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The SPL prizes have still to be handed out. Celtic are in touching | :00:46. | :00:50. | |
distance of the title burr European places have yet to be sorted and | :00:50. | :00:53. | |
the battle for survival goes on. All the latest action coming your | :00:54. | :00:59. | |
way in the next 45 minutes, including 22 goals and John Hartson | :00:59. | :01:05. | |
will have his say. We were both at Celtic Park today, but yesterday's | :01:05. | :01:10. | |
result at Fir Park meant the Celtic game couldn't quite be the title | :01:10. | :01:20. | |
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clincher. Matthews was left out. In came Hooper, commons and Loovens. | :01:21. | :01:28. | |
St Johnstone were again without three injuries. Steve Lomas went | :01:28. | :01:38. | |
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their first here. Stoke's, Commons. He would have loved that to go in. | :01:47. | :01:57. | |
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Without a goal all season Chris Johnstone. Continued the good work. | :02:10. | :02:15. | |
Mannus is under pressure. It is off the line. Away by Frazer Wright who | :02:15. | :02:21. | |
was the man in the right place at the right time. Commons swept the | :02:21. | :02:24. | |
free-kick in. It was difficult to defend. There was Frazer Wright and | :02:24. | :02:34. | |
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there he was again. Georgios title last weekend. They can't do | :02:58. | :03:06. | |
it today. St Johnstone are doing all they can to maintain their fine | :03:06. | :03:16. | |
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form. They are currently fifth. trying to bend it past the keeper. | :03:29. | :03:32. | |
They quickly got the game back under way. That is moneys and that | :03:32. | :03:42. | |
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is Mannus. -- Commons. He was dipping under the bar. Sam goes | :03:49. | :03:56. | |
down. McCracken made the challenge. Commons and Samaras again. Strong | :03:56. | :04:06. | |
play from the kpwreebg striker. He eventually does get the free-kick. | :04:06. | :04:10. | |
McCracken made this challenge initially. No penalty. But it is a | :04:10. | :04:14. | |
free-kick to Celtic. It is Commons who takes. Samaras with a header | :04:14. | :04:23. | |
and it is 1-0. It is his seventh goal of the season. And Georgios | :04:23. | :04:33. | |
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Samaras breaks what was a stalemate at Celtic Park. The title is well | :04:34. | :04:44. | |
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within their grasp. No penalty. Sandaza wants the spot kick. There | :04:49. | :04:56. | |
maybe a case. That may well have gone their way that time. St | :04:56. | :05:01. | |
Johnstone come again. It is Frazer Wright, the centre half, right on | :05:01. | :05:04. | |
the edge of the six yard box. Couldn't take advantage. That was | :05:04. | :05:09. | |
Lee Croft. There is a corner. Saints have refused to let their | :05:09. | :05:13. | |
hepdz go down, despite being denied a penalty-kick. They are still | :05:14. | :05:23. | |
coming at Celtic. -- heads go down. Craig. He was taken out late. | :05:23. | :05:30. | |
Celtic will play on. The referee is not interested in awarding the | :05:30. | :05:35. | |
free-kick. Celtic will continue. What a switch of play that was. | :05:35. | :05:44. | |
Samaras made himself available. 2- 0! Chris Millar turns past his own | :05:44. | :05:51. | |
keeper. And Celtic are two to the good. They go to Kilmarnock next | :05:51. | :05:56. | |
Saturday. They will need just a point from that to be crowned SPL | :05:56. | :06:01. | |
champions, they were feeling aggrieved they didn't get the free- | :06:01. | :06:11. | |
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Johnstone's last chance of get back in to this game have gone over the | :06:28. | :06:35. | |
bar with the shot from Craig. So bar with the shot from Craig. So | :06:35. | :06:37. | |
Celtic almost there. But it was more than a football match today. | :06:37. | :06:41. | |
We were both there and tens of thousands of people had the chance | :06:41. | :06:49. | |
to say get well soon to Radek Stepanek -- Stilian Petrov. This | :06:49. | :06:52. | |
This was fantastic support. I am sure he would have been watching it | :06:52. | :06:57. | |
and felt touched. He was a great player, part of the family, played | :06:57. | :07:01. | |
alongside myself and Neil, and he was a great, you know, he is a | :07:01. | :07:06. | |
great player, great balance, fantastic engine, and more than | :07:06. | :07:10. | |
anything else, he is, you know he has handed me the Scottish Cup | :07:10. | :07:14. | |
