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Our staple ingredients, score updates, full-time reports | :00:26. | :00:26. | |
All spiced up with wit and wisdom from the Mel and Sue | :00:27. | :00:35. | |
of Scottish football, Craig Paterson and Des McKeown. | :00:36. | :00:39. | |
Together we can savour their thoughts on managerial | :00:40. | :00:43. | |
sackings, share issues and European failure, amongst other things. | :00:44. | :00:45. | |
Do not adjust your sets, those are the scores. Not a single goal in any | :00:46. | :01:04. | |
of the Premiership matches. Dundee play Celtic tomorrow. There are | :01:05. | :01:09. | |
goals in the Championship. Those are the scores. Let's get the | :01:10. | :02:08. | |
stories behind them. We will start with Inverness Caledonian Thistle. | :02:09. | :02:12. | |
Now scored in Inverness with the league leaders continuing their | :02:13. | :02:15. | |
amazing clean sheet record this season. The game started slowly with | :02:16. | :02:20. | |
both teams struggling to make an impact in blustery conditions. We | :02:21. | :02:25. | |
had to wait until 36 minutes before we had a clear shot at goal. That | :02:26. | :02:31. | |
move started with Graeme Shinnie. The ball fell to Aaron Doran who | :02:32. | :02:36. | |
struck the ball towards the Kilmarnock goal. It was millimetres | :02:37. | :02:42. | |
away from the woodwork. Aaron Doran was again involved in a good mood -- | :02:43. | :02:52. | |
good move later. Josh Magennis had a gold-plated opportunity at the other | :02:53. | :02:58. | |
end. His first touch let him down and the ball went out for a corner. | :02:59. | :03:04. | |
Not too much excitement so far, but hopefully things will pick up from | :03:05. | :03:07. | |
where they left off at the end of the first 45. | :03:08. | :03:14. | |
I do hope so. What do you want to talk about? Let's talk about no | :03:15. | :03:21. | |
goals for either side, but both teams have made positive starts to | :03:22. | :03:24. | |
the season. Yes, particularly Inverness. It was a difficult half | :03:25. | :03:32. | |
of last season. They have came out of the blocks, defeating Celtic last | :03:33. | :03:37. | |
week. They have not conceded a legal, and it does not look like | :03:38. | :03:46. | |
that will change today. -- league goal. Let's go to New Douglas Park. | :03:47. | :03:57. | |
It is 0-0. At the moment, Hamilton are licking the more likely to | :03:58. | :04:01. | |
score. The players have come onto the pitch. Ziggy Gordon has had the | :04:02. | :04:08. | |
best chance of the first half. He shot low past the post. It was the | :04:09. | :04:13. | |
closest that Hamilton came and they dominated. Ross County are | :04:14. | :04:23. | |
managerless. Patrick Kluivert has been bouncing around the stadium, | :04:24. | :04:29. | |
well, his name anyway. He has been spoken about as a possible manager | :04:30. | :04:42. | |
for Ross County. We have a goal. Where do you think | :04:43. | :04:49. | |
it is? North. Yes, it is at Pittodrie. Aberdeen against Partick | :04:50. | :04:57. | |
Thistle. You have the distinction of reporting on the first goal in the | :04:58. | :05:00. | |
Premiership. Yes, what a goal it was. The | :05:01. | :05:05. | |
stubborn resistance of Partick Thistle has been broken. It was a | :05:06. | :05:13. | |
powerful shot beyond Paul Gallacher, into the bottom left-hand corner of | :05:14. | :05:18. | |
the goalkeeper's net. It will brighten up the game. Aberdeen have | :05:19. | :05:24. | |
seen plenty of possession. They have come up against a very pragmatic | :05:25. | :05:28. | |
Partick Thistle. Last year, the conceded four goals here. Aberdeen | :05:29. | :05:41. | |
have managed to find their way through after showing some invention | :05:42. | :05:47. | |
from set pieces. Derek McInnes has clearly been working his players | :05:48. | :05:50. | |
very hard after the defeat at St Johnstone. There has been a | :05:51. | :05:56. | |
goal-line clearance from one of the Partick Thistle players. He was | :05:57. | :06:02. | |
signed from Huddersfield on loan midweek. He had a crucial clearance. | :06:03. | :06:10. | |
Partick Thistle or offering very little in way of attack. There was | :06:11. | :06:16. | |
very nearly a second goal. From eight yards, the striker should have | :06:17. | :06:19. | |
hit the target. He pitted by the post. | :06:20. | :06:26. | |
You wait 47 minutes for a goal, and they all, once. There has be one -- | :06:27. | :06:33. | |
there has been won at New Douglas Park. | :06:34. | :06:37. | |
It is the captain, Martin Canning, who has headed into the top corner. | :06:38. | :06:48. | |
Hamilton could go top of the league, depending on other results. Hamilton | :06:49. | :06:55. | |
are leading, 1-0. Now, St Mirren Park. Our reporter | :06:56. | :07:03. | |
Davis Paul Mitchell. It is 0-0. We are back under way. | :07:04. | :07:10. | |
Dundee United have a chance. Chris Erskine, these your last week, | :07:11. | :07:19. | |
scores. He coals it beautifully into the score -- he sends it beautifully | :07:20. | :07:26. | |
into the corner. The goal has come after 47 minutes. It has come for | :07:27. | :07:34. | |
Dundee United. We were all morning, and then we saw | :07:35. | :07:41. | |
that goal. They are all coming. 1-0 to Dundee United. St Mirren have | :07:42. | :07:47. | |
been playing well, though. Yes, it has been a good end to end game, but | :07:48. | :07:52. | |
that is the breakthrough, and it is hard for St Mirren. At the bottom, | :07:53. | :07:58. | |
you have scored no goals, you are looking for that break. It was a | :07:59. | :08:04. | |
good ball through and a good finish. Confidence is low for St Mirren. It | :08:05. | :08:11. | |
will be difficult for them to get back into it now that Dundee United | :08:12. | :08:16. | |
are ahead. If things go to form, as soon as we go to John Barnes, he | :08:17. | :08:21. | |
should have a goal to report. Will a yellow card suffice? It is | :08:22. | :08:29. | |
still goalless. In the first period, St Johnstone were on top | :08:30. | :08:36. | |
possession-wise. They did that in the early stages. Wotherspoon had a | :08:37. | :08:46. | |
shot blocked. Chris Millar had a fine effort beaten away by cards | :08:47. | :09:01. | |
eight in the Motherwell goal. -- by Twardzik. In the second half, | :09:02. | :09:14. | |
Motherwell have not created much at all. John Sutton did extremely well | :09:15. | :09:23. | |
