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Oh, what an impact! Ryan Gauld could finish. Still Johnson. What a goal | :00:26. | :00:38. | |
that is from the youngster. What a strike from Jamie Hamill! That is a | :00:39. | :00:47. | |
beautiful finish. Good evening and a happy new year | :00:48. | :01:03. | |
from us all at Sportscene. It's been a cracking New Year of derby duels | :01:04. | :01:06. | |
in Scotland's top flight. My advice, to sit back and enjoy - in the | :01:07. | :01:09. | |
company of these two. Two halves of the Edinburgh derby | :01:10. | :01:34. | |
divide represented in full this evening - Michael Stewart and Kenny | :01:35. | :01:41. | |
Miller join us tonight. And it's in Edinburgh we start. Despite | :01:42. | :01:43. | |
languishing at the bottom of the Premiership on a negative points | :01:44. | :01:47. | |
tally it was two wins out of two this season for Hearts over Hibs. | :01:48. | :01:50. | |
However hopes were high amongst the Easter Road faithful. They packed | :01:51. | :01:53. | |
out the stadium this evening, with Terry Butcher in for his first taste | :01:54. | :01:56. | |
of Edinburgh derby action. Commentary comes from Rob Maclean. | :01:57. | :02:04. | |
Terry Butcher's first Edinburgh derby team selection not too | :02:05. | :02:08. | |
difficult. It is the same line up which beat Kilmarnock in the last | :02:09. | :02:14. | |
game of 2013. Illness depriving Hearts of Danny Wilson. Jordan | :02:15. | :02:20. | |
McGhee is drafted in. That tinge - saved by Williams. What | :02:21. | :02:40. | |
a chance for the young midfielder, on the end of Paterson's cross. Very | :02:41. | :02:45. | |
much on target. In from Craig and Jordan Foster's | :02:46. | :02:58. | |
heading crashing back off the bar. And that is the nearest thing to a | :02:59. | :03:07. | |
goal in the Edinburgh derby so far. Macdonald looks back with relief. | :03:08. | :03:15. | |
The tip over the top from Macdonald. It was the youngster, Jason | :03:16. | :03:29. | |
Cummings. The first Edinburgh derby of 2014 still goalless. Cairney | :03:30. | :03:35. | |
trying to do something about that. It is a great run and the cutback | :03:36. | :03:41. | |
and Collins had the shot and there were screams for a penalty. | :03:42. | :03:49. | |
Hanlon was up and James Collins scores the goal of his derby dreams! | :03:50. | :04:03. | |
61 minutes at Easter Road. Hibs are in front. A cluster of players in | :04:04. | :04:09. | |
the six-yard box and it was Collins who got the important touch. | :04:10. | :04:17. | |
A brilliant run by Smith and that is Paterson and that is in off Ryan | :04:18. | :04:47. | |
McGivern and it's all-square in the derby. 72 minutes gone, six minutes | :04:48. | :04:54. | |
on the pitch for Smith. Williams couldn't hold the shot. Paterson | :04:55. | :05:04. | |
with the follow up attempt. In off McGivern. And having levelled this | :05:05. | :05:09. | |
up, Hearts now fancying themselves to grab all three points. A great | :05:10. | :05:16. | |
run from Walker. Down he goes. McGivern was the defender involved. | :05:17. | :05:22. | |
And there is a yellow card out here. For the Hearts winger. And that | :05:23. | :05:26. | |
looks like the right decision. McGhee makes the challenge and | :05:27. | :05:48. | |
that's a penalty! And Hearts cannot believe it. Ryan Reevenson -- | :05:49. | :05:58. | |
Stevenson wags his finger in the referee's face. Liam Craig, she Sen | :05:59. | :06:05. | |
minute - seven minutes from time with his seventh goal of the season | :06:06. | :06:10. | |
and it looks like the goal that has won the Edinburgh derby. | :06:11. | :06:23. | |
That is a stinging shot from McHattie and Williams solidly behind | :06:24. | :06:30. | |
this. Heffernan! That would have settled | :06:31. | :06:43. | |
it. That would have been the icing on the cake. It has flown wide. | :06:44. | :06:55. | |
Hibs close in on victory. And another chance! And Collins doesn't | :06:56. | :07:07. | |
quite know how he missed that. This would have made it 3-1. What a | :07:08. | :07:15. | |
chance. Our fans have suffered at the hand of Hearts and it is nice to | :07:16. | :07:20. | |
win a game. I felt we deserved the win. We dominated the game. Just | :07:21. | :07:25. | |
that bit of quality in the final third just wasn't quite there. But | :07:26. | :07:29. | |
we felt if we could persevere and keep on going, something would | :07:30. | :07:34. | |
