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.
he played 234 league games and scored 13 goals between 1918 to 1926.
He was born in Clydebank
He played for Clydebank Corinthians, then Clydebank juniors before signing for hibs. He left for Rangers then played for Hearts, East Fife, Leith Athletic, Elgin City & Buckie Thistle retiring around 1934 from playing.
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.
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.
On May 24th 2004, Mowbray was surprisingly appointed manager of Hibernian, replacing Bobby Williamson. He gained much acclaim for the job he has done, winning the SPL manager of the year award in his first season. Hibs finished in the top four in the SPL in his only two full seasons in charge. This marked the first time in three decades that Hibs had finished in the top four places of the top division in consecutive seasons.
Hibs progressed to the later stages of every domestic cup competition in his tenure, and made two appearances in European football, losing to Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the 2005/06 Uefa Cup, and losing on the away goals rule to OB Odense in 2006/07 Intertoto Cup.
Tony Mowbray improved Hibernian into a team consistently challenging at the top end of the Scottish League for the first time in three decades. During his tenure, season ticket sales at Easter Road almost doubled.
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
Franck Sauzée (born October 28, 1965) is a former French professional footballer.
Sauzée’s best achievement was a Champions Cup winners medal with Marseille in 1992-93. Despite his success in France he is probably most highly regarded by the fanatical supporters of Scottish club Hibernian for whom he was club captain until the end of his playing career. Under his guidance as captain, Hibernian regained their place in the Scottish Premier League and got to the Scottish Cup final. They also finished third in the league thereby qualifying for the UEFA Cup where they were eventually beaten by AEK Athens.
He is a legend at Easter Road, where he is known as “Le God” and “Dieu”. He was loved and still is by the Hibs fans, and he loved them back. One of his greatest moments at Hibs was in the 3-0 Millienium derby win against Hearts in which he scored and ran the full length of the pitch to celebrate with the fans. After the departure of manager Alex McLeish to Rangers, Sauzee was appointed manager of Hibernian. However, following an unsuccessful two months in charge he was sacked and replaced by Kilmarnock manager Bobby Williamson. He promptly returned to France.
Sauzée played 39 times for France and was part of their Euro 92 squad.
Alexander “Alex” Silcock Scott (22 November 1937 — 13 September 2001) was a Scottish footballer who played as a right winger.
Born in Falkirk, Scott started his career at Rangers, whom he joined aged 16 in 1954 from Bo’ness United. He scored a hat-trick in his debut against Falkirk at Ibrox while just 19 years old. In nine years with the club he scored 108 goals in 331 matches and won four Scottish Football League First Division titles, one Scottish Cup and two League Cups. He was also part of the Rangers side defeated by Fiorentina in the 1961 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup final, scoring the Gers’ only goal. With Rangers signing Willie Henderson, he moved to Everton in February 1963 for £39,000 and helped them win the Division One title two months later. He also won the FA Cup with the Toffees in 1966.
Scott returned to Scotland when signed by Hibernian for £13,000 in 1967 and finished his career at his hometown club Falkirk between 1970 and 1972. Curiously, Hibernian used part of the fee they received from Newcastle United for the transfer of Alex’s younger brother Jim to finance his signature. The brothers did play together at Falkirk, however, Jim joining several months before Alex’s retirement in 1972.
Scott won 16 caps for Scotland between 1956 and 1966 and was a member of their 1958 FIFA World Cup squad. He also represented his country at B and under-23 level, as well as appearing 7 times for the Scottish League.
Scott went into business with his brother after his retirement from football. He died in Falkirk in 2001 aged 63.
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.
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.
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
* 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.
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.
Bamba signed for Hibs on the 1st September 2008. The deal with Dunfermline was thought to be around £50,000, while Hibs also agreed to play a friendly match against Dunfermline the following year.
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.
In 2001, Whittaker joined the likes of Kenny Miller and Derek Riordan in signing for Hibernian from Hutchison Vale Boys Club. He made his debut against St. Johnstone in a 1–0 win on 12 May 2002.
William ‘Willie’ Esplin Ormond OBE (February 23, 1927 – May 4, 1984) was a Scottish football player and manager.
Playing career
Born in Falkirk, Ormond signed for Hibernian in November 1946 from Stenhousemuir. An outside-left, he played for Hibs over a fifteen year period. He was one of the “Famous Five”, the Hibs forward line during the 1950s, one of the strongest group of players ever in Scottish football outside the “Old Firm” of Celtic and Rangers. (The others were Bobby Johnstone, Lawrie Reilly, Gordon Smith and Eddie Turnbull). They all scored over 100 goals for the club, he scored a total 193. During his playing career, he won the Scottish League Championship three times with Hibernian and won six Scotland caps. He was the last member of the Five to leave Hibs, signing for hometown Falkirk in 1961.
Managerial career
After he retired from playing, Ormond became assistant trainer at Falkirk. In 1967, he was appointed as manager of St. Johnstone. He led the club to the 1969 League Cup final and third in the League one year, ahead of Rangers, taking them into Europe for the first time, a serious achievement for a Scottish club outside the major cities.
When the Scottish Football Association wanted someone capable of bringing stability to the job of Scotland manager after Tommy Docherty left, Ormond was a natural choice and he was appointed in 1973. He was blessed with a talented squad and steered them to the 1974 World Cup Finals in West Germany. Although Scotland didn’t lose any of their games and came back as the only unbeaten team in the tournament, they were eliminated after the first round. This was actually the best ever performance by a Scotland team in a World Cup.
Willie Ormonds Scotland Manager record:
Played 38
Won 18
Drawn 8
Lost 12
For 80
Against 70
Later, minor breaches of player discipline accumulated and after four years the SFA came to believe it wanted a more forceful and charismatic figure as manager. In May 1977 he resigned and was appointed as manager of Hearts – the arch rivals of his old team, Hibs. Many Hearts fans at the time were less than happy given Ormond’s background but he soon won them over before being sacked in 1980, whereupon he moved to Hibernian as assistant to his old Famous Five colleague Eddie Turnbull. When Turnbull resigned, Ormond took over but his health was not good and forced him to retire soon after.
