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• Ross County v Hibernian
  Hibernian FC 07 Apr 15:20 - theoldman, 114 views 21 replies
  FT 1-1 that was a bit of a chore today well done Oli Shaw kept us in the hunt. Did the players get their boots mixed up today

• Hibs v Hamilton
  Hibernian FC 03 Apr 20:32 - theoldman, 104 views 12 replies
  Full time 3-1 great result well done guys

• Hibs v Partick Thistle
  Hibernian FC 31 Mar 13:52 - 1875STEVE, 100 views 6 replies
  Get in there 2-0 Paul Hanlon

• Hibs v Hearts Team
  Hibernian FC 05 Mar 14:59 - 1875STEVE, 175 views 7 replies
  Team look so strong just now keep it going lads

• Danny Handling
  Hibernian FC 17 Feb 21:57 - 1875STEVE, 196 views 1 replies
  goal in same game

• Hibs v Aberdeen team????
  Hibernian FC 16 Feb 21:31 - 1875STEVE, 259 views 25 replies
  Just watched whole game on alba so: Marciano - 7 - Wasn't busy but two good saves. Ambrose - 9 - Brilliant, Smoked a cigar at the back, and I duno how many times drove forward and found players with passes. McGregor - 8 - Solid as per. Hanlon - 9 - Brilliant, won everything. Stevenson - 8 - Usual Lewy, steady defensively and good passing. McGeouch - 8 - Rolls Royce of a player, always finds a hibs jersey with a pass. Hope he signs new deal, there's now talk of Celtic coming back for him.......... McGinn - 8 - Superb, defo back to form. Allan - 9 - Get him signed NOW. His through balls and vision have changed us massivley. Boyle - 8 - He has hit form again also, gave their defence a torrid time. Kamberi - 8 - Good goal, is starting to form a good looking partnership with Maclean. Maclean - 7 - played well, probably should have scored, looks a shrewd signing Subs: Swanson - 2 - no time Bartley - 5 - on for McGinn to shore things up.

• Aberdeen - East and Famous Five sold out
  Hibernian FC 13 Feb 00:26 - 1875STEVE, 226 views 6 replies
  Only 177 tickets left in the top tier....... almost sold out.

• Safe Standing at Easter Road
  Hibernian FC 08 Feb 15:23 - CameronMcGhee, 177 views 2 replies
  Done

• Ivan Sproule
  Hibernian FC 07 Feb 21:35 - theoldman, 75 views 0 replies
  Through at the Rangers end and was desperate to celebrate Hibs goals but was in the Rangers end.

• James Keatings
  Hibernian FC 04 Feb 15:27 - 1875STEVE, 150 views 2 replies
  There is one with a fan, who had lost his brother. Keatings posted a picture of the pitch from the seast but that's it.

• Rangers v Hibs team???
  Hibernian FC 02 Feb 23:04 - 1875STEVE, 424 views 54 replies
  And another

• Leeann Dempster
  Hibernian FC 02 Feb 18:23 - theoldman, 183 views 4 replies
  Walter Smith now the front runner didn't see that one coming WHAT don't go Leeann this is what your up against ???? Steve Clarke for me surely no Walter

• Liam Henderson just put this on instagram
  Hibernian FC 01 Feb 22:32 - 1875STEVE, 225 views 1 replies
  Look forward to seeing you in the summer Liam you know it makes sense

• Stephen Thomson
  Hibernian FC 31 Jan 20:25 - theoldman, 92 views 3 replies
  listening to radio earlier. claims that fans group forced him out, with planned ticket boycott. That family has pumped millions in. think they will regret this.

• Hibs v Motherwell
  Hibernian FC 31 Jan 20:17 - theoldman, 165 views 23 replies
  Lets have more pictures like that Florian

• Scott Bain to Celtic??
  Hibernian FC 30 Jan 21:58 - 1875STEVE, 69 views 2 replies
  Looking good Scott at parkheed for talks

• Viktor Gyokeres
  Hibernian FC 29 Jan 20:38 - theoldman, 81 views 3 replies
  I know big Dave and Stokes are off but we have signed Mclaren and are now looking at another two forwards and have Murray and Shaw. If we get the two foreign players I feel Shaw might be pushed back to the development team.

