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Irvine, William

85/6 & 86/7

Stirling

8

7

2

0

2

0

0

1

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0

Started his career with Stirling Albion in 1982, joining them from Dunipace Juniors. He was a powerful forward for them and scored five times in the famous 20-0 Scottish Cup demolition of Selkirk in 1984. Indeed he scored 25 goals that season and 20 the next which was sufficient to lure Hibs to buy him for £35,000 in June 1986.

   His career at Easter Road saw him make a quite stunning start. He had a goal in a friendly against Seville and then two days later bagged a hat-trick against Chelsea. But such as prolific rate proved impossible to maintain and he scored twice in six games over the remainder of the season with both goals coming in a 3-2 win over Clydebank. It was however a time when Hibs were not scoring enough goals generally and Willie was not to stay long.

  From Easter Road Willie’s career carried him to Dunfermline, FR Vidar (Norway), Airdrie, Meadowbank and Berwick Rangers before he settled with Alloa Athletic. He proved himself a prolific marksman for the Wasps but it was his unwilling part in a siege at Glenochil Prison that catapulted his name into the national newspapers. He emerged unscathed from that incident and continued to give Alloa excellent service into the early 2000s.

Irvine, Willie

82/3 - 85/6

Motherwell

82

3

26

6

1

5

2

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

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Best known for the striking partnership he forged with Steve Cowan, Irvine was a quick striker whose approach to the game was pretty direct and pacy.

  Willie began his senior career with Celtic, signing for Jock Stein’s club in 1973 as a 16-year-old. He was farmed out to Whitburn Juniors before being called up to Celtic Park. Competition was inevitably keen at Parkhead and he was freed in 1977 having failed to reach the first team.

   He then went from junior football to Alloa Athletic; bagged 29 goals in a season and in 1979 Motherwell snapped him up for £25,000. Given that he had already netted 13 goals for Alloa that term there were understandably high hopes for him. Scoring on his debut against Dundee United he quickly revealed himself to be a lightening quick and direct poacher. In the Steelmen’s promotion winning team of 1981/82 he was  top scorer with 21 goals. However, like manager Davie Hay, he was to leave in the shadow of that triumph, electing to move to Hibernian.

   Whilst at Hibs he was the second top scorer in the Premier League during the 83/84 campaign. Willie was nicknamed ‘Noddy’ by virtue of his unusual running style and if he had a fault it was perhaps that he was exceedingly left-sided.

  He spent a period on loan to Falkirk at the tail end of the 1985/86 season before joining Ayr United.

Jack, Matthias

99/0 - 02/3

Fortuna Dusseldorf

102

7

4

4

1

0

9

1

1

2

0

0

0

0

0

A powerful German born defender who could also occupy the holding midfield berth. Mathias joined Hibernian in July 1999 and provided much needed muscle to a Hibernian side that was increasingly earning respect for it’s flair. He was a rather combative player whose name found it’s way into referee’s notebooks with alarming frequency.

   He was a vastly experienced performer having played in Germany with Stahl Brandenburg, VFL Odenburgh, Rot Weiss Essen, VFI Bochum and Fortuna Dusseldorf.

  He was out of contract at Easter Road in the summer of 2002 and spent a brief time looking for a club before Bobby Williamson offered him a single year ‘extension’. However, he played very few games in the 2002/03 season.

Jackson, Christopher Robert

91/2 - 97/8

Salvesen BC

53

17

2

3

2

0

5

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Signed in May 1991 from Salveson BC. He scored early in his career against Hearts at Tynecastle and this, along with his distinctive ginger hair, ensured he was well remembered by the Hibs support.

  He was never quite able to grab an automatic spot and eventually moved on to Stirling Albion. Chris then had the pleasure of coming back to haunt Hibs, scoring the winner in a replay, as Albion knocked us out of the Scottish Cup in season 1998/99. From Stirling Albion he moved on to Stenhousemuir.

Jackson, Darren

92/3 - 96/7

Dundee United

162

12

50

12

1

3

16

0

3

2

0

1

0

0

0

One of the more extrovert players in recent football, Jackson had a natural ability that encompassed not just playing but upsetting referees and opposition supporters. Yet when he concentrated on the game he was a wonderfully talented player capable of moments of sublime ability.

