| It was into the second half before the important second goal arrived, but Hibs were dominant from first to last. |
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| Only in a bruising period of the second half, when the game turned scrappy, did Hibs lose their composure and control. |
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| At various points the home fans joshed Ian Murray for the crime of being a former Hibs captain. |
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| Barring that brief flirtation with laxness during the second half, Hibs were efficiency personified. |
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| Hibs are coy about the cost, but the ballpark figure for such stadium developments is typically 1million per 1,000 seats. |
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| Even as the game slid away from Hibs in the second half, they were inventive enough to create two clear scoring opportunities. |
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| Henrik Larsson misplaced a pass and gifted Hibs a winning goal on his Celtic debut. |
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| It was a classy goal and Hibs followed it up with a thoroughly commanding first half showing which lacked only another goal. |
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| Celtic lost to Basel in the Champions League, to Motherwell in the SPL, and were unconvincing last weekend against Hibs. |
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| He was incapable of an ungraceful movement and he lives in the hearts of all Hibs fans. |
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| Hibs upped the ante even further in the second half and this was in no small a part due to Riordan and Brown, stretching Aberdeen on the wings. |
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| Hibs have played some terrific football this season and given Celtic frights in their past two contests. |
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| A cynic could argue, indeed, that Hibs have achieved certain economies with this latest piece of unsought business. |
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| His father took him to Tynecastle when he was five, to see a Hearts and Hibs game. |
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| Despite such incursions splitting the Hibs rearguard, some of the attempts were timid and those that were not were met by the reassuring Colgan. |
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| Had he scored, the chances are Hibs could probably have added another chapter to their hard-luck story. |
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| In spite of dominating the outfield play Hibs found themselves trailing to a couple of spectacular goals by the Hearts forward, Colquhoun. |
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| Despite some potentially suicidal defending from Celtic, Hibs failed to pull the game back. |
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| Smith did not take it well and promptly returned the favour, carding Gazza to a volley of jeers from the capacity crowd, Hibs fans included. |
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| But the former Hibs striker admits to having doubts about going so far down the league ladder. |
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| This victory allowed them to leapfrog Hibs and move back into third place in the league. |
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| There was no chance you could walk into the Hibs situation at that time and change it overnight. |
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| The usually quicksilver striker is looking jaded and he had three opportunities to put Dundee ahead before Hibs took the lead. |
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| On ten minutes Hibs got back into the game with a peach of a goal. |
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| Indeed, it was only neat work from Sauzee in the 20th minute which brought to an end a quicksilver run from the youngster as he glided past three Hibs men towards goal. |
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| Hibs were further encouraged when Moravcik aggravated the leg injury which had troubled him all week and went off to be replaced by McNamara in only 17 minutes. |
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| In the Gaelic football stronghold of Erris, local clubs Erris Utd, Bangor Hibs, Kilmore and Valley Rovers have performed miracles promoting soccer in the barony. |
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| The Hibs groundsman declared it unplayable, and the referee indicated during the warm-up that the match would be completed only if there was no more rain. |
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| It was also apparent from early on that Hibs stopper Pat Walker was commander-in-chief of the group as the younger players in particular followed him regimentally. |
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| James Kennedy, who signed for Hibs from Waterford Crystal saw his 25-yard right-footed free kick brilliantly tipped around the post by the veteran Falconer. |
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| Scott Walker's headed clearance found Hartley 20 yards out, and the former Hibs player atoned for his earlier penalty miss by sending a low volley past the unsighted Roy. |
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| With the pace in their ranks they could do this with some menace, but after their shoogly start the Hibs rearguard didn't give them too many openings. |
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| Even the most silly distorted fact, tongue-in-cheek headline or top-spinned newspaper tales concerning Hibs put this awkward customer on the warpath. |
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| Hibs were further punished seven minutes from the interval when Nade knocked in an Andrew Driver cutback from close range. |
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| Hibs have won the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup three times each. |
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| Hibs are also through after Joelle Murray hit a hat-trick in a 7-0 win over Buchan at Albyn Park. |
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| Sweden Under-21 striker Joe Sise is an option and McCoist will run the rule over him in a closed-door game against Hibs on Tuesday. |
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| After his performance last Sunday against Partick there were eyebrows raised when Mols kept his place against Hibs. |
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| A UKRANIAN charity worker who dedicated 10 years to the Hibs Dnipro Appeal has lost her battle with cancer. |
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| I was standing outside the dug-out near the Hibs supporters and they started shouting all sorts of rubbish, swear words you could not print. |
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| The Hibs boss has also strengthened his squad by snapping up the likes of James Keatings and Danny Carmichael. |
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| Hibs look a decent price in a section where all sides seem capable of beating each other. |
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| Hibs had to overcome teams from Brinklow, Birmingham and Banbury to win the tournament at Massey Ferguson. |
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| And sub Steven Fletcher wrapped up the points in the last minute to keep Hibs in third place ahead of Rangers. |
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| I could have gone to Sturm Graz in Austria when I joined Hibs in the summer, but I have never regretted my decision. |
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| So I can't say I am totally flabbergasted but Steven will remain totally committed to Hibs as he wants to develop as a player. |
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| It was the Ibrox chief who gave the Scotland Under-21 skipper his debut for Hibs in his time at Easter Road. |
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| They have also already beaten Hibs 1-0 at Ibrox in the league this season. |
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| Referee Mick McCann sent-off defenders Terry Ward and Mark Robinson in the 18th minute after a wild tackle by a Hibs player had sparked a mass brawl. |
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| The result saw 10th-placed Inverness, who also hit the post through Richie Foran, retain a four-point lead over Hibs, who moved a point clear of bottom club Dunfermline. |
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| Their defeat to Norwich helped contribute to just four winners last week with Hibs, Man Utd, Bolton and Man City other teams to hit punters in the pocker. |
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| Garry O'Connor stabbed Hibs into a third-minute lead from close range and the Edinburgh side deservedly went into the break with their lead intact. |
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| Mark Kerr 6 Shuttled from box to box looking to snuff out Hibs. |
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| His eagerness led to him scrapping rest days but after masterminding a derby win over Hibs, Sergio was finally able to give his stars some much-needed time off. |
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