happen. We did well to get back in the game. It was a difficult night | :07:35. | :07:43. | |
for us. They put us under pressure, specially on set plays. But we | :07:44. | :07:47. | |
battled well and it is a controversial decision that has cost | :07:48. | :07:55. | |
us a point. Fantastic to see a pulsating Edinburgh derby. Kenny | :07:56. | :08:00. | |
Miller, was it the right result? I think so. On the balance of play, | :08:01. | :08:04. | |
particularly in the second half, Hearts maybe started the brighter | :08:05. | :08:10. | |
teams, but Hibs came into it and there was only one team in it in the | :08:11. | :08:14. | |
second half. You have seen the chances that were created. Bigger | :08:15. | :08:19. | |
they may be aggrieved they didn't get more. It seemed like a whirlwind | :08:20. | :08:25. | |
start from Hibs, but you saw good signs from Hearts to start with? | :08:26. | :08:30. | |
Yes, there was no doubt Hibs were the better team, but the first sort | :08:31. | :08:34. | |
of five or ten minutes there was bits of play from Hearts like we see | :08:35. | :08:40. | |
here. A bit of an idea of what they were trying to do, without, far too | :08:41. | :08:46. | |
often there has just been aimless balls from the back. There seemed to | :08:47. | :08:52. | |
be good movement off the ball. This one here, a great cross from | :08:53. | :08:58. | |
Paterson and Tapping was unfortunate. That is something that | :08:59. | :09:02. | |
has not happened a lot for Hearts. But after that, Hibs were the better | :09:03. | :09:06. | |
team. We have seen some bad defending from Hearts this season, | :09:07. | :09:12. | |
the 7-0 hammering from Celtic springs to mind. How much was it | :09:13. | :09:18. | |
down to bad defending for the Collins goal. Well, I don't want to | :09:19. | :09:22. | |
be too critical, but the gap between the full back and the centre half is | :09:23. | :09:27. | |
alarming. That is something that has cost them this season. They have | :09:28. | :09:33. | |
conseepeded a lot of -- conceded a lot of goals from bad defending. | :09:34. | :09:39. | |
They're not picking nip up. You see -- picking anyone up. Collins is the | :09:40. | :09:46. | |
quickest to react and gets the goal. That is something that needs to be | :09:47. | :09:51. | |
rectified. It should have been done yesterday and it will need to be | :09:52. | :09:55. | |
done quickly. What did you make of the equaliser for Hearts? Well, I | :09:56. | :10:00. | |
couldn't see it coming. Hibs were the dominant team in the second | :10:01. | :10:04. | |
half. But Smith came on and he has picked the ball up in the Hibs' half | :10:05. | :10:09. | |
and he was direct. It is something that Hearts were missing all day. He | :10:10. | :10:15. | |
has beaten a second man too easily and had a fantastic shot and been | :10:16. | :10:24. | |
first to the rebound. But he has deserved that for being direct and | :10:25. | :10:28. | |
getting at the Hibs' defence. A poor goal to lose. In terms of the | :10:29. | :10:35. | |
penalty, let's look at that. Any doubts about the decision? No, I | :10:36. | :10:38. | |
think it is a penalty. You see there, it is his leg, he lifts his | :10:39. | :10:44. | |
leg and steps across Stevenson. If he was just to run across and shield | :10:45. | :10:51. | |
it, he would be OK. But he lifts the leg and it becomes a tackle. And | :10:52. | :10:59. | |
Craig dispatches it well. A great win for Hibs. To the first of our | :11:00. | :11:03. | |
matches from yesterday, and the match of the day was at Tannadice. | :11:04. | :11:06. | |
Dundee United and Aberdeen both impressive so far this season - this | :11:07. | :11:10. | |
New Year, New Firm derby probably one of the most anticipated in the | :11:11. | :11:14. | |
last 30-odd years. It would be a dramatic afternoon. Commentary comes | :11:15. | :11:16. | |
from Paul Mitchell. Fopp top top Another slew of changes for Dundee | :11:17. | :11:21. | |
United with seven players coming from for the side that lost in | :11:22. | :11:25. | |
Perth. That is a heavy challenge from Flood | :11:26. | :11:48. | |
and the yellow card will come out from Willie Collum. The winger | :11:49. | :11:54. | |
certainly wasn't going past. He accepts the booking willingly does | :11:55. | :11:58. | |
Flood. Paton goes down and reacts angrily | :11:59. | :12:11. | |
to the referee. Flood didn't think there was much in it. Flood just | :12:12. | :12:19. | |
catching his foo. A great atmosphere at Tannadice. | :12:20. | :12:26. | |
