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Good afternoon and welcome to the results show in the week in which | :00:16. | :00:22. | |
scientists proved Albert Einstein's prediction about the existence of | :00:23. | :00:25. | |
gravitational waves were right. You will find out if your predictions | :00:26. | :00:28. | |
about today's games are right and how wrong our studio guests were. | :00:29. | :00:32. | |
Sending the usual ripples across the fabric of space and time today are | :00:33. | :00:36. | |
St Johnston assistant manager Callum Davidson and the BBC's very own | :00:37. | :00:40. | |
Richard Wilson. Welcome, gentlemen. As usual, our band of boffins will | :00:41. | :00:45. | |
keep us bang up-to-date with the latest developments in the games. | :00:46. | :00:50. | |
First up is Professor Chris McLoughlin, watching Celtic against | :00:51. | :00:53. | |
Ross County. And gravity is pulling Ross County back to earth with a | :00:54. | :00:59. | |
bump. 2-0 the home side lead. Armstrong and Lee Griffiths with his | :01:00. | :01:03. | |
30th of the season. It's not been vintage Celtic. The fans were | :01:04. | :01:08. | |
grumbling discontent ermier on, but they are comfortable now, 2-0 | :01:09. | :01:13. | |
Celtic. Motherwell against Kilmarnock at Fir Park, being | :01:14. | :01:17. | |
watched by John Barnes for us. Two sides in need of a victory and | :01:18. | :01:21. | |
so far Kilmarnock are in the driving seat. They have a 2-0 lead. Kiltie | :01:22. | :01:27. | |
with the first in 56 minutes. A lovely move involving quite a number | :01:28. | :01:33. | |
of the Killie team. The second was from Slater, which was a solo game. | :01:34. | :01:43. | |
The side second bottom lead the team just above them, Kilmarnock 2, | :01:44. | :01:49. | |
Motherwell 0. Hamilton and Dundee United next, our | :01:50. | :01:55. | |
man there is Al Lamont. Precious little to tell you about. United had | :01:56. | :02:02. | |
a shot at goal. Simon Murray's had the only shot on target, just before | :02:03. | :02:07. | |
half time. Dundee in more dire need of the points. It's goalless as it | :02:08. | :02:12. | |
stands. Off we go into the schunship now. Bottom versus top, Alloa versus | :02:13. | :02:19. | |
Rangers. Jonathan is there for us. The bottom side Alloa have stunned | :02:20. | :02:25. | |
Rangers so far. Marr with the goal. Rangers have been utterly dominant | :02:26. | :02:30. | |
but find themselves 1-0 down against the championship's bottom side. | :02:31. | :02:35. | |
Charlie Mann is watching Falkirk at home to Raith Rovers. Charlie, you | :02:36. | :02:40. | |
always bring us goals? Certainly do. A really good match in difficult | :02:41. | :02:48. | |
conditions. Falkirk were 2-0 up at the break, but Stewart's made it | :02:49. | :02:52. | |
2-2, levelled it up and everything to play for in the last 15. | :02:53. | :02:58. | |
Welcome, gents. Lots happening, as I mentioned. Couple of surprising | :02:59. | :03:05. | |
score lines, but do you find Kilmarnock up at Motherwell a | :03:06. | :03:08. | |
surprise? I don't know if it's a surprise. Kilmarnock on their day | :03:09. | :03:13. | |
can beat anybody. It's so tight in the table. The games are really hard | :03:14. | :03:17. | |
to call. They are probably in the middle. The bottom eight teams, it's | :03:18. | :03:29. | |
difficult to call them. The pictures from Dundee are coming in. I don't | :03:30. | :03:36. | |
think it was that bad? It's been OK actually. I suppose the point is, | :03:37. | :03:41. | |
only one shot on target, but lots of little half chances and the two | :03:42. | :03:44. | |
teams going for the win. The scoreline, as it is at the moment, | :03:45. | :03:48. | |
suits Hamilton better than Dundee who need to keep clawing back the | :03:49. | :03:52. | |
points. They are also looking at the other teams. That's happening to | :03:53. | :03:57. | |
Motherwell at the moment, getting sucked back in, but Dundee need to | :03:58. | :04:02. | |
keep the momentum going. Celtic 2-0 up to Ross County. They'll close | :04:03. | :04:06. | |
that out, will they not, Callum, one would think? You never know. Ross | :04:07. | :04:13. | |
County have a real goal threat so Celtic need to keep on playing. They | :04:14. | :04:18. | |
probably feel as though they owe them one, so it looks comfortable at | :04:19. | :04:23. | |
the moment. 30th goal of the season for Lee Griffiths. Who was the last | :04:24. | :04:28. | |
Celtic player to do that? A stab in the dark, Larsson. Absolutely 100%, | :04:29. | :04:34. | |
you know your stuff! In the Championship, Alloa one up on | :04:35. | :04:37. | |
Rangers, that is the surprise of the day so far? Yes, so far. Went to | :04:38. | :04:43. | |
watch them Tuesday night, they came back from being 2-0 down. By all | :04:44. | :04:49. | |
accounts, Rangers dominated the game but again, don't take your chances. | :04:50. | :04:55. | |
A lot of talk of Alloa narrowing the pitch. I'm not saying that's why | :04:56. | :04:59. | |
they are one up, but it's not doing them any harm? We don't know if it's | :05:00. | :05:04. | |
had a practical impact on the game but it may have got into the heads | :05:05. | :05:08. | |
of the players. Warburton responded to it in the week. Rangers struggled | :05:09. | :05:13. | |
at that ground last season as well. Difficult for them to play the kind | :05:14. | :05:17. | |
of football they play there. It's a theme of Rangers' season that they | :05:18. | :05:20. | |
have the ball and they don't always translate it into goals. They have | :05:21. | :05:25. | |
