Saints flashbacks haunt Hibs as Perth return prompts painful memories
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www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com— McDiarmid Park is the kind of football stadium that only a ground-hopper on a completist streak could pretend to love. For Hibs fans, it’s rarely been a venue associated with unbridled joy. And, in this campaign of collapsing form and chaotic late concessions, it deserves to be remembered as the place where their team’s season went to die. As Nick Montgomery’s men prepare for another fun trip to Perth, fully aware that Craig Levein’s St Johnstone will be nothing if not hyped up by a chance to...
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com—Hibs gaffer must get every call right in Perth. With so much on the line, every decision Nick Montgomery makes carries added significance. On a personal/professional level, the Hibs boss is clearly under pressure to turn results around, or else. But the final five games of this calamitous campaign, starting with tomorrow’s trip to face a St Johnstone side who excel in dragging opponents into a scrap, may also carry serious consequences for the entire club. Because the Hibs board have effectively backed themselves into a corner. By making...
www.thestar.co.uk—Victory for residents as pit wheel memorial to be returned to original position. Jones Homes has agreed to move a memorial pit wheel back to face visitors entering the village after it was moved during the construction of 94 houses off Wood Lane. A petition signed by 460 residents called for the wheel to be ‘repositioned in its correct location’, and Treeton Parish Council added that ‘the wheel was a gift and an important memorial to mine workers’. The wheel was moved toward the entrance to the estate, from its original position facing traffic coming into the village, in a...
www.thestar.co.uk—Miners memorial where ashes are scattered to be returned to original position after ‘tireless work. Jones Homes is set to move a memorial pit wheel back to welcome visitors to the village after it was moved during the construction of 94 houses off Wood Lane. A petition signed by 460 residents called for the wheel to be ‘repositioned in its correct location’, and Treeton Parish Council added that ‘the wheel was a gift and an important memorial to mine workers’. The wheel was moved toward the entrance to the estate, from its original position facing traffic coming into the village, in a bid to...