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goal. That might well be the spark. That is sensational from Kris

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Commons. It is Celtic to clinch the place alongside Hibernian in the

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Scottish Cup final. The cards appear to be stacked in Celtic's favour.

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The champions are looking to complete the league and cup double

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against Hibs team who last won the trophy in 1902. After which, we will

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hear from Pat Bonner and Stuart Lovell. Describing the action at the

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first-ever Sunday final, Billy Dodds and Liam McLeod. The green and white

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of the East against the green and white of the West for the oldest

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trophy in world football. Celtic, fresh from winning their 44th league

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championship, are desperate to add some glass to their already

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successful season. -- add some gloss. Hibernian are desperate to

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end this wait for the trophy, but equally important, the cleansing of

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the name of the club after being taken apart by their bitter rivals

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in this very arena on this very pitch. Victory today would act as

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Hibernian. His place goes to Jordan Forster. Alex Harris has been a

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revelation, Leigh Griffiths has been outstanding, the multi-award winning

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player playing his last game before his return to Wolves. Efe Ambrose is

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on the bench for Celtic, Victor Wanyama is suspended. Anthony Stokes

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has been given the nod to partner the Edinburgh derby, he is one of

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the substitutes alongside Scott Robertson, who won the cup with

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biggest game of his career so far, is Willie Collum. His first game was

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between East Fife and Gretna. Less than eight years later, he is in

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charge of the final. Another terrific season for Gary Hooper. He

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has support from Anthony Stokes today. 28 goals per Leigh Griffiths

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this season. Plenty of accolades that he has received in the last few

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weeks. This would be the crowning glory if he can lead his boyhood

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heroes to Scottish Cup victory. It would also be for Pat Fenlon.

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Especially given what happened here Especially given what happened here

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53rd -- of their 53 finals. They have not lost a Scottish Cup final

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since 2002. They have been here four times since. They have won it on

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each occasion. They are rightly favourites. Yes, Celtic are heavy

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favourites today. The way they are going, attacking, plenty of

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offensive players. With Efe Ambrose out, it frees up Kris Commons.

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Lennon takes his seat a bit late. Plenty of flares going off in the

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goes to Hibernian. Leigh Griffiths is doing what he has done all

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season. Drifting into the channels, he has support, with Owen Doyle

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others. Not bad. It looked as if it would not sit forward. Lovely touch.

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It sets up a little bit. He could not get it down. Decent effort from

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classic cup final, the way the teams And Bernie and finished the league

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season with two strikers upfront, -- Hibernian finished the league season

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with two strikers upfront, -- Point Blank! Fraser Forster saves.

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What a good start to the game it has it would have beaten Fraser Forster.

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game. Looking for redemption. think Hibernian are dominating the

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midfield area. It is imbalanced. They are really dominating in there

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with that extra man. I really put -- opening goal of the 2013 Scottish

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Cup final. They had been on the back foot, when suddenly the SPL

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champions move a step closer to the double. When this first ball comes

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in, you want somebody on the end of that. Anthony Stokes picks it up,

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the cross comes in, Ben Williams is caught, Paul Hanlon, but it is very

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deft from Gary Hooper. Get the angle right and popped it in the net. Good

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work from Anthony Stokes. He needed to chase after it to make it happen

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and it has happened. You've got to look at the defenders. It's a

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brilliant finish, but Paul Hanlon should do better. Ben Williams is

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caught in no man's land. There was a big gap. Take nothing away from Gary

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released Anthony Stokes. There were players waiting for the cutback.

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They are not happy. Any coach will tell you you've got to go across the

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keeper. Great pass. Only one thing Anthony Stokes is thinking about.

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Anthony Stokes fancied it. He saw Joe Ledley. Joe Ledley was taken

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enough. It could so easily have been really pure from Hibs. -- really

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teams, whenever Celtic come forward, whether it is with a long ball or

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whether it is work like this... can see he is clearly onside. Alan

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Maybury getting him in between Jordan Forster. He can pick a pass.

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He certainly did on that occasion. Hibernian are having to work a lot

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harder. It is important, once they lost that goal, they kept their

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shape. This is Celtic's 59th competitive game of the season. It

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began with a win over Helsinki 299 days ago at the beginning of August.