Willie Ormond
Personal information
Full name
William Esplin Ormond
Date of birth
February 23, 1927
Place of birth
Falkirk, Scotland
Date of death
May 4, 1984 (aged 57)
Place of death
unknown,
Height
5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position
Left winger
Senior clubs1
1946
1946–1961
1961-1962
Stenhousemuir
Hibernian
Falkirk
335 (147) 027 00(4)
National team
1954–1959
Scotland
006 00(2)
Teams managed
1967-1973
1973-1977
1977-1980
1980
St Johnstone
Scotland
Hearts
Hibernian
Trivia
The South Stand at McDiarmid Park, St. Johnstone’s ground since 1989, is named in his honour.
His brother Gibby also played League football, for semi-professional Cowdenbeath in the mid 1960s.
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
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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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.
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.
Patrick Gordon Stanton the greatest ever player in the history of Hibernian? Not sure but but he definitely make s the short list.
Pat joined Hibernian from Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic in 1963.
Pat made his debut for the club against Motherwell in October that year. He quickly established himself in the first team, playing in defence or midfield, and featured in the club’s European victories over CF Barcelona, Liverpool, Real Madrid and Sporting Clube de Portugal in the 1960s and 1970s.
Pat has 16 caps earned between ’66 and ’74.
Pat was Scottish Football Writers Association player of the year 1970.
Stanton captained Hibernian to their 1972 League Cup win and also led them in their centenary year, but left the club in 1976 when he went to Celtic in a swap deal that took Jackie McNamara to Hibernian. It was at the Glasgow club that he completed his medals collection, winning the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League championship. He also won 16 caps for Scotland.
He got his start in management when Alex Ferguson made him his assistant at Aberdeen, and after learning the ropes there he was appointed manager at first Cowdenbeath and then Dunfermline Athletic, before he returned to Hibernian in 1981. His spell in the manager’s chair at Easter Road was not overly successful and he resigned in 1983.
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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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.
In October 2007 he rejected Kilmarnock’s offer of a new contract which meant that he was able to talk to other clubs from January 2008 with a view to a Bosman transfer in the summer. Nish signed a pre-contract with boyhood heroes Hibernian and the next day the clubs agreed a deal to immediately transfer Nish.
William ‘Willie’ Esplin Ormond OBE (February 23, 1927 – May 4, 1984) was a Scottish football player and manager.
Playing career
Born in Falkirk, Ormond signed for Hibernian in November 1946 from Stenhousemuir. An outside-left, he played for Hibs over a fifteen year period. He was one of the “Famous Five”, the Hibs forward line during the 1950s, one of the strongest group of players ever in Scottish football outside the “Old Firm” of Celtic and Rangers. (The others were Bobby Johnstone, Lawrie Reilly, Gordon Smith and Eddie Turnbull). They all scored over 100 goals for the club, he scored a total 193. During his playing career, he won the Scottish League Championship three times with Hibernian and won six Scotland caps. He was the last member of the Five to leave Hibs, signing for hometown Falkirk in 1961.
Managerial career
After he retired from playing, Ormond became assistant trainer at Falkirk. In 1967, he was appointed as manager of St. Johnstone. He led the club to the 1969 League Cup final and third in the League one year, ahead of Rangers, taking them into Europe for the first time, a serious achievement for a Scottish club outside the major cities.
When the Scottish Football Association wanted someone capable of bringing stability to the job of Scotland manager after Tommy Docherty left, Ormond was a natural choice and he was appointed in 1973. He was blessed with a talented squad and steered them to the 1974 World Cup Finals in West Germany. Although Scotland didn’t lose any of their games and came back as the only unbeaten team in the tournament, they were eliminated after the first round. This was actually the best ever performance by a Scotland team in a World Cup.
Willie Ormonds Scotland Manager record:
Played 38
Won 18
Drawn 8
Lost 12
For 80
Against 70
Later, minor breaches of player discipline accumulated and after four years the SFA came to believe it wanted a more forceful and charismatic figure as manager. In May 1977 he resigned and was appointed as manager of Hearts – the arch rivals of his old team, Hibs. Many Hearts fans at the time were less than happy given Ormond’s background but he soon won them over before being sacked in 1980, whereupon he moved to Hibernian as assistant to his old Famous Five colleague Eddie Turnbull. When Turnbull resigned, Ormond took over but his health was not good and forced him to retire soon after.
Willie Ormond
Personal information
Full name
William Esplin Ormond
Date of birth
February 23, 1927
Place of birth
Falkirk, Scotland
Date of death
May 4, 1984 (aged 57)
Place of death
unknown,
Height
5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position
Left winger
Senior clubs1
1946
1946–1961
1961-1962
Stenhousemuir
Hibernian
Falkirk
335 (147) 027 00(4)
National team
1954–1959
Scotland
006 00(2)
Teams managed
1967-1973
1973-1977
1977-1980
1980
St Johnstone
Scotland
Hearts
Hibernian
Trivia
The South Stand at McDiarmid Park, St. Johnstone’s ground since 1989, is named in his honour.
His brother Gibby also played League football, for semi-professional Cowdenbeath in the mid 1960s.
Miller’s big break came when he signed for Hibernian, and made his debut during the end of the 1997-98 season. A loan spell at Stenhousemuir saw Miller score five doubles – 10 goals – in 11 league and Scottish Cup games, before he returned to Hibernian to establish himself as a regular player. Highlights of his four years at the club included being top scorer in season 1999-00 and receiving the Scottish Young Player of the Year crown in 2000
Robert William “Rob” Jones (born November 3, 1979 in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham) is an English football player, currently captain of Hibernian in the Scottish Premier League. He started his career playing non-league football in his native north-east while working as a PE teacher at Whitehouse Primary school for special needs children.
Grimsby Town
Grimsby Town signed Jones on a free transfer from Stockport in July 2004 after impressing on trial. After the 1-0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur in September 2005, he was carried off the pitch by Grimsby fans.
Although in his first season, Jones struggled to cement his name in the first team. However in his second season with Grimsby, Jones was one of many players to have an outstanding season with the club. After strong performances throughout the season, including some vital goals, Rob was named the player of the season for Grimsby.
Despite having a superb season Jones had a bad game in the play-off final, nearly costing his side two goals. This did not affect his reputation with the clubs fans, who still respected him highly as he departed Grimsby. Grimsby managed to negotiate a large sell-on clause for Jones meaning should Hibs cash in on their captain Grimsby will receive a sizeable portion of the fee.
Hibernian
Jones signed for Hibernian on a four year contract from Grimsby in June 2006 for undisclosed fee. At 6’7″, Jones is the tallest defender in the Scottish Premier League. Due to his height, Jones is a major threat at offensive set pieces. As a result of this, he scored eight goals in the 2006-07 season.
