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Good afternoon and welcome to a results show Christmas special.

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All right, so it's nothing special, but it is Christmas.

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Football-flavoured fun furnished by our reporters around the country,

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with banter brought to you by Pat Nevin and Michael

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Now before we start our Boxing Day bounce around the grounds,

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I'll tell you about some matches that have been postponed

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Among them the Premiership matches between Dundee United

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and Motherwell, and Partick Thistle and St Johnstone are off,

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as is the Championship game between Raith and Alloa.

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Right, to the festive fixtures that are afoot.

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We will start at Pittodrie. Second Aberdeen are playing Internet.

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Let's hear from Scott Davie. It is 2-1 to Inverness Caley Thistle.

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Aberdeen have a chance to go top if they win. They are coming back into

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it after losing goals to Liam Polworth under Greg Tansey penalty.

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Niall McGinn has brought them back into the match. A bad mistake by the

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central defence, allowing Niall McGinn to score. The pressure is now

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on. There will be quite a bit of injury time because Owain Fon

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Williams, the Caley Thistle goalkeeper, getting as serious head

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injury. He is playing on with his head in bandages. Can Aberdeen

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managed to rescue themselves? Off we go to Dingwall. Ross County

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and Dundee. Plenty of excitement. What a game.

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Craig Stewart set up Kane Hemmings for the opener. Liam Boyce got the

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equaliser. In the second half, Kane Hemmings again. Michael Gardini

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equalised and then Jackson Irving gave them the lead.

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-- Jackson Irvine. Plenty of goals there. Jonathan Sutherland is

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watching Kilmarnock and Hamilton. One goal in this match. It was a

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freaking loopy effort, it has to be seen to be believed. The match is

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getting lively towards the end., niqab never won at New Douglas Park.

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Could today be the day? We will also find out what is happening in the

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Championship match between Falkirk and Dumbarton. It is 1- 04 Falkirk.

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The home fans are full of these festive spirit thanks to Blair

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Alston's straight in the first half. The home side dominating in dreadful

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conditions. A nice Christmas message from Brian

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McLauchlin. Let's see of Charlie Mann can philosopher the festive

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cheer. He is in Paisley Western men are playing Livingston.

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Not for St Mirren funds. St Mirren Park is make Paisley nightmare is

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continuing. They have not won at home in the legal season and they

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are losing to Livingston, 4-1. If the score stays the same, St

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Mirren will be second bottom. We will talk about that later. Michael,

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you are not pleased, Aberdeen are trailing Inverness, 2-1. I did not

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see that coming. This is the result that will ruin Christmas. Aberdeen

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have been a bean on a terrific run. They had great support today,

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nudging towards 20,000. If they lose, the supporters will feel let

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down. They are putting on a late rally, Niall McGinn getting a goal

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back. It sounds great from Inverness, they will be backing the

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top six if it stays like this. Everyone knows how it is in the

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bottom of the league up to the middle. If Aberdeen are losing 2-0

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and they managed to scrape a draw, psychologically it will not be a bad

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position. Celtic have a tough game coming up going away to Hearts. That

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is not given by any manner of means. Ross County are up on Dundee, 4-2.

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They are going great guns, county. They have had a sticky spell of

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late. Yes, but they have got goal-scorers. Billy Dodds was a

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striker. He spends as much time organising that as anyone else. Liam

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Boyce is scoring lots of goals for them just now. He has got 12. If you

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are scoring for Michael goals at home, generally you will get a

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victory from that. They are a team with a lot of confidence. They have

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had our ups and downs, but since that difficult time when they first

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took over, it has been a very good job from them. Killie are winning

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1-0 away to Hamilton. Both sides need a victory, Watmore put -- but

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Killie have been under real pressure, Gary Locke in particular.

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Neither team has been winning recently. Hamilton Academical have

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one now on in nine. Gary Locke is under pressure. If they can hang on,

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it will relieve some of that. Speaking of pressure, are Falkirk

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are playing some pressure on Hibs and Rangers? They are not that far

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out of it. I heard about it on BBC radio this week, that Falkirk are on

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a good run. They have got a game today and begin midweek as well.

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Knowing that Hibernian are playing against Rangers at Ibrox, someone

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will drop points. They have every chance of getting back into it.

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People have said it is Rangers against a burning. Falkirk are

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loving the fact they are tucked in nicely. Michael, can you read St

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Mirren out of the play-offs in the Championship? Rate them out of the

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division! That is Alex rev's first proper match in charge, picking the

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team. It is at home, in Paisley, and you're losing 4-1 to the team that

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started the day in second bottom. St Mirren look like a club that it does

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not matter what they do, it does not work for them. They have been

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relegated last season and they could go through this division as well.

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That would be catastrophic for the infrastructure of the club and its

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finances. Just because of the income that gets cut off if you're outside

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the top two divisions. Merry Christmas to you as well. Let's go

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to the Premiership and get more details on the matches. We will

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start at Pittodrie and Scott Davie. It is still 2- for Caley Thistle.

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There are a few minutes of stoppage time. Perhaps five minutes. Quite a

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long time for Inverness to hang on. Aberdeen are trying to salvage

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something from a game they have dominated in terms of territory.

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They have failed to create much. Much more hurried and more thought

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going into things now. Niall McGinn drives in a shot. It has gone

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whistling past the post. Lovely improvisation from Niall McGinn who

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has brought his side back into the game. His 57th goal from the club.

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It was a bad mistake by Warren, the captain of Inverness. You try to

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clear his lines and did not take the opportunity. Niall McGinn pinch the

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ball and slid it into the back of the net to bring Aberdeen into a

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game. Liam Polworth got his second goal of the season, his second in

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successive games. Good play by Ross Draper, reinstated after injury. He

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outmuscled Paul Quinn and pulled it back for a Liam Polworth to score.

