Edinburgh derby

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The Meadows, where the first Edinburgh derby was played

The Edinburgh derby is an informal title given to any football match played between Heart of Midlothian (Hearts) and Hibernian (Hibs), who are by far the two biggest clubs in Edinburgh, Scotland. The two clubs have a fierce rivalry that dates back to the clubs being founded in the mid-1870s, which makes it one of the oldest (and longest running) rivalries in world football. The first match between the clubs was played on the Meadows on Christmas Day 1875, with Hearts winning by 1–0.

The matches are normally played at either Easter Road or Tynecastle. It is currently played three or four times a year in the SPL, depending on whether both teams finish in the same section after the league splits near the end of the season. The teams sometimes also play against one another in cup tournaments such as the Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup.

This has seldom happened in recent decades, although they did meet at Hampden Park on April 2, 2006 in the semi-final of the 2006 Scottish Cup (Hearts winning by 4–0), and also faced each other on November 8, 2006 in the quarter-final of the 2006-07 League Cup (Hibs winning 1–0). Their most famous cup meeting occurred in the 1896 Scottish Cup Final, the only final played outside of Glasgow, which was won 3–1 by Hearts.

1 Records in these matches
2 Major matches
3 Periods of dominance
4 Local competitions and other Edinburgh clubs
- 4.1 Festival Cup
5 New Year derby
6 Selected games
7 Notes
8 External links

[edit] Records in these matches

Paul Hartley prepares to take a free kick in a league derby match played on Boxing Day 2006

Rob Jones scores the only goal of the game in the 2006-07 Scottish League Cup quarter-final

[edit] Overall record

Hearts have the better record in derbies, with 128 wins to Hibs' 82 wins and 82 draws in 292 competitive matches. There have been approximately 600 Edinburgh derbies to date^[1], meaning that as of 2007 more than half of all derbies have been played in local competitions and "friendlies". Hearts hold a lead of 140 wins to Hibs' 112 wins in these other games.

[edit] Single game records

Hibs recorded the biggest margin of victory in a competitive match with a 7–0 victory at Tynecastle on 1 January 1973. The biggest win in "other" matches was a 10–2 Hearts victory in a friendly match 12 August 1893. Hearts scored the most goals in a competitive match with a 8–3 win in the League on 21 September 1935.

[edit] Prolific goalscorers

John Robertson scored 27 goals against Hibs in competitive games. Robertson was nicknamed "The Hammer of Hibs" due to his prolific goal record in derbies. Both Bobby Walker (32) and Tommy Walker (29) scored more goals in derbies than Robertson taking account of 'local' cup and league games.

Hibs' top scorer with 15 goals was Gordon Smith, who later joined Hearts and Dundee, becoming the only player to win the Scottish League with three different clubs. James McGhee scored at least 24 goals for Hibs in the early years of the fixture. The real figure is probably higher as he played in a lot of games where only the result is known and not all the scorers were recorded^[2].

Competitive Hearts Goalscorers
Rank	Player	Goals	First	Last
1	John Robertson	27	1983	1998
2	Bobby Walker	15	1897	1913
3	Jimmy Wardhaugh	14	1950	1958
4	Alfie Conn, Sr.	13	1946	1956
4	Tommy Walker	13	1932	1943
4	Willie Bauld	13	1949	1962
7	Jock White	8	1922	1932
7	Paul Hartley	8	2005	2006
9	Alex Young	7	1956	1960
9	Andy Black	7	1935	1945
9	Sandy Clark	7	1985	1987

Competitive Hibs Goalscorers
Rank	Player	Goals	First	Last
1	Gordon Smith	15	1941	1956
2	Lawrie Reilly	10	1949	1956
3	Arthur Duncan	8	1971	1976
3	Eddie Turnbull	8	1947	1957
5	Willie Ormond	7	1947	1959
5	Jim Scott	7	1961	1977
7	Alex Cropley	6	1971	1974
7	Arthur Milne	6	1938	1946
7	Garry O'Connor	6	2002	2006
7	Hamilton Handling	6	1899	1901
7	Jimmy Dunn	6	1921	1927
7	Joe Baker	6	1958	1959
7	Mixu Paatelainen	6	2000	2002