Jones has been very well received by Hibs supporters who have created his own individual song to the tune of the “Gold” by Spandau Ballet which is frequently chanted towards him during matches. Jones was made captain of Hibernian on 2 January 2007, replacing Kevin Thomson. Jones went on to captain Hibs to their first piece of silverware in 16 years by beating Kilmarnock 5-1 in the Scottish League Cup Final on March 18, 2007, Jones himself opend the scoring with a textbook header from a corner kick. Jones was claimed to be angry at Hibs, after the club turned down an offer from Leeds United.
Paul Kenneth Dalglish (born 18 February 1977 in Glasgow) is a Scottish professional footballer who currently plays for Kilmarnock in the Scottish Premier League.
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Biography
Dalglish, son of former Scotland international Kenny Dalglish, started his career as a youth player with Celtic before joining Liverpool, but made no appearances for either of his father’s former clubs.
Dalglish was then signed by his father for Newcastle United, he made 14 appearances, scoring one goal. After a successful loan spell, he permanently joined Norwich City in 1999 for £300,000, but failed to establish himself though he scored 17 goals in three years at the club.
Dalglish went on to have brief spells with Wigan Athletic (loan), Blackpool, Scunthorpe (loan), Linfield and Italian club Modena.
After this, Dalglish considered a media career, which resulted in finding himself a small interview slot on cult Saturday-morning Sky Sports program Soccer AM, although this was short-lived due to the resurgence of his football career.
Having considered retiring from football, Dalglish was given a lifeline when newly-appointed Livingston manager Paul Lambert signed him and, despite struggling near the bottom of the SPL, Dalglish impressed, scoring in a narrow 2-1 defeat to Celtic.
Dalglish’s performances attracted the attention of Hibernian manager Tony Mowbray, and on the final day of the January 2006 transfer window, he joined the Edinburgh club for a nominal fee. After being sidelined with injuries, Dalglish left Hibs in August 2006 to play for Major League Soccer side Houston Dynamo. On November 5, 2006, the Dynamo defeated the Colorado Rapids 3-1 in the Western Conference final to earn a spot in its first MLS Cup as the Houston Dynamo. Dalglish scored twice and was named Man of the Match. However, he struggled with injuries and was released by Dynamo in the 2007 post-season.
He had talks with a few clubs in February 2008 including Scottish club Kilmarnock, with whom he signed a contract till the end of the season.
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
Edward Hunter Turnbull (born 12 April 1923, Falkirk, Scotland) is a former Scottish professional footballer and manager.
During the 1950s he was one of the “Famous Five”, the Hibernian forward line. The others were Gordon Smith, Bobby Johnstone, Lawrie Reilly, and Willie Ormond. During his time with Hibernian they won three Scottish Football League titles, and in 1955 he was the first British player to score in a European club competition.
He was manager of Aberdeen between 1965 to 1971, during which he had some success, winning the Scottish Cup in 1970, and finishing second in the league in 1971.
After that he returned to Edinburgh to become manager of Hibernian. While at Hibernian they won the Scottish League Cup in 1972, and he masterminded their most famous victory, a 7-0 win over their rivals Heart of Midlothian at Tynecastle Stadium on the 1 January 1973.
In November 2007 Eddie became the fourth member of the famous five to inducted tino the Scottish Football Museum’s Hall of Fame.
THE fourth of Hibs’ Famous Five to be inducted into the Hall, with only Bobby Johnstone not yet included. A brilliant inside-left for Hibernian, he owns the distinction of being the first British player to score in European competition. Lost two Scottish Cup finals and made nine appearances for Scotland, including featuring in all three games at the 1958 World Cup finals in Sweden. However, it wasn’t until March last year that Turnbull was given a cap by the SFA as he had not played in any Home Internationals, the criteria by which ‘caps’ were awarded until 1976. He managed Aberdeen to Scottish Cup success in 1970 before returning to Easter Road as manager, where his charges lost the Scottish Cup finals of 1972 and 1979 before making amends with a 7-0 defeat of Hearts on New Year’s Day, 1973. Now aged 84, Turnbull recently released his autobiography.
TURNBULL’S TORNADOES (song lyrics)
United we stand here, divided we fall
We play for each for other, when we’re on the ball,
Our fans are the greatest
They cheer us each game
We’re Turnbull’s Tornadoes – Hibernian’s the name
(Chorus)
Hibs, Hibs, Hibs for the cup
Our team’s the greatest, they never give up
Hibs, Hibs, the boys in the green
The best brand of football the world’s ever seen.
We’re all for each other, each man plays for all,
We give our best football, to answer the call,
While we entertain you, to win is our aim,
We’re Turnbull’s Tornadoes – Hibernian’s the name.
(Chorus)
Hibs, Hibs, Hibs for the cup
Our team’s the greatest, they never give up
Hibs, Hibs, the boys in the green
The best brand of football the world’s ever seen.
We’re Turnbull’s Tornadoes, yes that’s who we are,
We play for the Hibees, we’re known near and far.
Our fans are the greatest, they cheer us each game
We’re Turnbull’s Tornadoes. Hibernian’s the name.
(Chorus)
Hibs, Hibs, Hibs for the cup
Our team’s the greatest, they never give up
Hibs, Hibs, the boys in the green
The best brand of football the world’s ever seen.
William McCall Findlay signed for Hibernian back in June 1987 from Kilmarnock BC. although he celebrates eight years at Easter Road this summer, Billy’s still only 24. He’s been in Hibs starting line up 14 times this season and come on as a sub on another seven occasions. The Aryshire man has four Scotland under 21 caps.
Which team did you support as a boy?
Liverpool because of Kenny Dalgliesh
How do you think your game could improve?
i need to be more consistent.
What is your number one football ambition?
Obviously you’d love to play from your country
Hibbies apart,who is the best player in the Premier Division?
I’d have to say Laudrup – he’s ahead of the pack.
Can hibs qualify for Europe this season?
definitely, but we’ve got to keep working hard and hopefully there will be a place for us when all the games are by.
Outside football, what do you do to relax?
I go swimming most of the time , and for a few saunas, Or stay in and watch TV with my girlfriend , Doreen.
Favourite TV shop then?
I better not say a soap opera [laughs] well, okay, Brookside.
What household chore do you hate the most?
Making my bed!
If there’s one item of clothing you’re embarrassed to admit owning, what would it be?
