Football: Consolation is target for Ivan the Terrible loser; TENNENT'S SCOTTISH CUP SEMI-FINALS: HIBS v HEARTS, HAMPDEN PARK, SUNDAY SPROULE WANT SEMI PAYBACK.(Sport)

From: The Mirror (London, England) | Date: March 30, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Iain CAMPBELL

IVAN SPROULE knows how lonely the losing dressing room at Hampden can be after a Scottish Cup defeat.

The Hibs flyer was desolate after the Edinburgh club came a cropper at the hands of Dundee United there in last year's semi-final.

A repeat is the last thing the man from Northern Ireland wants from a season which has promised so much for a team hailed as the best footballing side in the country.

But Sproule knows f...

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