19th September 2017 Hibs v Livingston 3-2


After a weekend away near Dumfries I was not really wanting to go to a game this week but  felt I needed a football fix. The closest I came to football at the weekend was when I saw the Stenhousemuir team bus in Annan. Hearts had won at Hamilton on Saturday and the world was looking good. I decided to go to Easter Road to cheer on Livingston against Hibs in the BetFred cup quarter-final. I caught a number 1 bus to go to the game. The number 1 is unique  is Edinurgh as it is the only bus in Edinburgh to go past Tynecastle and Easter Road. As usual at Easter Road programme sellers were conspicuous by their absence at the away end. I bought a ticket for £20 and joined the Livingston fans at the away end. I saw Mike who I used to work with in the stand. Mike is a Livi fan and we sat together and put the world to rights throughout the game. 

Hibs started the game on the attack and ex-Jambo Neil Alexander in the Livi goal made couple of good saves. However after ten minutes Livi went ahead when a free-kick was headed home by another ex-Jambo Alan Lithgow. However after 18 minutes a pass found yet another ex-Jambo Danny Swanson on the edge of the box and he fired in the equaliser for the home side. Danny was only with Hearts for a few months and is not very popular with Hearts fans. When he signed for Hearts he was pictured kissing a Hearts badge when everyone knows he is a lifelong Hibs fan. Livi took the lead again after around 30 minutes when De Vita fired home a shot which went in off the underside of the bar. Again Hibs fought back and equalised within five minutes when Martin Boyle scored following a short corner move.

The rest of the game was almost constant Hibs pressure with occasional counter-attacks from Livi. However with seven minutes to go Hibs were awarded a penalty after what I thought was a dive from Paul Hanlon. Anthony Stokes scored from the spot to put Hibs through to the semi-finals.Just before the final whistle a Livi fan collapsed a few seats along from where we were sitting. As final whistle went stewards and medics were still there and I hope she is ok.

After the game Mike and I walked to Wedderspoons at Waverley Station and had couple of pints before Mike caught a train back home to Livingston. I wandered along Princes Street and caught a 30 bus home.

Teams
Hibernian: Laidlaw, Gray, Hanlon, Bartley, McGinn, Slivka, Swanson, Stevenson, Boyle, Ambrose, Stokes
Subs: Whittaker, McGeogh, Barker
Livingston: Alexander, Todorov, Halkett, Lithgow, De Vita, Byrne, Pittman, Jacobs, Cadden, Carrick, Knox.
Subs:Jacobs, Longridge,Mullen

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