and should have scored in the 40 names minute. It was a high ball. He | :09:24. | :09:31. | |
managed to turn Tam Scobbie. His shot was like a pass back. They do | :09:32. | :09:38. | |
not have the shooting boots on. That has been the story of the | :09:39. | :09:42. | |
season for Motherwell. They scored on the opening day of the season, | :09:43. | :09:49. | |
but they have not scored since. Yes, last year, John Sutton scored lots | :09:50. | :09:53. | |
of goals for them. Stuart McCall has always managed to get his team | :09:54. | :09:58. | |
scoring lots of goals. But that is three games on the bones without | :09:59. | :10:04. | |
scoring. We did not get the chance to talk about Hamilton. Hamilton | :10:05. | :10:08. | |
have been the surprise package. Yes, I'm the opening day of this season, | :10:09. | :10:13. | |
they lost to Inverness. I thought it would be a long season. But they | :10:14. | :10:21. | |
have had three victories. The more points you can get on board early in | :10:22. | :10:25. | |
the season, it is nice to have that cushion. Hamilton are building up a | :10:26. | :10:31. | |
really good one. We are going to the Championship. We are going to | :10:32. | :10:36. | |
Tynecastle. It is 3-12 Hearts. Almost a fourth | :10:37. | :10:42. | |
for Hearts. Sam Nicholson, and it was a terrific save. It has been a | :10:43. | :10:47. | |
magnificent opening period for Hearts. Jamie MacDonald is between | :10:48. | :10:58. | |
the stakes for Falkirk. The former Hearts keeper. The second goal came | :10:59. | :11:06. | |
when Sam Nicholson was brought down inside the box. It was terrific | :11:07. | :11:15. | |
skill by Sam Nicholson. Billy King knocked in the rebound after the | :11:16. | :11:27. | |
spot kick was saved. The Falkirk goalkeeper was soon picking out the | :11:28. | :11:30. | |
ball from his net for the third time. Billy King made it three. | :11:31. | :11:38. | |
Falkirk have had their chances. There was a free kick that was | :11:39. | :11:43. | |
narrowly wide. Then, just into the second half, the ball was hit higher | :11:44. | :11:52. | |
over the crossbar. Hearts have been magnificent, in particular Sam | :11:53. | :11:56. | |
Nicholson. Falkirk have made a couple of changes. You really cannot | :11:57. | :12:03. | |
see anything other than Hearts scoring more goals. It is 3-0. | :12:04. | :12:09. | |
Some people may have been surprised by the way that Hearts have started | :12:10. | :12:15. | |
the season. But not you, you have been tipping them for a great | :12:16. | :12:19. | |
things. I had a good feeling about what Robbie Neilson was doing. When | :12:20. | :12:24. | |
they beat Rangers on the opening day of the season, I thought they were | :12:25. | :12:31. | |
sending out a message. Then they defeated Hibernian. The next game | :12:32. | :12:36. | |
was the one that would say whether they were really on it, when they | :12:37. | :12:40. | |
went to Raith Rovers. We were speaking earlier, and we said, how | :12:41. | :12:46. | |
will they cope when they go to places like Raith Rovers? 4-0. That | :12:47. | :12:53. | |
sends out a real message. They are leading comfortably today. We will | :12:54. | :12:58. | |
stay in the Championship today and here have Rangers are failing. | :12:59. | :13:10. | |
It is 2-2. -- how Rangers are doing. In the 18th minute, some of the home | :13:11. | :13:14. | |
fans held a protest against the board. Within a couple of minutes, | :13:15. | :13:20. | |
there was more discontent for the home fans when Queen of the South | :13:21. | :13:27. | |
scored. The ball infield was controlled by Gavin Reilly. He shot | :13:28. | :13:32. | |
past the goalkeeper. Rangers had a couple of chances to equalise. Kris | :13:33. | :13:36. | |
Boyd sign effort deflected over the bar. In the 27th minute, Marius | :13:37. | :13:43. | |
Zaliuskas equalised. It was a looping header. It seemed to drop | :13:44. | :13:48. | |
over the Queen of the South defenders. Rangers never got going. | :13:49. | :13:58. | |
There was a curious moment when a pass was misheard out of defence. | :13:59. | :14:01. | |
The player turned and shouted at the Rangers fans. To make it worse, | :14:02. | :14:08. | |
Queen of the South scored again. Marius Zaliuskas was cut out of | :14:09. | :14:24. | |
position. Iain Russell scored. Templeton has equalised for Rangers. | :14:25. | :14:30. | |
Rangers are more lively. This game is in the balance. Regarding the | :14:31. | :14:43. | |
protest, how widespread was it and what they protest in against? It was | :14:44. | :14:50. | |
the bottom tier of the stand behind one of the goals. The majority of | :14:51. | :14:55. | |
the fans held up red cards towards the director's box. Elsewhere around | :14:56. | :15:02. | |
the going -- ground, you could clearly hear chanting at the board. | :15:03. | :15:11. | |
They are protesting against the directors, shareholders who have an | :15:12. | :15:13. | |
influence in the running of the club. There was an announcement to | :15:14. | :15:18. | |
the stock exchange yesterday about a forthcoming offer of shares. It was | :15:19. | :15:24. | |
clear from that if Rangers don't raise the money they are looking | :15:25. | :15:29. | |
for, the club could go into Administration. That may not happen | :15:30. | :15:33. | |
because there could be emergency funding. But there are two | :15:34. | :15:39. | |
long-standing issues, one of the financial problems and the fans | :15:40. | :15:45. | |
distrusting the board. They have both flared up again in the last | :15:46. | :15:53. | |
couple of days. We can head back to Douglas Park. They are flowing now. | :15:54. | :16:03. | |
Tony Andrew was brought down by Rocco Quinn. 2-0 to Hamilton and | :16:04. | :16:14. | |
Ross County look like they are defeated now. Staying with Ross | :16:15. | :16:20. | |
County, we have witnessed the first managerial sacking of the season. | :16:21. | :16:25. | |
Derek Adams having to clear his desk and hand in the club mobile phone. | :16:26. | :16:29. | |
His former employers languishing at the bottom of the league with no | :16:30. | :16:33. | |
points after four matches. He is gone but not forgotten. | :16:34. | :16:40. | |
The manager of Ross County, Derek Adams has left by mutual agreement. | :16:41. | :16:44. | |
Derek Adams has enjoyed striking successes with Ross County. Ross | :16:45. | :16:50. | |
County have pulled off a major Scottish Cup upset. Sensational | :16:51. | :17:00. | |
defeat of Celtic. Fantastic goal. People like me, show them what | :17:01. | :17:06. | |