  A proven goalscorer he served Meadowbank Thistle, Newcastle United and Dundee United where he rarely failed to excite. He played for Dundee United in the epic 1991 Scottish Cup final against Motherwell (which United lost 3-4 despite a Jackson goal).

  Darren joined Hibernian in the summer of 1992 and scored 13 goals in his first league season as a Hibee. Indeed he remained a frequent marksman for Hibs over the next five seasons and must have caused consternation when he scored the winner for Hibs in the 1993 League Cup semi-final against his former Dundee United employees. He scored 50 goals in 172 league matches and was rarely missing from first team action due to his super fitness.

  He moved to Celtic in the close season of 1997 but lasted barely a couple of season before returning to Edinburgh with Hearts. This of course made his subsequent visits to Easter Road rather ‘tasty’ but he remained unphazed and maintained his impudence when returning with his next club – Livingston.

James, Craig

02/3

Sunderland

20

2

2

1

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Jamieson, William George

80/1 - 84/5

Tynecastle BC

87

30

25

7

2

2

6

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

A tall and powerful youngster Willie broke into the Hibs side in the early 1980s and provided a glut of goals. The fact that he was comfortable at either centre-half or centre-forward enhanced his prospects no end.

  He won a First Division championship badge at Easter Road in 1981 but was rather surprisingly allowed to leave on a free transfer some four years later. His Easter Road career had run from 1980 to 1985 and brought 27 goals from 117 league matches.

  John Lambie signed him for Hamilton and what an astute move that proved; Willie helping Accies to two First Division titles. He joined Dundee in 1990 and won a Centenary Cup medal at Fir Park in 1990 before adding another First Division badge two years later.

   His career thereafter carried him to Partick Thistle, Hearts and Ayr United. He was with the Honest Men when they landed the 1997 Second Division Championship and in the summer of 1998 joined Partick Thistle as assistant manager.

Jean, Earl Jude

99/0

Plymouth

0

5

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Signed in the 1999/2000 season, Earl made just five outings as a substitute and failed to make the impression hoped for.

 He was born in St. Lucia in 1971 and joined Hibs with a solid reputation having picked up 68 international caps and served clubs in Portugal (Olieveirense, Lecca and Selgoireas) and England (Ipswich, Rotherham and Plymouth). A trial period when Hibs were in the Caribbean in the winter shut-down convinced Alex McLeish that the man from the bizarrely named Joe Public could prove useful.

  Sadly he never really adapted to the rigours of the Scottish game and was released in the summer of 2000.

Johnston, Leslie Hamilton

46/7 & 47/8

Clyde

9

0

8

5

0

4

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Joined Hibs in February 1947 from Clyde and made a fairly spectacular start, netting 4 goals in the 7-1 demolition of Airdrie. However, he could not gain a permanent berth in the side which led to him leaving with the remarkable statistics of played 4 games scored 5 goals!

  He moved back to Clyde in October 1947 having cost Hibs £10,000 to lure eastwards. That £10,000 fee was, at the time, a Scottish record fee being the first five figure deal.

Johnstone, Bobby

46/7 - 54//5 & 59/60, 60/1

Newtongrange Star

195

0

100

40

0

28

21

0

9

0

0

0

7

0

4

Born in Selkirk in 1929, “Nicker” Johnstone was a member of the Famous Five Forward line. He was a most successful player, relying on ‘twinkle toes’ and eye for goal for his popularity.

   Signed from Selkirk in 1946, he ultimately had two spells with Hibernian. The first took him from 1946 to March 1955 when he joined Manchester City. He returned to Hibs in September 1959 but was back on his travels to Lancashire in October 1960 when he put pen to paper for Oldham Athletic.

  His career was laced with memorable moments. He played for Great Britain against the Rest of Europe at Wembley, won 6 Scottish League caps, was twice a league championship winner (1951 and 1952) then played in two FA Cup finals with Manchester City. A versatile player it is probably fair to say that he could play in either of the inside forward berths.

Joneleit, Torben

07/8

Monaco

0

2

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Jones, Mervyn Thomas David

67/8 - 70/1

Edina Juveniles

30

0

0

1

0

0

4

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

0