Hibs Ladies won their first ever UEFA Women’s Champions League game today with a fantastic 5-0 victory over Swansea City in Cluj, Romania.
Rachael Small became the first Hibs player to score in the tournament when she opened the scoring before Katey Turner added a second from close range.
Hibs dominated possession going close to adding to their lead on three occasions and had a goal ruled out for offside.
Hibs pressure paid off as Lucy Graham drove into the Swansea box and won a penalty on 42 minutes. The midfielder fired the spot kick into the top corner of the net to secure a 3-0 lead at the half-time break.
Siobhan Hunter made it 4-0 with a superb strike then with three minutes remain Graham capped off a fine team performance with a brilliant fifth goal.
Hibs now face Kharkiv on Friday 25 August and Olimpia Cluj on Monday 28 August.
Hibernian: Fife, Hunter, Michie (Leishman, 58’), Smith, Graham, Gallacher, Murray (C), Turner (Tweedie, 81’), Harrison, Small (Notley, 70’), Brownlie. Unused substitutes: Reid, Robertson, Cornet, Morrison.
Swansea City: Border (Young, 63), Powe, Witts, Hughes, Adams, Newcombe (Davies, 72’), Beynon, Hancocks, Hosford, Passmore, John-Davis (Lake, 56’). Substitutes: Young, Thomas, Franks, Roberts-Powell, O’Donnell, Davies, Lake.
Referee: J. Baier.
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.
