James Stephen

Author of Auld Foes, exploring the background to the Edinburgh Derby, world football's oldest rivalry, about to enter its 150th year

Out October 23rd 2023

[James Stephen @AuldFoes]

New book, exploring the the complexities of 150 years of world football's oldest city derby - @JamTarts and @HibernianFC

[James Stephen @AuldFoes]

Really pleased to have joined the Outside Write podcast to talk about Auld Foes - the history of world football's oldest derby (Hearts v Hibs)

https://t.co/uY8fs5csIu

@JamTarts @HibernianFC

[James Stephen @AuldFoes]

@RonnieRHB @footyheritage @BonessAthletic @OfficialCatchup @terracepodcast @The_Thirty_ @EastScotlandFA @FP_Scotland @AroundTerraces Totally, we should just merge every team together. Celtic and Rangers could be genuine European forces with 100k every week if they pooled their resources

[James Stephen @AuldFoes]

@SprtBookReviews Couldnt agree more, was exactly the same!

[James Stephen @AuldFoes]

@MartinCald77022 @JohnWhyte83060 @footyheritage @JamTarts @HibernianFC @Hearts_Heritage @HibsObserver_ @HibernianRetro @jamb0skickback @sportinghistory @TFHBs 👍

[James Stephen @AuldFoes]

@MartinCald77022 @JohnWhyte83060 @footyheritage @JamTarts @HibernianFC @Hearts_Heritage @HibsObserver_ @HibernianRetro @jamb0skickback @sportinghistory @TFHBs 1878 is listed as first time Country and Forest played?

[James Stephen @AuldFoes]

@bryansgunn Genius

[James Stephen @AuldFoes]

@StanchionBooks @JamTarts @HibernianFC @PitchPublishing Im a huge fan of @StanchionBooks - just today i got @Scraggy_74's UEFA Cup and European Cup books delivered from them - so very pleased to hear they're restocking @JamTarts @HibernianFC

[Stanchion Books - the football bookshop 📚 @StanchionBooks]

𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐂𝐊 | AULD FOES by James Stephen

Exploring the complexities of 150 years of world football's oldest city derby - @JamTarts and @HibernianFC.

@AuldFoes @PitchPublishing

🛒 https://t.co/7IEQ4nPiB7

[Football Heritage @footyheritage]

@Miguel_LPereira 44. Auld Foes: The History of the Edinburgh Derby

Spotify
https://t.co/CvuceT3eAN

Apple
https://t.co/m4gXZ2Yp2A

YouTube
https://t.co/gddAA7SYLL

[James Stephen @AuldFoes]

@TObservational @NX1GT @footyheritage @JamTarts @HibernianFC @HeartsHeritage @HibernianRetro @jamb0skickback @HibsObserver_ @EddNorval @AndyMitchMedia @SFootballMuseum WTF, i just commented about a picture 😅

[Football Heritage @footyheritage]

Hibs were the first club from the British Isles to enter the European Cup, taking part in its inaugural year.

They did so in style, trouncing Rot-Weiss Essen 4–0 on their own patch in the first fixture.

This was the golden era of Hibernian.

[James Stephen @AuldFoes]

@footyheritage @HibernianFC @rot_weiss_essen @HibernianRetro @EddNorval @HibsObserver_ @Fussball_DDR @FussballDdr @TJMPodcast @AboutScotlandd Also @ClydeFC, @EastFifeFC, @DundeeFC, @MotherwellFC, @AberdeenFC and @KilmarnockFC would all win trophies in this period, which only came to an end when a certain Jock Stein moved from Hibs to Celtic and began Celtic's domination

[James Stephen @AuldFoes]

@footyheritage @HibernianFC @rot_weiss_essen @HibernianRetro @EddNorval @HibsObserver_ @Fussball_DDR @FussballDdr @TJMPodcast @AboutScotlandd As well as being Hibs golden era, it was for Edinburgh fitba, and indeed all of Scottish fitba - Hearts were just taking over from Hibs as the dominant club, and would go on to win 2 leagues, 4 league cups and the Scottish Cup in what was their second golden era

[Football Heritage @footyheritage]

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https://t.co/wESEn9U8xd

[Stanchion Books - the football bookshop 📚 @StanchionBooks]

𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐂𝐊 | AULD FOES by James Stephen

Exploring the complexities of 150 years of world football's oldest city derby - @JamTarts and @HibernianFC.

@AuldFoes @PitchPublishing
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🛒 https://t.co/7IEQ4nPiB7

[Stanchion Books - the football bookshop 📚 @StanchionBooks]

𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐂𝐊 | AULD FOES by James Stephen

Exploring the complexities of 150 years of world football's oldest city derby - @JamTarts and @HibernianFC.

@AuldFoes @PitchPublishing

🛒 https://t.co/7IEQ4nPiB7

[James Stephen @AuldFoes]

Last minute gift for football fan in your life? The wonderful @ToppingsEdin still has copies of Auld Foes, the story of 150 years of Edinburgh football history - It was right where it should be too, in between books on @JamTarts 🇱🇻and @HibernianFC 🇳🇬

[James Stephen @AuldFoes]

@MInglis1875 @GrahamSpiers And i would argue that one of the main reasons that Hearts and Hibs in particular, but others too (Aberdeen), have so much unfulfilled potential, is due to the sterile and uncompetitive nature of Scottish fitba at the moment

[James Stephen @AuldFoes]

@MInglis1875 @GrahamSpiers Why? I love the history, i love the passion that fans of clubs show, in a system so rigged against them they know, from the outset, they cannot win it. There's lots to love about football more widely, the Scottish set-up and media just make it very difficult for non OF fans