Russell Latapy’s magnficent volley in Hibs’ never to be forgotten 6-2 win over Edinburgh rivals Hearts on 22nd October 2000 has been voted the fans’ favourite derby goal of all time following an on-line poll via Facebook and Twitter.
Hearts took an early lead at Easter Road that night but a hat-trick from Mixu Paatelainen and goals from David Zitelli, and John O’Neil made the score 5-1 before the ‘Little Magician’ produced a piece of magic to send three sides of the stadium into a frenzy.
Picking up the ball 25 yards from goal, Latapy played a 1-2 with Paatelainen before smashing a powerful volley past Antti Neimi in the Hearts’ goal.
The result kept Hibs in second place in the table and the Easter Road side who also had the former France international Franck Sauzée in their team, would eventually finish third.
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.
