Hibernian 1902

The 1902 Scottish Cup Final was due to be played at Ibrox on 12th April, but due to the tragic Ibrox disaster the match was delayed until the 26th . The venue was changed to Celtic Park, giving Celtic home advantage in the final, though curiously only 16,000 attended. Hibernian won the match 1–0 through a 75th minute goal from Andy McGeachan.

GK	Harry Rennie*
RB	Archie Gray*
LB	Robert Glen*
RH	Bernard Breslin*
CH	Jimmy Harrower
LH	Alex Robertson*
OR	Johnny McCall
IR	Andy McGeachan
CF	John Divers*
IL	Paddy Callaghan *
OL	Bobby Atherton **
	Manager: Dan McMichael

* Scottish international
** Welsh international

The Edinburgh Cup

By my reckoning this competition (still played for today in the guise of the East of Scotland Shield) is the third oldest Association football cup tournament in the World. This despite the apparent slowness of the east of Scotland in taking to the game (Rugby was the favoured code).

Hibernian 1880

11.03.76	Third Edinburgh Rifle Volunteers	6	0	Thistle
	3ERV became St Bernard’s in 1878.
1876–77	Thistle	Walk over		Third Edinburgh Rifle Volunteers
	Revenge after a fashion for Thistle as 3ERV did not turn up.
20.04.78	Heart of Midlothian	3	2	Hibernian
	This match required 4 replays to produce a winner, and is credited with cementing the popularity of both clubs. 1 09.02.78 Heart of Midlothian 0 0 Hibernian 2 16.02.78 Heart of Midlothian 1 1 Hibernian 3 23.02.78 Heart of Midlothian 1 1 Hibernian 4 06.04.78 Heart of Midlothian 1 1 Hibernian 5 20.04.78 Heart of Midlothian 3 2 Hibernian
29.03.79	Hibernian	2	0	Heart of Midlothian
	Another replay, following a 1-1 draw (01.03.79) . 4,000 watched the first match, whereas the average attendance for the 5 matches the previous season had been 1200.
20.03.80	Hibernian	5	0	Dunfermline
	Another replay, albeit in different circumstances. Hibernian won the original match (06.03.80) by 6 goals to 3. Dunfermline protested that crowd encroachment had affected the game so a rematch was ordered. Dunfermline were not connected with the present day Dunfermline Athletic
02.04.81	Hibernian	1	0	St Bernard’s
	Hibernian were awarded the trophy in perpetuity having won it 3 times in succession.

Jimmy Brogan

                                                                      Lloyd's Weekly London  Newspaper  (15.11.91)

Jimmy Brogan scored 6 goals on his debut in senior football in 1883 (Hibernian beating Edina 10-1 in the Scottish Cup). Brogan joined Heart of Midlothian the following season and then moved to Bolton Wanderers in 1884.  He joined Bolton after appearing  for  Heart of Midlothian in a Boxing Day friendly against  Blackburn Rovers.
I don't have access to statistics from thre pre Football League years, but from 1888-92 Brogan made 82 first team appearances for Bolton , scoring 30 goals. 

Alex Raisbeck

Between 1896 and 1898 Alex Raisbeck made 30 appearance for Hibernian, scoring 4 goals. In March 1898 he moved to Stoke on loan, making his debut against The Wednesday. Stoke were struggling near the foot of Division 1 and required a 'Test Match' win to keep them up.
In the close season, having made 8 appearances for Stoke (1 goal) Raisbeck was signed by Liverpool.
His debut for the Reds was also against The Wednesday.
Over the next 11 seasons he was a regular at centre half for the Anfield club, notching up 340 first team appearances and scoring 21 goals.
He was capped 8 times by Scotland (1900-08).
In 1909 he returned to Scotland and joined Partick Thistle, for whom he made over 130 appearances .

His great forte as a half back is a dashing, breezy versatility. He is like an intelligent automaton, fully wound up and warranted to last through the longest game on record. To watch him at play is to see a man pulsating to his finger-tips wth the joy of life. Swift, rapid movement, fierce electric rushes are to him an everlasting delight. One would think that he had discovered the secret of perpetual motion. He keeps on and on and never flags.
Association Football & The Men Who Made It by Alfred Gibson and William Pickford.

Footballers, although they earned tidy money, were bound by a draconian maximum wage rule . Clubs found ways to bypass these rules and Liverpool employed Raisbeck in a novel capacity to boost his earnings. He walked around Anfield and the neighbouring districts ensuring that the bill posters employed by the club were doing their job. 

