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good afternoon and welcome again to Sportscene, or as I like to call it | :00:17. | :00:24. | |
today, never mind the Ryder Cup, here is the football. Stephen | :00:25. | :00:30. | |
Thompson and Tony Higgins are here. Welcome. It is a six-game Saturday | :00:31. | :00:35. | |
in the Premiership so let me acquaint you with the latest scores | :00:36. | :00:38. | |
in the top division and beyond. In the Scottish Premiership... Dundee | :00:39. | :01:00. | |
United are the league leaders. In the lunch time finish, -- kick-off, | :01:01. | :01:08. | |
it finished St Mirren one, Celtic two. | :01:09. | :01:50. | |
So those are the latest scores. No time to hear from our reporters | :01:51. | :01:59. | |
around the grounds. Jim is watching Dundee United at home to St | :02:00. | :02:04. | |
Johnstone. Second half just kicking off. An unforgettable first half | :02:05. | :02:14. | |
with the goal giving home fans something to cheer. | :02:15. | :02:22. | |
The call came at 23 minutes. -- the Tomasz Kuszczak. -- the goal came at | :02:23. | :02:39. | |
23 minutes. The second half is just under way. United are on course to | :02:40. | :02:46. | |
remain top of the Premiership. Erskine on the scoreline again? He's | :02:47. | :02:50. | |
forth of the season. He struggled last year to make an impact that he | :02:51. | :02:56. | |
has come back this season and what a week it has been for Dundee United. | :02:57. | :03:01. | |
He is just one of the number of players they have got in the forward | :03:02. | :03:05. | |
area. They have a plethora of striking options. From the Teeside | :03:06. | :03:14. | |
derby, Motherwell at home to Hamilton in the Lanarkshire derby. A | :03:15. | :03:25. | |
couple of minutes into the half. Hamilton opened the scoring in the | :03:26. | :03:30. | |
33rd minute when Angola, Motherwell defender, missed the clearance. | :03:31. | :03:38. | |
Crawford added a second just before half-time. Motherwell did not create | :03:39. | :03:54. | |
a chance in the first half at all. They are suffering a hangover from | :03:55. | :04:00. | |
their midweek game. Tony, are you surprised by that scoreline? After | :04:01. | :04:06. | |
the midweek game which was at Douglas Park on the artificial | :04:07. | :04:09. | |
surface, I thought Motherwell would get it today on the grass. Not | :04:10. | :04:14. | |
really, because Motherwell only lost one game this season. They have over | :04:15. | :04:23. | |
achieved in the last few years. Of two Pittodrie. Aberdeen at home to | :04:24. | :04:32. | |
invest Cali fiscal. A couple of minutes into the second half. -- at | :04:33. | :04:37. | |
home to Inverness Caledonian Thistle. David Goodwin is continuing | :04:38. | :04:46. | |
his renaissance up front and looking well with Adam Rooney, who managed | :04:47. | :04:52. | |
to get the opening goal for Aberdeen to even out Meekings's first ever | :04:53. | :05:00. | |
goal for Inverness. A bit of a gift for the equaliser, a short head up | :05:01. | :05:13. | |
back for the equaliser. Aberdeen hit the front a few minutes before the | :05:14. | :05:16. | |
interval. A wonderful move this time. Pakistan the left-hand side. | :05:17. | :05:30. | |
-- passes down the left-hand side. The full-back hit the ball into the | :05:31. | :05:35. | |
top right-hand corner to give Aberdeen a lead they still hold | :05:36. | :05:40. | |
early in the second half. Aberdeen's form goes loose, Win, | :05:41. | :05:46. | |
lose, win. This would be their first back-to-back win. Yes, they had an | :05:47. | :05:50. | |
indifferent start to the league but I think they are picking up steam. | :05:51. | :05:54. | |
With the change of formation to 4-4-2, it is an incredible friend. | :05:55. | :06:01. | |
And Rooney, since he has come back in, he was out for quite a while, | :06:02. | :06:06. | |
has really been on fire. Something like four or five goals in his last | :06:07. | :06:12. | |
four games. Double figures for the season. He is an excellent striker. | :06:13. | :06:17. | |
More of him shortly but right now, Victoria Park. Ross County, bottom | :06:18. | :06:26. | |
club, home to Dundee this afternoon. 47 minutes gone and it is 1-0 to | :06:27. | :06:32. | |
Ross County and deservedly so because for a team seeking their | :06:33. | :06:36. | |
first point still, it was a positive start. Five chances in ten first | :06:37. | :06:42. | |
half minutes. At one point, there was some good work from Kiss and | :06:43. | :06:51. | |
Queen. The goal on 27 minutes. It was Kiss down the left who set it | :06:52. | :06:58. | |
up. Dundee were not having much luck. But Mark Brown had a good save | :06:59. | :07:06. | |
at the edge of the box. Then header was saved. I was reading comments | :07:07. | :07:16. | |
from the captain midweek, there, and he said it is important that we get | :07:17. | :07:20. | |
the first goal, something they have not done this season. I think he was | :07:21. | :07:25. | |
playing right back. An important game for them because they are | :07:26. | :07:30. | |
anchored at the foot of the table and St Mirren next to them, they | :07:31. | :07:34. | |
have to hope they lose today. But they are glad they have got ahead | :07:35. | :07:38. | |
because they have lost so many games. Off to Rugby Park. Kilmarnock | :07:39. | :07:42. | |
at home to Partick Thistle this afternoon. You have come at a | :07:43. | :07:48. | |
brilliant time because Kilmarnock has just gone 2-0 in front on the 50 | :07:49. | :07:54. | |
minute mark. It is a header from their captain, Manuel Pasquale. He | :07:55. | :07:59. | |
has been here six or seven years. The fans love him. He headed home | :08:00. | :08:04. | |
from a corner. About five minutes into the second half, Kelly went | :08:05. | :08:07. | |
into half-time with a 1-0 lead through Obadeyi. He stooped at 25 | :08:08. | :08:16. | |
minutes to head in barber's deep cross from the right hand side. But | :08:17. | :08:22. | |
Partick were unlucky not to go into half-time level. Ryan Stevenson | :08:23. | :08:27. | |
cracked a delicious shop off the crossbar -- shot off the crossbar | :08:28. | :08:35. | |
but it failed to go in. Back to Pittodrie Stadium. Another goal in | :08:36. | :08:38. | |
the match between Aberdeen and Inverness. Inverness counterattack. | :08:39. | :08:50. | |
A bit of a mistake this time from Logan, who could Aberdeen in front | :08:51. | :08:54. | |
just before the interval. He attempted to clear it. The all | :08:55. | :08:59. | |
bounced off a defender and spun into the net. So we are all square here. | :09:00. | :09:04. | |
A lot of people thought Kilmarnock might struggle this season but if it | :09:05. | :09:09. | |
stays like that, they will be on 14 points, level with Celtic. Doing | :09:10. | :09:13. | |
exceptionally well. People were wandering without Kris Boyd... He is | :09:14. | :09:19. | |
such an influential player for them, or was last year. He scored 48% of | :09:20. | :09:25. | |
their goals for the season. But sometimes when a player like that | :09:26. | :09:30. | |
leaves other people have to step up to the plate and responsibilities | :09:31. | :09:33. | |
get shared throughout the team. They have made some important signings as | :09:34. | :09:39. | |
well. They have made an incredible start to the season. Into the | :09:40. | :09:42. | |
championship, Raith Rovers at home to Falkirk. The home side are | :09:43. | :09:50. | |
wearing green and black, Falkirk wearing white and red. Both teams | :09:51. | :09:54. | |
pretty much off-colour. That is the story so far. Very little to | :09:55. | :09:57. | |
recommend the first half. The second half has started a bit brighter. | :09:58. | :10:03. | |
