The day was the 21st of May 2016. It was Cup final day, I support a team Called Hibernian FC from Edinburgh in Scotland and we are not the most successful team in Scotland but we have a big fan base. we have supporters from all around Scotland and the world too. I have been to Three Cup finals with Hibs before Saturday, we had all lost them both, two of them we were the favorites and one well we were playing the champions a team called Glasgow Celtic. The reason I joined this site was because i wanted to document moments in my life i could look back on and remember.
Well lets just say that this day will always be remembered for me. The thing is, even if you have no interest in football, you have to Admire this story because it is heart warming. so please, will you just read my little blog post and view the videos and pictures i have posted. it would mean a lot to me aswell if you tell me what you have thought of this post, truthfully:)
Okay, so Hibernian FC have not won the Scottish cup since 1902. 114 years, the hoover was not even invented, The titanic was 10 years away from sailing. I dont think toilets were even available for everyone only the rich ... My team hibernian took the name from the LATIN word for IRELAND, Hibernia. Hibernianwere formed by Irish immigrants living in Edinburgh getting racist abuse towards them. they had no homes or food and wanted to start a new life in Scotland. They created a football team called Hibernians FC (we actually changed are name because we went bankrupt, but thats a different story... ) we wanted to bridge the gap in the hatred the Irish men Received in Scotland, so we thought, why not make a football team and call them Hibernians,.... Hibernian FC have played in 10 previous Scottish cup finals where some we were expected to win, and some losing, badly...
On saturday, i had experianced something that i had never felt before, something that could not be bought, something that was more then happiness, i felt that i was free. that i could cry with happiness and i did, i cried and cried like a little girl in a dress who lost her favourite toy, I cried for my team because ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN YEARS has came to a HALT! we WON THE CUP!!!!!!
So how do i put this in to words? i know it sounds so cliche, but it felt like a dream, everything was in slow motion, it felt like a mistake, that it was not meant to happen, that i had no right to be happy and celebrate that the odds were against us... that it was a dream, shock, confusion but happiness, scary happiness.. i have never felt a feeling like this before, i have stuck through hibs all my life, going to games in the rain, in the cold, going without food or expensive stuff just so i can get a ticket to see my heros. i watch them because it makes me happy.... its a sense of we are all in this together, we have been kicked in the teeth so many times with putting our hope in Hibernian to be let down in a final or a semi final, but today was different and it was a feeling i will never ever feel again in my lifetime, i am so lucky because people have lived for 90/100 years watching hibs and supporting them and have never seen this happen, it is actual history and i know for a fact newspapers and news stations are reporting this all around the world. i was there, i was part of 20 thousand hibs fans....
When we were losing 2-1 we got a corner kick, i was holding Kimmi's hand, i looked up to the sky, my exact words were " Please Grandad, Please, God, just let this go in, please make hibs (short name for Hibernian) Score," and they did. i went so crazy it was unbelievable. but it was not finished there,
In the 92nd minute of the game with 4 minutes of extra time played. we got a corner, I tried my luck again " Please grandad, i know i asked before, but please again, i will never ask for a favour again, please, just please" ........
We scored in the last minute and i fell to my knees so hard i have the black bruising to prove it, i was in shock, my mouth was wide open, i cried, i looked at the man behind me, he looked at me, we both gave a look, holy fuck "we could win this" i held kims hand as tight as i could, the final whistle went, it was like another goal all over again, we ended the curse, the curse of removing the harp from our stadium an Irish gypsy said we would never win the Scottish cup again unless it was put back on
This time last year we put our badge on the stand again, (which has a harp in it) and the curse has been lifted. I know it sounds crazy, a bit fucked up, but 10 cup finals, ten Scottish cup finals, not different cups and we had lost them all.... you be the judge
Well lets just say that this day will always be remembered for me. The thing is, even if you have no interest in football, you have to Admire this story because it is heart warming. so please, will you just read my little blog post and view the videos and pictures i have posted. it would mean a lot to me aswell if you tell me what you have thought of this post, truthfully:)
Okay, so Hibernian FC have not won the Scottish cup since 1902. 114 years, the hoover was not even invented, The titanic was 10 years away from sailing. I dont think toilets were even available for everyone only the rich ... My team hibernian took the name from the LATIN word for IRELAND, Hibernia. Hibernianwere formed by Irish immigrants living in Edinburgh getting racist abuse towards them. they had no homes or food and wanted to start a new life in Scotland. They created a football team called Hibernians FC (we actually changed are name because we went bankrupt, but thats a different story... ) we wanted to bridge the gap in the hatred the Irish men Received in Scotland, so we thought, why not make a football team and call them Hibernians,.... Hibernian FC have played in 10 previous Scottish cup finals where some we were expected to win, and some losing, badly...
