Hibs star Dylan's double gives Tynecastle the homesick blues

THE Hibs were having a party while those of a Tynecastle persuasion were in their beds – so went the latest rendition of a familiar tune, sung at the home of Hearts following the Lothian Buses South East Region under-14 Willie Bauld Cup final.

Edina Hibs beat Tynecastle 2-0 with a goal in each half by inspirational midfielder Dylan Clark and revelled, with their vociferous supporters, in a hard-fought triumph on Tynecastle's ancestral territory.

The boys in maroon, marshalled by their standout player, skipper Cameron Young, and driven forward by their adventurous and effective left-back Neil Martyniuk, created the majority of opportunities in the game but two opportunist strikes by Clark and some resolute defending by his teammates was sufficient to seal a sweet victory for Edina.

It was Clark, indeed, who it appeared might be cast as the villain early on, when he spurned a good opportunity from close range, failing to keep his fourth-minute header down after Marcus Campanile's cross from the right.

It took him just four minutes to atone for that error, though, as he broke between Tynecastle defenders Taylor Black and Brad Campsie while surging into the penalty area, before clipping the ball over the advancing goalkeeper Cameron Tulloch to rapturous applause from the green contingent in the main stand.

Tynecastle then proceeded to play out what was to become a recurring theme, putting all the pressure on the Edina goal, but with no reward.

Sean Burns was denied by Hibs goalkeeper Daniel Kerr from close range, and the striker followed up only to see his second effort cleared off the line by defender John Pearson.

Some neat work by Tynecastle's George Hunter on the right made space for a low cross into the box, where midfielder Young met the ball with a relatively tame side-footed effort from 15 yards that Kerr gathered easily.

Into the second-half, Connor Brydon skipped past Edina's Liam Henderson on the right to open up another opportunity for Tynecastle, but the flying winger chose to try and beat Kerr at his near post from an acute angle rather than cut back to one of two players lurking menacingly on the edge of the six-yard box.

Shortly afterwards, on 43 minutes, it was a defensive lapse that again proved Tynecastle's undoing, with Clark – normally so dominant but experiencing a quiet game by his high standards – the beneficiary once more.

A lumped ball from half-way found its way deep into the Tynecastle box, and neither goalkeeper Cameron Tulloch nor defender Brad Campsie, who later blamed each other for allowing the ball to pass through, took responsibility for dealing with the aerial threat, gifting Clark the easy task of glancing a header over Tulloch and into the net.

Edina had Scott Taylor-MacKenzie to thank five minutes later as he cleared Martyniuk's header off the line after Lannon's corner and, at the same end, goalkeeper Kerr pulled off a superb save moments later, getting down well to Aidan Thomson's strike towards the bottom right-hand corner after Hunter had presented the Tynecastle attacker with the chance.

Hunter himself might have employed a degree of composure to bring Tynecastle back into the game as they pushed forward in the last ten minutes, but blazed over from 15 yards at a corner, which meant Edina's two-goal cushion remained intact, and served to win the cup for the greens.

Victorious coach Scott Bonar was proud of his team, highlighting their desire to win as key to their success. He said: "Tynecastle are the benchmark and the Scottish champions, and we've got a lot of respect for them, and for the bairns to overcome that and win is great. They've got an inherent desire to win.

"I thought the kids handled the occasion well – I was worried that they'd freeze. But, we started well and got our goal. To be fair to Tynecastle, they dominated the last 20 minutes but we dug in and held on.

"I thought they all worked hard for each other and they stuck at their individual jobs. We have another three cup finals to play and we're still up for the league. It's a credit to the kids that they keep getting themselves up for the games."

Edina Hibs: Daniel Kerr, Jonathan Court, Sam Nicol, William McPhee, John Pearson, Scott Taylor-MacKenzie, Dylan Clark, Azad Okan, Ross Anderson, Marcus Campanile, Callum Livingstone, Liam Henderson, Jed Davie, George Hairs.

Tynecastle: Cameron Tulloch, Taylor Black, Neil Martyniuk, Gregor Lockhart, Brad Campsie, Euan Lannon, Connor Brydon, Cameron Young, Sean Burns, George Hunter, Aidan Thomson, Mikey Hamilton, Ross Stenhouse, Andrew McBride, Sean Elliot, Dylan Thomson.