There was a delicious lowball put across after 47 minutes and there | :10:04. | :10:09. | |
was a bit of uncertainty between the goalkeeper and defence. Raith Rovers | :10:10. | :10:16. | |
made an impressive start to the season. At the start of the season | :10:17. | :10:23. | |
everybody talked about them challenging hips, Hearts and Rangers | :10:24. | :10:31. | |
for the top spot. Eventually they will get it right but difficult | :10:32. | :10:37. | |
times at the moment. Those matches still very much effort. Not so St | :10:38. | :10:41. | |
Mirren against Celtic. If you are with us from the start of the show | :10:42. | :10:45. | |
you will know how it. Otherwise I will not spoil the shock. Here is | :10:46. | :10:52. | |
the story of it. Another difficult afternoon for an unconvincing Celtic | :10:53. | :10:55. | |
but it did end with three points and a double from their striker John | :10:56. | :10:59. | |
Guidetti. They gave as good as they got, St Mirren, the large spells, | :11:00. | :11:03. | |
wryly hitting the bar early on as the champions toiled to get going. | :11:04. | :11:08. | |
Their only win this season so far came at Partick is a week ago | :11:09. | :11:12. | |
yesterday. Some of the club feel they have played well and not got | :11:13. | :11:16. | |
what they deserved. Guidetti's first fuelled their believing that as the | :11:17. | :11:19. | |
champions went in front three minutes from half-time after good | :11:20. | :11:23. | |
work by Brown, though it may have come off Jim Goodwin last. Saints | :11:24. | :11:30. | |
began the second period well and drew level on 15. Guidetti's second | :11:31. | :11:37. | |
owned a lot to a wonderful Stopes ball. They go to Aberdeen on | :11:38. | :11:49. | |
Tuesday. Celtic will focus on the Europa League. A long-term injury | :11:50. | :11:59. | |
absentee for St Mirren but he watched the match today. You will be | :12:00. | :12:04. | |
disappointed with the goals conceded? Yes, really disappointed. | :12:05. | :12:11. | |
We had injury problems today. I felt as though we competed very well | :12:12. | :12:18. | |
indeed first half. If not better than Celtic? Yes, people are saying | :12:19. | :12:25. | |
Celtic did not play badly, they were disjointed. It would probably be a | :12:26. | :12:34. | |
fair reflection if we went in 0-0. First home league all this season. | :12:35. | :12:40. | |
So that was good, and then with Celtic got their second, we did not | :12:41. | :12:44. | |
really threaten again in any real manner. In the end, a disappointing | :12:45. | :12:51. | |
result and it felt like at stages we could have taken something. A tough | :12:52. | :12:55. | |
match which week in Aberdeen as well. -- midweek. Yes. It does not | :12:56. | :13:03. | |
matter who we are playing, I do not think anyone expected us to get | :13:04. | :13:06. | |
anything from the Celtic game today that they want to go to Aberdeen | :13:07. | :13:10. | |
with positivity and the belief in a result. We have done it before and | :13:11. | :13:14. | |
we need to start picking up results and I'm sure the boys will be | :13:15. | :13:18. | |
looking forward to it. In the report, Leo said another | :13:19. | :13:21. | |
unconvincing performance from Celtic. They are far from the form | :13:22. | :13:28. | |
of last season. Yes, they have started this rotation system. Are | :13:29. | :13:32. | |
you a fan? You have to know your players very well. You have to be | :13:33. | :13:37. | |
convinced about 16 players can do a job. You need to establish what | :13:38. | :13:41. | |
their abilities. He left out Kris Commons today because of the | :13:42. | :13:47. | |
forthcoming game on Thursday. He will not be criticised for that but | :13:48. | :13:51. | |
I think he will need to find a team of 12 players he wants to play most | :13:52. | :13:54. | |
weeks and then bring these other players in. Celtic may have been | :13:55. | :14:00. | |
unconvincing today but Kilmarnock certainly aren't. I believe they | :14:01. | :14:06. | |
have scored again. Against Partick. Yes, and it is Obadeyi again. And | :14:07. | :14:11. | |
the assist again to Eremenko. It was his cornerback set up Manuel | :14:12. | :14:19. | |
Pasquale's second. Drilled home at the near post to make it 3-0 | :14:20. | :14:26. | |
Kilmarnock and a miserable afternoon so far for Partick. Dipping in and | :14:27. | :14:30. | |
out of the League Cup this afternoon. Plenty to talk about. | :14:31. | :14:34. | |
Stevenson went out but a couple of your other sides went through. Tony, | :14:35. | :14:39. | |
two of laws went through as well. Let's start though with the holders, | :14:40. | :14:44. | |
Aberdeen. They gave Livingston beat the lettering. 4-0 winners, Stephen, | :14:45. | :14:52. | |
and the first goal coming up here. You would have been happy to get | :14:53. | :14:58. | |
that one in? Yes. Quite an easy finish but it was very impressive | :14:59. | :15:03. | |
from Aberdeen in a difficult match. A hat-trick for Rooney. Showing his | :15:04. | :15:10. | |
manager he is determined to get back in the side. Goals of a high | :15:11. | :15:13. | |
quality. That one was exceptional. A low drive, this one, into the bottom | :15:14. | :15:21. | |
corner. He is very good in and around the box but he has shown he | :15:22. | :15:25. | |
can shoot from range there. The hat-trick coming up. That is more | :15:26. | :15:32. | |
Rooney -esque. But all three very good finishes from him. And they | :15:33. | :15:37. | |
came out all guns blazing. It is a trophy they are clearly keen to | :15:38. | :15:42. | |
defend. A different start to the season in the league but you saw the | :15:43. | :15:45. | |
performance there, and emphatic victory. So they are looking to | :15:46. | :15:50. | |
retain the trophy. A couple of seasons ago, it is a trophy that | :15:51. | :15:54. | |
teams must go into this competition thinking they have a good chance of | :15:55. | :15:59. | |
winning. Yes. I do not think Celtic have won it in five years. So it is | :16:00. | :16:05. | |
there for the taking. You are right, Aberdeen will be desperate to | :16:06. | :16:09. | |
maintain the trophy. They have to be one of the favourites to do that. | :16:10. | :16:14. | |
Rangers will also consider chances. A good performance the way to | :16:15. | :16:20. | |
Falkirk midweek. 3-1 winners in this one although for Kirk took the lead. | :16:21. | :16:30. | |
Yes. -- Falkirk. But eventually they managed to get their act together. | :16:31. | :16:36. | |
Unfortunately but that equal the game. And Dene Shields on target? It | :16:37. | :16:48. | |
was a nice finish in the end. From a player who probably... This is the | :16:49. | :16:55. | |
moment of controversy. I think it is a penalty. His arm is out in an area | :16:56. | :17:00. | |
where as a defender in the box you always told to keep your arms by | :17:01. | :17:04. | |
your side but certainly no doubt about this finish from Ian Black. | :17:05. | :17:09. | |
Great technique. Probably needs to work on his celebrations, though. | :17:10. | :17:16. | |
Adding to Pittodrie. There's something happening? Aberdeen take | :17:17. | :17:23. | |
the lead, but the defence is certainly not at the top. Caley | :17:24. | :17:28. | |
Thistle, rolling a pass into the path of David Goodwillie, with the | :17:29. | :17:36. | |
shot parried. But the rebound rolled into the unguarded goal. At the | :17:37. | :17:41. | |
moment, it is Aberdeen three, Caley Thistle two. It was 4-3 when these | :17:42. | :17:48. | |
teams met just before Christmas. We might beat that record, the way the | :17:49. | :17:52. | |
