Playing a record by the most successful pop act of all time is rarely cause for dismissal for a DJ, but it has proven to be the undoing of the announcer at Hibernian's Easter Road stadium.
During half time of Sunday's 2-1 victory over Dundee, Hibs announcer Willie Docherty spun 'Taxman', the opening track from The Beatles' rather splendid Revolver album (listen to it after the jump).
The walking personification of Hearts, he wasn't put on this earth for us to hold him dear.
And largely we don't like him.
But there's something about Jim.
Maybe it's because, in the constantly evolving modern game, the nostalgic sight of a Wallyford
curmudgeon prowling SPL technical areas will likely become ever rarer.
Table-toppers Hibernian have sacked their stadium announcer after he played 'Taxman' by the Beatles as a jibe at local rivals Hearts during the half-time interval at Hibs' Scottish Premier League tie against Dundee United on Sunday.
A Hibs spokesman said: "The stadium announcer's contract has been terminated following a breach of conduct.
15:00 St Mirren (2-0) Hearts at St Mirren Park15:00 Inverness C (1-1) Aberdeen at Tulloch Caledonian Stadium15:00 Hibernian (2-1) Kilmarnock at Easter Road Stadium15:00 Dundee United (-) Motherwell at Dens Park stadium12:30 St Johnstone (2-1) Celtic at McDiarmid Park
Football Match just over at Easter Road Stadium Scottish Premier League Home Team Hibernian Goals & Scorers 45′: penalty Leigh Griffiths;14′: Leigh Griffiths; Keeper Ben Williams Midfield Gary Deegan; Jorge Aaron Claros Juarez; Paul Cairney; Forwards Leigh Griffiths; Eoin Doyle; David Wotherspoon; Defense Alan Maybury; Tim Clancy; [.
Match just over at Celtic Park Scottish Premier League Home Team Celtic Goals & Scorers 59′:
Mikael Lustig;10′: Mikael Lustig; Keeper Fraser Forster Midfield Mikael Lustig; Victor Wanyama;
Pat McCourt; Gary Hooper; Forwards James Forrest; Anthony Watt; Defense Adam Matthews; Kelvin
Wilson; Filip Twardzik; Emilio Izaguirre; Subs [.
15:00 Ross County v Kilmarnock at Victoria Park15:00 Celtic v Hibernian at Celtic Park15:00
Aberdeen v St Mirren at Pittodrie Stadium15:00 St Johnstone v Dundee United at McDiarmid Park
Celtic moved top of the SPL table on Saturday with at win at Inverness. Other teams winning in
the Scottish Premier League were Ross County, Hibernian, and Kilmarnock.
Below is the Scottish Premier League table through August 25, 2012.
OVERALL Â HOME Â AWAY Â Â POS Â TEAM P W D L F A Â W D L F A Â W D L F A Â GD Pts 1 Celtic
3 2 1 0 6 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 5 3 3 7 2 Hibernian 4 2 1 1 5 5 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 2 4 0 7 3 Dundee United
3 2 0 1 7 3 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 1 3 4 6 4 Ross County 4 1 3 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 6 5 Heart of
Midlothian 3 1 2 0 5 3 1 1 0 4 2 0 1 0 1 1 2 5 6 Kilmarnock 4 1 2 1 5 4 1 1 1 4 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 5 7
Motherwell 3 1 2 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 5 8 St Mirren 3 1 1 1 5 4 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 2 0 1 4 9
Aberdeen 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 4 10 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 4 0 3 1 7 9 0 1 1 3 5
0 2 0 4 4 -2 3 11 St Johnstone 4 0 1 3 2 7 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 1 5 -5 1 12 Dundee 4 0 1 3 0 6 0 0 2 0 3
0 1 1 0 3 -6 1
Match just over at Easter Road Stadium Scottish Premier League Home Team Hibernian Goals & Scorers
53′: Eoin Doyle;45′: Paul Hanlon; Keeper Ben Williams Midfield Jorge Aaron Claros Juarez; Gary
Deegan; Paul Cairney; David Wotherspoon; Forwards Leigh Griffiths; Eoin Doyle; Defense James
McPake; Paul Hanlon; Alan Maybury; [.
