Former Hibs’ defender David Farrell will be signing copies of his new book “Taxi for Farrell: Football Between the Lines” at the Clubstore ahead of Saturday’s game against Falkirk.
He will appear in the Clubstore from 12.30pm-1.30pm, with copies available to purchase from the Hibernian Clubstore, before visiting the Edinburgh Suite pre-match to talk to hospitality members.
The book, which has earned praise from a host of football pundits and media outlets.
Farrell joined Hibs from Oxford United and made his debut against Aberdeen at Pittodrie on 25th August 1990. He made 95 appearances for Hibs scoring two goals, with his most memorable game being the 1993 Scottish League Cup final against Rangers at Parkhead.
Farrell told the club website: “In truth I was only really a first-team player for four of the years I spent at Hibs. For the first three and a half I was a reserve, trudging all over the country. Windy nights in Arbroath where the seagulls got more touches of the ball than I did, and wet nights at Forfar where young wannabes would try and kick lumps out of me after a day in the tractor, were all the same to me. I was a full-time professional footballer, as long as I could still say that I was like a pig in the proverbial.
“In my time at Easter Road, Hibs finished third in the league once and were in the top five another five times. We won the League Cup and were beaten finalists a few years later as well as reaching a couple of Scottish Cup semi-finals. With excellent players like Goram, Leighton, Weir, McGinlay, Wright, MacLeod, McAllister, O’Neill, Archibald, Jackson, and Hamilton we were certainly no mugs.
“My job in that team was to stop the opposition’s better players from performing, then get the ball to our own better players with the minimum of fuss. I wasn’t to try anything fancy and I was delighted to be effective enough as a midfield spoiler to allow me to play in a very good Hibs side.”
Taxi For Farrell: Football Between The Lines is available from book stores, as an ebook or from www.tecklebooks.co.uk.
John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.
