Outraged Michael Stewart claims Hibs are charging Hanlon and Stevenson's families for Easter Road farewell match

Outraged Michael Stewart claims Hibs are charging the families of Paul Hanlon and Lewis Stevenson for their emotional Easter Road farewell match.

Legendary defenders Hanlon and Stevenson will be given an emotional send-off by Hibs fans tonight as they prepare to make their final home appearances. The Scottish Cup-winning icons have dedicated a combined total of 35 years of their careers to the Hibees but fuming Stewart has accused chief executive Ben Kensell of forcing their loved ones to PAY for hospitality for tonight's dead rubber against Motherwell.

In a video on Instagram, ex-Hibernian midfielder Stewart hit out: "Paul Hanlon and Lewis Stevenson’s final home game for Hibs. These are two guys who have given their whole careers to the club. And whether you think they have been brilliant, average or poor players is actually irrelevant – they deserve to be given a great deal of respect.

"And do you think it’s respectful for the club – ie the chief executive – to give a table to the families for the final game so they can come and see their dads, husbands, sons going and getting their final game at Easter Road? Do you think it’s respectful to expect those families to pay hundreds of pounds for a table in the hospitality suite?

"Do you not think it would be a pretty respectful gesture to give a table to the families? I certainly do and it’s poor practice to be expecting them to be paying out their own pocket to go along and see them off on their last day at Easter Road. Little things like that create a toxic culture and create an environment where folk don’t want to be there and that shouldn’t be the case at a club like Hibs."