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Good afternoon. These are the headlines. The 4th round of the | :00:29. | :00:39. | |
The first round of the Scottish Cup. It is the quarter-final of the | :00:39. | :00:43. | |
Scottish Cup and a time is running out. A place in the final awaits | :00:43. | :00:52. | |
the victors. Hearts beat their city rivals by Ivan one to win the 2012 | :00:52. | :01:02. | |
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5-1. Can they bounce back from their final defeat.? Can Celtic | :01:08. | :01:14. | |
achieved one of their best results? Can they send Rangers to the top of | :01:14. | :01:17. | |
the division table? The 4th round of the Scottish Cup is upon us once | :01:17. | :01:27. | |
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2012 started and its finishing with the 4th round of the Scottish Cup. | :01:29. | :01:34. | |
At December, rather than January, this time, because of the upcoming | :01:34. | :01:44. | |
winter break. All 12 tries coming up. We will start with Celtic v | :01:44. | :01:47. | |
Arbroath. The SPLA leaders looking for the first home win since | :01:47. | :01:57. | |
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be fairly straightforward for a team of Celtic's stature, | :02:01. | :02:04. | |
especially when they go out of their way to lend a helping hand. | :02:04. | :02:09. | |
Arbroath are kept their composure for 35 minutes until Stewart and | :02:09. | :02:17. | |
Malcolm are suddenly lost his. Needless to say, he knew little | :02:18. | :02:24. | |
about the attempted clearance, Kenny. A goal to the good. Celtic | :02:24. | :02:28. | |
set about putting the tie beyond Arbroath and they nearly did it | :02:28. | :02:37. | |
with some good set-up play to set up the Celtic captain. No wonder he | :02:37. | :02:41. | |
was annoyed. Scott Morrison in go had to be sharp to keep the deficit | :02:41. | :02:45. | |
at just one. There will be more from him later. The other | :02:45. | :02:50. | |
goalkeeper hardly add a touch of the ball in the first 45, but you | :02:50. | :03:00. | |
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never know when you're services right spot. After the break, the | :03:07. | :03:12. | |
procession towards the Arbroath goal continued. Surely Celtic would | :03:12. | :03:22. | |
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capitalise on the many chances they was set up by Ibrahim, but the | :03:26. | :03:30. | |
woodwork denied the Venezuelan forward a goal which would have | :03:30. | :03:36. | |
brought some comfort. With three minutes to go, Doris made sure his | :03:36. | :03:41. | |
free kick was deflected in. Arbroath's dreams came true. And | :03:42. | :03:49. | |
boy, did they celebrate! Sometimes you need a bit of luck and a big | :03:49. | :03:54. | |
deflection to ensure a big pay-day for the team. Celtic and a chance | :03:54. | :04:00. | |
to avoid it a trip. It fell to the substitute. Nothing wrong with his | :04:00. | :04:07. | |
shot all the save of from Morrison. The goalkeeper will be a busy man | :04:07. | :04:16. | |
Sued for the players, club and fans today. We want to give a fans are | :04:16. | :04:26. | |
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People have come up short today. I need to draw on some of the | :04:28. | :04:32. | |
experienced players. I was lucky enough to be here a couple of weeks | :04:33. | :04:40. | |
ago against Barcelona. That result was beyond our wildest dreams. We | :04:40. | :04:50. | |
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will convene a emergency board Some day for Arbroath. It was | :04:58. | :05:02. | |
extraordinary. It's the biggest result I have ever had forced it to | :05:02. | :05:09. | |
go to Celtic Park, OK, there may be excuses, a small crowd, not their | :05:09. | :05:15. | |
first-choice team. It doesn't really matter. They are still paid | :05:15. | :05:20. | |
a lot. Are they should be able to beat Arbroath quite easily. It | :05:20. | :05:23. | |
doesn't matter who you are up against, you have got to be up for | :05:24. | :05:32. | |
it. What a day. Can you understand why Celtic beat Barcelona and then | :05:32. | :05:41. | |
can't beat Arbroath? It's hard to explain, right enough. Barcelona, | :05:41. | :05:47. | |
they had to defend in that game, hit about on the break. It seems, | :05:47. | :05:51. | |
this year, when they go to attack teams, when the emphasis is on them, | :05:51. | :05:57. | |
they struggled. That's what the Scottish Cup is all about, you know. | :05:57. | :06:01. | |
It's fantastic both can do that. You can see his disappointment | :06:01. | :06:08. | |
there, he felt he had a good enough team out there to win comfortably. | :06:08. | :06:14. | |
It's one of those things. Of growth will probably pay for it in the | :06:14. | :06:21. | |
replayed. It's a great occasion for them. I think he was blameless here, | :06:21. | :06:26. | |
this home goal. The captain hammered the ball off him here. | :06:26. | :06:30. | |
has been blamed for a few in the past, but whether he just miscued | :06:30. | :06:39. | |
it there. You could not blame Alex in any way, shape or form for that. | :06:39. | :06:43. | |
There was a healthy deflection on the strike from Doris, which had | :06:43. | :06:50. | |
Arbroath rubbing their hands. a decent enough strike. It needed a | :06:50. | :07:00. | |
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deflection. And there were few late goals, spoiler a lead. -- a letter. | :07:02. | :07:09. | |
It was a fantastic moment. -- alerted. We expect them to go too | :07:09. | :07:16. | |
easy, Celtic, in the next game. They will be dreaming tonight, | :07:16. | :07:20. | |
dreaming of getting back to that place. They're hoping everything | :07:20. | :07:30. | |
will go wrong so Celtic don't fancy it. Obviously, they have to perform | :07:30. | :07:33. | |
in a different manner against Spartak Moscow this coming week. | :07:33. | :07:40. | |
Yes, it would be helped by the fact I don't think Moscow have got a lot | :07:41. | :07:48. | |
to play for. I don't think they can make Europe. They might relax or be | :07:48. | :07:51. | |
difficult opponents also bears no easy games in the Champions League. | :07:52. | :07:57. | |
They will want to get some points on the board, as well. I think | :07:57. | :08:01. | |
Celtic have done extremely well in that competition. Good luck to them | :08:01. | :08:08. | |
for that I hope they make it to the knockout stages. Now to a Derby Day | :08:08. | :08:13. | |
in Dingwall. The first time Ross County and Inverness when together | :08:13. | :08:23. | |
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in the Cup. It was compulsive Scottish Cup weekend. Earlier this | :08:28. | :08:32. | |
season, normally in January, but the start of December this time | :08:32. | :08:42. | |
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around because the winter break is their own in their Premier League | :08:44. | :08:54. | |
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with their new neighbours doing The front four have all been | :09:14. | :09:24. | |
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brilliant this season for Inverness. The referee will have his eyes on a | :09:25. | :09:35. | |
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flag for the Highlands. Ross County holding their own. Derek Adams, | :09:43. | :09:53. | |
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fall for County. Goal kick, only. That of a half chance there. It | :10:04. | :10:09. | |
just wouldn't sit down for him but he manages. A brilliant header from | :10:09. | :10:19. | |
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Quinn. When this drops, it's a half wondered if he was offside there. | :10:32. | :10:36. | |
It looks like he came from an offside position. A wonderful | :10:36. | :10:41. | |
little touch. A good strike but a very, very good save from Mark | :10:42. | :10:47. | |