there, and that was a great moment for him and myself. Just a | :07:14. | :07:18. | |
wonderful boy, you know, in general, he is much loved. He is suffering | :07:18. | :07:23. | |
from leukaemia, you had a chance to speak to him tonight, how is he? | :07:23. | :07:27. | |
Strangely enough he is quite up beat. He is one of those lads, he | :07:27. | :07:32. | |
wanted to take this head on, you know and attack the treatment, and | :07:32. | :07:37. | |
he is very strong, his fitness I am sure will help him. He knows, you | :07:37. | :07:42. | |
know, that he has so much support from all throughout football, not | :07:42. | :07:46. | |
just Celtic, and he will get messages of support and it will | :07:46. | :07:50. | |
help him. He needs a bit of lung, like you always do with any illness, | :07:50. | :07:56. | |
but he is up beat, and he's, you know, he's, as I said, he is going | :07:56. | :08:00. | |
to meet the treatment, I think he starts it tomorrow, and it's a big | :08:00. | :08:04. | |
few weeks for him. You obviously know exactly what he is about to go | :08:04. | :08:08. | |
through, having fought your own battle against cancer. Yes, a lot | :08:08. | :08:11. | |
of it is psychological. Ou have to Troy and get your head round what | :08:11. | :08:16. | |
is happening, and deal with it. As openly as you can, and you know, | :08:16. | :08:20. | |
your family is very important to you, his wife, his two children, | :08:20. | :08:27. | |
and you know, you do know there is a lot of support out there when you | :08:27. | :08:32. | |
battling a near death experience like I did, he knows he has his | :08:32. | :08:35. | |
support from fellow peer, and his family, which will be very very | :08:35. | :08:40. | |
important to him. It was a lovely moment today, get well Stilian | :08:40. | :08:44. | |
Petrov. Celtic had a couple of chance first half. It wasn't great. | :08:45. | :08:47. | |
Immediately after the interval St Johnstone has a couple of | :08:47. | :08:50. | |
opportunity, didn't they, which they were unable to take, and as | :08:50. | :08:55. | |
the visiting team these are the the visiting team these are the | :08:55. | :09:02. | |
ones you have to take. He gets across Loovens and again, Sandaza, | :09:02. | :09:05. | |
they were two big six foot centre forwards, they are not going to go | :09:05. | :09:09. | |
in behind you too often. They get hold of the ball and they take | :09:09. | :09:11. | |
pressure off, and you know, they pressure off, and you know, they | :09:11. | :09:15. | |
can play as well. They have good feet, and, they are had a couple of | :09:15. | :09:18. | |
opportunities but I thought over the 90 minutes I thought Celtic, | :09:18. | :09:23. | |
they had one off the line, you know, and I just felt over the 90 minutes | :09:23. | :09:27. | |
I thought they ran out worthy winner, they got on better, scoring | :09:27. | :09:31. | |
both goals in the second half. were relieved to get the opening | :09:31. | :09:36. | |
goal because it took a while and maybe their two best playerers | :09:36. | :09:41. | |
Chris Commons with the delivery and Georgios Samaras. Chris Commons has | :09:41. | :09:44. | |
a fantastic left foot. Georgios Samaras when he does that, he is | :09:44. | :09:50. | |
six foot four. When he jumps like that and he is as powerful as he is. | :09:50. | :09:54. | |
You wonder why he can't do that more often. You know, if he did and | :09:54. | :09:59. | |
he pulled off his man and attacks the ball, he is unplayable when he | :09:59. | :10:06. | |
can jump like that. Steve Lomas was raging after the match bg, today, | :10:06. | :10:09. | |
two decision, two big decision. He has every right to be raging this | :10:10. | :10:13. | |
is a penalty. You look at this Loovens here, doesn't get any of | :10:13. | :10:17. | |
the ball. That for me is anywhere else on the pitch that is a foul. | :10:17. | :10:21. | |
So tell tick get a break there. They get a big, big piece of lung | :10:21. | :10:27. | |
here, look. There. Takes the man out and that is a penalty, but that | :10:27. | :10:34. | |
is a bit lucky. Commons come ace cross and fouls Liam Craig. It is a | :10:34. | :10:39. | |
foul, the referee doesn't give it. They want Celtic to kick it out of | :10:39. | :10:43. | |
play but Liam Craig is back on his feet. Celtic decide to carry on, | :10:43. | :10:48. | |
play, Samaras, great ball in and it is an own goal unfortunately for | :10:48. | :10:52. | |
the defender, you see these, you can get away with that as a striker, | :10:52. | :10:56. | |
you can steal a couple of yards, you see that a lot. The defender | :10:56. | :11:02. | |
facing his own goal. That is is a foul, and... Just to rub in he | :11:02. | :11:08. | |
