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Leigh Griffiths would swap awards for Scottish Cup

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:38:06 GMT

Leigh GRIFFITHS has a  trophy cabinet groaning with the multitude of awards he has gathered over the past few weeks, symbols of an outstanding season by a player who has scored 28 goals for Hibs.

Eoin Doyle hoping for happy Hibs journey home

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:36:14 GMT

One Cup final is as good as it gets for most players so making it back-to-back visits to Hampden is certainly a remarkable achievement for Pat Fenlon’s Hibs, a feat the Easter Road outfit last managed 90 years ago.

Ben Williams says Hibs destiny in players’ hands

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:32:24 GMT

Ben Williams today admitted  there will be no room for passengers as Hibs team coach rolls into Hampden on Sunday, the Easter Road goalkeeper conceding each and every one of Pat Fenlon’s players will have to be at the top of their game if they are to wrest the Scottish Cup from the clutches of Celtic.

Board tugs at Heartstrings of fans for £2.5m

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:23:08 GMT

HEARTS claim selling players and introducing a fans’ membership scheme is needed to generate £2.5 million and help fund the club next season.

Consortium willing to pay £5m-£10m for Hearts

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:16:45 GMT

A SCANDINAVIAN consortium seeking to buy Hearts expects to pay between £5 million and £10m to gain control of the club.

Ben Williams has faith in Hibs kid Jordon Forster

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:15:24 GMT

Ben Williams is desperate to see skipper James McPake win his fitness battle and lead Hibs out at Hampden on Sunday, but today the goalkeeper admitted he’d have no fears if boss Pat Fenlon is forced to pitch teenage defender Jordon Forster into the biggest game of his career.

Scottish Cup final Hibs v Celtic: kick-off time, TV, injuries, key players

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:15:07 GMT

Hibs will be looking to make amends for the defeat in last season’s final at the hands of city rivals Hearts, while Celtic are keen to complete the league and cup double after a gruelling season that saw them make the last 16 of the Champions League.

Fedotovas unsure of UBIG implications for Hearts

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:37:13 GMT

HEARTS director Sergejus Fedotovas admits he is still unsure what the implications will be for the club should majority shareholder UBIG officially confirm its “indication” of insolvency.

Hearts AGM rejects Roman Romanov as club director

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:40:07 GMT

FIVE years ago Roman Romanov chaired an annual general meeting of Hearts shareholders and treated his audience with a mixture of contempt and condescension.

Gordon Smith relishing fresh start after Hearts

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:52:04 GMT

STANDING with tear-filled eyes deep in the bowels of Hampden Park, Gordon Smith knew his Hearts career was over. His team-mates were preparing to take the field in the League Cup final and yet the striker was out in the corridor, suited and booted, immersed in his own world. It was his lowest ebb; the moment he realised he was finished at Tynecastle.

Hibs captain says semi fightback shows backbone

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:49:45 GMT

It IS the first rule of any dressing-room. Whatever goes on within those four walls remains there. But today Hibs skipper James McPake admitted he wished there had been a “fly-on-the-wall” camera to capture what happened in that inner sanctum at Hampden during those 15 half-time minutes against Falkirk in the  Scottish Cup semi-final.

Axed Gordon Smith rues lack of Hearts game time

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:44:59 GMT

GORDON SMITH today claimed he wasn’t given a proper chance to establish himself at Hearts as he prepares to drop into the First Division to revitalise his career. The 22-year-old striker is now a free agent after the Edinburgh club decided not to offer him a new contract.

James McPake: Leigh Griffiths will haunt Celtic

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:43:15 GMT

James McPake today claimed Scottish Cup rivals Celtic will be as fearful of Hibs hotshot Leigh Griffiths as the Easter Road outfit are of Hoops hitmen Gary Hooper and Anthony Stokes.

Norwegian group in Kaunas for Hearts bid talks

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:35:07 GMT

A CONSORTIUM of Scandinavian businessmen vying to take control of Hearts have dispatched a legal team to Lithuania to thrash out a deal for the club.

Edgaras Jankauskas and Julija Goncaruk exit Hearts

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:13:11 GMT

HEARTS assistant manager Edgaras Jankauskas is to leave Tynecastle just a year after returning to Edinburgh, the club have confirmed.

Hearts close in on deal for Danny Wilson

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:28:11 GMT

HEARTS are close to signing Danny Wilson permanently on a long-term contract, the Evening News can reveal. Talks between player and club are at an advanced stage and both parties are near an agreement to keep the Scotland internationalist at Tynecastle.

James McPake could miss Hibs Scottish Cup Final

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:28:00 GMT

James McPAKE’S hopes of leading Hibs into their second successive Scottish Cup final are fading, Easter Road boss Pat Fenlon revealed today.

Hearts paying for years of excess

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:17:03 GMT

LESSONS are being learned the hard way at Hearts as Vladimir Romanov’s years of largesse threaten to undermine the good work of those left holding the baby at Tynecastle.

Hibs’ Alan Maybury will seize the day at Hampden

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:12:01 GMT

At 34 years of age Alan  Maybury may be the elder statesman at Easter Road, but today the veteran defender admitted he’s as excited as any of his teenage team-mates as he looks forward to Sunday’s Scottish Cup final against Celtic.

Tynie take Colin Greenhill Trophy

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:08:42 GMT

Tynecastle 16s are the first winners of the Colin Greenhill Memorial Trophy after a 5-2 triumph over Leith Athletic 97s at Bonnyrigg Rose’s New  Dundas Park.