Back in the days before money took over in terms of European club competitions, Hibs had featured in both the European Cup and the Inter Cities Fairs Cup, the first by invitation and the second initially because Edinburgh hosted a Trade Fair and that was a prerequisite for taking part. Additionally they featured in the Cup Winners Cup which may strike some as strange given our abysmal record in our own domestic cup competition but back in the day if the team that won the cup also won the league then the beaten cup finalists would compete in the Cup Winners Cup and that’s exactly how Hibs found themselves in that tournament in season 1972/73…
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Back in the days before money took over in terms of European club competitions, Hibs had featured in both the European Cup and the Inter Cities Fairs Cup, the first by invitation and the second initially because Edinburgh hosted a Trade Fair and that was a prerequisite for taking part. Additionally they featured in the Cup Winners Cup which may strike some as strange given our abysmal record in our own domestic cup competition but back in the day if the team that won the cup also won the league then the beaten cup finalists would compete in the Cup Winners Cup and that’s exactly how Hibs found themselves in that tournament in season 1972/73…
John Hughes made his second signing of the summer after landing Wales U-19 centre back David Stephens from Norwich City for an undisclosed fee and expects him to see first team action this season.
Stephens made only one first team appearance – in the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy last October – and spent the last few months of last season on loan to Chris Sutton’s Lincoln City.
