How Scott Pittman added to his Livingston legend story to down directionless Hibs

There are few better individual stories in the Scottish Premiership than that of Scott Pittman. And it is one with chapters continuing to be added.

On the day the midfielder became the club's record top-flight appearance holder, taking over from Oscar Rubio with 124 matches under his belt, there was only going to be one man to finish off a wonderful pass-and-move goal, involving Jason Holt and Morgan Boyes, which brimmed with confidence to down Hibs 1-0.

Scott ‘the hitman’ Pittman as the Livi stadium announcer declared him.

His story is well known around these parts of West Lothian but it doesn't make it any less fascinating. In the early 2010s he was in the juniors with Broxburn Athletic. By 2015 it was Bo’ness United.

Early that year he had the choice of four SPFL clubs but he opted for Livingston who were then in the Championship. Talk about decision making. An inspired choice.

One relegation and two promotions later he is, at the age of 29, an established Premiership midfielder, as he has been for a while now. Any doubts about the step up to the top-flight were very quickly dispelled in the 2018/19 season. He has shown himself to be one of the fittest around, running and running. As one club employee put it recently, he has racked up ‘thousands(!)’ of miles across nearly 300 games – averaging 41 over seven seasons.

But he is a fine football player and a wonderful reader of the game, deciding when to make those runs forward which make him a threat.

When Livingston were hesitant in the first half as Hibs dominated it was Shinnie breaking forward to create a rare opening. On the flip side producing a big defensive block to deny Jake Doyle-Hayes.

A truer representation of Livi appeared after the interval with one fan