defence is playing today. Let's find out what is happening at Tannadice. | :17:53. | :18:01. | |
Still 1-0 to United. Remember that Chris Erskine goal, where 60 that it | :18:02. | :18:11. | |
through. United started the more brightly. A minute after that, a | :18:12. | :18:23. | |
snap lob went over the bar, but Saints should really have been | :18:24. | :18:27. | |
levelled at minute ago. Helen Morris failed to control the ball. All | :18:28. | :18:31. | |
Halloran got the ball away, predicted the post. 62 minutes | :18:32. | :18:41. | |
gone. Richard Wilson is next, watching the Lanarkshire derby. Any | :18:42. | :18:48. | |
advance on the 2-0? Not yet, but Stuart Carswell has just been | :18:49. | :18:50. | |
penalised for bringing down a player inside the penalty area. There are | :18:51. | :18:56. | |
about to take a penalty. If you stay with me, the ball is on the spot. He | :18:57. | :19:03. | |
stepped up to date the kick. And that is 3-0 to Hamilton. A | :19:04. | :19:11. | |
commentating debut for Richard Wilson, I did not think he did too | :19:12. | :19:16. | |
badly. Let's look at Ross County. No change here. Still 1-0. The couple | :19:17. | :19:23. | |
of decent chances. Eight 20 yarder saved. And a good attacking move by | :19:24. | :19:31. | |
Joe Cardinal. A couple of nurses. On the other hand, Paul McGowan had an | :19:32. | :19:35. | |
effort saved, but it remains 1-0. Kenny Crawford again, he is a Rugby | :19:36. | :19:47. | |
Park. Is it still 3-0? Yes. Almost four before you came to me. A free | :19:48. | :19:53. | |
kick whizzed past the post. And how the Kilmarnock fans would have loved | :19:54. | :19:57. | |
for him to have scored. Manual plus Galley scored the second. But | :19:58. | :20:02. | |
Kilmarnock are in complete control. Partick, since they hit the crossbar | :20:03. | :20:06. | |
in the first half, have not had anything to offer. Higginbotham is a | :20:07. | :20:09. | |
worry because he has had to go off. I saw him walking up the stands on | :20:10. | :20:13. | |
crutches. He seems to be walking OK Buck crunches are not a good sign. | :20:14. | :20:21. | |
It is still 3-0. I would dearly love Paul Mitchell to have the goal to | :20:22. | :20:24. | |
talk about. Is it for Raith Rovers or Falkirk? I would love to have a | :20:25. | :20:30. | |
chance to talk about. It has been that kind of game. Very little to | :20:31. | :20:34. | |
choose between the two sides. You can tick the boxes for effort and | :20:35. | :20:37. | |
endeavour but there has been very little creativity. And that is the | :20:38. | :20:43. | |
problem for both sides. They got into decent positions and more often | :20:44. | :20:46. | |
than not, they have taken the wrong option. The best entertainment is | :20:47. | :20:52. | |
twice that the goalie outfoxed his opposite onrushing forward. And | :20:53. | :20:57. | |
there, the first real action of the match. Forcing a save from Jimmy | :20:58. | :21:02. | |
MacDonald. Let's hope the action now picks up. No goals but plenty more | :21:03. | :21:15. | |
League Cup action to enjoy, at least in your case, Tony, for this | :21:16. | :21:19. | |
section. You can both be gloriously objective about this first offering, | :21:20. | :21:25. | |
St Johnstone away to Kilmarnock. Stephen Graham made the impact. St | :21:26. | :21:33. | |
Johnstone really needed a striker. If Brian Graham can step up to the | :21:34. | :21:37. | |
mark, that is a tremendous finish. He shows a great bit of technique, | :21:38. | :21:42. | |
to swivel and put the ball in the top net. He is a player who we now | :21:43. | :21:48. | |
can score goals. And St Johnstone, without Steven MacLean and Stephen | :21:49. | :21:51. | |
Mayne, they really need a goal-scorer. A good win for St | :21:52. | :21:56. | |
Johnstone, Scottish Cup winners, they will be chanting -- Lanzinger | :21:57. | :22:04. | |
chances to go all the way. Yes, Andy did well in the League Cup. They | :22:05. | :22:08. | |
will be hoping to continue that into the season. And Kilmarnock, are they | :22:09. | :22:14. | |
out of it? It seems to be a bit of a curse. You're after we won it, we | :22:15. | :22:19. | |
went out in the first round. -- the year after we won. The less said | :22:20. | :22:29. | |
about that the better. And think we have more League Cup action. Partick | :22:30. | :22:35. | |
Thistle against St Mirren. Scoring in next time. A hard one to take. It | :22:36. | :22:43. | |
was a poor game in terms of quality. It became anyone's game once it went | :22:44. | :22:49. | |
to penalties. Disappointing to lose that goal in extra time. And the | :22:50. | :22:53. | |
guys put so much effort into that game. It was almost a fatigued | :22:54. | :23:01. | |
finish. He looked down on his feet. Tony, you will be chuffed with that? | :23:02. | :23:07. | |
I saw that Archibald, the manager, was recollecting that in 1981 there | :23:08. | :23:10. | |
was a famous Partick Thistle when, maybe they can replicate that. | :23:11. | :23:17. | |
Disappointment for St Mirren. And coming on the back of a good win for | :23:18. | :23:23. | |
St Mirren. You think that Thistle may have had some revenge on their | :23:24. | :23:29. | |
mind? By all accounts, the game was poor. It was excellent for us on the | :23:30. | :23:33. | |
Friday to get our account up and running. And think it is important | :23:34. | :23:38. | |
to really focus on the league, because of where we are. -- and I | :23:39. | :23:45. | |
think. Maybe we do not need to focus on the League Cup any more, and we | :23:46. | :23:48. | |
can focus on points. That is what we need. A word for Cairncross third, | :23:49. | :23:55. | |
saying that Higginbotham was on crutches. He is a big player for | :23:56. | :24:00. | |
them. Yes, he is a star player. He is creative and good on the ball. | :24:01. | :24:04. | |
And he can score goals. That will be bad news for them. Tony, you have | :24:05. | :24:13. | |
not had much to celebrate with Hibernian, but they have had a 2-0 | :24:14. | :24:18. | |
win away to Ross County. Somewhat unexpected. But Craig fired in an | :24:19. | :24:24. | |
amazing cross. And what a header, reminiscent of the games are used to | :24:25. | :24:29. | |
play(!) It was a great cross and a great goal. Ross County ensured that | :24:30. | :24:33. | |
gym and would-be upset because this is Stevenson, riding the tackle. | :24:34. | :24:39. | |
Again, a pinpoint cross. Almost a Carbon copy of the first goal. But | :24:40. | :24:43. | |
great for Hibernian and hopefully that will lift their spirits to move | :24:44. | :24:49. | |
on to greater success. Ross County, defensively weak. A couple of | :24:50. | :24:57. | |
unchallenged headers. Obviously, they have been poor defensively. And | :24:58. | :25:01. | |
I think that that will be something they are looking to put right, the | :25:02. | :25:06. | |
new managers. Were you surprised by hopefully Ross County have started | :25:07. | :25:10. | |
the season? I was. I think they had a big turnaround of players in the | :25:11. | :25:16. | |
summer. A lot of foreign players coming in, players who may be did | :25:17. | :25:22. | |
not know the league. And they had a very poor start. But you know,... It | :25:23. | :25:29. | |
was a Scottish player that scored today, Gardyne. The win would be so | :25:30. | :25:36. | |
important. Obviously, when you are down there, on zero points, getting | :25:37. | :25:40. | |
a point on the board is vital. And it looks like they are going to do | :25:41. | :25:44. | |
that today. You are saying that through gritted teeth! You would | :25:45. | :25:49. | |
prefer a Dundee when? Time to bounce around the grounds, and Jim Spence, | :25:50. | :25:55. | |
