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goal. That might well be the spark. That is sensational from Kris | :01:14. | :01:24. | |
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Commons. It is Celtic to clinch the place alongside Hibernian in the | :01:28. | :01:38. | |
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Scottish Cup final. The cards appear to be stacked in Celtic's favour. | :01:40. | :01:43. | |
The champions are looking to complete the league and cup double | :01:43. | :01:51. | |
against Hibs team who last won the trophy in 1902. After which, we will | :01:51. | :02:01. | |
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hear from Pat Bonner and Stuart Lovell. Describing the action at the | :02:01. | :02:09. | |
first-ever Sunday final, Billy Dodds and Liam McLeod. The green and white | :02:09. | :02:13. | |
of the East against the green and white of the West for the oldest | :02:13. | :02:21. | |
trophy in world football. Celtic, fresh from winning their 44th league | :02:21. | :02:23. | |
championship, are desperate to add some glass to their already | :02:23. | :02:32. | |
successful season. -- add some gloss. Hibernian are desperate to | :02:32. | :02:36. | |
end this wait for the trophy, but equally important, the cleansing of | :02:36. | :02:40. | |
the name of the club after being taken apart by their bitter rivals | :02:40. | :02:46. | |
in this very arena on this very pitch. Victory today would act as | :02:46. | :02:56. | |
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Hibernian. His place goes to Jordan Forster. Alex Harris has been a | :03:06. | :03:10. | |
revelation, Leigh Griffiths has been outstanding, the multi-award winning | :03:10. | :03:16. | |
player playing his last game before his return to Wolves. Efe Ambrose is | :03:16. | :03:23. | |
on the bench for Celtic, Victor Wanyama is suspended. Anthony Stokes | :03:23. | :03:33. | |
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has been given the nod to partner the Edinburgh derby, he is one of | :03:35. | :03:37. | |
the substitutes alongside Scott Robertson, who won the cup with | :03:37. | :03:47. | |
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biggest game of his career so far, is Willie Collum. His first game was | :03:58. | :04:02. | |
between East Fife and Gretna. Less than eight years later, he is in | :04:02. | :04:12. | |
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charge of the final. Another terrific season for Gary Hooper. He | :04:12. | :04:19. | |
has support from Anthony Stokes today. 28 goals per Leigh Griffiths | :04:19. | :04:24. | |
this season. Plenty of accolades that he has received in the last few | :04:24. | :04:27. | |
weeks. This would be the crowning glory if he can lead his boyhood | :04:27. | :04:33. | |
heroes to Scottish Cup victory. It would also be for Pat Fenlon. | :04:33. | :04:38. | |
Especially given what happened here Especially given what happened here | :04:38. | :04:48. | |
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53rd -- of their 53 finals. They have not lost a Scottish Cup final | :05:04. | :05:09. | |
since 2002. They have been here four times since. They have won it on | :05:09. | :05:14. | |
each occasion. They are rightly favourites. Yes, Celtic are heavy | :05:14. | :05:21. | |
favourites today. The way they are going, attacking, plenty of | :05:21. | :05:29. | |
offensive players. With Efe Ambrose out, it frees up Kris Commons. | :05:29. | :05:35. | |
Lennon takes his seat a bit late. Plenty of flares going off in the | :05:35. | :05:45. | |
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goes to Hibernian. Leigh Griffiths is doing what he has done all | :05:55. | :06:00. | |
season. Drifting into the channels, he has support, with Owen Doyle | :06:00. | :06:10. | |
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others. Not bad. It looked as if it would not sit forward. Lovely touch. | :06:30. | :06:35. | |
It sets up a little bit. He could not get it down. Decent effort from | :06:35. | :06:45. | |
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classic cup final, the way the teams And Bernie and finished the league | :07:04. | :07:07. | |
season with two strikers upfront, -- Hibernian finished the league season | :07:07. | :07:17. | |
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with two strikers upfront, -- Point Blank! Fraser Forster saves. | :07:33. | :07:43. | |
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What a good start to the game it has it would have beaten Fraser Forster. | :07:55. | :08:05. | |
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game. Looking for redemption. think Hibernian are dominating the | :08:13. | :08:23. | |
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midfield area. It is imbalanced. They are really dominating in there | :08:25. | :08:35. | |
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with that extra man. I really put -- opening goal of the 2013 Scottish | :08:45. | :08:53. | |