books Liam Craig, I don't know if he has spoke to him or swore at him | :11:08. | :11:13. | |
or whatever, I thought I thought St Johnstone and Stevie Lomas could | :11:13. | :11:17. | |
have felt aggrieved at one or two decisions, clutching at straws at | :11:17. | :11:21. | |
times but you never know, St Johnstone could is got a penalty, | :11:22. | :11:27. | |
Celtic in the second half got better. They looked stronger. They | :11:27. | :11:37. | |
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All other irissues to deal with. I think he has handled it. At times | :12:07. | :12:11. | |
where he may look back and think I coiled have handled things | :12:11. | :12:16. | |
differently. But no, he is a good young manager, progressing, | :12:16. | :12:20. | |
learning all the time, and you know, he will look to bring in new faces | :12:20. | :12:24. | |
in the summer I am sure. One or two will go, one or two will come in, | :12:24. | :12:28. | |
and he will be learning all the time, as a young manager, you are | :12:28. | :12:33. | |
always learning. Rangers were looking to do some more party | :12:33. | :12:36. | |
prevention at Fir Park yesterday, having stopped Celtic in their | :12:36. | :12:42. | |
title tracks in last Sunday's Old Firm match. This is Rangers's | :12:42. | :12:49. | |
biggest game of the season. A magnificent goal. Celtic down to | :12:49. | :12:58. | |
ten. It was two feeted. Celtic are down to nine men. It is 2-0. Celtic | :12:58. | :13:03. | |
will win the title but the Old Firm bragging rights are with Rangers. | :13:03. | :13:09. | |
Motherwell were bidding to get back on level terms with Rangers in | :13:09. | :13:19. | |
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second spot. They had Lasley back and Motherwell still very much in | :13:35. | :13:45. | |
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contention, as Chris Humphrey goes the ideal start -- and it is in. | :13:48. | :13:54. | |
There was no stopping Chris Humphrey here. He had a few yards | :13:54. | :13:58. | |
on Perry and there was no chance but defender was catching him. And | :13:58. | :14:04. | |
Henrik Ojamaa had a simple task. McGregor came out to dry and | :14:04. | :14:14. | |
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smothered the ball. A great start quickly. Whitaker got there, inches | :14:18. | :14:27. | |
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deceived Randolph. That is a fine finish by Steven Whittaker. And a | :14:48. | :14:53. | |
quick fire equaliser for Rangers. Steven Whittaker bus shot wrong | :14:53. | :14:59. | |
foots the Motherwell keeper. -- Steven Whittaker's shop. It moves | :14:59. | :15:05. | |
in the air and Rangers back on level terms three minutes after | :15:05. | :15:15. | |
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Tim Clancy reacting angrily to Steven Whittaker here. He could be | :15:19. | :15:24. | |
in trouble. Plan C seemed to throw his head into the chest of the | :15:24. | :15:34. | |
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Whittaker are not amused by that. He certainly goes in with the boot | :15:38. | :15:45. | |
up a but Tim Clancy retaliate with a head into the chest. -- | :15:45. | :15:55. | |
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lovely passing move by the home taken down there? A yellow card | :16:12. | :16:22. | |
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comes out, it is going to be poor can't believe it. Tim Clancy didn't | :16:31. | :16:38. | |
deal with it. He was definitely caught. Darren Randolph with his | :16:38. | :16:42. | |
boot on the shin guard. That is a poor decision by the referee, it | :16:42. | :16:52. | |
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Terrific shot by Lasley. McGregor claiming he was impeded by the | :17:07. | :17:17. | |
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position of Michael Higdon, who was McGregor. Higdon must have thought | :17:25. | :17:31. | |
he had put his side back in front. -- what a save. But he didn't take | :17:31. | :17:39. | |
into account the Rangers No. 1. What to stop that is. -- What a | :17:39. | :17:49. | |
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McCulloch tucks it in the X back and surely Rangers have a winning | :18:06. | :18:14. | |
goal in the dying minutes. Lee McCulloch earns all three points. | :18:14. | :18:18. | |
There may have been an armour the back of Tim Clancy. Ian Bright had | :18:18. | :18:24. | |
a good view of it -- an arm in the back. And Lee McCulloch swept it | :18:24. | :18:27. | |
into the back of the net. Sheer joy into the back of the net. Sheer joy | :18:28. | :18:29. | |
for Rangers. The club under major pressure at | :18:29. | :18:33. | |
