The below image is an artist impression of what our excellent stadium will look like..

Full details of the east stand work can be found on the official site.

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The 27-year-old worked under John Hughes at Falkirk before leaving to join Rangers in the summer of 2007.

Gow appeared only twice for the Ibrox side and spent time on loan at Norwich City and Blackpool before making a permanent move to Plymouth last year.

However, he has failed to make an impact at Home Park and has scored just twice in his time there.

The former Rangers, Motherwell, Inverness and Killie keeper has signed a two-and-a-half-year deal at Easter Road after being released by Celtic.

Brown will now fight it out with Graeme Smith, Graham Stack and Yves Ma-Kalambay for the Hibs number one spot and his arrival will cast doubts over the futures of the latter pair.

Yogi, speaking to the official Hibernian website, was delighted at signing the 28-year-old, and said: “Mark is a proven goalkeeper at this level and I am delighted to have secured a player of his calibre.

He’s still got his best years ahead of him, and having another keeper of Mark’s standard at this Club is ideal for me – I want competition throughout the team, and we now have a pool of very talented keepers who will compete for that No 1 jersey. I’m really looking forward to working with him.”

Mark Brown said: ”I’m delighted to be joining Hibernian. From the training centre, through to the way the team is playing and the way the Manager and the Club go about their business, it is obviously an exciting place to be at the moment.

I know I will be competing for the jersey with some excellent goalkeeping talent already at the Club, but I’m ready and prepared to work as hard as possible to get into the team. I can’t wait to start training with the boys.”

The fifth round of the Scottish Cup draw was made this afternoon, and the Hibees will meet Edinburgh City or Montrose.

Hibs currently sitting third in the SPL, disposed of Ayrshire Junior side Irvine Meadow 3-0 in the Fourth Round.

A possible clash against neighbours Edinburgh City who play at Meadowbank Stadium is sure to whet the appetite of the minnows and also Hibes fans looking for a Fifth Round Edinburgh Derby.

The full draw is as follows and will be played on the weekend of 6th or 7th February;

Dunfermline v Morton or Celtic

Forfar or St Johnstone v Dundee Utd

Hibernian v Edinburgh City or Montrose

Livingston or Dundee v Ayr Utd or Brechin City

Raith Rovers or Airdrie v Aberdeen

Kilmarnock or Falkirk v Inverness CT or Motherwell

St Mirren v Hamilton Accies or Rangers

Ross County or Inverurie v Albion Rovers or Stirling Albion

]]> http://www.hibeesbounce.com/scottish-cup-5th-round-draw/feed/ 0 http://www.hibeesbounce.com/hibs-sign-goalkeeper/ http://www.hibeesbounce.com/hibs-sign-goalkeeper/#comments Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:23:11 +0000 Owen http://www.hibeesbounce.com/?p=704 Graeme Smith is leaving Albion and will sign for Scottish SPL side Hibernian on a free transfer later today.

The Hibees today announced that goalkeeper Graeme Smith has agreed to join the Club following his release from Coca Cola league one team Brighton & Hove Albion.

The keeper joined Albion from Motherwell, under the Bosman ruling last summer, but he has slipped down the pecking order in recent weeks, following the arrival of Peter Brezovan.

The keeper, born in Roslin, who Brighton & Hove albion snapped up from Motherwell in the summer, conceded 28 goals in eight starts plus two substitute appearances.

Smith was in Edinburgh on New Year’s Eve and passed a medical at Easter Road before agreeing personal terms with Hibs.

Speaking to the Official Hibs Website, Smith said: “I am delighted to be joining Hibernian. Everything about the Club is exciting at the moment, from the Gaffer, the training facilities to the results and team on the park. I want to be part of it, and will be working as hard as I can to get into the team on a regular basis.”

John Hughes said: “Graeme is an experienced SPL keeper and provides us with another excellent option in goal. I want competition for all positions at this Club and Graeme has the right character and skills to play a key part in helping us build success for Hibernian.”

The Hibees match at St Johnstone has been postponed because of safety concerns, as an icy blast of weather is set to hit Scotland.

The McDiarmid Park pitch and car park is under eight inches of snow, and while the pitch could have been tackled, the car park is a different proposition altogether. With no end to the freezing temperatures in sight the decision has been made to postpone the fixture.

There is no date for the rearranged fixture.

The draw for the 4th round of this seasons Scottish Cup, sponsored by The Active Nation, took place this afternoon and the ties are shown below.

The Active Nation Scottish Cup 2009 4th Round Draw
Inverness Caley vs Motherwell
Hamilton Accies vs Rangers
Morton or Dumbarton vs Celtic
Hibernian vs Irvine Meadow
St.Mirren vs Cowdenbeath or Alloa Athletic
Raith Rovers or Peterhead vs Airdrie Utd
Dunfermline Athletic vs Stenhousemuir or Cove Rangers
Forfar Athletic vs St.Johnstone
Clyde or Livingston vs Dundee
Albion Rovers vs Stirling Albion
Aberdeen vs Hearts
Edinburgh City vs Montrose
Partick Thistle vs Dundee Utd
Ross County vs Inverurie Locos
Ayr Utd vs Wick Academy or Brechin City
Kilmarnock vs Falkirk

Ties to be played 9/10 January 2010.