Brown. The Inverness front for can move around the park quite | :10:47. | :10:52. | |
comfortably. They have such a greater understanding, don't they? | :10:52. | :10:59. | |
That's great. It gives you freedom to go and play. The manager has but | :10:59. | :11:04. | |
the centre half of this season. The wider lads have drifted in. To me, | :11:04. | :11:14. | |
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it proves the dimension. I think he prefers to play more central. This | :11:15. | :11:18. | |
is the way Terry Butcher's team finished and they were tremendous | :11:18. | :11:28. | |
against Aberdeen. Nice cross. Magnificent goal! Absolutely superb | :11:28. | :11:33. | |
of from Billy Mackay! The Inverness Caledonian Thistle juggernaut | :11:33. | :11:39. | |
continues down its track. An excellent season gets better. | :11:39. | :11:47. | |
talked about them scoring. He was on the wider left area. He gets | :11:47. | :11:55. | |
right in close. Oh my goodness. But is the finish of a player in a form. | :11:55. | :12:00. | |
He does not smash it. He glides it there with his foot. There is the | :12:00. | :12:05. | |
advantage of having Richie in the wider area there. Mark Brown has no | :12:05. | :12:15. | |
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chance with that. Mackie, no goes to ground. This could be the | :12:25. | :12:35. | |
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last chance of the first half. Pure defending. -- poor defending. He | :12:36. | :12:42. | |
must put it in an area where he can attack it. Ross County have some | :12:43. | :12:50. | |
big lads. They need to get this in on target. One a minute stoppage | :12:50. | :13:00. | |
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potentially. That is astonishing! Defending right on the line there. | :13:07. | :13:11. | |
All of a sudden, Inverness are making Ross County sat at the other | :13:11. | :13:21. | |
end. He is in! What a 30 seconds we had just seen here. Astonishing. It | :13:21. | :13:30. | |
could have been 1-1. A great ball in. He gets it on target. Inverness | :13:30. | :13:40. | |
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do what they are good at. chance of the half. It was almost | :13:44. | :13:49. | |
2-0 again, but it's not. That is the kind of ball you put in it. Put | :13:49. | :13:54. | |
it in an area where they can attack it up. A great header. A yard or | :13:54. | :14:03. | |
two wide. What a finish. Inverness, a well deserved it one-goal lead, | :14:03. | :14:08. | |
who was scored by Billy Mackay, his 12 this season. It has something to | :14:08. | :14:14. | |
behold. Ritchie has been awesome. Inverness, teeing it up, and that | :14:14. | :14:18. | |
was a magnificent finish from a barely Mackay. He opened up his top | :14:18. | :14:23. | |
drawer to provide that one. A real moment of quality from Billy Mackay. | :14:23. | :14:28. | |
He has done a good few of those this season so far. Inverness's | :14:28. | :14:31. | |
impressive season is continuing in the Highland derby in the first | :14:31. | :14:41. | |
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Scottish Cup fourth-round tie at between these two 3-1 in August | :14:46. | :14:51. | |
1994. The last one went in their favour as well. But they have not | :14:51. | :15:01. | |
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won one here, though. The thistles, twice semi-finalists in the Cup. | :15:04. | :15:13. | |
Dundee and then Dom firm in the later. -- Dunfermline. In fact, in | :15:13. | :15:23. | |
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the first season, they won by 24 points. Andrew Shinnie, he gets | :15:24. | :15:33. | |
away... Oh! What a goal! As good as we saw in the first half! And | :15:34. | :15:42. | |
County are level. The quality of the goals in this fixtures so far | :15:42. | :15:50. | |
this season has been unbelievable. This is even better! Wonderful play | :15:50. | :16:00. | |
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it! Right in the top corner. That wide! What a chance again! A bit | :16:33. | :16:37. | |
like Richie Foran in the first half. A great ball in and he has done | :16:38. | :16:47. | |
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everything right. That can only and this is incredible! He had to | :16:59. | :17:09. | |
watch that coming through. Yes, a good strike. A bit like this... It | :17:09. | :17:19. | |
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bounces a viciously. The Spanish goalkeeper was equal to it, though. | :17:21. | :17:26. | |
Draper through to McKay. And he will hit it with the left. Not do | :17:26. | :17:36. | |
with yet, though. Yes, it is because the flag was up. This is a | :17:36. | :17:42. | |
goal. Richie Foran is offside. But good goalkeeping. And again, talk | :17:42. | :17:47. | |
about the keeper's technique, the first save really good. But then | :17:47. | :17:57. | |
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Mark Brown is up again just in case is a deflection that has put him | :18:09. | :18:16. | |
the best back in front in this Cup tie! Richie Foran celebrates and | :18:16. | :18:22. | |
Terry Butcher smiles because his side are through to the 5th round. | :18:22. | :18:29. | |
For a huge deflection. We talked about brilliance! Brilliance or a | :18:29. | :18:39. | |
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bit of luck! It is off his arm and he is offside as well! What a | :18:39. | :18:49. | |
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moment of controversy this is! McKay's effort has bounced off his | :18:52. | :18:58. | |
arms. But it is completely and utterly deceiving for Mark Brown. | :18:58. | :19:03. | |
It is a lucky there. Richie Foran was offside so the goal shouldn't | :19:03. | :19:09. | |
have counted. What a week it has been for Inverness! They can't have | :19:09. | :19:16. | |
had many better weeks as a club. I said that earlier on. It has been | :19:16. | :19:21. | |
back-to-back, to back! You know, if it had gone the other way, they | :19:21. | :19:28. | |
could have been sitting on the wall but now this set the season. | :19:28. | :19:34. | |
now it is 2-2! Well, it has been levelled up by a deflection at the | :19:34. | :19:41. | |
other end! Controversy at the other render! And oral a son, one boot | :19:41. | :19:50. | |
from Iain Vigurs. But his game on again. And all of a sudden. They | :19:50. | :20:00. | |
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were unlucky to go behind. Look at the replay. No chance on that again. | :20:04. | :20:11. | |
Two wonder strikes and we have had two, three balls of a deflection. | :20:11. | :20:21. | |
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Now who has the appetite to go and win this game? What a start! | :20:21. | :20:29. | |
Thumped forward by Brown. And off the head of Warren. It gets around | :20:29. | :20:37. | |
eventually. We are now into the final 50 seconds or so. The last | :20:37. | :20:46. | |
chance. Last-chance saloon! This is going to be on target. And this | :20:46. | :20:53. | |
could be the difference... Everyone inside the stadium is on the edge | :20:53. | :20:57. | |
of their seats just now. It will have to be a win and it will have | :20:57. | :21:02. | |
to come from here. Ross County have the chance to win this cup tied to | :21:02. | :21:09. | |
go through to the cup-tied. And it has gone in! It is sensational! Cup | :21:09. | :21:14. | |
Richard Brittain has just put Ross County into the 5th round! From the | :21:14. | :21:24. | |
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jaws of defeat, they are going through! What did I say?! Let your | :21:25. | :21:31. | |
team-mates attack it! Their tactic SMAC they missed it! -- they attack | :21:31. | :21:41. | |
it it! Here it is. A little reflection... The ball is in the | :21:41. | :21:51. | |