Hibernian, Aberdeen, and Motherwell all won on the road in the Scottish Premier League on August
18, 2012. The other results include Ross County holding Celtic to a draw and Inverness with a
second half comeback at Hearts.
Ross County 1-1 Celtic
The home side took an early second half lead before Celtic's Kris Commons leveled in stoppage
time.
15:00 St Mirren v Hibernian at St Mirren Park15:00 Kilmarnock v Motherwell at Rugby Park15:00
Hearts v Inverness C at Tynecastle Stadium15:00 St Johnstone v Aberdeen at McDiarmid Park12:15 Ross
County v Celtic at Victoria Park
15:00 St Mirren v Hibernian at St Mirren Park15:00 Kilmarnock v Motherwell at Rugby Park15:00
Hearts v Inverness C at Tynecastle Stadium15:00 St Johnstone v Aberdeen at McDiarmid Park12:15 Ross
County v Celtic at Victoria Park
15:00 St Mirren v Hibernian at St Mirren Park15:00 Kilmarnock v Motherwell at Rugby Park15:00
Hearts v Inverness C at Tynecastle Stadium15:00 St Johnstone v Aberdeen at McDiarmid Park12:15 Ross
County v Celtic at Victoria Park
Hearts moved up to second place in the SPL table with a 1-1 draw in the Edinburgh derby.
Hibernian remains in last place but did get their point of the season. Celtic, who are overwhelming
favorites, did not play this weekend due to a friendly in the USA against Real Madrid.
Below is the Scottish Premier League table through August 12, 2012.
Below is the Scottish Premier League table through August 5, 2012. Dundee United are on top of
the table after 3-0 win in the opening round while Hearts and Celtic are close behind on goal
difference. Aberdeen, St Johnston, and Hibernian all lost their opening match and tied with 0
points.
Below is the Scottish Premier League table through August 4, 2012. Hearts are in the top spot
followed by Celtic while Hibernian and Dundee have yet to play their opening round match.
It has to be one of the strangest stories of the year, if not the decade, buried slightly under
the weight of Euro 2012 news but still standing out like a sore thumb. Scottish titans Rangers FC,
crippled by debt and forced to continue life as a "newco" (which meant possibly starting life anew
in the fourth tier of the league) were supposedly considering buying out League One outfit
Bury.
Hibernian have ditched their stadium announcer after he played The Beatles' track Taxman to mock financially-stricken Edinburgh rivals Hearts. Cheeky chap Willie Docherty played the song at half-time during last weekend's televised victory over Dundee United in tribute to the news that their arch-rivals were facing a winding-up order.
If Carlos Bocanegra, Maurice Edu and Alejandro Bedoya were thinking of wading through the tough
times Rangers and sticking around for another season, they might want to reconsider their
options.
In the wake of the club's financial turmoil, liquidation and takeover by new owner Charles
Green, Rangers essentially need to start their franchise from scratch.
Motherwell may feel hard done by despite being thrashed 4-0 against Hibs last night and well they should be after this Steve Hammell header was disallowed despite Hibs keeper Ben Williams clearly scooping the ball back from behind the line. And there was a little matter of 3 penalties awarded to Hibs with two of them converted.
Scottish Premier League on Fox Soccer Plus: Motherwell - Hibernian at 2:45pm. Bundesliga on GolTV: Augsburg - Hamburg at 2:30pm. Ligue 1 on Univision Deportes: St Etienne - Rennes at 2:30pm. All Times Eastern
5 Managers Who Would Ruin Your Football Club - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
One only has to look at the impact of Martin O'Neill at Sunderland to realise the ability of a
manager to change a club's fortunes.
That said, unfortunately not all coaches have the same tactical nous as the Northern Irishman,
and quite a considerable number are likely to effect your team's chances in an altogether different
way.
Motherwell made a very timely visit to Easter Road for a match against Hibernian on Sunday and
on the way home, their driver got a little ambitious. He tried to fit under a bridge in Edinburgh
and he didn't quite make it.
No one was hurt, but the bus got stuck and forced the team to travel the rest of the way by
train.