any change at Tannadice? Heading towards the 30th minute and that | :25:56. | :26:01. | |
cannot help but reflect what -- on what the guys were saying. They | :26:02. | :26:04. | |
really are struggling to replace Stevie May. Steven MacLean also | :26:05. | :26:09. | |
injured. And Brian May cannot play because he is United player. Really, | :26:10. | :26:12. | |
they are struggling. They have brought on and working, on loan. | :26:13. | :26:18. | |
They have had one shot on goal. And as they speak, United are coming | :26:19. | :26:25. | |
forward. Armstrong, high and wide, into the stands. 70 minutes gone, | :26:26. | :26:31. | |
and if it stays like this, United retain the top spot in the Jimmy | :26:32. | :26:37. | |
ship. -- Premiership. Heading the Fir Park, Motherwell and Hamilton. | :26:38. | :26:43. | |
Yes, still 3-0 to Hamilton. It was almost four moments after and want | :26:44. | :26:49. | |
to be a scored that penalty kick. -- Antoine-Curier. Another shot was | :26:50. | :26:57. | |
pulled just wide. Motherwell have been brighter this half, bringing on | :26:58. | :27:00. | |
John Sutton who has made a difference. They saved one shot | :27:01. | :27:04. | |
earlier in the game. But it was the 59th minute before Motherwell had | :27:05. | :27:08. | |
their first effort on target, a header saved by Michael McGovern. | :27:09. | :27:13. | |
Lee Irwin subsequently said one into the side netting. Really, Hamilton | :27:14. | :27:18. | |
have lost this game. Motherwell have had no answers. Hamilton, riding | :27:19. | :27:29. | |
high in Lanarkshire. North to the highest scoring Premiership matches | :27:30. | :27:34. | |
so far. Five goals. Aberdeen Inverness. Is there a sixth? Caley | :27:35. | :27:40. | |
Thistle are pressing to find the equaliser. Graham shinny complaining | :27:41. | :27:46. | |
to the referee, taken out by Barry Robson on the edge of the penalty | :27:47. | :27:49. | |
box. Robson had previously been booked. So much experience in the | :27:50. | :27:56. | |
place of Ryan Jack. He has had a fine game, the veteran midfielder. A | :27:57. | :28:00. | |
lot of pressure put on the Aberdeen goal. They are holding fast, to the | :28:01. | :28:10. | |
best of five. Wonder what is happening and Ross County? There's | :28:11. | :28:17. | |
been an equaliser at Dundee. A great run by Martin Boyle, passing into | :28:18. | :28:21. | |
vivid Clarkson, who slotted it away. It is one all. -- David Clarkson. | :28:22. | :28:27. | |
Before that, county squandered a good chance. They might have | :28:28. | :28:36. | |
controlled the delivery better, but they did not. So it is 1-1. And | :28:37. | :28:42. | |
another goal at Tannadice. First, Robbie Bach. -- Rugby Park. The | :28:43. | :28:53. | |
Kilmarnock manager is suited and booted on the touchline, quite | :28:54. | :28:58. | |
satisfied because Obadeyi has scored twice. And he will be glad because | :28:59. | :29:01. | |
he looks like he is finding his shooting boots. So many Kilmarnock | :29:02. | :29:06. | |
players are on one goal this season, and looks like he is taking this by | :29:07. | :29:11. | |
the scruff of its neck. 3-0. And another goal at Tannadice. Jim | :29:12. | :29:25. | |
Spence. 2-0. A lovely bit of work by Ciftci, giving it the plate into | :29:26. | :29:31. | |
Staverton. It puts United ahead. -- Payton. Goals reining in around the | :29:32. | :29:37. | |
country but not at Starks park. Still goalless? Just moments before | :29:38. | :29:45. | |
you joined me, a moment that encapsulated the whole game. In role | :29:46. | :29:49. | |
in touch by McKie on the left-hand side, driving into the box, picking | :29:50. | :29:55. | |
out the wrong pass. That has been the shape of it. There was a header, | :29:56. | :30:02. | |
absolutely unmanned. The goalkeeper was beaten but unfortunately, so was | :30:03. | :30:06. | |
the post. It is getting better. 18 minutes to play. | :30:07. | :30:10. | |
If you have just tuned in, we're normally on at 4:30pm, but don't | :30:11. | :30:15. | |
worry, Steven Thomson and Tony Higgins have saved their best lines | :30:16. | :30:18. | |
for the second half of the show. If they have not, we are in big | :30:19. | :30:22. | |
trouble. Either way, we will resume with a look at the latest scores. | :30:23. | :31:40. | |
Time to go back to the grounds, starting with Jim Spence. Let's get | :31:41. | :31:49. | |
the details. 75 minutes gone, 2-0 to Dundee United. Erskine got the ball | :31:50. | :31:53. | |
rolling. He scored a fine goal from 12 yards. That put United ahead. | :31:54. | :31:58. | |
Very little has happened in the first half but the second half has | :31:59. | :32:03. | |
been more lively. The best chance of the game came with Michael Allen at | :32:04. | :32:09. | |
59 minutes. Alan Morris in control. The striker fired away but hit the | :32:10. | :32:20. | |
post. United added a second. Ciftci found Payton, eight yards out. And | :32:21. | :32:21. | |
he slotted in. 75 minutes gone, 2-0. The ball page and has been a shining | :32:22. | :32:38. | |
store for United. Yes, an unsung hero. -- Paul Paton. He has been an | :32:39. | :32:51. | |
excellent player for them. He really gives balance to the team. How much | :32:52. | :32:56. | |
balance at Fir Park? Hamilton the leaders there, 3-0. Hamilton have | :32:57. | :33:05. | |
been completely on top. It was 59 minutes before Motherwell even | :33:06. | :33:09. | |
managed a shot on target. The first goal came after 31 minutes -- 34 | :33:10. | :33:18. | |
minutes. Hamilton added a second just on the cusp of half-time. This | :33:19. | :33:23. | |
time it was a Paul Lawson mistake in midfield gifting the ball to crow -- | :33:24. | :33:30. | |
Crawford. Motherwell were a bit better after the interval but could | :33:31. | :33:36. | |
not sustain it. The Hamilton substitute Longridge was brought | :33:37. | :33:41. | |
down inside the penalty area. Motherwell just cannot get into this | :33:42. | :33:44. | |
game in any attacking sense and Hamilton are firmly on form. The | :33:45. | :33:49. | |
week started well for Motherwell with a point against Celtic. It has | :33:50. | :33:55. | |
gone downhill. Yes, a success story with the goals but they are | :33:56. | :34:01. | |
physically have defensive frailties this season. I thought they may have | :34:02. | :34:04. | |
turned a corner last week with their good form against Celtic but they | :34:05. | :34:10. | |
are struggling today. Of two Pittodrie and Scott is watching | :34:11. | :34:15. | |
Aberdeen-Inverness. Aberdeen 3-2 up last on the heard from you. Still | :34:16. | :34:21. | |
the same. There have been defensive frailties at both tens of the pitch | :34:22. | :34:25. | |
here this afternoon. At 60 minutes Josh Meekings powerfully headed home | :34:26. | :34:31. | |
his first goal for the club. Aberdeen then took advantage of a | :34:32. | :34:37. | |
poor pass back by Gary Warren and Adam Rooney got it in for his fifth | :34:38. | :34:41. | |
goal of the week. His 11th of the season. Just before half-time, David | :34:42. | :34:45. | |
Goodwillie, who is back to the sort of form that earned him that big | :34:46. | :34:54. | |
money move, helped set up the goal. Logan got it in. Logan then turned | :34:55. | :35:00. | |
from hero to villain as his miscued pass was picked up and driven into | :35:01. | :35:05. | |
the back of the net by Marley Watkins. Then more poor defending at | :35:06. | :35:10. | |
the other end, this time by Draper. It was Goodwillie taking advantage. | :35:11. | :35:14. | |
His shot was parried and there was Jonny Hayes to bundle it in. Five | :35:15. | :35:20. | |
goals so far. But with the defensive frailties we have seen at times, | :35:21. | :35:25. | |
