“We were a wee bit disappointed to be near the Dunbar End and not the old East where most of the fans were, so we just ran for it. Avon Inns was initially meant to raise £800,000 annually for the club, it ended up losing double that in 12 months and by the end of the 1989/90 season, the club was £6m in the red.

In an era of extravagant signings coming to the Scottish game, when Rangers were able to parade a team of England caps and the likes of Aberdeen and Dundee United were making headlines for their European exploits, the new regime sanctioned splurges on internationally recognised talent. Inside the war room at Sunnyside, Ronnie Ferguson - then chairman of the Supporters’ Club - had appointed Kenny Sr. to lead their fight in the boardroom. Inbetweeners star Emily Atack 'flirts with Edinburgh waiters' during trip, The actress also enjoyed a trip to her 'fave' Leith restaurant, Family of missing Allan Bryant visited by police after human remains found, The father of the missing man said detectives had visited after the grim discovery, Nicola Sturgeon coronavirus updates LIVE as new rules and cases are announced, The First Minister will provide her latest update on the fight against the virus, Loganair flight forced to return to Edinburgh Airport after declaring mid-air emergency, The emergency call, which is used to communicate a 'distress' or 'emergency' on board, was communicated to air-traffic control, Coronavirus Scotland: Loopholes allow students to escape lockdown under 'wellbeing' clause, New Scottish Government guidance for 'students living away from home' has come into force that outlines what they 'can and cannot do', Edinburgh tenements 'representing 1000 years of history' restored to their former glory. Frank Dougan was days away from flying out to join the rest of the Tartan Army in Italy ahead of Scotland’s assault on the 1990 World Cup when the call from the Hibernian Supporter’s Club at Sunnyside arrived. Hours earlier, the Hibs chairman David Duff and his brother-in-law Jim Gray sat motionless in a large, windowed office in London’s financial centre. For more Hibs news join our new group Hibs Live - News, transfer rumours and chat from Easter Road, When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. In 1920, the historically working class port of the city lost their independence from Edinburgh despite residents overwhelmingly voting against the proposals in a referendum. A group of ordinary people managed an extraordinary thing. Hands Off Hibs: the summer of 1990 October 16, 2017 by Fraser Leave a comment If you thought Scottish football couldn’t get any stranger than the summer of 1989 – when the openly Roman Catholic Mo Johnston was poised to re-sign for Celtic only to be snapped up by Rangers instead – then you probably weren’t prepared for the news which broke on 4 June 1990. In the first of our new series, we explore the start of Wallace Mercer's bid to buy Hibernian and the birth of the Hands off Hibs campaign, Join your fellow Hibees and subscribe to the Hibs FC newsletter now. Several braving the crowd in club colours to show their support. The residents had stayed up until midnight waiting for the missing order... only to find it defrosting on their doorstep the next morning.

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