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Then more disaster for Quinn as he needlessly push Ross Draper over. It

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was a penalty, Greg Tansey scoring from that. Aberdeen showing lots of

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character, for eating for everything. -- fighting for

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everything. The referee is going to get the yellow carded for Jonny

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Hayes who has taken his complaints to fire. It has been a fiery

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encounter in a terrible day for football.

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Nicely poised right now. Off to Victoria Park and Dingwall.

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An update from channels. No advance on 4-2. I do not like cliches but

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Christmas cracker is unavoidable. The game started at full tilt with

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county providing the early pressure but Bundy opened the scoring when

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Greg Stewart provided Kane Hemmings with a pinpoint through ball and he

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headed in from 12 yards. County had the ball in the Dundee box but there

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were no takers before Stewart pulled a great save out of the keeper at

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the other end. On the half hour, County equalised through Liam Boyce

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and a through ball from Andy Davies. He rolled it into an empty net.

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Again, Stewart set up Hemmings before a spectacular equaliser from

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Michael Gardyne. Jackson Irvine put the ball into the net just seconds

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after coming on to the park but there was debate as to whether it

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crossed the line. Then another from Liam Boyce.

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It is 4-2. After New Douglas Park. Last we heard, Killie were leading,

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1-0. The away side looks like taking another goal. They have had a boost

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in confidence since that strike which put them ahead, a weirdo,

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looked effort which Michael McGovern could not keep out. That was midway

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through the second half. It will give Gary Locke boost. He has been

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under severe pressure after some heavy home defeats in recent weeks,

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notably against Aberdeen and Partick Thistle. Hamilton are not out of

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this match, going on the attack with Carlton Morris. Well saved. Hamilton

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tried to test, nick defence from the. A shot from the centre circle.

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He perhaps finds his chances given the bad form of the, no defence, but

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the keeper saved comfortably. Then Conrad Balatoni clearing off the

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line from Dougie Imrie after he had beaten the keeper with a close range

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shot. It was stunning from Balatoni. One to be seen on the highlights

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programme tomorrow. In the second half, Josh Magennis looked like he

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might have given, nick the lead, but again, McGovern with a fantastic

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save. A lengthy dilate as Lucas Tagliapietra was carried from this

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field. Idlib citing injury for the Hamilton Central defender. Then a

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moment of hope for, nick. Be bold looked into the net. , nick are

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trying to take a 2-0 lead. If they get a victory today, it will be

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massive four, neck and Gary Locke. Will it be enough to satisfy the

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Kamara board? 1-0. I was waiting to see we could

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get the third mention of his own show in there.

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He is cheeky. Like Ted to Falkirk Stadium.

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Brian McLauchlin. It is 1-0 four Falkirk. This game has been

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dominated by the home side since the outset. In the first-half John Baird

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had a shot on the angle from 12 yards out. The goalkeeper did well

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to parry it away. Eventually the breakthrough came and what a strike.

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A short free kick taken to Blair Alston. He took the ball across his

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body and fired in a shot from 22 yards. It rivalled beyond Mark Brown

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and into the net. So close to a second just seconds into the second

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half. Blair Alston said his team-mates through on goal. The bold

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looked to be destined for the bottom corner only for a terrific block by

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Frazer Wright at the heart of the Dumbarton defence. One-way traffic

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towards the Dumbarton goal. Beard looked certain to score but he

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delayed his effort and the defence got back to score. Seconds ago,

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again, the ball was knocked down and the striker find the target, but the

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goalkeeper saved. Just a few minutes left for play. It looks like Falkirk

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are destined to go to within three points at the top of the

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Championship this evening. And the points in Paisley are

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destined to go the way of Livingston. It was 4-1 for

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Livingston the last we heard. Any change? No change. Five minutes

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left in Paisley. St Mirren are destined to go second bottom of each

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and pinch a table this afternoon. They are losing 4-1 to Livingston.

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They have been very poorest throughout the 90 minutes,

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particularly in the second half. Defensive problems all over the

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place. Livingston 2-0 up after 30 minutes. The first from Liam

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Buchanan, the second from Ben Gordon. Lawrence Shankland gave St

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Mirren hope on 41 minutes with a goal. In the second half,

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defensiveness takes again, particularly on 54 minutes. It was a

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free kick and a terrific goal. High into the back of the net, but Jack

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Baird in advance of that had a very bad patch and a clumsy challenge to

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give away the free kick. Then Liam Buchanan on 66 minutes. A simple

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through ball, away from the defenders, cool and collected under

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the goalkeeper. If I were a St Mirren Fran, I would be afraid. --

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St Mirren Fran. I am saying nothing. We are going to

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Victoria Park now. What a game this is. It's 5-2. Boyce

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completed a hat trick. Ross County 5, Dunne key 2. -- country tee. I

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was looking at that earlier and thinking Ross County and Dundee.

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Hemmings scored a couple for Dundee, I was thinking can he score

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back-to-back hat tricks? He has been upstaged by Liam Boyce. Yeah,

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they're strong at home a lot of the time. He is on fire. If a striker

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goes on a run they - the goal looks about 20 feet wide as if they can't

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miss anything. Boyce is having that sort of game today. It's odd, we

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feel that a about a lot of teams but Dundee maybe specifically above

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anyone else, I have no idea week to week what they're going to do. I

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would never bet on them one way or another. There was a while you could

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bet on them having a draw and 1-1 at that. That's bucked the trend. 4-0

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winners last week. Then 5-2, could have been six. You have no idea

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where it's going to come to. The good thing is we have seen a lot of

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goals with them involved. Before the game I would have put money on Ross

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County for this one purely because they've got scorers. We are

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unpredictable on this show, as well. We are going to the English Premier

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League for the lunchtime match today. Stoke City against Manchester

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United. Let's get the details on that one.