there may be more goals before the end. Speaking earlier about | :35:26. | :35:29. | |
Aberdeen's firepower with Goodwillie and Rooney, but guys like Hayes, a | :35:30. | :35:35. | |
squad of dangerous players. They have. A lot of attacking options. | :35:36. | :35:42. | |
Obviously I was disappointed to see Jack go off with an injury because | :35:43. | :35:46. | |
he was elected a big player for them. But I think it is not too | :35:47. | :35:52. | |
extensive and injury. So child on and is watching Ross County -Dundee. | :35:53. | :36:01. | |
Charles, live up to your billing. Ross County got off to a good start | :36:02. | :36:10. | |
and created the best chances. Paul McGinn cut a good one out. You could | :36:11. | :36:14. | |
see Ross County's opener coming. It was predictable. Kiss took the ball | :36:15. | :36:20. | |
up the left and picked out Michael Gardyne and he slipped it in from | :36:21. | :36:29. | |
the far post. No luck for Dundee. Second-half has continued broadly on | :36:30. | :36:32. | |
similar lines and Kiss had two efforts which he missed out on. One | :36:33. | :36:36. | |
must save and one was a header but went over the bar. There was another | :36:37. | :36:48. | |
blank for county and then the equaliser came, Martin Boyle went up | :36:49. | :36:51. | |
their right and it was Clarkson who found the net from close range. | :36:52. | :36:56. | |
Dundee have come more into it since they scored that goal. The football | :36:57. | :37:02. | |
pools would be having Dundee in doubt for draw every week. -- down | :37:03. | :37:08. | |
for draw every week. Four draws this season so far. Yes, it is important | :37:09. | :37:15. | |
for them to get a point today. But they have done well. They are safe | :37:16. | :37:21. | |
in the league at the present. Just the one defeat. That is right. Ross | :37:22. | :37:28. | |
County of course need three points. Party losing plenty of goals this | :37:29. | :37:32. | |
afternoon away to Kilmarnock. They were leading by 3-0 the last time we | :37:33. | :37:41. | |
spoke to Kenny. Still 3-0? Yes. It looks as though Kilmarnock have | :37:42. | :37:45. | |
definitely got the sponsoring up. About seven or eight minutes to | :37:46. | :37:50. | |
play. It was Obadeyi who got them in in the first half -- the first one | :37:51. | :37:57. | |
in in the first half. He headed in Barber's cross. So far in his career | :37:58. | :38:03. | |
he has been a bit of a journeyman but so far he's finding his feet at | :38:04. | :38:08. | |
Kilmarnock and they will be hoping he hits the back of the net | :38:09. | :38:12. | |
regularly. Someone who has hit it regularly for Kilmarnock over six | :38:13. | :38:15. | |
years has been Manuel Pascali. He scored the second from a corner and | :38:16. | :38:21. | |
it was a bullet header and the fans were delighted. He put it past Scott | :38:22. | :38:29. | |
Fox. Obadeyi got his second of the match soon after. He drilled in at | :38:30. | :38:35. | |
the near post to make it three. Artic diesel have offered little in | :38:36. | :38:43. | |
the second half. -- Partick Thistle. But it seems they have given up the | :38:44. | :38:49. | |
ghost. It looks like Kilmarnock will get home easily here. Pascali on the | :38:50. | :38:58. | |
scoresheet. A fan favourite. He is a very good player, likes to let you | :38:59. | :39:10. | |
know you are in a game. Are you familiar with the works of Obadeyi? | :39:11. | :39:15. | |
Not so much that I watched him play on the left hand side. He looked | :39:16. | :39:20. | |
dangerous, can run with the ball. I can Kilmarnock have been chuckling | :39:21. | :39:24. | |
to find somebody who will step up and -- I think Kilmarnock have been | :39:25. | :39:29. | |
struggling to find somebody like that. Goals in all the Premiership | :39:30. | :39:35. | |
matches this afternoon. Not so in the championship. Our reporter is at | :39:36. | :39:42. | |
a dull race Rovers-full-colour encounter. Yes, it has started to | :39:43. | :39:52. | |
improve. -- Raith Rovers versus Falkirk encounter. There were a few | :39:53. | :40:03. | |
efforts for Falkirk. McDonald called into action in the last ten minutes. | :40:04. | :40:06. | |
Recently he has done well to save from McEwan and Thompson. | :40:07. | :40:11. | |
Interesting to note they are both full-backs for Raith Rovers who are | :40:12. | :40:16. | |
desperately trying to get forward. Raith Rovers had a penalty claim a | :40:17. | :40:20. | |
couple of moments ago. One player was brought down but it was actually | :40:21. | :40:24. | |
offside and it did not look like a penalty anyway. We are moving on to | :40:25. | :40:28. | |
act three of our League Cup round-up and there is a derby double-header | :40:29. | :40:37. | |
starting from Dundee. A 1-0 win from United. Yes. I wonder whether this | :40:38. | :40:45. | |
was a sending off. What it denying him a goal-scoring opportunity? Yes, | :40:46. | :40:50. | |
but I do not think it is a foul. I think on the way down the Dundee | :40:51. | :40:56. | |
player comes with him. I would not have said it was a penalty. Dundee | :40:57. | :41:02. | |
will be disappointed to lose a goal in the last minute. Jaroslaw Fojut | :41:03. | :41:11. | |
with the goal there. And uncompromising centre-half. So a | :41:12. | :41:16. | |
narrow win there. Even tighter in the Lanarkshire derby, 0-0 in this | :41:17. | :41:21. | |
one and it went to penalties. Simon Ramsay with the miss there. A great | :41:22. | :41:30. | |
save, though. Yes, a close game. The great save with his right hand. And | :41:31. | :41:38. | |
Hamilton winning 6-5 on penalties. Not 14-30. No. A great finish. | :41:39. | :41:46. | |
Hamilton cannot do anything wrong at the moment. They have this | :41:47. | :41:53. | |
tremendous team spirit. I know you have been impressed with Hamilton, | :41:54. | :41:59. | |
Stephen, but surprised that... ? Yes, and that is not being | :42:00. | :42:04. | |
disrespectful. They have come out of the First Division, lost their first | :42:05. | :42:08. | |
game and people have been quick to criticise but since then they have | :42:09. | :42:12. | |
been phenomenal. They work so hard for each other but within that they | :42:13. | :42:17. | |
have real quality to win matches. They are contenders for the top six | :42:18. | :42:22. | |
finish this year. I thought you were going to say contenders for the | :42:23. | :42:30. | |
title! Settle down! The BBC live match. Stephen, you were there, and | :42:31. | :42:34. | |
a convincing win for Celtic over Hearts who, it had to be said, shot | :42:35. | :42:39. | |
themselves in the foot. Two bit chances, one from Walker and the | :42:40. | :42:43. | |
other from Wilson. He should not be heading that back into the box. A | :42:44. | :42:48. | |
good finish from Guidetti who should have been a hat-trick in the match. | :42:49. | :42:56. | |
It is a soft penalty but there was no reason for Van Dyke to leave his | :42:57. | :43:05. | |
leg hanging. He should have kept is chopped down. What a pained | :43:06. | :43:14. | |
expression! This is stupid. I think it is Guidetti. He's not going | :43:15. | :43:18. | |
anywhere. All you need to do as a defender is a show him out. On the | :43:19. | :43:23. | |
night, Celtic did deserve to win the game on the balance of chances, and | :43:24. | :43:27. | |
in the last 30 minutes they really did it in style. You can see what | :43:28. | :43:35. | |
he's trying to do, chested past the post. Celtic have not won the trophy | :43:36. | :43:40. | |
for a good few years. I think fans are keen on them winning it this | :43:41. | :43:47. | |
year. Yes. They have talked about winning the treble. In the last | :43:48. | :43:55. | |
