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The Sun
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
‘It was carnage' – I slept in a SKIP the night I made Scottish Cup history with Hibs against Rangers
MADCAP footballer Jason Cummings has told how he slept in a skip the night Hibs won the Scottish Cup for the first time in over a century. Cummings, 29, was part of the Hibs team that defeated Rangers 3-2 at Hampden Park on Saturday 21 May 2016. 3 3 Victory ended a 114 year Scottish Cup hoodoo for the Edinburgh club and sparked unprecedented celebrations among their fans. The following day the team took part in an open top bus victory parade through the capital to their home in Leith. Cummings told the Open Goal podcast: "That group of boys was class. It was carnage. We were right on the bevvies and then we went out on a three or four day bender. "That's the best, after it when you're celebrating in the changing room. The parade was unbelievable as well after that -- just seeing the people, it was like 200-plus-thousand, it was unbelievable. "The night before that parade I woke up in a skip. I was out all night and I swear, see one of those nights where you're out on it non-stop and I mind walking past this skip. "And mate, I'm f****** shattered and I just jumped in there and fell asleep. "The sun woke me up and 'you've got the parade today'. I had to jump out the skip like that and get the suit on, straight back out. I loved it. "It (the parade day) was class. People greeting their eyes out, like 'never seen it in my life', 'you've made my life', 'you'll never need to buy a drink again'. "We were just heros. It was class. Really good." Cummings, who grew up a Hearts fan, became a hero at Hibs. He left the club for Nottingham Forest the following year and was sent out on three loan moves including a spell at Rangers. He also played for Dundee before a life-changing move to Australia. He currently stars for Indian Super League champions Mohun Bagan, based in Kolkata. The striker, who also plays for the Australian national team despite representing Scotland in a friendly, said he's loving life in India. He said: "I love it. It's a different world out there but football-wise it's a different class. "We get 60,000 or 70,000 every game, and the fans just love football. "When I first went I thought obviously cricket is massive there but we're in Kolkata and they just all love football... (I'm the) main man, bigger than the Beatles over there. Can't move walking down the streets." He added: "It's chaos, with the fans. As soon as we leave (the hotel) -- the stadium is right over the road -- it should be a five minute drive but it takes us an hour to get there. "There's flares -- I saw a ten year old on a horse with a flare going to the game." Despite a reputation for his exuberant behaviour, he said he enjoys quieter pursuits in India. 3 He said: "Lifestyle-wise there's not much to do. We'll go out for a wee game of golf with the boys but I play a bit of chess. I'm good at the chess, I love it. "There's so much time over there. When we go back after training we're just in the hotel so it's the same food, everyone is in there, the manager is in there as well, and all the coaches. "There's a tennis court there... a bit of poker. We go out and about but as soon as you go out and about you just get crowded, like proper. "Because there's not many tourists you stick out like a sore thumb. They see me, blond hair and all that, they're just on you for photos, photos, photos. "When my mum came over, she was like Joanna Lumley over there. She was getting surrounded, non-stop, you can't go anywhere. "It's a city of joy, Kolkata, but just so many people. "The maddest thing I've seen, just everyday... cows just going up the street, goats, stray dogs running on the training pitch and that." But he said India offered him something he wouldn't find anywhere else. He added: "It just came about, they were interested and they were proper wanting me. "I looked into it a wee bit and, I don't know, the fanbase and all that. "I saw the games and 60,000 or 70,000 I thought that's a bit me that. "I'll go over there and try it... just the atmosphere at the games, that they all love it over there, I just thought where else can you get that? "I wouldn't get that anywhere else."