character you have got. He won Premiership promotion. It comes | :17:07. | :17:14. | |
after the club lost its opening four games of the Premiership season. We | :17:15. | :17:21. | |
certainly would not be where the club is today without his | :17:22. | :17:29. | |
contribution but we feel we need to go in a different direction. I think | :17:30. | :17:33. | |
I am the only person in Scotland who was surprised at that news. Where | :17:34. | :17:38. | |
you taken aback? Slightly surprised, David that four league games into | :17:39. | :17:42. | |
the season, having given Derek Adams so many new players during the | :17:43. | :17:47. | |
summer, they took that decision just now. I would have thought the | :17:48. | :17:53. | |
conversation would have had to have been taken towards the tail end of | :17:54. | :17:56. | |
last season. There has been investment in another squad of | :17:57. | :18:01. | |
players. One thing you cannot say against the board of directors, they | :18:02. | :18:08. | |
have backed Derek Adams and signing new players. I thought a knee jerk | :18:09. | :18:12. | |
reaction with a too strong a reference to it, but for league | :18:13. | :18:16. | |
defeats in a row, there isn't a club there with minus 15 points this | :18:17. | :18:21. | |
season and I think there is more to it in terms of the strategy at the | :18:22. | :18:27. | |
club. I think Roy has referred to the journey Ross County have taken | :18:28. | :18:32. | |
and I think they are looking to take a different direction away from | :18:33. | :18:39. | |
Derek and George Adams. One name that has been put into the frame, | :18:40. | :18:44. | |
Patrick Clive Everton, has applied for the job apparently? The chairman | :18:45. | :18:51. | |
said himself, he has had an application from him. He was at the | :18:52. | :19:01. | |
World Cup helping Louis van Gaal. Ross County, they have done well to | :19:02. | :19:06. | |
get where they are and every time I speak to the chairman, I am so | :19:07. | :19:10. | |
impressed. Everything he does is professional, he wants to go in a | :19:11. | :19:16. | |
different direction and time for a change. Patrick is left, left field. | :19:17. | :19:27. | |
It is huge. It is colossal. What would be the endgame for Patrick? It | :19:28. | :19:34. | |
Ross County can attract Patrick, then grab him. We can go to his old | :19:35. | :19:42. | |
boss at the Netherlands, Louis van Gaal, his side were in action today | :19:43. | :19:46. | |
in the lunch time match down south. And Lancashire derby. Manchester | :19:47. | :19:51. | |
United await to Burnley and we can find out what transpired from Turf | :19:52. | :19:58. | |
Moor. First Premier League .4 Burnley but Louis van Gaal's quest | :19:59. | :20:04. | |
for his first year league win as the Manchester United will go into | :20:05. | :20:07. | |
September. There was assumption sparse but set up Robin van Persie | :20:08. | :20:17. | |
for a shot that was well saved. Burnley's best came early. David | :20:18. | :20:24. | |
Jones free kick struck the crossbar. United had a couple of penalty | :20:25. | :20:28. | |
claims turned down and are still a work in progress. Louis van Gaal, | :20:29. | :20:34. | |
not finding things easy in the English Premier League? He is | :20:35. | :20:39. | |
getting the kind of results David Moyes got when he started. When you | :20:40. | :20:43. | |
spend big money, and it is not happening, and towards the end of | :20:44. | :20:49. | |
the game, Angel Di Maria, substituted, Robin van Persie, | :20:50. | :20:54. | |
substituted. He is telling the players, I don't know care who you | :20:55. | :21:02. | |
are, I don't care how much you cost, you will come and play for me. He | :21:03. | :21:09. | |
did say, don't rule is out entirely of winning the league title. I would | :21:10. | :21:17. | |
be surprised. Manchester City, Chelsea and Arsenal are ahead of | :21:18. | :21:23. | |
them. Louis van Gaal, it is definitely a work in progress. | :21:24. | :21:30. | |
Throwing cash at it, is it? No, they have got to attract players. They | :21:31. | :21:37. | |
have been given permission to talk to Daley Blind. Let's return to | :21:38. | :21:47. | |
Kenny Crawford. He promised us old and he is delivering. It is another | :21:48. | :21:51. | |
penalty for Hamilton and another goal. Antoine-Curier, he chose the | :21:52. | :22:01. | |
bottom right corner and put it past the goalkeeper, Mark Brown. It came | :22:02. | :22:12. | |
about cars of a long ball. It is now 3-0 to Hamilton and it is going from | :22:13. | :22:21. | |
bad to worse for Ross County. We were talking about Louis van Gaal a | :22:22. | :22:22. | |
moment ago. Another manager who's not having | :22:23. | :22:28. | |
an easy time of it is His team have the distinction | :22:29. | :22:30. | |
of being knocked out of Champions League qualifying not once | :22:31. | :22:33. | |
but twice! No lock-in at the last chance | :22:34. | :22:35. | |
cocktail bar this time. Defeat at home to Maribor consigning | :22:36. | :22:38. | |
them to drink in the spit and They won't be clinking champagne | :22:39. | :22:40. | |
flutes with the likes of Real Madrid, | :22:41. | :22:44. | |
Barcelona and Manchester City. Nope, they'll be sharing | :22:45. | :22:46. | |
straws with these chaps. We'll hear what Craig and Des have | :22:47. | :23:06. | |
to say in a jiffy after we've heard what Celtic fans think of the draw | :23:07. | :23:10. | |
and their failure to qualify for the It was a very poor performance. | :23:11. | :23:27. | |
After the good luck of getting back in, the team was poor. | :23:28. | :23:33. | |
Disappointed, gutted. Distraught, even. We should be in the Champions' | :23:34. | :23:41. | |
League every year. It is to be expected to be honest. I think we | :23:42. | :23:45. | |
are punching above our weight anyway. Salzburger quite a decent | :23:46. | :23:58. | |
team. I would like to think we anyway. Salzburger quite a decent | :23:59. | :24:06. | |
team. I would like to would be playing after Christmas when we have | :24:07. | :24:09. | |
the team bedded in. It is a good draw. There isn't a big team to get | :24:10. | :24:20. | |
people to come and watch it. More on Celtic later, but now we're heading | :24:21. | :24:24. | |
to pit Audrey because there has been another goal. I thought Nicky Low's | :24:25. | :24:32. | |
goal was a stunner in the 47th minute. Niall Annett Genk has just | :24:33. | :24:40. | |
