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Article: DON'T MENTION THAT GAME; Jefferies wants no gentle reminder of the Ne'erday derby that Hibs won 7-0.(Sport)
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- November 7, 2009
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Byline: by BRIAN SCOTT
EVEN now, half a life-time later, Hibs fans still gloat about when their side humiliated Edinburgh rivals Hearts with a record score against them at Tynecastle.
Check the chat rooms on the internet and there they are, positively revelling in the memory of 'Turnbull's Tornadoes' winning by a whopping 7-0 in the Ne'erday game of 1973.
Woe was Hearts back then as Jimmy O'Rourke, Arthur Duncan, and one of their former players, Alan Gordon, all scored doubles and Alec Cropley a single.
So, if Hibees can't forget the occasion, what chance has Jim Jefferies? The man currently in charge of Kilmarnock had the gross ...