All Games Hearts Goalscorers
Rank	Player	Goals	First	Last
1	Bobby Walker	32	1897	1913
2	Tommy Walker	29	1932	1943
3	John Robertson	27	1983	1998
4	Jimmy Wardhaugh	22	1950	1958
5	Barney Battles, Jr.	19	1929	1932
5	Jock White	19	1922	1932
7	Willie Bauld	18	1949	1962
8	Andy Black	17	1935	1945
8	Charlie Thomson	17	1898	1907
8	Davie Baird	17	1888	1899

All Games Hibs Goalscorers
Rank	Player	Goals	First	Last
1	James McGhee	24	1883	1890
2	Gordon Smith	19	1941	1956
3	Hamilton Handling	15	1899	1901
4	Harry Ritchie	12	1921	1927
4	Jimmy McColl	12	1923	1929
4	Paddy Murray	12	1894	1901
7	Arthur Milne	11	1938	1946
8	Allan Martin	10	1893	1897
8	Lawrie Reilly	10	1949	1956
10	Arthur Duncan	9	1971	1976
10	Eddie Turnbull	9	1947	1957
10	Jimmy Dunn	9	1921	1927

[edit] Record attendance

The record crowd for an Edinburgh derby was 65,860 on 2 January 1950 when Hearts won 2-1 at Easter Road. This was also the biggest crowd for any Scottish game played outside Glasgow ^[3].

[edit] Major matches

A Hampden Park scoreboard shows the final score from the 2006 Scottish Cup semi-final, the most important derby of recent seasons.

The most important match between the clubs was the Scottish Cup final of 1896, which was played at Logie Green, Edinburgh. This is the only time the Scottish Cup final has been played outside of Glasgow as of 2007. Hearts won the final 3–1 before a crowd of 17,340^[4].

The most important match in recent years was the Scottish Cup semi-final of 2006. Both clubs played in the knowledge that victory would lead to a final against Gretna, who were a Scottish Second Division club at the time. Hearts won the semi-final against Hibs by 4–0 and went on to win the competition on a penalty shootout in the final.

Hibs gained some revenge in the following season by winning a League Cup quarter final against Hearts by 1–0 and going on to win the competition with wins against St Johnstone and Kilmarnock.

[edit] Periods of dominance

Season 1886-87 was Hibs' best ever against their local rivals in terms of goal scoring, as they won 5–1 in the third round of the Scottish Cup at Easter Road on the way to becoming the first ‘Eastern’ club to win the Scottish Cup. This was followed by wins of 3–0, 5–2 and 7–1 in other competitions. In the 7–1 win, James McGhee scored 5 goals in the first 25 minutes. The defeat of the then cup holders in the following season 1887-88 marked the end of Hibs' domination over Hearts. Hibs did not enjoy a similar sustained period of success in the fixture until the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Hearts hold the record for consecutive derbies without a loss, a 22-game streak straddling the 1980s and 1990s. Hibs' longest unbeaten streak was 12 games from 1974 to 1978. Hearts hold the best winning streak of 7 games from 1916 to 1919. Hibs' longest winning streak is 3 wins, achieved on three occasions in the 1880s, 1920s and 1940s respectively.

Since the creation of the Scottish Premier Division in 1975 and the introduction of four league games between clubs in a season, neither club has managed to win all four league derbies in a season. Hearts have achieved 3 wins and a draw twice, in 1996-97 and 2006-07. Hibs' best is 3 wins and a loss in 1994-95^[5].

[edit] Local competitions and other Edinburgh clubs

Hibs are presented with the East of Scotland Shield after winning the one-off match on May 7, 2008

In the late 19th century and early 20th century, the clubs often met each other 10 times in a single season due to the plethora of local competitions, such as the East of Scotland Shield, Rosebery Charity Cup, Wilson Cup, and the Dunedin Cup. These competitions also involved the other clubs in Edinburgh and the surrounding area. Hearts and Hibs were the most frequent winners of these competitions.

St Bernards, Leith Athletic, Meadowbank Thistle and Edinburgh City have all represented the city of Edinburgh in the Scottish Football League. The first Scottish Football League derby was played between Hearts and Leith Athletic on October 24, 1891, Hearts winning 3–1^[6]. This was because Hibs were in the process of being reformed and did not enter the Scottish Football League until the 1893-94 season. The first league derby between Hearts and Hibs was played at Tynecastle on September 28, 1895, Hearts winning 4–3^[7].

