Twenty-four years on from the day he slipped out of Easter Road with barely a word of goodbye, Kevin Harper is grateful to be back where it all began.
The manner of his sudden departure has long troubled the former Hibs legend, with the gnawing regret over the fact he did not get the chance to bid farewell to the fans who had supported him through six years of thick and thin.
So his return to Leith in a new scouting role is an opportunity to make amends to those he feels he let down back in 1998 when he rushed off to seal his £300,000 switch to Derby County.