• Dempster Interview in the times
  Hibernian FC 27 Jan 21:57 - 1875STEVE, 36 views 0 replies
  I meet Leeann Dempster on a busy day at Hampden Park. She is dressed soberly and looks purposeful as she explores a day-long football forum. She seems impressive: assiduous, determined, clear-thinking, and not without a sense of fun. She is also the quiet revolutionary of Hibernian, having transformed the Easter Road club as its chief executive. In a previous life Dempster was a Rangers season-ticket holder of 20 years standing. She can still humorously quote her Copland Road seat number. She also held down executive positions in the wider media industry before entering football as the CEO of Motherwell. As a woman with power in football, Dempster is a prominent figure, but also tends to shy away from publicity. “About 95 per cent of the time I absolutely love my job,” she says. “But there are always times when you reflect and think, ‘I’ve not had the best day.’ You have to have a particular kind of personality and drive to work in football. It looks glamorous but it is a six or seven day a week thing, it takes a bit of commitment. Also, on social media there is a visibility out there that you have to cope with, and keep your focus, and just get on with it.” Hibs look very different under Dempster. For one thing, over the four years that she has been there the club has moved to being roughly 30 per cent fan-owned, where once Sir Tom Farmer owned Hibs almost entirely. Dempster acknowledges Farmer’s generosity in releasing shares to supporters, with the money going back into the club. It was also on Dempster’s watch that Hibs boldly purchased John McGinn in 2015, a player they will soon sell for £3 million-plus. “Getting back into the top league has allowed us to really start rebuilding the club,” she says. “We are not yet in a position where we can say we are super cash resilient, but we are in a position where we can make our own decisions. And the financial success of Hibs is still very much based upon the support that the fans give us. “We are always spinning plates. When we bought John McGinn it was unheard of for a club to be relegated but then move into the transfer market, but that is what we did. We’ve paid transfer fees for a few other players as well, such as Ofir Marciano and Vykintas Slivka. “People use this phrase ‘live within your means’ and to a greater extent that is what we must do. We will do it responsibly and, hopefully, the supporters will see this club prosper. We will get to a position where I think we will be able to say that we are significantly cash-resilient.” Dempster is ambitious for Hibs. She says she doesn’t just want the club to be a top-six team this season, but is also now holding out hope of getting a European spot via a high Ladbrokes Premiership finish. On her watch Alan Stubbs has been hired, a Scottish Cup has been won, and then Neil Lennon came along. It surprised some, thinking them to be very different animals, but Dempster and Lennon get on well. “I think Neil is revelling in it,” she says. “I think he has found his club, at this moment in time, at this point in his life. And I think we’ve absolutely found our manager as well. “He has brought raw passion and emotion. When Alan left and I heard that Neil might be interested I immediately thought: ‘this is the bit that is missing from this club’. As a coach he had everything else we needed but he also had that bit that we were missing.” Lennon breezed through the doors of Easter Road in June 2015 and, in his opening press conference, slapped down his new club about being all style and no substance. “I agreed with him about ‘boy band’,” Dempster says. “I think he was right about that. And he has brought the absolute opposite of it to Hibs: grit and determination and a total sense of disappointment when we don’t win. “We get on well. He is an entirely likeable person. We’re not ‘mates’ as such but we are great colleagues. We have a great professional relationship. What I like about him, and what he likes about me, is that we tell each other the truth. We don’t sugar-coat things. “Neil also understands our structure. We free him to be the first-team coach but he supports and understands our recruitment people and our medical people. He understands the skills-set of the people around him, and it allows him to be what he is, which is a very good football coach. “Sometimes you just find a moment in time. This is it with Neil. He found us and we have found him and we are in a great period together. I think there are bits about him which he saw in guys like Martin O’Neill and Gordon Strachan. He has been in those dressing-rooms and seen it.” Dempster appears to be good at building relationships. She gets on well, she says, with Ann Budge, the Hearts owner, despite the fierce rivalry of the clubs. The two women met five years ago, when Dempster was still at Motherwell, and she and Budge spent a day discussing the strange marriage that is football and business. Looking back, perhaps Budge espied her own fate ahead of her, and wanted to pick Dempster’s brains. “We get on quite well, I think,” she says. “I’ve met Ann on a number of occasions since she’s been involved at Hearts. I’d like to think our relations are good and strong. Even though there is competition on the field and through the supporters, both of us understand the value and importance in trying to build this strong footballing culture in Edinburgh. “I think it is fair to say that, in years gone by, neither Hibs nor Hearts did as well as they might have done. But now, if both clubs are starting to prosper, and supporters are coming back to our stadiums, that can only be good for us and good for Edinburgh. There is a strong footballing culture all over Scotland and our two clubs are a major part of that.” She is not all about diplomacy, however. When I ask Dempster about Craig Levein’s comments last weekend about “restoring the natural order” following Hearts’ Scottish Cup win over Hibs, she isn’t angry so much as derisory. “Och, Craig was playing to the gallery,” she scoffs. “If Hearts beating Hibs once in ten games is restoring some sort of order, well, that’s fine. Hearts hadn’t actually beaten us since August 2014. I think I get the natural order bit.” Dempster doesn’t once use the word “brand” in our conversation but I get the impression she is aware of its meaning. She wants the best for Hibs and Scottish football but believes it has some way to go yet. “We need to strive to make sure — all of us — that the league is as competitive as it can be. Celtic went on that 69-game unbeaten run, and it was great credit to Brendan Rodgers and his players. But I don’t think, if you are looking in on Scottish football, it plays well for us. “What it shows is that we are in a league that is dominated by just one team. So we need to grow that competition back again. I’m not being anti any club in saying this, I just think it’s needed in Scotland. It’s a blunt fact.” There will be opportunities ahead, too, for Hibs, she believes, in an imminently changing landscape. And she wants to be ready for it. “There are big decisions coming our way over the next few years. Things in Europe will change. For example, there could be more opportunity in the Europa League. As a club — and as a country — we need to be ready for these opportunities when they present themselves. “The Europa League could expand, offering more participation. If so, that is a game-changer for us. The financial door could be thrown open and, if it happens, I want Hibs to be ready. We must be there to take advantage of it.”