The East of Scotland Shield is the only one of the local competitions that is contested by Hearts and Hibs today, albeit by young reserve teams. The Shield is contested by a one-off match and gate takings are given to the Edinburgh Football Association.

[edit] Festival Cup

The Festival Cup was introduced in 2003 to tie in with the annual Edinburgh Festival. The local media speculated that clubs from cities twinned with Edinburgh, including Bayern Munich and Dynamo Kiev, would be invited to participate in an annual Edinburgh tournament. It was hoped this would be similar to the annual Amsterdam Tournament.

Eventually, the clubs settled for playing a single derby match on the last Saturday before the start of the 2003-04 SPL season. The SPL did not help the launch of the Festival Cup by scheduling a league derby match just two weeks after the Festival Cup match, also at Easter Road. Hearts won the first Festival Cup match 1–0 with a goal by Andy Webster.

The clubs then had difficulty scheduling the 2004-05 match, partly due to Hibs being involved in the Intertoto Cup. The Festival Cup match was eventually played at Tynecastle on September 4, 2004. Both teams were below full strength because several notable players were training with their national squads as the match was played during an international break. Playing the game in September also meant that the game was played after the start of the league season and after the end of the Edinburgh Festival. Due to these factors, the match attracted a much lower crowd than would normally be expected for a derby. Hearts won the second and to date last Festival Cup match 3–1.

[edit] New Year derby

A derby match was traditionally played each New Year, either on New Year's Day itself or on 2 January, which is an official bank holiday in Scotland. The New Year match has rarely taken place in recent years due to the scheduling policy of the SPL, dictated by live television coverage, which has similarly affected the traditional New Year Old Firm derby. Of the 88 games played at New Year, Hibs hold a slight lead of 31 wins to 28 Hearts wins. Only two New Year derbies have been played in this decade: a 4–4 draw at Tynecastle in 2003 and a 1–1 draw at Easter Road in 2005^[8].