to dig themselves out of a hole on this one. Fall kick and Raith | :05:26. | :05:29. | |
Rovers, Falkirk going well in third but what do you see happening? They | :05:30. | :05:43. | |
are challenging, it's hard to maintain, people talk about the | :05:44. | :05:49. | |
pressure, again probably a little disappointing. I think they'll be a | :05:50. | :05:54. | |
little frustrated at the moment, as will Peter Houston. It's a great | :05:55. | :05:58. | |
achievement for Falkirk to get up there. To carry on, these are the | :05:59. | :06:03. | |
games they have to win. Let's bounce around the ground, folks. Chris is | :06:04. | :06:06. | |
watching Celtic against Ross County. Any developments? Not since last | :06:07. | :06:11. | |
time we spoke. 2-0 Celtic. They are in control. They look as though they | :06:12. | :06:15. | |
probably will see this one out. In fact, as you come to me, Griffiths | :06:16. | :06:22. | |
is making way for Kazim-Richards, his 30th goal just before the break. | :06:23. | :06:27. | |
Up until that point, Celtic had been stodgy. Griffiths and Mackay-Steven | :06:28. | :06:36. | |
hit the post. Celtic hadn't shown the kind of effort and play that | :06:37. | :06:40. | |
they had been showing at home certainly in recent weeks. After the | :06:41. | :06:46. | |
break, ten minutes after in fact, Armstrong had a tantalising ball | :06:47. | :06:50. | |
into the box and Boyata smashed the ball into the back of the net, | :06:51. | :06:55. | |
settling any lingering nerves. Celtic showing flashes that they | :06:56. | :06:58. | |
could get better in the second half. Developed a swagger in the past ten | :06:59. | :07:03. | |
minutes but they lead 2-0. To Fir Park now. Motherwell v Kilmarnock. | :07:04. | :07:08. | |
How are the Motherwell fans taking to this 2-0 scoreline? Quite a | :07:09. | :07:13. | |
number have already headed for the exit with just over 11 minutes left | :07:14. | :07:19. | |
to play. Two second half goals, one from Kiltie, the other from Slater, | :07:20. | :07:24. | |
both claiming their fourth of the season. During the course of the | :07:25. | :07:29. | |
first 45 minutes, Kilmarnock had the better of the chances that were | :07:30. | :07:36. | |
created. Gomis found a left-foot shot, great save from Ripley, he | :07:37. | :07:40. | |
made two jutt standing saves from free kicks too to keep the scoreline | :07:41. | :07:44. | |
blank at the interval. He managed to get to the left hand | :07:45. | :07:54. | |
side of the goal and turn a curler away. Kilmarnock have produced some | :07:55. | :07:59. | |
good football. Terrific goal for Kiltie. Good play in the middle of | :08:00. | :08:04. | |
the park involving Slater and Dicker. Slater picked out Smith in | :08:05. | :08:11. | |
the left wide area and fired in a lovely cross for Kiltie who was six | :08:12. | :08:21. | |
yards out. Terrific solo goal in the 61st minute put Kilmarnock in front | :08:22. | :08:26. | |
with ten minutes left to play. Thank you very much. A goal in the match | :08:27. | :08:31. | |
between Alloa and Rangers. Let's find out who is it for? It's for | :08:32. | :08:40. | |
Rangers. It was coming for most of this match, you would have to say, | :08:41. | :08:44. | |
but the problem for Rangers was their utter wastefulness in this | :08:45. | :08:47. | |
match. They completely dominated right from the start, but they found | :08:48. | :08:51. | |
themselves 1-0 down midway through the second half after Jason Marr's | :08:52. | :08:58. | |
header. It gave us the prospect of a huge | :08:59. | :09:02. | |
shock on our hands here in the Championship. Alloa are bottom of | :09:03. | :09:07. | |
the table, Rangers are top, but Rangers have found a way back. | :09:08. | :09:12. | |
O'Halloran with the goal and, to be honest, the amount of challenges | :09:13. | :09:16. | |
Rangers have had, it was just a matter of time. It was narrowed by | :09:17. | :09:21. | |
nine yards, four-and-a-half on each side, led to a congested side. It | :09:22. | :09:25. | |
has probably helped Alloa close things down. A chance for Rangers | :09:26. | :09:31. | |
just off the line, as they try and make this point into three points. | :09:32. | :09:36. | |
At the same time, the pitch has been an issue. Rangers play quick-passing | :09:37. | :09:43. | |
style and look for a winner now. Back to the premiership and back to | :09:44. | :09:48. | |
new Douglas Park. Hamilton and Dundee United hard at it there. What | :09:49. | :09:56. | |
is the tally looking like now? It hasn't increased. Picking up on your | :09:57. | :10:09. | |
point, it hasn't been a bad match. United, you would have to say in | :10:10. | :10:14. | |
dire need of the points, especially with that Kilmarnock result if it | :10:15. | :10:18. | |
stays the way it is. They desperately need the win. Not sure | :10:19. | :10:21. | |
they are doing enough to get that victory. They had a reasonable | :10:22. | :10:26. | |
penalty claim. I thought it would be interesting to whatever what the | :10:27. | :10:37. | |
guys thought. It looked to me like De Lima Tagliapietra might | :10:38. | :10:42. | |
caught his opponent, to be honest, but the referee gave nothing. They | :10:43. | :10:44. | |
have offered but the referee gave nothing. They | :10:45. | :10:48. | |
and, as we speak with ten minutes remaining, it's goalless. | :10:49. | :10:56. | |
and, as we speak with ten minutes goals in Falkirk. 2-2 the | :10:57. | :11:38. | |
and, as we speak with ten minutes Falkirk back in front at 20 minutes, | :11:39. | :11:40. | |
a good header from a long range free kick. It's been a good game. That | :11:41. | :11:43. | |
