RIDGERS: I’LL HANG MY MEDAL ON FRONT DOOR

MARK RIDGERS will proudly hang his medal on his front door if Inverness defy the odds and lift the Scottish Cup.

That is in sharp contrast to the other cup winners’ medal he has, which has been hidden away in his spare room.

Ridgers was on the bench as Hearts sunk Hibs 5-1 in the 2012 final and never got on the pitch.

And a second medal would mean the world to local lad Ridgers knowing he has more than played his part in the Highlanders’ dream run to Hampden.

Ridgers also joked it would give his neighbours a good chance to look at it.

He smiled: “It’ll be hanging up at the front door. So as soon as you are at the front door you see it.

“When you get the medal, it’s not in a box. They just hang it around your neck and that’s it.

“The scary thing is it just says ‘winners’ on the back of it. It doesn’t say anything else. For what it is it’s so small but it means a lot.

“If I could get my hands on one on Saturday it would mean a lot.”

The 32-year-old is also looking to make it a hat-trick of trophies with Inverness, having previously won two Challenge Cups.

The No.1 insisted: “I’m very proud of what I’ve achieved so far in my career, a lot more than I ever dreamed of, but this would top it.”

Ridgers has fond memories of Hearts’ triumph although at that time he thought it would be a regular occurrence.

He admitted: “To be a part of that occasion with the Edinburgh derby in the final in 2012 was incredible.

“I was only 21 or 22. The atmosphere was brilliant and to win it was amazing.

Juggle

“I got my medal which I literally just found the other day. I was swapping rooms. Since the baby was born I’ve had to juggle about the house and I found it.

“To have two winners’ medals would be amazing but this time would mean a hell of a lot more than that one.

“Looking out that day watching it, you’d say to yourself you’d love to play in that.

“At that age you really do think you’ll get another opportunity. Then time goes on and you think your chances have gone.

“You dream of this and I’m very grateful, fingers crossed, that I get the chance to play in one.”