Great finals and the rebirth of Scottish football

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I am sure you have many great Scottish Cup final memories.  For me the best was Airdrieonians, twice.  My earliest memory of attending a final was the 1975 win, Kenny Dalglish, Paul Wilson and Pat McCluskey.  Watched big Billy and Jinky emerge from Hampden with the trophy after the game.

Then, of course, there was that huge final in 1995.  Six years without a trophy, Celtic were at their lowest point in decades and had already lost a final to Raith Rovers that season.  Beating Airdrieonians in that final is one of the most important victories in Celtic history.

By any measure, apart from Scottish Cups, Hibs are the fifth biggest team in Scotland, yet they haven’t won the Cup in 110 years.  Since then the Wright brothers headed to Kitty Hawk and tried to get ‘Flyer’ off the ground for the first time in history and Teddy Rosevelt made history by becoming the first US president to ride in a motor car.

If they can pull a good 90 minutes together today, Hibs might become the first club in Scottish footballs’ rebirth.  They have reclaimed thousands of fans in recent weeks and are proof that there is life outside Glasgow.

Good luck to them.

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  1. I would rather have had Celtic lose 10-0 to Hibs in this final than see that manky mob win it

     

    Ps How come 200 at Celtic Park last week becomes 25000 at Hampden this week

  2. borderlandbhoy on

    mickbhoy

     

    true true

     

     

    always the same, if they would support their team we would’nae be discussing the financial impact of losing der hun

     

     

    hh

  3. borderlandbhoy on

    jude2005 ???

     

     

    wouldnt have that gobbin wee scruff anywhere near paradise

     

     

    hh

  4. scottish football is really in a bad place, it needs disbanded and started again

     

    with outside help, the corruption is so deep its accepted as the norm

  5. borderlandbhoy on

    Scatchel and Black..I’d take them both

     

     

    hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

     

    hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

     

     

    hh

  6. CultsBhoy loves being 1st forever & ever on

    Hearts new establishment Team?

     

     

    yes – if you define establishment as close to Liquidation..

  7. jude2005 is Neil Lennon \o/ on

    Just watched 2 wee robins out the back there. One jumped on one of them fluffy things to bring it down to the level of the other one and it picked off the fluff and took it back to the nest. Ill let you know if they do it again!!

  8. jude2005 is Neil Lennon \o/ on 19 May, 2012 at 16:21 said:

     

    He is a decent player, but no better than players we have. That and I don’t like him, odious wee man.

     

     

    Hearts the new establishment club, probably, they need someone to challenge us.

  9. Bourne apple tv box, jailbroke….. All sport channels setanta Aus/ china/ fox all sky including HD…. Oh and many thousands of films n TV series….. Ye canny whack it…..

  10. traditionalist88 on

    mickbhoy1888

     

     

    There was nowhere near 200 of them at Paradise last week, not even close to 100 I’d say

     

     

    HH

  11. Vmhan on 19 May, 2012 at 16:26 said:

     

     

    Good shout. This game was shaping up to be a good advert for Scottish football, then that decision changes everything, a good couple of yards outside the box.

  12. CultsBhoy loves being 1st forever & ever on 19 May, 2012 at 16:28 said

     

     

    He’s also a thug! Don’t want anyone like that desecrating the hoops.

     

     

    Starryhope

  13. CultsBhoy loves being 1st forever & ever on

    Vmhan

     

     

    I’ve got apple tv..is it easy to do?

  14. Pine Barrens on

    Hearts have taken advantage here, and are issuing a humiliation, but make no mistakes about it, Thomson and his linesman ruined this game as a contest early in the second half, by their utter incompetence(or?)

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