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Ewan Paton

Neil Lennon caught up in hilarious Rangers wind-up at Hibs

Jason Cummings has told of a hilarious Rangers wind-up pulled on Neil Lennon during their time at Hibernian.

The former Hibs and Gers striker appeared on Open Goal this week in a wide-ranging interview.

In the episode, he told of how now-Falkirk defender Sean Mackie got himself in a spot of bother with Lenny for singing Roy Orbison's Penny Arcade during his initiation with the first team.

As Cummings divulged, it's fair to say the young Hibs star's song choice didn't go down too well with the former Celtic captain.

"Lenny had all the young boys up to sing, like an initiation," Cummings explained to Si Ferry and Paul Slane. "It must have been Christmas.

"So I went up to Sean Mackie and said, 'I'll give you a hundred quid if you sing Penny Arcade in front of Lenny'.

"Mackie was just a young boy, but he had a bit about him, he was a bit like me in that way. He said, 'I'll dae it. A hundred quid?'


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"I remember being in the changing room and Lenny's like, 'Right Mackie, let's go'. And Mackie came in.

"I remember him looking at me, and I'm thinking, 'There's no way he's going to do it' because Lenny was fired up and getting involved with all the tunes. 

"And then Mackie goes, 'Do-doom, do-doom... A light shone in the night...'

"I'm sitting there thinking, 'He's f*****g doing it!'

"Lenny's fuming, he shouts, 'What the f*** is that s***? Get out of my f*****g changing room. You'll never play for me again!'

"I saw him not long ago and I asked if I ever gave him that £100. 'Did you f***'. I never gave him it."

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