Alan Stubbs says many Hibernian supporters would chose winning the Scottish Cup over promotion to the Premiership this season.

The Easter Road side take on Rangers in the cup final on Saturday where a win would book their place in the Europa League qualifiers as well as see them clinch the trophy for the first time since 1902.

After dramatically losing 5-4 to Falkirk on aggregate last week in the play-off semi-final they missed the chance to step up from the Championship where they have spent the last two campaigns.

Stubbs believes that the priority for many fans is ending their wait for the Scottish Cup though, and says they would accept another season in the second tier if they were to beat the Ibrox club this weekend.

"I think you only have to look at the fans' opinion with this game," he said.

"I don't know whether it would be a 50/50 split or whether it's a 60/40 split, but I know a lot of fans would take a Scottish Cup win over promotion this season, and that was before the last couple of weeks, before we even got to the play-offs.

"That tells you where the fans are, it's such a momentous occasion on Saturday and what the events of it could possibly lead to, makes it, for our fans certainly, such a unique game.

"A lot of the older fans have never seen Hibs win in this cup, it's been 114 years now and a lot of them on Saturday may get an opportunity to see something they probably thought they may never see."

Stubbs believes it would be unfair to say Hibs' season had been unsuccessful if they close it with a cup win this weekend.

They may have missed out a return to the top flight but the Englishman said achieving both would have been unrealistic.

"I think the Championship over the last two years has been the most difficult it's ever been, from what anyone can remember," he continued.

"It's just one of those things we found ourselves in it along with Rangers and Hearts at that time.

"For us to have come through Raith, Falkirk and then Kilmarnock with the Scottish Cup in between would have been some ask.

"I didn't want to say it before but it was bordering on impossible. But we were prepared to do that because we knew what was at stake and the rewards of it."