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Hibs pin revival hopes on transfer dealings »

Defeated at home on derby day, winless since October – Hibernian have endured a hopelessly bleak winter period, and the current forecast is far from promising. Manager Pat Fenlon has been unable to arrest the Hibbies’ slide since his arriv...

Wed 18 Jan 2012 by Sean Gibson | Read more »

City coach collects another award »

Glasgow City Ladies head coach Eddie Wolecki Black picked up his second post-season award at the Scottish Women’s Football Awards dinner last week. The former Montrose player and manager’s first award came at the Sports Council for Glasgow...

Wed 30 Nov 2011 by Gareth Llewellyn | Read more »

Calderwood not the cure for ailing Hibs »

Colin Calderwood

It never rains but it pours at Hibernian. After a dreadful start to the season in which they have won just 3 league games, only one point separates them from the bottom spot and relegation. Things were looking bleak for manager Colin Calderwood and ha...

Wed 16 Nov 2011 by Gary Paul | Read more »

Hibs on the edge »

Hibs

Much has been made of the Leith side's problems, as doubt has been cast over Colin Calderwood's position as manager for several months. A dreadful end to the 2010/11 season saw Hibs take just one point from eighteen in the run-in, all against bottom-s...

Wed 05 Oct 2011 by Gary Paul | Read more »

Hibs run out of Ayr »

Hibs’ form was little short of abysmal going into this one. Without a win since mid-November, and yet to score a goal in 2011, Hibs should have looked to secure a confidence-boosting victory at Somerset Park, much like their fellow leag...

Sun 23 Jan 2011 by Sean Gibson | Read more »

A tale of two spot-kicks »

Easter Road

A disputed late penalty from Liam Craig gave St Johnstone a share of the points in a hard fought encounter at Easter Road. Manager John Hughes made three changes to the team which lost narrowly at Motherwell last week. Out went Gow, Cregg and Rankin w...

Mon 01 Mar 2010 by John Hislop | Read more »

Late show at Easter Road »

An enthralling match saw the spoils shared on a freezing night in Leith, after the home side overcame a 0-2 half time deficit, pulling level in the 86th minute after subtstitute Abdesslam Benjelloun converted from the penalty spot. Anthony Stokes had e...

Wed 10 Feb 2010 by Liam McCabe | Read more »

Hibs land another home draw »

The Scottish Cup

Could this be the year that Hibs end their 108-year wait for a Scottish Cup triumph? The Cup gods are certainly smiling on John Hughes' men at the moment, conspiring as they did to give the Hibees their third successive home tie against lower league, a...

Wed 10 Feb 2010 by Liam McCabe | Read more »

High-five for Hi-bees »

Scottish Cup

Hibernian cruised into the Active Nation Scottish Cup quarter finals with a comfortable victory over Montrose at Easter Road. Manager John Hughes made one change to the team who defeated St Mirren, with Paul Hanlon replacing Sol Bamba in defence. Rece...

Sat 06 Feb 2010 by John Hislop | Read more »

Never hurry a Murray »

Hibs came from behind to take a vital three points at Easter Road on Saturday, to remain within touching distance of Celtic in 2nd place in the SPL table. Late substitute, Abdessalam Benjelloun, played Ian Murray in down the left of the St. Mirren pena...

Sat 30 Jan 2010 by Liam McCabe | Read more »

Hail, hail, the Hibs are here »

Danny Galbraith grabbed all three points in the last minute for Hibernian against Celtic at Celtic Park. The Hibs wonderkid finished off a smash and grab counter attack in the last minute of injury time to put a real dent into Celtic’s title hop...

Wed 27 Jan 2010 by Anthony Joseph | Read more »

Edinburgh derby ends in stalemate »

Neither side was able to find a breakthrough as the Edinburgh derby finished in a dissapointing stalemate at Tynecastle. Hearts were dominant in the first half as Hibs failed to find a spark without wingers Zemmama and Riordan. And despite a more a...

Sat 07 Nov 2009 by Nick Eardley | Read more »

Miller time »

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The nine men of Aberdeen fell to a two goal defeat at Easter Road this afternoon. Maurice Ross, making his debut for the visitors, and Chris Maguire, were sent from the field before a Colin Nish header and a deflected strike from Liam Miller gave Hibs ...

Sat 31 Oct 2009 by Liam McCabe | Read more »

Benji hits the spot as Hibs beat Kilmarnock »

Hibs sit two points off the top of the SPL after a late penalty from Abdessalam Benjelloun gave them the three points against Kilmarnock at Easter Road. Despite a scrappy game in which both sides offered little in the final third, Benjelloun’s g...

Sat 17 Oct 2009 by Nick Eardley | Read more »

Hacker: SPL without Old Firm would be great for the Capital »

SPL

The past week has seen a good deal of discussion of the possibility of the Old Firm leaving the Scottish Premier League some time soon. Of course, most of these musings have focused on the ways in which abandoning ship for pastures new in England or Eu...

Sun 11 Oct 2009 by Liam McCabe | Read more »

Greek tragedy for Hibs on Mowbray's return »

Although the build up to this match had been dominated by talk of the return of Tony Mowbray to Easter Road, it was Scottish football’s own version of “Eduardo-gate” that took centre stage after this match, in which Greek internation...

Sun 13 Sep 2009 by Liam McCabe | Read more »

Goalless draw deals Celtic's title hopes a blow »

Celtic’s chances of securing a fourth consecutive SPL title were dealt a blow at Easter Road as the Hoops failed to secure a win, leaving them two points shy of Rangers with a single game to go. Despite enjoying the majority of possession and cr...

Sun 17 May 2009 by Graham Mackay at Easter Road | Read more »

Rangers edge out Hibs in thrilling encounter »

Rangers celebrate their third goal at Easter Road

A stunning 30-yard strike from John Rankin was not enough to salvage a point for Hibs as Rangers closed the gap at the top of the SPL to a single point. An outstanding volley from Steven Whittaker gave Walter Smith’s men the lead after just 90 s...

Sun 19 Apr 2009 by Graham Mackay at Easter Road | Read more »

Fletcher seals derby win for Hibs »

A looping header from Steven Fletcher was enough to secure all three points in an edinburgh derby that saw two red cards on the stroke of half time. Hearts Keeper Janos Balogh and Hibs defender Souleymane Bamba were both shown straight reds for cynica...

Sat 14 Mar 2009 by Graham Mackay at Easter Road | Read more »

Strong Hibs performance secures three points at home to St Mirren »

Goals from Rob Jones and Derek Riordan gave Hibs the three points after a strong performance against St Mirren at Easter Road. Jones headed a Riordan corner into the back of the net with barely 15 minutes gone to open the scoring, and Riordan himself h...

Mon 19 Jan 2009 by Nick Eardley | Read more »

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