Edinburgh Derby
As Edinburgh derby derby between the city, which was founded in 1874 Heart of Midlothian Football Club ( The Hearts ) and the resulting one year later Hibernian (The Hibs ) are referred to. The rivalry between the clubs in the Scottish capital Edinburgh dates back to the founding years of the clubs and is thus one of the oldest football derbies worldwide.
History
The first encounter took place on Christmas Day, the December 25, 1875, at the public park The Meadows in Edinburgh. For the Hibernians recently founded, it was the first game in a competitive environment. Although the hearts in the first 20 minutes of the game played with only eight players, they could decide the match 1-0 for itself. The first meeting took place in a competition in the first round of the Scottish FA Cup 1878/79 instead. After a 0-0 draw on September 29, 1877 Hibernian defeated the Hearts a week later in the replay 2-1 in. Heart of Midlothian was a founding member of the former Division One in 1890. Hibernian made the jump to the excellence of the season 1895 /96 apply. For the first league duel occurred on 28 September 1895 Tynecastle Stadium of Hearts. The hosts were celebrating a 4-3 victory in front of 17,500 spectators. All league matches were played in the homes of existing until today Tynecastle Stadium and Easter Road.
Both teams faced each other on March 14, 1896 compared to the final of the Scottish FA Cup. The final was in Logie Green of St. Bernard's FC, another club from Edinburgh, discharged. The 17,034 visitors enjoyed a 3-1 victory of Hearts. It is up to now that only the final of the Cup competition that did not take place in Glasgow. A second cup final between the teams resulted on 19 May 2012. In Glasgow's Hampden Park Heart of Midlothian Hibernian beat clearly with 5:1.
Traditionally derbies in the Scottish Football League, as well as the Old Firm fought between the Glasgow Rangers and Celtic Glasgow at New Year. Because of the many games and today's live television broadcasts, this is not always possible, so that is also played in the short days that followed. The first meeting goes back to January 2, 1905 and saw a 1-0 victory for the Maroons in the home match at Tynecastle Stadium. One of the most outstanding New Year Derby took place on 1 January 1973. Hibernian added the hearts to a clear 0:7 home defeat. The game on January 2, 1950 attracted the still-existing record crowd of 65 860 spectators at the Easter Road. The highest number of audience at a home game of the Heart of Midlothian comes from the New Year's Day 1955. 5-1 victory of the home team against the Hibs pursued 49,000 spectators at Tynecastle Stadium.
Overall, there has been on and around New Year's 70 games. Currently, the balance sheet is balanced with 22 victories of the two teams, and 26 draws.
Except for a few, brief interruptions were both top notch clubs. The Hibs (1931-1933, 1980-1981, 1998-1999) as the Hearts (1977-1978, 1979-1980, 1981-1983) had three times make their way into the second division. From 1939 to 1946 rested the first division because of the Second World War. A game operation took place only in regional leagues.
Statistics
In the official league, cup and league cup competitions, the two teams met each other about 300 times. Moreover again about the same number of friendlies, regional cup competitions and tournaments such as the East of Scotland Shield ( since 1875 ), the Rosebery Charity Cup (1882-1945 ), the Wilson Cup ( 1905-1946 ) or the Dunedin Cup (1909 -1933 ).