Ryan Porteous in 'mums know best' Hibs quip as he reveals Hampden near miss amid Scottish Cup euphoria
dailyrecord.co.ukRyan Porteous’ life and on Saturday he's hoping it will be the venue for a third.Mind you, he’s got his mum to thank for making sure one of the first two didn’t go pear shaped.The Hibs centre back was still at school when his boyhood heroes won the Scottish Cup for the first time in 114 years back in 2016 and was in the crowd when David Gray scored the last minute header to beat Rangers and spark a mass pitch invasion that turned ugly.Porteous, on the Hibs books as a part-timer back then, might have been tempted to join them – until a text from his mum made him see sense.He laughed and said: “I was in with the fans.
I was still in my final year at school so I was still only coming in part-time.“I went with my mates to the game, and as a fan.
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