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Stoke 2, Manchester United 0. There have been a lot of defy apt talk

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from Manchester United, in particular, Louis Van Gaal, but all

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that fire was quickly extinguished in a display in which Stoke were too

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good. Arnautovic should have added a third. The decision to leave Wayne

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Rooney out of the starting 11 was reversed at half-time. The visitors

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did rally. Buckland making a couple of excellent saves. In the truth, it

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was really Stoke's day. A victory for them and a United performance

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which will have done little to alter the raft of back page headlines that

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have so upset Louis Van Gaal. Right now there is an incident. There is

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six minutes of stoppage time. The referee has given a penalty. Rooney

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so good from the spot, of course, looking to convert what will be his

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14th goal of the season. Rooney steps up and scores! Sends the

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goalkeeper one way. The ball into the corner of the net the other way.

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From 2-0 down, still five minutes of stoppage time to go here at

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Pittodrie. Aberdeen still have a chance to go to the top of the table

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if they can get another goal in this game. Aberdeen 2, Inverness Caley

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Thistle 2. Feeling more relaxed, Michael? It's the natural order has

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been restored. The natural order has not been restored at Manchester

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United. They've lost 2-0 against Stoke. The headlines were that Louis

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Van Gaal was for the chop. That was before today's match. The likelihood

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is he will be. You need good results if you are a top club. It doesn't

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look good enough. Also they're not playing an exciting brand of

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football. A month ago they were top of the table. Exactly. But they

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weren't playing brilliantly well. You could see the weaknesses there.

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I don't think it's anything like you have lost the dressing room, one or

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two players aren't suited to playing with him. In the end Manchester

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United expect more. In a season where there is a great opportunity

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to take the league, because everyone seems really keen to hand it to

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everyone else, Leicester may be Arsenal apart, wasn't - I would say

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one thing, certain teams are underestimated now. That result

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against Stoke, I have been to see Stoke this season, it's not a

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surprise to me, they're a fabulous team. They will continue to hammer

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up that league, I am sure about it. You may disagree over what I am

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going to say next, but van Gaal had a real go at the media this week,

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Pat. A monologue at the beginning, criticising the media for stories

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reported about him, some have proven to be thus far unfounded. You have a

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lot of sympathy for him. I have sympathy for anyone in that

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position. When you are in the headlights of what is a media

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barrage, whatever it is, whether they're right, wrong, whether it's

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opinion or not, it's incredibly hard to deal with for a family and

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everyone around it. More often than not whoever it is, being it Mourinho

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or van Gaal or whoever, be it myself now and again, it doesn't matter.

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What happens behind the scenes, people don't know about and don't

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seem to care. We don't seem to have the humanity to care about it. At

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least he brought that humanity out and said this is hurting my family,

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try and remember that. You know what, not that I disagree, he is not

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doing well enough and probably will lose his job, but I liked the way he

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brought the humanity in and says remember when you are doing this a

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lot of people got hurt. A valid point, Michael? It is. I

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vice-president seen what exactly Louis Van Gaal is upset about in

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terms of the media coverage. -- haven't seen. We don't see the

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editions of the newspapers here. It wouldn't happen here in this

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country! It is an interesting point to what extent you get criticised

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personally. If he thinks he will not get criticised for results and

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performances and style of play at Manchester United he is kidding

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himself on. He knew what he was coming into when he took the job. He

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knows how big it is and knows you are going to get criticism if you go

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seven games out a win. They're out of the Champions League and Carling

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Cup, Capital One Cup. It's looking like he is going to go. Jose

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Mourinho's availability doesn't help him either. Yeah, I am sympathetic

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to his family and the rest but that comes with the territory and with

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the pay cheque that you get. Bad day for him. Another good day for the

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Falkirk manager Peter Houston. His side have won at home to Dunbaren

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to. Let's get the details. -- Dumbarton. They're very much in the

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championship title race. Three points off the top two teams,

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Rangers and Hibernian who meet on Monday afternoon at Ibrox. Only goal

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coming after 36 minutes. A screamer. He could have had a second. Decided

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to pass the ball rather than play to goal himself and he played in Baird

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who could have had a hat trick but for some terrific defending from the

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Dumbarton defence. In truth, this was all about Falkirk this

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afternoon. They managed to scrape the victory but much more

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comfortable than the joer line was. It finished -- score line. It

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finished Falkirk 1, Dumbarton 0. Charlie, over to you. It's the

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opposite of what Brian was saying there. It's damp and bleak. But it's

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not a happy stadium here. The fans of St Mirren booing the team off the

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pitch because they've now gone to second bottom of the table. Their

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terrible home league record continues. 4-1 they've been beaten

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here this afternoon by Livingston who did a really number on St Mirren

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here. It was a terrific game for Livingston, very poor for the home

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side. Buchanah had Livingston in front at 23 minutes. Shankland

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pulled a goal back for the home side. But the second half, St Mirren

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were terrible in defence. A third goal for Livingston. Glenn with a

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terrific free kick, 25 yards out, blasted the ball into the back of

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the net after Baird had given the ball away and compounded that by

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fouling his opposing player. Then 66 minutes, Buchanan ran away from the

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home defence as easy to knock in his 8th goal of the season. Saints

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nowhere in this game at all. They've real problems and St Mirren are

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second bottom of the championship. Back to the Premier League. -- to

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the premiership. Aberdeen blew a chance to go to the top of the table

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on a rain-sodden afternoon at Pittodrie but showed character and