Pawlett for Aberdeen. The keeper saves. United causing their own | :12:27. | :12:35. | |
problems here. Dwelt on the ball too long. | :12:36. | :12:49. | |
Low into the box and Pawlett. A sore one for Gunning. He had to make the | :12:50. | :13:04. | |
block - at some personal cost! Good play from McGinn, determined down | :13:05. | :13:08. | |
that wing. Pawlett caught that well. Pawlett rifled it in. Pawlett | :13:09. | :13:23. | |
unmarked at the edge of the box. He really hammered that in. That is a | :13:24. | :13:25. | |
good stop from the keeper. Langfield has come wandering, his | :13:26. | :13:52. | |
net was unguarded and Soutar said thank you very much. It is his 26th | :13:53. | :13:59. | |
appearance and his first goal. It was gifted to him by Jamie | :14:00. | :14:04. | |
Langfield. Easy for central defender. | :14:05. | :14:15. | |
Paul Paton up against Pawlett. The arm came across but was it hard | :14:16. | :14:21. | |
enough to knock him to the ground? Pawlett thought so. The referee will | :14:22. | :14:25. | |
redress things with the yellow card for Paul Paton. He believes his case | :14:26. | :14:32. | |
without success. -- he pleads his case. That time it was Paul Paton on | :14:33. | :14:44. | |
Pawlett. Play on, says the referee. Well, he was wholehearted in his | :14:45. | :14:51. | |
challenge on Pawlett there. There was a movement of the arm and the | :14:52. | :14:55. | |
referee has given a penalty. Robertson came across. Magennis was | :14:56. | :15:02. | |
in the box. The question is, was it deliberate? His arm moved towards | :15:03. | :15:08. | |
the ball. Penalty kick given. Barry Robson drills it down the middle. He | :15:09. | :15:15. | |
beats Cierzniak and celebrates with the Aberdeen fans. He pummelled the | :15:16. | :15:16. | |
ball into the net, penalty scored. Great save from Radoslaw Cierzniak. | :15:17. | :15:40. | |
The goalkeeper flying across. The free kick was deflected on to | :15:41. | :15:54. | |
the goalkeeper and in by Peter Pawlett. The goalkeeper could only | :15:55. | :16:02. | |
push it away, and in stoppage time, Peter Pawlett looks to have won it | :16:03. | :16:05. | |
for Aberdeen with a header over the goalkeeper on the ground. Robson's | :16:06. | :16:11. | |
delivery, and the header gives Aberdeen the lead. | :16:12. | :16:14. | |
goalkeeper on the ground. Robson's delivery, and the header gives I | :16:15. | :16:17. | |
think we can play a lot better. It was a stop start game. Percentage | :16:18. | :16:23. | |
football at times. Disappointed with some of our passing at times. | :16:24. | :16:27. | |
Disappointed to lose the goal when we did. The keeper pulled off three | :16:28. | :16:32. | |
or four saves and you start to think it is not going to be your day. To | :16:33. | :16:37. | |
lose a goal from a set piece when they had not been threatening was | :16:38. | :16:40. | |
disappointing but the response was to reflect. To come from behind in a | :16:41. | :16:43. | |
game I thought we were in charge of in the second half, to come from | :16:44. | :16:47. | |
behind and win it at the death, I think we got the reward we deserved. | :16:48. | :16:51. | |
The players were outstanding in the second half. | :16:52. | :16:54. | |
think we got the reward we deserved. The players were outstanding Jackie | :16:55. | :16:56. | |
MacNamara might not have thought it was entertaining but it made for | :16:57. | :16:59. | |
entertaining highlights and Peter Pawlett with the winning goal. How | :17:00. | :17:02. | |
impressed have you been with him this season? He has been strong. | :17:03. | :17:11. | |
Yes. He has benefited from a good structure and shape to the team. He | :17:12. | :17:16. | |
has flourished this season. Last year he had problems with being | :17:17. | :17:18. | |
marked as somebody who went down easily, but this year he has raised | :17:19. | :17:24. | |
his game and become an influential player for Aberdeen. He is very | :17:25. | :17:28. | |
direct. We spoke about that already tonight. Was he targeted by Paul | :17:29. | :17:35. | |
Paton. For Paul Paton, what worked in his benefit was that Flood got | :17:36. | :17:41. | |
let off with something similar. He has two good feet. I have been | :17:42. | :17:46. | |
impressed. He was alert, getting in at the back post and he put in the | :17:47. | :17:53. | |
winning goal. The Aberdeen fans behind the goal. What we saw in the | :17:54. | :17:57. | |
