Hearts make history
Jambos fans celebrate historic win over
Hibs
Around 100,000 Hearts fans lined the streets of Edinburgh
yesterday to celebrate their team's victory in Saturday's Scottish
Cup final.
Hearts beat Hibernian 5-1 in the match, which was the first
Scottish Cup final between the two Edinburgh sides in 116
years.
The sun shone down on the cheering crowds as they followed their
heroes' procession on an open top bus through the city yesterday.
Hearts songs were sung and the players joined in as their manager,
Paulo Sergio, held the cup up for everyone to see.
"Best day of my life," said one fan called Tommy, who was
wearing a jester's hat and had a flag tied around his middle. "I
was outside Hampden for the game, couldn't get a ticket … but this
is just brilliant."
Fans had flown in from all over the world for the historic final
at Hampden in Glasgow. Some had come from as far away as Australia,
New Zealand, Hong Kong, Brazil and the USA.
Many didn't even have tickets! They just wanted to soak up the
atmosphere and were happy to watch the game on TV screens.
The atmosphere at the match and at yesterday's parade was good
humoured with no sign of trouble. A senior policewoman said:
"Both sets of fans were a credit to themselves and their
clubs."
The last time the two teams played each other in a Scottish Cup
final was 1896, when Hearts won 3-1.
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Hearts make history
Game that will forever be part of Edinburgh derby
folklore
To get beaten in a cup final is bad; to get beaten by your
biggest rivals is worse; but to get demolished in the way Hibs were
on Saturday is horrific.
The rawness of their disappointment might ease after a few days,
but this game will forever be part of Edinburgh derby folklore.
The win by Hearts will make it 111 years of Scottish Cup misery
for Hibs - the last time they won the cup was in 1902.
Saturday's 5-1 result was as demoralising as any Hibs has
suffered in at least the last century.
And Tynecastle fans now have another afternoon to add to their
songbooks and another Hibs hero to hail: Pa Kujabi.
The Gambian was sent off just after half time, killing the game
in the process.
The win for Hearts made it a clean sweep for them in their
matches against Hibs this season, and gave them an unbeaten run in
the Cup of 11 matches.
None of the Hearts players did better on the day than Ian Black
in his last match for the club.
But he might have been lucky to stay on the field long enough to
get his standing ovation. We were only nine minutes in when referee
Thomson deemed his aerial joust with Leigh Griffiths, where he led
with his elbow and caught the Hibs man flush on the jawbone, was
accidental and worthy only of just a stern talking to.
Straight red cards have been given for less, but the incident
was soon forgotten when Hearts got the early goal which punctured
the tension. Andy Webster kept a corner alive and Ryan McGowan
forced the ball towards goal after one fresh air swipe. Darren Barr
was lurking with menace and knocked the ball in from close range.
Not a bad time to score his first goal for the club.
Black was the architect of the second as well, pirouetting away
from trouble to feed Rudi Skacel. The Czech had found a yard of
space away from his marker James McPake and his shot spun off the
Hibs skipper's heel on its route into the bottom corner.
The Hearts dressing-room was a nervous place at half-time, but
within minutes they could breathe easily.
Pa Kujabi was the fall guy, beaten too easily by Suso Santana
and compounding the error by tugging his jersey as he reached the
edge of the box. Thomson awarded a penalty to Hearts, and gave
Kujabi his second yellow card. Danny Grainger scored from the
spot.
Later, a corner was helped on by Skacel and Stephen Elliott
before McGowan dived in to head it over the line to score the
fourth goal. There was still plenty of time for a record score, but
Hearts settled for just one more, Skacel's low shot sneaking
through McPake's legs and in off a post.
That finally sparked an exodus from the Hibernian fans. In the
words of the Proclaimers song, their hearts had been broken.
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