the moment because of what is happening off the pitch, but a | :18:33. | :18:37. | |
great couple of back-to-back wins, beating Celtic and Motherwell. | :18:38. | :18:41. | |
have had a good week. They lost their last away game to Dundee | :18:41. | :18:45. | |
United. Motherwell was there tough game for them, going for second | :18:45. | :18:50. | |
place as well, so to keep going and having a few decisions against them, | :18:50. | :18:54. | |
they kept going and battling away. From a range has point of view, | :18:54. | :18:57. | |
that is what they have got to do, they had to go to Motherwell and a | :18:57. | :19:03. | |
try and pick up three points and prolong the season. Makes Celtic | :19:03. | :19:06. | |
way to in terms of lifting the title. It is a formality, which | :19:06. | :19:10. | |
Celtic can do next weekend at Kilmarnock, but Rangers did all | :19:10. | :19:15. | |
they could do, they went and got the three points. Some interesting | :19:15. | :19:17. | |
the three points. Some interesting refereeing decisions. The Tim | :19:17. | :19:21. | |
Clancy head but, he was shown yellow for this, should it have | :19:21. | :19:30. | |
been read? -- red. He reacts to Whitaker, it is a moment of madness. | :19:30. | :19:34. | |
I have seen players sent off for a lot worse than this. He puts his | :19:34. | :19:38. | |
head into the chest and referees will send players off well. This | :19:38. | :19:43. | |
one, Sone Aluko goes through, so quick. The referee has got a great | :19:43. | :19:48. | |
view of it, he is in a fantastic position. And for some reason... | :19:48. | :19:56. | |
There was contact, it is proved. On the shin pad. And he actually books | :19:56. | :20:00. | |
are Sone Aluko for what he thinks is a guide, but there was contact. | :20:00. | :20:06. | |
So Rangers could feel aggrieved. That is made the reputation of Sone | :20:06. | :20:10. | |
Aluko going before him, because he was done earlier in the season by | :20:10. | :20:13. | |
the compliance officer for simulation and that is the referee | :20:13. | :20:17. | |
thinking it is him again. And it was a bit theatrical, but we are | :20:17. | :20:19. | |
talking about a decision that should have been a penalty, we | :20:19. | :20:23. | |
cannot blame the players. There is contact there, there is a kick from | :20:23. | :20:27. | |
the goalkeeper that has caught him on the shin, it was proven there | :20:27. | :20:31. | |
was contact and a penalty should have been given. The referee got a | :20:31. | :20:35. | |
few decisions wrong. Did you see anything wrong with the Rangers | :20:35. | :20:39. | |
winning goal from Lee McCulloch? Could do little nudge of Sone Aluko | :20:40. | :20:46. | |
been pulled up? -- Could the. not sure. What is a terrible is the | :20:46. | :20:51. | |
defending. You cannot let bad ball bounce. If it does, you want your | :20:51. | :20:55. | |
goalkeeper to deal with it. Yes, there is a little nudge, but the | :20:55. | :20:58. | |
referee would be brave to disallow referee would be brave to disallow | :20:58. | :21:02. | |
that goal. But Stuart McCall would be happy from the goalkeeper, the | :21:02. | :21:05. | |
centre-half. You cannot let from a throw-in, the ball bounce ideas | :21:05. | :21:10. | |
six-yard line. You have to clear it. But credit to Rangers, they kept | :21:10. | :21:14. | |
going, the desire was there to get three points and that is exactly | :21:14. | :21:18. | |
what they did. They deserved it, they went right to the end. Lee | :21:18. | :21:22. | |
McCulloch has had a good week, a new position as centre forward, | :21:22. | :21:28. | |
with his power in the air and he got his reward. A tall order for | :21:28. | :21:31. | |
relegation-threatened Dunfermline yesterday at Tannadice pitch face | :21:31. | :21:41. | |
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Scottish football's form team, call Gary Mackay Stephen at Lionel | :21:47. | :21:57. | |
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Jefferies' Dunfermline. It is all about staving off relegation. | :22:03. | :22:07. | |
Scoring goals as the problem and with Mrs like this, you can | :22:07. | :22:14. | |
understand why. -- a mess like this. Dundee United, the form team, on | :22:14. | :22:20. | |
the hunt for their 6th league win a row. Chris Smith denying them. Into | :22:20. | :22:24. | |
the second half and it is not every day you see a flying scissor kick | :22:24. | :22:29. | |
from Jon Daly. The United skipper opening the scoring at, his 16th | :22:29. | :22:36. | |
SPL goal of the season. Sensing blood, United burst forward again. | :22:36. | :22:42. | |
The effort this time from Jon Daly at had less spectacular. But after | :22:42. | :22:47. | |