topped that with a long-range from the edge of the box. -- Nile McGinn. | :24:41. | :24:50. | |
He unleashed the wonderful left foot drive and curled it beyond the | :24:51. | :24:58. | |
despairing goalkeeper. Nestled into the corner of the net. Two splendid | :24:59. | :25:11. | |
goal is to watch on the highlights programme tomorrow. Aberdeen going | :25:12. | :25:12. | |
great guns, but let's talk about Celtic in the Champions' League. Not | :25:13. | :25:13. | |
the glitzy at drawers to be honest. It is about attract and people to | :25:14. | :25:19. | |
come and watch the games. The pot of gold is there if you are in the | :25:20. | :25:21. | |
Champions' League, but you have to learn that in the Europa League by | :25:22. | :25:25. | |
getting through to the next ages. They need to use the next few months | :25:26. | :25:30. | |
to build up a lead in the top division then have a go at Europe. | :25:31. | :25:36. | |
The draw does look favourable. Dynamos grab have always produced | :25:37. | :25:42. | |
good players. Salzburg, back by Red Bull, they will have decent players | :25:43. | :25:50. | |
as well. We will continue this discussion later, there has been | :25:51. | :25:55. | |
another incident of note at New Douglas Park. It is becoming the | :25:56. | :26:03. | |
Kenny Crawford show. It is a penalty for Ross County. Ross County have | :26:04. | :26:10. | |
missed the penalty. Michael McGovern has saved the penalty. Richie | :26:11. | :26:15. | |
Britain stepped up and headed to the left but the goalkeeper was equal to | :26:16. | :26:21. | |
it and it is still 3-0. The bottom line is, Celtic simply aren't good | :26:22. | :26:28. | |
enough for the Champions' League? Not at this point. I don't think | :26:29. | :26:32. | |
anybody could the night Ronnie's judgement in terms of his team. Some | :26:33. | :26:39. | |
people would question, Neil Lennon managed to get Celtic into the group | :26:40. | :26:44. | |
stages in the last two seasons. What has changed? When there is a new | :26:45. | :26:50. | |
manager involved, there is a transitional period, even for tried | :26:51. | :26:54. | |
and tested players. They are constantly downsizing and that is | :26:55. | :26:57. | |
what the Celtic fans get concerned about. Is it downsizing? The chief | :26:58. | :27:06. | |
executive says every penny that is available is being made available | :27:07. | :27:09. | |
for transfers, but maybe in recent seasons they have not been buying | :27:10. | :27:18. | |
all that well? It is downsizing. The bottom line is, Celtic are spending | :27:19. | :27:22. | |
less on a player budget than they have previously. The reason might be | :27:23. | :27:29. | |
absolutely, make good business sense, but Celtic's squad, quality | :27:30. | :27:36. | |
and value and price has downsized. We are going to head to Ibrox for an | :27:37. | :27:41. | |
update on rages at home to clean up the South. Rangers have taken the | :27:42. | :27:52. | |
lead. -- Queen of the South. The ball went through the bodies of a | :27:53. | :27:58. | |
couple of the Queen of the South players and that might have cited | :27:59. | :28:00. | |
the goalkeeper. The ball ended up in the back of the night -- net. Derek | :28:01. | :28:11. | |
Lyle has just headed over the bar for Queen of the South. But he has | :28:12. | :28:13. | |
taken a nasty knock to the back of his head and there was blood | :28:14. | :28:19. | |
streaming down his face. He has been substituted so they are down to ten | :28:20. | :28:23. | |
men at the moment. Heading to Paisley and another goal to report | :28:24. | :28:27. | |
between St Mirren and Dundee United. The goal is Dundee United, it is now | :28:28. | :28:35. | |
2-0. If you click your way to the goalkeeper's Handbook, if coming for | :28:36. | :28:41. | |
a corner, make sure you don't have a big central defender. The goalkeeper | :28:42. | :28:51. | |
was nowhere near the ball. It was so easy to Dundee United. St Mirren, | :28:52. | :28:57. | |
same old story here so far. Let's head to Tynecastle in the | :28:58. | :28:59. | |
championship and there has been a red card rush to mark yes, Hart | :29:00. | :29:08. | |
reduced to ten men. What a reckless challenge it was. It was a | :29:09. | :29:21. | |
two-footed lunge. No decision for the referee to make other than to | :29:22. | :29:28. | |
get the red card out of his pocket. He held up his hands, he knew he had | :29:29. | :29:37. | |
done wrong. Hearts still 3-0. Celtic were coming a cropper in the | :29:38. | :29:40. | |
qualifiers for the Champions' League, 22 clubs were hard at it in | :29:41. | :29:44. | |
the early League, 22 clubs were hard at | :29:45. | :29:44. | |
rounds. While Celtic were coming a cropper | :29:45. | :29:56. | |
in the qualifiers for the Champions League, 22 clubs were hard at it in | :29:57. | :29:57. | |
the early-ish rounds of the Scottish League Cup. Among the ties an | :29:58. | :30:01. | |
Ayrshire derby. 9,000 souls turning out to watch Kilmarnock coming out | :30:02. | :30:04. | |
on top by 1-0. It was scored by Rory McKenzie So Killie went in to the | :30:05. | :30:08. | |
draw for the third round. And you can see one of those ties live and | :30:09. | :30:11. | |
exclusive on BBC One Scotland, it's Celtic v Hearts. You can watch it at | :30:12. | :30:15. | |
7:00pm on Wednesday the 24th Celtic Park and take on Celtic. | :30:16. | :30:39. | |
There are some fantastic ties. Partick Thistle, St Mirren. So many | :30:40. | :30:46. | |
good games. It is a really open competition, if you look at previous | :30:47. | :30:49. | |
winners, we have had Aberdeen, St Mirren, Kilmarnock. Yes, it has been | :30:50. | :30:58. | |
fabulous for those teams. We are now led the stage in the competition | :30:59. | :31:02. | |
where no one is thinking about leaving players out because you have | :31:03. | :31:05. | |
a big game next week. Everyone is thinking about this as a competition | :31:06. | :31:11. | |
they can win. When you see derby matches, that is encouraging. The | :31:12. | :31:17. | |
Ayrshire derby, 9000 people turned out. The outstanding tie in the | :31:18. | :31:23. | |
second round is Inverness and Rangers. Yes, Rangers will want to | :31:24. | :31:30. | |
test themselves against teams in the top division. That is where they | :31:31. | :31:35. | |
want to be. A couple of years ago, the beat Motherwell comfortably, and | :31:36. | :31:39. | |
then they lost to Inverness at Ibrox. Rangers will remember that. | :31:40. | :31:47. | |
