| Portsmouth to Blackburn (via Hibs) – Awaydays on 10:26 - Sep 29 with 2114 views | thehat |
Bloody Marvellous Clive - Fantastic read with plenty of laughs. |  | |  |
| Portsmouth to Blackburn (via Hibs) – Awaydays on 10:56 - Sep 29 with 2061 views | TheChef |
Great stuff Clive, thank you!
Have shared it with my Hearts mate who I'm sure will enjoy the Hibs report (not that Hearts did any better in Europe...) |  |
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| Portsmouth to Blackburn (via Hibs) – Awaydays on 11:51 - Sep 29 with 1988 views | eastside_r |
Magnificent. |  | | |
| Portsmouth to Blackburn (via Hibs) – Awaydays on 12:42 - Sep 29 with 1894 views | terryb |
Thank you Clive.
A superb read, as Awaydays always is. | | | |
| Portsmouth to Blackburn (via Hibs) – Awaydays on 13:45 - Sep 29 with 1769 views | TeddRanger |
I love these awayday pieces
“Terry Vegtables” genuinely LoL moment | | | |
| Portsmouth to Blackburn (via Hibs) – Awaydays on 15:15 - Sep 29 with 1673 views | Konk |
During my adult life, Hibs have been to 5 League cup finals – I’ve seen Hibs beat Dunfermline, just after they fought off Wallace Mercer’s ‘merger’ with Hearts, beat Killie with an amazing 'Sunshine on Leith', and lose to Livi (40,000+ Hibs at the final – probably the biggest anti-climax in my footballing life. Still gutted about that one). They’ve also lost League cup finals to Ross County, and Rangers.
Hibs have also been to 5 Scottish cup finals in that time, ending the 114 year hoodoo with the amazing, last-minute win over Rangers, but then also managed to lose 5-1 to the Jambos, and a loss against St Johnstone after that. It’s quite Hibs to get to a final and then lose against Livi, County, and St Johnstone, but I guess the positive is that it shows that the Scottish cups are sufficiently open that 3 clubs with sub-5,000 home supports can beat Hibs in cup finals. I’ve never taken a Scottish Cup final ticket because with the hoodoo, it just seemed wrong getting a ticket at the expense of someone whose family had spent generations without seeing their club win the bast ard.
It is dull having a league dominated by two clubs, but if it was Fulham, that would certainly be enough cup finals to sustain me, and the Scottish Cup win was like winning the thing ten times over, given how long people had waited. There have been relegations and promotions too, so it’s not been like supporting Everton. The league is never going to happen and having witnessed the devastation experienced by Hearts in 1986 (which many still haven’t recovered from) and 2026, if you’re not going to win the thing, it’s probably best not to take the league to the last day and then finish second.
Anyhow, glad you enjoyed yourself. ER is a tidy ground in a great location, some good places nearby for a pint (The Persevere is my favourite football pub in the area), a good support that can produce a brilliant atmosphere, one of the best anthems in club football, one of the best cup final songs ever recorded (Turnbull’s Tornadoes) a really good derby, and every now and then, they win something and Leith goes mental. There are worst clubs to support. I love Scottish football. [Post edited 29 Sep 15:46]
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| Portsmouth to Blackburn (via Hibs) – Awaydays on 15:56 - Sep 29 with 1587 views | Northernr |
| Portsmouth to Blackburn (via Hibs) – Awaydays on 15:15 - Sep 29 by Konk |
During my adult life, Hibs have been to 5 League cup finals – I’ve seen Hibs beat Dunfermline, just after they fought off Wallace Mercer’s ‘merger’ with Hearts, beat Killie with an amazing 'Sunshine on Leith', and lose to Livi (40,000+ Hibs at the final – probably the biggest anti-climax in my footballing life. Still gutted about that one). They’ve also lost League cup finals to Ross County, and Rangers.
Hibs have also been to 5 Scottish cup finals in that time, ending the 114 year hoodoo with the amazing, last-minute win over Rangers, but then also managed to lose 5-1 to the Jambos, and a loss against St Johnstone after that. It’s quite Hibs to get to a final and then lose against Livi, County, and St Johnstone, but I guess the positive is that it shows that the Scottish cups are sufficiently open that 3 clubs with sub-5,000 home supports can beat Hibs in cup finals. I’ve never taken a Scottish Cup final ticket because with the hoodoo, it just seemed wrong getting a ticket at the expense of someone whose family had spent generations without seeing their club win the bast ard.
