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Daniel Candeias fired Rangers to the top of the Scottish Premiership as Steven Gerrard’s side beat Hamilton 1-0, while champions Celtic crashed to a surprise 2-0 defeat at Hibernian on Sunday. Rangers led the Scottish top-flight two weeks ago before stumbles against Aberdeen and Dundee saw them surrender top spot. Gerrard’s men are now back in pole position, ahead of …

Neil Lennon claimed on Friday that anti-Irish racism is becoming a huge issue in Scotland after the Hibernian manager endured fresh abuse during his club’s Edinburgh derby draw with Hearts. Lennon has been repeatedly targeted for abuse from fans in Scotland and he believes that is because he is an Irish Catholic with strong ties to Celtic, whose supporters are …

Neil Lennon’s penchant for winding up opposition fans came back to bite him tonight. Of course, the Rangers fanbase has been subject to some goading from the Lurgan man, but it was Hearts that were on the receiving end in Scottish Premiership action on Wednesday. They were three points ahead of Celtic heading into their clash against Lennon’s Hibernian side, …

Daryl Horgan’s decision to move to Hibernian looks pretty good right about now. The former Dundalk standout was in situ at Championship side Preston North End since last year, but decided to move to pastures new only last weekend due to a stark warning from Ireland manager Martin O’Neill regarding play time. See Also: Preston Manager Reveals Why Daryl Horgan Left …

Former Dundalk star Daryl Horgan joined Hibernian from Preston North End at the weekend. Horgan had joined the Championship side in 2017, and made a series of appearances in the latter half of the 2016/17 season. But after the appointment of Alex Neil as manager, the 26-year-old was restricted to making substitute appearances last season. This loss of game time …

Former Republic of Ireland international Anthony Stokes has taken his career in a surprising new direction. Having been released by Greek side Apollon Smyrni in April, the 29-year-old had recently been training with Scottish Premiership side St. Mirren, possibly with a view to returning to the league in which he has had the most success in his career. However, Iranian …

Hibernian and Rangers played an extraordinary game on the final day of the season. Hibs required a massive win over Rangers in order to secure Europa League football. A 3-0 lead after 22 minutes gave Hibs the initiative to chase the most unlikely of goal difference comebacks. However, the visiting Rangers would score five unanswered goals over the course of the next 45 minutes …

Celtic maintained their unbeaten start to the season against Hibernian at Easter Road on Sunday – but came perilously close to throwing away a two-goal lead to lose 3-2. Brendan Rodgers’ side looked to be cruising to another victory with a second-half double from Scott Sinclair, but goals in quick succession from former Celtic defender Efe Ambrose and Oliver Shaw …

In a dramatic day at Hampden Park in the first of this season’s two Scottish Cup semi-finals between Hibernian and Aberdeen, Ireland’s Jonny Hayes and Adam Rooney were the difference as the Reds advanced to the final.  There Aberdeen will face either Celtic or Rangers, who play out their semi-final clash tomorrow. But today is Derek McInnes’s side day after …

No extra time for Zlatan as PSG impress on Ibrahimovic’s farewell. Five of Europe’s major domestic cup finals can’t be decided in 90 minutes on a weekend of late cup drama. With France 2016 just a couple of weeks away, it was a weekend of domestic cup finals across Europe with titles decided in Spain, Germany, Italy, Portugal, France, England …

Hibernian, more than most football clubs, know what it’s like to feel as though they’re cursed when it comes to a certain competition.  But having endured eleven Scottish Cup finals without a win since beating Celtic in 1902, Hibernian have finally captured the trophy which has eluded them for so long. What will make the win that bit sweeter for …