Cup final. They had been on the back foot, when suddenly the SPL | :08:53. | :08:56. | |
champions move a step closer to the double. When this first ball comes | :08:56. | :09:04. | |
in, you want somebody on the end of that. Anthony Stokes picks it up, | :09:04. | :09:12. | |
the cross comes in, Ben Williams is caught, Paul Hanlon, but it is very | :09:12. | :09:16. | |
deft from Gary Hooper. Get the angle right and popped it in the net. Good | :09:16. | :09:23. | |
work from Anthony Stokes. He needed to chase after it to make it happen | :09:23. | :09:28. | |
and it has happened. You've got to look at the defenders. It's a | :09:28. | :09:32. | |
brilliant finish, but Paul Hanlon should do better. Ben Williams is | :09:32. | :09:36. | |
caught in no man's land. There was a big gap. Take nothing away from Gary | :09:36. | :09:46. | |
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released Anthony Stokes. There were players waiting for the cutback. | :09:58. | :10:04. | |
They are not happy. Any coach will tell you you've got to go across the | :10:04. | :10:10. | |
keeper. Great pass. Only one thing Anthony Stokes is thinking about. | :10:10. | :10:20. | |
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Anthony Stokes fancied it. He saw Joe Ledley. Joe Ledley was taken | :10:36. | :10:46. | |
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enough. It could so easily have been really pure from Hibs. -- really | :11:05. | :11:15. | |
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teams, whenever Celtic come forward, whether it is with a long ball or | :11:21. | :11:27. | |
whether it is work like this... can see he is clearly onside. Alan | :11:27. | :11:35. | |
Maybury getting him in between Jordan Forster. He can pick a pass. | :11:35. | :11:42. | |
He certainly did on that occasion. Hibernian are having to work a lot | :11:42. | :11:49. | |
harder. It is important, once they lost that goal, they kept their | :11:49. | :11:58. | |
shape. This is Celtic's 59th competitive game of the season. It | :11:58. | :12:05. | |
began with a win over Helsinki 299 days ago at the beginning of August. | :12:05. | :12:15. | |
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They return to training on June 20. might be the goal that takes the | :12:28. | :12:35. | |
Scottish Cup back to Parkhead. Gary Hooper doubles up, Celtic double | :12:35. | :12:45. | |
up, and the double could be on its way. He gets his way in between Ryan | :12:45. | :12:50. | |
McGivern and Paul Hanlon again, but it is Kris Commons who started, he | :12:50. | :12:52. | |
shifts it weighed two Anthony Stokes, who delivers a wonderful | :12:52. | :13:00. | |
ball. Gary Hooper gets himself a double. That is what Celtic are | :13:00. | :13:10. | |
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wanting. Neil Lennon jumps for joy, He has scored from there before but | :13:29. | :13:35. | |
that was at Hampton. You can see him developing those areas I'm talking | :13:35. | :13:45. | |
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A good chance for kids, they are trying to forge another one. But it | :14:19. | :14:29. | |
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is a poor ball. The angle beat him. It was a great pass as well. He gets | :14:30. | :14:37. | |
behind Mulgrew, but from the angle, no chance of scoring. Especially the | :14:37. | :14:47. | |
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weaker right foot of his. But that Scott Brown clattered into him. He | :14:58. | :15:05. | |
looks like a man possessed, Brown. He is prowling around the field like | :15:05. | :15:11. | |
a tiger. Now, Hibs have up corner kick. That is the best they could | :15:11. | :15:21. | |
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will take the next corner. Goalkeeper comes, there was | :15:27. | :15:37. | |
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something on it. Back to Thomson corner kick with that effort. He | :15:47. | :15:52. | |
doesn't look it, but he must be very happy. Heading towards stoppage time | :15:52. | :16:02. | |
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at the end of the first half. This is Hooper. The Forrest. He was | :16:04. | :16:11. | |
trying to feed him into Kris Commons. Brilliant football all | :16:11. | :16:21. | |
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loss he will be to the Scottish National team. He announced he no | :16:25. | :16:35. | |
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longer wanted to be selected for main man right there, Gary Hooper, | :16:59. | :17:07. | |
with both Celtic goals. After a difficult start, Hibs started well, | :17:07. | :17:11. | |
but Hooper turning this into make it 1-0 after nine minutes. And the | :17:11. | :17:17. | |
second arrived just after the half-hour mark. Kris Commons has | :17:17. | :17:24. | |
been excellent, feeding it Anthony Stokes, and Hooper and nodding it in | :17:24. | :17:30. | |
for his 30th goal of the season in a dream first half for Celtic. | :17:30. | :17:40. | |
