

1 Wed 22 Feb 1961 Hibernian 3 Barcelona 2 45000
2 Wed 18 Apr 1956 Hibernian 0 Stade de Reims 1 44941
3 Wed 07 Nov 1973 Hibernian 0 Leeds United 0 36051
4 Wed 19 Apr 1961 Hibernian 2 Roma 2 35000
5 Mon 28 Nov 1955 Hibernian 1 Djurgaardens 0 31346
6 Wed 09 Dec 1970 Hibernian 0 Liverpool 1 30296
7 Wed 12 Oct 1955 Hibernian 1 Rot-Weiss Essen 1 30000
7 Wed 10 Jan 1968 Hibernian 1 Leeds United 1 30000
9 Wed 23 Oct 1974 Hibernian 2 Juventus 4 28963
10 Wed 07 Mar 1973 Hibernian 4 Hajduk Split 2 28424

11 Wed 15 Jan 1969 Hibernian 2 Hamburg 1 27399
12 Wed 27 Sep 1972 Hibernian 6 Sporting Lisbon 1 26041
13 Wed 29 Nov 1967 Hibernian 5 Napoli 0 21000
14 Mon 04 Sep 1961 Hibernian 3 Belanenses 3 20000
14 Wed 25 Oct 1972 Hibernian 7 Besa (Kavaje) 1 20000
16 Wed 17 Sep 1975 Hibernian 1 Liverpool 0 19219
17 Wed 08 Sep 1965 Hibernian 2 Valencia 0 19000
18 Wed 18 Oct 1989 Hibernian 0 Liegeois (Liege) 0 18000
19 Thu 15 Sep 2005 Hibernian 0 Dnipro 0 16861
20 Thu 27 Sep 2001 Hibernian 3 AEK (Athens) 2 16647

21 Wed 01 Nov 1978 Hibernian 1 RC Strasbourg 0 14662
22 Wed 20 Sep 1967 Hibernian 3 Porto 0 14200
23 Tue 15 Sep 1992 Hibernian 2 Anderlecht 2 14188
24 Tue 12 Sep 1989 Hibernian 1 Videoton-Waltham SC 0 14000
25 Wed 19 Sep 1973 Hibernian 2 IBK (Keflavik) 0 13652
26 Wed 02 Oct 1974 Hibernian 9 Rosenborg 1 12379
27 Wed 20 Oct 1976 Hibernian 2 Osters IF 0 12000
28 Wed 14 Oct 1970 Hibernian 2 Vitoria Guimaraes 0 11406
29 Wed 16 Sep 1970 Hibernian 6 Malmo FF 0 11165
30 Wed 13 Nov 1968 Hibernian 3 Lokomotive Leipzig 1 11000

31 Wed 02 Oct 1968 Hibernian 2 Olimpija (Ljubljana) 1 10445
32 Wed 13 Sep 1978 Hibernian 3 IFK Norrkoping 2 10000
33 Wed 15 Nov 1961 Hibernian 0 Red Star (Belgrade) 1 9500
34 Wed 15 Sep 1976 Hibernian 1 Sochaux-Montbeliard 0 9454
35 Wed 12 Dec 1962 Hibernian 2 Utrecht XI 1 5000
36 Wed 03 Apr 1963 Hibernian 2 Valencia 1 4000
36 Wed 03 Oct 1962 Hibernian 4 KB (Copenhagen) 0 4000

Hibernian

• Tommy Younger
• Willie Macfarlane
• John Paterson
• Archie Buchanan
• John Grant
• Bobby Combe
• Gordon Smith
• Eddie Turnbull
• Lawrie Reilly
• Thomson
• Willie Ormond

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Hibernian Football Club Limited

Directors
Chairman—Mr HENRY S. SWAN, J.P.
Mr THOMAS E. H. HARTLAND Mr WILLIAM
Manager and Secretary Mr HUGH SHAW
(Telephone ABB 2159)
Registered Office EASTER ROAD PARK, EDINBURGH, 7.