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They return to training on June 20. might be the goal that takes the

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Scottish Cup back to Parkhead. Gary Hooper doubles up, Celtic double

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up, and the double could be on its way. He gets his way in between Ryan

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McGivern and Paul Hanlon again, but it is Kris Commons who started, he

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shifts it weighed two Anthony Stokes, who delivers a wonderful

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ball. Gary Hooper gets himself a double. That is what Celtic are

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wanting. Neil Lennon jumps for joy, He has scored from there before but

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that was at Hampton. You can see him developing those areas I'm talking

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A good chance for kids, they are trying to forge another one. But it

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is a poor ball. The angle beat him. It was a great pass as well. He gets

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behind Mulgrew, but from the angle, no chance of scoring. Especially the

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weaker right foot of his. But that Scott Brown clattered into him. He

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looks like a man possessed, Brown. He is prowling around the field like

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a tiger. Now, Hibs have up corner kick. That is the best they could

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will take the next corner. Goalkeeper comes, there was

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something on it. Back to Thomson corner kick with that effort. He

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doesn't look it, but he must be very happy. Heading towards stoppage time

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at the end of the first half. This is Hooper. The Forrest. He was

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trying to feed him into Kris Commons. Brilliant football all

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loss he will be to the Scottish National team. He announced he no

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longer wanted to be selected for main man right there, Gary Hooper,

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with both Celtic goals. After a difficult start, Hibs started well,

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but Hooper turning this into make it 1-0 after nine minutes. And the

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second arrived just after the half-hour mark. Kris Commons has

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been excellent, feeding it Anthony Stokes, and Hooper and nodding it in

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for his 30th goal of the season in a dream first half for Celtic.

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Half-time, it is Hibernian zero, though. Thanks to the two Celtic

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goals. This is a positive run for Harris. Hibs need the next goal.

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Straight away, Harris came to the left-hand side, they've switched.

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He's got a lot of pace. Good defensive start from Hibs. No

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changes that either team personnel her barely N'daw. -- Hibernian door.

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occasion. He's only thinking of the strike whenever he gets the ball.

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Claros had found Doyle. Now, that is a nasty one. Claros is getting

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frustrated. The cards are coming out here. Scott Brown is never one to

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shirk a battle. And it is eyeball time with Jorge Claros. Here's the

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challenge that Brown is raging about. There was a rap on the right

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ankle. Yes, he's trying to hook himself down. You know, Brown is not

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 83 seconds

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been spoken to by the fourth again. Hibs have a sense of

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grievance about what is going on that right now. It's time to light a

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fire. Harris... It almost came to Griffiths. Williams is there to

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positive is going to happen, Hibs. Lovely little ball from

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just turn this game right around. Mulgrew was caught by Griffiths. The

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ball had left the scene by the time he went down. And so Griffiths is

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that myself, but that is definitely a yellow card with his studs raised

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they had in the Champions League this year. They were 1-0 down in the

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first leg of the first qualifier they had to play at home with

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Helsinki, the journey they went on from that point of view was quite

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incredible. Swaying Barcelona. Winning away from home in the group

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stages, finally, having won against Spartak Moscow. It rankled Neil

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Lennon and his team, winning 5-0 against Juventus. They would have

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loved to have made a big impact but they are making a big impact here.

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Hooper was on the slide as he went hat-trick. Hibs, they hit a brick

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wall in the final third, where do they go next? They cannot come up

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with an answer right now to get trying to spark another rescue

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mission at the National Stadium. They've had time to score with

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substitutes coming on as well. Good patients, Hibs, getting themselves a

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 83 seconds

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corner. Kris Commons and Georgios referee, Willie Collum. Finley is

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the youngest, at 32, he was a time for Celtic! The Scottish Cup

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will be there as! As Joe Ledley ices the cake. Three and easy for Celtic.

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The double awaits! Look at that, it is magnificent from Stokes. Great

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awareness. Ledley, gets the back post. Flies into the top corner. It

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is all over for Hibs, party time for Celtic, and Scott Brown is the

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player coming off. Listen to the reception he gets from the Celtic

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supporters, and quite the opposite from those in the other side of the

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ground. The former Hibernian player has helped to put his old team to

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the sword. Another swaggering performance from the Celtic skipper.

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Efe Ambrose, dropped from the starting 11, will get the last nine

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minutes or so. It will be that man lifting the cup in just over 12

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minutes. Lewis Stevenson prepares to come on for Leigh Griffiths, who has

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hardly touched the ball. It is his final appearance in a Hibernian

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shirt for now. For now. She copperhead for Leigh Griffiths. He

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is going back to Wolverhampton Wanderers. -- Leigh Griffiths shakes

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have had their name on the Scottish Cup. Nobody has won it more than

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journey to Glasgow's East End once consolation. Nothing has come easy

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for them today. You look back at Fraser Forster's outstanding save

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from Eoin Doyle's header nil nil -- header when it was goalless. Tom

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Taiwo had a header that dipped over. The Celtic fans have their scarves

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raised at the other end of the ground. There they are, belting out

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one of their anthems. Many felt if they did not win the Scottish Cup

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today, it has not been a great season, as Paddy McCourt comes on

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for James Forrest. Another of the players who will probably not be at

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Celtic next season. He has been handed the armband. He is the

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perennial substitute for Celtic, but he is a mercurial talent, the man

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He needs to play football. We all know about his technique and talent.

