Hibernian F.C." Scottish Football Ground Guide. Duncan Adams. Archived from the original on 10 April 2016 . Retrieved 22 February 2010. Smith, Mark (10 January 2003). "Hibs thugs boast of violence on internet". Edinburgh Evening News. Johnston Press. Archived from the original on 30 May 2009 . Retrieved 24 February 2010. In the quarter-finals Hibs met Djurgaarden, winning 3–1 at home and losing to a single goal 'away'. The Scandinavian team's pitch was frozen so they played their home match at Firhill in Glasgow. The night of Hibs' win Celtic were playing across the city and the Parkhead programme notes stated: "Already interest in these floodlit evening games is on the wane."

Football was becoming a leisure industry. Slowly, over the period between the 1960s and '70s, football clubs would develop from being sporting institutions rooted in their community to big businesses. Hibs qualified for the UEFA Cup in 1961 and beat Lausanne in the first away leg. Lausanne, perhaps sensing a costly journey to Edinburgh, withdrew, so Hibs joined Barcelona in the quarter-finals drawing 4–4 at the Camp Nou and beating them 3–2 at Easter Road in the return tie.Persevered: The Epic Story of Hibs' 2016 Scottish Cup Campaign, Aidan Smith, Birlinn Ltd, 2016; ISBN 9780857909213 a b Brown, Alan; Tossani, Gabriele (13 December 2018). "Scotland - International Matches 1956-1960". RSSSF . Retrieved 10 March 2019. When Lawrie Reilly took to the field to face Rangers in a 1958 match he was just 29 years old and yet that would prove to be his last game for Hibs as injury and illness forced his premature retirement. Typically he scored that day, number 234 in a glittering Hibernian career spanning eleven years. Campbell, Andy (19 May 2012). "Hibernian 1–5 Hearts". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 22 May 2012 . Retrieved 13 June 2012. Hibs frequently participated in the Fairs Cup during the 1960s, winning ties against Barcelona [33] and Napoli. [34] However, the club achieved little domestically until former player Eddie Turnbull was persuaded to return to Easter Road as manager in 1971. The team, popularly known as Turnbull's Tornadoes, finished second in the league in 1974 and 1975, and won the League Cup in 1972. The club also won the Drybrough Cup in 1972 and 1973, [35] and recorded a 7–0 win over Edinburgh derby rivals Hearts at Tynecastle on 1 January 1973.

Hibs played their first tie against Rot-Weiss Essen, winning 4–0 in the Georg-Melches-Stadion [13] and drawing 1–1 at Easter Road. They defeated Djurgårdens IF to reach the semi-final, [13] but in that tie they were defeated 3–0 on aggregate by Stade Reims, [13] who had the famous France international player Raymond Kopa in their side. [13] Reims lost 4–3 to Real Madrid in the final. [13] Turnbull's Tornadoes (1960–1989) [ edit ] a b c d Spiers, Graham (3 November 2007). "Edinburgh derby is the jewel of game in Scotland". The Times. News International. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011 . Retrieved 4 May 2017. a b c d e f g h Wilson, Richard (17 July 2005). "European Union". The Sunday Times. News International. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011 . Retrieved 4 May 2017. The country was of course at war with Germany and although football continued to be played the Leagues were divided geographically so as to cut down on travel with Hibs finding themselves in the Southern League. It was in that League, in September 1941 that Gordon bagged two goals for Hibs in a stunning 8-1 win over Rangers at Easter Road. When news of that result reached the rest of Scotland it was met with utter amazement, especially when it became clear that both sides had been at their strongest. Thomas Martin Devine and Richard J. Finlay (1996). Scotland in the 20th Century. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-0-7486-0751-8 . Retrieved 16 August 2010. Sectarian loyalties became articulated in club support for, respectively, Glasgow's Celtic and Rangers, Edinburgh's Hibs and Hearts and, early on, for Dundee's Hibs (from 1923 United) and Dundee F.C.

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Despite reaching that semi final, Gordon was disappointed and was convinced that “if the tournament had started four years earlier Hibs would have won it.” Further disappointment would follow when Scotland qualified for the Finals of the 1958 World Cup and Hibs reached the Final of the Scottish Cup. Smith was in plaster and missed them both with Scotland failing to qualify from their group and Hibs losing 1-0 to Clyde at Hampden. Highest attendance for any match involving Hibs: 143,570 vs Rangers at Hampden Park, 27 March 1948 [23] a b c Moffat, Colin (20 April 2004). "Few Hibees will mourn Williamson". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 23 April 2004 . Retrieved 23 February 2010. Hibernian are one of only two full-time professional football clubs in Edinburgh, which is the capital of and second largest city in Scotland. [130] The club had the fourth largest average attendance in the Scottish leagues during the 2022–23 season (17,469). [131] [132] In the period after the Second World War, Hibs attracted average attendances in excess of 20,000, peaking at 31,567 in the 1951–52 season. [132] Since Easter Road was redeveloped into an all-seater stadium in the mid-1990s, average attendance has varied between a high of 18,124 in 2017–18 and a low of 9,150 in 2003–04. [133] [132] There has been a significant increase in recent seasons, inspired by the Scottish Cup victory in 2016 and promotion in 2017. [133] In the 1980s and 1990s, a minority of the club's supporters had a reputation as one of Britain's most prominent casuals groups, known as the Capital City Service. [134] Literature [ edit ] Mowbray leaves Hibs for West Brom". BBC Sport. 13 October 2006. Archived from the original on 15 February 2008 . Retrieved 23 February 2010.