from stout defending in the first half, Dunfermline looking less | :22:47. | :22:54. | |
assured. -- after some. By now, the United forward players were queuing | :22:54. | :22:59. | |
up to terrorise the Dunfermline defence. John Lee Russell's header | :22:59. | :23:04. | |
balloon high into the stands. As for the tangerine messy, and Gary | :23:04. | :23:09. | |
Mackay Stephen was trying out some new tricks. Bass line on message. | :23:09. | :23:13. | |
He showed some serious pace to burst through the fence before | :23:13. | :23:20. | |
cutting back for Scott Robertson to kill off the game -- through the | :23:20. | :23:24. | |
defence. Two-nil with 10 minutes to play. But three minutes after that, | :23:24. | :23:29. | |
John Lee Russell did this set-up work for Jon Daly. He struck home | :23:29. | :23:37. | |
his 17th goal of the season. He is top of the SPL scoring charts. It | :23:37. | :23:42. | |
truly is an Arab Spring, que Dundee United clinch that second Champions | :23:42. | :23:47. | |
League spot -- could? League spot -- could? | :23:47. | :23:48. | |
Nine games unbeaten and they are rendered really good form. | :23:48. | :23:52. | |
Certainly, skipper Jon Daly is on top form. That is 20 goals for the | :23:52. | :23:57. | |
season in all competitions now. This was a bit special, wasn't it? | :23:57. | :24:03. | |
It was. You don't see them often, technically it was a great goal. We | :24:03. | :24:06. | |
look at other goals he has scored, gets in front of his man against | :24:06. | :24:11. | |
Rangers. A great folly there. Another one, a bullet header, so he | :24:11. | :24:16. | |
has got an array of course. I have always liked him, he is strong, he | :24:16. | :24:23. | |
holds the ball up well. 17 goals, along with John Lee Russell and | :24:23. | :24:26. | |
along with John Lee Russell and Mackay Stephen, you look at that | :24:26. | :24:33. | |
list and I'm sure he is very happy that he is top of the list. You | :24:33. | :24:37. | |
look at the players, he has done well. 17 goals and counting. | :24:37. | :24:42. | |
last Dundee United player to be top scorer in the top flight was Andy | :24:42. | :24:46. | |
Gray in the 1970s, that tells a story. It is not often a non Old | :24:46. | :24:49. | |
Firm player who tops the charts. Firm player who tops the charts. | :24:49. | :24:52. | |
is not, and it is credit to United, they didn't start the season | :24:52. | :24:59. | |
particularly well, but they have cemented their place in the top six. | :24:59. | :25:03. | |
They have been on a great run. They have lost David Goodwillie and one | :25:03. | :25:07. | |
or two other players but replaced them with good players. When you | :25:07. | :25:12. | |
have a strike on 20 goals, you have had a good season. With Dunfermline | :25:12. | :25:15. | |
no better off after their trip to Tayside, Hibernian headed to the | :25:15. | :25:19. | |
Highlands today to boost their bid for SPL survival. Paul Mitchell has | :25:19. | :25:29. | |
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way from Leigh Griffiths. -- get goalkeeper will not be happy that | :26:00. | :26:04. | |
the cross came in and evaded so many players, but he was there to | :26:04. | :26:14. | |
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power. Graham Stack turns it over the top. Wonderful pass out wide, | :26:24. | :26:34. | |
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opening goal. And he rattled the woodwork. What they passed through | :26:39. | :26:45. | |
from Johnny Hayes. Billy McKay steadied himself, beat the | :26:45. | :26:49. | |
goalkeeper but struck the post. Terry Butcher smiling from the | :26:49. | :26:59. | |
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penalty. An hour gone and Hibernian have conceded a penalty, it is Paul | :27:04. | :27:07. | |
Hamlyn adjudged to have taken their Billy McKay. Terry Butcher | :27:07. | :27:17. | |
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mentioned his side had not been score from the first time in the | :27:20. | :27:30. | |
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penalty spot in the SPL since put Hibs further behind. It is a | :27:38. | :27:43. | |
great save. And then the overhead kick left much to be desired. This | :27:43. | :27:46. | |
was a great chance, deflected into the path of the Frenchman and | :27:46. | :27:50. | |
through he went but Graham Stack stood tall and went down at the | :27:50. | :28:00. | |
:28:00. | :28:07. | ||
Paul Hamlyn has equalised. -- better header. It is his first goal | :28:07. | :28:11. | |
of the season and it is a timely one. He conceded the penalty and | :28:11. | :28:17. | |
now he secures the equaliser. Joy for Paul Hamlyn. This game really | :28:17. | :28:27. | |
:28:27. | :28:31. | ||