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He is on the ball here. Another year goes on for Hibernian, they have not

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won the trophy, but they have not played terribly today. They had a

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real period of dominance at the start, then it was all about Celtic

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after that, total dominance all over the pitch. Scott Brown on Joe Ledley

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were sitting there, and any time they had momentum, the back four

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waiting, with Gary Hooper waiting for his hat-trick. He picked up the

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ball, he was not thinking about across. Tries to chip the

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goalkeeper. They don't care, the Celtic supporters, Neil Lennon is

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not smiling yet but he will in a few minutes. That is Paddy McCourt

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looking for Gary Hooper, as Anthony Stokes is named the man of the

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goals. Celtic are very close to getting their hands on the Scottish

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Cup. Two minutes has been added on at the end, and then the

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Celtic defence were a little bit slack, but he could not find the

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energy. We have got officials behind the goal for the first time in a

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Scottish football match, but we have bursting into song, the Hibernian

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fans staying until the end. The vast majority of them have stayed.

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have been excellent today, the Hibernian fans. Celtic fans have had

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plenty to sing about but they have not had much to sing about. Plenty

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these Celtic players have played 50 matches this season. It has been a

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long and draining season, providing plenty of memorable moments. Plenty

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of silverware. The treble has eluded them. They lost the semi-final here.

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But Neil Lennon has done it. Celtic have done it. For the 36th time, it

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is Celtic's trophy. Hibernian's weight per Scottish Cup success will

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now be at least 112 years. It is more heartache for them. But Gary

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Hooper got two goals, a third for Joe Ledley. Neil Lennon has once

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again guided his club to silverware. It has been a memorable season for

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him, personally, and for the players who have given him and the

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supporters everything across the season. This was their 59th game of

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the season. It has ended with the Scottish Cup victory, our reporter

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is trackside with the winning captain, Scott Brown.

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Congratulations. You are the man who has led Celtic to the cup double.

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Describe your emotions. It is fantastic, both sets of fans have

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been amazing. We played really well, we knew we needed to go out at the

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second half and play well, we got the break, scored the third goal,

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and after that it was plain sailing. It has been a long and hard season.

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This must be the icing on the cake. It has been long and difficult for

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me. Great to come back to an occasion like this. Enjoy. Scott

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Brown will enjoy that, for sure, as will the rest of the Celtic players,

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staff and supporters. They will Brown. He lifted the Scottish Cup

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when they beat Motherwell by the same scoreline. He leads Celtic up

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the steps. We'll try and take this back and play again this season,

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and white. Fraser Forster and Paddy McCourt, and Anthony Stokes, who was

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terrific all afternoon. Kris Commons will be a sad loss to the Scotland

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team. Great performance from him today. Gary Hooper, will he be a

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Celtic player next season? They will hope so. The two goalscorers, Gary

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Hooper with two, Joe Ledley with the decisive goal in the second half.

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Congratulations on the league and cup double, talk us through your

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emotions. I feel great. I was feeling full all day, really

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nervous. Stomach churning, butterflies, the weight of history,

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we knew what it meant to Hibs to win the cup, but we played very well.

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Really impressed. Gary Hooper and Anthony Stokes were magnificent,

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ably helped by some other magnificent performances. I'm really

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proud. Were Celtic too good?Yes, there are fantastic team but I

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cannot fault the players, we worked tremendously hard, we kept the ball

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a lot. We gave them two soft goals. We had the best chance of the game

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before the goals. We did not defend crosses properly. To the game have

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been different if that header had gone in? You never know. If you

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score against Celtic first then it is crucial, then the pressure is on

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them. I'm very proud of the players and the supporters today. I cannot

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fault any of them for effort or determination. You must be delighted

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with your own performance. Yes, the most important thing is the team

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winning, it has been an exceptional season and I am looking forward to

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the celebrations. Getting the double is amazing, scoring two goals here.

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This is my third, I wanted my hat-trick. I would probably have

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missed it, Joe Ledley scored really well. Talk us through the goals.

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Great crosses from Anthony Stokes, and a great header. It has been a

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fantastic season and this has topped it off. We showed how good we are.