first goal for Raith on 16 kick. It's been a good game. That | :11:44. | :12:57. | |
goal, the easier it is to settle in, so for Michael it's a great start. | :12:58. | :13:05. | |
Last night's match in the premiership, Dundee and St Johnston, | :13:06. | :13:11. | |
two goals in it, both for Dundee and both for in-form striker Hemmings. | :13:12. | :13:15. | |
Callum, sorry to put you through this, talk us through it? The pitch | :13:16. | :13:23. | |
was really soft. Again, good quality by Stewart, gets a shot off. For us, | :13:24. | :13:28. | |
we are guilty of giving cheap goals away, we start the second half | :13:29. | :13:32. | |
really well and then seven or eight minutes into the second half, a | :13:33. | :13:39. | |
fantastic strike by Hemmings. On their part, it wasn't great at the | :13:40. | :13:43. | |
back. Well, we'll get more reflections from Callum and Richard | :13:44. | :13:48. | |
later after I've heard from Callum's boss Tony Wright and also the Dundee | :13:49. | :13:55. | |
manager Paul Hartley. Disappointed but we started the game well. Great | :13:56. | :14:04. | |
opportunities, but the first goal's always vital in these games and we | :14:05. | :14:08. | |
recently don't seem to be getting that. The players were excellent | :14:09. | :14:12. | |
start to finish. We dominated. Some of the play was excellent. | :14:13. | :14:15. | |
Especially in the final third, we should have scored more goals. We | :14:16. | :14:20. | |
kept a clean sheet also. Final third, the four upfront, the | :14:21. | :14:24. | |
combination play and movement was excellent. Paul Hartley | :14:25. | :14:28. | |
understandably delighted, thinking his team were excellent. I'm | :14:29. | :14:32. | |
guessing your evaluation of St Johnston is less so? Yes, I think in | :14:33. | :14:42. | |
the end he spoke about it as saying we are conceding the first goal all | :14:43. | :14:47. | |
the time. Once they have scored the second, it makes it a little easier | :14:48. | :14:51. | |
for them to play, then they have a bit more freedom. | :14:52. | :14:58. | |
Really disappointed. Form hasness been as good as we like. Last win | :14:59. | :15:03. | |
5th December I think, Callum? Thank you very much for that! In the end, | :15:04. | :15:09. | |
we have had a lot of hard games and possibly a couple of games we should | :15:10. | :15:14. | |
have won easily and we haven't. In the end it's disappointing but we | :15:15. | :15:17. | |
need to stick together. Every team goes through a little run and this | :15:18. | :15:19. | |
is ours. Alan has news for us. In the penalty. Do you hear Ray got | :15:20. | :16:00. | |
to the byline. It is saved. It remains goalless. Hamilton Aggies | :16:01. | :16:09. | |
passing up a golden opportunity to take the lead and three points. That | :16:10. | :16:14. | |
was quite a save from the goalkeeper. I think that is luck | :16:15. | :16:22. | |
more than anything else. I think it came off his foot. That is | :16:23. | :16:33. | |
disappointing for Hamilton because that was a great opportunity to | :16:34. | :16:35. | |
steal the points. There was one match postponed. That was at | :16:36. | :16:37. | |
Tynecastle because of a waterlogged pitch. We can have a look at the | :16:38. | :16:49. | |
precise reasons. What do you make of that? A few sliding tackles, that | :16:50. | :16:51. | |
would be great. The staff were trying to get the game on but | :16:52. | :16:57. | |
apparently the pitch was unplayable. The match was postponed... It was a | :16:58. | :17:14. | |
good call, you need to call it early. It was a sensible decision. | :17:15. | :17:28. | |
If only it was a synthetic surface. One of the talking points of the | :17:29. | :17:31. | |
week, they are reluctant to play on synthetic surfaces, but it seems to | :17:32. | :17:38. | |
be the future. I think anecdotally players will always say they feel | :17:39. | :17:47. | |
the effects of playing on an artificial surface. I think there is | :17:48. | :17:49. | |
almost a psychological reluctance to play on them. Plenty of people will | :17:50. | :17:58. | |
tell you some are better than others. The same applies to grass, | :17:59. | :18:06. | |
they can be muddy and patchy, there is no ideal surface. The reality is | :18:07. | :18:09. | |
for any football club to have a good pitch they've got to spend money on | :18:10. | :18:17. | |
it. There are too many reasons to have them for artificial surfaces to | :18:18. | :18:20. | |
go out of the game but I think there needs to be more of a determination | :18:21. | :18:23. | |
to make sure grass and honest -- and other surfaces are as good as they | :18:24. | :18:26. | |
can be. He is always fair and balanced. | :18:27. | :18:38. | |
You have a player you cannot play on synthetic surfaces. I think there | :18:39. | :18:51. | |
are good sides and bad sides. They are not just there to be hammered. | :18:52. | :19:01. | |
In the end, they are great when they are first down but when they go flat | :19:02. | :19:04. | |
you get an even bones. Personally, I do not like them. That is just me | :19:05. | :19:15. | |
because I did not grow up on them. If you ask me, the ages of players | :19:16. | :19:18. | |
who like playing on it, the younger ones probably like playing on it. | :19:19. | :19:30. | |
That is what they are brought up on. That is what they play on everyday | :19:31. | :19:33. | |
but in the end you make see a comparison. | :19:34. | :19:46. | |
On the subject of synthetic surfaces there is one at Alloa. It has | :19:47. | :19:50. | |
finished. What is the full-time analysis? Absolutely. Rangers held | :19:51. | :19:52. | |