As I mentioned, Inverness, St Mirren, Kilmarnock have all won it. | :31:48. | :31:53. | |
If there was to be an unlikely winner this season, who would you | :31:54. | :32:00. | |
put your money on? Dundee United. You can see one of those Thais live | :32:01. | :32:10. | |
and exclusive on BBC1 Scotland. -- one of those games. That is at seven | :32:11. | :32:19. | |
o'clock on Wednesday the 24th of September. | :32:20. | :32:25. | |
Now we are going back to Inverness. Do you have any updates for gas? | :32:26. | :32:31. | |
Yes, Inverness have taken the lead. It was a great move through to Aaron | :32:32. | :32:38. | |
Doran. He slotted the ball perfectly past Craig Samson into the | :32:39. | :32:42. | |
Kilmarnock goal. The first half was very uneventful. Inverness Caley | :32:43. | :32:48. | |
Thistle started to impose themselves before half-time. In the second | :32:49. | :32:54. | |
half, it has been one-way traffic, with Inverness very much on top. The | :32:55. | :32:59. | |
last effort made the breakthrough. It is 1-0. | :33:00. | :33:06. | |
That was a good goal for Inverness. It could keep them on top of the | :33:07. | :33:11. | |
table. Yes, really important. I was looking at the history and these | :33:12. | :33:15. | |
clubs have never been involved in a 0-0 draw. I've seen a number of | :33:16. | :33:22. | |
these games. They are always really good. Do you think there are more | :33:23. | :33:28. | |
goals in that game? Probably not now I have given it the big build-up. If | :33:29. | :33:34. | |
you're Inverness, you have not conceded a goal all season, we will | :33:35. | :33:38. | |
sit here and make it difficult for Kilmarnock. With easy-going -- where | :33:39. | :33:43. | |
is the goal going to come for Kilmarnock? We will go back to New | :33:44. | :33:52. | |
Douglas Park. Hamilton are still leading 3-0. It | :33:53. | :33:58. | |
is an incredible beginning to the season for Hamilton. There are going | :33:59. | :34:04. | |
to make it four victories from five games in the Premiership. Martin | :34:05. | :34:09. | |
Canning scored the first on 47 minutes. It has been penalties ever | :34:10. | :34:15. | |
since. Tony Andreu is brought down by Roqica -- Rocco Quinn. | :34:16. | :34:27. | |
Antoine-Curier scored the penalty. He was doing the very same thing | :34:28. | :34:34. | |
seven minutes later. The penalty was conceded and the player was sent | :34:35. | :34:40. | |
off. Ross County had a chance to make it 3-1. They had a penalty. | :34:41. | :34:45. | |
Richie Brittain's penalty was saved by the goalkeeper. It is great from | :34:46. | :34:53. | |
Hamilton, but not so good from Ross County. | :34:54. | :34:58. | |
That is very well and good for Hamilton, but I do not think they | :34:59. | :35:02. | |
have a squad to compete in the Champions League next year! I do not | :35:03. | :35:09. | |
think the manager will worry about it. He will be delighted to get four | :35:10. | :35:18. | |
victories in a row. It is incredible, the lost the first Game | :35:19. | :35:30. | |
2-02 Inverness. -- they lost the first match 2-0 two Inverness. | :35:31. | :35:43. | |
There is another goal at Tynecastle. Hearts are now leading 4-0. Osman | :35:44. | :35:57. | |
Sow scored the penalty. He sent the goalkeeper the wrong way. Jordan | :35:58. | :36:01. | |
McGhee started the proceedings with a header early on. Hearts were | :36:02. | :36:08. | |
reduced to ten men after Prince Buaben was sent off. There was no | :36:09. | :36:15. | |
question, it was the right decision by the referee. But Hearts are | :36:16. | :36:20. | |
cruising to victory. Let's hear from Paul Mitchell. He is | :36:21. | :36:25. | |
in Paisley, watching St Mirren at home to Dundee United. | :36:26. | :36:31. | |
Yes, what will happen first, Patrick Kluivert getting a job in Scottish | :36:32. | :36:36. | |
football, or St Mirren scoring a legal? -- league goal. It is 2-0 to | :36:37. | :36:53. | |
Dundee United. Chris Erskine scored the first. He nipped in between the | :36:54. | :37:02. | |
central defenders. He tucked the ball home beautifully. On 68 | :37:03. | :37:08. | |
minutes, Marian Kello came for the corner and got nowhere near it. | :37:09. | :37:17. | |
Jaroslaw Fojut, with his first goal. Thank you. There has been another | :37:18. | :37:26. | |
goal at the Caledonian Stadium. It is for Inverness. Caley Thistle | :37:27. | :37:30. | |
have come alive in the last few minutes. We had the goal from Aaron | :37:31. | :37:37. | |
Doran, and then a brilliant long-range effort from Greg Tansey. | :37:38. | :37:50. | |
Caley Thistle are very much on top. You may have noticed we have been | :37:51. | :37:55. | |
ignoring John Barnes. He has been at the only goalless game in the | :37:56. | :37:58. | |
Premiership. Motherwell, St Johnstone. | :37:59. | :38:04. | |
It is still goalless. The managers have certainly changed their teams | :38:05. | :38:08. | |
with a number of substitutes. They have both used there are three | :38:09. | :38:14. | |
substitutes. St Johnstone are trying their luck from distance with David | :38:15. | :38:21. | |
Wotherspoon. Motherwell have enjoyed the better of the second half. St | :38:22. | :38:25. | |
Johnstone had the better of the first. McDonald had an effort saved | :38:26. | :38:35. | |
by the keeper. Motherwell, John Sutton had a couple of chances. One | :38:36. | :38:45. | |
was more like a pass back than assured. The second was a down word | :38:46. | :38:54. | |
header. But the St Johnstone players managed to clear the danger. Both | :38:55. | :39:03. | |
teams are looking for a winner. I am not sure they are going to get it. | :39:04. | :39:08. | |
Let's go to Pittodrie. Aberdeen and Partick Thistle. | :39:09. | :39:18. | |
It is 2-0 to Aberdeen. Partick Thistle's stubborn resistance was | :39:19. | :39:21. | |
broken in the second half by Nicky Law. Niall McGinn added a stunning | :39:22. | :39:32. | |
second. Partick Thistle have had some half chances. Eliot had a drive | :39:33. | :39:42. | |
that was saved by Jamie Langfield. Aberdeen have been more ruthless | :39:43. | :39:45. | |
when they have had their opportunities. They are pretty | :39:46. | :39:49. | |
comfortable for their advantage late in the game. | :39:50. | :39:54. | |
It sounds like Aberdeen have sparked into life. Yes, you wonder where the | :39:55. | :40:01. | |
goals are going to come from. Adam Rooney was great this year. Earlier, | :40:02. | :40:07. | |
they were not finding the back of the net. But they had a good result | :40:08. | :40:12. | |
