Football
Hibs will face Hamilton in a two legged play off to decide whether they remain in the SPFL next season or follow Hearts into the Championship. The first leg will be played on Wednesday night in Hamilton and the second leg will be at Easter Road on Sunday.
Hamilton beat Falkirk 2-1 on aggregate to win the right to face Terry Butcher’s men.
Congratulations to St Johnstone who won the Scottish Cup for the first time in their history with a 2-0 win over Dundee United at Celtic Park. Former Hibs’ midfielder David Wotherspoon, who was left out of the Pat Fenlon’s squads against Hearts and Celtic set up the first goal and had a fine performance.
Commiserations to Edinburgh born Allan McGregor who played in goal for Hull City in their narrow FA Cup Final defeat to Arsenal. City led 2-0 after eight minutes before the Gunners fought back to win the trophy in extra time.
Women’s Football
Hibernian Ladies beat Buchan 9-1 away from home whilst Spartans won 11-0 against Inverness at Ainslie Park. Hutchison Vale lost 0-9 to Glasgow City.
Speedway
The Scotwaste Monarchs made it 12 wins out of 12 in their amazing start to the season with a 56-36 win over Ipswich Witches. That is the best anyone has done at any stage of the season since the current Premier League started in 1997, but unfortunately it was at the expense of an injury to Aaron Fox.
Afterwards John Campbell said “I think Aaron might be OK, and I really hope so because he was excellent and would be so hard to replace if we have to ride without him.”
He was released from hospital in the early hours of Saturday morning having had the nasty gash on his right thigh stitched.
Aaron later told the club website: “They’ve pulled the wound back together and stitched it up
“Initially, after the crash, I didn’t have any feeling in my leg and I feared the worst but as the feeling returned and I was able to move my leg I knew I hadn’t broken anything. I’ll heal fairly quickly but my kevlars were not so lucky. They were cut off and now they are only good for the bucket. I’m told that there was some fundraising going on in the stadium to help me replace them and I’m very grateful for that and any help that I can get. There’s some damage to the bike as well that I’ll have to fix. Some bits to straighten and some to replace.”
The Edinburgh Reporter wishes Aaron a speedy recovery.
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.