to a draw, and unlikely draw by the bottom side. Did the narrow pitch | :19:53. | :20:04. | |
have an impact on this match? It was certainly a lively start for | :20:05. | :20:12. | |
Rangers. Jason Holt striking the frame of the goal. Rangers in | :20:13. | :20:15. | |
complete control of the match. The passing game. A lack of precision. | :20:16. | :20:17. | |
Wastefulness in the final third. They failed to pull the trigger. | :20:18. | :20:19. | |
Martin Whitehorn of the boil as well. | :20:20. | :20:34. | |
He should have scored but it was goalless at half-time. Jason Holt | :20:35. | :20:44. | |
with another effort. It was wide of the goal. Alloa athletic stun | :20:45. | :20:52. | |
rangers well and truly. Jason Mohammad the header as they went | :20:53. | :21:02. | |
into the lead. Martin Ackroyd was hooked by the manager, Billy King | :21:03. | :21:04. | |
came on as Rangers tried to find a response but it was a certain | :21:05. | :21:07. | |
flatness. Gallagher was having an inspired game. Great effort from | :21:08. | :21:15. | |
Billy King. Danny Wilson also trying a shot. There was nothing they could | :21:16. | :21:17. | |
do as rangers eventually found the breakthrough. | :21:18. | :21:32. | |
Rangers went close with a header, brilliantly tipped over by the | :21:33. | :21:35. | |
goalkeeper, and Alloa athletic held on. Full-time in the Premiership | :21:36. | :21:43. | |
encounter involving Motherwell and kill my neck. Kill my neck leapfrog | :21:44. | :21:53. | |
Motherwell with an impressive victory. Two outstanding second-half | :21:54. | :21:55. | |
goals to secure the victory for the Ayrshire men. The open hours nine | :21:56. | :22:03. | |
minutes into the second half. It was a lovely, sweeping move. | :22:04. | :22:18. | |
Smith with the cross. Terrific volley to open the scoring. Craig | :22:19. | :22:20. | |
Slater with a terrific driving run, sidestep and then from the edge of | :22:21. | :22:23. | |
the box, into the bottom corner of the net for a second goal of the | :22:24. | :22:25. | |
afternoon. Terrific goal. Motherwell, try as they might, could | :22:26. | :22:46. | |
not find the back of the net. Right at the end, the Motherwell | :22:47. | :22:47. | |
substitute hitting the crossbar. It was a bad afternoon for the | :22:48. | :23:00. | |
Motherwell team. Good afternoon for Kilmarnock. Good afternoon for | :23:01. | :23:02. | |
Celtic, 2-0 winners against Ross County. Celtic take the points, | :23:03. | :23:13. | |
professional job rather than a sparkling performance. It finished | :23:14. | :23:15. | |
2-0. They finished this one, huffing and puffing but lacking any real | :23:16. | :23:27. | |
urgency. Plenty of possession. Gary Mackay-Steven and Leigh Griffiths | :23:28. | :23:29. | |
had golden opportunities to put them ahead. But it fell to Leigh | :23:30. | :23:31. | |
Griffiths. His 30th of the season. A clinical strike on the angle after a | :23:32. | :23:42. | |
good lay-off. Any lingering nerves were settled ten minutes after the | :23:43. | :23:45. | |
break. Cracking header at the back post. The home side developed a | :23:46. | :23:47. | |
little bit of a swagger after that. There was no repeat of the League | :23:48. | :23:54. | |
Cup victory. Falkirk have had one victory in six | :23:55. | :24:21. | |
and they've been held again by Raith Rovers. It was a good football match | :24:22. | :24:23. | |
in difficult conditions. Falkirk took the lead. Finished after a good | :24:24. | :24:26. | |
pass. Raith Rovers were levelled two minutes later. It was a -- it was a | :24:27. | :24:29. | |
coroner that Falkirk failed to clear. Low shot past the goalkeeper | :24:30. | :24:37. | |
into the net. Back came Falkirk. Past the goalkeeper and a good free | :24:38. | :24:45. | |
kick led to that. In the second half, it was mostly Falkirk. Raith | :24:46. | :24:50. | |
Rovers were level on 68 minutes. Raith | :24:51. | :25:01. | |
Rovers saw out the last seven minutes with ten men. Tough spell of | :25:02. | :25:21. | |
matches but Hibs could be the big winners if | :25:22. | :25:40. | |
they can beat Livingstone later. Full-time in the game between Dundee | :25:41. | :25:44. | |
United and Hamilton. It has ended goalless and | :25:45. | :26:05. | |
Hamilton ended the match with ten men. There is no time for -- Dundee | :26:06. | :26:09. | |
United to press home their advantage. | :26:10. | :26:28. | |
The Dundee United goalkeeper kept out a late penalty. Dundee United | :26:29. | :26:30. | |
had their own penalty claim earlier, it was not | :26:31. | :26:49. | |
given. They only had one other shot at goal from Simon Murray in the | :26:50. | :26:52. | |
first half. It was an uneventful match. The point is more useful to | :26:53. | :26:55. | |
Hamilton than it is to Dundee United. | :26:56. | :27:16. | |
Back to the Championship and we will hear how Queen of the South and St | :27:17. | :27:20. | |
Mirren feared the second meeting between these teams in a week and it | :27:21. | :27:23. | |
is Queen of the South who take the honours. It was goalless at the | :27:24. | :27:25. | |
interval. Five minutes later, Queen of the South went in front with a | :27:26. | :27:28. | |
great ball in from the right. He had his back to goal. To the touch, hit | :27:29. | :27:31. | |
it on the volley into the bottom corner past Jamie Langfield. We had | :27:32. | :27:34. | |
everything. Great save to deny Steven Thompson with a header. David | :27:35. | :27:36. | |
Clarkson hit the underside of the bar. At the other end, Harris almost | :27:37. | :27:39. | |
