Hibernian in seventh heaven

David Wotherspoon’s goal clinched seventh place in the Scottish Premier League for Hibernian who beat lowly FC Dundee 1-0 and ensured they go into the Scottish Cup final on the back of three consecutive victories.

The substitute guided home a powerful header in the 79th minute to complete a decent day’s work for Hibs, who avoided any obvious injuries eight days before their Hampden encounter with Celtic.

Leigh Griffiths, who last week won the Clydesdale Bank and Scottish Football Writers’ player of the year awards, started as Pat Fenlon brought back seven players who were rested for the midweek win at Kilmarnock.

Before the goal, the biggest cheer of the afternoon came in the 73rd minute when the 22-year-old left the field having played his final game at Easter Road before he returns to Wolves following almost two years on loan.

Scotland international Griffiths came close on several occasions to adding to his season tally of 28 goals, which persuaded Wolves to take up their option of extending his contract by a year.

It was a strong Hibernian side for the final match before their second cup final in successive years.

And with James McPake and Tim Clancy fighting to prove their fitness for Hampden, centre-back Jordon Forster produced another confi-dent display to give Fenlon another option next weekend.