Er, looking back, burgundy stay-press trousers.
If your house was on fire, which object would you try and say?
The car keys because I’ve just bought a new motor, a vauxhall Cavalier.
details from the hibs vs motherwell game on 18th February 1992
It's a toss up between Coronation Street(Jack and Vera are great) and Eastenders. Mind you its not as though my wife Lorraine gives me any choice of viewing when they are on.
Ambition
To get back to where I was before my injury to win another major trophy with hibs and to win international honours.
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.
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)
Stuart Beedie is a Scottish former footballer who played as a midfielder for a number of Scottish clubs, including Dundee United, Dunfermline and Dundee. Beedie won a Scottish Cup runners-up medal with Dundee United, scoring in the 1985 2-1 defeat to Celtic After retiring from playing in 1995, Beedie moved to Australia, where he was assistant manager at Wollongong Wolves. Beedie remained in the country and has been managing Illawarra side Dapto since late 2002.
Date of birth August 16, 1960 Place of birth Aberdeen, Scotland
Clubs
Montrose
St Johnstone
Dundee United
Hibernian
Dunfermline
Dundee
East Fife
Montrose
Illawarra Lions
1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 17:34, 5 April 2007 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 20 June 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.
Franck Sauzée (born October 28, 1965) is a former French professional footballer.
Sauzée’s best achievement was a Champions Cup winners medal with Marseille in 1992-93. Despite his success in France he is probably most highly regarded by the fanatical supporters of Scottish club Hibernian for whom he was club captain until the end of his playing career. Under his guidance as captain, Hibernian regained their place in the Scottish Premier League and got to the Scottish Cup final. They also finished third in the league thereby qualifying for the UEFA Cup where they were eventually beaten by AEK Athens.
He is a legend at Easter Road, where he is known as “Le God” and “Dieu”. He was loved and still is by the Hibs fans, and he loved them back. One of his greatest moments at Hibs was in the 3-0 Millienium derby win against Hearts in which he scored and ran the full length of the pitch to celebrate with the fans. After the departure of manager Alex McLeish to Rangers, Sauzee was appointed manager of Hibernian. However, following an unsuccessful two months in charge he was sacked and replaced by Kilmarnock manager Bobby Williamson. He promptly returned to France.
Sauzée played 39 times for France and was part of their Euro 92 squad.
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.
On May 24th 2004, Mowbray was surprisingly appointed manager of Hibernian, replacing Bobby Williamson. He gained much acclaim for the job he has done, winning the SPL manager of the year award in his first season. Hibs finished in the top four in the SPL in his only two full seasons in charge. This marked the first time in three decades that Hibs had finished in the top four places of the top division in consecutive seasons.
Hibs progressed to the later stages of every domestic cup competition in his tenure, and made two appearances in European football, losing to Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the 2005/06 Uefa Cup, and losing on the away goals rule to OB Odense in 2006/07 Intertoto Cup.
Tony Mowbray improved Hibernian into a team consistently challenging at the top end of the Scottish League for the first time in three decades. During his tenure, season ticket sales at Easter Road almost doubled.
Chic Charnley
Personal information
Full name James Callaghan Charnley
Date of birth June 11, 1963 (1963-06-11)
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Playing position Midfielder
Youth clubs
Possil Villa
Years Club App (Gls)
1981–82 Rutherglen Glencairn n / a
1982–83 St Mirren 1 (0)
1983–84 Ayr United 17 (3)
1984–87 Pollok n / a
1987–88 Clydebank 31 (11)
1988–89 Hamilton Academical 14 (0)
1989–91 Partick Thistle 73 (22)
1991–92 St Mirren 42 (5)
1992 Bolton Wanderers(loan) 3 (0)
1992–93 Djurgårdens IF 12 (3)
1993–95 Partick Thistle 46 (2)
1995–96 Dumbarton 18 (1)
1996–97 Dundee 27 (6)
1997–98 Hibernian 29 (4)
1998 Clydebank (trial) 1 (0)
1998 Partick Thistle 5 (0)
1998 Tarff Rovers n / a
1998–99 Portadown n / a
1999–2002 Kirkintilloch Rob Roy 2 (0)
2002–03 Partick Thistle
Name: Steven I. Cowan
Born: 17 February 1963, Paisley (Scotland)
Position: Forward
Honours: (with Aberdeen) Scottish league Champion 1984/85; (with Hibs) Scottish League Cup Runner-Up 1985/86; (with Portadown) Irish League Champion 1989/90, 1990/91; Irish Cup Winner 1990/91, Runner-Up 1989/90; Gold Cup Winner 1992/93; Floodlit Cup Winner 1990/91, 1992/93, Ulster Cup Winner 1990/91; Mid-Ulster Cup Winner 1992/93.
Awards: Ulster Footballer of the Year 1993.
Club Career:
Aberdeen 1980/81-1984/85 (17(24)/11 League); Hibernian 1985/86-1987/88 (64(6)/23 League); Motherwell 1987/88-1989/90 (44(7)/11 League); Albion Rovers 1989/90 (6/2 League); Portadown loan 1989/90 (8/7 League, 3/5 Irish Cup, 1/2 Other); Portadown 1990/91-1992/93 (72(7)/59 League, 10/11 Irish Cup, 4/0 League Cup, 5/1 Europe, 42(4)/45 Other); Linlithgow (Scotland Junior); Ballymena United 1993/94 (1(3)/0 League, 5/1 Other); Cliftonville 1993/94 (3/1 League, 2/0 Other).
Teams Seasons Apps. Gls.
Source : Exit Thistle
Raith Rovers 79-84 106 32
Dundee 83-85 28 3
Hibernian 84-86 26 4
Raith Rovers 86-88 93 50
Hamilton Academical 87-93 159 41
Cowdenbeath 92-94 15 1
Clydebank 93-95 28 1
Meadowbank Thistle 94-95 6 1
Queen of the South 95-96 33 9
to Kelty Hearts
Totals 494 142
Quote from the offical Raith Rovers Site:
COLIN HARRIS (42) Left Raith in 1984 for Dundee, also played for Hibernian before returning to Raith in 1986, forming a striking partnership with Gordon Dalziel, which would result in promotion. Was transferred to Hamilton Accies around 1988 and also played for Clydebank, Cowdenbeath, Meadowbank and Queen Of The South. He was part of the Kelty Hearts team that reached the Scottish Junior Cup Final in 1999. Nowadays Colin runs his own courier business and still stays in Kirkcaldy.