got his second. St Mirren down to ten men and it finished Queen of the | :27:40. | :27:42. | |
South 1-0 against St Mirren. It sounded like a cracker. So does | :27:43. | :27:43. | |
this. It finished 3-2 to Dunfermline. | :27:44. | :28:01. | |
There was a penalty after a mix-up in the defence. The real turning | :28:02. | :28:04. | |
point of the game claim on the stroke of half-time. The player was | :28:05. | :28:06. | |
sent off and the penalty kick was dispatched. Dunfermline had | :28:07. | :28:39. | |
the upper hand. There was another chance to put to Dunfermline back on | :28:40. | :28:41. | |
level terms. The shot was blocked but the ball was deflected into the | :28:42. | :28:45. | |
back of the net. The winner came from the top scorer. Cutting in from | :28:46. | :28:57. | |
the left hand side. The ball going into the bottom of the net. No less | :28:58. | :28:58. | |
than they deserved. Here United will lick their wounds. | :28:59. | :29:14. | |
It did not help them playing with ten men. We were watching pictures | :29:15. | :29:16. | |
of the full-time scenes. The Dundee United manager was not happy. | :29:17. | :29:41. | |
We have just looked at the incident. It looks like an app -- it looks | :29:42. | :29:45. | |
like an accidental clip of the ankles. I wonder if one of the | :29:46. | :29:48. | |
things that he was speaking to the referee about was the amount of time | :29:49. | :29:51. | |
that was added on. You could see that coaching staff pointing to the | :29:52. | :29:52. | |
Rogers. Dundee's next game is Motherwell, | :29:53. | :30:02. | |
they are 13 points behind. Great win for Kilmarnock? Yes, fantastic | :30:03. | :30:06. | |
result away from home as well. Couple of good results and | :30:07. | :30:10. | |
performances Kilmarnock have had. They have a replay against Rangers | :30:11. | :30:14. | |
coming up as well. It's going well for them. We'll talk more about | :30:15. | :30:20. | |
today's premiership results later in the show, but now it's time for the | :30:21. | :30:22. | |
classified result's round-up. Let's have a look at the league | :30:23. | :33:54. | |
table. Starting with the Scottish Premiership. | :33:55. | :34:07. | |
12 points between Dundee and Motherwell at the bottom now. | :34:08. | :34:12. | |
Motherwell drop to second bottom after their defeat. Dundee picking | :34:13. | :34:16. | |
up a point against Hamilton who move up to eighth. | :34:17. | :34:22. | |
The big story is Rangers drew 1-1 with bottom club Alloa this | :34:23. | :34:27. | |
afternoon. Hibs yet to play, they play Livingstone later on this | :34:28. | :34:30. | |
evening. Falkirk getting a draw against Raith this afternoon. They | :34:31. | :34:34. | |
are still in third. Queen of the South winners against St Mirren. | :34:35. | :34:40. | |
Here comes League One, the big story is Dunfermline Athletic's win | :34:41. | :34:44. | |
against United, Dunfermline eight points clear of Peterhead in second. | :34:45. | :34:55. | |
Here is the Barclays English Premier League. None of the top four have | :34:56. | :35:12. | |
played yet this weekend. Manchester United slumped to a defeat against | :35:13. | :35:18. | |
Sunderland this afternoon. Here is the bottom of the table and still, | :35:19. | :35:23. | |
Sunderland and Norwich City in the bottom three, despite Sunderland's | :35:24. | :35:26. | |
win against Man United this afternoon. | :35:27. | :35:32. | |
Hull City are leaders at the top of the Sky Bet Championship. Burnley | :35:33. | :35:38. | |
going well in third. says there is no extra pressure on | :35:39. | :36:20. | |
his side despite starting this match later and Rangers dropping points | :36:21. | :36:25. | |
against Alloa. He says it's irrelevant when they play, they just | :36:26. | :36:29. | |
have to keep winning and that's what they have been doing, only lost once | :36:30. | :36:34. | |
in 25 matches, not a bad run of form, it has to be said. | :36:35. | :36:39. | |
Promotion is still very much their main aim. Safety is | :36:40. | :38:11. | |
Promotion is still very much their first ever Premier League win over | :38:12. | :38:15. | |
United at the Stadium of Light. Sunderland 2, Manchester United 1. | :38:16. | :38:20. | |
To East Anglia now and Carrow Road, home of Norwich city. Up against | :38:21. | :38:23. | |
West Ham United this afternoon. Let's hear from Martin Fisher. | :38:24. | :38:31. | |
Norwich stormed into a 2-0 lead. A thundered drive from Brady. Wes | :38:32. | :38:35. | |
Hoolihan looked to be offside. You thought Norwich were climbing out of | :38:36. | :38:43. | |
the relegation zone but back came West Ham, the arrears were reduced, | :38:44. | :38:48. | |
then three minutes later, Noble rifled another home. Two really good | :38:49. | :38:53. | |
chances to win it for West Ham and then at the death the effort from | :38:54. | :38:58. | |
Redman deflected wide of Adrian's goal. It could have been better but | :38:59. | :39:03. | |
at least the run of five defeats is over. At the end of this, I think | :39:04. | :39:07. | |
they'll reflect on what could have been and should have been. The | :39:08. | :39:10. | |
finish here is 2-2. Let us find out what happened | :39:11. | :39:16. | |
between Bournemouth and Stoke. Tony Husband has all the answers. | :39:17. | :39:20. | |
Stoke's first away win in the league since the end of December. A fine | :39:21. | :39:24. | |
victory considering they lost two more defenders to injury in the | :39:25. | :39:31. | |
course of this one. Imbula gave them the lead. Bournemouth Game gave | :39:32. | :39:40. | |
themselves hope on a day when they were well short of their best. | :39:41. | :39:46. | |