first game, and this game, two stadiums where the fans were jumping | :17:58. | :18:02. | |
and it is great to see. That is what the players want to play in front | :18:03. | :18:07. | |
of. They were local derbies, which adds spice to the game. You want to | :18:08. | :18:11. | |
have a full house, to have the atmosphere, to have a fantastic | :18:12. | :18:14. | |
game, and on the highlights it looked a great game. It looked as if | :18:15. | :18:20. | |
Pawlett could have had three or four macro goals. He was at the heart of | :18:21. | :18:25. | |
everything for Aberdeen. Where do Dundee United go from here? That is | :18:26. | :18:30. | |
three straight defeats. They will definitely be in the mix at the top | :18:31. | :18:33. | |
end of the table because they have too many quality players in the | :18:34. | :18:38. | |
final third to be anywhere else. They are a talented bunch and they | :18:39. | :18:43. | |
will be back. 20 more to come. And we are back for more in a few days. | :18:44. | :19:00. | |
What do you do when James McFadden hopes to inspire you to a 5-1 | :19:01. | :19:07. | |
victory over Partick Thistle? Drop into the bench. But who is to argue | :19:08. | :19:11. | |
with Stuart McCall, who masterminded his side's right to second in the | :19:12. | :19:14. | |
table? They looking for their fifth straight win in a row. May had taken | :19:15. | :19:21. | |
his tally to 15. It began with a moment of | :19:22. | :19:35. | |
controversy. Did this effort from McManus crossed the line? No, was | :19:36. | :19:39. | |
the decision of the officials. It struck the bar twice. The second was | :19:40. | :19:47. | |
definitely on the line. It remains 0-0. But this would be a match of | :19:48. | :19:57. | |
countless chances. Over 24 hours on, the frames of the goals are | :19:58. | :20:01. | |
probably still reverberating. Next to go close, Scott Brown, the Saints | :20:02. | :20:06. | |
youngster making his first start for the club. Iain Vigurs has an eye for | :20:07. | :20:15. | |
the pass, and Brittain knows how to score when he gets service like | :20:16. | :20:21. | |
this. -- Sutton. His 10th goal of the season. The tricky feat of | :20:22. | :20:27. | |
Lionel Ainsworth have been to the fore in recent weeks, almost leading | :20:28. | :20:30. | |
to goal member two, Carswell's effort locked on the line. -- | :20:31. | :20:37. | |
blocked. In the second half, Motherwell sought to extend their | :20:38. | :20:41. | |
lead. Ainsworth with the direct run, and Vigurs was there to make it | :20:42. | :20:47. | |
2-0. He scored nine times for Ross County last season but this was his | :20:48. | :20:54. | |
first goal for Motherwell. It was not quite over for St Johnstone but | :20:55. | :20:59. | |
when the ball ended up at the feet of David Wotherspoon, he lacked | :21:00. | :21:03. | |
conviction. And by the time May had a chance, a combination of defenders | :21:04. | :21:09. | |
and woodwork kept him at a. At the other end, Ainsworth continued to | :21:10. | :21:13. | |
minister St Johnstone back line. Again, the frame of the goal | :21:14. | :21:19. | |
rattled. And it had barely stopped rattling when Hutchinson's header | :21:20. | :21:25. | |
came back off the post. Not that Motherwell gave up. And when the | :21:26. | :21:28. | |
ball fell to the feet of Ainsworth, always a chance of danger. The man | :21:29. | :21:34. | |
on loan from Rotherham United, for the fourth game in a row, on the | :21:35. | :21:39. | |
scoresheet. Motherwell well on their way to a fifth straight win. James | :21:40. | :21:45. | |
McFadden was back to something like his inspirational best in the last | :21:46. | :21:50. | |
game, and on freight brief cameo he got number four. These are heady | :21:51. | :21:55. | |
games once again -- heady days once again for Motherwell fans. I thought | :21:56. | :22:03. | |
we were as good as we could have been. In the second half we were | :22:04. | :22:08. | |
outstanding, creating good chances and playing some smashing football. | :22:09. | :22:11. | |
St Johnstone could have got a couple and we could have had more. It was a | :22:12. | :22:14. | |
good game from our point of view. Clinical again. We had chances as | :22:15. | :22:22. | |
well and we failed to take them. Disappointing for us. But Motherwell | :22:23. | :22:25. | |
were excellent. Disappointing for us. But Motherwell | :22:26. | :22:31. | |
were Motherwell lost in the Scottish Cup and then got hammered by Celtic. | :22:32. | :22:37. | |