Leigh Griffiths grades a difficult struggled Edinburgh derby after Andrew Driver's start for
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On this week\'s review section we congratulate Hearts, Hibernian and Wigan and we smile at
Muamba\'s release from hospital but are sad at the death of Italian player Morosini and are amazed
at the behaviour of Chelsea Fans
Visits to Philadelphia by English touring teams were important events in the wider
popularization of soccer in the city. An exhibition game against the touring B. J. T. Bosanquet
cricket team in 1901, the first international friendly to be played in Philadelphia, garnered
approving coverage in the Philadelphia Inquirer and resulted in a boom of the game locally.
Philadelphia-area teams were an ever-present force in the American Cup throughout the 1910s.
From 1910 through 1920, Philadelphia-area teams would appear in nine American Cup finals, winning
the final six times.
1913 marked the first time the American Cup final was held in Philadelphia. And, as the Fates
would have it, a Philadelphia team, Tacony FC, who had won the tournament in 1910, would be
competing in the final.
West Ham's Wembley matchwinner Ricardo Vaz Te is determined to make the most of his second chance.
The Portuguese winger was on the football scrapheap two years ago after being released by Bolton,
but the Hammers' £500,000 January recruit looks like a bargain after scoring that dramatic late
play-off final winner to sink Blackpool 2-1 and earn West Ham the estimated £90million promotion
to the Barclays Premier League brings.
West Ham's Wembley matchwinner Ricardo Vaz Te is determined to make the most of his second chance.
The Portuguese winger was on the football scrapheap two years ago after being released by Bolton,
but the Hammers' £500,000 January recruit looks like a bargain after scoring that dramatic late
play-off final winner to sink Blackpool 2-1 and earn West Ham the estimated £90million promotion
to the Barclays Premier League brings.
Round 1 of 10 in the CONCACAF Hexagon - World Cup Qualifying
-Wed Feb 6 Honduras v USA Venue: Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano - San Pedro Sula 3pm CT on beIN Sports
USA Roster is expected to be announced on Sun Feb 3
Honduras Roster G: Donis Escober - Olimpia (Honduras Liga Nacional) Jose Mendoza - Marathon (Honduras Liga Nacional) Noel Valladares - Olimpia (Honduras Liga Nacional) D: Bryan Beckeles - Olimpia (Honduras Liga Nacional) Victor Bernardez - San Jose Earthquakes (USA MLS) Osman Chavez - Wisla Krakow (Poland Ekstraklasa) Maynor Figueroa - Wigan (England Premier League) Juan Carlos Garcia - Olimpia (Honduras Liga Nacional) Emilio Izaguirre - Celtic (Scotland Premier League) Juan Pablo Montes - Platense (Honduras Liga Nacional) Arnold Peralta - Vida (Honduras Liga Nacional) M: Jorge Claros - Hibernian (Scotland Premier League) Roger Espinoza - Wigan (England Premier League) Oscar Boniek Garcia - Houston Dynamo (USA MLS) Luis Garrido - Crvena Zvezda (Serbia SuperLiga) Alex Lopez - Olimpia (Honduras Liga Nacional) Mario Martinez - Seattle Sounders (USA MLS) Andy Najar - DC United (USA MLS) Aldo Oviedo - Real Espana (Honduras Liga Nacional) F: Jerry Bengtson - New England Revolution (USA MLS) Carlo Costly - Veria (Greece Super League) Roger Rojas - Olimpia (Honduras Liga Nacional) Georgie Welcome - Motagua (Honduras Liga Nacional)
The optimists amongst us believe that we are one day closer to a Hun-free world.
Such beautiful optimism is based not only on Bill Miller withdrawing his offer after due diligence
of both the financial books and the bipolar fans, but also on the six hour long meeting featuring
the chief executives and Neil Doncaster representing Rangers.
If a day filled with match-ups of top teams from leagues all over the world is your cup of tea,
then today is the kind of day you dream about.
Top match-ups in Italy, France, Spain, Scotland and the Netherlands headline today's slate,
starting with the Old Firm Derby. Celtic has locked up the league title, but the Glasgow rivalry is
no less intense and Rangers will surely want to end the year on a positive note.