O'Connor. 2-1 Hibs. They have come from behind and Garry O'Connor is | :28:31. | :28:37. | |
three out of three against Cally Thistle this season. Matt Doherty | :28:37. | :28:44. | |
overlapping well. O'Connor with a simple finish. Hibs have come from | :28:44. | :28:52. | |
behind to lead with 15 minutes to play. Hayes. He will try and get | :28:52. | :29:01. | |
the cross in. He sent it across, he scored! Uninten sunnal but not | :29:01. | :29:06. | |
inconsequential and Johnny Hayes his cross has yielded an equaliser | :29:06. | :29:11. | |
with seven minutes to play. He certainly didn't mean it, but he | :29:11. | :29:14. | |
has put his side back on level has put his side back on level | :29:14. | :29:24. | |
:29:24. | :29:45. | ||
scores! Hibs retake the lead in Griffiths came in, O'Connor was | :29:45. | :29:50. | |
available, didn't need him. This could be a significant step to SPL | :29:50. | :29:54. | |
could be a significant step to SPL survival for Hibs. A timely win | :29:54. | :29:59. | |
that for Hibs, six points aHome Office done Ferrell Lynn, six games | :29:59. | :30:04. | |
to go. That was massive win. To go up to Inverness which is not easy | :30:04. | :30:08. | |
to get a win, Terry Butcher's teams they are normally big and strong | :30:08. | :30:13. | |
and they defend well, but some of the defending from Inverness was | :30:13. | :30:18. | |
schoolboy stuff. That gives Hibs six points now ahead of Dunfermline | :30:18. | :30:26. | |
and Dunfermline will have to put a good run together. Gary O'Connor | :30:26. | :30:30. | |
scored against inhaveness every time they played them. Do you hoe | :30:30. | :30:36. | |
you are going to score? Sometimes you get lucky against team, other | :30:36. | :30:40. | |
teams you can't scoe, but Gary Connor there, he pulls away, he | :30:40. | :30:47. | |
tucks this in very nicely. Makes good contact with it. This is Matt | :30:47. | :30:51. | |
Doherty on loan from Wolves. A good strong run. O'Connor does the right | :30:51. | :30:55. | |
thing. Pulls away. These are the two previous games against Cally | :30:55. | :31:02. | |
Thistle and he did it both team -- times. He shows great ability. He | :31:02. | :31:06. | |
can take free-kick, he is much travelled but he is in great shape, | :31:06. | :31:11. | |
you know, he looks after himself in terms of his physique. He has | :31:11. | :31:14. | |
played in Russia, down to Birmingham, so with strikers | :31:14. | :31:17. | |
sometimes you have to put an arm round them and show them you trust | :31:17. | :31:22. | |
them, and tell them how good they are and they will come back with | :31:22. | :31:25. | |
goals. I doesn't matter how much trouble they give you away from the | :31:25. | :31:29. | |
training ground or pitch, if they are scoring goals you sometimes | :31:29. | :31:33. | |
allow strikers to get away with other players. We have spent time | :31:33. | :31:37. | |
with Mr Butcher. He said he has a back four from hell today and they | :31:37. | :31:41. | |
were embarrassing to watch. It was, it was schoolboy stuff at times. | :31:41. | :31:45. | |
One of the goals there, players getting pushed off the ball. You | :31:45. | :31:49. | |
have to be stronger there and stand your ground, and, Terry was a | :31:49. | :31:52. | |
master at it. Sometimes as a defender you have to be clever. You | :31:52. | :31:56. | |
have to try and win foul, and you know, and he would have been | :31:56. | :32:01. | |
disappointed with some of the defending today. Oh I think he was! | :32:01. | :32:04. | |
A chance for Hearts the seal their place the top six. They were up | :32:04. | :32:07. | |
against an Aberdeen team that will finish in the bottom half of the | :32:07. | :32:17. | |
:32:17. | :32:37. | ||
finish in the bottom half of the kick of the match. In it comes. | :32:37. | :32:44. | |
Hearts have the opening goal, before the half hour mark. Danny | :32:44. | :32:48. | |
grain je's corner kick nodded down by McGowan. The defence nowhere | :32:48. | :32:56. | |
near it. -- Grainger's. Hearts looking to cement this top six | :32:56. | :33:04. | |
place, a win would confirm that one. Even a draw. That would do the job. | :33:04. | :33:12. | |
This is Beattie. Aberdeen seem to switch off there, it came to | :33:12. | :33:16. | |
Beattie. It seemed an ternty to adjust himself and get the shot | :33:16. | :33:26. | |
away. No changes for either side at half-time. Rudi Skacel. He is going | :33:26. | :33:33. | |
for it. What a goal that is! Hearts second, comes in stunning fashion | :33:33. | :33:40. | |
but not for the first time from Rudi Skacel. Not quite in the top | :33:40. | :33:50. | |
:33:50. | :33:53. | ||
corner. But he had enough power and accuracy to beat Jason Brown. Good | :33:53. | :34:03. | |
