Hibs midfielder Fraser Fyvie has questioned the decision to prevent his side from enjoying a lap of honour following their Scottish Cup win on Saturday.

The victory ended a 114 year wait for his club but history of the wrong kind was made as the ugly scenes which came about as their supporters invaded the pitch, forcing mounted police to take to the field to help restore order, meant runners up Rangers took no part in the presentations while the winners were not allowed to engage in the traditional post-match parade around the pitch.

“The fans obviously got a bit excited,” Fyvie said understatedly.

“They’re long overdue a trophy and they’ve been great, we can only thank them for that, but the quicker they could have got off the pitch the better and then we would have been allowed to take the trophy round the pitch.

“If it was the other side I don’t know if they would have been allowed to take it round but we’ll see… it’s our day, it’s been a great day, it’s a fantastic day for our club, our families and the manager and staff in the background and obviously all the boys are going to have a cracking night.

“You’ve still got the feeling but if you take it round you get to see everyone, you can take your kids on the pitch, you get to go right round the stadium and people on the far side get to see it.

“I don’t think there was any reason not to do it because all the police were there, but they didn’t let us do it which was a bit disappointing.”

The way that emotions overcame the Hibs camp was summed up by the reaction of Jason Cummings, the striker who has been linked with a move to Rangers, but in spite of having been substituted around half an hour before the end of the match, ended up among the celebrating supporters.

“I meant to get caught up in it. I was in there trying to enjoy the moment,” said the 20-year-old.

“It’s a moment that doesn’t come around every time so I thought I’d stay out and enjoy it a wee bit longer, so I did, I stayed out with the fans and milked it a wee bit. I loved it, I loved it.”

“It’s passion, it’s football isn’t it?

“You’re going to get that, especially with the Hibs fans. Everyone knows what a day it is, for Hibs a historical day. 114 years… no-one in this lifetime has seen Hibs win that cup so you’re going to get passion, you’re going to get that from Hibs. If it didn’t happen you would wonder what’s going on.”

He was sufficiently wrapped up in the day’s events to offer a highly optimistic prediction.

“I don’t think they’ll get punished,” said Cummings.

“It’s football. You’ve scored a last minute winner in the Scottish Cup that you’ve not got in 114 years. I wouldn’t be sitting in my chair, I would be on that pitch.

“It’s what you do isn’t it. It makes the game good and entertaining. That’s what makes football.”