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back of the net. -- deflection. It is all about the deflections. I | :21:53. | :21:57. | |
think he has a legitimate claim to have scored the winner. Not sure | :21:57. | :22:04. | |
how much he knew about that! Barely time to get the game restarted! | :22:04. | :22:14. | |
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They only get one chance. Ooh! Mark Brown! It moves all over the place | :22:14. | :22:19. | |
in there and again, Mark Brown, 40 yards, gets something behind it, | :22:19. | :22:25. | |
and he got just about enough of. What if finish to this game! For it | :22:25. | :22:34. | |
is not finished yet. Can Inverness rescue this? Unbelievably, they | :22:34. | :22:42. | |
have done! This is just absolutely incredible! Richie Foran has lifted | :22:42. | :22:49. | |
this off the cameras! When they seemed dead and buried at! -- | :22:49. | :22:56. | |
lifted Caledonian Thistle off the canvas! We talk about a minimum | :22:56. | :23:05. | |
three minutes. He gets the touch, Ross, not sit in and there you go. | :23:05. | :23:15. | |
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3-3! -- knocks it in. When into the 84th minute now. There's nothing | :23:18. | :23:24. | |
unfortunate about the second touch. Well! Where do you start with | :23:24. | :23:30. | |
that?! What a game! What a climax to this match! That came from | :23:30. | :23:40. | |
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absolutely no where. In the final few seconds of the game, they went | :23:41. | :23:45. | |
in front and were all but through and then from somewhere, Inverness | :23:45. | :23:55. | |
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have saved the game with the very Two dramatic goals. That's an -- | :24:00. | :24:07. | |
that must be some of the best belt you have had! Things are going well | :24:07. | :24:10. | |
for us at the moment, for the last couple of months, so you get there | :24:11. | :24:16. | |
is little breaks. Extremely disappointed because we were by far | :24:16. | :24:20. | |
the second team in the set -- the best team in the second of, so we | :24:20. | :24:26. | |
are disappointed with the second goal from Inverness being offside. | :24:26. | :24:33. | |
We do not do easy 0-0s or 1-1s. I thought we had it, then I thought | :24:33. | :24:39. | |
we lost it. And in the end, we took them back. | :24:39. | :24:41. | |
You were getting ready for your game when that happened at | :24:42. | :24:48. | |
lunchtime. What did you make of that finish? I could not believe it | :24:48. | :24:51. | |
because I had listened to it on the radio, and they were saying, what | :24:51. | :24:56. | |
do you think the score will be? I thought it would be a draw. And | :24:56. | :25:00. | |
when I had heard about the scores coming and going and then the late | :25:00. | :25:09. | |
goals. They think they have won, think they have lost. Then still in | :25:09. | :25:15. | |
the Cup. It is the Scottish Cup, isn't it! It is just one of those | :25:15. | :25:19. | |
games. I think you could tell before it was going to be a | :25:19. | :25:23. | |
cracking match because of the form of both sides in a Highland derby | :25:23. | :25:26. | |
and I thought they lived up to that reputation today. But after the | :25:26. | :25:31. | |
first half-hour, it was... needed a moment of magic and this | :25:31. | :25:41. | |
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this. But absolutely brilliant. And look at all the things about this | :25:46. | :25:56. | |
great goal. He has actually taken a bit off. As he swung his rut | :25:56. | :26:00. | |
through? He clips onto which am brings his foot back because he is | :26:00. | :26:06. | |
trying to bring it under control. That is off the scale, as good as a | :26:06. | :26:16. | |
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At that point, I thought this is only going in one direction. | :26:24. | :26:34. | |
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this player, you had Iraq Kilmarnock? Yes. Literally almost | :26:35. | :26:44. | |
Chick shot across the corner. They think the other goal shaded it, a | :26:44. | :26:50. | |
difficult angle off volley. But a great strike. The goalkeeper had no | :26:50. | :26:56. | |
chance. Cut Richie Foran's goal, had it been the winner, what a fury | :26:56. | :27:02. | |
there would have been tonight? Trust me, there is enough fury as | :27:02. | :27:12. | |
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it is! There's another attempt to tackle, and another. But if he | :27:13. | :27:16. | |
admitted player on, nobody seems to be complaining too much about it. | :27:16. | :27:22. | |
But you can see the tackles, you get is the ball... And that is a | :27:22. | :27:28. | |
touch on the ball as well. Maybe the slightest touch there. The | :27:28. | :27:32. | |
referee is in a grid positions so, right-on with play. And because he | :27:32. | :27:36. | |
has allowed the play and not been too pernickety you're not getting a | :27:36. | :27:39. | |
goal out of it but I do not think the referee and assistant referee | :27:39. | :27:45. | |
will want to see it. Things like that. He knows there has been some | :27:45. | :27:49. | |
sort of affection but does not know where bog it is from. I can imagine | :27:49. | :27:53. | |
the reaction had you been there Ross County manager! Definitely | :27:53. | :28:03. | |
down the touchline! I can see why Derek was aggrieved at that. It is | :28:03. | :28:06. | |
clearly in front of the look -- the defender and I cannot believe the | :28:06. | :28:11. | |
linesman missed that. But the brakes have a habit of balancing | :28:11. | :28:21. | |
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themselves out. For example, this He's had a pop at goal. As a | :28:26. | :28:33. | |
defender, you think, "I will go and hit it." He's not done anything | :28:33. | :28:42. | |
wrong here, has he? He just came too early two absolute crackers | :28:42. | :28:49. | |
here. I thought the game was finished before. It showed great | :28:49. | :28:56. | |
spirit, both sides did well in the game. You think, it's never going | :28:56. | :29:06. | |
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to happen now. There was a little They score a lot from dead-ball | :29:11. | :29:21. | |
situations. It touched at the back. Maybe on his arm, there. I think | :29:21. | :29:27. | |
Derek is fairly happy. I don't think he was trying to score there. | :29:27. | :29:31. | |
I think he was hoping to put it were there was a lot of bodies, a | :29:31. | :29:36. | |
defender or a striker and that exactly what happened. Derrick's | :29:36. | :29:42. | |
reaction was a little bit different in the next minute of stoppage time. | :29:42. | :29:48. | |
This shot looked like it came off Roberts on the way in. Much the | :29:48. | :29:55. | |
same as the goal we have just seen. He's hit his own man and it went in | :29:55. | :30:05. | |
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the net again. I think he was Not happy, is he? You think, with a | :30:07. | :30:14. | |
minute ago, you have won it. The team is playing really, really well. | :30:14. | :30:18. | |
Right now, I'm just looking forward to the next game for so it will be | :30:18. | :30:28. | |
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a cracker. Today was a dream to A century ago, this was at the | :30:41. | :30:46. | |
centre of a tax row between the government and local farmers. Today | :30:46. | :30:50. | |
if their local football team, Turriff United, who hope to make | :30:50. | :31:00. | |
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national history when they beat We had serious flooding here three | :31:01. | :31:06. | |
years ago. The local business community rallied around and help | :31:06. | :31:13. | |
us out. Now you can see what we have here today. Earlier this year, | :31:14. | :31:18. | |
we increased our members and this is the first season in the Scottish | :31:18. | :31:22. | |
