A PINK OF BEAUTY

Bowie savours goal of a lifetime. even if it has left him with a dose of concussion!

- FRASER WILSON

HE sparked a celebration so wild Kieron Bowie jokes he probably got concussion.

But the hitman’s haymaker that lifted Hibs off the canvas on their way to knocking out Partizan Belgrade is one the big striker will never forget.

With the clock about to strike the hour, David Gray's side in danger of squandering a two-goal lead and a sold-out crowd growing increasingly frantic with fear, Bowie decided = as he puts it - to swing a leg from 40 yards.

The rest will go down in Leith folklore - one ofthe best pings the ground has ever witnessed in a game of magnitude, and in front of the watching Scotland manager.

The hitman revealed goalkeeping coach Craig Samson had a halftime premonition hed strike it lucky in the second half of Thursday's epic qualifier.

But nobody could have predicted the howitzer that flew off his left boot.

Not even Bowie, who admits he'll probably never score a better goal.

He said: ‘At halftime Sammy spoke to me, telling me that there's a goal in this for me. I didn't think it would be like that!

“I tried it against Killie on Saturday, although that one was on the floor, it was a bit different.

“But this one just sat up nicely on the volley and I thought Id swing my leg. Thankfully it swung all the way into the top corner!