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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.

HIBERNIAN
John Burridge
Alan Sneddon
Neil Orr
Graham Mitchell
Gordon Hunter
Tommy McIntyre
Michael Weir
Brian Hamilton
Pat McGinley
Danny Lennon
Keith Wright
Gareth Evans
David Fellinger
Stephen Raynes

ASTON VILLA

Nigel Spink
Stuart Teale
Dwight Yorke
Gordon Cowans
Kevin Richardson
Pal Mortimer
Cyrille Regis
Dalian Atkinson
Ian Olney
Mark Blake
Derek Mountfield
Tony Daley
Chris Price
Stuart Gray
Ugo Ehiogu
Gary Penrice

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.

SKY BLUES

• Erin McManus
• Brian Hill
• Chris Cattlin
• Maurice Setters
• Jeff Blockley
• David Clements
• Trevor Shepherd
• Ernie Hunt
• Neil Martin
• Ernie Machin
• Willie Carr

HIBERNIAN

• Willie Allan
• Bobby Duncan
• Joe Davis
• Pat Stanton –
• John Madsen – Link Here
• Jim O’Rourke – Link Here
• Peter Marinello
• Willie Hunter
• Joe McBride
• Peter Cormack
• Eric Stevenson – Link Here

Manager Hugh Shaw says
More Spirit Required
The result of Saturday’s game was nothing less than shattering especially under the circumstances when the acquisition of immediate
League points was so strikingly imperative
Over the years no matter the result any Hibs team has always
had the quality of fighting courage particularly when the odds were
all against them But this attribute was definitely not evident in
Saturday’s game
Until our full muster of strength becomes available and a settled team established,
any selected Hibs eleven must realise that 100 per cent fighting spirit will be regarded
as the first qualification for inclusion to the team elected to battle for the restoration of
club prestige and the fight back to a position in League football more in keeping with
the traditions of the club
Last season we had two splendid games with Middlesbrough, both home and away
and it is a pleasure to welcome them beck again. They are a good footballing side with
a number of outstanding players and we anticipate another excellent tussle.
, Hugh Shaw

Joe Baker or Brian Clough The argument
raged the length and breadth of Britain last
season as those two brilliant centre forwards
matched goal for goal in an enthralling struggle
to win over the leadership of England.

Clough was Brat to satisfy the selectors and
was picked against Sweden and Wales. And
then came Joe’s turn and the Liverpool boy
held his place to the end of the season and
during the continental tour.

At the present moment Bobby Smith of
Tottenham has beaten them both for a place
in the England line-up, but Joe is included in
the World Cup group of 22 players.

Clough and Baker were the scoring terrors
of their respective leagues last season and their
rivalry reached A peak when Hibs and Middlesbrough fixed a friendly for Easter Road on 2nd
November.

Baker won that duel alright with three
smashing goals in a thrill-packed 6-6 draw.
Johnstone 2 (1 pen.) and Ormond had Hibs
other goals, while Fernie 2, Peacock 2, Clough
and Harris scored for the “Boro.”

Baker’s goals made his total 13 in five games.
but not even joe could win the game for
Middlesbrough scored three times in on four minute spell.

Middlesbrough wanted to In their Ayresome
Park fans see Baker an a return game was fixed
for 12th November.
This time Clough won handsomely although
Joe was ultra careful to avoid injury in view of
an international commitment the follow
week-actually his first full cap against Ireland
at Wembley.

Nevertheless Joe popped in one goal to help
Hibs win 4 3 and give Middlesbrough their
first home defeat . Oromnd Preston
and McLeod were the other marksmen. Clough
had two–one from an overhead kick-and
Fernie one for Middlesbrough.
John Grant was injured after an hour and
Jock Buchanan deputies! at right back, Hibs
made midline changes with Young at right half
and Falconerat center half
Repeats of those sprees and we’ll all
be happy tonight.
This will be the fourth meeting in recent
seasons for previously Hibs went to Ayresome
Park and won 4-0.

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.

Tottenham Hotspur vs Hibernian 31st October 1956

Teams

To-Night’s Return with Hibernian

We offer a cordial welcome this evening to our old friends and rivals, Hibernian F.C. from Edinburgh, with whom we have had some we have had some thrilling matches in the past, and we look forward to another such encounter. It is our second meeting with them in the newly formed series of Anglo Scottish floodlit Challenge Matches, the first match having been played in Edinburgh on Monday September 17th when we were winners by 5 goals to 1.

Last Season, like ourselves, Hibernian had their problems, and the season was one of transition and of building-up for the future and recruitment of new players, but when the league programme was completed they can look back with satisfaction on their efforts for they finished fourth in Division “A” of the Scottish League with 45 points from 34 games played. Their top goal scorer was Lawrie Reilly with 34 goals, 24 in the League and the remainder in cup matches. Reilly was again a prominent international figure with Gordon Smith and Tom Younger, now with Liverpool.

