NICK MONTGOMERY learned never to underestimate Neil Warnock the moment the veteran boss wiped the floor with his Sheffield United squad at ten-pin bowling.
The Hibs boss and his Bramall Lane team-mates were done out of £20 each as their wily old gaffer - unknown to them a dab hand at the skittles - led them down a blind alley before cleaning up the winnings.
Montgomery still laughs at Warnock's cheek. But he's determined to get payback tomorrow by delivering a damaging strike to his mentor's Aberdeen side ahead of the split.
And having inherited the 75-year-old's win-at-all-costs mentality as a player, the Hibees boss is now demanding his players. spare nobody in the quest for the points at Pittodrie.
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