Hibernian Football Club (Hibs), Easter Road Stadium
Hibs' home at Easter Road, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Hibernian Football Club (Edinburgh, Scotland) was founded in 1875 and moved to Easter Road in 1880. The current ground on Albion Road has been in existence since 1892.
Hibs' Easter Road Stadium was traditionally known as "The Holy Ground" but has also been known affectionately as the "Leith San Siro" in more recent times.
The North (Famous Five) and South (Whyte and Mackay) stands were rebuilt in 1995 and the West (Main) stand was rebuilt in 2001 making the current capacity around 17,500. It is expected that Hibs will rebuild the East Stand within the next year.
The Famous Five and other information
The largest attendance recorded at a Hibernian FC game at Easter Road is 65,860 against Heart of Midlothian Football Club (Hearts/HOMFC) on 2 January 1950. This record still stands as the largest football crowd ever seen in Edinburgh. At that time the stadium had large terraces round three sides of the ground as can be seen in the picture at the top of the page. The main stand in the picture stood until 2001.
Hibs unique forward line from the Fifties, The Famous Five not only gave the new North Stand its name but were the best known Hibs players of all time and perhaps the most influential group of players Scotland has known. Read more about The Famous Five.
Address
Hibernian Football Club, 12 Albion Place, Edinburgh EH7 5QG
Getting to Easter Road Stadium
From The Forth Road Bridge
Head towards Edinburgh on the A90. Continue straight through lights at Barnton onto Queensferry Road (A90). Take the left fork onto Telford Road (A902). Turn off at the third exit on Crewe Toll roundabout (Ferry Road - continuation of A902) Continue to lights at Great Junction Street. Turn right into Great Junction Street. Continue straight on to Duke Street then Lochend Road. Turn sharp right into Hawkhill Avenue and follow round.
From Glasgow and the West (M8)
Drive to the end of the M8. Turn left at the roundabout onto the A720 Edinburgh City Bypass. Turn right at the Gogar roundabout towards Edinburgh City Centre. At the next set of lights, turn left onto Maybury Road (A902). At the Barnton traffic lights, turn right onto Queensferry Road (A90) Take the left fork onto Telford Road (A902). Turn off at the third exit on Crewe Toll roundabout (Ferry Road - continuation of A902) Continue to lights at Great Junction Street. Turn right into Great Junction Street. Continue straight on to Duke Street then Lochend Road. Turn sharp right into Hawkhill Avenue and follow round. From the South and East (A1) Take the A1 toward the city centre, turn right into Easter Road. Take the fourth right into Albion Road. Stop by the Hibs shop and buy new Hibs strips for all the family.
From Waverly Station
From the station, get a taxi from inside the station or get on a bus from Princes Street.
From Edinburgh Airport
Airport buses go to Waverly bridge, get another bus from Princes Street.
By Bus in Edinburgh
1,13,35 go to Easter Road 3,3a,4,5,15a,19,26,34,44a,44,45,x26,(124,129 First Buses) Go to London Road (5 min walk to Easter Road Stadium, down Easter Road) 7,10,11,12,13,14,16,22,25,34,49 go to Leith Walk (10 min walk along Brunswick Street)
Hibernian Football Club's ground, Easter Road Stadium, is situated on Albion Road, off Easter Road in the east side of Edinburgh, near Leith.