Teams
St. Mirren 79-85
Hibernian 85-87
Hamilton Academical 86-88
Quote Panini 87:
Former Scotland Schools, youth and Under-21 cap how made his league debut for St Mirrren v Partick Thistle in October 1979 and joined Hibs in August 1985. Made 30 League appearances last term
Whole-hearted defender Ally Brazil was due to play his 200th game for Hibs tonight. The 24-year-old player from Currie, Midlothian, was spotted by talent scout John Smart playing for local side Currie Hearts and after two trial games was signed by former Hibs manager Eddie Turnbull in 1976. Brazil jumped at the chance to link-up with Hibs and has never regretted the decision. Ally recalls it took around a season to break through into the first team in which present manager Pat Stanton, and his current assistant John Blackley, plus Arthur Duncan were playing. “Everyone at Easter Road helped me in the early stages,” he said, “and there are a great bunch of lads at the club.” Looking back, the versatile player said his biggest thrill was appearing in the 1979 Scottish Cup final. he final also brought Ally his biggest disappointment for Hibs lost after three games to Rangers. Keeping free of injuries is a top priority but Ally’s big ambition in soccer is to win a cup playing for Hibs. Like all the staff at Easter Road he hopes to help the club into Europe this year, and Ally is looking forward to tonight’s game. “It’s great playing against the top teams and we always
have a good tussle with Celtic.” Ally is married — his wife’s name is Linda — and the couple have a child called Leanne. Hobbies include golf, and Ally has picked up trophies playing in recent local competitions.
Billy Kirkwood (born 1 September 1958) is a Scottish former footballer.
Playing career
Kirkwood made his name with Dundee United, where over 400 appearances saw him clinch the Scottish Premier Division title and two League Cup wins, alongside five domestic cup runners-up medals. After a short spell with Hibernian and similarly short return to United, Kirkwood moved to Dunfermline, before finishing his career with Dundee.
Management
After Ivan Golac’s sacking, Kirkwood took over the Dundee United manager’s job in 1995 but could not prevent the Terrors from being relegated. In the Fist Division, he guided United to a play-off victory and promotion, but was sacked six games into the 1996-97 season and replaced by Tommy McLean, who would lead United to 3rd place. Kirkwood had a short caretaker manager role with St Johnstone in 2001, and has held assistant manager roles with Dundee, Dunfermline and St Johnstone, plus a coaching role with Livingston.
Honours
* UEFA Cup
o Runner-up (1): 1986-87
* Scottish Premier Division
o Winner (1): 1982-83
* Scottish Cup
o Runner-up (3): 1986-87, 1986-87, 1986-87
* League Cup
o Winner (2): 1979-80, 1980-81
o Runner-up (2): 1981-82, 1984-85
James (“Jim”) Leighton (born 24 July 1958 in Johnstone) is a former football goalkeeper. Among the clubs he played for are Aberdeen (two spells), Manchester United and Hibernian. He joined Aberdeen from Dalry Thistle in 1978. He also won 91 international caps for Scotland, a number surpassed only by Kenny Dalglish.
It was during his initial spell at Aberdeen where Leighton achieved his greatest success, under the management of Alex Ferguson in the early to mid 1980s. Ferguson’s Aberdeen side won the Scottish Cup four times, the Scottish League Cup twice, as well as the Cup Winners’ Cup in 1983 and two Scottish Premier League titles in 1984 and 1985.
Leighton’s reliability and terrific will to win gained respect from players and pundits everywhere. English keeper Peter Shilton said of him: “Scotland have solved their goalkeeper problem.” Even the outspoken Brian Clough said: “Jim Leighton is a rare bird – a Scottish goalkeeper that can be relied on.”
In 1988, Leighton followed Ferguson to Manchester United. His first season at Old Trafford was relatively successful but his second was marked by a loss of form and confidence. This culminated in his being dropped in favour of Les Sealey for the FA Cup final replay against Crystal Palace in 1990.
Sealey retained the position of first choice goalkeeper for the following season and Leighton faded from view, eventually returning to Scottish football with Dundee after loan spells with Arsenal, Reading and Sheffield United.
His move to Hibernian marked a revival in his fortunes, including a return to the national team. Leighton returned to Aberdeen, retiring from club football after the 2000 Scottish Cup final, which unfortunately saw him taken off injured after just 3 minutes. With forward Robbie Winters taking over goalkeeping duties, Aberdeen lost 4-0 to Rangers.
Leighton’s international career stretched over 16 years, from 1982 to 1998. He was an uncapped squad member for the 1982 World Cup, before making his debut against East Germany on October 13, 1982. Within two years he was his country’s No. 1, and he played in all of his country’s matches at the 1986, 1990 and 1998 World Cups, despite stiff competition for the keeper’s jersey from Andy Goram during the 1990s. He retired from international football in October 1998, at the age of 40.
Leighton is a member of the Scotland Football Hall of Fame, having won his 50th cap for Scotland in 1989. He is currently back with his old team Aberdeen as the club’s goalkeeping coach.
Full-back Alan Sneddon signed for Celtic in August 1977 from junior outfit Larkhall Thistle.
The Baillieston-born player was renowned for his excellent distribution and he made his debut in a Scottish Cup tie against Dundee at Parkhead and set up two goals in a 7-1 victory.
A regular in the side in the 1979-80 season he picked up a Scottish Cup winners medal after being part of the team that defeated Rangers 1-0 at Hampden.
He won a Championship winners medal the following season but was sold to Hibernian half-way through the campaign for £60,000 after losing his starting place to Mark Reid.
His move to the then First Division club allowed Sneddon to pick up two championship medals in the one season as he helped the Edinburgh side claim top spot in their division.
Sneddon proved to be a great buy for Hibs and was to be an Easter Road stalwart for 11 years.
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.
During his career he played for Hibernian, Partick Thistle, Greenock Morton and Stranraer. He played for Hibernian in the marathon 1979 Scottish Cup Final.
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.
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.
Alexander Iain Fordyce Munro (born August 24, 1951 in Uddingston, Lanarkshire) is a Scottish professional footballer, coach, and manager.
Playing career
In his playing career he played for St Mirren and Hibernian (two spells at each), Rangers, Stoke City, Sunderland and Dundee United, and was selected to represent Scotland at every level from schoolboys to senior internationalist.
for Hibernian Iain played in the losing cup final side that faced aberdeen HERE
Coaching and management
His coaching qualifications include the UEFA Pro-licence and the SFA ‘A’ Licence. He is also a qualified physical education teacher.
