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Monday 16 April 2012

This is a picture of the only Scottish Cup Final held outside of Glasgow( up here clubs in our capital city are deemed "provincial"). It is from 1896 and involved Hearts and Hibs. Hibs last won the cup in 1902 in controversial circumstances involving gamesmanship, Hibs' captain Bobby Atherton feigned a Glaswegian accent and, asking the defender to"leave ra ba" allowed Paddy Callaghan's corner to be met by McGeachie's back heel into the net. Now we have the prospect of a Heats/Hibs final again. It should really be held at Murrayfield Rugby Stadium in Edinburgh but probably won't but, at any rate, the anticipation runs sky high. C'mon the Hibs.

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