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Half-time, it is Hibernian zero, though. Thanks to the two Celtic | :18:17. | :18:27. | |
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goals. This is a positive run for Harris. Hibs need the next goal. | :18:32. | :18:38. | |
Straight away, Harris came to the left-hand side, they've switched. | :18:38. | :18:48. | |
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He's got a lot of pace. Good defensive start from Hibs. No | :18:48. | :18:58. | |
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changes that either team personnel her barely N'daw. -- Hibernian door. | :19:07. | :19:17. | |
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occasion. He's only thinking of the strike whenever he gets the ball. | :19:26. | :19:36. | |
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Claros had found Doyle. Now, that is a nasty one. Claros is getting | :19:56. | :20:06. | |
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frustrated. The cards are coming out here. Scott Brown is never one to | :20:10. | :20:16. | |
shirk a battle. And it is eyeball time with Jorge Claros. Here's the | :20:16. | :20:22. | |
challenge that Brown is raging about. There was a rap on the right | :20:22. | :20:32. | |
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ankle. Yes, he's trying to hook himself down. You know, Brown is not | :20:35. | :20:45. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 83 seconds | :20:45. | :22:09. | |
been spoken to by the fourth again. Hibs have a sense of | :22:09. | :22:15. | |
grievance about what is going on that right now. It's time to light a | :22:15. | :22:20. | |
fire. Harris... It almost came to Griffiths. Williams is there to | :22:20. | :22:30. | |
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positive is going to happen, Hibs. Lovely little ball from | :22:46. | :22:56. | |
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just turn this game right around. Mulgrew was caught by Griffiths. The | :23:13. | :23:18. | |
ball had left the scene by the time he went down. And so Griffiths is | :23:18. | :23:28. | |
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that myself, but that is definitely a yellow card with his studs raised | :23:40. | :23:50. | |
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they had in the Champions League this year. They were 1-0 down in the | :24:14. | :24:19. | |
first leg of the first qualifier they had to play at home with | :24:19. | :24:23. | |
Helsinki, the journey they went on from that point of view was quite | :24:23. | :24:33. | |
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incredible. Swaying Barcelona. Winning away from home in the group | :24:34. | :24:44. | |
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stages, finally, having won against Spartak Moscow. It rankled Neil | :24:46. | :24:52. | |
Lennon and his team, winning 5-0 against Juventus. They would have | :24:52. | :25:01. | |
loved to have made a big impact but they are making a big impact here. | :25:01. | :25:11. | |
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Hooper was on the slide as he went hat-trick. Hibs, they hit a brick | :25:25. | :25:29. | |
wall in the final third, where do they go next? They cannot come up | :25:29. | :25:39. | |
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with an answer right now to get trying to spark another rescue | :26:15. | :26:22. | |
mission at the National Stadium. They've had time to score with | :26:22. | :26:27. | |
substitutes coming on as well. Good patients, Hibs, getting themselves a | :26:27. | :26:37. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 83 seconds | :26:37. | :28:06. | |
corner. Kris Commons and Georgios referee, Willie Collum. Finley is | :28:06. | :28:16. | |
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the youngest, at 32, he was a time for Celtic! The Scottish Cup | :28:26. | :28:34. | |
will be there as! As Joe Ledley ices the cake. Three and easy for Celtic. | :28:34. | :28:42. | |
The double awaits! Look at that, it is magnificent from Stokes. Great | :28:42. | :28:52. | |
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awareness. Ledley, gets the back post. Flies into the top corner. It | :28:52. | :29:02. | |
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is all over for Hibs, party time for Celtic, and Scott Brown is the | :29:13. | :29:17. | |
player coming off. Listen to the reception he gets from the Celtic | :29:17. | :29:25. | |
supporters, and quite the opposite from those in the other side of the | :29:25. | :29:32. | |
ground. The former Hibernian player has helped to put his old team to | :29:32. | :29:36. | |
the sword. Another swaggering performance from the Celtic skipper. | :29:36. | :29:43. | |
Efe Ambrose, dropped from the starting 11, will get the last nine | :29:43. | :29:47. | |
minutes or so. It will be that man lifting the cup in just over 12 | :29:47. | :29:54. | |
minutes. Lewis Stevenson prepares to come on for Leigh Griffiths, who has | :29:54. | :30:02. | |
