Editing Hibernian F.C. (section)

==Supporters and culture==

[[File:Hibernian FC (11313831766).jpg|right|thumb|View of Easter Road with Leith in the distance]]
Hibernian are one of only two full-time professional football clubs in Edinburgh, which is the capital of and second largest city in Scotland.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.scotland.org/about/fact-file/population/index.html |title=Population of Scotland, Statistics of Scottish City population |publisher=Scotland.org |access-date=24 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303130239/http://www.scotland.org/about/fact-file/population/index.html |archive-date=3 March 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The club had the fourth largest average attendance in the Scottish leagues during the [[2022–23 Scottish Professional Football League|2022–23]] season (17,469).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/avesco.htm|title=Attendances|work=european-football-statistics.co.uk|access-date=19 May 2020}}</ref><ref name = "attendance"/> In the period after the Second World War, Hibs attracted average attendances in excess of 20,000, peaking at 31,567 in the [[1951–52 in Scottish football|1951–52]] season.<ref name = "attendance">{{cite web |url=http://www.fitbastats.com/hibs/club_records_league_attendance.php |title=Average Attendances |work=fitbastats.com |publisher=Bobby Sinnett and Thomas Jamieson |access-date=13 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620215043/http://www.fitbastats.com/hibs/club_records_league_attendance.php |archive-date=20 June 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> Since [[Easter Road]] was redeveloped into an [[all-seater stadium]] in the mid-1990s, average attendance has varied between a high of 18,124 in [[2017–18 in Scottish football|2017–18]] and a low of 9,150 in [[2003–04 in Scottish football|2003–04]].<ref name = "17 att"/><ref name = "attendance"/> There has been a significant increase in recent seasons, inspired by the Scottish Cup victory in 2016 and promotion in 2017.<ref name = "17 att">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39830955 |title=Hibernian: Emotional boss Neil Lennon 'glad to deliver' Championship title |publisher=BBC Sport |date=6 May 2017 |access-date=7 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170512213521/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39830955 |archive-date=12 May 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> In the 1980s and 1990s, a minority of the club's supporters had a reputation as one of Britain's most prominent [[Casual (subculture)|casuals]] groups, known as the [[Capital City Service]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Mark |url=http://news.scotsman.com/footballhooligans/Hibs-thugs-boast-of-violence.2392263.jp |title=Hibs thugs boast of violence on internet |work=Edinburgh Evening News |publisher=Johnston Press |date=10 January 2003 |access-date=24 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090530021335/http://news.scotsman.com/footballhooligans/Hibs-thugs-boast-of-violence.2392263.jp |archive-date=30 May 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Literature===
The works of author [[Irvine Welsh]], particularly ''[[Trainspotting (novel)|Trainspotting]]'', contain several references to Hibernian.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qi9h-xmdO3oC&q=hibernian+edinburgh+catholic&pg=PA99 |quote=Welsh, a lifelong Hibernian fan, is notoriously partisan in this regard, and in the novels before ''Glue'', few of his positive characters follow [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Heart of Midlothian]]. Welsh uses the traditions of Edinburgh's football clubs to discuss the difficult subjects of community identity and contemporary conflict |publisher=Peter Lang AG|title=Affecting Irishness: Negotiating Cultural Identity Within and Beyond the Nation |author= James P. Byrne, Padraig Kirwan and Michael O'Sullivan |year=2009 |access-date=16 August 2010 |isbn=978-3-03911-830-4}}</ref> The team is often mentioned in casual conversation and is the team many of his characters support.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hHUQTMtwRFkC&q=hibernian+edinburgh+catholic&pg=PA145 |author=Gerard Carruthers |title=Scottish Literature |publisher=[[Edinburgh University Press]] |year=2009 |access-date=16 August 2010 |isbn=978-0-7486-3308-1 |quote=Like his main group of friends, a fan of Hibernian Football Club}}</ref> Visual references to Hibs are noticeable in [[Danny Boyle]]'s film adaptation of ''[[Trainspotting (film)|Trainspotting]]'';<ref>{{Cite news |last=McKay |first=Ron |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/1996/feb/04/featuresreview.review |title=Would the real Irvine Welsh shoot up? |work=The Observer |date=4 February 1996 |access-date=24 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303005741/http://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/1996/feb/04/featuresreview.review |archive-date=3 March 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> Francis Begbie wears a Hibs shirt while he plays [[five-a-side football]], while many Hibs posters and pictures can be seen on the walls of Mark Renton's bedroom.