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determination to come from two goals down to at least dig out a point in

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a dramatic afternoon's football in the granite city. It was good

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counterattacking play from Caley Thistle in the first half. Although

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Aberdeen had a lot of the ball it was the counterattacking pace of

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Storey that caused problems. Twice he was through but didn't make Ward

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work hard enough. But on the counterattack in 41 minutes Polworth

:24:19.:24:23.

gave the high landers the lead, it was great play by Draper getting to

:24:24.:24:29.

the buyline. Quinn muscled out of possession. It was guided into the

:24:30.:24:34.

bottom corner of the net. Quinn's afternoon didn't get better. Two

:24:35.:24:37.

minutes after the restart he bundled into the back of Draper conceding a

:24:38.:24:44.

needless penalty and Tansey stepped up and made a comfort job of taking

:24:45.:24:52.

the spot kick. Then it was really a case of Caley Thistle defending

:24:53.:24:56.

deeper trying to play on the counterattack with long balls.

:24:57.:25:00.

Aberdeen piled the pressure on. Finally they did manage to get the

:25:01.:25:05.

breakthrough on 73 minutes. McGinn claiming his 50th goal for the club

:25:06.:25:11.

but it was a moment of real disaster for Gary Warren, went to clear the

:25:12.:25:16.

ball, slipped, and McGinn pinched possession and slid it under the

:25:17.:25:20.

body of the goalkeeper Williams who played for the last 25 minutes plus

:25:21.:25:27.

stoppage time with his head in bandages after back-peddling to

:25:28.:25:31.

gather a corner and cracking his head off the post. Williams was

:25:32.:25:35.

actually booked for time wasting late on. By then Rooney had stepped

:25:36.:25:42.

up and made his usual confident job from the penalty spot in the first

:25:43.:25:52.

minute of stoppage time. A shot towards goal and the referee judging

:25:53.:25:56.

there was deliberate handball and Rooney despatching the penalty kick

:25:57.:26:00.

that puts them level with points, level on points with Celtic at the

:26:01.:26:05.

top. Celtic with the superior goal difference and with two games in

:26:06.:26:08.

hand. I think Derek will be relieved that his side managed to show the

:26:09.:26:12.

character and determination to come back from that blow being two goals

:26:13.:26:17.

down and show that they can scrap and battle away and maintain their

:26:18.:26:23.

recent decent run of form. Aberdeen 2, Caley Thistle, 2. Let's chaer

:26:24.:26:29.

from Charles at full-time Ross County and Dundee. -- hear. County

:26:30.:26:35.

ran riot in the second half at Victoria park. Incredible game, it

:26:36.:26:51.

started franticly. Stuart missed a chance of 2-0. County's equal icer

:26:52.:26:59.

came when Davis returned a goal kick and Boyce found an empty net. Into

:27:00.:27:06.

the second half, Stuart again set Hemmings for Dundee's second.

:27:07.:27:19.

County's second equaliser. Boyce got County's 4th and Boyce completed a

:27:20.:27:23.

hat trick to make the final score Ross County 5, Dundee 2. Full-time

:27:24.:27:29.

at New Douglas Park. Over to Jonathan. Hamilton on 0, Kilmarnock

:27:30.:27:37.

1. A huge victory this for Gary Lock, a first win for Kilmarnock in

:27:38.:27:41.

over two months which has to ease some pressure that's been building

:27:42.:27:45.

in recent weeks on the manager. Footballing success so often built

:27:46.:27:55.

on narrow margins, Lock could have the winger to thank. A shot had

:27:56.:28:01.

beaten MacDonald but right there on the line was Conrad who managed to

:28:02.:28:05.

head away a clearance. It was spectacular and one to watch on the

:28:06.:28:11.

highlights tomorrow night. Kilmarnock more lively, more

:28:12.:28:14.

substance, overall. McGuinness looked like he had given Kilmarnock

:28:15.:28:20.

the lead. A volleyed effort to the top corner somehow McGovern kept it

:28:21.:28:30.

out. A worrying moment for fans as Petra went down injured, looked bad,

:28:31.:28:33.

for about five minutes he was taken care of by the medical team. He was

:28:34.:28:38.

stretchered from the field to a standing ovation. Let's hope it's

:28:39.:28:47.

not too bad. The ball found Obadeyi in the box. It looped over the

:28:48.:28:52.

Hamilton goalkeeper McGovern. He couldn't keep it out. The Kilmarnock

:28:53.:28:56.

fans were on their feet as they saw the net billow. A huge moment for

:28:57.:29:02.

Kilmarnock and it gave the team much needed confidence. That's how it

:29:03.:29:08.

stayed. Gord hn a header that was well saved by MacDonald. It was

:29:09.:29:12.

almost 2-0 in front but it ended 1-0. Hamilton one win from the last

:29:13.:29:17.

ten games. Kilmarnock move to within a point of Motherwell. Ten points

:29:18.:29:20.

clear now of Dundee United. That match sounds as if it's worth

:29:21.:29:24.

catching in the highlights programme tomorrow night. Not sure. You said

:29:25.:29:30.

he got a ht trick? Well done. He never got any plugs in for his show

:29:31.:29:35.

last week, he made up for it today! Certainly worth watching if you are

:29:36.:29:39.

a Kilmarnock fan, Michael. First win since October 24th. After all the

:29:40.:29:44.

plugs were out of the way the last point Jonathan made was they're ten

:29:45.:29:48.

points clear of Dundee United which obviously United didn't play today

:29:49.:29:53.

so they've a game in hand but that's beginning to look really significant

:29:54.:29:56.

for both clubs. But ominous for United. The other thing you have to

:29:57.:30:01.

look at Kilmarnock are up object 20 points... I know what you are

:30:02.:30:05.

saying. They're close to the top half of the table. This is Gary

:30:06.:30:08.

