IT WOULD have been a finale fitting of a Hollywood blockbuster – the team captain lifts the most prestigious trophy in his last game for his hometown club in front of a crowd of more than 5,000 people.

Unfortunately for Brian Martin and Musselburgh Athletic, Rugby Park is not a film studio and Kilmarnock is not Tinseltown.

The 30-year-old (pictured right) was an ever-present in the Scottish Junior Cup run before his side fell agonisingly short in Sunday’s cup final. He spoke to Courier Sport just minutes after the full-time whistle and struggled to put into words what victory would have meant to him.

He said: “It’s hard to take. These situations do not come along every year for Musselburgh boys.

“Being from Musselburgh, today means a lot to me.

“I cannot see me being here again and getting to another final at 30 years old. I came here to win today and that was it.

“I’ve got a lot of work commitments so I will have to see what happens. The players have got two or three weeks off over the summer and I think I’ll take a wee bit longer and decide what I want to do. I’ve signed for next year but whether I play next year is a different story.

“My plan was if we had won today then I would have hung up my boots and said that’s the perfect way to sign off.

“Today was like my professional Scottish Cup final, even if I was to play in the (senior) Scottish Cup final it would not be for my hometown team, Musselburgh.” On the result, Martin said: “I’m absolutely gutted.

“I thought we were the better team in the first half and absolutely passed them off the park.

“They don’t really pass the ball through the middle of the park but what they do is effective. That’s why they are Scottish Junior Cup winners time and time again.

“The first half we were really, really good and I’m absolutely gutted for the 1,500 folk that came from Musselburgh. I thought they were different class and we are just devastated.” On the controversial penalty awarded to Talbot, he said: “The lass from the television says it was very soft.

“We are in the changing rooms and saying sometimes penalties get given and sometimes they don’t.

“But the boys have done the town proud.”