[edit] Selected games

Date	Score	Venue	Comp	Crowd	Notes
25 December 1875^[9]	Hearts 1 Hibs 0	East Meadows	Friendly	-	First ever match. Hearts play first 20 minutes with only 8 players.
29 September 1877^[10]	Hearts 0 Hibs 0	East Meadows	Scottish Cup 1st Round	-	First Scottish Cup tie between the clubs.
06 October 1877^[11]	Hearts 1 Hibs 2	East Meadows	Scottish Cup 1st Round - Replay	-	"These clubs again contested for the Scottish Association Cup and resulted in a win for the Hibernians by two goal to one." - The Scotsman 8 October 1877
20 April 1878^[12]	Hearts 3 Hibs 2	Powburn	EFA Cup Final 4th Replay.	1,200	Hearts come from behind twice to win. The 5 games of the final establish Hearts and Hibs as the major clubs in Edinburgh.
15 November 1879^[13]	Hibs 2 Hearts 1	Mayfield Park	Scottish Cup 3rd Round	2,500	Hearts turned up at 1pm and kicked the ball through. Hibs turned up at 3pm and kicked the ball through. Both teams claimed the tie. Spectators invaded the pitch 10 minutes from end.
1 June 1886^[14]	Hearts 2 Hibs 0	Powderhall	Rosebery Charity Cup Final (1st Replay)	-	Game abandoned when Hibs fans invade pitch after Hearts score 2nd goal.
23 October 1886^[15]	Hibs 5 Hearts 1	Hibernian Park	Scottish Cup 3rd Round	7,000	Hibs thrash Hearts on route to winning the Scottish Cup for the first time in their history.
16 May 1887^[16]	Hibs 7 Hearts 1	Hibernian Park	Rosebery Charity Cup Final	4,000	James McGhee scores 5 goals in the first 20 minutes.
22 October 1887^[17]	Hibs 1 Hearts 3	Hibernian Park	Scottish Cup 3rd Round (Replay)	8,500	Hearts knock out the cup holders. This game marks the end of Hibernian's 'domination' of the early Derby fixtures.
12 August 1893^[18]	Hibs 2 Hearts 10	Easter Road	Friendly	8,000	First game between Hearts and the newly reformed Hibs, before a capacity crowd at Easter Road. Biggest margin of victory between the teams.
9 December 1893^[19]	Hibs 4 Hearts 3	Easter Road	East of Scotland Shield 1st Round	-	Hearts disputed 2 Hibs goals and refused to play on after 80 minutes, when the 7th goal of the game was scored. Hearts alleged that the ball had touched nobody from an indirect free-kick. A replay was called.
1 January 1895^[20]	Hearts 6 Hibs 1	Tynecastle	Friendly	8,000	First ever New Year game.
28 September 1895^[21]	Hearts 4 Hibs 3	Tynecastle	Scottish Football League Division 1	17,500	First ever Scottish Football League game.
14 March 1896^[22]	Hearts 3 Hibs 1	Logie Green	Scottish Cup Final	17,034	1896 Scottish Cup final.
5 December 1896^[23]	Hearts 1 Hibs 0	Tynecastle	Division 1	10,500	"League decider". If Hibs had won this game and subsequent games, they would have won the league. Hearts go on to win the league instead.
23 March 1901^[24]	Hibs 1 Hearts 2	Easter Road	Scottish Cup Semi-final (Replay)	18,000	Only Scottish Cup semi final between the teams until 2006.
19 February 1910^[25]	Hibs 0 Hearts 1	Easter Road	Scottish Cup 3rd Round (Match Abandoned)	30,000	Match abandoned after 65 minutes due to a crowd invasion.
17 April 1929^[26]	Hearts 8 Hibs 2	Tynecastle	Dunedin Cup Final	5,000	Barney Battles, Jr. scores 5 goals in the match.
1 January 1934^[27]	Hibs 1 Hearts 4	Easter Road	Scottish Football League Division A	30000	Hearts first league win at Easter Road since 1919. Hearts first Ne'erday Derby win in 19 years.
1 January 1935^[28]	Hearts 5 Hibs 2	Tynecastle	Scottish Football League Division A	28,743
21 September 1935^[29]	Hearts 8 Hibs 3	Tynecastle	Scottish Football League Division A	27,014	Hearts record margin of victory against Hibs in a league match. 13 goals scored in 2 league games by Hearts.
1 January 1937^[30]	Hearts 3 Hibs 2	Tynecastle	Scottish Football League Division A	38,908	Harrison scores the quickest ever Derby goal for Hibs after 11 seconds.
1 January 1940^[31]	Hibs 5 Hearts 6	Easter Road	Wartime match	14,000	Late Tommy Walker winner in a Wartime classic. Scores go 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3 at half-time. 5-3, 5-4, 5-5 then finally 5-6. John Cuthbertson scores a hat-trick for Hibs.