Lock, if you read on Twitter last week apparently was getting sacked

:30:09.:30:14.

or had been sacked and it shows how extreme this game - how quickly it

:30:15.:30:17.

can change and how extreme opinions are. In fact, a couple of wins and

:30:18.:30:21.

you are into a comfortable position. I have a feeling none of those clubs

:30:22.:30:25.

in the bottom half are going to be in a comfortable position for

:30:26.:30:29.

sometime. It's going to be tough for Dundee United to catch them but

:30:30.:30:32.

always going to be one getting close to that play-off position.

:30:33.:30:39.

St Johnstone are in fourth place, it is 11 points between them and pen

:30:40.:30:48.

between Killie and United. United are getting detached. Keep your

:30:49.:30:51.

powder dry, we will talk more about this later in the show. Right now it

:30:52.:30:56.

is time for the classified results round-up.

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Let's have a look at the league tables after I have slugged some

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water. A valuable victory for Kilmarnock

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takes them ten clear of Dundee United. A week off and there are, it

:35:04.:35:07.

skews me. -- a wee cough Leicester City stay top. They lost

:35:08.:36:20.

today to Liverpool. Tottenham Hotspur move up to fourth with a

:36:21.:36:22.

handsome victory over Norwich City. Let's get some more details from the

:36:23.:37:18.

game in England today. Pat's former club Chelsea were playing at home to

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Watford. Let's hear from my wing -- let's hear from Mike Williams.

:37:24.:37:29.

This Hiddink have drawn 2-2 with Watford in his first match back in

:37:30.:37:35.

charge. Watford, Crystal Palace, Swansea and Bournemouth have all

:37:36.:37:40.

taken something from Chelsea this season. Fantastic from Watford who

:37:41.:37:46.

scored through Troy Deeney and Odion Ighalo. Diego Costa scored as well.

:37:47.:37:57.

He picked up a yellow card and will miss Chelsea's next match.

:37:58.:38:03.

Frustration for Guus Hiddink and joy and celebration for Quique Flores.

:38:04.:38:09.

The Watford players go over to the left to celebrate in front of their

:38:10.:38:13.

travelling fans. They have held on for a famous draw.

:38:14.:38:19.

2-2. It cannot be that famous. Chelsea are losing lots of games at

:38:20.:38:24.

home. It should not be a surprise to anyone. Watford have been really

:38:25.:38:30.

good. Odion Ighalo has been phenomenal this season, and

:38:31.:38:32.

alongside Troy Deeney, who is beginning to score, it makes a

:38:33.:38:37.

massive difference. This should not be a shock any more. Teams like

:38:38.:38:43.

Watford, Leicester, Stoke, Crystal Palace, they are not monks. You have

:38:44.:38:48.

to take them seriously. It is not a fluke. You should not be shocked.

:38:49.:38:53.

These teams will continue to take points of the so-called big teams

:38:54.:38:56.

between now and the end of the season. Tottenham Hotspur beat

:38:57.:39:01.

Norwich City this afternoon. Let's hear from Mark Webber. A

:39:02.:39:06.

lesson in football from the Lilywhites at both ends of the page.

:39:07.:39:11.

Tottenham were dominant in attack. Harry Kane's well struck penalty

:39:12.:39:15.

started it and he doubled it before half-time. Tom Carroll replace the

:39:16.:39:20.

rampant Dele Alli and he made it three in the second half. It could

:39:21.:39:26.

have been five or six. Hugo Lloris kept the clean sheet with another

:39:27.:39:32.

smashing double save. 3-0. Let's go to the seaside to find

:39:33.:39:38.

out how Bournemouth feared that home to Crystal Palace.

:39:39.:39:40.

Six games unbeaten for Bournemouth. It shows how much they have

:39:41.:39:44.

progressed that they will be disappointed not to have taken all

:39:45.:39:47.

the points. Ritchie headed wide, Murray flocked from ten yards. Paris

:39:48.:39:54.

have lost just one in eight. -- Crystal Palace. It was a

:39:55.:39:59.

full-blooded encounter. It ends all square. Restore Palace

:40:00.:40:03.

going well near the top of the table. Right into the top echelons

:40:04.:40:08.

of the league. If you watch them play, and I have watched them a few

:40:09.:40:13.

times, they are incredibly well-organised. They have a simple

:40:14.:40:18.

system. Quick, attacking wide players, Wilfried Zaha I is

:40:19.:40:23.

particularly special. They sit back and break brilliantly. It has worked

:40:24.:40:27.

superbly for them and it is now is a price they are that high up the

:40:28.:40:33.

table. Teams like Watford, Crystal Palace, Leicester, because of the

:40:34.:40:37.

serious extra money in the Premier League in England, they have all got

:40:38.:40:42.

much, much deeper squads. They all have an opportunity. They will not

:40:43.:40:47.

follow way they have done before. Another club going well Michael,

:40:48.:40:50.

Tottenham Hotspur. Yes, they have been below the top four, out of the

:40:51.:40:56.

Champions League places for so long. No Chelsea out of the running this

:40:57.:41:01.

season, Manchester United are slipping out of the running, but

:41:02.:41:05.

still they have been below the top for Michael, out of the Champions

:41:06.:41:08.

League places for so long. Now Chelsea are out of the running this

:41:09.:41:10.

season, Manchester United are slipping out of the running, but

:41:11.:41:12.

still Diarra thereabouts. Todd numb have three or four points of the

:41:13.:41:14.

lead over United. Dashed Tottenham Hotspur. Pat makes a great point

:41:15.:41:22.

about the television money. It means that clubs like Leicester might be

:41:23.:41:27.

able to hold onto players. When Chelsea came in for stones, everyone

:41:28.:41:31.

thought he would leave Everton, but they were able to keep him. Maybe

:41:32.:41:38.