• Hibs v Celtic
  Hibernian FC 27 Jan 14:32 - 1875STEVE, 252 views 39 replies
  Ratings: Marciano - 9 - Brilliant Ambrose - 7 - Played well McGregor - 8 - Solid Hanlon - 8 - Solid Stevenson - 7 - Hard shift against McGregor but did ok I thought McGinn - 7 - Starting to look more like himself after a wee form slump, Nearly scored a beauty McGeouch - 7 - Good shift Slivka - 6 - Stupid hand ball, probably should have seen red. Boyle - 4 - piss poor Barker - 6 - Looked dangerous in parts but didn't do enough, shouldhave scored, one on one again. Shaw - 4 - battled away but did nothing of note SUBS: Murray - 6 - Played well when he came on, we looked more dangerous Swanson - 4 - Never really touched the ball Maclaren - 2 - got a few minutes

• Uncertainty
  Hibernian FC 26 Jan 18:46 - theoldman, 86 views 3 replies
  I think McGinn will go, too man teams sniffing about. Stokes will never play for hibs again imo. Swanson played well on wed, good player if we get him fit. McGeouch has been offered an improved 2nd contract now Lennon - i think he would go.... Steve Clarke please if he does. I am starting to fancy Lennon possibly getting offered the Scotland Job, would like Clarke as well bt unsure if he would leave killie after just joining.

• Managers comments
  Hibernian FC 25 Jan 17:31 - OFFLEYHIBEE, 70 views 1 replies
  Potter is thick as a brick If Lennon had made they remarks he would have been repremanded

• Dundee v Hibs
  Hibernian FC 24 Jan 20:38 - 1875STEVE, 154 views 26 replies
  Great result but again we pass up great chances to extend our lead nioce to see McLean getting a run out look forward to seeing the highlights. We have two great wide players that should do extra shooting exercise keep them back after training Lenny

• Florian Kamberi on loan???
  Hibernian FC 23 Jan 21:46 - 1875STEVE, 75 views 2 replies
  Dave has been told to go.