VALKOMMEN DJURGARDEN
I kvall halsa vi en av de mest kanda fotbollsklubbarne i varlden— Djurgardens I.K. Stockholm—Talkommen till Easter Road Park. Det ar fa platser i varlden vilka de icke ha besokt, och aven om detta ar forsta gangen de aro i Scotland,—efter att ha besokt 34 andra fotbollslander—kanna vi oss sakra pa, att det mottagande de fa i Edinburgh denna kvall, kommer att bli lika allvarligt menat och lika Uppskattat som under deras besok i Glasgow haromkvallen.
Sakerligen har ingen annan klubb rest sa Mycket som kvallens svenska vanner, och jag kan forsakra dem att Deras Rykte ar lika Uppskatta’t har som overallt annars. Deras resultat inom de internationella matcherna aro oover-traffade bland dagens fotbollsklubbar i andra lander. Kvaliteten pa deras spel, deras skjutsakerhet och framfor allt den sammanhallning som finnes inom laget, gor den till Fruktade motstandare i kvallens internationella match.
Vi halsa Er Sveriges mastare, och hoppas att Er vistelse har har varit till noje och trevnad for Er, att Ni fatt manga nya vanner och att det inte.
Skall droja alltfor lange innan Ni aterkommer till Scotland och spelar flerm matcher.

WELCOME DJURGAARDEN
Tonight we welcome one of the most famous football clubs in the World!— Djurgaarden I.K., Stockholm—to Easter Road Park. There are few parts the world in which they have not travelled, and although the present tour brings them to Scotland for the first time—after visiting 34 other football countries—we feel certain that the welcome they will receive from the Edinburgh followers this evening will be as sincere and as appreciative as during their visit to Glasgow the other evening.
Probably no other club has toured as much as our Swedish friends this evening and I can assure them that their reputation is as much admired in Scotland and elsewhere. Their record of results in International matches is unexcelled i present-day clubs in any country. The quality of their play, their ability and, above all, the understanding which prevails among the team i them very formidable opponents in tonight’s European Cup tie.
Champions of Sweden, we greet you, hope that you have had a happy t that you have made many friends and that it will not be long before TO back to play other matches in Scotland.

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FLASHBACK TO FIRHILL

GLASGOW’S knowledgeable football spectators rose to two great teams at Firhill Park last Wednesday, and Hibs once more upheld Scotland’s prestige with a sparkling 3—I win over Djur-gaardens.
In the past we have seen Continentals who played copybook football up to the eighteen yards line, but had not a shot in their locker. The Swedish champions presented a direct contrast. At every opportunity they were shooting for goal and they must rank as one of the best teams to be seen in this country. All their forwards lay well up as the red-shirted Swedes flashed the ball about at a remarkable pace. It was early evident that Hibs would have to produce their best form to master the flighty Continentals. One incident probably turned the whole game. Shortly after Eklund had ripped a terrific shot past Tommy Younger, outside right Andersson sped down his wing and lashed the ball goal-sards. To us in the stand it looked as if the ball was going past and Younger must have thought so too, for he hardly moved as the ball thumped against the crossbar and bounced inches from the line. That was a really lucky escape for Hibs, but you must get the ” breaks ” in a cup-tie at some time. Djurgaardens had their share when Jimmy Mulkerrin, a tireless little worker, twice had the ball in the net, both “goals” being chalked off, and again when Eddie Turn-bull was off the target with his penalty kick. A goal seemed certain when Gordon Smith trailed the ball past two defenders on the left wing before they brought him down a couple of feet outside the box.
Do not think, however, that it was a robust game—far from it! It was a typical cup-tie. The first hour’s play was as good if not better than any seen this season. Djurgaardens’ goal was a beauty; so was Hibs first. Gordon Smith swung an inch perfect pass through the middle to Bobby Combe, who went right in to send a quite unsaveable shot past Arvidsson, a stylish and competent ‘keeper.
Hibs are two goals ahead, but their passage into the semi-final of the European Cup is not yet assured—the Swedish players are worthy upholders of their title as national champions.
For the records tribute, too, must be paid Mulkerrin for his goal, a quick piece of thinking after he had been almost stunned in a joust with the Swedish ‘keeper. The ball spun loose, and although he lost sight of it momentarily Jimmy reached it to score before collapsing on the Djurgaardens’ goal line. The last was an unlucky one for Olsson who helped divert a ball from Eddie Turnbull into his own net.

