The Hibernian Development Squad continued their pre-season campaign with a comprehensive 8-1 victory at Home Park yesterday.
A James Keatings hat-trick, two goals from Oli Shaw and goals from Callum Crane, Jordon Forster (pictured) and Jamie Insall secured the victory with John Crawford scoring a consolation goal for Coldstream.
Following the match, Hibernian Development Coach, Grant Murray told the club website: “I think obviously we created a lot of chance, scored a lot of goals. It was great for the younger ones that were involved as it was a very experienced side we had down today. You’ve got to come done and be professional at places like this, and I thought the senior boys were exceptional.
“First of all they add the experience they’ve got, they just bring a bit more stability as well. I thought big Jordon [Forster] and Keatsy [James Keatings] were fantastic throughout. We’ve got a big game coming up on Thursday night, so the manager made it clear that he wanted them to get a bit more fitness out of it.
“It’s great for Coldstream, that Hibs are prepared to send down a team with the calibre they did, and we got a convincing win. We probably could have scored more but credit to Coldstream, they stuck at it.”
Photo by John Preece
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.