It is dull having a league dominated by two clubs, but if it was Fulham, that would certainly be enough cup finals to sustain me, and the Scottish Cup win was like winning the thing ten times over, given how long people had waited. There have been relegations and promotions too, so it’s not been like supporting Everton. The league is never going to happen and having witnessed the devastation experienced by Hearts in 1986 (which many still haven’t recovered from) and 2026, if you’re not going to win the thing, it’s probably best not to take the league to the last day and then finish second.
Anyhow, glad you enjoyed yourself. ER is a tidy ground in a great location, some good places nearby for a pint (The Persevere is my favourite football pub in the area), a good support that can produce a brilliant atmosphere, one of the best anthems in club football, one of the best cup final songs ever recorded (Turnbull’s Tornadoes) a really good derby, and every now and then, they win something and Leith goes mental. There are worst clubs to support. I love Scottish football. [Post edited 29 Sep 15:46]
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Yeh, I would 100% take the cup finals and European nights, however disastrous, over season after season of just existing.
And good point about the pub. I'd forgotten it was called that. Slipped it in belatedly.
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| Portsmouth to Blackburn (via Hibs) – Awaydays on 15:56 - Sep 29 with 1585 views | QPROslo |
Very good read that, thanks Gather you didn't make it to the Isle of Mull?! Think I made it there in my old Mini when Terry Vegetables was still our Manager. | | | |
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| Portsmouth to Blackburn (via Hibs) – Awaydays on 15:57 - Sep 29 with 1576 views | Northernr |
| Portsmouth to Blackburn (via Hibs) – Awaydays on 15:56 - Sep 29 by QPROslo |
Very good read that, thanks Gather you didn't make it to the Isle of Mull?! Think I made it there in my old Mini when Terry Vegetables was still our Manager. |
Got there in the end - Mull Sunday-Tuesday, Edinburgh Tuesday-Friday, Manchester Friday-Sunday. | | | |
| Portsmouth to Blackburn (via Hibs) – Awaydays on 16:17 - Sep 29 with 1536 views | Konk |
| Portsmouth to Blackburn (via Hibs) – Awaydays on 15:56 - Sep 29 by Northernr |
Yeh, I would 100% take the cup finals and European nights, however disastrous, over season after season of just existing.
And good point about the pub. I'd forgotten it was called that. Slipped it in belatedly.
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'Persevere' is Leith's official motto. When Hibs won the cup in 2016, after a 114 year wait, the players all wore t-shirts with the club's badge and the word 'Persevered' across the chest. | |
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| Portsmouth to Blackburn (via Hibs) – Awaydays on 21:18 - Sep 29 with 1237 views | loftus77 |
Brilliant as ever, Clive. Your Cardiff/Blackpool edition from 21/22 remains The Masterpiece for me (and still needs a wider audience, including politicians) but this was superb, taking me from the South Coast heat to the melancholy of the Ewood Park environs.
I tend to lean toward the west of Edinburgh in Scottish football, but have to admit Sunshine on Leith, for its shear emotion, has the edge on the Hearts Song (imho). Would love to attend the Edinburgh Derby one day, preferably at Tynecastle or even Hampden again. | | | |
| Portsmouth to Blackburn (via Hibs) – Awaydays on 22:03 - Sep 29 with 1192 views | jack10qpr |
"Union bears" sounds like a classic Homer Simpson misunderstanding. |  | | |
| Portsmouth to Blackburn (via Hibs) – Awaydays on 22:10 - Sep 29 with 1178 views | Northernr |
| Portsmouth to Blackburn (via Hibs) – Awaydays on 22:03 - Sep 29 by jack10qpr |
"Union bears" sounds like a classic Homer Simpson misunderstanding. |
I did wonder when they were talking about burning down my flat whether somebody should have pointed this out to them. | | | |
| Portsmouth to Blackburn (via Hibs) – Awaydays on 22:40 - Sep 29 with 1136 views | jack10qpr |
| Portsmouth to Blackburn (via Hibs) – Awaydays on 22:10 - Sep 29 by Northernr |
I did wonder when they were talking about burning down my flat whether somebody should have pointed this out to them. |
Clive the "Bear Union buster" Whittingham | | | |
| Portsmouth to Blackburn (via Hibs) – Awaydays on 09:10 - Sep 30 with 858 views | TheChef |
| Portsmouth to Blackburn (via Hibs) – Awaydays on 22:03 - Sep 29 by jack10qpr |
"Union bears" sounds like a classic Homer Simpson misunderstanding. |
Do they meet at The Blue Oyster Bar?
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