• Dylan Mcgeouch
  Hibernian FC 23 Jan 12:14 - theoldman, 94 views 1 replies
  Hibs have made another, improved, contract offer.

• Hearts 1-0 Hibs
  Hibernian FC 21 Jan 18:04 - 1875STEVE, 90 views 1 replies
  Although I like Shaw on a day like this in such an important game Murray should have started. Didin't manage to see the game and only seen the highlights but their second half performance probably won them the game. They have signed a decent keeper who has been outstanding for them and can't understand how nobody has come in for him. Our decent chances always seem to fall to Boyle and did again today missing a golden chance to put us ahead, It was dissapointing not to see Stokes in the team today but it now looks like he is on his way out the team. 10 days to the end of the window Lennon will have to replace Stokes and we could do with a midfield player who can score a few goals as well. So if big Dave and Stokes and Fontaine are on their way out hopefully this will release the wages to bring in another decent goalscorer and a scoring midfield player.

• Another ex Jambo on the way????
  Hibernian FC 20 Jan 23:08 - 1875STEVE, 187 views 1 replies
  McGowan is doing the rounds but can't see it, Lennon after attacking players could it be Tempelton

• Stokes, Swanson andd Boyle all in bother
  Hibernian FC 15 Jan 01:11 - 1875STEVE, 85 views 1 replies
  They won't be the first they won't be the last I am sure Lennon will have dealt with this and move on, more important business to deal with.

• Jason Cummings signing for Rangers
  Hibernian FC 14 Jan 18:04 - 1875STEVE, 122 views 2 replies
  He will score ****eloads for them.

• Dylan McGeouch
  Hibernian FC 14 Jan 15:26 - 1875STEVE, 70 views 1 replies
  Really hope we get this one over the line he is as important to Hibs as Mcginn

• Paul Hanlon
  Hibernian FC 13 Jan 15:30 - 1875STEVE, 52 views 0 replies
  Exactly 10 years to the day since his debut v Inverness in Scottish Cup, Hibs won 3-0, Shiels hat-trick. 330 games and 19 goals so far. Legend.

• How Hibs became the first British club to play in the European Cup
  Hibernian FC 09 Jan 02:30 - 1875STEVE, 46 views 0 replies
  

• Rankgers in trouble????
  Hibernian FC 09 Jan 02:28 - 1875STEVE, 98 views 1 replies
  Again

• Darren McCormack charged with attempted murder
  Hibernian FC 08 Jan 01:08 - 1875STEVE, 116 views 0 replies
  :O:O

• TV coverage with rugby to resolve a dispute
  Hibernian FC 01 Jan 19:50 - theoldman, 77 views 0 replies
  Link below surely if we don't want to pay out millions then this is the way forward so somone is in a Tv room to check and confer with the referee. Tv screen check at the end of the gam

• Happy 45th Birthday 0-7
  Hibernian FC 01 Jan 15:39 - 1875STEVE, 53 views 0 replies
  B)

• That guy wi that funny hat
  Hibernian FC 31 Dec 12:43 - theoldman, 59 views 0 replies
  Wartburton has been booted along with mr weir, been hearing Cummings wants to come back on loan unsure how true mind and Warburton denied this apparently. Now he has been shown the door will Jason be at ER soon. Link below

• Another Dominant Display
  Hibernian FC 30 Dec 16:58 - Brownisgod, 96 views 3 replies
  Highlights 1:45 Exactly my point.....

• Hibs v Killie
  Hibernian FC 30 Dec 15:07 - theoldman, 145 views 12 replies
  Who will go and who will we sign the big question now

• Hibs transfer strategy
  Hibernian FC 28 Dec 13:47 - theoldman, 76 views 1 replies
  I just posted this then deleted when I seen you posted it. Good wee video.