28 April 1941^[32]	Hearts 3 Hibs 5	Tynecastle	Wartime match	3,004	A 16 year old Gordon Smith scores a hat-trick to win the game for Hibs. "I was very proud to score a hat trick against big Jimmy Dykes in borrowed boots."
1 January 1942^[33]	Hearts 2 Hibs 2	Tynecastle	Wartime match	21,525	Matt Busby scores for Hibs.
7 September 1946^[34]	Hibs 0 Hearts 1	Easter Road	Scottish Football League Division A	39,000	Tommy Walker's last game before a £6,000 move to Chelsea. He is given the captaincy for the day.
24 September 1949^[35]	Hearts 5 Hibs 2	Tynecastle	Scottish Football League Division A	37,730	Hearts 5-0 up after 54 minutes.
2 January 1950^[36]	Hibs 1 Hearts 2	Easter Road	Scottish Football League Division A	65,860	Record crowd at Easter Road.
20 September 1952^[37]	Hibs 3 Hearts 1	Easter Road	Scottish Football League Division A	50,000	Lawrie Reilly scores a hat-trick for Hibs.
18 October 1954^[38]	Hibs 0 Hearts 2	Easter Road	Friendly	-	Easter Road floodlights unveiled.
5 February 1955^[39]	Hearts 5 Hibs 0	Tynecastle	Scottish Cup 5th Round	45,770	Hearts' record margin of victory over Hibs in the Scottish Cup.
11 August 1956^[40]	Hearts 6 Hibs 1	Tynecastle	Scottish League Cup Section match	42,000	Bobby Kirk scores two penalties and misses another.
7 October 1957^[41]	Hearts 2 Hibs 4	Tynecastle	Friendly	25,000	Opening of Tynecastle floodlights.
1 March 1958^[42]	Hearts 3 Hibs 4	Tynecastle	Scottish Cup Quarter-final	41,666	17 year old Joe Baker scores all of Hibs' four goals to deny Hearts a potential league and Scottish Cup double. Hibs eventually reach the final, but lose 1-0 to Clyde.
1 January 1960^[43]	Hibs 1 Hearts 5	Easter Road	Scottish Football League Division 1	54,000	Alex Young scores a hat-trick for Hearts. Young claimed that he also scored a goal that was credited as an own goal.
2 January 1961^[44]	Hearts 1 Hibs 2	Tynecastle	Scottish Football League Division 1	43,000	Last league crowd of over 40,000 at Tynecastle.
8 September 1962^[45]	Hibs 0 Hearts 4	Easter Road	Scottish Football League Division 1	28,847	Danny Paton scores a hat-trick for Hearts.
18 September 1965^[46]	Hearts 0 Hibs 4	Tynecastle	Scottish Football League Division 1	22,369	Hibs are 4-0 up after just ten minutes.
1 January 1966^[47]	Hibs 2 Hearts 3	Easter Road	Scottish Football League Division 1	32,192	Hearts win 3-2 after being 2-0 down. Hearts last Ne'er Day victory for 20 years.
2 January 1967^[48]	Hearts 0 Hibs 0	Tynecastle	Scottish Football League Division 1	30,086	First goalless draw since 1933. Jim Cruickshank makes a triple penalty save from Joe Davis penalty.
9 September 1967^[49]	Hearts 1 Hibs 4	Tynecastle	Scottish Football League Division 1	20,773	Pat Quinn scores a hat-trick for Hibs.
1 January 1973^[50]	Hearts 0 Hibs 7	Tynecastle	Scottish Football League Division 1	35,989	Hibs' biggest win over Hearts - the "Greatest Game in History" according to Hibees. It matched Hearts' record league defeat margin.
8 September 1973^[51]	Hearts 4 Hibs 1	Tynecastle	Scottish Football League Division 1	28,946	Hearts' first goals in 9 league games against Hibs.
13 April 1977^[52]	Hearts 2 Hibs 2	Tynecastle	Scottish Football League Premier Division	10,686	Controversial late goal for Hearts reprieves them from relegation for 3 days.
10 March 1979^[53]	Hibs 2 Hearts 1	Easter Road	Scottish Cup Quarter-final	22,618	As of 2008, Hibs' last win over Hearts in the Scottish Cup.
9 August 1982^[54]	Hibs 1 Hearts 0	Easter Road	Friendly	10,000	Tom Hart trophy is presented by Scotland manager Jock Stein. The match is marred by crowd violence.
3 September 1983^[55]	Hearts 3 Hibs 2	Tynecastle	Scottish Football League Premier Division	19,206	John Robertson scores twice in his derby debut, the first of his record 27. Start of 17 games unbeaten against Hibs.
1 January 1985^[56]	Hibs 1 Hearts 2	Easter Road	Scottish Football League Premier Division	18,925	Hearts' first New Year derby victory since 1966.
2 April 1985^[57]	Hearts 2 Hibs 2	Tynecastle	Scottish Football League Premier Division	17,814	John Robertson's 4th Goal against Hibs. Joe McBride scores twice in last 6 minutes to earn draw.