The following is the record of Hibs matches to date in the Scottish League this season

• Sept. 8th Falkirk {h} won 6-1
• Sept. 15th Queen of the South {a} Lost 0-2
• Sept. 22nd Hearts {h} Lost 2-3
• Sept. 29nd Aberdeen {a} Lost 1-3
• Oct. 6th Queen’s Park {h} drew 1-1
• Oct. 13th Raith Rovers {a} drew 1-1
• Oct. 20th Motherwell {h} drew 1-1

They have been considerably handicapped by injuries, but the three sucessive drawn games have helped Hibs to find their feet, and have given the team a considerable boost in morale. The defense in now more solid than it has been all season owing mainly to the return of John Paterson at center-half. Paterson received and injury – a cracked fibula – in the first game of the season, and only resume three weeks ago. With young George Muir playing so weel as his deputy left back paterson, who played for the Scottish League in 1955, has reverted to center half, which was his original position. Muir playered in the League team only once last season, but has made tremendous progress since stepping up on August 18th.

The goalkeeping position has inadvertently been in a state of flux since the close season transfer of Younger to Liverpool. That is not through the lack of good ‘keepers’, but is caused by two of them, Jack Wren and Lawrie Leslie, being at present in the services. Wren, who played recently for the R.A.F. against an F.A. XI at Sheffield, is stationed near Blackpool, while Leslie is with the royal artillery at Coventry. It is possible that neither may play tonight, and in that event the job will fall to young John Proudfoot, who lives and works as a joiner in his father’s business literally in the shadow of the famous Forth Bridge at South Queensferry. John’s first game in the first team, incidentally, was against Spurs at Easter Road in September. He also played against Newcastle in the same series of floodlit matches.

Barring injuries in last Saturdays’ match Hibs are expected to filed their full backs and half backs at full strength. Their outside right international, Gordon Smith , who was unable to play against us in Edinburgh because of a cracked fibula, may be absent tonight as he recently received and knock on the same spot.

Tommy Preston and Jimmy Mulkerrin both of whom had cartlidge operations in the close season, played their first game this season in the League side on October 13th. It was Preston’s first game this season, although Mulkerrin, a “B” cap against England last season, had been tuning up with the reserves. Mulkerrin had his chance because Reilly was playing with Scotland against wales as Ninian Park, which was his 50th appearance in Scottish FA matches and inter-League matches. A wonderful record for a player who only a few seasons ago was was seriously ill with pleurisy which placed his football career in the balance.

The outlook at Easter Road , Edinburgh is now brighter than at anytime this season, and we may be sure that the most successful team in Scotland in the post war years will make a determined effort this evening to reverse the result of our last meeting.

HIBS POST WAR HONOURS

Hibernian have been one of the outstandingly successful clubs in Great Britain in the post war years, and the following is a list of the major triumphs they have won:- Champions “A” Division Scottish League 1947/48,1950/51 and 1951/52; runners-up 1946/47,1949/50 and 1952/53. In season 1946/47 they were finalists in the Scottish Cup, losing by two goals to one against Aberdeen. Last season, in the European Cup, Hibernian reached the semi-final stage by victories over Essen Rot Weiss and Djurgardens, but lost to Stade Rhiems who themselves were beaten in the Final by Real Madrid.

ANGLO-SCOTTISH FLOODLIT MATCHES

The follwoing is the table of results in the anglo-scottish series of matches to date

Heart of Midlothian, the only unbeaten club in the series, will visit us on Monday, 12th November.

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 2 BURNLEY 0.

We got back on the winning path again last Saturday and incidentally laid the “bogy” of our home games with Burnley. The writer thought the lads were not at their best, but necertheless they did far more in attack than the visitors who, while showing some pretty football, did not finishwell. Ditchburn therefore had a comparitively easy time in goal and certainly so compared to his opposite number who did remarkably well, being severly tested throughout. It was not until some 10 minutes from the interval that we were awarded a penatly when smith was brought down by the visiting center half adamson and from the kick harmer made no mistake. It was by this goal we led at half time.

The second half followed very much the pattern of the first but Smith was unfortunate when a stron cross-shot from the right hit the far post and travelled outside. The same player also got the ball into the net only to have it disallowed for some infringment. However, 10 minutes from the close we went further ahead with a somewhat freak goal. Medwin chased a long pass from Marchi to the goal-line and the goalie, thinking at the last moment that he would reach it some yard or so from the post, rused out to click clear, but hi clearance hit Medwin and went into the empty goal, making the score 2-0 in our favour.

The smallest crowd we have had for a Saturday League game watched the game butthis was one of 49,154 and the kick-off was at 2.45 p.m. Teams:

Burnley:-

• Mcdonald
• Smith and Winton
• Seith,Adamson and Miller
• Gray, McIlroy, McKay, Cheesborough and Newlands.

Tottenham Hotspur

• Ditchburn
• Baker and Hopkins
• Blanchflower, Clarke and Marchi
• Medwin, Harmer, smith, Stokes and Robb

Referee

• Mr. F.B. Coultas (Yorks.)

Unusually this was a televised match. Link here (Also ET – Having a ball page 109)

Hibernian
Tommy Younger
Hugh Howie
Jock Govan
Gallacher
Patterson
Bobby Combe
Gordon Smith
Bobby Johnstone
Lawrie Reilly 1
Eddie Turnbull
though listed Eddie Turnbull didn’t play.
Willie Ormond

Arsenal

Kelsey
Wade
Forbes
Smith
Daniel
Mercer
Milton
Logie
Goring
Roper 5
Lishman 2