Scotsman
2 days ago
- Sport
- Scotsman
Hibs hero shares why he knocked back Hearts and boozy night behind contract extension
He's a favourite of the Hibs support but has pulled back the curtain on time across the city - and offer from Hearts after his exit. Sign up to our Hibs football newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... A Hibs favourite has revealed the night with Premier League icons that tempted him to stay at Easter Road - and why Hearts advances were pushed back at the start of his career. Jason Cummings, now at India's Mohun Bagan, was in the Jambos youth academy before being released and making his name across the city. He spent four years as a senior player in Leith, helping Hibs win the Scottish Cup and Championship before heading south of the border to Nottingham Forest. With his family connections to Hearts, Cummings has opened up on his time at the club and subsequent offer that came after crediting a key Hibs figure with bouncing back from injury woe. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad He told Open Goal: 'I was brought up a Hearts fan. My old man, he's a big Jambo. I was there at 5-1, greeting my eyes out, loved it. It was my dream growing up. I was at Hutchison Vale then Hearts, maybe about 12, till about... They released me at like, 16. But I had bad injuries on my knee. That's what killed me, because I was flying, I was doing well. I done my cruciate. I was young, I was 15. I remember doing it. Twisting my knee and it blew up .But see at the time, you'd never even heard of a cruciate. When you're that young, you're like... I've just twisted my knee. So then I actually remember, about a week later it kind of went away and I played on. I remember just playing through it and I done it again. Jason Cummings on time at Hearts 'Then I went and I got a look, I got a scan and then it was the cruciate. Then I came back from that then I done my knee again in training. I was devastated but it was my meniscus. So then I got that repaired. I came back again and I'm talking I'm only back for a few days. Done it again. When you're at that age, 15, 16, and all you want to be is a football player, three big operations and I was out for, like, a year and a half. Hearts would put me through just like the NHS. Then when I got back I only had a couple months, really, to earn a new contract before it goes full-time. So then I didn't really have enough time to get into it and they let me go. 'I thought it wasn't for me, kind of. It was like 'I am going to be a footballer no matter what' but then when that happened round about that age. I've left school, I've not went full-time, so I'm like, it's not for me. I went back to Hutchie Vale to play with my mates. I had to get a job, I was a gardener for, like, a year and a half. 'I just fell back in love with footy again and I was just playing my mates, enjoying it. But I was doing well, scoring goals still. And then Hibs came in for me. Shoutout James McDonaugh. Legend, it was him that kind of started my career. He came to the Hutchie games and he was like, 'we'll get you in at Hibs for a trial, you're doing well', and he signed me at Hibs. Hearts came in for me as well. When they found out that Hibs came in for me then, Hearts actually rang me up and all, and were like, well, you want to come here? We'll take you on. I'm like, very good, mate.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad How Neil Lennon convinced him to stay at Hibs Then as he pondered leaving Hibs, Neil Lennon arrived, and a boozy night at Euro 2016 with some legends of the Premier League playing their part. Cummings explained: 'I was about to leave at that point. But then he's phoned my agent and went, get over here, I'm doing the Euros, punditry. He's phoned me and said right, get over here. So me and my agent went over he's got us tickets for a game. He's like, right, come and meet us. I'm just in the bar, just over the road. He's finished in the punditry so I went in and then Lenny's there like, 'ah, Cummings. How are you getting on mate?' 'He's sitting there with Alan Shearer, Rio Ferdinand, Martin Keown, John Hartson, full Bhuna. He's like, 'this is my star signing, Cummings, you're playing with me next year, Shearer, tell him that'. 'Got to sign with Lenny, He'll look after you.' So Lennon's like, you want a drink? We went back to the hotel boardroom. 'All on it and we had the karaoke up. Shearer's up singing. What did Shearer sing? All night long. Lenny's like, 'Cummings, you've got to sing Sunshine on Leith and you're signing with me next year.' I'm like, f*** it. I'm up there singing Sunshine on Leith with Rio Ferdinand and that. Honestly, best night ever. So after that, I'm thinking he's a hero, I'm staying another year with him.'
Scottish Sun
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
‘It was carnage' – I slept in a SKIP the night I made Scottish Cup history with Hibs against Rangers
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) MADCAP footballer Jason Cummings has told how he slept in a skip the night Hibs won the Scottish Cup for the first time in over a century. Cummings, 29, was part of the Hibs team that defeated Rangers 3-2 at Hampden Park on Saturday 21 May 2016. Sign up for the Rangers newsletter Sign up 3 Jason Cummings lifting the Scottish Cup with Hibs Credit: Kenny Ramsay - The Sun Glasgow 3 An Anthony Stokes brace and David Gray last-gasp winner sealed the cup for the Hibees Credit: PA:Press Association Victory ended a 114 year Scottish Cup hoodoo for the Edinburgh club and sparked unprecedented celebrations among their fans. The following day the team took part in an open top bus victory parade through the capital to their home in Leith. Cummings told the Open Goal podcast: "That group of boys was class. It was carnage. We were right on the bevvies and then we went out on a three or four day bender. "That's the best, after it when you're celebrating in the changing room. The parade was unbelievable as well after that -- just seeing the people, it was like 200-plus-thousand, it was unbelievable. "The night before that parade I woke up in a skip. I was out all night and I swear, see one of those nights where you're out on it non-stop and I mind walking past this skip. "And mate, I'm f****** shattered and I just jumped in there and fell asleep. "The sun woke me up and 'you've got the parade today'. I had to jump out the skip like that and get the suit on, straight back out. I loved it. "It (the parade day) was class. People greeting their eyes out, like 'never seen it in my life', 'you've made my life', 'you'll never need to buy a drink again'. "We were just heros. It was class. Really good." Cummings, who