And then they got five in a row. Explain that. It is something Jackie | :22:38. | :22:41. | |
MacNamara will want to be looking at. They are similar teams as well | :22:42. | :22:44. | |
and they will be competing at the top. The thing with Motherwell is | :22:45. | :22:50. | |
that the Albion Rovers game was a shock to the system and gave them a | :22:51. | :22:55. | |
kick up the backside. Clearly, it has pushed them on and they are | :22:56. | :22:59. | |
doing fantastically well at the moment. They are clearly in the | :23:00. | :23:04. | |
groove and Lionel Ainsworth, on loan from Rotherham United, twinkle toes, | :23:05. | :23:08. | |
that is for sure. He had an outstanding game. Stuart McCall was | :23:09. | :23:16. | |
saying he hopes to extend the loan. He is direct, quick, tricky. He | :23:17. | :23:20. | |
always seems to have an end product, whether it is a shot or a | :23:21. | :23:25. | |
cross. And he scored a fantastic goal as well. Here's one they will | :23:26. | :23:33. | |
want to keep hold of. That is something you look for, end | :23:34. | :23:37. | |
product. Many flatter to deceive, but everything he does has an end | :23:38. | :23:42. | |
product. I am pretty sure he will be going back to Rotherham -- back to | :23:43. | :23:52. | |
Rotherham. I have to ask you about Stevie May. He was not on the | :23:53. | :23:56. | |
scoresheet for St Johnstone against Motherwell but scored a hat-trick | :23:57. | :24:00. | |
against Dundee United. How impressed have you been by him this season? | :24:01. | :24:05. | |
Very impressed. 15 goals this season. He is still a young lad. He | :24:06. | :24:12. | |
will be looking to improve. To score that level of goal already, it is | :24:13. | :24:16. | |
definitely a fantastic achievement. I would not be surprised if a few | :24:17. | :24:21. | |
teams south of the border will be circling him. Certainly in January. | :24:22. | :24:26. | |
The Highland derby next, the first for the new Inverness manager, John | :24:27. | :24:30. | |
Hughes, still looking for his first home win since taking over from | :24:31. | :24:34. | |
Terry Butcher. Ross County were looking for their first victory away | :24:35. | :24:38. | |
to Inverness in over four-year 's. They have not managed a victory | :24:39. | :24:41. | |
against anyone in the last ten matches. | :24:42. | :24:46. | |
John Hughes sees no reason to change the Inverness team which lost 1-0 to | :24:47. | :24:56. | |
Celtic. There is a new name in the Ross County team, Jordan Slew, on | :24:57. | :25:02. | |
loan -- on loan from Blackburn, making a derby debut. | :25:03. | :25:21. | |
Back off the post, and Billy McKay. You had your money on the top scorer | :25:22. | :25:27. | |
tucking it away on the rebound. Scott Boyd fires Ross County in | :25:28. | :25:54. | |
front. And could they get the ideal start to the New Year and a badly | :25:55. | :25:58. | |
needed win? They are on their way. The shot was inflected off | :25:59. | :26:05. | |
Tremarco. 15 minutes gone and Ross County in front. | :26:06. | :26:17. | |
And Cooper scores. It is two in not much more than a minute. It is a | :26:18. | :26:29. | |
double blow for Inverness on Derby day. And all of the composure, and | :26:30. | :26:36. | |
Cooper just took his time before driving that home. | :26:37. | :26:47. | |
Straight at Michael Fraser. Lovely touch from Billy McKay. | :26:48. | :27:08. | |
Fraser made the save, and Scott Boyd tidied things up. | :27:09. | :27:23. | |
Ross Draper went in against Kettlewell. Was he leading with the | :27:24. | :27:40. | |
elbow? Well, he is leaving the scene of the crime. But it is a red card | :27:41. | :27:52. | |
for Draper. And a dismal derby day continues for Inverness. Two goals | :27:53. | :27:56. | |
down and one man down. Agdestein, the Norwegian striker, | :27:57. | :28:17. | |
with a good hit but just too high. Aaron Doran has got it over Michael | :28:18. | :28:47. | |
Fraser and nodded home in the 89th minute, to give Inverness a goal. | :28:48. | :28:54. | |
Fraser hesitated as he came off his line. | :28:55. | :29:00. | |
Credit to them. They came in and they hit us on the counter and it | :29:01. | :29:08. | |
worked for them. We were a little over committed and a bit expensive. | :29:09. | :29:14. | |
It resulted in us losing two goals. Disappointing. We have been looking | :29:15. | :29:20. | |
for the break and we probably got it in the first half when Inverness hit | :29:21. | :29:24. | |