GOSSIP
CLUB NOW LICENSED
THE Sheriff has been pleased to grant a licence to the Hibernian Supporters’ Club at Carlton Terrace, so from now on that additional amenity will be available to the club members. It was a noteworthy feat to equip, maintain and run the premises so well since their opening, and now that they have the same facilities as other Clubs in the city their future activities are bound to prosper. Hibs certainly led the way, for it was only a few days ago that the Hearts’ body secured Town sanction for their new premises at Palmerston Place. The friendly rivalry between the clubs will be maintained between the supporters.

JOHN GRANT has bought himself a new house, quite close to Easter
Road and he hopes to move into it early in the New Year. His excuse : 11 I don’t like having far to walk to my work.” John is showing his versatility these days for he turned in a very capable show at full back when John Higgins unexpectedly took ‘flu recently and had to call off on the Saturday morning.

HIBERNIAN RECORD
EUROPEAN CUP (Second Round—First Leg) Wednesday, 24th November.—
Hibernian 3 (Combe, Mulkerrin, Olsson o.g.), Djurgaardens I (Eklund). At Firhill Park.
Teams.—
Djurgaardens.—Arvidsson; Fors berg, Gustafsson; Holmstrom, Olsson, Parling; Andersson, Grybb, Eriksson, Eklund, Sandberg.

Hibernian—Younger; MacFarlane, Paterson; Thomson, Plenderleith, Preston; Smith, Combe Reillv, Turnbull, Ormond.

PAGES 4 & 5

Swedish players and officials were welcomed to ;urgh last Friday forenoon, when they had h the Lord Provost, Mr John G. Banks, who the good wishes of all Edinburgh citizens to -om Stockholm. Also very interested to meet :s was Mr Ames L. Imrie, Edinburgh’s City = in, who himself speaks Swedish and is ex-rerested in all the Scandinavian countries.
armest thanks are due to Mrs Karin Wood
£T letters on the Programme’s behalf to Sweden r translation of the message printed on Page 2. -led to a master at Loretto, Mrs Wood’s father recently, President of the Swedish Athletic
Federation. She is very interested in sport but was unable to accept the invitation of the Hibernian Directors to be here tonight to see the game.

All gramophone records played here tonight can be obtained from BANDPARTS, 9 Union Place, Edinburgh

SATURDAY, 3rd DECEMBER K.O. 2.15 p.m.
RESERVE LEAGUE
HIBERNIAN v. ST MIRREN

LAWRIE REILLY’S throat trouble took by surprise early last week, but the prompt v ment given him prevented a recurrence of the ser illness which kept him out of the game for so km& as this is being written Lawrie himself hopes that he be given the O.K. by his doctor to get back into har without undue delay. Whether that will be Urn against the Swedes remains to be seen. Lawrie, Kin has only figured in one of Hibs’ three European games this season and he is very anxious to plav. should the doctor decree otherwise he is always the to pay tribute to Jimmy Mulkerrin whose dzs displays have maintained Hibs’ record this season

