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Match programme covers and occasional contents
A selection of the Hibs-focused pages from the match programme for the 2004 League Cup Final. A fairly handsome production, it was A4 in size, glossy and full colour, with a decent quantity of worthwhile reading material inside.
It never struck me before regarding Livingston, but having Intelligent Finance as your shirt sponsor when your club is in administration is one of life’s delicious little ironies, is it not?
I have to confess once again that I have no memory of seeing this game despite having the programme to prove I was there. I had to look up the score to see that Hibs won through a Sauzee penalty and a goal from Tam McManus, though when and how the goals came about I have not a clue. If anyone else remembers, enlighten me in the comments below. Continue reading →
I had (as usual) forgotten I was at this game, but re-reading Graham Spiers’s Scotland on Sunday press report below I am reminded of the monstrous presence in the St Mirren team of Jens Paeslack. Even at a time when the shaved head was de rigeur for hard men, Paeslack had the aura of a Bond villain’s freakish henchman, an impostor on the pitch with a secret mission to tear diddly wee Russell Latapy limb from limb. Like such typical Hollywood bad guys, however, Paeslack was ponderously slow, making Matty Jack look like Arthur Duncan. He couldn’t trap a bag of cement either, even if he probably ate one for a pre-match snack. Continue reading →
The Scotsman’s match report says this was not the most memorable derby, which accounts for my failure to remember attending it. Attended I must have, however, as I have the programme to prove it. Continue reading →
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