In the final short story of Welsh's ''[[The Acid House]]'', Coco Bryce, a boy from the "Hibs [[List of hooligan firms|firm]]" [[Capital City Service]], is struck by lightning while under the influence of [[LSD]] in a [[Pilton, Edinburgh|Pilton]] park. His soul is then transferred to the body of an unborn child from one of the more affluent areas of Edinburgh.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/arts/writingscotland/writers/irvine_welsh/works.shtml |title=Irvine Welsh |publisher=BBC |work=Writing Scotland |access-date=24 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106130200/http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/arts/writingscotland/writers/irvine_welsh/works.shtml |archive-date=6 January 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> The appearances by Hibs in the [[2012 Scottish Cup Final|2012]] and [[2016 Scottish Cup Final|2016]] Scottish Cup finals are described in Welsh's novels ''[[A Decent Ride]]'' and ''Dead Men's Trousers'' respectively.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/apr/24/a-decent-ride-irvine-welsh-review-novel |title=A Decent Ride by Irvine Welsh review – poor writing and penis jokes |first=Stuart |last=Kelly |work=The Guardian |date=24 April 2015 |access-date=27 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727084914/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/apr/24/a-decent-ride-irvine-welsh-review-novel |archive-date=27 July 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=23 March 2018 |access-date=27 July 2018 |url=https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/books/book-review-dead-men-s-trousers-by-irvine-welsh-1-4711903 |title=Book Review: Dead Men's Trousers by Irvine Welsh |work=The Scotsman |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727084959/https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/books/book-review-dead-men-s-trousers-by-irvine-welsh-1-4711903 |archive-date=27 July 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Hibernian are also frequently referred to in the [[Inspector Rebus]] series of [[Detective fiction|detective novels]] by [[Ian Rankin]]. Rankin has stated that Rebus is a [[Raith Rovers F.C.|Raith Rovers]] supporter<ref>{{Cite news  | last = Donaldson  | first = Mark  | title = Ian Rankin : Stretching the Imagination  | newspaper = The Active Nation Scottish Cup Semi-final Official Programme&nbsp;– Raith Rovers v Dundee United  | location = Glasgow  | pages = 34–5  | publisher = The Scottish Football Association  | date = 11 April 2010  }}</ref> but he is a Hibs fan in the 2000s [[Rebus (2000 TV series)|television adaptation]] of the series.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rankin |first=Ian |url=http://www.ianrankin.net/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=109 |title=Rebus |work=Ian Rankin |date=July 2007 |access-date=5 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615010603/http://www.ianrankin.net/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=109 |archive-date=15 June 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name = "ken stott"/> That version of Rebus is played by a [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Hearts]] supporter, [[Ken Stott]].<ref name="ken stott">{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16458882&method=full&siteid=66633&headline=born-to-be-rebus--name_page.html |title=Born To Be Rebus |work=Daily Record |publisher=Trinity Mirror |date=8 December 2005 |access-date=24 February 2010 |last=Fulton |first=Rick |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919172944/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_objectid%3D16458882%26method%3Dfull%26siteid%3D66633%26headline%3Dborn-to-be-rebus--name_page.html |archive-date=19 September 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> DS [[List of Inspector Rebus characters#Detective Sergeant Siobhan Clarke|Siobhan Clarke]], his colleague in the later books, is a "loyal supporter" of Hibs.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tdnPmptS7U8C&q=hibernian+f.c.&pg=PA156 |quote=She [Siobhan Clarke] is single, fiercely independent and is fond of both music and football, being a loyal supporter of Hibernian FC. |title=Contemporary Scottish Fictions: Film, Television and the Novel |author=Duncan Petrie |year=2004 |access-date=18 August 2010 |isbn=978-0-7486-1789-0 |publisher=[[Edinburgh University Press]]}}</ref>

