Raith Rovers midfielder Martin Scott admits he will return to Easter Road today with a lingering regret that he never made the most of his opportunity at Hibs.
The 28-year-old initially moved to the Leith outfit from Ross County in a £80,000 deal in January 2011, but Scott made the headlines for all the wrong reasons when a training ground bust-up that summer left team-mate Sean Welsh with a broken jaw.
Scott struggled for game time following the appointment of Pat Fenlon in November before returning to County on a year-long loan for the 2012/13 campaign.
The playmaker then moved back to Livingston before signing for Rovers.
He admits he wishes things had turned out differently during his time at Hibs.
He said: “I don’t have many regrets in football but if I could go back and try and work that wee bit harder, that would be good.
“Maybe I didn’t get the chance I thought I deserved. A couple of things happened at the club and you move on.
“It’s a massive club and if there are clubs in Scotland you want to play for, it’s probably the likes of Hibs outwith the Old Firm.
“It’s not so much having a point to prove going back to Hibs. I enjoyed my time there. The first six months were brilliant but it just didn’t work out. I signed under Colin Calderwood and Derek Adams. Pat Fenlon then came in and that’s when my time at Hibs came to an end.”
Scott knows the Easter Road crowd are not shy in making their feelings known and the playmaker hopes Raith can make sure they do not have too much to shout about.
He added: “We’ll try to frustrate them. Maybe the crowd has taken a new approach and are trying to be positive.
“With the way things have been, they maybe have to be patient. They’re a massive club and they expect results but we’ll be looking to go there and frustrate them.”
Easter Road has been a happy hunting ground for Raith recently. They won the Ramsdens Cup in Leith with a dramatic extra time win over Rangers in April and Grant Murray’s side, who are third in the Championship on goal difference, also beat Hibs in last season’s Scottish Cup.
Scott is hoping they can take their first points off one of the so-called big three following comprehensive 4-0 losses to both Hearts and Rangers.
He said: “Hearts were definitely a cut above the rest. They were brilliant on the day and, according to Rangers, they played their best game against us. “We’ve bounced back from it and been on a good run since. We’ll be looking to go there and get a result.
“There is no doubt Hibs are a massive club but, if we want to keep pushing and stay where we are, we need to be taking results against big clubs like Hibs and doing a bit better against the likes of Hearts and Rangers.”