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Hibs and board
The Hibs board made an assessment, however, that the ground could not be renovated in a cost-effective fashion before the August 1994 deadline set by the Taylor Report.
The appointment came as something of a surprise because the Hibs board of directors had only met the previous day to discuss possible replacements for McLeish.
In 1961, Baker was transferred to Torino for £ 75, 000, after the Hibs board refused to give him a £ 5 wage increase from his existing wage of £ 12 a week.

Hibs and continued
Celtic were struggling in the league and continued to have mixed results, winning his first game 6 – 0 at Airdrie, but then losing 4 – 2 to Hibs and 6 – 2 to Falkirk.

Hibs and back
MacLeod, having already accepted Hibs ' offer, felt he could not go back on his word, so left Blackburn to go back to Scotland.
Stack established himself as Hibs ' first choice goalkeeper during the early part of the 2009 – 10 season, but then suffered recurring back problems.
Murray has spent the majority of his second spell at Hibs as a left back, although manager Colin Calderwood used Murray as a defensive midfielder to good effect as Hibs won 3 – 0 against Rangers in November 2010.

Hibs and Straiton
Hibs proposed in January 1992 to sell Easter Road and move to a site owned by Farmer in Straiton.

Hibs and proposal
Hibs also invited Hearts to share this stadium, as their proposal for a site in Millerhill had been rejected by planners.

Hibs and they
* The song " Cap In Hand " by The Proclaimers says " I can understand why Stranraer lie so lowly, they could save a lot of points by signing Hibs goalie ", a reference to goalkeeper Andy Goram, and to Stranraer F. C.
When Blackburn realised that they were going to lose him to Hibs they matched their offer with an increase from £ 20 to £ 25.
They achieved a famous Scottish Cup upset victory, however, when they defeated Hibs 3 – 2 at Easter Road in the first round of the 1937 – 38 Scottish Cup.
When Duntocher Hibs became defunct Drumchapel moved in, meaning that they no longer play home games in the area that gives them their name.
United's victory against Hibs meant that they reached the 2005 Scottish Cup Final, which they lost 1 – 0 against Celtic.
Hibs played their first European match on this pitch on 23 July 1996 when they played against Uralmash Yekaterinburg in the Intertoto Cup.
Their enthusiasm grew further after Hibs lost only 1-0 away but they were left with a bad taste as the Paolites lost 6-0 on home soil.
In the first leg in Malta, Hibs drew the match 2-2 against the visitors, but in their away match they were beaten 4-0.
Hibs returned into the European football scene in 1974-75 when they played in the UEFA Cup against FC Amsterdam from the Netherlands.
In 1979-80, Hibs played in the Champions Cup where they were tied with the Irish team, Dundalk.
Hibs started the season with matches in the Champions Cup against the Yugoslav team Partizan Belgrade where they lost 1-2 at home and 8-1 away.
Paatelainen took the Hibs job at a time when they had only won one of their previous ten games and had slipped into the bottom half of the Scottish Premier League.
Despite only finishing eighth in the SPL, Hibs reached the 2004 League Cup final, defeating both Celtic and Rangers en route, but they lost 2 – 0 to Livingston in the final.
Brown helped Hibs win their first trophy in 16 years as they defeated Kilmarnock 5 – 1 in the League Cup Final.
Scotland manager Walter Smith criticised Brown and teammate Kevin Thomson for not showing enough responsibility in their dealings with Hibs, given that they had both recently agreed contracts with the club.
After that they took some serious hammerings, losing 10 – 0 away to St. Mirren in 1959, 6 – 1 at home against Ayr United the next year and then a 15 – 1 slaughter away to Hibs in 1961.

Hibs and South
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 prestigious 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.

Hibs and was
No line was ever built, but Hibs ' interest in moving to the site was thwarted.
Soon afterwards, Hibs chairman Kenny Waugh admitted that the stadium was a " mess ".
Hibs was taken over by a consortium led by David Duff in 1987.
The Hibs fans protested against this and Mercer was prevented from gaining the 75 % shareholding that was needed to close Hibs.
Sir Tom Farmer took control of Hibs in 1991, but the club was still faced with the need to develop a stadium that would meet the requirements of the Taylor Report.
Hibs entered talks with Edinburgh District Council about sharing a new stadium with Hearts, but the proposed site of Ingliston was in the wrong part of the city for Hibs.
Hibs, who were suffering a decline in fortunes and were heading for relegation from the Premier Division, signed Best on a " pay per play " basis after the club chairman, Tom Hart, received a tip-off from an Edinburgh Evening News reporter that he was available.
Best returned to the USA to play for San Jose Earthquakes in what was officially described as a " loan ", though he only managed a handful of appearances for Hibs in the First Division in the following season.
He had played only a few matches for Denny Hibs, but it was not long before he was signed up by a Manchester City side that was a couple of games away from regaining promotion to the First Division.
Charlie and Craig Reid appeared at their Easter Road stadium for the ' Hands Off Hibs ' campaign in 1990 when Wallace Mercer, a wealthly Edinburgh businessman with direct connections to Hearts FC, attempted a takeover of the club but was defeated by fan pressure.
He also introduced new training regimes to increase player fitness and was successful in steering the club to good results against a number of established Premier League sides, including Rangers, Celtic, Motherwell, Hearts and Hibs.
Although Hibs had a bigger support base than Dunfermline and had enjoyed success in the 1950s, the club was struggling.
When Stein was appointed, Hibs were in 12th place and struggling against relegation during the 1963 – 64 season.
While Stein was still Hibs manager, he arranged for Celtic to sign Bertie Auld from Birmingham City.
It was announced on 31 January that Stein would leave Hibs for Celtic at the end of the 1964 – 65 season.
They failed to win either competition, however, and Stein later admitted that " leaving Hibs at that time was probably my most embarrassing experience in football ".
Stein was statistically the best ever manager of Hibs, with a win rate of 62 %.

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