couple of years, critical Celtic fans were saying that Neil Lennon | :43:56. | :44:00. | |
never achieved a treble. Celtic fans still criticise him for it. So I | :44:01. | :44:06. | |
think that for Ronnie Deila to say his aspiration is the treble at this | :44:07. | :44:09. | |
stage of the season, it is really important that Celtic fans remember | :44:10. | :44:14. | |
that message. It would be good for Ronnie Deila, wouldn't it? It would. | :44:15. | :44:20. | |
I personally think he should not have said that the league was a | :44:21. | :44:24. | |
foregone conclusion will stop you did not hear Neil Lennon saying that | :44:25. | :44:34. | |
when there were 20.8. But they will win it. A reminder of the League Cup | :44:35. | :44:41. | |
results from midweek. Aberdeen convincing winners at home to | :44:42. | :44:43. | |
Livingston. We can have a look at the fourth | :44:44. | :45:05. | |
round draw. Quarterfinals. What is your pick of the ties there, | :45:06. | :45:24. | |
Tony? Probably Rangers -Saint Johnstone but this is one of the few | :45:25. | :45:29. | |
occasions I can remember that they were all Premier League clubs. | :45:30. | :45:32. | |
Normally there are teams from the lower division that managed to get | :45:33. | :45:36. | |
through. So they are all good ties. Rangers-Saint Johnstone will be | :45:37. | :45:43. | |
good. Rangers are favourites but St Johnstone are a Premier League team. | :45:44. | :45:48. | |
Do you fancy Hibs at home to Dundee United? No. Especially with it being | :45:49. | :45:55. | |
a quarterfinal. But if the Hibs support come out in this and get | :45:56. | :45:58. | |
behind their team, it will boy them up. They might just do it. Tony's | :45:59. | :46:04. | |
bristling, I can see. I think he will agree with you. I must admit, | :46:05. | :46:11. | |
United are overwhelming favourites but the result against Dingwall has | :46:12. | :46:15. | |
given them some inspiration. And Celtic this? -- Celtic - Partick | :46:16. | :46:25. | |
Thistle? I can only see Celtic win that. It would have brought in a bit | :46:26. | :46:33. | |
of money to the club so disappointed for that but Celtic will win that | :46:34. | :46:39. | |
match. And Aberdeen looking good? Yes, they are the favourites for the | :46:40. | :46:45. | |
containment trophy. Do you fancy them? I still think Aberdeen. | :46:46. | :46:51. | |
Celtic, to win the treble is very difficult and I would not be | :46:52. | :46:55. | |
surprised if Celtic got the double. But there is usually under the team | :46:56. | :46:58. | |
and in the last few years there has always been another team that can | :46:59. | :47:03. | |
hopefully win at probably Aberdeen have a prospect. It was the last | :47:04. | :47:13. | |
trophy they won, wasn't it? Yes, in 2007, I think. A couple of matches | :47:14. | :47:18. | |
in the championship could end up over the next couple of days. One is | :47:19. | :47:20. | |
tomorrow. circumstances. -- starting with | :47:21. | :47:39. | |
hearts against Livingston, hearts have adjusted well. Absolutely. The | :47:40. | :47:43. | |
younger players that did so well have really matured. They have some | :47:44. | :47:49. | |
fantastic signings. They will push Rangers the hallway this year for | :47:50. | :47:55. | |
that Championship. Losing the other night at Parkhead, they should not | :47:56. | :47:59. | |
be too despondent. I would forget about that and concentrate on the | :48:00. | :48:01. | |
league. I'd expect that they will win. The crowds that have been | :48:02. | :48:07. | |
turning out, 15,000 in the Championship coming to games, with | :48:08. | :48:11. | |
that crowd behind you, it is such a bonus. I think that they will win | :48:12. | :48:19. | |
tomorrow convincingly. Heading over to Fir Park. Motherwell Hamilton. | :48:20. | :48:25. | |
Another goal for Ali Crawford. It is now 4-0. The ball was fed into him | :48:26. | :48:35. | |
from a tight angle. 4-0. Back to the Championship chat. You would fancy | :48:36. | :48:43. | |
hearts at home to Livingston? Yes. In the League Cup tie that | :48:44. | :48:50. | |
Livingston took, I think it was 4-1. But hearts have played so well. Ten | :48:51. | :48:57. | |
changes. I think they will play their strongest side. I would say | :48:58. | :49:01. | |
that they will win this one. Staying with you, to talk about her | :49:02. | :49:06. | |
Hibernian, who had a great showing at Ibrox. Rangers won Mark of a | :49:07. | :49:09. | |
supposed they have improved steadily since then, whereas Hibernian have | :49:10. | :49:16. | |
not gained momentum. They have had a difficult time. They play better | :49:17. | :49:19. | |
football. It was a controversial ordering off of Handling. I think | :49:20. | :49:26. | |
Hibernian will have to play better. They, if they can continue the form | :49:27. | :49:31. | |
they have been showing, it could be a good game. This guy, my languor, | :49:32. | :49:38. | |
might be the attacking threat. -- Malanga. You fancy them, Stephen? | :49:39. | :49:48. | |
Yes. Rangers cannot afford to drop too many points. But think they have | :49:49. | :49:52. | |
the quality to win that game. Full-times is beginning to trickle | :49:53. | :49:57. | |
in, the first from Rugby Park. Kenny? One-way traffic is an | :49:58. | :50:04. | |
understatement. 3-0, the full-time results. Kilmarnock stay fifth in | :50:05. | :50:08. | |
the league. That is their fourth win out of eight games this season and | :50:09. | :50:11. | |
they do not think that there has been a bigger win this season and | :50:12. | :50:15. | |
Alan Johnson. It might be his biggest ever. We will need to check | :50:16. | :50:20. | |
that one. All the way, it looked like Kilmarnock were going to take | :50:21. | :50:24. | |
the points. Partick Thistle, out with a whimper. Although they did | :50:25. | :50:28. | |
have a couple of injuries. It was Obadeyi who got the scoring | :50:29. | :50:34. | |
underway. 25 minutes, he headed in the deep cross at the back post. | :50:35. | :50:39. | |
That was his second of the season. That was the way it stayed although | :50:40. | :50:43. | |
Stevenson cracked the bar from 25 yards with a brilliant strike. | :50:44. | :50:47. | |
Unlucky not to find the net. The lead was doubled by Kilmarnock | :50:48. | :50:53. | |
shortly after. 51 minutes and Manuel Pascali, an Italian who has been at | :50:54. | :50:58. | |
Ayrshire for six years, he headed home the corner. And soon after, | :50:59. | :51:06. | |
Obadeyi added a third. In four to much space, he turned and drilled | :51:07. | :51:10. | |
into the near post. So Kilmarnock went 3-0, and Partick are on the | :51:11. | :51:16. | |
losing side and will be disappointed with that. They are down in ninth. | :51:17. | :51:23. | |
Now to Charles Bannerman with news of a dramatic late winner. But is it | :51:24. | :51:28. | |
for Ross County or Dundee? It is for Ross County. I think? Minutes of | :51:29. | :51:33. | |
stoppage time have now elapsed but it looks like a winner from Darren | :51:34. | :51:39. | |
Matson. He picked up a ball from the left, and fired it in to the delight | :51:40. | :51:46. | |
of the fans. -- Maatsen. But think this game must be just about | :51:47. | :51:51. | |
finished. At the moment, it is 2-1 to Ross County. And approaching the | :51:52. | :51:56. | |
very end. Still playing, but it is all over at Fir Park. Richard, how | :51:57. | :52:06. | |
did it finish? It took seven death penalties to celebrate the sides at | :52:07. | :52:11. | |
mid week in the league up, but this was a more one-sided encounter. | :52:12. | :52:16. | |
Hamilton were in control from the outset. A reflection of their | :52:17. | :52:19. | |