against Kilmarnock. It looks like they are going to pick up three | :40:13. | :40:18. | |
points today. If you look at the table, Motherwell and Aberdeen, who | :40:19. | :40:23. | |
were second and third last year, they are down in the bottom half. | :40:24. | :40:29. | |
They need to catch up and get on to the coat-tails of Celtic. That means | :40:30. | :40:36. | |
a run of victories. Aberdeen have created some good goals and | :40:37. | :40:43. | |
wonderful chances. Now to Richard Wilson at Ibrox. | :40:44. | :40:58. | |
It is 3-2 to the home side. Rangers went behind after a Gavin Reilly | :40:59. | :41:04. | |
scored. Marius Zaliuskas equalised. It was the visitors who went in | :41:05. | :41:07. | |
ahead at half-time when Marius Zaliuskas was caught out of | :41:08. | :41:11. | |
position. Iain Russell managed to finish. Templeton equalised. And now | :41:12. | :41:18. | |
the home side or in front through Bilal Mohsni. | :41:19. | :41:25. | |
Thank you. There is one Premiership match still to be played this | :41:26. | :41:26. | |
weekend. And it's between one | :41:27. | :41:29. | |
of the unbeaten teams in the league, They enjoyed very different | :41:30. | :41:31. | |
fortunes last week. After three draws on the spin, | :41:32. | :41:34. | |
Paul Hartley's Dundee got This is the winning goal. It came | :41:35. | :41:50. | |
against the run of play. Dundee have started fairly well. Three draws and | :41:51. | :41:57. | |
then there's victory. Yes, it was a great first touch by Peter | :41:58. | :42:01. | |
MacDonald. It was a really cool finish. A fantastic victory for | :42:02. | :42:07. | |
Dundee. Paul Hartley has worked wonders everywhere he has been, at | :42:08. | :42:12. | |
Alloa and again at Dundee. I think they may take something from the | :42:13. | :42:19. | |
game tomorrow. Yes, do you think that Paul Hartley will be a success | :42:20. | :42:27. | |
in the managerial game? No, he was a bass on the part, but you do not | :42:28. | :42:31. | |
know how that will transferred into the dressing room. But he clearly | :42:32. | :42:36. | |
has ability, and I think he has bought well. He has players who are | :42:37. | :42:44. | |
real Premiership players. He has brought them into play with his | :42:45. | :42:48. | |
young players, and the bland looks to be working well. There has been | :42:49. | :42:53. | |
an incident of gnawed at Tynecastle. Perhaps the goal. | :42:54. | :43:03. | |
Yes, it is Hearts four, Falkirk one. It was good play. The substitute | :43:04. | :43:09. | |
hammered the ball beyond the goalkeeper into the roof of the net. | :43:10. | :43:14. | |
Nothing more than consolation. Hearts will collect all three points | :43:15. | :43:19. | |
this afternoon. There are four minutes left. | :43:20. | :43:23. | |
Loads of goals now, even one for John Barnes. | :43:24. | :43:27. | |
There is. We talked about changes made by both managers and attack. | :43:28. | :43:32. | |
One of the changes has paid off St Johnstone. Brian Graham, on loan | :43:33. | :43:38. | |
from Dundee United, he is on the scoresheet with four minutes left. | :43:39. | :43:44. | |
It was a good cross, and he jumped higher than everyone else. It is 1-0 | :43:45. | :43:50. | |
to St Johnstone. Where were we? Dundee and Celtic. | :43:51. | :44:00. | |
Celtics slumped to a 1-0 defeat in Inverness. The eight Nemani was | :44:01. | :44:05. | |
compounded by the fact it was an own goal. -- the disgrace was | :44:06. | :44:13. | |
compounded. This was a good ball into the box. When it comes off you | :44:14. | :44:19. | |
like that, there is nothing you can do about it. If the referee side | :44:20. | :44:25. | |
from that angle, the boot was quite high. It was one of those days. | :44:26. | :44:31. | |
Celtic made the changes, the Champions League was everything. It | :44:32. | :44:36. | |
costs them, because Celtic are a quality side. It is unlikely that | :44:37. | :44:48. | |
will be the same line-up Ronnie Dilo will go with? He is already talking | :44:49. | :44:54. | |
about Judge me over the year and we will be better prepared for the | :44:55. | :44:59. | |
Champions' League. It is about getting the team out there that will | :45:00. | :45:05. | |
get results week after week. It is a difficult game, away from home and | :45:06. | :45:07. | |
he has to get his best players out there. Do you think Dundee are | :45:08. | :45:10. | |
within the chance? there. Do you think Dundee are | :45:11. | :45:14. | |
within Confidence is going to be high, fans will come along expect | :45:15. | :45:21. | |
dink. I think Celtic Mark Bee smarting after midweek. Back game | :45:22. | :45:28. | |
with Queen of the South will stop long ball up the middle. Kris Boyd | :45:29. | :45:40. | |
leapt to head the ball on. 4-2 to the home side. Moving on because our | :45:41. | :45:46. | |
international team return to action next week in their first match in | :45:47. | :45:52. | |
the European Championship qualifiers. It is a nice gentle | :45:53. | :46:02. | |
attempt for Gordon Strachan. We are away to Germany. Let's cast our eyes | :46:03. | :46:07. | |
over the men Gordon Strachan has chosen. | :46:08. | :46:19. | |
We will rake off because there has been another goal. St Mirren and | :46:20. | :46:28. | |
Dundee United. St Mirren fans are leaving. Beautiful tape inside the | :46:29. | :46:36. | |
box, the goalkeeper was given no chance. Dundee have this one all | :46:37. | :46:43. | |
done and dusted. Think it is game over there. We can return to the | :46:44. | :46:48. | |
discussion of the Scotland trip to Germany. Interesting selection from | :46:49. | :46:54. | |
Gordon Strachan. Call up for Callum Mcgregor from Celtic. He has been | :46:55. | :47:04. | |
shining so far? Yes, just signed a new five-year contract yesterday as | :47:05. | :47:11. | |
a reward for his early-season form. Ronnie has seen something in the kid | :47:12. | :47:15. | |
he wants to involve him. He was out on loan last year to Notts County. | :47:16. | :47:21. | |
But he has started on fire here commonly has been the shining light | :47:22. | :47:30. | |
for Celtic. 21 years of age. I think Gordon Strachan will introduce him | :47:31. | :47:34. | |
to give him a little flavour of it. It is important to have him | :47:35. | :47:39. | |
involved. Craig Gordon is back in action for Celtic and back in the | :47:40. | :47:42. | |
Scotland squad. What a comeback, the best comeback since Kate Bush. | :47:43. | :47:50. | |