the post. Then we were able to get the first goal. We have been waiting | :29:25. | :29:27. | |
for a number of weeks to get the first goal. We saw the confidence | :29:28. | :29:34. | |
after that happened. A fantastic win for Ross County. They did well by | :29:35. | :29:42. | |
bringing in Slew from Blackburn. Registered just in time for the | :29:43. | :29:46. | |
match. A big striker, what did you make of his contribution? From what | :29:47. | :29:52. | |
you see, he has ended up with two assists. He is a big lad. He will be | :29:53. | :29:57. | |
a target man. You see from the touches he has for the two goals, he | :29:58. | :30:02. | |
picks up a nice position there. He works himself in front of the centre | :30:03. | :30:04. | |
half. works himself in front of the centre | :30:05. | :30:10. | |
And has the awareness to flick it on to a team mate. This one is | :30:11. | :30:17. | |
fantastic play. Grat touch. He has the support. You need runners and he | :30:18. | :30:22. | |
has played a fantastic ball into the space for his team mate to go | :30:23. | :30:27. | |
through. It leads to a goal. That is what you need - your striker to be a | :30:28. | :30:35. | |
platform to get you up the park. And that second goal has everything. | :30:36. | :30:41. | |
Blackburn paid ?1 million for him at one point A massive win for Ross | :30:42. | :30:50. | |
unty. When you look at what they did last year, they set the bar high. It | :30:51. | :30:56. | |
was going to be difficult to reach those heights again. But this year | :30:57. | :31:00. | |
has been a struggle and Slew has been a big plus, because they have | :31:01. | :31:05. | |
struggled in the forward area. Somebody that will give them the | :31:06. | :31:11. | |
platform to get forward. We will accused of trial by TV, but we have | :31:12. | :31:18. | |
to look at this. The Ross Draper sending off. What did you make of | :31:19. | :31:23. | |
it, Kenny? It is a harsh decision. He has led up and his arms are up, | :31:24. | :31:28. | |
you always have to jump with your arms. I don't think there is any | :31:29. | :31:34. | |
real intent by sending his arm into anybody's face or head, I think it | :31:35. | :31:41. | |
is harsh. The problem is when the impact of the ball's very low, had | :31:42. | :31:46. | |
it been, he was higher up he may have been able to get his head on | :31:47. | :31:50. | |
it. But I don't think there was any intent, but when you raise your | :31:51. | :31:56. | |
arms, you run the risk of a red card. Next we're off to the top | :31:57. | :31:59. | |
flight Glasgow derby between unbeaten Celtic and Partick Thistle. | :32:00. | :32:02. | |
Plenty of speculation swirling around the futures of both Joe | :32:03. | :32:05. | |
Ledley and Giorgios Samaras, out of contract in the summer - Ledley | :32:06. | :32:08. | |
started, Samaras was on the bench. Partick Thistle were hoping for a | :32:09. | :32:11. | |
massive improvement after losing 5-1 at home to Motherwell in their last | :32:12. | :32:15. | |
match. New loan signing Lyle Taylor - just arrived from Sheffield United | :32:16. | :32:18. | |
and formerly a free-scoring striker at Falkirk - went straight into the | :32:19. | :32:21. | |
starting 11. Brian Mclaughlin reports. | :32:22. | :32:27. | |
After consecutive 1-0 wins on the road, Celtic were back in front of | :32:28. | :32:35. | |
their own fans. Pukki almost gave them the perfect start. Only denied | :32:36. | :32:47. | |
by Fox. Lyle Taylor made his debut for Thistle, but his herd was wide | :32:48. | :32:54. | |
of -- header was wide of the target. Fox saved again for Thistle. At the | :32:55. | :33:01. | |
other end, Forster still has aspirations of a World Cup spot with | :33:02. | :33:09. | |
England and saves like this from Balatoni, he may well make to it | :33:10. | :33:15. | |
Rio. Again he was called into action. Forster going the wrong way, | :33:16. | :33:20. | |
but somehow managing to still get a hand to Elliott's header. A terrific | :33:21. | :33:26. | |
reaction save by Celtic's number one. Neil Lennon hopes that Joe | :33:27. | :33:33. | |
Ledley will sign a new deal and the Welshman made the break through just | :33:34. | :33:40. | |
before half time. This was Ledley's fourth goal of the season. His 25 | :33:41. | :33:45. | |
yarder creeping in between the keeper and the post. Pukki has yet | :33:46. | :33:55. | |
to win over the Parkhead faithful, but he came close with this effort, | :33:56. | :34:01. | |