hardly touched the ball. It is his final appearance in a Hibernian | :30:02. | :30:09. | |
shirt for now. For now. She copperhead for Leigh Griffiths. He | :30:09. | :30:12. | |
is going back to Wolverhampton Wanderers. -- Leigh Griffiths shakes | :30:12. | :30:22. | |
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have had their name on the Scottish Cup. Nobody has won it more than | :30:27. | :30:37. | |
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journey to Glasgow's East End once consolation. Nothing has come easy | :31:00. | :31:06. | |
for them today. You look back at Fraser Forster's outstanding save | :31:06. | :31:15. | |
from Eoin Doyle's header nil nil -- header when it was goalless. Tom | :31:15. | :31:20. | |
Taiwo had a header that dipped over. The Celtic fans have their scarves | :31:20. | :31:25. | |
raised at the other end of the ground. There they are, belting out | :31:25. | :31:35. | |
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one of their anthems. Many felt if they did not win the Scottish Cup | :31:36. | :31:40. | |
today, it has not been a great season, as Paddy McCourt comes on | :31:40. | :31:47. | |
for James Forrest. Another of the players who will probably not be at | :31:47. | :31:57. | |
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Celtic next season. He has been handed the armband. He is the | :32:01. | :32:04. | |
perennial substitute for Celtic, but he is a mercurial talent, the man | :32:04. | :32:14. | |
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He needs to play football. We all know about his technique and talent. | :32:20. | :32:29. | |
He is on the ball here. Another year goes on for Hibernian, they have not | :32:29. | :32:33. | |
won the trophy, but they have not played terribly today. They had a | :32:33. | :32:37. | |
real period of dominance at the start, then it was all about Celtic | :32:37. | :32:43. | |
after that, total dominance all over the pitch. Scott Brown on Joe Ledley | :32:43. | :32:47. | |
were sitting there, and any time they had momentum, the back four | :32:47. | :32:57. | |
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waiting, with Gary Hooper waiting for his hat-trick. He picked up the | :33:17. | :33:21. | |
ball, he was not thinking about across. Tries to chip the | :33:21. | :33:28. | |
goalkeeper. They don't care, the Celtic supporters, Neil Lennon is | :33:28. | :33:34. | |
not smiling yet but he will in a few minutes. That is Paddy McCourt | :33:34. | :33:39. | |
looking for Gary Hooper, as Anthony Stokes is named the man of the | :33:39. | :33:49. | |
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goals. Celtic are very close to getting their hands on the Scottish | :33:54. | :34:00. | |
Cup. Two minutes has been added on at the end, and then the | :34:00. | :34:10. | |
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Celtic defence were a little bit slack, but he could not find the | :34:26. | :34:31. | |
energy. We have got officials behind the goal for the first time in a | :34:31. | :34:41. | |
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Scottish football match, but we have bursting into song, the Hibernian | :34:42. | :34:47. | |
fans staying until the end. The vast majority of them have stayed. | :34:47. | :34:53. | |
have been excellent today, the Hibernian fans. Celtic fans have had | :34:53. | :34:58. | |
plenty to sing about but they have not had much to sing about. Plenty | :34:58. | :35:08. | |
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these Celtic players have played 50 matches this season. It has been a | :35:32. | :35:36. | |
long and draining season, providing plenty of memorable moments. Plenty | :35:36. | :35:45. | |
of silverware. The treble has eluded them. They lost the semi-final here. | :35:45. | :35:55. | |
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But Neil Lennon has done it. Celtic have done it. For the 36th time, it | :35:59. | :36:03. | |
is Celtic's trophy. Hibernian's weight per Scottish Cup success will | :36:03. | :36:08. | |
now be at least 112 years. It is more heartache for them. But Gary | :36:08. | :36:15. | |
Hooper got two goals, a third for Joe Ledley. Neil Lennon has once | :36:15. | :36:20. | |
again guided his club to silverware. It has been a memorable season for | :36:20. | :36:23. | |
him, personally, and for the players who have given him and the | :36:23. | :36:28. | |
supporters everything across the season. This was their 59th game of | :36:29. | :36:34. | |
the season. It has ended with the Scottish Cup victory, our reporter | :36:34. | :36:37. | |
is trackside with the winning captain, Scott Brown. | :36:37. | :36:46. | |
Congratulations. You are the man who has led Celtic to the cup double. | :36:46. | :36:50. | |
Describe your emotions. It is fantastic, both sets of fans have | :36:50. | :36:56. | |
been amazing. We played really well, we knew we needed to go out at the | :36:56. | :37:00. | |
second half and play well, we got the break, scored the third goal, | :37:00. | :37:04. | |
