David Marshall speaks on Scotland retirement, Hibs move, Craig Gordon and Allan McGregor, and that save in Serbia

David Marshall has spent 20 years at the top and, having signed for Hibs this summer, has at least two more to go, if not more.

He has high hopes for his time at Hibs and, having fully recovered from the hamstring strain that ended his 2021/22 campaign prematurely, has felt good in the pre-season friendlies the Easter Road side has played so far.

It remains to be seen what he can achieve on his return to the Scottish Premiership but it will have to go some to top that night in Belgrade last year.

“Football is about memories and moments and how important that save was… how long it had been since Scotland had qualified for a major tournament and doing it by winning a penalty shoot-out with the last penalty,” he says, speaking at Hibs’ summer training camp in the Algarve.

It’s clear how much the historic, iconic, moment means to the goalkeeper.

“It was an amazing moment and I’d do well to beat that in my career. Because it was for the country and meant so much to the fans,” he continues.

"It’s definitely a personal highlight. It was during Covid and you see the emotion of the fans in the social media clips, TVs bouncing off the walls and all that.

"It was crap that the fans weren’t there – how good would it have been if the Tartan Army were in Serbia that night? It’ll be tough to beat that.”

Then there was Derby, and the injury, but he is raring to go with Hibs.

"I’ve played against the manager’s teams a lot, I know Jamie McAllister slightly and Adam Owen from my time at Celtic and at Cardiff we shared a training ground with Wales,” he explains.

"The gaffer is trying to implement his ideas. It’s a talented and young squad and in the two games everyone has done well.

"I feel fine. I had the hammy in March but I recovered