dominance. Motherwell conceded in the 33rd minute when possession was | :52:20. | :52:28. | |
surrendered inside the area. Ali Crawford, also excellent in midfield | :52:29. | :52:32. | |
for Hamilton throughout, scored the second before half-time, robbing | :52:33. | :52:37. | |
Paul Lawson of the ball. Motherwell's contribution to their | :52:38. | :52:41. | |
downfall continued after the break when Stuart Carswell brought down a | :52:42. | :52:44. | |
player in the area. Antoine-Curier scored the resulting spot kick. He | :52:45. | :52:51. | |
added the fourth, shooting from a tight angle in extra time. It was 56 | :52:52. | :52:57. | |
minutes before Motherwell managed a shot on target, comfortably saved. | :52:58. | :52:59. | |
The home side were never in this game. The Derby lacked intensity or | :53:00. | :53:05. | |
competitiveness. Hamilton worked so firmly in control. A solar one for | :53:06. | :53:10. | |
Motherwell to take. Charles Bannerman has had time to collect | :53:11. | :53:18. | |
his thoughts. A dramatic ninety second minute winner from Darren | :53:19. | :53:23. | |
Maatsen has got his first points for Ross County. Before that, they had | :53:24. | :53:28. | |
morphed into a gorilla. It was a great start from county, with a lot | :53:29. | :53:33. | |
of chances. Rocco Quinn was set up for a chance, the best of the early | :53:34. | :53:38. | |
chances. It was highly predictable overall. Kiss phoned Michael Gardyne | :53:39. | :53:47. | |
to slip it in. They did not test Mark Brown at the other end. Another | :53:48. | :54:02. | |
header went over the bar. Then the equaliser, when Martin Boyle charged | :54:03. | :54:06. | |
up the right, picking up David Clarkson who found the net from | :54:07. | :54:09. | |
close range. It was against the run of play but it sparked life into | :54:10. | :54:15. | |
Dundee, and they managed to force a great save out of Brown. Then the | :54:16. | :54:21. | |
ninety second equaliser, with Maatsen. Another win for United. A | :54:22. | :54:35. | |
former Partick Thistle jewel did the damage. A goal in each half. Erskine | :54:36. | :54:48. | |
fired a -- fired them ahead. Despatching from 12 yards. 72 | :54:49. | :54:51. | |
minutes in, Paul Payton fired at home from eight yards after a fine | :54:52. | :54:55. | |
interchange between Watson and Ciftci. In between the goals, Saints | :54:56. | :54:59. | |
almost levelled. Alan Morris failed to level. Saints are badly missing | :55:00. | :55:07. | |
Stephen Mayne, who left for Sheffield Wednesday. With Brian | :55:08. | :55:14. | |
Graham unavailable, they were short in the striking department. That | :55:15. | :55:16. | |
will not bother United, who remain top of the Premiership. | :55:17. | :55:23. | |
Our final full-time report comes from Scott Davie. As far as the | :55:24. | :55:27. | |
Premiership goals, Aberdeen against Caley Thistle, a narrow win? Yes, by | :55:28. | :55:35. | |
three goals. -- by 3-2. Aberdeen seem to have solved their problems | :55:36. | :55:38. | |
of last season, being unable to kill off opposition in home games. They | :55:39. | :55:43. | |
have scored ten goals now in the space of a week, largely down to the | :55:44. | :55:47. | |
productive partnership between David Goodwillie and Adam Rooney. Although | :55:48. | :55:50. | |
it has to be said that there was a lot of defensive mistakes for the | :55:51. | :55:54. | |
majority of the goals of this afternoon. Uncharacteristic for both | :55:55. | :55:57. | |
sides but nonetheless, that is what happened. Josh Meekings headed his | :55:58. | :56:02. | |
side in front with his first ever for Caley Thistle, not picked up by | :56:03. | :56:07. | |
Greg Candy. A simple header, a simple goal. A good finish from Adam | :56:08. | :56:13. | |
Rooney at 23 minutes, his 11th of the season and fifth in just eight | :56:14. | :56:16. | |
days. April header from Gary Warren. Rooney rounded the keeper | :56:17. | :56:22. | |
before rolling it into the back of the net. A sublime goal of putting | :56:23. | :56:25. | |
Aberdeen in front before the interval. Goodwillie intelligently | :56:26. | :56:33. | |
held up later shot, spotting Shea Logan on the right and rolling it | :56:34. | :56:37. | |
into him. The full-back did the rest and 40 minutes. But it was Shea | :56:38. | :56:42. | |
Logan who turned provider at the other end of the park, missing a | :56:43. | :56:46. | |
clearance and putting the ball into the path of Watkins, who lifted it | :56:47. | :56:52. | |
over Jimmy Lange field and equalised. But the mistakes were not | :56:53. | :56:55. | |
finished a. At the other end of the park, Ross Draper with another | :56:56. | :56:58. | |
uncharacteristic blunder at missed control. Johnny Hayes, a former | :56:59. | :57:06. | |
Caley Thistle player, increasing the punishment for his old team, rolling | :57:07. | :57:12. | |
it into the back of the net. Aberdeen with their first | :57:13. | :57:14. | |
back-to-back league wins of the season. I think we are spoiling the | :57:15. | :57:18. | |
viewers with all these goggles. Let's bring you crashing down to | :57:19. | :57:27. | |
earth with Paul Mitchell, telling us about the goalless match between | :57:28. | :57:32. | |
Raith Rovers and Falkirk. Six points separated the sides at the start of | :57:33. | :57:35. | |
the day and that is how it stays after neither side managed to pull | :57:36. | :57:38. | |
away from the other. Little to commend in the first half. As the | :57:39. | :57:45. | |
Magic bounced, it improved in terms of chances created. Tudor Jones was | :57:46. | :57:50. | |
the architect of a number of the chances, only to be denied by the | :57:51. | :57:59. | |
goalkeeper. Jason Thomson... Rory Ellis had a header from a corner on | :58:00. | :58:04. | |
72 minutes but going to did past the post. It was a day where the final | :58:05. | :58:07. | |
ball needed to be better. But it was not. My eyes nearly popped out of my | :58:08. | :58:13. | |
head when we were looking at the statistics board for Motherwell and | :58:14. | :58:17. | |
Hamilton. In terms of possession, 51%. In terms of shots, Hamilton had | :58:18. | :58:28. | |
23 shots on target. Yes, it is a real concern for Motherwell. Last | :58:29. | :58:31. | |
year, they had one of the worst goals against records in the league. | :58:32. | :58:37. | |
And they lost Scott Hutcheson, one of the best defenders in the Premier | :58:38. | :58:42. | |
League. They are defensively struggling and they are not scoring | :58:43. | :58:46. | |
the goals that they need to. There are problems at Motherwell. But | :58:47. | :58:51. | |
Stuart McCall is the right man to try and guide them out of this. No | :58:52. | :58:56. | |
such problems at Hamilton, sitting second top just behind Dundee | :58:57. | :59:03. | |
United. Your old pal is doing great things there. Yes. Hamilton lost | :59:04. | :59:08. | |
their first game, and they have drawn every game since then. | :59:09. | :59:12. | |
Incredible spirit within the camp. Great talent. Young players and all | :59:13. | :59:18. | |
the players. What a result today. 23 shots on target. And United, I | :59:19. | :59:24. | |
noticed, Paul Payton said earlier that this season they are learning | :59:25. | :59:31. | |
to women ugly. You remember that spell, an incredible run last | :59:32. | :59:36. | |
season. -- win ugly. They had the players, Bryan Gould except. But | :59:37. | :59:41. | |
this year, they seem to be more pragmatic, and they have lost one or | :59:42. | :59:44. | |
two of their top players. The reality is that they are playing | :59:45. | :59:48. | |
better football in the sense that it is more effective. I think that is | :59:49. | :59:51. | |