:34:03. | :34:05. | ||
skill. Rudi Skacel. And somehow it stays out. It perhaps was the elbow | :34:05. | :34:09. | |
of Considine. Didn't know much about it. Anderson, for a second | :34:09. | :34:15. | |
debut for Aberdeen, the first game in January 1997, he is back after | :34:15. | :34:21. | |
that lengthy spell out. Five years in England. Hughs with a pree kick. | :34:21. | :34:27. | |
That is Vernon. He has got score. - - free-kick. That would have make | :34:27. | :34:33. | |
it -- made it an interesting finale if Vernon found the target as he | :34:33. | :34:42. | |
normally does from that kind of area. There is no flag against Gary | :34:42. | :34:52. | |
:34:52. | :34:54. | ||
glen. -- Glen. Skacel is waiting in the middle. Driver. Still he has it. | :34:54. | :34:58. | |
Aberdeen have the opportunity to clear the lines now. It has not | :34:58. | :35:08. | |
:35:08. | :35:11. | ||
been a good day at the office for then. That is 3-0. Another from the | :35:11. | :35:16. | |
magician and Hearts are 3-0 up. Skacel is so deadly ch and again | :35:16. | :35:21. | |
Hearts are putting Aberdeen to the Hearts are putting Aberdeen to the | :35:21. | :35:24. | |
sword in the capital. Rudi Skacel contract is up at the end of the | :35:24. | :35:29. | |
season. I hope that he stays on, because he is so good to watch. | :35:29. | :35:33. | |
is a different class, when he can do things like this, he has been a | :35:33. | :35:38. | |
talisman for Hearts. Most good things that Hearts do, he is really | :35:38. | :35:41. | |
evolved in them, -- involved in them. Look at this for technique. | :35:41. | :35:46. | |
He seems to go right foot, left foot. That is 35 yards, he is past | :35:46. | :35:49. | |
the keeper before he attempts to go for it. He has 13 goals this season. | :35:49. | :35:55. | |
Although he is not a striker he is the top scorer. His goals tend to | :35:55. | :35:59. | |
be special. Again that is great technique. Half-volley. Another one | :35:59. | :36:04. | |
outside the box with his left foot. He is predominantly left sided but | :36:04. | :36:08. | |
he can score... You don't need a right one if you can score like | :36:08. | :36:15. | |
that. He shoots across the ball. Himself and bait Beattie would be a | :36:15. | :36:18. | |
handful for a lot of teams. Craig likes to get behind and he is | :36:19. | :36:23. | |
direct. He started his Hearts career well, he scored in the derby | :36:23. | :36:26. | |
game. It is a shame for the supporters when you don't tie your | :36:26. | :36:30. | |
players down. He is out of contract and it looks like, you know, there | :36:30. | :36:36. | |
won't be a shortage of takers for Skacel because he is talented. | :36:36. | :36:41. | |
Three months into 2012 St Mirren tried for their first League One | :36:41. | :36:51. | |
:36:51. | :36:54. | ||
win of the year. Kilmarnock was in first win in 12 in the SPL. It is | :36:54. | :37:01. | |
not a good run of form. Good win gives it away to Gary Harkins. That | :37:01. | :37:07. | |
is so close to the opening goal, inside the first minute. Gary | :37:07. | :37:13. | |
Harkins clipping the edge of the post. Sheils slips it through for | :37:13. | :37:21. | |
Hay. The opening goal for Kilmarnock has been on the cards. | :37:21. | :37:28. | |
It's a well deserved breakthrough, and Van Tornhout with his first SPL | :37:28. | :37:36. | |
goal puts the visitors ahead. McAusland. That is a good run by | :37:37. | :37:44. | |
Thompson. The other Steven Thompson slides it past and St Mirren from | :37:44. | :37:51. | |
nothing have the equaliser. Against the run of play. And Steven | :37:51. | :38:01. | |
:38:01. | :38:10. | ||
Thompson deadly in the box. Draws Terrific save from the Kilmarnock | :38:10. | :38:15. | |
keeper. A good bit of skill and good efrtd from Hasselbaink. -- | :38:15. | :38:23. | |
effort. Such a tricky customer, McGowan, gets it across for | :38:23. | :38:27. | |
Hasselbaink. Forced wide once more but he has done well, off the line | :38:27. | :38:36. | |
by Nelson. Thompson wasn't far away from getting a crucial touch there. | :38:36. | :38:43. | |
Saind miles an hour have been a changed side -- St Mirren have been | :38:43. | :38:48. | |
a changed side since the equaliser went in. It is a good looking cross. | :38:48. | :38:55. | |
Steven Thompson arriving. St Mirren have turned this on its head! It is | :38:55. | :39:02. | |
Steven Thompson that rose highest, it was over the striker Thompson. | :39:02. | :39:09. | |
But Steven Thompson put St Mirren in front. McAusland bursting | :39:09. | :39:15. | |
forward. Kilmarnock tracking back though. Gordon gets the crucial | :39:15. | :39:22. | |
touch. Bundled over by Hasselbaink. Play allowed to continue. St Mirren | :39:22. | :39:30. | |
