Hibs taking first-teamers to honour lifelong fan in testimonial

Raith friendly presents Montgomery with chance to give players game time

Vaughan will come up against Hibs on Wednesday night.

Nick Montgomery will take a strong Hibs XI - including several first-teamers - to Kirkcaldy for Wednesday night's testimonial match in honour of lifelong Hibee Lewis Vaughan. Monty will also include a number of the most promising academy players in his squad for the friendly with Championship title hopefuls Raith Rovers.

Vaughan, a former Easter Road season ticket holder who admits his lifelong dream was to turn out for his heroes in green-and-white, has been on Raith's books since the age of 15. In a career dogged by repeated ACL injuries, he's still regarded as one of the most talented players ever to turn out for the Rovers.

The 28-year-old, who still hopes to realise his wider ambition of playing in the Premiership under the guidance of Raith boss - and former Hibs captain - Ian Murray, said: "It was a dream to play for Hibs growing up, especially at Easter Road. That's probably not going to happen now so the next best thing is to play against them in a testimonial. It was the one team I wanted to play against so it's brilliant that they've agreed to it.

"I'm a Hibs fan. All my family and friends are Hibs fans as well. Some of them are still season ticket holders. As a kid I was a season ticket holder."

Raith v Hibs is at Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy, on Wednesday with a 7.45 pm KO. Tickets are priced at just £5 and can be purchased HERE.