Everybody thought he was finished. Celtic have taken a chance. He is a | :47:51. | :47:57. | |
class act. Everything about him says quality. He is dealing with things | :47:58. | :48:02. | |
as a sweeper and has everything going for him if you can keep him | :48:03. | :48:08. | |
fit. You mentioned the goalkeepers, never has Scotland had that kind of | :48:09. | :48:15. | |
talent. If one gets injured, we have quality to bring in. I think we | :48:16. | :48:23. | |
might have to be strong next Sunday. Pity he cannot play all three of | :48:24. | :48:26. | |
them at the same time. Callum Mcgregor is more or less going along | :48:27. | :48:32. | |
for the experience, does he have a chance of starting? Gordon Strachan | :48:33. | :48:38. | |
will be loyal to the players who have done so well. Everybody is | :48:39. | :48:44. | |
fighting for each other. It sends out a great message. It tells the | :48:45. | :48:49. | |
players, it does not matter about your age or experience, if you are | :48:50. | :48:53. | |
playing well when these games come along, you have a chance of making | :48:54. | :49:00. | |
it into the squad. We showed you the Scotland squad, but I will not show | :49:01. | :49:05. | |
you the Germany squad. They have real-world class players and they | :49:06. | :49:10. | |
are the defending world champions. What a way to start the campaign, I | :49:11. | :49:13. | |
waited the defending world champions? Nothing to lose, I have | :49:14. | :49:20. | |
to say. Scotland will go there and it will be very difficult for them, | :49:21. | :49:25. | |
and against that kind of quality, it is a huge ask to take anything from | :49:26. | :49:31. | |
the game. They are the best team I have seen for a long time. Everybody | :49:32. | :49:36. | |
knows what their job is and everybody willing to go and graft | :49:37. | :49:42. | |
for 90 minutes so for Scotland to go away and get anything from that with | :49:43. | :49:47. | |
the sensational. Can we get anything from it? No! I hope I am wrong. They | :49:48. | :49:56. | |
are a phenomenal team. Scotland do well when they are written off. | :49:57. | :50:00. | |
Gordon Strachan has done well and he will have them organised. The | :50:01. | :50:05. | |
players will get a lift from going to that stadium to perform against | :50:06. | :50:09. | |
the world champions. If I am a betting man, I would have to say a | :50:10. | :50:14. | |
real difficult game for Scotland to take anything out of it. Let's go | :50:15. | :50:21. | |
back to New Douglas Park. There has been another goal. It is another | :50:22. | :50:38. | |
goal but Hamilton. Into injury time now. I believe full-time is | :50:39. | :50:46. | |
beginning to trickle in, the first is Inverness Caledonian Thistle | :50:47. | :50:52. | |
against Kilmarnock. Inverness have 120-macaro. They are still top of | :50:53. | :50:58. | |
the league and now they have set a new record of games played without | :50:59. | :51:04. | |
conceding a goal. The game sprang to life just before half-time. Josh | :51:05. | :51:12. | |
Magennis should have done better for Kilmarnock when the ball came to him | :51:13. | :51:16. | |
in the box 's. But his first touch let him down. Caley Thistle came out | :51:17. | :51:26. | |
of the blocks quickly at the start of the second half. Adam Doran found | :51:27. | :51:31. | |
himself in space at the edge of the box and slotted the ball past the | :51:32. | :51:41. | |
keeper. It was followed by a good move down the right by Watkins. The | :51:42. | :51:51. | |
shot was deflected and came out to Tanzi. It ricocheted off the inside | :51:52. | :51:56. | |
of the post and into the back of the net. Inverness were worth three | :51:57. | :52:03. | |
points. They looked like a very streetwise and tough side to beat. | :52:04. | :52:11. | |
John Barnes is always streetwise, he is at Motherwell and said Johnson. | :52:12. | :52:16. | |
It is all over and it is Brian Graham who came up with the goods. A | :52:17. | :52:23. | |
goal four minutes from the end to secure the three points. Before | :52:24. | :52:26. | |
that, St Johnstone enjoyed the better spell in the first half with | :52:27. | :52:38. | |
a few good efforts. Motherwell came out stronger in the second half | :52:39. | :52:45. | |
after not reducing much in the first half. John Sutton had a couple of | :52:46. | :52:51. | |
efforts, one which looked like a pass back. Then a header from a | :52:52. | :52:57. | |
corner kick which was cleared off the line by a posse of St Johnstone | :52:58. | :53:02. | |
defenders. Josh Law told an effort wide of the target. Then St | :53:03. | :53:10. | |
Johnstone came close with a header. But it was Gary McDonald who | :53:11. | :53:14. | |
produced the cross and then Brian Graham jumped above everybody at the | :53:15. | :53:19. | |
back post, headed down into the bottom, left hand corner of the net | :53:20. | :53:25. | |
to secure the three points. It now means Motherwell have lost four | :53:26. | :53:27. | |
consecutive matches for the first time since December 2009. | :53:28. | :53:36. | |
Two goals for Scott Davie to remind us of. Partick Thistle came here | :53:37. | :53:45. | |
with a more pragmatic approach than they did when they lost 4-0 last | :53:46. | :53:50. | |
season. Aberdeen showed imagination from set pieces, causing Partick | :53:51. | :53:57. | |
Thistle problems. It did need a couple of good saves in the first | :53:58. | :54:08. | |
half. They were beaten eventually goals in the second half, Nicky Low | :54:09. | :54:19. | |
in for the injured Willo Flood. Sublime bit of skill. Shot flew into | :54:20. | :54:27. | |
the top left hand corner of the goal. If that was good, Nile McGinn | :54:28. | :54:35. | |
was even better. Bending it with the left foot into the far corner of the | :54:36. | :54:41. | |
net. A good reflection throughout 90 minutes. Partick this'll had a | :54:42. | :54:51. | |
couple of chances. Gallagher excelled with a couple of saves. A | :54:52. | :55:02. | |
30 yard, stunning save from Robson. They are trying to find a way past | :55:03. | :55:10. | |
defences they have been coming up against. Four goals for Hamilton and | :55:11. | :55:22. | |
a fourth win on the spin. For Premiership wins out of five, 12 | :55:23. | :55:27. | |
points out of 15, it is brilliant for Hamilton, whose fans you might | :55:28. | :55:33. | |
be able to hear chanting in the background. Canning got the first. | :55:34. | :55:42. | |