club and the whole community is loving it. Less than two hours to | :31:22. | :31:26. | |
go to kick-off, and the biggest game in the history of the club. | :31:26. | :31:34. | |
Turriff United have already beaten hard teams, but now the biggest | :31:34. | :31:40. | |
game, their chance to get into Scottish Cup history books. We are | :31:40. | :31:43. | |
massive underdogs but we will give it our best shot and hope for the | :31:44. | :31:50. | |
best, really. The what kind of game are you expecting? They are not in | :31:50. | :31:53. | |
the First Division for nothing for the birds to be can keep it tight | :31:53. | :31:57. | |
and take it from there. I think we benefit more from the team are | :31:57. | :32:05. | |
being with us. Hopefully they won't play the football they are capable | :32:06. | :32:12. | |
of. Obviously, then being full-time players, technically, they have got | :32:12. | :32:22. | |
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to be better than us. However, I hope we can raise our game. They | :32:23. | :32:31. | |
are a very hard-working young side. A lot of excitement in the area. | :32:31. | :32:37. | |
When you get an SFL team coming up here, it's big news. We are just | :32:37. | :32:44. | |
used to the Highland League. The Scottish Cup, this is big here. | :32:44. | :32:53. | |
What are you hoping for today? A win today, boys? Yes. | :32:53. | :32:58. | |
It's a be occasion for such a little place. Anybody is very | :32:58. | :33:04. | |
excited about it and hoping Turriff United will win. It's been great | :33:04. | :33:14. | |
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for the time. I'm here every week anyway. Their hopes of a positive | :33:15. | :33:19. | |
result grew in a scrappy start to the game before Morton came close | :33:19. | :33:29. | |
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to open the scoring when they the magic of the Cup came alive | :33:29. | :33:37. | |
when Turriff United at came alive. A scramble in the box before | :33:37. | :33:47. | |
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Hitting the bar. Then David O'Brien was denied by a smart save up by | :33:56. | :34:06. | |
Stephen coots. But, on the stroke of half-time, they scored four | :34:06. | :34:16. | |
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on where they left off, and this effort crashed off the post. Then | :34:20. | :34:22. | |
Turriff United it rode their luck when Harvey missed with a goal | :34:22. | :34:30. | |
begging. And there were more heroics by the goalkeeper and his | :34:30. | :34:37. | |
defenders as they denied that the opposition. With the clock ticking | :34:37. | :34:44. | |
down, frustrations boiled over causing a double sending off for | :34:44. | :34:50. | |
both teams. There was time for one more chance but Harvey could only | :34:50. | :34:55. | |
drive straight at the keeper and Turriff United held on for the best | :34:55. | :35:05. | |
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The boys are absolutely delighted. I mean, we have come into games | :35:12. | :35:19. | |
like that, they are full-time side, but they came here, and sometimes | :35:19. | :35:26. | |
this season the boys had told me they will not let me down through | :35:26. | :35:34. | |
hard work. They will never let you down for that. Each and every one | :35:34. | :35:44. | |
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of them did well. We hit the bar four times. You are always wary on | :35:45. | :35:54. | |
an away tie against a minnow. trying to rid myself of that image! | :35:54. | :35:59. | |
A special day for Turriff United. Absolutely fantastic. We look | :35:59. | :36:07. | |
forward every year to the one which looks like the Scottish Cup winner. | :36:07. | :36:11. | |
They had to ride their luck, no doubt about that. But they worked | :36:11. | :36:16. | |
and they worked and they worked. They took their chances. I don't | :36:16. | :36:26. | |
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know if it is exactly smashed as challenge on the goalkeeper there. | :36:29. | :36:35. | |
They kept the ball down so well done there. These are tough days. | :36:35. | :36:45. | |
You can relate to Morton. They will You go to these places and the one | :36:45. | :36:52. | |
thing you don't want to do is to lose the first goal because you | :36:52. | :36:57. | |
give them something to hang on to. It doesn't matter how much position | :36:57. | :37:01. | |
and balls get thrown into the box, if they think they can just sit | :37:01. | :37:04. | |
there and defend and keep what they have got, and it was difficult at | :37:04. | :37:13. | |
times. But Morton had enough pressure and thankfully they got | :37:13. | :37:22. | |
the equaliser. He will be delighted to get them back with a result. | :37:22. | :37:29. | |
replay to come. Partick Thistle v Dunfermline played today, as they | :37:29. | :37:39. | |
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battled it out for a place in the to get a goal here, let alone a | :37:44. | :37:50. | |
chance of victory against McNamara's free-scoring side. They | :37:50. | :37:55. | |
came back from a 5-1 morning a few weeks ago to record back-to-back | :37:55. | :38:05. | |
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wins. For Partick Thistle, an making his second appearance at Fir | :38:38. | :38:48. | |
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year-old captain, played 32 times for his country. Cutting his | :39:09. | :39:19. | |
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managerial teeth very successfully, save from Graham Smith. He went | :39:27. | :39:37. | |
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down well. The shot may have been prodded it wide. He got himself | :39:51. | :39:58. | |
into a great position. Well, it was played into the middle. He ran | :39:58. | :40:03. | |
straight at Alan your head. A lovely shimmy, decided to go to the | :40:03. | :40:13. | |
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right, not the left. Stephen Jordan pushed down and there is going to | :40:32. | :40:37. | |
be trouble here. He could be office that was deemed a goalscoring | :40:37. | :40:42. | |
opportunity. It could change the whole complexion of the cup tie. | :40:42. | :40:50. | |
His armour moved across. The referee had the angle. -- his arm | :40:50. | :40:56. | |
moved across. And Partick Thistle, looking to win 10 in a row at home | :40:56. | :41:06. | |
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this season are going to have to do Stephen Fry who took that, to be | :41:24. | :41:34. | |
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them are particularly easy. One he Creator himself. Plenty of zing in | :41:41. | :41:51. | |
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from Sinclair. Barrowman! Dunfermline have the lead. It has | :42:01. | :42:06. | |
come from Andy Barrowman after 35 minutes. And the away fans are | :42:06. | :42:13. | |
delighted. Morrison, a great run for that. A lot to do here against | :42:13. | :42:23. | |
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Sinclair. The lofted ball in and Barrowman doing just enough to rise. | :42:23. | :42:28. | |
Dunfermline have the opening goal. Partick Thistle are behind at home | :42:28. | :42:38. | |
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could be the best route for Partick Thistle. And that came from | :42:57. | :43:06. | |
Balatoni. Who scored against unfair and men in the 5-1. -- against | :43:06. | :43:16. | |
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they find themselves playing against ten men. Rovers went down | :43:21. | :43:31. | |
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to nine men a few weeks ago. And Dom for her and then have won the | :43:34. | :43:44. | |
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last few matches with less than ten wide. Joe Cardle inside the box | :44:01. | :44:11. | |
