They went on to defeat Preston North End, who had reached the semi-finals of the 1887 FA Cup, in a friendly match described as the Association Football Championship of the World Decider.

[21] Despite this interruption, the club today views the period since 1875 as one continued history and therefore counts the honours won between 1875 and 1891, including the 1887 Scottish Cup.

Geography as well as ethnicity and religion shapes the modern fan base of the club, with Hibs drawing most of their support from the north and east of Edinburgh.

[11] The forward line of Gordon Smith, Bobby Johnstone, Lawrie Reilly, Eddie Turnbull and Willie Ormond, collectively known as the Famous Five, was "regarded as the finest ever seen in Scottish football".

[37][38] This succeeded when a prominent local businessman, Kwik Fit owner Sir Tom Farmer, acquired a controlling interest in Hibs.

[47] However, a "golden generation" of exciting young players emerged, including Garry O'Connor, Derek Riordan, Kevin Thomson and Scott Brown.

[48] These players featured heavily as Hibs eliminated both halves of the Old Firm[49] to reach the 2004 Scottish League Cup final, only to lose 2–0 to Livingston.

[53] The team won the 2007 Scottish League Cup final under his management,[54] but the club sold Kevin Thomson, Scott Brown and Steven Whittaker for fees totalling more than £8 million.

[57] Hughes, who made high-profile signings such as Anthony Stokes[58] and Liam Miller,[59] led Hibs to a good start to the 2009–10 season.

[60] Hibs finished fourth in 2010 and qualified for the Europa League,[61] but a poor start to the 2010–11 season led to John Hughes leaving the club.

[68] A run of 13 games without a win to finish the 2013–14 Scottish Premiership season meant that Hibs fell into a relegation play-off,[69] which was lost after a penalty shootout against Hamilton Academical.

[92] Hibs finished fifth and qualified for European competition under Johnson, but his "rollercoaster" 15-month spell was ended when the team lost three consecutive games to start the 2023–24 league season.

[99] The colour of the shorts was changed to a green which matched the shirts in 2004, to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of a friendly win in October 1964 against Real Madrid.

[101] For the 2014–15 season, Hibs removed the traditional white sleeves from their home kit, as they changed to a darker green shirt in commemoration of the Famous Five forward line.

[16] Scottish Football Museum director Ged O'Brien said in 2001, that the current design shows that Hibs "are comfortable with all the strands of their tradition – it has Leith, Edinburgh and Ireland in it.

[16] Hibs played on The Meadows for the first two years of their history,[104] before moving to grounds in Newington (Mayfield Park)[104] and Bonnington Road, Leith (Powderhall),[105] in different spells between 1877 and 1879.

[108] Before the Taylor Report demanded that the stadium be all-seated, Easter Road had vast banks of terracing on three sides, which meant that it could hold crowds in excess of 60,000.

[115] The ground has hosted one international not involving the Scotland teams, a friendly played between Ghana and South Korea preceding the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

[126] While it has been noted that religious, ethnic or political background lies behind the rivalry, that aspect is "muted" and is a "pale reflection" of the sectarianism in Glasgow.

In the final short story of Welsh's The Acid House, Coco Bryce, a boy from the "Hibs firm" Capital City Service, is struck by lightning while under the influence of LSD in a Pilton park.

[146] Former Marillion singer Fish is a Hibs fan;[147] Easter Road is mentioned in the song "Lucky", from the album Internal Exile.

[37] Sunshine on Leith has become a Hibs anthem,[148] which is traditionally played after big victories at Easter Road and the finals of cup competitions.

[37] I'd never been to AyrshireI hitched down one SaturdaySixty miles to KilmarnockJust to see Hibernian playHibs are featured in the TV series Succession, during episode Dundee in the second season, when Roman Roy (Kieran Culkin) purchases Hearts believing them to be his father's favourite football team.

"[151] Grove Street and the Ballas, two rival gangs in the 2004 video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, dress in green and maroon clothes respectively.

[152][153] This public listing, combined with poor financial performance, made Hibs vulnerable to an attempted takeover in 1990 by Hearts chairman Wallace Mercer.

[39][156] Farmer funded redevelopments of Easter Road and financial losses made by Hibs, although he delegated control to other figures such as Rod Petrie.

[164] The agm held in February 2024 ratified a deal with Black Knight, the majority shareholder of English club AFC Bournemouth.

[176] The women's first team was fully integrated into the men's club in July 2022, with the youth sides still being run by the Hibernian Community Foundation.

Lewis Stevenson holds the record for most league appearances for Hibs, passing 450 in 2023, taking the place of Arthur Duncan who made 446.

[22] All of the Famous Five – Gordon Smith, Eddie Turnbull, Lawrie Reilly, Bobby Johnstone and Willie Ormond – scored more than 100 league goals for Hibs.