probably why they are top of the league. They are managing to grind | :59:52. | :59:56. | |
teams down. And he mention Erskine and Paul Payton that they have | :59:57. | :00:02. | |
brought in. He is showing loyalty to his players, and bringing them with | :00:03. | :00:05. | |
him. Erskine, he dominates the left-hand side when he is on song. | :00:06. | :00:11. | |
He is a strong runner with good skill. And with Robertson away, that | :00:12. | :00:15. | |
will give him some place in the backspace. He will be a great asset. | :00:16. | :00:19. | |
What is scary is that Mackay, Stevenson and Armstrong on the | :00:20. | :00:23. | |
bench, two of them are the best players. The options for the squad | :00:24. | :00:27. | |
that Jackie McNamara has assembled, it is awesome. And let's have a look | :00:28. | :00:31. | |
at the classified round-up. Another goal for Ali Crawford. It is | :00:32. | :01:57. | |
now 4-0. Normally at this time I would bring | :01:58. | :04:02. | |
you the classified tables understandings. Unfortunately there | :04:03. | :04:05. | |
were one or two gremlins in the system so we cannot do that. But by | :04:06. | :04:10. | |
way of compensation I will bring you a round-up of the matches down South | :04:11. | :04:14. | |
this afternoon. The Merseyside derby, Liverpool at home to | :04:15. | :04:18. | |
Everton. Here is the story. It was a derby that was barely typical in | :04:19. | :04:23. | |
many ways, full of blood and thunder, dour in parts but with a | :04:24. | :04:27. | |
dramatic twist to finish. Liverpool better in the first half but could | :04:28. | :04:32. | |
not score while Everton rarely threatened. But a Steven Gerrard | :04:33. | :04:36. | |
kick in the 65th minute but the Everton wall and dipped in time to | :04:37. | :04:40. | |
beat Tim Howard for pace. Something special for the Captain's 10th | :04:41. | :04:44. | |
Merseyside derby goal. But Gerard was trumped in injury time by | :04:45. | :04:49. | |
Everton's man with the armband. A corner was not cleared, a cross was | :04:50. | :04:53. | |
only partially dealt with and it came straight to fill Jackie O who | :04:54. | :05:03. | |
thumped the ball in from 25 yards. -- came straight to Jedvaj Elka. | :05:04. | :05:07. | |
Leaders Chelsea were home to Aston Villa. Chelsea 3-0 winners here in | :05:08. | :05:19. | |
the end. Oscar early on. It was won at half-time. Villa did not | :05:20. | :05:26. | |
threaten. Eight Premier League goals for Diego. William wrapped it all up | :05:27. | :05:30. | |
with 11 or 12 minutes left. Roy Keane has a really long grey beard | :05:31. | :05:41. | |
now. He was clean-shaven last time Villa had shot on target, I think. | :05:42. | :05:48. | |
Rampant. Redhead to Hull where City were at home to Manchester City. -- | :05:49. | :05:50. | |
let's head to hole. Sergio Aguero got a 2-0 lead within | :05:51. | :06:00. | |
a few minutes. Frank Lampard scored yet again to | :06:01. | :06:19. | |
tap in his fourth goal in a week. Things looking up for Manchester | :06:20. | :06:24. | |
city. Getting better for United as well. They are at home to West Ham | :06:25. | :06:30. | |
this afternoon. Manchester United two, West Ham one. Far from | :06:31. | :06:34. | |
convincing but United held out for 32 minutes. Wayne Rooney got a read | :06:35. | :06:48. | |
for a tackle on Downing. United were put ahead early on. Van Percy got | :06:49. | :06:59. | |
the second on 22 minutes. Valencia had a header which dropped the bar. | :07:00. | :07:02. | |
It was all West Ham in the final half hour. Kevin Nolan turned the | :07:03. | :07:16. | |
ball past with a header but the flag was up. Extremely tight looking at | :07:17. | :07:21. | |
the replay. West Ham denied a point. United looked brilliant going | :07:22. | :07:25. | |
forward. Fragile, shaky and know that in the back, but they have the | :07:26. | :07:31. | |
three points. Stephen Thompson. He said about Roy Keane's beard. Did | :07:32. | :07:37. | |
you hear that? Good win for Manchester United as well. Much | :07:38. | :07:40. | |
needed. They would have been in trouble. Might set them on the road | :07:41. | :07:46. | |
to better things. Yes, I think it is the transition. The amount of | :07:47. | :07:49. | |
players that have come in and they have defensive problems. They have | :07:50. | :07:57. | |
problems in their squad but you want to start seeing results. Man City, | :07:58. | :08:02. | |
that was their first win in three. They have drawn the last two | :08:03. | :08:06. | |
matches. But no problems for Chelsea. They seem to be coasting | :08:07. | :08:14. | |
their way to the title. That was an unintentional pun when I said | :08:15. | :08:20. | |
coasting. Koster. And they are a machine, Chelsea. Mourinho is a bit | :08:21. | :08:26. | |
understated this year. He calls Pellegrini a crony to upset him but | :08:27. | :08:32. | |
apart from that he has been quiet. I think they will be very difficult to | :08:33. | :08:36. | |
surpass this year. Let's go back to all things Scottish and the | :08:37. | :08:40. | |
Premiership. Apologise again that we did not have the leak tables. | :08:41. | :08:50. | |
Despite the defeat for Inverness Caley Thistle they are in third | :08:51. | :08:54. | |
place in the table. Ross County won today their first win of the season. | :08:55. | :08:57. | |
They have drawn level on points with St Mirren. Look at the bottom four. | :08:58. | :09:02. | |
This that how it's going to pan out? I do not know. Ross County has | :09:03. | :09:13. | |
had. Full stop but whilst we can still be within touching distance. | :09:14. | :09:19. | |
We are only four points behind... Behind Dundee as well. Yes, whilst | :09:20. | :09:26. | |
we can still see there teams above us that can be caught quite easily, | :09:27. | :09:35. | |
that gives us hope. Hopefully that can be us. We have a couple of | :09:36. | :09:39. | |
tricky games, Aberdeen away on Tuesday night and St Johnstone to | :09:40. | :09:43. | |
wait next Saturday but we will be looking to take some points. Ahead | :09:44. | :09:49. | |
of two home games against Inverness. Is it too early to | :09:50. | :09:57. | |
predict, because all teams have not yet played each other? Are quite | :09:58. | :10:02. | |
looking around at this time. You can start to see a pattern but it does | :10:03. | :10:05. | |
not mean anything. To see a pattern but it does not mean anything. Went | :10:06. | :10:11. | |
on a run. Yourselves started slowly as well last year. Yes, bad start is | :10:12. | :10:16. | |
a good finish. Do you think the league title is a foregone | :10:17. | :10:22. | |
conclusion? I think Celtic will win it but paradoxically, the more | :10:23. | :10:25. | |
points they drop and the better the teams do, it makes it a competition. | :10:26. | :10:39. | |
We want a competition for as long as is possible. Aberdeen, this is the | :10:40. | :10:41. | |
first time they have had back-to-back wins this season. | :10:42. | :10:43. | |
United look strong. So hopefully these two side can test Celtic and | :10:44. | :10:46. | |
do their best to try to win the championship. I think we can go to | :10:47. | :10:50. | |
Aberdeen with a bit of positivity and hopefully get a result. Thank | :10:51. | :10:55. | |
you very much. That is about it for today. You can see the best in the | :10:56. | :10:57. | |
highlights show tomorrow. Plenty of goals for you to see | :10:58. | :11:11. | |
there. We are back next week. That is it for today. Thank to our | :11:12. | :11:15. | |
guests, Stephen Thompson and Tony Higgins, and to you for watching. | :11:16. | :11:18. | |
Please enjoy the rest of the weekend and take care. | :11:19. | :11:24. |