Leicester will be able to do that with the Riyad Mahrez and Jamie

:41:39.:41:42.

Vardy. No problems with money for Man City. Another big victory for

:41:43.:41:46.

them at home to Sunderland. Pellegrini says they have the

:41:47.:41:51.

strongest squad in the Premiership. I would disagree. I think Arsenal

:41:52.:41:56.

have more depth. Against the very top teams, in Europe and in England,

:41:57.:42:03.

Man City Niedermeier and players, they need Vincent Kompany to be

:42:04.:42:06.

playing well, they need Yaya Toure to be at his best, they need David

:42:07.:42:11.

Silva still to be in there. They have spent money on players, but

:42:12.:42:17.

they need those four. Some of the players in the squad do not look

:42:18.:42:21.

anywhere near as good. They have a good chance of winning the league,

:42:22.:42:26.

but I would still fancy Arsenal. Arsenal can go top later today. Do

:42:27.:42:32.

you think they will do that? Everything is a line for Arsenal.

:42:33.:42:35.

This is what they have been waiting for four years. I preferred it when

:42:36.:42:42.

you disagree but I do not mind if you agree. I watched Arsenal the

:42:43.:42:45.

other night and they were very convincing. Pat is right. Some of

:42:46.:42:50.

their traditional rivals are temporarily out of the running. It

:42:51.:42:55.

is not now or never about Arsenal. It is the best chance in ten years,

:42:56.:43:01.

the best they have had. Leicester lost 1-0 at Liverpool. Liverpool

:43:02.:43:06.

have been stuttering and Jurgen Klopp. The results have been

:43:07.:43:12.

average. Compare the results to what they were like with Brendan Rodgers.

:43:13.:43:17.

They are not much better. I will see nothing against Jurgen Klopp until

:43:18.:43:20.

he gets his chance to add to the team in January and possibly longer

:43:21.:43:26.

than that, in the summer. He will rebuild the team. Now he has got

:43:27.:43:31.

players from the previous regime. I am not judging him. Let's find out

:43:32.:43:35.

what happened between Swansea City and West Brom.

:43:36.:43:39.

Robyn Cowen was watching. Wonderful scenes at the Liberty Stadium, fist

:43:40.:43:45.

pumping and hiding at the final whistle, the first victory at the

:43:46.:43:49.

Liberty Stadium first Swansea in a Premier League game. The goal was

:43:50.:43:56.

slightly fortunate. Angel Rangel's effort hit the post. Ki Sung-Yueng

:43:57.:44:01.

reacted first. West Brom had a few have chances in the second half but

:44:02.:44:06.

came up against a very solid and hard-working Swansea City defence.

:44:07.:44:09.

They are out of the relegation zone for now at least.

:44:10.:44:15.

1-0. Add Villa Park, the bottom club were at home to West Ham United.

:44:16.:44:21.

Ivan Gaskell has the story. Relegation looks increasingly like a

:44:22.:44:26.

certainty for Aston Villa. 20 of the last 23 side bottom of the Premier

:44:27.:44:30.

League at Christmas have gone down. After this it will take a miraculous

:44:31.:44:35.

change of fortune for Aston Villa to come back. At times they played well

:44:36.:44:39.

and push West Ham bag but they still went behind to Aaron Cresswell's

:44:40.:44:44.

late well struck first half goal. Aston Villa swept forward after the

:44:45.:44:48.

break when Rudy Gestede was bundled over. Jordan Ayew converted from the

:44:49.:44:56.

spot but Aston Villa could not finish West Ham. For Aston Villa,

:44:57.:44:59.

draws are not enough. He is right. It's a massive jump.

:45:00.:45:08.

It's to the 4th bottom team. It's going to be tough. Oddly enough,

:45:09.:45:18.

they've some good players. And the goal scorer, not to the level he was

:45:19.:45:21.

at Blackburn, but without a shadow of a doubt, I don't see anyone that

:45:22.:45:27.

I have met at all that's betting on Aston Villa surviving the season, it

:45:28.:45:30.

would take something extra special. I am not convinced they've got it.

:45:31.:45:34.

Go on, Michael! It's a big story, Villa going down. They're not a

:45:35.:45:40.

club... A long time. I don't know if they have. Someone will send a text

:45:41.:45:46.

in or something. They've a top level Premier League. If Newcastle take

:45:47.:45:50.

anything tonight, Norwich go to the bottom three, as well. They're just

:45:51.:45:54.

outside, that would be troubling for Alex Neil. There is a lot of

:45:55.:45:59.

goodwill to Alex in Scotland. We want him to do well. He has had an

:46:00.:46:02.

incredible year. A shame if they finish in the bottom three. The

:46:03.:46:07.

promoted club that's struggled most, Pat? He came in with this attitude I

:46:08.:46:16.

will attack it, the way Watford did. They had a real good go at it. They

:46:17.:46:22.

got a hammering I think at Newcastle 6-2 and Alex seemed to come back and

:46:23.:46:26.

more defensive and Gary was working beside him and they thought we will

:46:27.:46:30.

be more sensible about it but it's not natural, I don't think, to them

:46:31.:46:34.

and they seem to be halfway between what they want to do and what they

:46:35.:46:40.

feel they should. Tough for Norwich at the moment. Big matches to come,

:46:41.:46:45.

including what could be a tricky trip to Tynecastle for Celtic.

:46:46.:46:50.

