Hughes pays tribute to `Stadler and Waldorf'

18th March 2010

John Hughes has admitted he owes almost everything he has achieved in his career to Jim Jefferies and Billy Brown.

But the Hibernian boss insisted he would still stop at nothing to ensure the veteran pair's first Edinburgh derby back at Hearts ends in defeat.

Hughes, Jefferies and Brown have been friends and colleagues for more than 20 years. Their relationship dates back to 1988 when Jefferies was appointed manager of crisis club Berwick Rangers.

And although Saturday's game is the latest of many meetings since Hughes became a manager, it is the first in which both are in charge of the clubs they have supported all their lives.

An excited Hughes said: "I'm locking horns with Jim and Billy again, Stadler and Waldorf! I'll always be grateful to those two guys and what they did for me.

"Most of the things that have happened for me in my football career, I've got Jimmy and Billy to thank. But come Saturday, trust me, there'll be no-one at Tynecastle more than me wanting their scalp... well, Jim's scalp, Billy's has gone! It'll be handshakes and smiles before the game but then I'll have tunnel vision."

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