Doidge wants to emulate Hibernian heroes of 2016

Christian Doidge admits to coveting Hibernian’s historic Scottish Cup final celebrations.

A late David Gray header saw Hibs beat Rangers 3-2 in 2016 to end a tortuous 114-year wait to lift the trophy.

The 27-year-old Welsh striker joined the Hibees from Forest Green last summer and is now well-versed on the day never to be forgotten by those at Easter Road.

Ahead of tomorrow’s fifth-round tie against Lowland League side BSC Glasgow at Alloa Athletic’s Indodrill Stadium, Doidge, who scored a hat-trick in the fourth-round replay with Dundee United, said: “David Gray doesn’t stop talking about it to be honest.

“No, it was obviously a great day. “I’ve seen clips on Youtube of the boys’ celebrations and I can imagine how good that felt.

“It is something that you strive for and you would love to have that feeling.”

BSC will play in the fifth round of the Scottish Cup for the first time but Doidge knows how they will be approaching the match.

He said: “I have been in their shoes and I know what it means to play against a big side, it was when I was with Dagenham and we played Everton at Goodison Park.

“You turn up to the game and you wonder who you will be playing against and marking. It was a great occasion even though we lost.

“You have a lot of nervous energy and are probably running around like a headless chicken at the start.

“So it’s going to be a really difficult game, they’re going to be really up for it.

“We’re going to have to match them and hopefully our football can be better than theirs.”