Hearts haven't won for a while. Their most recent match a no scoring

:46:51.:46:54.

draw to St Johnstone. In the circumstances it wasn't a bad result

:46:55.:46:57.

at all. You remember this, Pat? Down to ten men early on.

:46:58.:47:04.

Yeah. It's one of those ones where, he lost it... Just about every

:47:05.:47:07.

player has lost it for a second but you don't go that far. There was no

:47:08.:47:12.

doubt about that that he had to go off the field. A reprieve here for

:47:13.:47:17.

them. There were many opportunities. Loads of chances in this game. No

:47:18.:47:23.

bigger than this one, as well. Hearts were well organised

:47:24.:47:28.

defensively. It was about an hour I think they played without Juan. That

:47:29.:47:32.

I guess is encouraging for them, they were able to survive and take a

:47:33.:47:36.

point in those circumstances. You mentioned a tricky trip to

:47:37.:47:39.

Tynecastle for Celtic. It should be. They always are. But their record at

:47:40.:47:46.

Tynecastle is terrific. It's a seven straight wins there and goals, 26

:47:47.:47:51.

scored and two conceded. Talking about Hearts going down to ten men,

:47:52.:47:57.

they do work on that. Depends who the referee is. Players will fall

:47:58.:48:01.

into that system, that regime and feel comfortable about it and they

:48:02.:48:04.

don't panic. They don't lose it. They all know their jobs and that

:48:05.:48:08.

helps. I pose it was a striker as well which may help the

:48:09.:48:13.

reorganisation, you know, the back four and the defences, it's

:48:14.:48:21.

unchanged. Meanwhile at Celtic last week, Celtic were losing at home to

:48:22.:48:26.

Motherwell. And much has been made, obviously Scott Brown... From a

:48:27.:48:29.

leading position, as well. That's the unusual thing. Oddly enough, I

:48:30.:48:33.

heard people talk about it, when Brown is not playing, it's almost

:48:34.:48:37.

like a different team you are playing because the driving force is

:48:38.:48:41.

not there. That's maybe slightly harsh on Motherwell who had a good

:48:42.:48:47.

day. They played well on the day. They were intelligent. You see the

:48:48.:48:51.

defending there at the Motherwell goal is poor. It's poor again here.

:48:52.:49:02.

Bitton gives it away. Actually I think they've looked better in the

:49:03.:49:06.

last few weeks than at the start. But Motherwell exposed them last

:49:07.:49:11.

week. Only thing I would say about it it's rare for Celtic to stumble

:49:12.:49:15.

in two consecutive domestic games. They tend to react when they have a

:49:16.:49:19.

bad one, which it was last week and there was negativity from the

:49:20.:49:22.

stands, negativity in the media aftermath. They tend to react to

:49:23.:49:26.

that and Tynecastle is a place that you would react to. You would react

:49:27.:49:30.

to the atmosphere. Remind me of the stat you were saying earlier about

:49:31.:49:35.

Celtic's great record at Tynecastle. 26 goals scored, two conceded in the

:49:36.:49:39.

last seven? Remember what happened the last time they went there? Yes.

:49:40.:49:43.

Good, because we are going to see it. Celtic came out on top. Yeah, I

:49:44.:49:52.

think Griffiths... You know, it's always going to be tough, well not

:49:53.:49:57.

always, because there have been really big scores, but I think

:49:58.:50:01.

Hearts won't go into this fearful. Even though the stats don't sound

:50:02.:50:04.

good, they won't go in fearful because they'll be up for it. It's

:50:05.:50:07.

going to be an incredible atmosphere and it gives them a chance to get

:50:08.:50:11.

back into being talked about again. Everyone has been talking about St

:50:12.:50:15.

Johnstone and talking about Aberdeen. There is, if Celtic have

:50:16.:50:20.

had a slight wobble, you have to try and take advantage of that and

:50:21.:50:24.

that's what Hearts are going to have to try to do on this occasion.

:50:25.:50:28.

Everyone has been talk being it all week, it isn't only one result

:50:29.:50:32.

really. There was the Kilmarnock someone one, as well. In the end,

:50:33.:50:35.

Celtic generally have a wobble and get back on to it again. That's the

:50:36.:50:39.

difference between them and say Aberdeen, they had a boggle and it

:50:40.:50:44.

was mega. We saw Griffiths enjoy scoring against Hearts. He may play

:50:45.:50:50.

tomorrow. He may not. He is back in the straight and narrow in fitness

:50:51.:50:54.

terms, Michael. A big player. A big player in this fixture, as well. He

:50:55.:51:00.

scored a few against Hearts and revelled in it. We asked Ronnie the

:51:01.:51:05.

other day whether he was going to play, I didn't get the feeling he

:51:06.:51:08.

was that confident. He gave a vague answer. He has been out for three

:51:09.:51:13.

games I think with a calf strain. They're not the same attacking force

:51:14.:51:18.

without him. They don't carry the same threat. To Monday and Rangers

:51:19.:51:26.

and Hibs. Whoever comes out on top will go into 2016 as league leaders.

:51:27.:51:30.

They're level on points. Rangers have a superior goal difference.

:51:31.:51:34.

It's one win each in terms of league matches between the teams this

:51:35.:51:38.

season. Rangers winning 1-0 at Ibrox in August. It was a show-stopper,

:51:39.:51:45.

Pat. Yeah. I did say at the time if you put that goal in and by Messi or

:51:46.:51:53.

Ronaldo, you would say what a goal. That's a phenomenal free kick there.

:51:54.:51:57.

He has meant it, as well. He was on fire at that time of the season. Not

:51:58.:52:01.

saying he is as good a player as them but it was a moment of

:52:02.:52:06.

brilliance. Not as - he has varied a bit as have Rangers but they'll be

:52:07.:52:10.

up for it for this win, no doubt at all. Hibs won the match at Easter

:52:11.:52:15.