grew up a Hearts fan, became a hero at Hibs. Hibs chief Malky Mackay on his Celtic team-mate who could've been as good as Henrik Larsson He left the club for Nottingham Forest the following year and was sent out on three loan moves including a spell at Rangers. He also played for Dundee before a life-changing move to Australia. He currently stars for Indian Super League champions Mohun Bagan, based in Kolkata. The striker, who also plays for the Australian national team despite representing Scotland in a friendly, said he's loving life in India. He said: "I love it. It's a different world out there but football-wise it's a different class. "We get 60,000 or 70,000 every game, and the fans just love football. "When I first went I thought obviously cricket is massive there but we're in Kolkata and they just all love football... (I'm the) main man, bigger than the Beatles over there. Can't move walking down the streets." He added: "It's chaos, with the fans. As soon as we leave (the hotel) -- the stadium is right over the road -- it should be a five minute drive but it takes us an hour to get there. "There's flares -- I saw a ten year old on a horse with a flare going to the game." Despite a reputation for his exuberant behaviour, he said he enjoys quieter pursuits in India. 3 Cummings now plays football on the other side of the world Credit: Alamy He said: "Lifestyle-wise there's not much to do. We'll go out for a wee game of golf with the boys but I play a bit of chess. I'm good at the chess, I love it. "There's so much time over there. When we go back after training we're just in the hotel so it's the same food, everyone is in there, the manager is in there as well, and all the coaches. "There's a tennis court there... a bit of poker. We go out and about but as soon as you go out and about you just get crowded, like proper. "Because there's not many tourists you stick out like a sore thumb. They see me, blond hair and all that, they're just on you for photos, photos, photos. "When my mum came over, she was like Joanna Lumley over there. She was getting surrounded, non-stop, you can't go anywhere. "It's a city of joy, Kolkata, but just so many people. "The maddest thing I've seen, just everyday... cows just going up the street, goats, stray dogs running on the training pitch and that." But he said India offered him something he wouldn't find anywhere else. He added: "It just came about, they were interested and they were proper wanting me. "I looked into it a wee bit and, I don't know, the fanbase and all that. "I saw the games and 60,000 or 70,000 I thought that's a bit me that. "I'll go over there and try it... just the atmosphere at the games, that they all love it over there, I just thought where else can you get that? "I wouldn't get that anywhere else." Keep up to date with ALL the latest news and transfers at the Scottish Sun football page
Scottish Sun
07-05-2025
- Sport
- Scottish Sun
Ex-Rangers and Hibs star at centre of transfer ban over big-money move two years ago
He has only just helped his club retain their league championship crown TRANSFER SHOCK Ex-Rangers and Hibs star at centre of transfer ban over big-money move two years ago FORMER Hibs and Rangers striker Jason Cummings is at the centre of a FIFA transfer ban over his move to India two years ago. Cummings, who has been capped by both Scotland and Australia, has just helped his club Mohun Bagan retain their Indian Super League title. Advertisement 2 Jason Cummings on holiday with Wag Hannah in the Philippines Credit: Instagram / hannahdoigx 2 Cummings joined Mohun Bagan from Central Coast Mariners in 2023 Credit: Getty But they have been left stunned because FIFA have slapped a transfer ban on them because of irregularities over Cummings' move from Australian club Central Coast Mariners in 2023. Although the ex-Dundee and Nottingham Forest star left when his contract expired, his club in Kolkata were obliged to pay training compensation to his former club in Australia, who complained to FIFA when they didn't receive the fee. FIFA have now imposed a transfer ban on Mohun Bagan, who have insisted the mistake was an error. They stated: "This was a technical error. It's a temporary ban. The problem is administrative in nature. Advertisement "We have reached out to FIFA, and will get this sorted in a week. "The issue stems from the transfer of Jason Cummings from another club two years ago and his training compensation fee. "We believe we completed the payments at the time of signing." Cummings scored in the ISL Cup final lat month, as did fellow ex-SPFL striker Jamie Maclaren. Advertisement Also making an impact that day was former Ger Greg Stewart. He is out of contract in the summer and his future at the club remains unclear amid rumours that he won't be offered a new deal due to injury fears. Kris Boyd explains why Celtic striker Adam Idah and Rangers' Cyriel Dessers are similar players But he issued a reminder of what he has to offer as he helped turn this game from a goal down, providing the assist for Maclaren's winner. Indian outlet The Bridge gave him the top rating of 7.6/10, saying: "Changed the game after coming on. Advertisement "Showed class under pressure." Keep up to date with ALL the latest news and transfers at the Scottish Sun football page
Time of India
06-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
FIFA bans Mohun Bagan from registering new players
Technical glitch should be resolved soon KOLKATA: The Indian Super League Shield and Cup winners Mohun Bagan Super Giant have been handed a surprise national ban on registration of new players because of a 'technical glitch' linked to the transfer of Australian striker Jason Cummings two years ago. The club said on Monday that it's a minor issue which is expected to be resolved soon. Sources said that a FIFA rule in the international transfer system — called 'solidarity contribution' — has led to the ban for Jose Molina's side. Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW! Bagan announced the signing of Cummings on a threeyear contract on June 28 in 2023. However, the FIFA Clearing House has flagged Bagan's failure in clearing the SC linked to Cummings' transfer. Solidarity Contribution (SC) is a mechanism Fifa introduced with the international transfer system (ITS) following the Bosman ruling. When a Fifa-registered player makes an international transfer to another club in a different national association or country, a small percentage of the transfer fees (paid by the new club) is used as a form of compensation or solidarity fund and is given to the clubs and academies which have helped train and develop the player between ages 12 and 23 years.