but Fox again denied him. One final chance for the Jags late on, Celtic | :34:02. | :34:07. | |
famed to clear the corner. Lawless with the shot cleared off the line. | :34:08. | :34:12. | |
The danger still there and Elliott with the header just wide of goal. | :34:13. | :34:17. | |
Adam Matthews with the clearance as Celtic make it seven clean sheets in | :34:18. | :34:25. | |
a row. We had chances and you have to take them. I felt our strikers | :34:26. | :34:32. | |
were more attacking. We were deliepgted with the -- deliepgted | :34:33. | :34:36. | |
with the way we played. The performance wasn't great, but it was | :34:37. | :34:39. | |
a good result and under the circumstances a win. But we were | :34:40. | :34:43. | |
flat today. It has been coming for a couple of games. They're starting to | :34:44. | :34:51. | |
look heavy-leagued. So we -- heavy-legged and we will to assess | :34:52. | :34:56. | |
them before the St Mirren game and try and get a spark in there. Leddy | :34:57. | :35:04. | |
with the goal and speculation about his future. How important do you | :35:05. | :35:10. | |
feel its for Neil Lennon to keep Joe Ledley? He showed with his goals. He | :35:11. | :35:15. | |
probably doesn't get the credit he deserves for the, there is others | :35:16. | :35:24. | |
who steal the headlines. He is reliable and pops up with a lot of | :35:25. | :35:28. | |
goals and important goals that win games. I'm sure Neil will help he | :35:29. | :35:36. | |
can keep ahold of him. But he is an important player. Along with | :35:37. | :35:40. | |
Samaras. Equally important to keep hold of Samaras? Yes, over the last | :35:41. | :35:47. | |
few years big George has proven, he has scored a lot of goals in the | :35:48. | :35:52. | |
Champions League and Old Firm games. He has been a great acquisition for | :35:53. | :35:57. | |
the club. I am sure he will look to keep both. But with six months left | :35:58. | :36:03. | |
it gets to that stage where they can speak to anyone. Neil Lennon talked | :36:04. | :36:09. | |
of the flatness of the game and the stadium far from full. What can they | :36:10. | :36:14. | |
do about that? Not a great deal. They have got to wait until Rangers | :36:15. | :36:20. | |
get back until league, that is what drives them on. Neil Lennon talks | :36:21. | :36:25. | |
about the players, but you said the stadium is half empty. The players | :36:26. | :36:30. | |
are no different to the supporters, they're not as excited about the | :36:31. | :36:34. | |
league, because they don't have that challenge from Rangers. When they | :36:35. | :36:39. | |
come back, you will see a direct impact on the crowds and they will | :36:40. | :36:43. | |
come back. Would you agree with that, Celtic are showing signs of | :36:44. | :36:47. | |
missing Rangers? I think so. They would have missed them last year. I | :36:48. | :36:50. | |
know from being at the club, when you're at the Old Firm, you're | :36:51. | :36:56. | |
always playing catch up, one team will play Saturday the next the | :36:57. | :37:00. | |
Sunday. There is always that reaction. If the team wins, you need | :37:01. | :37:04. | |
to win to stay up with them. And if they drop pain moints -- drop | :37:05. | :37:10. | |
points. There is always something driving you on. With no disrespect | :37:11. | :37:17. | |
to the other teams, Celtic women win the -- Celtic will win the league. | :37:18. | :37:23. | |
We finish the night at Rugby Park, where the home side Kilmarnock this | :37:24. | :37:26. | |
afternoon took on St Mirren. A home victory would see Kilmarnock | :37:27. | :37:28. | |
overtake Saints in the Premiership table. Commentary comes from John | :37:29. | :37:29. | |
Barnes. afternoon took on St Mirren. A home | :37:30. | :37:31. | |
victory would see Kilmarnock For Kilmarnock's first match of the | :37:32. | :37:36. | |
year, Alan Johnson fields the same side that lost the last of 2013 to | :37:37. | :37:49. | |
Hibs. With Jim Goodwin suspended, Adam Campbell gets his debut on loan | :37:50. | :37:53. | |
from Newcastle. Slater! So close to his first goal | :37:54. | :38:15. | |
for Kilmarnock, slater there. Back off the cross bar. | :38:16. | :38:24. | |
Thomson is captain for the day. Dancing feet on the wing as well. | :38:25. | :38:35. | |
This is Adam Campbell - good strike and St Mirren are in front with 17 | :38:36. | :38:42. | |
minutes played. Adam Campbell on his debut gets a goal, celebrating his | :38:43. | :38:50. | |
