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{ After 693 long, anxious minutes the Hibs support finally got what they'd been waiting for, a goal.The relief which greeted Derek Riordan's strike, the Easter Road side's first of 2011 was so intense you could almost reach out and touch it.

But even that was nothing compared to the roar which greeted a second goal from David Wotherspoon deep in

to added-on time, the youngster's stunning shot securing boss Colin Calderwood's first victory in 13 matches.

And few could blame the supporters for the scenes of unconfined joy which greeted the final blast of referee Mike Tumilty's whistle, almost three months of suffering had been put to an end, a run which had seen Hibs slip ominously towards the relegation zone with just two points from a possible 30, crash out of the Scottish Cup and go more than seven-and-a-half games without a solitary goal.

This victory won't win Hibs any prizes, the chances of those this season have disappeared, but it did, at least, bring some light at the end of what has been a long, dark and seemingly endless tunnel of despair.

While much work remains to be done, as Calderwood immediately acknowledged, the manager, players and fans alike can, for the time being, enjoy their moment of triumph, one which saw them leapfrog last night's opponents St Mirren and once more open up a five-point gap on basement outfit Hamilton ,although the Accies do still have two matches in hand.

Whether this results signals the start of better days to come or again prove to be no more than a false dawn, time alone will tell but there was certainly a steely determination among the players from first whistle to last, almost as if the predicament they were in and the consequences which might befall them had finally hit home.

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