have a two goal lead. Nigel Hasselbaink knocking Sissoko to the | :39:30. | :39:36. | |
ground and the referee felt that was fair. He looked to barge him | :39:36. | :39:43. | |
over. Hasselbaink got away with it. And made the most of it. St Mirren | :39:43. | :39:47. | |
have found goals hard to combination recently. They have | :39:47. | :39:57. | |
three so far. Thompson. Curls one. That is a ball for Steven Thompson. | :39:57. | :40:01. | |
It is four for St Mirren. And the three points are secure, no doubt | :40:01. | :40:06. | |
about that. Lovely finish from Thompson. 12 goals for the season | :40:06. | :40:15. | |
for the striker. And St Mirren on easy veet now. A return to first | :40:15. | :40:17. | |
team football for Liam Kelly following the death of his father, | :40:17. | :40:26. | |
in the minutes that followed the League Cup Final win. Kilmarnock | :40:26. | :40:32. | |
started the game so well. They just fell right out of it. Here is | :40:32. | :40:39. | |
Sheils. Tries, what a lovely goal by Sheils. No more than a cons lai, | :40:39. | :40:47. | |
unfortunately for him. He really did take this one well. -- | :40:48. | :40:51. | |
consolation. Kilmarnock pull one consolation. Kilmarnock pull one | :40:51. | :40:56. | |
back in the closing stages. It has ban weekend of hotly debated | :40:56. | :41:01. | |
refereeing decisions. Kenny Sheils was not happy as he demonstrated | :41:01. | :41:06. | |
there to the officials after, about this push by Nigel Hasselbaink on | :41:06. | :41:10. | |
Sissoko. First I think Sissoko should be kicking that out for the | :41:10. | :41:14. | |
throw in. He tries to take a chance there, he is last man. He has to be | :41:15. | :41:21. | |
stronger. Both players arms are out, and as a centre half, he has gone | :41:21. | :41:25. | |
over too simple. He has to be stronger there and first he put | :41:25. | :41:29. | |
himself in that position by being sloppy. Can you can't do thatdown | :41:29. | :41:34. | |
are last man. It is hard to believe that St Mirren's last win was | :41:34. | :41:37. | |
Christmas Eve. That is three months without winning. Their problem, | :41:37. | :41:42. | |
this is we go back here to December, I think it is Christmas Eve, it is | :41:42. | :41:47. | |
a great win against Rangers, here, they bat -- battled hard for it. 2- | :41:47. | :41:52. | |
1 they beat them. You think they got that first win and this was two | :41:52. | :41:56. | |
years ago the last time they scored four goals against Celtic, which | :41:56. | :42:03. | |
helped them up. It cost Tony Mowbray his job at Celtic, this | :42:03. | :42:08. | |
defeat. You can see that they got good attacking option now. They | :42:08. | :42:13. | |
brought in McGowan and Thomson, which will give them something else, | :42:13. | :42:17. | |
but their problem as been they just haven't simply scored enough goals. | :42:17. | :42:21. | |
That can get to you after a while, if you are playing good football | :42:21. | :42:25. | |
but not enough end product. That is right. You start blaming, the | :42:25. | :42:30. | |
striker, you start looking at other things and thinking maybe we need | :42:30. | :42:35. | |
goals from different areas, but now, as I say, they brought in Thomson, | :42:35. | :42:38. | |
McGowan, they will give them something different, Thompson is | :42:38. | :42:42. | |
experienced, played at the top level, and he will certainly go in | :42:42. | :42:46. | |
there and ruffle a few feathers for you. That is a team that could move | :42:46. | :42:50. | |
on a bit, probably Kilmarnock as well, you saw them in the League | :42:50. | :42:56. | |
Cup Final beating Celtic. That was a result that surprised me. I look | :42:56. | :43:03. | |
t at St Mirren's form, Kilmarnock been on a good run, won the cup | :43:03. | :43:09. | |
fine. They did well to win the cup but, to go and lose 4-2. I am sure | :43:09. | :43:13. | |
Kenny Sheils wasn't happy with the defender, but I was surprised that | :43:13. | :43:18. | |
Kilmarnock went down four there to St Mirren. Let us look at the | :43:18. | :43:22. | |
Clydesdale bang Premier League an one point required for Celtic to | :43:22. | :43:27. | |
win the title, they could do it next weekend. Rangers are six ahead | :43:27. | :43:33. | |
of Motherwell in second. Dundee and St Johnstone five point points off | :43:33. | :43:42. | |
third P Third. At the bottom of table Hibs are six ahead of | :43:42. | :43:52. | |
:43:52. | :44:00. | ||
Dunfermline. SPL fixtures next The raps den Challenge Cup final | :44:00. | :44:06. | |
was played today at Livingston and Falkirk beat Hamilton by an early | :44:06. | :44:11. | |
Darren Dodds goal to nil. Silverware for Stephen Presley's | :44:11. | :44:19. |