Let's get the full-time report on the match between Everton and West | :39:47. | :39:53. | |
Brom, that comes from Ailee Barber. It was all Everton. They came away | :39:54. | :40:04. | |
empty handed. Rondon scored after the 14th minute. Bad luck and a | :40:05. | :40:09. | |
stuffy West Brom defence meant Everton couldn't take advantage of | :40:10. | :40:19. | |
their dominance. Foster did his bit in the West Brom goal and it was a | :40:20. | :40:23. | |
real opportunity missed by Everton. For visitors, they won't care it | :40:24. | :40:31. | |
wasn't pretty, that is a vital three points, finished Everton 0, West | :40:32. | :40:35. | |
Brom 1. Next at Selhurst Park, Crystal | :40:36. | :40:39. | |
Palace v Watford. Deane making a point after being dropped last week | :40:40. | :40:43. | |
scoring twice. The first from the spot after being pulled back by | :40:44. | :40:51. | |
Jedinak. After at buyior's header, Deane controlled Watson's cross. | :40:52. | :40:57. | |
Cabaye hit the post later on. It was headed over on the stroke of half | :40:58. | :41:02. | |
time. Wreckless two-footed lunge. Looks worse the more you see it. | :41:03. | :41:07. | |
Palace have lost six in seven in the league. To round off the full | :41:08. | :41:14. | |
English, we'll hear from Mike Williams at the Liberty Stadium | :41:15. | :41:18. | |
where Swansea played Southampton. First defeat for the Swansea manager | :41:19. | :41:23. | |
sees his side looking over their shoulder at the bottom. A Long | :41:24. | :41:28. | |
header won it for Southampton after a great cross. Fabianski should have | :41:29. | :41:33. | |
done better perhaps, Southampton up to sixth, a point behind Manchester | :41:34. | :41:36. | |
United and have kept six clean sheets in a row. | :41:37. | :41:39. | |
It's all interesting stuff in the English premiership. Callum, I have | :41:40. | :41:44. | |
to start with the Sunderland win over Manchester United. The reporter | :41:45. | :41:48. | |
saying this is the start of Sunderland's annual escape from | :41:49. | :41:53. | |
relegation, they are still second bottom but have only lost two of the | :41:54. | :41:57. | |
last seven? Yes. A fantastic result for them against Manchester United. | :41:58. | :42:02. | |
Sometimes you can look at stats and possession, but in the end, you | :42:03. | :42:06. | |
score goals to win games and it's fantastic for Sunderland to get | :42:07. | :42:10. | |
that. Man United, completely out of the title race? Yes, but they have | :42:11. | :42:15. | |
been for some time. They have been so inconsistent, in the results they | :42:16. | :42:18. | |
have had and the teams picked. There seems to be a lack of belief about | :42:19. | :42:23. | |
what they are doing, whether it's with the manager or how they're | :42:24. | :42:27. | |
playing. It's been a real up and down season for them. It's an up and | :42:28. | :42:31. | |
down season for a lot of teams in England. Crystal Palace, no wins in | :42:32. | :42:38. | |
eight, now no wins in nine, a lot of teams slipping down there. Yes, a | :42:39. | :42:48. | |
tough place, the Premier League. Playing against two or three big | :42:49. | :42:56. | |
teams, you need confidence. Need to pick up a couple of results to | :42:57. | :43:00. | |
steady the ship, so to speak and they can bounce back. Always like to | :43:01. | :43:04. | |
follow Alec Neil and his adventures in Norwich City. Probably | :43:05. | :43:10. | |
disappointed. He'll be in the dressing room just now very grumpy I | :43:11. | :43:14. | |
would imagine because it's a great start 2-0 up and again, the position | :43:15. | :43:17. | |
they are in, they need to win those games. West Ham coming back, you | :43:18. | :43:21. | |
know, they are good at it West Ham, they have players that are capable | :43:22. | :43:27. | |
of scoring, but there'll be disappointment. Arsenal against | :43:28. | :43:37. | |
Leicester, they were 5,000 to 1 to win the title. They are now | :43:38. | :43:41. | |
favourites. Your thoughts on that match. Does Arsenal's style suit | :43:42. | :43:45. | |
Leicester City? In the end, everyone's waiting for less II to | :43:46. | :43:48. | |
stop winning, they are thinking if they get beat off Arsenal tomorrow | :43:49. | :43:52. | |
it's not the end of the world so they go there with no pressure, all | :43:53. | :43:56. | |
the media attention is on them. The manager keeps saying there is no | :43:57. | :44:01. | |
pressure, Wenger saying though, it's nice to see how Leicester cope with | :44:02. | :44:05. | |
the pressure? That is him playing little games. Leicester have been | :44:06. | :44:09. | |
phenomenal this season and they have a couple of guys, Vardy and Mahrez | :44:10. | :44:15. | |
and one who sits in the middle of the park, can't remember his nape, I | :44:16. | :44:19. | |
must apologise, but in the end, it's great to see them because it's | :44:20. | :44:23. | |
always Manchester United, Chelsea, Manchester City, the big teams and | :44:24. | :44:27. | |
for Leicester, even Tottenham creeping up there, nobody really | :44:28. | :44:31. | |
talking about them. If you are already dreading going back to work | :44:32. | :44:34. | |
on Monday, fear not, here is something to look forward to, | :44:35. | :44:38. | |
especially if you are a fan of Inverness or Aberdeen. They meet | :44:39. | :44:43. | |
next week, Monday night. It could prove significant in the title race. | :44:44. | :44:49. | |
The Dons head to the Highlands after a high-scoring win over St Johnston | :44:50. | :44:54. | |
