Editing Hibernian F.C. (section)

==Rivalry==
[[File:Hearts vs. Hibs.jpg|right|thumb|[[Rob Jones (footballer, born 1979)|Rob Jones]] scores a goal for Hibs against [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Hearts]] in 2006.]]
{{Main|Edinburgh derby}}
{{See also|East of Scotland Shield|Festival Cup|Rosebery Charity Cup|Wilson Cup (football)}}
Hibs have a traditional local rivalry in [[Edinburgh]] with [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Hearts]]; the derby match between the two clubs is one of the oldest rivalries in world football.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.edinburgh-inspiringcapital.com/live/leisure/spectator_sports.aspx |title=Spectator sports |publisher=[[City of Edinburgh Council]]|work=Edinburgh: Inspiring Capital |access-date=24 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710171733/http://www.edinburgh-inspiringcapital.com/live/leisure/spectator_sports.aspx |archive-date=10 July 2011}}</ref> [[Graham Spiers]] has described it as "one of the jewels of the Scottish game".<ref name = "Jewel"/> The clubs first met on Christmas Day 1875, when Hearts won 1–0 in the first match ever contested by Hibs. The two clubs became distinguished in Edinburgh after a five-game struggle for the [[East of Scotland Shield|Edinburgh Football Association Cup]] in 1878, which Hearts finally won with a 3–2 victory after four successive draws.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/games/187804201.html |title=Sat 20 Apr 1878 EFA Cup Hearts 3 Hibernian 2 |publisher=London Hearts Supporters' Club |work=Londonhearts.com |access-date=25 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111215140324/http://londonhearts.com/scores/games/187804201.html |archive-date=15 December 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> The clubs have met each other in two [[List of Scottish Cup finals|Scottish Cup finals]], in [[1896 Scottish Cup Final|1896]] and [[2012 Scottish Cup Final|2012]], both of which were won by Hearts.<ref name ="logie green"/> The 1896 match was the only Scottish Cup Final to be played outside [[Glasgow]].<ref name ="logie green">{{Cite news |url=http://sport.scotsman.com/capitalcupclassics/Logie-Green-the-final-Edinburgh.2762269.jp |title=Logie Green: the final Edinburgh didn't want |work=The Scotsman |publisher=Johnston Press |date=31 March 2006 |access-date=25 February 2010 |last=Halliday |first=Stephen |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090428011023/http://sport.scotsman.com/capitalcupclassics/Logie-Green-the-final-Edinburgh.2762269.jp |archive-date=28 April 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Both clubs have been [[List of Scottish football champions|champions of Scotland]] four times, although Hearts have the better record in derby matches.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/tea/hibernian.html |title=Hibernian |publisher=London Hearts Supporters' Club |access-date=24 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330113616/http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/tea/hibernian.html |archive-date=30 March 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref> Hibs recorded the biggest derby win in a competitive match when they won 7–0 at [[Tynecastle Park|Tynecastle]] on New Year's Day 1973.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/misc/hibscomp.htm |title=Hearts vs Hibs Competitive Games Only |publisher=London Hearts Supporters' Club |work=Londonhearts.com |access-date=28 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708113306/http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/misc/hibscomp.htm |archive-date=8 July 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> While it has been noted that religious, ethnic or political background lies behind the rivalry, that aspect is "muted" and is a "pale reflection" of the [[sectarianism in Glasgow]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eEL69iDskI4C&q=hibernian+edinburgh+catholic&pg=PA215 |title=Scotland in the 20th Century |author = Thomas Martin Devine and Richard J. Finlay |publisher=[[Edinburgh University Press]] |year=1996 |access-date=16 August 2010 |quote=Sectarian loyalties became articulated in club support for, respectively, Glasgow's [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] and [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]], Edinburgh's Hibs and [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Hearts]] and, early on, for Dundee's Hibs (from 1923 [[Dundee United F.C.|United]]) and [[Dundee F.C.]] |isbn=978-0-7486-0751-8}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OfNbUfnmPoIC&q=hibernian+edinburgh+catholic&pg=PA123|title=Sport in Britain 1945–2000|publisher=[[Blackwell Publishers]]|year=2000|quote=Other rivalries such as between [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Heart of Midlothian]] and Hibernian in Edinburgh or the [[Dundee F.C.|Dundee]] and [[Dundee United F.C.|Dundee United]] divide were but pale reflections of this fiercer and peculiarly Scottish rivalry.|author=Richard Holt and Tony Mason|access-date=16 August 2010|isbn=978-0-631-17153-9}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vtChCoG6veMC&q=hibernian+edinburgh+catholic&pg=PA258 |quote=Sectarianism of a more muted kind also lay beneath the Hearts and Hibs split in Edinburgh |title=Sport and the British: a Modern History |author=Richard Holt |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=1989 |access-date=16 August 2010 |isbn=978-0-19-285229-8}}</ref> Although the clubs are inescapable rivals, the rivalry is mainly "good-natured" and has had beneficial effects.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/edinburghcultura0000camp |url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/edinburghcultura0000camp/page/132 132] |author=Donald Campbell |quote=Since both Hearts and Hibs originated in the [[Old Town, Edinburgh|Old Town]], rivalry between the clubs was always inescapable. But in the main it is a fairly good-natured rivalry and, in fact, has not been without its productive aspects. |title=Edinburgh: a Cultural and Literary History |isbn =978-1-902669-73-1 |year=2003 |access-date=16 August 2010 |publisher=Signal Books}}</ref>