22 March 1986^[58]	Hibs 1 Hearts 2	Easter Road	Scottish Football League Premier Division	20,756	John Robertson's 6th Goal against Hibs. Hearts set Scottish Premier Division record of 22 games unbeaten.
17 October 1987^[59]	Hibs 2 Hearts 1	Easter Road	Scottish Football League Premier Division	23,390	John Robertson's 9th Goal against Hibs. Hibs win after 17 games without a win.
12 November 1988^[60]	Hearts 1 Hibs 2	Tynecastle	Scottish Football League Premier Division	23,062	Hibs' first victory at Tynecastle since 1979.
20 February 1994^[61]	Hibs 1 Hearts 2	Easter Road	Scottish Cup 4th Round	20,953	Wayne Foster scores a late winner to extend Hearts' unbeaten run to 21 games.
27 August 1994^[62]	Hearts 0 Hibs 1	Tynecastle	Scottish Football League Premier Division	12,371	Hibs end Hearts' 22 game unbeaten streak in the derby.
1 January 1996^[63]	Hibs 2 Hearts 1	Easter Road	Scottish Football League Premier Division	14,872	Hibs first New Year derby win in 20 years. Hibs bounce back from 7-0 defeat at Ibrox in their previous match.
1 January 1997^[64]	Hibs 0 Hearts 4	Easter Road	Scottish Football League Premier Division	15,749	Hearts' biggest League win at Easter Road for 36 years.
11 April 1998^[65]	Hibs 2 Hearts 1	Easter Road	Scottish Football League Premier Division	15,530	John Robertson scores his last and record 27th goal in the derby. Hibs severely dent Hearts' league title chances, but are unable to save themselves from relegation. Hearts win Scottish Cup for the first time in 42 years.
19 December 1999^[66]	Hearts 0 Hibernian 3	Tynecastle	Scottish Premier League	17,954	Hibs win the 'Millennium Derby'.
21 May 2000^[67]	Hearts 2 Hibs 1	Tynecastle	Scottish Premier League	17,391	Hearts clinch 3rd place in the SPL and a place in the UEFA Cup on the final day of the season.
22 October 2000^[68]	Hibs 6 Hearts 2	Easter Road	Scottish Premier League	12,926	Hibs biggest derby win for 27 years. Mixu Paatelainen scores a hat-trick.
16 March 2002^[69]	Hibs 1 Hearts 2	Easter Road	Scottish Premier League	13,240	Hearts' first win since 1997 at Easter Road.
11 August 2002^[70]	Hearts 5 Hibs 1	Tynecastle	Scottish Premier League	15,245	Mark de Vries scores four goals on his debut for Hearts.
2 January 2003^[71]	Hearts 4 Hibs 4	Tynecastle	Scottish Premier League	17,332	Hibs score goals in 89th and 92nd minutes to go 4-2 up. However 2 goals by Graham Weir in last 42 seconds of injury time provide a dramatic comeback by Hearts.
13 April 2005 ^[72]	Hearts 1 Hibs 2	Tynecastle	Scottish Premier League	17,676	Hibs first win at Tynecastle since 2000. Match played in midweek after both clubs are beaten in the Scottish Cup semi final.
7 August 2005^[73]	Hearts 4 Hibs 0	Tynecastle	Scottish Premier League	16,459	George Burley's 'Demolition Derby'.
29 October 2005^[74]	Hibs 2 Hearts 0	Easter Road	Scottish Premier League	17,180	Hibs end Hearts' unbeaten start to the season one week after the sacking of George Burley.
2 April 2006^[75]	Hearts 4 Hibs 0	Hampden Park	Scottish Cup Semi-final	43,180	First Hearts-Hibs Scottish Cup semi-final since 1901. Paul Hartley scores a hat-trick, while Hibs have two players sent off. Hearts go on to win the Final with a 4-2 win on penalties after a 1-1 draw with Gretna.
8 November 2006^[76]	Hibs 1 Hearts 0	Easter Road	Scottish League Cup Quarter-final	15,825	Hearts have no shots at goal. Hibs' first win in the League Cup against Hearts. Hibs go on to win the cup with a 5-1 victory over Kilmarnock in the final.
6 August 2007^[77]	Hearts 0 Hibs 1	Tynecastle	Scottish Premier League	16,436	Edinburgh Derby marks the start of 2007-08 SPL season. Hibs' first points at Tynecastle since 2005. Brian Kerr scores on his debut in two minutes.
19 January 2008^[78]	Hearts 1 Hibs 0	Tynecastle	Scottish Premier League	17,131	Hearts win a poor game between two sides who hadn't won in the league since November. It was Mixu Paatelainen's first derby in his second game as manager of Hibs.