in Perth the other week. 4-3 at home to Aberdeen. Were you impressed with | :44:55. | :44:58. | |
the way the Dons went about their business? | :44:59. | :45:04. | |
I think we gave them goals in the end but in the end, it is credit to | :45:05. | :45:12. | |
Aberdeen, they fought into this position, I think it is great for | :45:13. | :45:15. | |
the game that they are up there. They could have folded. They had a | :45:16. | :45:19. | |
sticky spell but they have bounced back. The character they have shown, | :45:20. | :45:26. | |
it is great to see. But let's not quote St Johnstone in that one. | :45:27. | :45:34. | |
Let's talk about Aberdeen. The fact that Celtic won today puts a bit of | :45:35. | :45:38. | |
pressure on Aberdeen going into this one. It does. It was Aberdeen who | :45:39. | :45:45. | |
applied the pressure to Celtic, Celtic having a bad week. They | :45:46. | :45:51. | |
responded today. The question is back to Aberdeen. We were speaking | :45:52. | :45:54. | |
about Leicester a couple of minutes ago. There is a difference being the | :45:55. | :46:00. | |
team chasing the favourites, being several points behind, to being | :46:01. | :46:03. | |
right up there with them and needing to win to stay there. That is where | :46:04. | :46:08. | |
Aberdeen fell short last season. I think they are stronger mentally but | :46:09. | :46:13. | |
they have struggled with Inverness, they've lost and drawn with them. | :46:14. | :46:18. | |
Obviously a difficult side to play against. This is a huge test of | :46:19. | :46:25. | |
their mentality. In December, 2-2 at Pittodrie. Inverness were leading | :46:26. | :46:29. | |
and they did well to fight back. They show their character. Maybe | :46:30. | :46:33. | |
last season they would have gone down there. This season they've got | :46:34. | :46:37. | |
something to fight for. In the end, the defending was not great, but it | :46:38. | :46:44. | |
is... You are a hard man as a defender. I think it shows where | :46:45. | :46:48. | |
they are going and where they want to be. In the end it proved to be a | :46:49. | :46:51. | |
massive result in them because they've kicked on and won the games | :46:52. | :46:55. | |
since. They had a little wobble at Christmas. A lot of cynical | :46:56. | :47:02. | |
observers thought that was it. They came back from that and put together | :47:03. | :47:07. | |
another impressive run. They were very consistent last season. They've | :47:08. | :47:14. | |
turned that around. They had that wobble and then that many wobble at | :47:15. | :47:20. | |
Christmas. I think there is a strong mentality in that team but they've | :47:21. | :47:23. | |
got to keep pressurising Celtic and winning games. I think early on they | :47:24. | :47:30. | |
had not adjusted to the need to win every match. The last in the | :47:31. | :47:40. | |
Highlands -- the last in the Highlands, this might be an | :47:41. | :47:45. | |
indicator of how tough it will be. I think it is indicating how hard it | :47:46. | :47:50. | |
will be to get three points. They keep the ball very well. That is a | :47:51. | :47:57. | |
special girl he has scored. Obviously will not be playing but I | :47:58. | :48:00. | |
think it is a tough place to play. They will need to be on their best | :48:01. | :48:06. | |
to get three points. In the end, it is a chasing game. There is pressure | :48:07. | :48:13. | |
in that respect but would appoint be a bad result in the bigger picture? | :48:14. | :48:21. | |
Did you see -- how do you see them approaching the game tactically? I | :48:22. | :48:24. | |
think they will go for it. I don't think there is a different | :48:25. | :48:32. | |
mentality. Adam Rooney is playing probably the best he has in his | :48:33. | :48:36. | |
career. I think they will have a go at them and try to take the three | :48:37. | :48:40. | |
points. You think they will get them? Yes -- it is difficult to say. | :48:41. | :48:50. | |
I think it could go either way. I think with that steam they have | :48:51. | :49:01. | |
built up, either team could win it. There is a player that Aberdeen | :49:02. | :49:05. | |
wanted and that did not happen. How will that affect the game? There is | :49:06. | :49:16. | |
an old saying that regardless of how you want things to go, they will go | :49:17. | :49:28. | |
OK life. The Scottish Cup draw was restarted because of an equipment | :49:29. | :49:35. | |
malfunction, but here is how it eventually turned out. | :49:36. | :49:50. | |
As you can see, three ties from the last round still unresolved. They | :49:51. | :50:03. | |
take place on Tuesday night. If you remember, the game between the | :50:04. | :50:10. | |
Edinburgh teams, I said it would be the only meeting this season but it | :50:11. | :50:16. | |
shows you what I know, I had ruled out the possibility of it going to a | :50:17. | :50:23. | |
replay. It finished 2-2. I think Heart of Midlothian were the better | :50:24. | :50:28. | |
team in the first-half. A couple of cracking goals. He looks like one of | :50:29. | :50:33. | |
the signings of the season. I watched him in an under 20 game and | :50:34. | :50:39. | |
he was cracking. This is Sam Nicholson, this is what he can do. | :50:40. | :50:43. | |
Robbie Neilson will be the more disappointed manager, they | :50:44. | :50:48. | |
controlled the game and probably allowed their opponents to get back | :50:49. | :50:51. | |
into the game. That is a fantastic header. It is very difficult to deal | :50:52. | :50:57. | |
with but I think in the end, he will be disappointed they did not get the | :50:58. | :51:03. | |
