Hibs Through and Through

ERIC STEVENSON is a Scottish former footballer born in 1942 at Eastfield near Harthill. He originally signed for Hearts when young but was later taken on by Hibs when an irregularity in the contract appeared. He played for the Easter Road club for the next 11 years. In 1971, Stevenson was transferred to Ayr United before retiring as a player two years later. He then went on to pursue his business interests in Bonnyrigg. TOM WRIGHT was taken to his first game aged nine, a friendly against Leicester City at Easter Road in February 1957. Little did he realise that football, and Hibs in particular, would become such a major influence in his life from that day on. Wright has now been a Hibs supporter for over 50 years, and has the scars to prove it. Previously the Secretary of the Hibs Former Players’ Association, Wright is now the official club historian and curator of the Hibernian Historical Trust. He conducts regular Easter Road stadium tours for Hibs. He is the author of Hibernian: From Joe Baker to Turnbull’s Tornadoes, The Golden Years: Hibernian in the Days of the Famous Five and Crops.

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Introduction


1 Early Days
2 Signing for the Hibs and Disappointment in Rome
3 Šekularac, Hugh Shaw’s Resignation and Walter Galbraith
4 Injury, a Freak Winter and Relegation Dogfight
5 Exit Harry Swan and Enter the Big Man
6 The Summer Cup, Real Madrid and Dreams of the ‘Double’
7 A Stroll at Tynecastle and Semi-Final Disappointment
8 An Epic Battle at Dunfermline and a North American Tour
9 See Naples and Die and a Controversial Four Step Ruling
10 A £100,000 Footballer and League Cup Disappointment
11 Willie McFarlane and a Scottish League Cap
12 The Ibrox Disaster, Liverpool Fiasco and Dave Ewing
13 Almost the End
14 A Dream Team
15 And Finally