19th birthday yesterday - that is a belated birthday present! | :38:51. | :39:05. | |
A fine strike. What an effort that was from Rory McKenzie to level | :39:06. | :39:16. | |
things. He was involved in the initial move, linking with Johnson. | :39:17. | :39:23. | |
He just found that yard of space for the shot. And directed it beyond | :39:24. | :39:27. | |
Kello. A second of the season. Newton to Thomson. It looked | :39:28. | :39:47. | |
destined for the bottom corner until Samson's intervention. The former | :39:48. | :39:52. | |
team mates acknowledge each other's efforts. Newton set it up and it was | :39:53. | :39:59. | |
the right boot of Samson to turn it away. | :40:00. | :40:03. | |
Samson again to the rescue for Kilmarnock. The shot took a | :40:04. | :40:10. | |
deflection, the keeper saw it late. Kris Boyd! Oh, it looked as though | :40:11. | :40:29. | |
it was a great opportunity for Boyd just to put his side in front. Neat | :40:30. | :40:35. | |
skills by the big striker. It may well have taken a bobble as he was | :40:36. | :40:38. | |
about to pull the trigger. A chance for granger and it shame | :40:39. | :41:01. | |
off Slater and directed it wide of the target. | :41:02. | :41:04. | |
Muirhead, not a bad strike from the teenager, on as a substitute. It | :41:05. | :41:12. | |
swerved in the air. Through to Kris Boyd and a minute | :41:13. | :41:32. | |
into stoppage and Boyd scores! That will secure the win for the Rugby | :41:33. | :41:38. | |
Park side. It is a sixth goal in six games. His fourth in four against St | :41:39. | :41:43. | |
Mirren. His 12th of the season. He was onside. Played onside by | :41:44. | :41:50. | |
McGregor and he buried it in the bottom corner. Very disappointed, | :41:51. | :41:57. | |
but Wen you give a top marksman like Boyd an opportunity, that is the | :41:58. | :42:02. | |
damage he can do. I thought we handled him well for the 90 minutes. | :42:03. | :42:08. | |
Just not for the 92. The boys have had confidence. Stipes when you get | :42:09. | :42:12. | |
-- sometimes when you get beat you see the lack of confidence. But it | :42:13. | :42:17. | |
is good to see the results are coming. A good winning goal from | :42:18. | :42:25. | |
Boyd. But how important were the saves? You have got to make yourself | :42:26. | :42:32. | |
difficult to beat. Samson did that for his team for Kilmarnock. That is | :42:33. | :42:40. | |
a fantastic save from Thomson. He is going the other way and that is a | :42:41. | :42:44. | |
great save. There was a number of them through the game. A strong hand | :42:45. | :42:48. | |
to it and getting it away from the goals. Yeah, it gives you the | :42:49. | :42:53. | |
opportunity, the chance to stay in the game. Gary Harkins maybe giving | :42:54. | :42:59. | |
the ball away. He is off on loan to Oldham. But Kris Boyd, your old | :43:00. | :43:05. | |
striking partner, are you surprised by this rejuvenile lacing he has had | :43:06. | :43:13. | |
-- he has had at schizophrenia? -- at schizophrenia. He has had a tough | :43:14. | :43:17. | |
couple of years. But it is great to see him back a and playing. Now, he | :43:18. | :43:22. | |
has had a run, you are starting to see the best of him and he is doing | :43:23. | :43:28. | |
what he does best. He will get them every week if he has the chances. | :43:29. | :43:34. | |
Kenny, your situation in Canada is that the situation in the future. | :43:35. | :43:40. | |
There was stories of a move back to Rangers. No. Put you on the the | :43:41. | :43:44. | |
hotspot! I have got another three weeks of the break, where I'm | :43:45. | :43:49. | |
working down at Murray Park after a minor knee operation, I'm getting | :43:50. | :43:54. | |
back to almost full training. I will be doing that for a few week and | :43:55. | :44:02. | |
then back to Canada. Thank you. And here is the table as it stands. | :44:03. | :44:06. | |
Celtic remain 11 points clear. Hibs now into the top six as we have | :44:07. | :44:30. | |
seen Kilmarnock now above St Mirren. And Ross County move to within a | :44:31. | :44:37. | |
point of Partick Thistle. And that's it. 2014 is safely in through the | :44:38. | :44:40. | |
door and Scottish football continues to look much like it did in 2013 - | :44:41. | :44:44. | |
blooming marvellous as far as I'm concerned. We're back on Sunday, | :44:45. | :44:47. | |
thanks for watching. Until next time, goodnight. | :44:48. | :44:50. |