'Bushiri leveller against Aberdeen galvanised season'
We asked for your favourite Hibs moment of a memorable first season under David Gray.Here's what some of you said:Leo: It has to be Rocky Bushiri's last-minute leveller against Aberdeen. It totally turned the season around and saved Gray's job.Jonathan: I'd love to say Jack Iredale's winner in the derby, but Bushiri's equaliser against Aberdeen back in November totally galvanised the whole club and we didn't really look back. Just a minute earlier Aberdeen had gone 3-2 up in the 95th minute, we were on eight points from 14 games and they were going 26 points ahead of us. To then finish with just one defeat outside of Parkhead for the rest of the season is incredible.Stewart: Being undefeated against Hearts...Anon: Has to be the derby win at Tynecastle.Sandy: The 3-3 against Aberdeen is a good shout, that game said we can do something, but the Boxing Day derby win was my favourite.
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