Scott Allan has revealed that a heart condition forced him out of football earlier this season.
The midfielder returned to Hibs in 2019 after four bizarre seasons at Celtic that saw him go out on loan to Rotherham, Hibs and Dundee.
Allan has Type One diabetes, when Hibs announced that he was dealing with a medical issue it was assumed that it was related to that condition but at the age of 29 he was informed that he had a little known heart condition.
I came back for pre-season and did the usual hard sessions and felt OK, but after about three or four weeks, I was starting to feel real fatigue. I was getting dizzy spells and feeling faint. I am a type one diabetic, so everybody assumes it is something to do with your diabetes [but] I knew something was underlying there.
It wasn’t until we played Aberdeen and after 10 minutes, I felt physically drained. I remember getting subbed off and thinking, ‘I need to get to the bottom of this, I can’t continue to play like this’. It wasn’t benefitting the team because I wasn’t playing to my best and it definitely wasn’t benefitting me in terms of how I was feeling and how I could impact games.
We did extensive checks. I went to my diabetic consultant just to make sure that all that side was OK, and it was. I went to Hampden (Medical Centre) to get the heart screening and they weren’t happy with the ECG (electrocardiogram).
Since returning to training Allan has made two substitute appearances for Hibs.
