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Scotland boss Anna Signeul was present at Ainslie Park yesterday to see Hibernian Ladies beat city rivals Spartans 3-0 thanks to a hat trick from Lizzie Arnot.

Afterwards manager Chris Roberts told the club website: “I’m delighted for Lizzie because she is such an unselfish player.

“It’s great to see her scoring a hat-trick, getting that reward and taking her spot in the limelight because she is normally creating opportunities for her team-mates.

“Spartans played behind the ball and tried to congest the play which made for a stop-start game that could easily have frustrated us.

“However, the girls were thoroughly professional and deserve all the credit for such a mature performance given the age of the team.”

Spartans: Cummings, Douglas, Shepherd, Barnes, Beveridge, Simpson, Reilly, Crosbie (Pagliarulo), Mason, Marshall, Russell. Substitutes all used.

Hibernian: Fife, Smith, Hunter (Johnstone), Brownlie, Williamson, Robertson, Arthur (Cornet), Richards, Arnot, Tweedie (Michie), Harrison. Substitutes all used.

Elsewhere, Hibernian Development lost 4-2 against Celtic Academy at Barrowfield whilst Hibs Girls U15 defeated Linlithgow Rose 3-1.

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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.