and after that it was plain sailing. It has been a long and hard season. | :37:05. | :37:09. | |
This must be the icing on the cake. It has been long and difficult for | :37:09. | :37:18. | |
me. Great to come back to an occasion like this. Enjoy. Scott | :37:18. | :37:22. | |
Brown will enjoy that, for sure, as will the rest of the Celtic players, | :37:22. | :37:32. | |
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staff and supporters. They will Brown. He lifted the Scottish Cup | :37:36. | :37:40. | |
when they beat Motherwell by the same scoreline. He leads Celtic up | :37:40. | :37:50. | |
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the steps. We'll try and take this back and play again this season, | :37:55. | :38:05. | |
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and white. Fraser Forster and Paddy McCourt, and Anthony Stokes, who was | :38:21. | :38:27. | |
terrific all afternoon. Kris Commons will be a sad loss to the Scotland | :38:28. | :38:33. | |
team. Great performance from him today. Gary Hooper, will he be a | :38:33. | :38:39. | |
Celtic player next season? They will hope so. The two goalscorers, Gary | :38:39. | :38:44. | |
Hooper with two, Joe Ledley with the decisive goal in the second half. | :38:44. | :38:48. | |
Congratulations on the league and cup double, talk us through your | :38:48. | :38:51. | |
emotions. I feel great. I was feeling full all day, really | :38:51. | :38:57. | |
nervous. Stomach churning, butterflies, the weight of history, | :38:57. | :39:04. | |
we knew what it meant to Hibs to win the cup, but we played very well. | :39:04. | :39:09. | |
Really impressed. Gary Hooper and Anthony Stokes were magnificent, | :39:09. | :39:12. | |
ably helped by some other magnificent performances. I'm really | :39:12. | :39:20. | |
proud. Were Celtic too good?Yes, there are fantastic team but I | :39:20. | :39:25. | |
cannot fault the players, we worked tremendously hard, we kept the ball | :39:25. | :39:32. | |
a lot. We gave them two soft goals. We had the best chance of the game | :39:32. | :39:37. | |
before the goals. We did not defend crosses properly. To the game have | :39:37. | :39:43. | |
been different if that header had gone in? You never know. If you | :39:43. | :39:46. | |
score against Celtic first then it is crucial, then the pressure is on | :39:47. | :39:51. | |
them. I'm very proud of the players and the supporters today. I cannot | :39:51. | :39:56. | |
fault any of them for effort or determination. You must be delighted | :39:56. | :40:00. | |
with your own performance. Yes, the most important thing is the team | :40:00. | :40:06. | |
winning, it has been an exceptional season and I am looking forward to | :40:06. | :40:12. | |
the celebrations. Getting the double is amazing, scoring two goals here. | :40:12. | :40:19. | |
This is my third, I wanted my hat-trick. I would probably have | :40:19. | :40:26. | |
missed it, Joe Ledley scored really well. Talk us through the goals. | :40:26. | :40:33. | |
Great crosses from Anthony Stokes, and a great header. It has been a | :40:33. | :40:38. | |
fantastic season and this has topped it off. We showed how good we are. | :40:38. | :40:42. | |
We wanted the double, we have not done it for a long time, so it is a | :40:42. | :40:48. | |
fantastic achievement for the club. It is good for the CV and fantastic | :40:48. | :40:52. | |
for the club. A victory in some style. Yes, the first half, they had | :40:52. | :40:57. | |
a chance, but then we scored, and the second half, we completely | :40:57. | :41:02. | |
dominated like we have all season. It is a fantastic squad, hopefully | :41:02. | :41:08. | |
we can stick together. Quite a way to finish the season. Yes, | :41:08. | :41:10. | |
everything we have dreams of, the European campaign, winning the | :41:10. | :41:19. | |
double, to end on this note in front of the fans is fantastic. Will you | :41:19. | :41:23. | |
keep this squad together next season? We will see. It would be | :41:23. | :41:27. | |
nice if everyone was here. It is a great feeling playing with these | :41:27. | :41:34. | |
players. I know you will be partying, will you be keen to hang | :41:34. | :41:39. | |
around and do it next year? We will see what happens. I am celebrating | :41:39. | :41:44. | |
tonight. I am so proud of them, brilliant young team. People nip | :41:44. | :41:52. | |
away at them, but they will get the respect they deserve. I know what | :41:52. | :41:57. | |
this club means to you. I get the impression you will never tire of | :41:57. | :42:04. | |
this. You never tire of days like this. It is pretty special. We will | :42:04. | :42:09. | |
get to what happens next later, but let's speak about the game. Was that | :42:09. | :42:17. | |
as comprehensive victory as Celtic hope for? I think so. When you have | :42:17. | :42:20. | |
the best players and have the right attitude and are motivated and up | :42:21. | :42:24. | |
for it, it is very difficult for the opposition. That is exactly what | :42:24. | :42:30. | |
