It’s been a fantastic few days for Hibs’ teenager Lewis Allan. Earlier this week the youngster from Earlston in the Borders signed an extension to his contract then last night he scored a memorable hat-trick during Hibernian Development squad’s 3-2 win over Inverness Caledonian Thistle at Ainslie Park.
Goals in the 15th, 46th and 75th minutes secured the victory and afterwards he was praised by Hibs’ Under-20 Development Coach Joe McBride who told the club website: “It’s a nice way for Lewis to celebrate his new contract with a hat-trick, but I said to him, and people might think I am being harsh, there was a few more goals there for him today.
“Fair play to him, he got three, but there was a few opportunities, especially in the first half, where I think he could have been hungrier in the box. If he had done that he might have got himself five or six goals today.”
“I thought we done okay. It was probably our poorest performance in the last three games and have won, but haven’t won our previous two.
“Performance wise it’s not so good, but it’s nice for them to get a victory. For me, I take pleasure in good performances.
“The lads obviously have a winning mentality because they are out on the pitch. I take a bit more pleasure when they have performed well and are able to give the manager a headache.”
Hibernian under-20s: Kleton Perntreou, Aaron Dunsmore, Callum Crane, Jordan McGregor, Jordon Forster (Ben Stirling, 60), Aaron Scott, Scott Martin, Taylor Hendry (Jai Quitongo, 55), Lewis Allan, Danny Handling (Jordan Sinclair, 60), Conner Duthie. Unused substitutes: Sean Brennan, Neil Martyniuk.
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.
