Hibs to celebrate the day they were “saved”

By Cara Sulieman

FAMOUS supporters of Hibernian FC will be coming together later this year to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the day they stopped a merger with arch rivals Hearts.

Hibs fans Craig and Charlie Reid of The Proclaimers will come together with fellow musician Fish and comedian Bill Barclay at a concert at Usher Hall which will be presented by Grant Stott.

Former Hibs legends Eddie Turnbull and Lawrie Reilly are expected to join past and present players and former managers at the celebration on June 6.

They will be marking the anniversary of the successful Hands Off Hibs campaign, which stopped Wallace Mercer – then chairman of Hearts – from taking over the financially ruined club.

Proclaimers’ spec-tacular stage-side fight

By Michael MacLeod

SINGING Scots twins The Proclaimers have revealed they once came close to blows after a gig.

Lenses went flying as the bespectacled duo fell out and had an offstage battle following a concert in Canada.

But siblings Craig and Charlie Reid, both 47, say it only took one beer for them to iron out their differences.

The “500 Miles” stars launch their new album, Notes and Rhymes, today (Monday) – the eighth of their career.

But they revealed in a weekend interview that they’ve not always been completely in harmony.