happened. Hibernian were probably hoping they would get the first | :42:30. | :42:37. | |
goal. It did not happen. They stuck in there, in the second half, they | :42:37. | :42:40. | |
put Celtic under a little bit of pressure, but they never created | :42:40. | :42:46. | |
anything and I think Celtic were very comfortable. Joe Ledley, Scott | :42:46. | :42:51. | |
Brown, Kris Commons, Gary Hooper, Anthony Stokes, they were the | :42:51. | :42:56. | |
quality players. I thought you were going to go through the whole team. | :42:56. | :43:01. | |
You were amongst the Hibs fans. Disappointed at what they could not | :43:01. | :43:07. | |
do or do were they not able? feeling I got from the punters in | :43:07. | :43:10. | |
the lead up to the Mac is they were optimistic but after last year they | :43:10. | :43:18. | |
were realistic. Let's be honest, this Celtic team is better, so they | :43:18. | :43:21. | |
were looking at it thinking it is more about what Celtic do than what | :43:21. | :43:26. | |
Hibs do. They wanted to see a show, they wanted to see some effort from | :43:26. | :43:31. | |
their team. I think they saw that. It was a great first seven minutes | :43:31. | :43:38. | |
for Hibs. Really confident opening. They were composed in possession, | :43:38. | :43:43. | |
and they had a cutting edge of sorts. This was a really good | :43:43. | :43:46. | |
opportunity for Tom table. I think it was a better chance than he | :43:46. | :43:54. | |
thought. He just needed to wait a fraction of a second longer. This | :43:54. | :44:00. | |
was a lovely little ball. Drugs the centre has -- drag the centre half | :44:00. | :44:07. | |
is out of position. He made good movement in the box, got himself | :44:07. | :44:17. | |
:44:17. | :44:24. | ||
free, and it was a lovely little ball. It was a great ball in buy | :44:24. | :44:32. | |
McGivern. His movement was fantastic. He spun around, got | :44:32. | :44:35. | |
himself the space, everything was right, the pace on the ball, and | :44:35. | :44:40. | |
Unita headed back where it came from, but he didn't. I think Hibs | :44:40. | :44:49. | |
probably look at this and say, how do we exploit him? They need to send | :44:49. | :44:55. | |
their midfielders into the right areas. And they did that for about | :44:55. | :45:00. | |
seven or eight minutes. Everything was going very well for them but | :45:00. | :45:03. | |
then, unfortunately, they lost the goal, which was Celtic 's first | :45:03. | :45:10. | |
attack up the pitch. It was great combination work between Hooper and | :45:10. | :45:19. | |
Stokes, but this was a catalogue of errors for Hibs. I think Maybury | :45:19. | :45:25. | |
knows he needs to do better. I wonder whether Ben Williams could've | :45:25. | :45:30. | |
done better a cross. He's in a very good position to take the cross and | :45:30. | :45:35. | |
the ball has travelled 40 yards. gets into it, it is not that far | :45:35. | :45:39. | |
beyond the post and he doesn't do anything, it doesn't go for the | :45:39. | :45:43. | |
ball, he doesn't cover his post. He will be very disappointed with that | :45:43. | :45:47. | |
night because that was a crucial moment in the game. You can | :45:47. | :45:52. | |
criticise the defenders and so on, but it is the goalkeeper ball. It is | :45:52. | :45:58. | |
a kick in a painful place for Hibs, when you start so well, and suddenly | :45:58. | :46:03. | |
Celtic with their first attack score. I feared for them if they | :46:03. | :46:09. | |
lost the first goal in this game, to Gilly if it was early, because their | :46:09. | :46:14. | |
confidence was bound to be fragile. -- particularly if it was early. | :46:14. | :46:22. | |
Yet, they started the game so well, couldn't follow through, and it was | :46:22. | :46:28. | |
about to jilt their confidence even more. The second Celtic goal, more | :46:28. | :46:34. | |
difficult to defend. I think this is a fantastic ball. The keeper can't | :46:34. | :46:42. | |
go for that one. Great quality. Swung it in with his left foot, but | :46:42. | :46:52. | |
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what a great header. That is what Doyle should have done for Hibs. The | :46:53. | :46:58. | |
space is there, and he heads it down also but arch is his neck and gets a | :46:58. | :47:02. | |
fantastic header on it which shows a guy who is at the top of his game. | :47:02. | :47:05. | |
He's thinking about that cross, thinking about how to score that | :47:05. | :47:10. | |
goal. The game was finished at that point for me. Celtic were cruising, | :47:10. | :47:16. | |
they were dominating the midfield and Scott Brown was dictating a lot | :47:16. | :47:20. | |
of play. But then was he being allowed to do so by Hibs? Credit | :47:20. | :47:24. | |
where credit is due to, he has been out injured for a long period of | :47:25. | :47:29. | |
time but you wouldn't know it. He had at good sharpness about his | :47:29. | :47:38. | |
play. He was able to dictate the play. Scott Brown has come back very | :47:38. | :47:46. | |
well. When you ask a striker like Doyle to come into the team, when | :47:46. | :47:50. | |