===Music===
The Hibs anthem "[[Glory Glory (football chant)#History|Glory, Glory to the Hibees]]" was written and performed by the Scottish comedian, [[Hector Nicol]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hibernian-FC-Glory-Hibees/dp/B0000241BM |title=Hibernian FC: Glory Glory to the Hibees |website=Amazon UK |access-date=24 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090311014238/http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hibernian-FC-Glory-Hibees/dp/B0000241BM |archive-date=11 March 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> Former [[Marillion]] singer [[Fish (singer)|Fish]] is a Hibs fan;<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.the-company.com/email/e2007-03-27.htm |title=Email 27th March 2007 |publisher=The-Company.Com: Official [[Fish (singer)|Fish]] Site |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080807173150/http://www.the-company.com/email/e2007-03-27.htm |archive-date=7 August 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> [[Easter Road]] is mentioned in the song "Lucky", from the album ''[[Internal Exile (Fish album)|Internal Exile]]''. [[The Proclaimers]] are lifelong Hibs fans and were heavily involved with the 'Hands off Hibs' campaign to save the club in 1990.<ref name = "hands off hibs"/> ''[[Sunshine on Leith (song)|Sunshine on Leith]]'' has become a Hibs anthem,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://living.scotsman.com/theproclaimers/Singing-twins-bring-sunshine-to.2324083.jp |title=Singing twins bring sunshine to Leith |date=4 May 2002 |access-date=24 February 2010 |work=Edinburgh Evening News|publisher=Johnston Press |last=Ferguson |first=Brian}}</ref> which is traditionally played after big victories at [[Easter Road]] and the finals of cup competitions.<ref>{{Cite web|author-link=Stuart Cosgrove |last=Cosgrove |first=Stuart |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/comment/columnists/sport-columnists/stuart-cosgrove/2007/03/29/i-would-walk-500-miles-to-savour-hampden-roar-86908-18824838/ |work=Daily Record|publisher=Trinity Mirror |date=29 March 2007 |access-date=5 August 2017 |title=I Would Walk 500 Miles To Savour Hampden Roar|archive-date=25 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080125005513/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/comment/columnists/sport-columnists/stuart-cosgrove/2007/03/29/i-would-walk-500-miles-to-savour-hampden-roar-86908-18824838/}}</ref> In their song "Cap in Hand", from the [[Sunshine on Leith (album)|''Sunshine on Leith'' album]], The Proclaimers make a reference to the Hibs player [[Andy Goram]]:<ref>{{cite tweet |user=The_Proclaimers |number=1543555997 |title=Deepest condolences to the Goram family. Andy was a magnificent Hibs goalie when we wrote Cap In Hand. |date=3 July 2022 |accessdate=3 July 2022}}</ref>
{{cquote|I can understand why [[Stranraer F.C.|Stranraer]] lie so lowly<br />They could save a lot of points by signing Hibs' [[goalkeeper (association football)|goalie]]}}

The song "Joyful Kilmarnock Blues", from the [[This Is the Story|first Proclaimers' album]], is about a Hibs victory away from home.<ref name = "hands off hibs"/>
{{cquote|I'd never been to [[Ayrshire]]<br />I [[Hitchhiking|hitched]] down one Saturday<br />Sixty miles to [[Kilmarnock]]<br />Just to see Hibernian play}}

===Television===
Hibs are featured in the TV series ''[[Succession (TV series)|Succession]],'' during episode ''[[Dundee (Succession)|Dundee]]'' in the second season'','' when [[Roman Roy]] ([[Kieran Culkin]]) purchases [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Hearts]] believing them to be his father's favourite football team. Upon receiving the gift [[Logan Roy]] reveals he is a Hibs supporter.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-17 |title=Succession, Hearts & Hibs: How Scottish football teams feature in hit HBO series {{!}} Goal.com UK |url=https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/succession-hearts-and-hibs-how-scottish-football-teams-feature-in-hit-hbo-series/blta9cb67c3c926c290 |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=www.goal.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>