Special Guests Announced For European Pioneers Celebration Dinner
We are delighted to confirm three of the guests joining us for our upcoming European Pioneers Celebration Dinner!
As part of our 150th Anniversary celebrations, we’re thrilled to welcome Rot-Weiss Essen and distinguished figures from across European football to Easter Road on Tuesday 8 July.
Held in the Famous Five Suite, the special evening will be hosted by Luke Shanley and will feature a three-course meal, card bar, and exclusive Q&A sessions with iconic names from Hibs and beyond.
Des Bremner, a key member of the Turnbull Tornadoes and a European champion, who made 287 Hibs appearances under legendary manager Eddie Turnbull between 1972 and 1979, will join us for the European Pioneers Celebration Dinner.
At Hibs, Bremner won the 1973 Drybrough Cup, played in European competition and helped the Club to the final of both the Scottish Cup and League Cup, before moving on to Aston Villa – where he lifted both the European Cup and European Super Cup in 1982.
Our second guest is former Hibee John O’Neil, who spent three years with the Club from 2000 to 2003 and was a part of the Hibernian side that took on AEK Athens in the UEFA Cup in 2001.
O’Neil also memorably scored twice at Hampden Park against Livingston to send Hibs to the 2000/01 Scottish Cup Final.
Former Hibs and Rot-Weiss Essen defender Mathias Jack is our third guest. The German defender joined Hibs in 1999 and was a popular figure in EH7 over the turn of the millennium.
Before his four-year Hibs stay, Jack had previously played for Rot-Weiss Essen between 1993-95. He was instrumental in Essen’s remarkable run to the 1994 DFB-Pokal Final and also won the Lower Rhine Cup at the club – a competition our upcoming friendly opponents have impressively now lifted three years in a row.
With more special guests to be announced, get your ticket now for what is sure to be a brilliant evening of storytelling and celebration!