they come back, and they've a job to do, he's got to get close to Scott | :47:50. | :47:54. | |
Brown Thomas top end passing the ball, he didn't do that. I know he | :47:54. | :47:58. | |
is there to support Griffiths, but he has got a job to do defensively. | :47:58. | :48:05. | |
If you give that rumour to Scott Brown, he will pass the ball around. | :48:05. | :48:09. | |
When he does that, you've got other players getting forward, the likes | :48:09. | :48:17. | |
of Hooper, Ledley, they are getting in for those crosses. And Stokes put | :48:17. | :48:24. | |
in quality into the box. A lot of people thought Griffiths would have | :48:24. | :48:29. | |
a weak impact on the match. But this was about the only impact he had. | :48:29. | :48:36. | |
was a strike that was over the top. He peeled off the centre half. If | :48:36. | :48:42. | |
you look at the angle, he did very well to make an attempt. It was | :48:42. | :48:46. | |
pretty much impossible to score. He put it in there just in case | :48:46. | :48:50. | |
somebody was following in. Kids need to try to get him into the game more | :48:50. | :48:56. | |
than they did. Young Alex Harris, him and Griffiths were key to Hibs | :48:56. | :49:02. | |
having a cutting edge, and they couldn't get them to do enough. It | :49:02. | :49:08. | |
was a losing battle. We were raving about Ledley a few weeks ago about | :49:08. | :49:13. | |
what he does. Again today, his 10th goal of the season. This sealed | :49:13. | :49:17. | |
things. He gets in the box and what a great finish with his left foot. | :49:17. | :49:25. | |
Quality. He is delaying, waiting for that ball. He does well. He plays | :49:25. | :49:31. | |
well. You don't see a lot of him at times, but he's always there or | :49:31. | :49:37. | |
thereabouts and always gets himself in. Is it ten goals he has scored? | :49:37. | :49:42. | |
That is great for a midfielder. He is big and strong. He's one of those | :49:42. | :49:47. | |
players that if you are a manager, you will be putting him on your team | :49:47. | :49:51. | |
should constantly. No question. You know he can do the job. There were | :49:51. | :49:57. | |
other contenders for man of the match. Pat has listed most of them! | :49:57. | :50:02. | |
Stokes, a significant involvement in those three goals. He was a standout | :50:02. | :50:05. | |
player. This is his area of the pitch. He doesn't do well in the | :50:05. | :50:14. | |
finish, and Kris Commons is livid. This is one of the few times when he | :50:14. | :50:18. | |
made bad decision but he had some lovely touches in the game and they | :50:18. | :50:22. | |
managed to get him on the ball a lot. He was at the top of his game | :50:22. | :50:28. | |
today. He was a very difficult opponent for Maybury. We talk about | :50:28. | :50:38. | |
:50:38. | :50:40. | ||
his attitude and so on. He's getting more mature. He has come back very | :50:40. | :50:42. | |
well, strong, fit, looks the part now. And he's thinking about the | :50:42. | :50:45. | |
game. His attitude is spot-on. Before, when he's lost the ball, you | :50:45. | :50:47. | |
questioned his attitude but now he is quality and he is a fantastic | :50:47. | :50:52. | |
asset. He is looking forward to next year already, listening to him after | :50:52. | :50:58. | |
the game. The double winners quickly change their party location to | :50:58. | :51:02. | |
Celtic Park. Reimer Glock and joined them. | :51:02. | :51:08. | |
Today's cup success means that it is a double the Neil Lennon and his | :51:08. | :51:18. | |
:51:18. | :51:18. | ||
team. For now, the fans, the players and the management, all they want to | :51:18. | :51:28. | |
:51:28. | :51:38. | ||
Only the third person now to have won the Scottish cup and league | :51:38. | :51:44. | |
double as a player and manager, how does that make you feel? There was a | :51:44. | :51:47. | |
bit of expectation going into this on my own shoulders. You want to | :51:47. | :51:52. | |
make the most of your time. We have a double off the back of the great | :51:52. | :51:59. | |
European campaign, it is special. Following those big managers shoes, | :51:59. | :52:04. | |
it makes me proud. Do you have the appetite for this job still? | :52:04. | :52:09. | |
Absolutely. These guys keep me going. You have good days and bad | :52:09. | :52:12. | |
days, but seeing these guys work every day, trying to improve, and | :52:13. | :52:18. | |
giving everything you ask of them, you know, it inspires you. What | :52:18. | :52:23. | |
happens at Celtic? Does that come with added pressures? Does that make | :52:23. | :52:29. | |
you think, should I still be doing this? There is an edge to the job. | :52:29. | :52:36. | |
It is not an ordinary job, for sure. How does man of the match feel? | :52:36. | :52:39. | |
Delighted. The most important thing was winning and a great way to | :52:39. | :52:43. | |
finish off the season. It's been a bit of a mixed bag for you this | :52:43. | :52:47. | |
season with your injuries. It was frustrating at the start of the | :52:47. | :52:52. | |