He has managed Dunfermline Athletic, Dundee, Hamilton Academical, Raith Rovers, and coached Ayr United.
He is currently coaching soccer in the U.S.A. with R.S.L. Florida.
Alexander Hector McMillan “Ally” McLeod (born January 1, 1951 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a former professional footballer who played as a striker for many league clubs in Scotland and England.
MacLeod began his career with St. Mirren. He scored four goals in one game against Rangers, which attracted the attention of bigger clubs. Southampton signed him, but he failed to settle in Hampshire and he returned to Scotland with Hibernian. MacLeod, who was a relatively prolific goalscorer in a defensive era, scored for Hibernian in the 1979 Scottish Cup Final second replay against Rangers.
1970-1973 St. Mirren 080 (53)
1973-1974 Southampton 003 0(0)
1974→ Huddersfield Town (loan)004 0(1)
1974-1982 Hibernian 208 (71)
1982 Stenhousemuir 003 0(0)
1982-1983 Hamilton Academical 003 0(0)
1983-1984 Queen of the South 002 0(0)
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.
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.
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.
Joseph Montgomery Harper (born January 11, 1948, in Greenock) was a Scottish footballer mainly remembered for his two spells with Aberdeen, during which he became the club’s record goalscorer.
Club career
Harper started his professional career with Morton, and returned to the club after a brief, unhappy spell with Huddersfield Town. He had at times a difficult relationship with some Morton supporters, but most fans recognized his ability and enthusiasm.
In 1969, Aberdeen manager Eddie Turnbull paid £40,000 to sign Harper for Aberdeen and in his first season with the Dons he helped them win the Scottish Cup for the second time in their history. Harper opened the scoring from the penalty spot as pre-match favourites Celtic were defeated 3-1. He rapidly developed a reputation as a prodigious goalscorer and following a record-breaking haul of 33 goals in 34 league games in the 1971-72 season was the subject of much interest from English scouts.
Everton paid £180,000 for his services in December 1972 but his time in English football was not as productive as his Pittodrie spell and he returned to Scotland with Hibernian in early 1974, for the second time signed by Eddie Turnbull who had by this stage moved to Easter Road. Harper rediscovered his Aberdeen-era form in Edinburgh and scored a hat-trick in the 1975-76 League Cup final. However John “Dixie” Deans also scored a hat-trick that day, and Celtic defeated Hibs 6-3.
Harper returned to Aberdeen for the start of the 1976-77 season in a £50,000 deal and inspired instant success, the Dons defeating Celtic 2-1 (aet) to win the League Cup in November. Harper made further final appearances in each of the next two seasons, as Aberdeen lost both the 1977-78 Scottish Cup final and the 1978-79 League Cup final to Rangers, by a scoreline of 2-1 on each occasion. By the 1979-80 season he was considered a veteran and no longer a regular in the Dons first team but his seven goals helped Aberdeen to their first league title since 1954-55. He left Pittodrie after only one appearance the following season.
In total Harper scored 205 competitive goals for Aberdeen, a club record. Of that total, 125 were scored in league fixtures, 72 in domestic cup games (including the Drybrough Cup) and 8 in European competition. His iconic status amongst Aberdeen supporters was recognised when he was amongst the first players to be inducted to the club’s “Hall of Fame”.
International career
Harper first played for Scotland against Denmark in October 1972, scoring on his debut in a 4-1 win. He played in Scotland’s next game but then fell out of the international reckoning, only earning a recall in 1975. By coincidence, the occasion was another away match with Denmark but this was overshadowed by a controversial off-field incident as Harper and several team-mates were involved in a disturbance at a Copenhagen night club, leading the Scottish Football Association to issue him with a life ban from the national team. The ban was later lifted, and he was selected in the Scotland World Cup squad in 1978, appearing against Iran as Scotland exited in the first round.
Later life
In 1981 Harper was appointed manager of then Highland League side Peterhead. He helped the Blue Toon to a second place league finish but his reported wages were beyond the club’s means and he was replaced for the 1982-83 season by former Pittodrie team-mate Dave Smith.
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.
Colin Stein (born May 10, 1947, in Philipstoun, West Lothian) is a former Scottish football player.
He played for Hibernian and Rangers and Scotland during the 1960s and 1970s. He also had a spell in England with Coventry City. He is the last player to score a hat-trick while representing Scotland at international level. He won a total of 21 caps at international level, scoring 9 goals.
He played an important part in Rangers winning the Cup Winners Cup in 1972, when they faced what is commonly acknowledged as one of the toughest routes to a European final any team has encountered.
On January 2, 1971, during an Old Firm match at Ibrox, Stein scored an equaliser in stoppage time to salvage a draw for Rangers after Celtic had taken the lead in the 89th minute. Minutes later after full time, barriers on Stairway 13 at Ibrox gave way, causing a chain-reaction pileup of spectators that killed 66 and injured over 200 in what would be remembered as the second Ibrox disaster. Initially, it was speculated that Rangers supporters who had left the ground turned back upon hearing the crowd roar at Stein’s goal, leading to the disaster. The official inquiry into the tragedy conclusively proved that all the spectators were moving in the same direction at the time of the collapse. Nonetheless, the myth surrounding Stein’s goal was widely believed for many years after the disaster.
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
Peter Barr Cormack (born July 17, 1946) is a Scottish former professional footballer and football manager who reached his peak as a player in the first great Liverpool side of the 1970s.
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Cormack was a skilful midfield player who began his career in his with Hibernian, who he joined in 1962 having previously been on the groundstaff at local rivals Heart of Midlothian while playing for Tynecastle Boys Club. In March 1970, after scoring 75 times in 182 games for Hibs, Cormack joined Dave Mackay’s and Matt Gillies’ Nottingham Forest, costing Forest £80,000. In his 2 seasons at the City Ground he scored 15 times in 74 league games for Forest, 20 in 86 overall. Unfortunately, for Cormack and Forest they were relegated from the top flight in 1972, they finished bottom of the pile on the same amount of points as Huddersfield Town, 25, but with an inferior goal difference.