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Swedish Stars…
DJURGAARDENS I.F. was founded on 12th March 1891 under an oak tree in the Zoological Gardens, Stockholm, a vast park once the Royal Hunting Grounds.
Thanks to the energetic efforts of Mr Wolf Lyberg, a Swedish sports journalist and the Club Secretary, we are able to include pen pictures of the players.
In charge of the party is the Club President, Mr Sigvard Bergh, and it is an indication of the thoroughness with which Djurgaardens approached this match that he came specially to Scotland to watch Hibernians play their League game against Queen of the South at Dumfries before flying to Amsterdam to collect Parling who was included in the Swedish team against Portugal.
TRAINER
The trainer is Kjell Cronqvist who joined the club as a goalkeeper from Brage in 1945 and was assistant to the former Stoke player, Frank Soo. When he resigned after helping them to win the Swedish club championship last season, Cronqvist was appointed trainer.
Arne Arvidsson (Goalkeeper), by general consent the best goalkeeper in Sweden during the past season. Has two M A ” and five ” B ” ” caps ” since 1954. A pay-roll clerk. Age 25 years. Height 6 ft. I in. Weight 12 st. 12 lbs.
Ola Forsberg (Right Back). First season in M A ” team, being promoted this year, after being recruited from north Sweden as a half-back, but converted to right back.
Language student at Stockholm. Age 24 years.
Height 5 ft. 10 ins. Weight 12 st.
Stig Gustafsson (Left Back), operating at left back after several seasons in ” B ” team. Known as the man who stopped Matthews when he played against ” the Wizard ” at Laurenco Marques when the Blackpool winger was on his South African trip. Is a typographer to trade. Age 25 years.
Height 5 ft. 9J in. Weight 11 st. 2 lbs.
Stig Holmstrom (Right Half). This is his flrst’season in the “A” team, but his hard work and constructive play earned him promotion. A toolmaker to trade. Age 27 years.
Height 6 ft. Weight 11 st. 2 lbs.
Ake Olsson (Centre Half) is veteran of the party. Has been playing in the Senior side since 1954, mostly at back. Member of the champion side of 1954-55 and replaces the injured captain as a brilliant ” stopper,” i.e. centre-half. A dentist by profession. Age 29 years.
Height 5 ft. 11 in. Weight 11 st. 2 lbs#
Sigvard Parling (Left Half) has been with Djurgaardens since 1949, playing mostly at inside forward. He switched to half-back three years ago. Called con t. on next page

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from Stockholm
” the man without mercy,” he has nine ‘* A M and five ” B ” ” caps.” Has been “capped ” as a goalkeeper at ice hockey. Captain of the team. An engineer, he qualified by a course of study at the University. Age 25 years. Height 5 ft. I0J in. Weight 13 st. 5 lbs.

Sven Johansson (Outside Right) was originally a centre forward, making his first “A” team appearance against Hearts in May 1953 to score three goals. Scored five against Finland at Helsinki in 1953. Is tipped for a place in Sweden’s World Cup team, and is a first rate ice hockey player. Is studying at the University to become a Sports Director. Age 24 years.
Height 6 ft. I in. Weight 11 st. 12 lbs.
Hans Tvilling (Inside Right) Has been ” capped ” five times for Sweden ” A ” and played against Scotland at Hampden in 1953. He has been with the club since 1947, and is also an ice hockey star and Olympic team man. Employed by a well known Swedish Insurance Company. Age 27 years. Height 5 ft. 7 in. Weight 10 st. 4 lbs.
John Eriksson (Centre) has played eleven times for Sweden “A” and might have had more ** caps ” but for injuries. He scored a hattrick in Djur-gaarden’s visit to Warsaw. Works as a clerk in an industrial company. Age 26 years.
Height 6 ft. I in. Weight 13 st. 3 lbs.
Birger Eklund (Inside Left) joined the club in 1949 from the ” B ” League club Spanga, and has been ” capped ” thrice for the Swedish ” A ” team. Is a clever, constructive player with a good shot. Age 26 years. Height 5 ft. 11 in. Weight 11 st. 9 lbs.
Gosta Sand berg (Outside Left) is youngest player in the team, but most experienced. Played twenty-nine times for Sweden ” A ” team and twice for ” B ” team. This includes two games against Scotland.
Has refused professional offers from Rheims (France) and Sevilla (Spain), when a £10,000 inducement was held out. Is in charge of the colour shop owned by his father-in-law. Age 23 years.
Height 5 ft. 9 in. Weight 12 st. 7 lbs.

