We caught an early morning train down from Stonehaven, which gave us a chance to relax, read the papers and still get to Edinburgh in time for a Costa Coffee stop (no buffet service on the train!):
We then headed down Broughton St to CK's favourite pub - the Cask & Barrel, where we watched the Arsenal - Spurs match:
With Ken (a Hibee) with us, and me supporting the Reds, we had to sit in the relatively neutral ground of the main stand, but just before we got there, CK posed in front of the Famous 5 stand:
Now - without Googling - can you name the members of the Famous 5? I managed it OK, but the rest of the crew failed with one of the names.
This is a view of the Hibs end at the foot of the famous Easter Road slope, taken from our seats at the far end of the main stand:
The Dons fans had turned out in good numbers - many of them in fancy dress, as we were to discover later on the journey home:
Hibs finally beat 9 man Aberdeen with two late, late goals. Ken stayed down in Edinburgh with family and the rest of us headed back on the train. Fortunately, we caught a slightly later one than most of the Dons fans, but we were delayed a couple of hours outside Kirkcaldy by what was described by the guard, in increasingly hysterical language, as a major riot on the train in front of us. It transpired to be no such thing, although it did have fairly serious repercussions for one or two individuals involved in what was probably initially a prank involving fireworks and a fan in sheep's clothing - check http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8336485.stm
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