Whilst at Hibs, Cormack caught the eye of John Prentice who was then manager of the Scottish national side, Prentice awarded Cormack his first cap on the 25 June 1966 in a prestigeous friendly with Brazil at Hampden Park, Brazil were warming up in readiness to play in the ’66 World Cup which was to be held South of the border in England. Cormack’s debut was certainly a memorable occasion as the Scots held the reigning World Champions to a 1-1 draw.
Cormack was signed by Liverpool manager Bill Shankly in July 1972 for a fee of £110,000. He made his Reds debut on the 2 September 1972 in a league fixture at the Baseball Ground. It was not a dream start for Cormack as Liverpool lost 2-1 to hosts Derby County. Cormack did not have to wait long for his first goal however; it came the following week on the 9th at Anfield, Wolverhampton Wanderers were the visitors who beaten in a thrilling match 4-2, with the Reds scoring 3 times in the last 14 minutes beginning with Peter’s goal in the 76th, a Tommy Smith penalty (80th) and a Kevin Keegan strike (84th) snatched both the points for Liverpool this after Emlyn Hughes had scored in the 28th minute.
He was an integral part of Liverpool’s midfield as the Anfield club won their first trophies of the 1970s – a League championship and UEFA Cup double by the end of his first season for the in 1973, this was a far cry from the heartbreak of relegation with Forest he had suffered just 12 months earlier. He had more silverware to celebrate by the end of the following season adding an FA Cup winners’ medal to his growing haul, he was part of the team which destroyed Newcastle United at Wembley in 1974.
In 1976, Liverpool completed another League and UEFA Cup double. Unfortunately an injury to Cormack in October led to him missing the rest of the season including the UEFA Cup final, the conversion of Ray Kennedy from striker to midfieldby Bob Paisley had dire consequences for Cormack, Kennedy shone in his new role going on to represent England in the position. Now fit again, Cormack could not dislodge the elegant Kennedy to regain his place in the first team, he had become surplus to requirements. In the November of 1976 Cormack swapped Anfield for Ashton Gate joining Alan Dicks’ Bristol City for £50,000.
Although not challenging for major honours, Cormack enjoyed yet another cup win, this time it was the Anglo-Scottish Cup in 1978, City met St Mirren in the two-legged final, the first leg was at Love Street with City beating their hosts 2-1 with Cormack scoring the winner, the Saints could not beat City at Ashton Gate only managing a 1-1 draw, the draw meant that City’s narrow victory in Scotland was enough to earn them a 3-2 aggregate win and, of course, the trophy.
After four years in Bristol, Cormack returned briefly to hometown club Hibernian, finishing his playing career with Partick Thistle where he became manager in 1980. He later took coaching roles in Cyprus and Botswana, including managing the Botswana national side, before returning to Hibernian as assistant manager under Alex Miller.
In December 2000 he had ten days as manager of Cowdenbeath, where he sacked without the side playing a game. He also managed Greenock Morton between July 2001 and March 2002.
Patrick Gordon Stanton the greatest ever player in the history of Hibernian? Not sure but but he definitely make s the short list.
Pat joined Hibernian from Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic in 1963.
Pat made his debut for the club against Motherwell in October that year. He quickly established himself in the first team, playing in defence or midfield, and featured in the club’s European victories over CF Barcelona, Liverpool, Real Madrid and Sporting Clube de Portugal in the 1960s and 1970s.
Pat has 16 caps earned between ’66 and ’74.
Pat was Scottish Football Writers Association player of the year 1970.
Stanton captained Hibernian to their 1972 League Cup win and also led them in their centenary year, but left the club in 1976 when he went to Celtic in a swap deal that took Jackie McNamara to Hibernian. It was at the Glasgow club that he completed his medals collection, winning the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League championship. He also won 16 caps for Scotland.
He got his start in management when Alex Ferguson made him his assistant at Aberdeen, and after learning the ropes there he was appointed manager at first Cowdenbeath and then Dunfermline Athletic, before he returned to Hibernian in 1981. His spell in the manager’s chair at Easter Road was not overly successful and he resigned in 1983.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Alexander “Alex” Silcock Scott (22 November 1937 — 13 September 2001) was a Scottish footballer who played as a right winger.
Born in Falkirk, Scott started his career at Rangers, whom he joined aged 16 in 1954 from Bo’ness United. He scored a hat-trick in his debut against Falkirk at Ibrox while just 19 years old. In nine years with the club he scored 108 goals in 331 matches and won four Scottish Football League First Division titles, one Scottish Cup and two League Cups. He was also part of the Rangers side defeated by Fiorentina in the 1961 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup final, scoring the Gers’ only goal. With Rangers signing Willie Henderson, he moved to Everton in February 1963 for £39,000 and helped them win the Division One title two months later. He also won the FA Cup with the Toffees in 1966.
Scott returned to Scotland when signed by Hibernian for £13,000 in 1967 and finished his career at his hometown club Falkirk between 1970 and 1972. Curiously, Hibernian used part of the fee they received from Newcastle United for the transfer of Alex’s younger brother Jim to finance his signature. The brothers did play together at Falkirk, however, Jim joining several months before Alex’s retirement in 1972.
Scott won 16 caps for Scotland between 1956 and 1966 and was a member of their 1958 FIFA World Cup squad. He also represented his country at B and under-23 level, as well as appearing 7 times for the Scottish League.
Scott went into business with his brother after his retirement from football. He died in Falkirk in 2001 aged 63.
JOHN MADSEN – Center Half, 5ft. 10ins., 12st. The broad shouldered Dane moved from Morton to Hibernian in 1966. Returned to Edinburgh after it was feared he might stay in Denmark. Is a fixture in the pivotal berth where ha can take control, but knows what he’s up against today.
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.
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
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.
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.
Quoted from image:One of Hibs most versitille players, capped twice in 1949, against the Army last season and a reserve again this year. Plays anywhere in defence with equal brilliance. Joined Hibs 1943 from Newton Juvenilles but fell ill shortly after his 1949 caps-a few months in Switzerland affected a ???? polio cure and his cool, crisp kicking and steadyh tackling will bring him more honours yet. Since his “come back” he’s never lost his place.
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.
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
Edward Hunter Turnbull (born 12 April 1923, Falkirk, Scotland) is a former Scottish professional footballer and manager.
During the 1950s he was one of the “Famous Five”, the Hibernian forward line. The others were Gordon Smith, Bobby Johnstone, Lawrie Reilly, and Willie Ormond. During his time with Hibernian they won three Scottish Football League titles, and in 1955 he was the first British player to score in a European club competition.