On saturday, i had experianced something that i had never felt before, something that could not be bought, something that was more then happiness, i felt that i was free. that i could cry with happiness and i did, i cried and cried like a little girl in a dress who lost her favourite toy, I cried for my team because ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN YEARS has came to a HALT! we WON THE CUP!!!!!!
So how do i put this in to words? i know it sounds so cliche, but it felt like a dream, everything was in slow motion, it felt like a mistake, that it was not meant to happen, that i had no right to be happy and celebrate that the odds were against us... that it was a dream, shock, confusion but happiness, scary happiness.. i have never felt a feeling like this before, i have stuck through hibs all my life, going to games in the rain, in the cold, going without food or expensive stuff just so i can get a ticket to see my heros. i watch them because it makes me happy.... its a sense of we are all in this together, we have been kicked in the teeth so many times with putting our hope in Hibernian to be let down in a final or a semi final, but today was different and it was a feeling i will never ever feel again in my lifetime, i am so lucky because people have lived for 90/100 years watching hibs and supporting them and have never seen this happen, it is actual history and i know for a fact newspapers and news stations are reporting this all around the world. i was there, i was part of 20 thousand hibs fans....
When we were losing 2-1 we got a corner kick, i was holding Kimmi's hand, i looked up to the sky, my exact words were " Please Grandad, Please, God, just let this go in, please make hibs (short name for Hibernian) Score," and they did. i went so crazy it was unbelievable. but it was not finished there,
In the 92nd minute of the game with 4 minutes of extra time played. we got a corner, I tried my luck again " Please grandad, i know i asked before, but please again, i will never ask for a favour again, please, just please" ........
We scored in the last minute and i fell to my knees so hard i have the black bruising to prove it, i was in shock, my mouth was wide open, i cried, i looked at the man behind me, he looked at me, we both gave a look, holy fuck "we could win this" i held kims hand as tight as i could, the final whistle went, it was like another goal all over again, we ended the curse, the curse of removing the harp from our stadium an Irish gypsy said we would never win the Scottish cup again unless it was put back on
This time last year we put our badge on the stand again, (which has a harp in it) and the curse has been lifted. I know it sounds crazy, a bit fucked up, but 10 cup finals, ten Scottish cup finals, not different cups and we had lost them all.... you be the judge
I know it is a big ask, for you to watch this video if you do not like football, but i want you to see the passion and love we have for our team Hibernian (who play in Green)
"Our anthem"
We celebrated by singing our anthem Sunshine on Leith,
Now Kim never used to like football, but when she heard Sunshine on Leith she thought it was so beautiful, and seeing hibs fans sing this and the amount of hibs fans singing it is beautiful.
take a look if you want to see something beautiful.
The passion ...
Finally,
Sunday came and we had our parade through Edinburgh city centre, !50 thousand people turned out to see our heros. it was a lovely day and lets just say i got so drunk, i was shaking the day after, i sang in a pub with strangers, i hugged random men and for the first time ever I wasn't scared or intimidated of Males, i felt at ease knowing, they feel just like me, happy... here are a few clips of the Parade and fans celebrating outside..... women, children, men familys all together...
The party has been going on since Saturday and I am not even Joking, Actually We are going to the town on saturday to celebrate outside again, if not just go to the hibs pubs and celebrate... best thing is, we have all summer to celebrate, 114 years is gone, we done it!!
One fans reaction to winning the cup, notice when we won we ran on to the pitch, we just couldn't hold it in, we had to, We have always been the laugh and jokes of people "Oh 114 years, you can't do it, haha when will you win it," we done it, we FUCKING DONE IT!!!!!!!
Finally... The view from the press box of the winning goal....
Hibernian FC Scottish Cup Winners 2015/2016
*My own personal pictures and videos to come VERY SOON*
Fuckers.
