Monday, August 13, 2007

Hibernian v. Gretna


Thought we aught to give a brief review of the professional Scottish Premier League game we went to on Saturday afternoon. After a relaxing morning in Edinburgh, full with a visit to the castle, the team headed to Easter Road Stadium, home of "Hibbs". Instead of traveling simply by double-decker bus, however, we were escorted in the Hibernian team bus, which we later took to Southport. The game itself was phenomenal. Visiting Gretna scored the first goal of the match on a pretty free-kick outside the 18 yard box. The score at halftime: 1-0 in favor of Gretna. The second-half began with a quick goal for Gretna to put the underdogs up 2-0. Luckily, the home-side responded and found the back of the net on a penalty kick. Hibs scored another fantastic goal off a free-kick placed perfectly in the top left corner. Finally, they grabbed the win with two more impressive goals to please the home crowd, and the bobcats in attendance, as well. All-in-all it was a truly enjoyable game filled with great action, lots of goals, and a fun atmosphere. We look forward to seeing Middlesborough take on Wigan and Fulham in the coming weeks. A re-cap of tonight's match of Bates vs. Ashton Town will be up asap. Stay tuned...

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