He was manager of Aberdeen between 1965 to 1971, during which he had some success, winning the Scottish Cup in 1970, and finishing second in the league in 1971.
After that he returned to Edinburgh to become manager of Hibernian. While at Hibernian they won the Scottish League Cup in 1972, and he masterminded their most famous victory, a 7-0 win over their rivals Heart of Midlothian at Tynecastle Stadium on the 1 January 1973.
In November 2007 Eddie became the fourth member of the famous five to inducted tino the Scottish Football Museum’s Hall of Fame.
THE fourth of Hibs’ Famous Five to be inducted into the Hall, with only Bobby Johnstone not yet included. A brilliant inside-left for Hibernian, he owns the distinction of being the first British player to score in European competition. Lost two Scottish Cup finals and made nine appearances for Scotland, including featuring in all three games at the 1958 World Cup finals in Sweden. However, it wasn’t until March last year that Turnbull was given a cap by the SFA as he had not played in any Home Internationals, the criteria by which ‘caps’ were awarded until 1976. He managed Aberdeen to Scottish Cup success in 1970 before returning to Easter Road as manager, where his charges lost the Scottish Cup finals of 1972 and 1979 before making amends with a 7-0 defeat of Hearts on New Year’s Day, 1973. Now aged 84, Turnbull recently released his autobiography.
TURNBULL’S TORNADOES (song lyrics)
United we stand here, divided we fall
We play for each for other, when we’re on the ball,
Our fans are the greatest
They cheer us each game
We’re Turnbull’s Tornadoes – Hibernian’s the name
(Chorus)
Hibs, Hibs, Hibs for the cup
Our team’s the greatest, they never give up
Hibs, Hibs, the boys in the green
The best brand of football the world’s ever seen.
We’re all for each other, each man plays for all,
We give our best football, to answer the call,
While we entertain you, to win is our aim,
We’re Turnbull’s Tornadoes – Hibernian’s the name.
(Chorus)
Hibs, Hibs, Hibs for the cup
Our team’s the greatest, they never give up
Hibs, Hibs, the boys in the green
The best brand of football the world’s ever seen.
We’re Turnbull’s Tornadoes, yes that’s who we are,
We play for the Hibees, we’re known near and far.
Our fans are the greatest, they cheer us each game
We’re Turnbull’s Tornadoes. Hibernian’s the name.
(Chorus)
Hibs, Hibs, Hibs for the cup
Our team’s the greatest, they never give up
Hibs, Hibs, the boys in the green
The best brand of football the world’s ever seen.
William ‘Willie’ Esplin Ormond OBE (February 23, 1927 – May 4, 1984) was a Scottish football player and manager.
Playing career
Born in Falkirk, Ormond signed for Hibernian in November 1946 from Stenhousemuir. An outside-left, he played for Hibs over a fifteen year period. He was one of the “Famous Five”, the Hibs forward line during the 1950s, one of the strongest group of players ever in Scottish football outside the “Old Firm” of Celtic and Rangers. (The others were Bobby Johnstone, Lawrie Reilly, Gordon Smith and Eddie Turnbull). They all scored over 100 goals for the club, he scored a total 193. During his playing career, he won the Scottish League Championship three times with Hibernian and won six Scotland caps. He was the last member of the Five to leave Hibs, signing for hometown Falkirk in 1961.
Managerial career
After he retired from playing, Ormond became assistant trainer at Falkirk. In 1967, he was appointed as manager of St. Johnstone. He led the club to the 1969 League Cup final and third in the League one year, ahead of Rangers, taking them into Europe for the first time, a serious achievement for a Scottish club outside the major cities.
When the Scottish Football Association wanted someone capable of bringing stability to the job of Scotland manager after Tommy Docherty left, Ormond was a natural choice and he was appointed in 1973. He was blessed with a talented squad and steered them to the 1974 World Cup Finals in West Germany. Although Scotland didn’t lose any of their games and came back as the only unbeaten team in the tournament, they were eliminated after the first round. This was actually the best ever performance by a Scotland team in a World Cup.
Willie Ormonds Scotland Manager record:
Played 38
Won 18
Drawn 8
Lost 12
For 80
Against 70
Later, minor breaches of player discipline accumulated and after four years the SFA came to believe it wanted a more forceful and charismatic figure as manager. In May 1977 he resigned and was appointed as manager of Hearts – the arch rivals of his old team, Hibs. Many Hearts fans at the time were less than happy given Ormond’s background but he soon won them over before being sacked in 1980, whereupon he moved to Hibernian as assistant to his old Famous Five colleague Eddie Turnbull. When Turnbull resigned, Ormond took over but his health was not good and forced him to retire soon after.
Willie Ormond
Personal information
Full name
William Esplin Ormond
Date of birth
February 23, 1927
Place of birth
Falkirk, Scotland
Date of death
May 4, 1984 (aged 57)
Place of death
unknown,
Height
5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position
Left winger
Senior clubs1
1946
1946–1961
1961-1962
Stenhousemuir
Hibernian
Falkirk
335 (147) 027 00(4)
National team
1954–1959
Scotland
006 00(2)
Teams managed
1967-1973
1973-1977
1977-1980
1980
St Johnstone
Scotland
Hearts
Hibernian
Trivia
The South Stand at McDiarmid Park, St. Johnstone’s ground since 1989, is named in his honour.
His brother Gibby also played League football, for semi-professional Cowdenbeath in the mid 1960s.
Quoted from image: Has come right back to form this season when chosen for Scotland’s Inter League Team. An additional honour to add to the seven previous caps as well as taking part in the 1949 Scottish tour of America. Very fast, a two footed kicker, his tackling allows a winger little scope. Joined Hibs 1942 from Larkhall.
Stein was appointed manager of Hibernian in 1964, and within months of becoming manager he led them to victory in the Summer Cup. The testimony of his contemporaries was that he was already “miles” ahead of everyone else in his understanding of the game, and in studying how the investment of energy could be tailored to maximum effect. Stein was immersing himself in the structure of the game while the rest simply went out and played.
Galbraith left Tranmere near the end of 1962, when Hibs were seeking to replace Hugh Shaw, who had resigned in November. Bobby Brown and Jock Stein were the preferred choices of the Hibs board, but Brown did not want the job and Dunfermline refused to allow Stein to move. Galbraith was the next choice for Hibs, who had signed Gerry Baker from Manchester City while the club did not have a manager.
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
– wikipedia
– soccerbase