• Hearts v Hibs
  Hibernian FC 26 Dec 21:07 - 1875STEVE, 141 views 7 replies
  Shambles happening to a team once is bad enough after sparkt's free kick was deemed to not go over the line but this is a slpa in the face two hibs wins not recognised something has to de done the SFA should overturn this result but they don't have the balls

• Hibs 2-1 Ross County
  Hibernian FC 23 Dec 18:48 - 1875STEVE, 79 views 2 replies
  Think we deserved that, battled quite well and created quite a few chances. Still think we need a predator in the window. Creative midfielder and predator in the window and id be delighted. Marciano - 6 - Got a hand to their goal, don't think he could have stopped it. Has taken a battering lately, and think he looked shaky, but did ok. Ambrose - 6 - Don't like him at RB. Few scary moments, still think he should play midfield. Agree give me the heebie jeebies when he tries to take to long to distribute the ball. McGregor - 7 - Good to have him back, won quite a few headers, gaining match fitness all the time. Hanlon - 7 - Solid as per, had a few mazy runs forward. Stevenson - 7 - Thought he was really good today, well played son. Barker - 7 - Drifts in and out of games, which is really annoying, as when he is on form, he is unplayable. Posted missing for most of the game, just as I was discussing getting him and Shaw off as it wasn't working, both combined for the winner. XD McGinn - 7- maybe not one of his best games but still puts in a bundle of work and deserves a 7 McGeouch - 8 - Brilliant, the guy can pick a pass from 70 yards away, he played two players in with sublime balls, both missed golden oppertunites (Stokes and Boyle). Boyle - 6 - Started well, faded, but battled away,should have scored. yep especially when Stokes picked him out I suppose if he had that bit more composure there would be a queue of clubs after him. Stokes - 8 - Between him and McGeouch for MOM, scored good goal. Agree had a really good game and looked up for it. just do that at Swinney Stokesy Shaw - 7 - It would have been a 6 if he hadn't grabbed the winner, played ok but faded badly IMO, then pops up with the winner. This laddie will score goals though. Think Lennon is right to persist with him and could have had a goal in the first half but chose to pass the ball to \stokes who was in a more difficult position. Subs: Bartley - 2 - don't think he touched the ball. A welcome 3 points, especially with Sevco and Sheep losing and Hearts drawing. Changed one or two steve but overall was pleased with the performance mind you I thought there wasn't a lot in it when they had the ball in the net for the second time.

• Danny Swanson Interview
  Hibernian FC 19 Dec 21:05 - theoldman, 43 views 0 replies
  An in depth interview which now shows us the strain and trauma Danny has been going through, Lennon has been excellent dealing with this and hopefully now we have him back he will be like a new signing time for a few goals Danny. Link below

• Leigh Griffiths children trolled again
  Hibernian FC 18 Dec 17:53 - theoldman, 61 views 0 replies
  The honeymoon period is over Legh time to come home

• Aberdeen v Hibs
  Hibernian FC 16 Dec 14:17 - theoldman, 134 views 4 replies
  terrible result. bad day at the office, we are far better than that.

• Hibs v Celtic
  Hibernian FC 10 Dec 12:03 - 1875STEVE, 90 views 3 replies
  Apparently Jack and Dorrans both out for the rankgers thats like losing Mcginn and Mcgeough, It's not going to be easy but hibs for a narrow win.

• Partick v Hibs
  Hibernian FC 02 Dec 15:28 - 1875STEVE, 281 views 36 replies
  McGinn back now was chuffed to see McGregor back just in time to face Celtic, Fontaine training/running on grass Swanson nearlly there great news need him to turn it on cmon Danny and whittaker just about ready as well.

• Good luck Keith.
  Hibernian FC 29 Nov 23:45 - 1875STEVE, 177 views 4 replies
  Excellent mate, glad to have you up and about.

• Interview with James Collins
  Hibernian FC 29 Nov 11:16 - 1875STEVE, 112 views 2 replies
  Sounds a nice bloke and was similar to Murray up front without the finish never forget that miss against the Hertz. I have to admit I fancied Butcher when he came in and thought he would do the bisuness how wrong I was. His timing was dreadful. and put us back three years TA Terry ya phud

• Stokes/Lennon
  Hibernian FC 26 Nov 23:05 - 1875STEVE, 105 views 1 replies
  Been hearing they had a spat but sure Lennon said he had a virus did he not and the reason for him being out at the weekend

• Hamilton v Hibs
  Hibernian FC 25 Nov 13:45 - 1875STEVE, 348 views 35 replies
  Defo a free kick even the commentator said it ref was a joke.

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