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with three Partick Thistle players chance for the match to be | :44:27. | :44:34. | |
finished! Joe Cardle with a stunning stop for the second. They | :44:35. | :44:44. | |
had the chances first of all from Husband and then from Joe Cardle. | :44:44. | :44:49. | |
But Stephen Husband caused a problem and let Rover defender. | :44:49. | :44:55. | |
Cardle goes away and then a great save and a good second, too. Rarely | :44:55. | :45:05. | |
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have the power by Joe Cardle. -- really had the power. And now he | :45:07. | :45:13. | |
plays the ball through... And it is a penalty! It will be taken by Andy | :45:13. | :45:19. | |
Geggan. They are creating their own chances but they are comfortable at | :45:19. | :45:26. | |
the back. Having been chipped away and it yields results. Stick on | :45:26. | :45:32. | |
penalty, came right across the man with an easy goal. The moment of | :45:32. | :45:42. | |
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the goalkeeper. It is a way! Auto save for Gallacher! -- what a save! | :45:56. | :46:05. | |
He got a handle net and, yes, you got a fortune on it, go and fortune | :46:05. | :46:13. | |
favours the brave. And that was wide. Steven Craig. Wasn't picked | :46:14. | :46:23. | |
up well here. You could argue he was bottling it for the push. Paul | :46:23. | :46:27. | |
Gallacher guesses correctly. Off the post, agonisingly for Partick | :46:27. | :46:37. | |
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Two great saves in the second half! A great set-up and took a wee | :46:55. | :47:02. | |
deflection from the goalkeeper. And now out wide on to Ryan Wallace. | :47:02. | :47:09. | |
That is now five in the box. And another good save. This time from | :47:09. | :47:19. | |
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Hopefully with a smile on his face. And good play from Joe Cardle. He | :47:37. | :47:47. | |
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drove in. And the feet of the in the box, under pressure. And now | :48:02. | :48:10. | |
three as McMillan comes outside. And a vicious lick from Gallacher, | :48:10. | :48:20. | |
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Andy Barrowman. Giving forwards a bad name. The cards are starting to | :48:30. | :48:37. | |
flow. Looking for an equaliser. A good fist away from the goalkeeper | :48:38. | :48:44. | |
and getting back into the danger area and now cleared by Don Fermin. | :48:45. | :48:54. | |
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through. He could have taken that for a walk in the corner. -- not a | :48:57. | :49:05. | |
good decision. They were keeping the ball well earlier. Looking a | :49:05. | :49:14. | |
bit more lax now. Anne Sinclair reacts and the referee runs across. | :49:14. | :49:18. | |
Sinclair being pushed away. For others getting involved and | :49:18. | :49:28. | |
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is incensed. The captain should get himself out of this. The referee is | :49:36. | :49:44. | |
being aided by his assistant, Ralph Gordon. This could get Andrew | :49:44. | :49:48. | |
Barrowman into trouble. He was going for the ball but he caught | :49:48. | :49:58. | |
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Sinclair. And he was late and the their time. Always again, Cardle in | :50:13. | :50:21. | |
support, moving away. The full-time whistle has gone. It doesn't matter. | :50:21. | :50:29. | |
And the fine record against Partick Thistle in this Cup continues. The | :50:29. | :50:36. | |
red card came in the first half. And then a foul on Craig Dargo. And | :50:36. | :50:46. | |
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what a penalty save from Paul We came today trying to prove that | :50:49. | :50:53. | |
point, obviously. And a lot happened. Trying to turn the game. | :50:53. | :50:58. | |
But the thought we did well first off. Second of, nothing to lose, | :50:58. | :51:08. | |
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they came across 1-0 down and caused us a lot of problems. That | :51:10. | :51:15. | |
header back into the area, it was offside. The lads felt it could | :51:15. | :51:24. | |
have been offside. For the goalkeeper, you on the back line | :51:24. | :51:29. | |
and the whole team, ten men, one man down, I suppose it is keeping | :51:29. | :51:37. | |
as one. We still get doing things right with ten men and contributed | :51:37. | :51:43. | |
to a game that could have maybe been over at half-time. | :51:43. | :51:49. | |
And that was after having lost three weeks ago in the league. | :51:49. | :51:54. | |
it was important today... Jihad to be a big improvement, particularly | :51:54. | :52:04. | |
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at the start of the game. -- it had to be a big improvement. No gaps | :52:06. | :52:09. | |
but the last time we were playing than they penetrated its well but | :52:10. | :52:14. | |
that didn't happen here. We controlled most of the first half. | :52:14. | :52:20. | |
In total control of the game. And a very good first of performance and | :52:21. | :52:23. | |
showed off for what happened was a couple of weeks ago, we showed our | :52:23. | :52:33. | |
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true selves today. -- showed us after what happened. We had | :52:39. | :52:45. | |
numerous chances in that second half to come off. And Paul | :52:45. | :52:50. | |
Gallacher really didn't have anything to do, well, very much to | :52:50. | :52:55. | |
do, until that penalty, and after that, he had two or three says to | :52:55. | :53:00. | |
make. They kept throwing balls in there with good players, but in | :53:00. | :53:05. | |
some great deliveries in, like Ross Forbes. But we will waste will | :53:05. | :53:09. | |
today when we were breaking. So many chances to set up a second | :53:09. | :53:17. | |
goal. -- we were a waste all. But after a couple of weeks ago, a | :53:17. | :53:21. | |
great performance to go into the next round. How important are the | :53:21. | :53:31. | |
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outcome was the red card? -- how important was the -- to the outcome | :53:33. | :53:40. | |
was the red card? Well, after the game, he said he was clever. You | :53:41. | :53:48. | |
can see and there. He has either got to let him go... Probably a bit | :53:48. | :53:57. | |
unlucky. He had to go by the letter of the law but it was clever play | :53:57. | :54:06. | |
from Craig Dargo but in him in that position. We set up well and played | :54:06. | :54:10. | |
well. They were more on the back foot than us and we got a great | :54:10. | :54:20. | |
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ball in there. A little flick... A great header. So, you know, that | :54:23. | :54:26. | |
gave them than it -- the belief going on. Played really well and | :54:26. | :54:30. | |
the opening spell of the game and that was important given what | :54:30. | :54:33. | |
happened to last a few weeks ago. We looked solid enough and we | :54:34. | :54:40. | |
controlled the games. And having Jordan back gave us the balance as | :54:40. | :54:50. | |
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well. But the tight four today helped us plug the gaps. Any doubts | :54:51. | :54:57. | |
about the penalty? I am changing my mind now seeing as you were playing | :54:57. | :55:07. | |
with winners. The referee's Possession, perfect, and he sees it. | :55:07. | :55:13. | |
A penalty kick. So the referee gets it just right. Every time I looked | :55:13. | :55:22. | |
over today, Craig Dargo was picking the ball up all the time, his pace, | :55:22. | :55:26. | |
his intelligence, are absolutely superb. So don't forget, in the | :55:26. | :55:33. | |
midst of it all, that forward was looking the sharpest. And he did | :55:33. | :55:38. | |
