Kieron Bowie insists Celtic Scottish Cup script isn't written yet as Hibs 'poke the bear'

Kieron Bowie says sinking Celtic has fuelled belief Hibs can charge for the Scottish Cup and spark another special Sunshine on Leith singalong.

The striker produced a superb hour on his first club start to help David Gray’s side sink the champions. Bowie kickstarted the move for the first of the two Josh Campbell goals which dismissed Brendan Rodgers’ big guns. It was a huge day both for Hibs and their back-to-fitness hitman. Not only did Gray’s team extend their unbeaten run to 13 matches, they also proved they can beat Celtic ahead of the Scottish Cup quarter-final clash on Sunday week.

The holders will be even tougher to overcome in Glasgow’s East End, but Bowie and his team have injected confidence in their silverware bid. The attacker said: “Obviously, we went into the Scottish Cup thinking this is a possibility, we can win this. And now, obviously, we’ve shown what we can do against that opposition, we can hopefully do that again.

“We’ve shown 13 games now unbeaten, I think that’s a club record. We’ve shown what we can do after a really tough start and I was in the stand watching the lads for the majority of it .

“The main thing now, the message is just top six, cement our place in the top six and then after that we look forward. But it’s been a really good season and, hopefully, it can have a really good end to it as well.”

Bowie is just thrilled to get the kick-off nod after months of anguish following his £600,0000 summer move from Fulham. Full of promise in four sub appearances, he was cut down by a serious hamstring injury which required surgery.

Bowie returned last month after a patient rehab was supplemented by five more replacement outings building him up, he was unleashed against Celtic. He said: “It’s