season, but I had some good rehab, I've come back stronger and fitter | :52:52. | :52:56. | |
and looking forward to next season. Is it going to come quick enough for | :52:56. | :53:03. | |
you? You've got a little break. looking forward to couple of weeks | :53:03. | :53:06. | |
off. But we have championed Leagues qualifiers coming up, I'm looking | :53:06. | :53:13. | |
forward to it. How do you rate Neil Lennon? He's at top manager. He's | :53:13. | :53:18. | |
brought a lot of young players here. His man management skills are | :53:18. | :53:24. | |
excellent. Can't praise him high enough. A lot of the boys are very | :53:24. | :53:29. | |
happy with him. Can you achieve all your ambitions here? I can't win the | :53:29. | :53:35. | |
Premier League. So, that is an ambition? Further down the line for | :53:35. | :53:45. | |
:53:45. | :53:45. | ||
me. There's a lot of good managers further down the -- there's a lot of | :53:45. | :53:49. | |
good managers out there. I've got great support from the board. The | :53:49. | :53:52. | |
job is not easy but they've made it easier for me. Enjoy your summer | :53:52. | :53:59. | |
holidays. Cheers, thanks.We should stress Neil Lennon is Celtic's third | :53:59. | :54:07. | |
double winning player and manager. Gordon Strachan and Alex McLeish in | :54:07. | :54:12. | |
Scottish football were others as well. How much time around you | :54:12. | :54:16. | |
expect at Celtic, players or manager? Well, let's talk about the | :54:16. | :54:24. | |
players. I think Lennon will be there although he does have that | :54:24. | :54:28. | |
ambition to play in England, but I think he will be the manager of | :54:29. | :54:34. | |
Celtic this time last year. From a player point of view, we hope that | :54:34. | :54:39. | |
he can hold onto those players and on it, and I still think he needs a | :54:39. | :54:43. | |
couple of players. In the middle of the pitch. They could be more | :54:43. | :54:50. | |
creative at times. And build a game from the back. He'll try to add to | :54:50. | :54:55. | |
it, but if he can hold onto good players, can he hold on to the likes | :54:55. | :55:02. | |
of Commons. The quality of Hooper, this two goals. Could he do it in | :55:02. | :55:06. | |
the championship? Could he do it in the Premiership? I think you think | :55:06. | :55:11. | |
he can do it in the Premiership. They would do very well to hold onto | :55:11. | :55:21. | |
:55:21. | :55:27. | ||
Hooper this summer. This summer would be the time to sell. -- at | :55:27. | :55:31. | |
some point, if somebody puts a good price down, Celtic would be hard | :55:31. | :55:35. | |
priced -- hard pressed to turn it down. But I think Neil Lennon will | :55:35. | :55:40. | |
be here for the next 12 months. wait goes on for kids into is of | :55:40. | :55:47. | |
Scottish cup successes. Hibs fans have two go behind the couch now. | :55:48. | :55:56. | |
They've lost ten times now. What I think is interesting, Hibs would | :55:56. | :56:04. | |
have been underdogs fall short in all of those games. The one against | :56:04. | :56:08. | |
Clyde in 1958 is a bit beyond my timescale, but perhaps we should | :56:08. | :56:15. | |
point the finger at those guys. That was the famous five team. I'm sure | :56:15. | :56:21. | |
they would have gone into that as favourites. So, blame them, I say. | :56:21. | :56:26. | |
Let's give the fans a pat on the back. This was them in stoppage | :56:26. | :56:32. | |
time. Still there in big numbers. They were singing, dancing, backing | :56:32. | :56:37. | |
the team. Fantastic. They were fantastic. I said to Pat, they were | :56:37. | :56:43. | |
desperately hoping for something to happen, a trigger in the second half | :56:43. | :56:47. | |
just to get behind the team. You know, last year was a huge | :56:47. | :56:50. | |
disappointment for the punters and they left in their droves, not | :56:50. | :56:54. | |
surprisingly, because of the embarrassment of getting the | :56:54. | :56:59. | |
runaround. This year, they stayed to the end. They stayed to support the | :56:59. | :57:02. | |
players and clapped them off. good news for Motherwell fans | :57:02. | :57:06. | |
tonight. Stuart McCall will be staying with the club despite having | :57:06. | :57:10. | |
had talks with Sheffield United. Last word on Celtic, Pat. Fantastic | :57:10. | :57:15. | |
achievement, great season, the double, and Champions League. | :57:15. | :57:20. | |
a cup is fantastic but to win a double is a major achievement. It is | :57:20. | :57:26. | |
not easy to do it. They had a great summer. Now they've got a summer | :57:26. | :57:30. | |
holiday to look forward to with their family. They are back on 20th | :57:30. | :57:33. | |
of June, which is not that long, and they are preparing for the Champions | :57:33. | :57:37. | |
League, and they hope they can achieve it all next year. Thank you | :57:37. | :57:43. | |
both. One more life match to come on the BBC before we can save the | :57:43. | :57:53. | |
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