this brilliantly from the penalty? Yes, he set up the penalty but what | :55:38. | :55:47. | |
a great save. He is a good goalkeeper. A couple of good saves | :55:47. | :55:55. | |
to make after that as well. He knew it was their day when they saved | :55:55. | :56:01. | |
that because obviously, to be honest, I felt we had chances to | :56:01. | :56:05. | |
kill them off before the penalty but they put pressure on and we put | :56:05. | :56:09. | |
people up the pitch and great delivery. And we defended well | :56:09. | :56:19. | |
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today. And when Dargo was called upon, he did fantastic. A bit of a | :56:19. | :56:26. | |
lull in the game with, I think, the boy being sent off and they lost | :56:26. | :56:31. | |
this bark. They started putting players forward and a couple of | :56:31. | :56:36. | |
other strikers on the bench getting good on. They got us on the back | :56:36. | :56:46. | |
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for to wee bit -- the back foot a wee bit. You won't have Andy | :56:50. | :56:54. | |
Barrowman in the last 16 of a cup of be his red card. Do you have any | :56:54. | :57:02. | |
defence? No, a crazy last few minutes. I don't think it was a | :57:02. | :57:07. | |
malicious challenge and this is where the problem is. Ryan has come | :57:07. | :57:14. | |
across to get involved again. And then Jordan McMillan got up to see | :57:14. | :57:18. | |
what was happening. If they had not run across the referee might have | :57:18. | :57:21. | |
just given them a bit of a ticking off but you have caused the problem | :57:21. | :57:25. | |
and then the referee has been put in a position where he has to sort | :57:25. | :57:29. | |
it out. And he thinks the easiest thing to do is to send Andy | :57:29. | :57:34. | |
Barrowman off. So, through to the last 16. Lots of action still to | :57:35. | :57:38. | |
come and two fourth-round ties tomorrow which will wrap up the | :57:38. | :57:42. | |
Scottish Cup on Sunday. Highlights of the Derby and Rangers against | :57:42. | :57:50. | |
her when City at 10:25pm tomorrow. Let's get more of today's football. | :57:50. | :58:00. | |
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for the First Division side. Graham is something of a goal machine for | :58:07. | :58:11. | |
Raith but it took him until the second half to find a way past | :58:12. | :58:17. | |
Deveronvale. David Smith with the cross and Graham with the header. | :58:17. | :58:27. | |
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hadn't travel south for absolutely nothing. When there was a penalty, | :58:37. | :58:42. | |
he got a straight red card for his efforts. Not the strongest penalty | :58:42. | :58:49. | |
award you will ever see but a penalty, it was. Scott Fraser are | :58:49. | :58:55. | |
tucked away at the kick. Levels proceedings. That man, Brian Graham, | :58:55. | :59:04. | |
was not finished. And his free kick beat the Deveronvale goalkeeper. | :59:04. | :59:10. | |
The 15th goal of the season. Raith are safely through as it 2-1 | :59:10. | :59:20. | |
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winners. With only 2.5 miles splitting the Times of | :59:22. | :59:26. | |
Stenhousemuir and Falkirk, this was to be a keenly contested match. One | :59:26. | :59:31. | |
goal was good enough to win the game. Kieron Duffy with a neat | :59:31. | :59:41. | |
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inside the 18 yard box. And his shot was enough to send Falkirk | :59:45. | :59:55. | |
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scalp but did not last long. They were two down within 20 minutes. | :00:03. | :00:09. | |
With just nine minutes on the clock, it proved too much for the home | :00:09. | :00:16. | |
defence. Things got worse shortly after from Livingston point of view, | :00:16. | :00:26. | |
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anyway. John Bird was brought down. It does look like a penalty, even | :00:27. | :00:32. | |
if the tumble was somewhat spectacular. Nothing wrong with | :00:32. | :00:38. | |
this finish up. They doubled their lead. A lesson in how to take a | :00:38. | :00:48. | |
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penalty. And Dundee safely into the was at the visitors' who struck | :00:58. | :01:08. | |
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mistake from just eight yards out. Forfar are battlers. Robertson, | :01:17. | :01:25. | |
making his debut from Dundee United, equalised. A terrific low drive | :01:25. | :01:32. | |
into the bottom corner of the go. The goalkeeper from a Ayr had no | :01:32. | :01:42. | |
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chance. With just 16 minutes left, Forfar took the lead. With the 33- | :01:45. | :01:53. | |
year-old finding the net from the edge of the box. Sending Forfar | :01:53. | :02:02. | |
home with a place in the last 16 of There's not much to choose between | :02:02. | :02:12. | |
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Motherwell and Aberdeen. Here's how the sides on current form. There | :02:13. | :02:19. | |
ducal identical league record this season and a 3-3 draw in September. | :02:19. | :02:24. | |
This had the makings of a hardboard tie. Who would bet against a replay | :02:24. | :02:34. | |
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needed to separate them? Chris suspended. Sean Hutchinson is | :02:52. | :03:02. | |
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game since last August. A League Cup victory over Clyde and the | :03:09. | :03:19. | |
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manager says he has every faith in we are off and running. Aberdeen, | :03:28. | :03:34. | |
early on the attack. A good-looking ball forward. A terrific start from | :03:34. | :03:40. | |
the home side. Niall and again denied the opportunity by phrase | :03:40. | :03:50. | |
:03:50. | :03:58. | ||
form this season. Johnny Hayes to deliver the corner kick. Any | :03:58. | :04:03. | |
opportunities here for Aberdeen. Just could not direct it goalwards | :04:03. | :04:10. | |
there. Vernon. Keeping the pressure on the home side of. Terrific save | :04:10. | :04:20. | |
:04:20. | :04:23. | ||
by a policy. -- by a lead Hollis. What a way to return to your team. | :04:23. | :04:26. | |
That will fill him with great confidence. Aberdeen, so quickly | :04:26. | :04:33. | |
out of the traps, and they would have been ahead but for this man. A | :04:33. | :04:43. | |
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glancing header. Great reactions the goalkeeper will be mightily | :04:55. | :05:00. | |
relieved to see that squirm around the post. Terrific walk from Johnny | :05:00. | :05:06. | |
Hayes. The shot was unleashed and it really took the goalkeeper by | :05:06. | :05:12. | |
surprise. He just managed to keep it out. Cannot Motherwell keeper | :05:12. | :05:18. | |
Aberdeen out? They were almost behind there. It's been a really | :05:18. | :05:24. | |
impressive start from the home side. Aberdeen fans certainly in good | :05:24. | :05:32. | |
voice. Could this be the a year? -- there yeah? | :05:32. | :05:42. | |
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going to get a yellow card. A powerful challenge from Shaughnessy. | :05:44. | :05:49. | |
Murphy felt the full brunt from this one. It was to put it. You can | :05:49. | :05:52. | |
see why the referee pulled out the yellow-card for the first time in | :05:52. | :06:02. | |
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corner of the afternoon. Tom Healy decent shot. It Jamie Lang field | :06:32. | :06:41. | |
gets a cross to keep the scoreline blank. He's trying to implore his | :06:41. | :06:51. | |
defence to clear the lines a bit the net before the goalkeeper got | :06:51. | :06:57. | |
his fingertips to it? He was taking no chances. It was a good save. | :06:58. | :07:01. | |