Road, 2-1 on this occasion. Both games have been interesting because

:52:16.:52:21.

they could have gone the other way. Quite interesting! Yeah. Japgers

:52:22.:52:25.

really could have won this game at Easter Road, they ended up losing to

:52:26.:52:30.

a late goal. Just as I thought Hibs might have won that one at Ibrox.

:52:31.:52:35.

The game we vice-president mentioned was the Cup tie on the opening day

:52:36.:52:41.

of the season, 6-2 at Easter Road. It almost feels like two different

:52:42.:52:45.

teams. Hibs are a different team. Rangers aren't playing with the same

:52:46.:52:50.

verve or scoring to the same rate. Rangers have scored in every game

:52:51.:52:53.

this season having said that. You think that's virtually the first

:52:54.:52:57.

thick that Hibs have to deal with -- first thing that Hibs have to deal

:52:58.:53:03.

with. They still score freely at Ibrox. Plenty through the managers,

:53:04.:53:08.

all conducted through the media. Warburton said he is more concerned

:53:09.:53:12.

about Christmas shopping than Hibs. Stubbs says Rangers have been in

:53:13.:53:17.

denial. Warburton has come up and you have to learn what it's like in

:53:18.:53:23.

Scotland, it's extraordinarily pressured anyway, if you are a

:53:24.:53:26.

Rangers manager it's going to be constant. If you are pressure on you

:53:27.:53:28.

from other managers or people you have to accept that. It's part of

:53:29.:53:32.

the deal. I think Mark was taken aback by it but then I have been in

:53:33.:53:36.

a situation where I have welcomed people that have come up from down

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south and players and had to explain to them you are going to get it up

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here, a bit of needle, you have to learn to deal with it. In the last

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press conference I thought Mark seemed to be dealing with it. He is

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getting it a little bit now. Don't worry about what the press are

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saying and don't worry about other managers, it's part of the wind-up,

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deal with it. He said that, that's exactly the right way to react. Who

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do you fancy for it on Monday night, Hibs and Rangers? I don't know. I

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will come back to you! Pat? I won't hide the fact I have a slight bias,

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I would take a draw now as someone like Hibernian to do well, in fact,

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I think it'sroom almost the likely result, I don't think there's much

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between the teams. Just now or going for the league generally. Michael,

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reached a decision? It's hard to disagree with any of that. They've

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been equally matched, not even this season, last season, as well. I can

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see a draw. I guess both teams will be happy with that. It keeps Hibs in

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the hunt and unbeaten run going. It will keep Falkirk happy, as well.

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Will both teams be happy with a draw at Pittodrie this afternoon?

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Aberdeen will be disappointed to have dropped two points. They had a

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big turnout today. Fans are expecting them to go top. In the

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circumstances of the match 2-0 down with 20 minutes left at home, it's

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all right. You can take something from it. It shows a bit of

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character. That's exactly what Davis said in the match report. There was

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character shown. We were actually talking about it through the show.

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If you look at the players who scored, it's kind of noticeable.

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They've got that front four that is fantastic. It's going to be big for

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them. Hayes and McGinn, everyone is talking about them now. McClean is

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going to be a huge player for them, as well. The story about Rooney,

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scores a penalty today to save them a point and that, I don't know if

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you read it, he practises penalties and tells the goalkeeper where he is

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going to put it, that's a great line that. Maybe you tell them and psych

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the goalkeeper out. That's really good to be that confident in

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yourself that you are going to do that. That front four, that's the

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four that will do it for Aberdeen between now and the end of the

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season, two of them have scored goals today. Big for Ross County,

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and 5th, on 27 points. That's only seven clear of the redpags play-off

:56:06.:56:11.

spot. -- relegation. You cannot get carried away. If you score five

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goals, what a massive boost of confidence to you. You add on top of

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that they've a striker in Boyce who is on fire just now. You are so, so

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comfortable that wherever you are playing, when you are playing,

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however you are doing, he will get us a goal and that gives you so much

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confidence all over the team. Gary Lock will be enjoying Boxing Day? He

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will. First win for several weeks. It lifts them and makes sure they're

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one of those teams in that pack. The league is ridiculous almost. Between

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5th and 11th there is nothing. We are trying to speculate on who might

:56:49.:56:54.

go down or in the play-offs, it's impock db -- - impossible. Hamilton

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are on a bad run. Two points ahead of Kilmarnock. No one will relax.

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Managers are trying to calm players and tell players it's OK, we are

:57:07.:57:09.

doing well, we are having a nice run. This is a little blip now. In

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fact, nobody with probably the four top are going to be completely and

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utterly relaxed and I can't see them relaxing because they've a lot of

:57:20.:57:23.

players down that bottom of that table who have been in this problem

:57:24.:57:26.

before and can't seem to drag themselves out. You get teams that

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move, two or three wins together and they change.

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Now, folks, that's almost it from the results show for 2015.

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A big win for Ross County. A hat trick for Liam Boyce.

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Congratulations to him. In the championship:

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St Mirren, not a great day for Alex first match in charge:

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Just time to reboot some charge: of the graphics once more this year

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to remind you of some of today's outcomes.

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Now, please remember to watch the highlights show tomorrow night

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Your first football show of the New Year is the results show

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next Saturday the 2nd of January at 4:30 on BBC One.

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But in a minute or two, it's an Off The Ball Saturday

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Supplement Boxing Day bash with Tam Cowan.

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And since it's Christmas, the part of Stuart Cosgrove will be

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Some chap called Michael Grant's on it as well.

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Thanks to Pat and Michael for their wisdom and wit,

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Take care and enjoy the rest of the holidays.

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