𝐇𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐂 v 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 - Boxing Day 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟏 A friendly fixture, arranged due to bad weather forcing postponements across Britain. Manchester United decided to play Hibernian Football Club due to the Easter Road club having under-soil heating, Hibernian FC were one of the first clubs in Britain to... install itshow more

@ManUtd @HibernianFC @HibsTrust @hibsprogrammes @CardsHibs @Hibs80s I was at the game, I have a memory that the game was only announced on Radio Forth on Boxing Day morning

@ManUtd @HibernianFC @HibsTrust @hibsprogrammes @CardsHibs @Hibs80s Remember my dad taking us through from Kirkcaldy to see that game

@ManUtd @HibernianFC @HibsTrust @hibsprogrammes @CardsHibs @Hibs80s So interesting! Love bits of footballing lore like this!

@ManUtd @HibernianFC @HibsTrust @hibsprogrammes @CardsHibs @Hibs80s Bizarrely, much further south, and arguably less cold @Everton was the first league club in UK to install undersoil heating in 1958, 22 years before @hibernianfc

@ManUtd @HibernianFC @HibsTrust @hibsprogrammes @CardsHibs @Hibs80s I remember going to that game with my Brother and his mate, what I want to know if pre-internet, how did we find out there was actually a game on 😅 when was it confirmed.

@oldscotfootball @ManUtd @HibernianFC @HibsTrust @hibsprogrammes @CardsHibs @Hibs80s I was there that day. My 18th birthday!

@ManUtd @HibernianFC @HibsTrust @hibsprogrammes @CardsHibs @Hibs80s Behind the goals coo shed for this one. 🇳🇬

@ManUtd @HibernianFC @HibsTrust @hibsprogrammes @CardsHibs @Hibs80s Nice one.

@ManUtd @HibernianFC @HibsTrust @hibsprogrammes @CardsHibs @Hibs80s Met goalscorer Willie and his pals in O'Neills Edinburgh last week watching Villa United game, proudly spoke about this game, his goal, a Frank Stapleton equaliser and mates visits to friends round the corner from us 🤔 Small world 🍻 🟢 ⚪️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇾🇪 🤝🏻

@ManUtd @HibernianFC @HibsTrust @hibsprogrammes @CardsHibs @Hibs80s I was at that game 😂👌…!!!!!

@ManUtd @HibernianFC @HibsTrust @hibsprogrammes @CardsHibs @Hibs80s What was the crowd?

@ManUtd @HibernianFC @HibsTrust @hibsprogrammes @CardsHibs @Hibs80s @paulenglish1961 @BPete1970 I went to the friendly in Oct 1988. 0-3 United and the Proclaimers were on the pitch pre match! 🤣 Is there any footage of this match?

@ManUtd @HibernianFC @HibsTrust @hibsprogrammes @CardsHibs @Hibs80s Baltic

@ManUtd @HibernianFC @HibsTrust @hibsprogrammes @CardsHibs @Hibs80s @LeytherMatt 👀

@ManUtd @HibernianFC @HibsTrust @hibsprogrammes @CardsHibs @Hibs80s I left at halftime I was freezing