Motherwell, for the first time in the match, are putting pressure on | :07:01. | :07:09. | |
the Aberdeen defence. Humphrey will collect once more. It's a dangerous | :07:09. | :07:15. | |
looking ball straight into the arms of the goalkeeper, this time it. | :07:15. | :07:21. | |
Half-an-hour gone. The coach can be reasonably content. His side is | :07:21. | :07:31. | |
:07:31. | :07:43. | ||
Hayes! He goes close for Aberdeen. It was a good move from the home | :07:43. | :07:53. | |
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couple of yards wide, in the end, Perhaps a final chance before half- | :08:08. | :08:18. | |
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seen enough of the first half. It started promisingly. Hollis's done | :08:39. | :08:49. | |
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well. At half-time, it is goalless. Scottish Cup last season. A 2-1 | :08:56. | :09:01. | |
winner down at Fir Park. Motherwell have not lost here until -- since | :09:01. | :09:08. | |
2008. Their fans will look back fondly to 1991, the last time they | :09:08. | :09:15. | |
were here on a Scottish Cup duty. They won 1-0 and went on to lift | :09:15. | :09:24. | |
the trophy. So plenty to play for. Craig Brown has not seen fit to | :09:24. | :09:30. | |
make any changes at the start of the second half. The Motherwell | :09:30. | :09:40. | |
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gone right for him this afternoon. That so nearly did. Curling towards | :10:17. | :10:27. | |
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of and a son but he recovered. A corner kick is the outcome. A good, | :10:41. | :10:51. | |
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hassling shot. Tom Heatley, the man Motherwell feel aggrieved, they | :11:24. | :11:34. | |
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should have had a penalty a moment Claims of handball now from | :11:37. | :11:44. | |
Aberdeen but it's not given either. Now it is Aberdeen's turn to | :11:44. | :11:54. | |
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protest. Here is the claim for handball. The hand goes up. It | :11:56. | :12:02. | |
might be the other hand which touches the ball. Very difficult to | :12:02. | :12:12. | |
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see, that one of. He couldn't winning goal? Jamie Murphy! He | :12:30. | :12:40. | |
:12:40. | :12:41. | ||
loves to do that! A rocket from Jamie Murphy. It is the 6th goal of | :12:41. | :12:45. | |
the season and it could well be the winner did take Motherwell through | :12:45. | :12:55. | |
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to the next round of the Scottish Aberdeen manufacture a final chance | :13:02. | :13:09. | |
to grab equalisation? And it is into the back of the net! No | :13:09. | :13:17. | |
surprise, it is that man again! Once again, in the final minute, | :13:17. | :13:22. | |
and Niall McGinn, so a hero for Aberdeen this season. And never | :13:22. | :13:26. | |
more so than with this last for an equaliser to keep their Scottish | :13:26. | :13:35. | |
Cup hopes alive. He goes in with the cross... And then the head | :13:35. | :13:44. | |
there is inch-perfect from McGinn. And indeed, it is full-time. And | :13:44. | :13:50. | |
Niall McGinn's headed goal, with only seconds remaining, denies | :13:50. | :13:59. | |
Stuart McCall a path into the 5th round of the Scottish Cup. They | :13:59. | :14:05. | |
finished that 1-1. Agony, I suppose. How are you | :14:05. | :14:11. | |
feeling? I suppose Aberdeen came out in the first five minutes and | :14:11. | :14:17. | |
they could have gone ahead and put us under pressure. We had two in | :14:17. | :14:21. | |
experienced centre-backs playing and I thought in the second off we | :14:21. | :14:27. | |
were terrific. It is the second time we have been up and lost the | :14:27. | :14:33. | |
goal so it was hard. The lads were a bit disappointed but I thought we | :14:33. | :14:39. | |
went terrific in the second half. They have been playing well of late, | :14:39. | :14:43. | |
so, you know, we have got to be more than happy coming away with | :14:43. | :14:47. | |
the right result this afternoon. Another time with them. Aberdeen | :14:47. | :14:56. | |
have tremendous away support. If it comes on Tuesday night, they will | :14:56. | :15:00. | |
get the terrific support and that will help us. It is on the pitch | :15:00. | :15:04. | |
that the game is won and lost. We have had injured players back for | :15:04. | :15:11. | |
that fixture and that will help us. Than good he had -- thank goodness | :15:11. | :15:21. | |
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What about that draw? Yes, if you look at how it came out, with the | :15:25. | :15:34. | |
extra time, not a lot between the two teams, as you say, and it shows. | :15:34. | :15:38. | |
Aberdeen will be disappointed to have acquired a late equaliser | :15:38. | :15:43. | |
because they were rarely impressively out of the blocks. | :15:43. | :15:50. | |
right from the first minute they were closing down. But good pace, | :15:50. | :15:55. | |
but in under pressure, asking questions right from the start and | :15:55. | :15:58. | |
they have good skill, players who are willing to get into the box. | :15:58. | :16:02. | |
And when you put a team under pressure for the first minute that | :16:02. | :16:06. | |
can have an effect. It can affect the next 20 minutes of the game, | :16:06. | :16:14. | |
just the psychological effect. It did help them for about 20 minutes. | :16:14. | :16:17. | |
This is all in the first minute and this is a great save, a fantastic | :16:17. | :16:24. | |
save. And it was the only one he made. He made quite a few in the | :16:24. | :16:29. | |
first 15, 20 minutes, and he certainly kept them in the game. | :16:29. | :16:32. | |
And not just how close they are in the league, but if you look at the | :16:32. | :16:36. | |
two teams, both have got the same problem. It is at home that they | :16:36. | :16:41. | |
have been struggling to get wins. So probably now it was switched to | :16:41. | :16:44. | |
the fact that Aberdeen will now be the favourites because we know they | :16:44. | :16:48. | |
will have trouble getting away and at home they have been playing | :16:49. | :16:54. | |
great football as scoring goals or way from home and they have been | :16:54. | :16:57. | |
the same. So we could be in Aberdeen's favour. That is what | :16:57. | :17:02. | |
happens. And Aberdeen won the Scottish Cup at Motherwell last | :17:02. | :17:10. | |
season as well. Jamie Murphy has to be a contender for this? Yes, he | :17:11. | :17:15. | |
must be fed up with everybody saying, he is back on form, off | :17:15. | :17:19. | |
form, on form. Because in the end, if you are playing wide, you're | :17:19. | :17:24. | |
depending on how much of the ball you get but today he decided to go | :17:24. | :17:31. | |
inside a few times. And I told you what, that is a great goal. Not | :17:31. | :17:35. | |
much the goalkeeper can do. It is bending away from him. And he has | :17:35. | :17:43. | |
got his ability back. They are dangerous to any side, those | :17:43. | :17:49. | |
players. What a clever header it was from Niall McGinn, to square- | :17:49. | :17:53. | |
rigged for Aberdeen. He just can't stop scoring at the moment as if -- | :17:53. | :18:03. | |
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at the moment! -- he squared it. The power is on the ball. We keep | :18:05. | :18:11. | |
saying in training, but the pace on the ball with the crossing, and you | :18:11. | :18:16. | |
just need to guide it on-target. Great running and goalscoring as | :18:16. | :18:22. | |
well this season. And suddenly your confidence rises. But anybody who | :18:22. | :18:27. | |
scores... I mean, he is not a natural with headers, but anybody | :18:27. | :18:32. | |
who scores from that angle can boast such good technique. | :18:32. | :18:38. | |
Motherwell were looking for a penalty, for example, Mark Reynolds | :18:38. | :18:42. | |
