It might have been six long years ago and John McGinn might now be a Scotland Hall of Famer and the captain of an English Premier League side but he will never forget May 21, 2016. Or May 22, 2016, for that matter.
His 27-year-old features light up with all the boyish enthusiasm he had as a 21-year-old on the day he helped Hibs end their 114-year Scottish Cup hoodoo by beating Rangers 3-2 at Hampden. McGinn sat down with BT Sport’s Currie Club podcast and the man who led the Leith side to glory that sun-kissed day at Hampden, Alan Stubbs, to reopen the memory banks and deposit a few that hadn’t been told previously.
And no matter what else the Aston Villa skipper goes on to achieve in his career, McGinn is adamant nothing will beat the hours that followed the final whistle. “The party was unrivalled,” he smiles. “My apartment was an absolute dive. I was in a student block in Edinburgh – I was grossly underpaid at Hibs!