Rocco Quinn brought down Tony Andro. Antoine-Curier slotted home. Tony | :55:43. | :55:48. | |
Andrew, Danny Antoine-Curier slotted home. Tony | :55:49. | :55:55. | |
Andrew, Edmonds had chances to make it for, but it was the substitute | :55:56. | :56:03. | |
who did it in injury time. Two for Dundee United away to St Mirren. | :56:04. | :56:08. | |
Without a league point or league goal, August has been Krul for St | :56:09. | :56:12. | |
Mirren. Draw parallels to previous matches, they were not outplayed | :56:13. | :56:16. | |
until the last 15 minutes of this one. McGinn ten closest the St | :56:17. | :56:27. | |
Mirren. They came close at the start of the second half but found | :56:28. | :56:29. | |
themselves a goal down after 47 minutes. Chris Erskine burst through | :56:30. | :56:42. | |
and put the ball home. The lead was never threatened. | :56:43. | :56:52. | |
Into the championship and we start at Tynecastle with Hearts were at | :56:53. | :57:01. | |
home to Falkirk. Four is the magic number. 4-1, the second week in a | :57:02. | :57:08. | |
row they have scored four goals. Jordan McGhee with the opener, Billy | :57:09. | :57:17. | |
King, James Keating 's, penalty save by Jimmy Knapp Donald. Osman Sow | :57:18. | :57:28. | |
from the penalty spot. Consolation later on. The one sour note, red | :57:29. | :57:43. | |
card shown Hearts player. It will not dampen the enthusiasm of the | :57:44. | :57:47. | |
16,000 crowd inside Tynecastle this afternoon. Four goals and win to | :57:48. | :57:59. | |
Rangers, they were at home to clean up the South. Finished 4-2 at Ibrox. | :58:00. | :58:07. | |
But it was framed by discontent. Home fans protested against the | :58:08. | :58:16. | |
board of directors, holding up red cards and chanting, sack the board. | :58:17. | :58:19. | |
The financial troubles are worrying the fans. Queen of the South made it | :58:20. | :58:25. | |
hard work for Rangers, taking the lead when Gavin Rees converted. | :58:26. | :58:35. | |
Rangers equalised all-star Queen of the South restored their lead just | :58:36. | :58:37. | |
before half-time when Riley squared the ball for Russell. The home side | :58:38. | :58:44. | |
wrote a Ian Black and David Templeton on at half-time and | :58:45. | :58:52. | |
Templeton's first touch resulted in a goal. Kenny Miller rounded off the | :58:53. | :59:01. | |
day when he came off the bench late on and secured victory with a tidy | :59:02. | :59:04. | |
finish after Kris Boyd's header flicked the ball on. It wasn't a | :59:05. | :59:11. | |
sparkling results, but it will provide the funds with some cheer. | :59:12. | :59:23. | |
No cheer for Hibs fans. No cheer, especially when you look at how | :59:24. | :59:30. | |
Hearts have settled into life in the championship. They did not do enough | :59:31. | :59:36. | |
to win this game in any shape or form. They took the lead on 16 | :59:37. | :59:41. | |
minutes. to win this game in any shape or | :59:42. | :59:43. | |
form. They took the lead Jason Cummings with the header. But the | :59:44. | :59:46. | |
second half was all about Alloa Athletic. Ian Flanagan, on as a | :59:47. | :59:54. | |
substitute want it with five minutes to go. Floated it dutifully into the | :59:55. | :00:04. | |
top of the net will stop. Alan Stubbs, the Hibs manager has a lot | :00:05. | :00:11. | |
of work to do. It is now time to the classified round-up. | :00:12. | :05:40. | |
We can talk about today's goings-on in Scotland. At half-time, there was | :05:41. | :05:48. | |
not a single goal anywhere. Then the goals came flooding in. Nowhere more | :05:49. | :05:53. | |
so than at Hamilton. It was remarkable. We have seen it so many | :05:54. | :06:01. | |
times when a manager has lost his job, a caretaker comes in, Steven | :06:02. | :06:06. | |
Ferguson, a former opponent of Maine, he was taking care of the | :06:07. | :06:11. | |
team but it did not happen for them. Hamilton, what a start to the | :06:12. | :06:20. | |
season. Four victories in a row. The last time they would in this | :06:21. | :06:24. | |
division, they won five games all season. They have already won four. | :06:25. | :06:30. | |
Inverness Caledonian Thistle stay at the top. Stunning. They have kept | :06:31. | :06:38. | |
another clean sheet. They are real quality outfit. John Hughes is | :06:39. | :06:42. | |
getting them to play in his style. That is a club record for Inverness, | :06:43. | :06:47. | |
six consecutive clean sheets. It is phenomenal. Dundee United, 3-0 | :06:48. | :06:54. | |
winners awaited St Mirren today. They are back on track. Yes, three | :06:55. | :07:10. | |
big goals. The last goal was a great finish. To be fair to St Mirren, | :07:11. | :07:17. | |
they had chances. That must be worrying for St Mirren. They played | :07:18. | :07:21. | |
well, but they cannot get the ball in the net. Yes, it destroys | :07:22. | :07:28. | |
confidence. They need Steven Thompson back. They need someone who | :07:29. | :07:33. | |
will guarantee goals. Aberdeen or off the mark. Yes, it was important | :07:34. | :07:39. | |
for them to win today. Aberdeen will be challenging for Europe again. It | :07:40. | :07:45. | |
was a good victory for St Johnstone today. Yes, I think Tommy Wright has | :07:46. | :07:52. | |
said that he needed striking options after Stevie May left. They have | :07:53. | :07:58. | |
scored two mag late goals this week. St Johnstone are fighting to the | :07:59. | :08:02. | |
very end for their manager and their team-mates. We are beginning to see | :08:03. | :08:08. | |
who will be in the top six and the bottom six in the league. Yes, for | :08:09. | :08:13. | |
the fans, the last thing you want to do is to be in the bottom of the | :08:14. | :08:18. | |
table. They will be thinking about the relegation fight once again. But | :08:19. | :08:22. | |
that is life in Scottish football. I'm afraid that's just about it | :08:23. | :08:26. | |
for today. That's | :08:27. | :08:27. | |
because it's international weekend. Don't fret too much though | :08:28. | :08:30. | |
because there are highlights of all this weekend's Premiership | :08:31. | :08:32. | |
matches and selected Championship action in the highlights show with | :08:33. | :08:34. | |
Jonathan Sutherland. I'm sure you won't | :08:35. | :08:36. | |
want to miss that. But that's all from me | :08:37. | :08:40. | |
for a fortnight, Thanks to our guests, | :08:41. | :08:42. | |
Craig Paterson and Des Mckeown. And thanks as ever to you | :08:43. | :08:46. | |
for watching. | :08:47. | :08:48. |