victory. The replay at Easter Road, will that swing the balance of | :51:04. | :51:09. | |
probability in favour of a victory for the home team? I think there is | :51:10. | :51:13. | |
an element of that. Robbie will be really angry that he was 2-0 and | :51:14. | :51:24. | |
they conceded those goals. There was an element of the display from their | :51:25. | :51:30. | |
burning -- Hibernian, we've not seen that strength of character from | :51:31. | :51:35. | |
them. It will be competitive, I still think Heart of Midlothian have | :51:36. | :51:42. | |
got a streetwise element. The new striker came on the 30 minutes to go | :51:43. | :51:47. | |
and scored two incredible goals. He comes with a great pedigree. I think | :51:48. | :51:51. | |
he is an upgrade on what they had before. That has been the great work | :51:52. | :51:57. | |
of their recruitment strategy. They've brought in players who are | :51:58. | :52:00. | |
better than the ones that were there before. I would still give them the | :52:01. | :52:06. | |
edge but Hibernian had a great season. They've got a lot about | :52:07. | :52:16. | |
them. Your side have faced both teams this season. Who do you think | :52:17. | :52:22. | |
goes into it as favourites? I think Heart of Midlothian are favourites. | :52:23. | :52:27. | |
They are sitting third in the league, they will be disappointed, | :52:28. | :52:33. | |
but the pressure might be on the home team to attack and that will | :52:34. | :52:40. | |
give Heart of Midlothian a bit more. I think they probably wanted another | :52:41. | :52:49. | |
derby match. It is good for the public to get another one because | :52:50. | :52:54. | |
they are great occasions. There is also another game involving | :52:55. | :52:59. | |
Kilmarnock and Rangers. Rangers were on a synthetic circus today. They | :53:00. | :53:06. | |
will be on another one into my neck on Tuesday. -- synthetic surface. | :53:07. | :53:14. | |
That looks even more interesting. Two victories with clean sheets for | :53:15. | :53:20. | |
Kilmarnock. On the face of it that is correct but Kilmarnock have been | :53:21. | :53:25. | |
very inconsistent. I saw them go to Celtic Park defending well. They | :53:26. | :53:35. | |
have lost really badly after that. They have been up and down all | :53:36. | :53:39. | |
season. I don't think this means today's result will be anything. | :53:40. | :53:50. | |
With Rangers, you see the stats, a lot of shots and one goal. They will | :53:51. | :54:00. | |
be very comfortable on the ball. It will be another close match. You | :54:01. | :54:04. | |
would give Rangers are little bit of an edge because of the way they've | :54:05. | :54:10. | |
played in recent games. Going to head to Livingston to get an update | :54:11. | :54:17. | |
on that match. Any goals yet? Still goalless here at the Tony Macaroni | :54:18. | :54:27. | |
Arena. Livingston started brighter. They had a shot cleared off the | :54:28. | :54:32. | |
line. Most people were getting ready and sitting in their seats. They | :54:33. | :54:35. | |
were quite surprised by this early onslaught. Cleared by the | :54:36. | :54:53. | |
goalkeeper. Quite slippery conditions. Big opportunity for | :54:54. | :55:03. | |
Hibs. It is not often that readers will drop points so they've got to | :55:04. | :55:09. | |
make the most of it and try and apply pressure to Rangers. We have | :55:10. | :55:17. | |
seen surprises already, with Alloa athletic. I saw them at Easter Road, | :55:18. | :55:29. | |
they played well, so it is not beyond the realms of possibility | :55:30. | :55:41. | |
that Livingston could get something. Germanic fighting for their lives, | :55:42. | :55:45. | |
Lee McCulloch says he is not interested in taking the job | :55:46. | :55:49. | |
full-time but hang on, they have drawn Rangers in the cup and beaten | :55:50. | :55:54. | |
Motherwell away, do you think he might be reconsidering? I think he | :55:55. | :55:58. | |
has made his mind up, he has probably enjoyed his time, good | :55:59. | :56:03. | |
experience, being in charge of the team for a couple of games, but he's | :56:04. | :56:07. | |
obviously decided he's not ready for it yet. He still wants to learn. | :56:08. | :56:15. | |
Opportunity seldom knocked more than once. That is true. Stephen McManus | :56:16. | :56:24. | |
calling for the backing of the fans before the match. A lot of fans | :56:25. | :56:29. | |
leaving early. Should they be concerned? Should mark McGhee be | :56:30. | :56:35. | |
concerned? They don't want to be in that play-off place. I don't think | :56:36. | :56:47. | |
anybody will want to be near the bottom when you see the quality of | :56:48. | :56:52. | |
them. I agree with Mark McGhee when he says there is not a lot of | :56:53. | :56:59. | |
difference between the bottom and the teams below third. There does | :57:00. | :57:12. | |
seem to be a tension between fans and manager and team. It can make | :57:13. | :57:15. | |
playing at home a difficult prospect. Dundee United's next game | :57:16. | :57:24. | |
is against Motherwell, that is a big match. This is the bit where I speak | :57:25. | :57:28. | |
faster, we are coming to the end of the show and running out of time. | :57:29. | :57:29. | |
Let's look at the results. You can see the highlights. I am | :57:30. | :58:30. | |
back next Saturday. Same place, same time, different guests. | :58:31. | :58:41. | |
That is all from us. Thank you to Cal and David synod Richard Wilson. | :58:42. | :58:46. | |
Enjoy your weekend. So here we are at the starting line | :58:47. | :59:08. | |
of this year's Sport Relief games. | :59:09. | :59:13. |