The midfielder, formerly with Celtic and Manchester United, helped Yogi’s team stay unbeaten last month and scored the first goal since his move north from Sunderland in the 2-0 victory over Aberdeen at Easter Road on October 31.

Miller, 28, who also previously had spells at Leeds United and Queens Park Rangers, featured for the Republic of Ireland against Montenegro last month and is in the Ireland squad for the World Cup play-offs against France in Dublin on Saturday and Paris on November 18.

Speaking to the official SPL Website he said: “I have found it really welcoming here and I felt straight away I’d made the right decision. I can definitely see myself being here for the long term. I feel I have my match fitness and am enjoying myself day in and day out which I hadn’t done for a year.

“We are getting the right results on the pitch and we are training really hard and it’s paying off. As long as I am happy here, I don’t see why I shouldn’t stay. We have a really good bunch of lads – a lot of characters in the team – and they have all made me welcome.”

Congratulations to Liam from the HibeesBounce.

Once again it’s coming at you in 1990 x 400, 1024 x 768, iPod/iPhone and the recently added size of 1990 x 1200. Hope you like it and feel free to leave comments at the bottom of the page!

Harp, Ship and Castle – 1990 x 1200
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and if you don’t like that or just want a completely different look there are lots of others to download from the past;

Zouma – 1990 x 1200
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Zouma – iPod/iPhone

Embossed Crest – 1990 x 1200
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Cartoon ER – 1440 x 900
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Kit out the computer Away – 1440 x 900
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Leith San Siro – 1440 x 900
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Out of this world – 1440 x 900
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Feel the Passion – 1440 x 900
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Feel the Passion – iPod Touch/iPhone

A bitterly cold Monday afternoon saw Hibs take on John Lambie’s Partick Thistle at Easter Road. Hibs had started season 93/94 rather well, initially putting together a great run of results and reaching the league cup final, which we narrowly lost to Walter Smith’s all conquering Rangers. Since losing that match in October however the stuffing had been knocked out of the team a bit and our usual winter slide into mediocrity had begun in earnest.

When the Jags came to Easter road on Monday 27th December 1993 there were more than just premier league points up for grabs as far as Hibs were concerned, as the following week saw the new year derby between Hibs and Hearts at Tynecastle. There were places up for grabs. We had already played Thistle three times in that season, a nil-nil opening day bore-fest at Easter road, a thrilling league cup quarter final at Firhill which we had won on penalties thanks to the heroics of our ‘keeper Jim Leighton and another nil-nil bore-fest , this time at Firhill, shortly after the league cup tie.

The game started off somewhat dully, Hibs having the better of play but not looking like world beaters in any sense. Midfield donkey Brian Hamilton gave us a one nil half time lead and as we jumped up and down to keep warm on the terracing at half time many of us expected to see more of the same in the second half.. How wrong we were.

Thistle equalised not long after the restart thanks to a stunning overhead kick from Grant Tierney. All this seemed to do was inject more passion and urgency into Hibs play though. After a few attempts in previous games, David Farrell showed us he really could shoot, by not only thumping in our second goal from long range but also by forcing two world class saves from Thistle keeper Andy Murdoch. Hibs were walking and passing their way through the Jag’s defence as if it wasn’t there. Michael O’neil and Kevin McAllister were tormenting their full backs. Darren Jackson put us 3-1 up from the penalty spot then “crunchie” McAllister made it 4 with a low shot. Hibs were unstoppable. It was a joy to watch. Keith Wright rounded off the scoring with our fifth goal late on so the match finished Hibs 5 Partick thistle 1.

Rampant Hibs had given us much cause for optimism for next week’s derby. In fact, when the final whistle went, we wanted Hearts to come on and play us there and then. The team left the field to a jubilant rousing chorus of “Bring on the Jam tarts” and we left Easter Road confident after seeing not only five goals, but five goals scored by different players. With this team and another such display we would surely win the derby and end Hearts 19 match unbeaten run in the fixture.

Alas, aware of how well Hibs had played and unwilling to pay treble time police charges, Heart’s chairman Wallace Mercer made sure that the new year game was cancelled , ensuring that his own injury ravaged team had a chance to recover before they faced us.
His tactics worked, the derby eventually ending 1-1 when it was played, Keith Wright giving us the lead before John Millar levelled it for Hearts. The unbeaten run wasn’t to last much longer in any case.

David Farrell, who had scored his first ever Hibs goal in the ‘Thistle game, asked manager Alex Miller for the match ball to celebrate his strike, and was promptly chased by Miller for his cheek, this privilege of course being the reserve of hat trick heroes, not players who have just scored their first goal in years at the club.