John McGinn revisits Hibs Scottish Cup afterparty as cans and sausage rolls give it the 'Little Britain' look

It might have been six long years ago and John McGinn might now be a Scotland Hall of Famer and the captain of an English Premier League side but he will never forget May 21, 2016. Or May 22, 2016, for that matter.

His 27-year-old features light up with all the boyish enthusiasm he had as a 21-year-old on the day he helped Hibs end their 114-year Scottish Cup hoodoo by beating Rangers 3-2 at Hampden. McGinn sat down with BT Sport’s Currie Club podcast and the man who led the Leith side to glory that sun-kissed day at Hampden, Alan Stubbs, to reopen the memory banks and deposit a few that hadn’t been told previously.

And no matter what else the Aston Villa skipper goes on to achieve in his career, McGinn is adamant nothing will beat the hours that followed the final whistle. “The party was unrivalled,” he smiles. “My apartment was an absolute dive. I was in a student block in Edinburgh – I was grossly underpaid at Hibs!

“I had the worst apartment in the team but it was a great location, a party location. The nightclub shut but we were still high as kites, so it was everybody back to mine.

"The next thing was that we had to go on the open top bus without sleeping a wink and with everyone absolutely blitzed. I don’t regret one bit of it. All my family were there, my friends, all the players’ families and friends, in this wee two-bedroom flat at the bottom of the Royal Mile.

“We were still in our suits the next morning – stinking – and we actually walked it to Easter Road. Abbeyhill to Easter Road is not far but it took us more than an hour. It was like something from Little Britain, walking down with a roll and sausage and a can. We’ll never experience anything like it.

“It sunk in for me on the open top bus going down