The Maley Brothers

Thomas Maley was an Irishman who served in the Royal Highland Fusiliers for 22 years. He was a veteran of the Crimea and had traveled the world. He had 4 sons. One,Charles,became a priest, the other 3 were involved in football.

Tom (1864 –1935)

Tom was born in Portsmouth. He was an all round athlete, particularly successful at the 100 yards. Unsurprisingly he played on the wing, as outside left. Known as Handsome Tom, he played football as an amateur, being a qualified school master. 

Tom played in Celtic's first ever match , and when his playing days were over he became a director of the club (1897).

In 1902 Tom took over as manager of Manchester City. Maley's time at City got off to a tragic start. Welsh star Di Jones died as the result of an injury sustained in an exhibition match. Tom Maley was influential though in creating a strong bond between his players. They won promotion back to the First Division  in his first season in charge, and the following season (1903–04) they won the FA Cup and finished 2nd in the League. 1904–05 saw City finishing in 3rd place and 1905-06 5th. Maley was transforming City into a major force.

Manchester City's record under Maley:

P	W	D	L	F	A	Win %
150	89	22	39	322	178	59.33

However in the summer of 1906 an FA investigation into the payment of bonuses had a catastrophic impact on the club. 17 players were fined and suspended from football until January 1907 . City had to sell many players and Maley received a life ban from the game.

He returned to Glasgow and worked as a teacher, When his life ban was revoked in 1910 he returned to football management. 

As a player:
1881	Cathcart
1882	London Caledonian
1883	Partick Thistle
1884	Third Lanark Rifle Volunteers
1885	Hibernian
1886	Third Lanark Rifle Volunteers
1887	Clydesdale Harriers
1888- 1891	Celtic
1891	St Mirren  (loan)
1892-93	Preston North End
As manager:
1902	Manchester City
1911	Bradford Park Avenue
1925	Southport
1931	Celtic (assistant)

Willie (1868 –1958)

 Willie was born in Newry in Ireland. Like Tom, he developed into an all round athlete. His incredible association with Celtic began by chance. Brother Walfrid and Mr Glass were calling on Tom Maley in Cathcart to ask him to join the club they were forming. Tom was out, Willie was at home. They suggested that if Tom decided to take up the offer that Willie should come along as well. 

Consequently Willie played alongside Tom in Celtic's first ever fixture. 

Playing at half-back Willie was at Celtic for 9 seasons as a player, winning 3 Scottish League Championships (1892-93, 1893-94, 1895-96) and the Scottish FA Cup (1892). He made 2 international appearances for Scotland in 1893.

Maley had his first taste of football administration when he took on the role of Player-Secretary in May 1894. Maley became full-time manager of Celtic at the end of the 1897 season. He remained in post for 43 years, during which time he led the club to 30  trophy wins.

As a player:
1886	Cathcart Hazlebank
1887	Third Lanark Rifle Volunteers
1888-97	Celtic
1889	Ardwick  (loan)
1893	Scotland (2 internationals)
1895-96	Manchester City  (loan)
1896-97	Everton  (loan)
As manager:
1897- 1940	Celtic

	League	Cup
1897–98	Champions
1898–99		Winners
1899–1900		Winners
1900-01
1901-02
1902-03
1903–04		Winners
1904–05	Champions
1905–06	Champions
1906–07	Champions	Winners
1907–08	Champions	Winners
1908–09	Champions
1909–10	Champions
1910–11		Winners
1911–12		Winners
1912-13
1913–14	Champions	Winners
1914–15	Champions
1915–16	Champions
1916–17	Champions
1917-18
1918–19	Champions
1919-20
1920-21
1921–22	Champions
1922–23		Winners
1923-24
1924-25		Winners
1925-26	Champions
1926-27		Winners
1927-28
1928-29
1929-30
1930-31		Winners
1931-32
1932-33		Winners
1933-34
1934-35
1935-36	Champions
1936-37		Winners
1937–38	Champions

Celtic's record under Maley:

P	W	D	L	Win %
1,611	1,039	314	258	64.49

One of the only pics I've seen of Willie Maley sans hat- in a hat advertisement.

Alex (1874 – 1949)

Youngest brother Alex never played at a high level, but followed his brothers into management. He was, incidentally, the only one born in Scotland. He also worked as a journalist. 

He led teams to the Scottish FA Cup final on 4 occasions, but was on the losing side every time (1910 and 1912 with Clyde, 1923 and 1924 with Hibernian).

As manager:

1909–1912	Clyde
????–1921	Clydebank
1921–1925	Hibernian
1925–1927	Crystal Palace