for handball. Any chance of them getting his? A bit harsh, I think. | :18:42. | :18:50. | |
I don't think so. He but the hand is all the way down. I don't think | :18:50. | :18:54. | |
it was a penalty. From all of these angles you can just about spot his | :18:54. | :19:01. | |
hand... For the referee, it have one. I do not think too many people | :19:01. | :19:05. | |
will complain about that, except the manager, obviously, and the | :19:05. | :19:15. | |
team at half-time. Trying to work out a winner, so tough. I think it | :19:15. | :19:18. | |
all began to extra-time and penalties. Both teams have had the | :19:18. | :19:25. | |
same problem being at home, so I have got a funny feeling that maybe | :19:25. | :19:32. | |
Aberdeen, if I had to choose one based on facts, that Aberdeen have | :19:32. | :19:38. | |
had some good wins away from home. Maybe been more fortunate getting | :19:38. | :19:46. | |
breaks. Both teams are probably suited with some really good pace | :19:46. | :19:52. | |
in the team. I mean, I had Aberdeen in the League Cup and we played | :19:52. | :19:56. | |
them really well but they are very dangerous on the break. And | :19:56. | :19:59. | |
Motherwell are the same, which is probably why they have had good | :20:00. | :20:04. | |
results away as well. Let's complete the coverage with a round- | :20:04. | :20:08. | |
up of the three games we have not seen so far. And we start with | :20:08. | :20:18. | |
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Queen of the self at Kilmarnock. -- Queen of the South but the early | :20:27. | :20:32. | |
sending-off upset them back with a late challenge and then the | :20:32. | :20:39. | |
Spaniard needed treatment. The referee was left brandishing a red | :20:39. | :20:49. | |
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card. But soon up and able shortly afterwards. A goal in the 8th | :20:50. | :20:58. | |
minute. Queen of the South almost went further behind when Fowler | :20:58. | :21:06. | |
shot this off the crossbar... And the danger was not over. But | :21:06. | :21:13. | |
Heffernan could only put his header wide of the post. Despite being a | :21:13. | :21:19. | |
man like, there was still life in the Queen of the South. A great | :21:19. | :21:27. | |
chance for Clark but the ball went just wide. In the nine meetings | :21:27. | :21:30. | |
between these sides in the Scottish Cup, Queen of the South had only | :21:30. | :21:34. | |
lost once and they were not giving is one up, with his cross giving | :21:34. | :21:43. | |
havoc in the box. -- giving this one up. But then Kilmarnock went 2- | :21:43. | :21:53. | |
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1 in front. And that looked like game over. But credit to Queens. | :21:55. | :22:03. | |
They did not give up. McGuffie with the cross and it was met perfectly | :22:03. | :22:08. | |
by Nicholas Clark. And Queen of the South showing plenty of fight right | :22:08. | :22:18. | |
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potential of fiery one. No. Two came four minutes before the break, | :22:31. | :22:41. | |
and what his strike it was. Breaking the goalkeeper Nelson, who | :22:41. | :22:45. | |
scrambled across the line but failed to connect. No more goals | :22:45. | :22:55. | |
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but they did come close. St Mirren here and they were both in | :23:04. | :23:08. | |
tangerine. Johnnie Russell's credentials as Scotland's hottest | :23:08. | :23:17. | |
prospect were done no harm by this hat-trick. Russell's second was set | :23:17. | :23:20. | |
up as the SPL side fought further red with less than half-an-hour | :23:20. | :23:25. | |
played. If there were any lingering doubts, they were well and truly | :23:25. | :23:29. | |
snuffed out by half-time. You will not be surprised to hear Russell | :23:29. | :23:35. | |
was involved again, with his partner Jon Daly, but Dundee United | :23:35. | :23:44. | |
3-0 up by the break. -- to put Dundee United. This double was | :23:44. | :23:47. | |
insured after the hosts failed to deal with the corner. It was not | :23:47. | :23:57. | |
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pretty but it was gone up -- goal number four. Still work to be done | :24:00. | :24:05. | |
after this was denied by goalkeeper David Mitchell. A fine and | :24:05. | :24:15. | |
A pretty impressive performance and always happy to get a job done as | :24:15. | :24:20. | |
impressively as that? Yes. You never know what you're going into. | :24:20. | :24:30. | |
:24:30. | :24:31. | ||
A thoroughly professional Some good finishes there for the | :24:31. | :24:41. | |
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It has worked. Nothing works happier than -- works better than | :24:50. | :24:59. | |
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He is a terrific striker. He took a bit of a dip at the end. We were | :25:06. | :25:16. | |
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deliberating on goal of the day. He has ballooned. This is exactly | :25:27. | :25:36. | |
where he wanted to put it. His goal was an absolute top of. I can't | :25:36. | :25:41. | |
argue with it. It's the best goal of the day. You can almost feel the | :25:41. | :25:50. | |
tension, can't you? I've not seen many players do that. It's all | :25:51. | :25:57. | |
about the flick of the foot and back again. I have seen great | :25:57. | :26:03. | |
strikers do this. They lose control of the ball. Technique Wise, it's | :26:03. | :26:13. | |
:26:13. | :26:15. | ||
I would like to set -- to disagree because I thought... Just to be | :26:15. | :26:22. | |
awkward! But I have to disagree on this. If you look, you know exactly | :26:22. | :26:28. | |
what he is trying to do there. He is back left and he knows he will | :26:28. | :26:35. | |
try to get away, the fact it goes in and away off the post. They were | :26:35. | :26:45. | |
just fantastic. For me, I agree with Patrick. That was the goal. | :26:45. | :26:53. | |
Let's have a look at unfinished business. Games but -- postponed | :26:53. | :27:03. | |
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Two sides to play tomorrow. It will have you licking your lips and | :27:26. | :27:32. | |
Platt -- thinking of the Derby's you have played. Hart has thrashed | :27:32. | :27:35. | |
Hibs at the end of last season but it is hips going into this one as | :27:35. | :27:41. | |
the favourite? Yeah, it has been a complete turnaround with one team | :27:41. | :27:45. | |
struggling coming good than any other doing well. Then the other | :27:45. | :27:53. | |
not doing so well. Introducing a lot of younger players from Hearts | :27:53. | :27:59. | |
and it will be a big test for them tomorrow because obviously it will | :27:59. | :28:04. | |
be an experience, a first-time experience, for them. If there is | :28:04. | :28:08. | |
one thing about our hearts, they have a great record and everybody | :28:08. | :28:12. | |
knows that too is connected with the club and what it means. They | :28:12. | :28:15. | |
will be smart for the Cup Final. They will have taken a lot of stick | :28:15. | :28:22. | |
for that. Their conference is up. They have been struggling a bit to | :28:22. | :28:29. | |
score goals. -- their confidence. They should get a chance to pull it | :28:29. | :28:32. | |
off but we think they will want to put them under pressure but it will | :28:32. | :28:36. | |
depend on what team is picked tomorrow. Because it is a Derby and | :28:36. | :28:39. | |
you have to think like that. It doesn't matter if certain players | :28:39. | :28:45. | |
have been doing well. You pick the team because it is a Derby and you | :28:45. | :28:54. | |
feel they can handle it. And I hope he does. If you are saying that. | :28:54. | :29:04. | |
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need a wee bit of balance! He is Rangers will want to get somewhere. | :29:07. | :29:12. |