Hibernian head coach Nick Montgomery is looking to create more history as the Leith side face Rangers in the Scottish Gas Scottish Cup for the first time since the 2016 final.
Montgomery has watched footage of the celebrations after Hibs clinched their first success in the tournament for 114 years and he has a living reminder of the hero of the occasion, first-team coach David Gray, who headed home the last-gasp winner.
Ahead of Sunday’s quarter-final tie at Easter Road, Montgomery said: “I’ve heard stories and obviously seen the YouTube video of Sunshine on Leith, I think that has probably gone worldwide, it’s amazing when you watch that.
“And David Gray is an important member of my staff and a real humble guy, but obviously there is memorabilia of him around the training ground because it was a historical moment for the club.
“He has that experience of having success in the cup, but that was a long time ago.
“It’s nice to have that in the history books but right now it’s the present and the future so all we can concentrate on is the game on Sunday.”
Meanwhile, Joe Newell insisted Hibernian have plenty reason to believe they can cause an upset and eliminate cinch Premiership leaders Rangers from the Scottish Gas Scottish Cup.
The two sides meet in a mouthwatering quarter-final tie at Easter Road on Sunday night.
The hosts are underdogs but they go into the tie buoyed by a five-game unbeaten run in all competitions plus memories of a home match against Celtic last month when they performed impressively before losing 2-1 following a contentious stoppage-time penalty.
“It’s all about belief,” said Newell. “But you can’t just say that for example, Tamworth, my hometown club, are going to beat Barcelona just because they have belief.
“You have to have belief from having seen things happen and something working before.
“We’ve had a good performance the last time we played Celtic, and in my years I’ve been up here we’ve had good performances and results against Rangers so the belief is there through evidence.
“With the squad we have, the talent we have, and the form we’re in, we should believe.”
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