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Snaps from Stockholm TONIGHT’S REFEREE

THE Swedish F.A. plan to go over X to part-time professionalism soon. By putting players on part-time contracts, to pay premiums and thereby to prevent players from leaving without recompense to their clubs. Up to now thirty of Sweden’s best players have gone to foreign clubs (mostly Italian) and the Swedish clubs did not get a single kroner.
Djurgaardens’ Official Handbook for 1954-55 lists the League tables for 18 nations in addition to their own Swedish League. ..
People in Sweden who know English football describe them as the Swedish Chelsea, but Djurgaardens are not too sure whether this is a compliment! . . •
Djurgaardens’ 1950 tour embraced Rangoon, Saigon, Hong Kong and Manila—14 games in all, and they won the lot. . . .
They have also played in Iceland, U.S.A., Israel, Turkey, Japan, Moscow, and have played British clubs such as Liverpool (2-3), Don-caster (0-4), Hearts (5-1), and Hull City (0-4) and Wolves (3-0). . . .
Thirty-five players connected with Djurgaarden have played for Sweden between 1910 and 1955. . . .
The club has 1,500 members with sections for football, bandy, table tennis, bowling, boxing, wrestling, curling, athletics, handball, ice-hockey, skiing and cross-country. Over the years they have won 278 Swedish championships. . . .
Their best known stars just now are Olle Tandberg, the professional heavyweight boxer, Dan Netzell, who has jumped 137 metres (171 yards) on skis, and Hans Jeppson, the Naples footballer whose three-year contract is worth $190,000. No wonder they call him the world’s most expensive footballer. . . .
The average gate at Stockholm is about 20,000, but Djurgaardens share in the record gate of 42,504 when they met A.I.K. eighteen months ago. • . .
In a period of eighteen months, four members of the club played centre forward for Sweden. . . •
They were the first European club invited to the U.S.A. and to Russia after the War. . . .
Djurgaardens means the Zoological Gardens. They took the name when the club was formed under an oak in that part of Stockholm. Their emblem is now the Oak. Their present home ground is the Stadium erected for the 1912 Olympic Games at Stockholm. . . .

2nd ROUND DRAW

THE other quarter-final matches in the European Cup tournament are : S.K. Rapid, Vienna v. F.C. Saarbrucken Stade Rheins v. Voros Lobogo, Budapest.
These matches are being played at Paris on 14th December and at Budapest on 28th December. The other qualifiers :
Partisan, Belgrade v. Real, Madrid play their first tie at Madrid on Christmas Day.
All ties in this round must be completed by 31st January, the semi-finals (also on a home-and-home basis) by
mid-April and the Final is to be played under the auspices of the Union des Associations Europennes de Football at Paris in June.

MINE HOST, GORDON!

GORDON SMITH is laying the final plans for the opening of his Road House at Willowbrae. The name will be “The Right Wing,” and the short opening ceremony will take place about 12 noon a week to-day. It will be a fairly quiet affair, confined mainly to representatives of the trade in Edinburgh.
HIBS FLOODLIT RECORD
Sept. 14. Rot-Weiss, Essen (A)4—0
„ 19. Manchester Un. (H) 5—0

Oct. 3. Preston North End (A) 4—0
Oct. 12. Rot-Weiss, Essen (H) I —I
„ 19. Newcastle Un. (A) 2—1
Nov. I. Manchester City (H) 2—1
„ 16. Newcastle Un. (H) 2—0

„ 23. Djurgaardens (A) 3—I
OUR COVER PICTURE
Gordon Smith, Lawrie Reilly and
Tommy Younger leaving Easter Road Park the other morning after training. This picture, by the Editor, has caught all three of them in happy mood.