It’s not just the Hibs’ first team that are on a goal-scoring spree these days, the Development Squad also secured a six goal margin victory yesterday in the SPFL Reserve Cup at Lesser Hampden against Partick Thistle Reserves.
Highly rated Fraser Murray opened the scoring beating Jamie Stevenson in the Partick goal with a fine strike then Sean Mackie doubled Hibs advantage with a header from Jamie Gullan’s corner.
Lewis Allan made it 3-0 before Saturday’s first team debutant Gullan scored to wrap the tie
Brice Ntambwe pulled one back in the 36th minute and five minutes later Callum Wilson made the score 4-2 but allan grabbed his second of the day just before the break.
Murray scored a spectacular sixth before Thistle’s Jack Storer was sent off for violent conduct in the 56th minute.
Five minutes later and Allan completed his hat-trick in fortunate style when the ball deflected off his heel then Murray also grabbed his third of the day to end a superb performance in Glasgow.
Hibernian Development Squad: Dabrowksi, Donaldson, Stirling, Waugh, Yeats, Mackie, Blake, I.Murray, F.Murray, Gullan, Allan. Substitutes: Martin, Woods, Paton, Shanley
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.
