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Lewis Stevenson reveals his Hibs career almost went up in smoke before it began as he recalls awkward airport meeting
Hibs career was almost stubbed out before it had properly begun.The Leith legend celebrated the landmark by signing a new one-year deal ahead of today’s meeting with Kilmarnock.And he says nobody is more shocked than he is to still be plugging away for the team he first joined at 14.Since then Stevenson has hardly had time to draw breath as he tasted success in the League Cup in 2007, the agony of relegation seven years later and the euphoria of ending the 114-year wait for Scottish Cup glory in 2016.Now 33 he is only six games away from overtaking Willie Ormond in fourth place in Hibs record appearance list.But he revealed how his career in green and white almost never caught fire and said: “Tony Mowbray was the manager when I first came