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We wanted the double, we have not done it for a long time, so it is a

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fantastic achievement for the club. It is good for the CV and fantastic

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for the club. A victory in some style. Yes, the first half, they had

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a chance, but then we scored, and the second half, we completely

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dominated like we have all season. It is a fantastic squad, hopefully

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we can stick together. Quite a way to finish the season. Yes,

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everything we have dreams of, the European campaign, winning the

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double, to end on this note in front of the fans is fantastic. Will you

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keep this squad together next season? We will see. It would be

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nice if everyone was here. It is a great feeling playing with these

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players. I know you will be partying, will you be keen to hang

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around and do it next year? We will see what happens. I am celebrating

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tonight. I am so proud of them, brilliant young team. People nip

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away at them, but they will get the respect they deserve. I know what

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this club means to you. I get the impression you will never tire of

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this. You never tire of days like this. It is pretty special. We will

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get to what happens next later, but let's speak about the game. Was that

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as comprehensive victory as Celtic hope for? I think so. When you have

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the best players and have the right attitude and are motivated and up

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for it, it is very difficult for the opposition. That is exactly what

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happened. Hibernian were probably hoping they would get the first

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goal. It did not happen. They stuck in there, in the second half, they

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put Celtic under a little bit of pressure, but they never created

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anything and I think Celtic were very comfortable. Joe Ledley, Scott

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Brown, Kris Commons, Gary Hooper, Anthony Stokes, they were the

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quality players. I thought you were going to go through the whole team.

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You were amongst the Hibs fans. Disappointed at what they could not

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do or do were they not able? feeling I got from the punters in

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the lead up to the Mac is they were optimistic but after last year they

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were realistic. Let's be honest, this Celtic team is better, so they

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were looking at it thinking it is more about what Celtic do than what

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Hibs do. They wanted to see a show, they wanted to see some effort from

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their team. I think they saw that. It was a great first seven minutes

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for Hibs. Really confident opening. They were composed in possession,

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and they had a cutting edge of sorts. This was a really good

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opportunity for Tom table. I think it was a better chance than he

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thought. He just needed to wait a fraction of a second longer. This

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was a lovely little ball. Drugs the centre has -- drag the centre half

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is out of position. He made good movement in the box, got himself

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free, and it was a lovely little ball. It was a great ball in buy

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McGivern. His movement was fantastic. He spun around, got

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himself the space, everything was right, the pace on the ball, and

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Unita headed back where it came from, but he didn't. I think Hibs

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probably look at this and say, how do we exploit him? They need to send

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their midfielders into the right areas. And they did that for about

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seven or eight minutes. Everything was going very well for them but

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then, unfortunately, they lost the goal, which was Celtic 's first

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attack up the pitch. It was great combination work between Hooper and

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Stokes, but this was a catalogue of errors for Hibs. I think Maybury

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knows he needs to do better. I wonder whether Ben Williams could've

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done better a cross. He's in a very good position to take the cross and

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the ball has travelled 40 yards. gets into it, it is not that far

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beyond the post and he doesn't do anything, it doesn't go for the

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ball, he doesn't cover his post. He will be very disappointed with that

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night because that was a crucial moment in the game. You can

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criticise the defenders and so on, but it is the goalkeeper ball. It is

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a kick in a painful place for Hibs, when you start so well, and suddenly

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Celtic with their first attack score. I feared for them if they

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lost the first goal in this game, to Gilly if it was early, because their

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confidence was bound to be fragile. -- particularly if it was early.

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Yet, they started the game so well, couldn't follow through, and it was

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about to jilt their confidence even more. The second Celtic goal, more

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difficult to defend. I think this is a fantastic ball. The keeper can't

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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

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space is there, and he heads it down also but arch is his neck and gets a

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fantastic header on it which shows a guy who is at the top of his game.

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He's thinking about that cross, thinking about how to score that

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goal. The game was finished at that point for me. Celtic were cruising,

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they were dominating the midfield and Scott Brown was dictating a lot

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of play. But then was he being allowed to do so by Hibs? Credit

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where credit is due to, he has been out injured for a long period of

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time but you wouldn't know it. He had at good sharpness about his

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play. He was able to dictate the play. Scott Brown has come back very

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well. When you ask a striker like Doyle to come into the team, when

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they come back, and they've a job to do, he's got to get close to Scott

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Brown Thomas top end passing the ball, he didn't do that. I know he

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is there to support Griffiths, but he has got a job to do defensively.

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If you give that rumour to Scott Brown, he will pass the ball around.

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When he does that, you've got other players getting forward, the likes

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of Hooper, Ledley, they are getting in for those crosses. And Stokes put

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in quality into the box. A lot of people thought Griffiths would have

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a weak impact on the match. But this was about the only impact he had.

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was a strike that was over the top. He peeled off the centre half. If

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you look at the angle, he did very well to make an attempt. It was

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pretty much impossible to score. He put it in there just in case

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somebody was following in. Kids need to try to get him into the game more

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than they did. Young Alex Harris, him and Griffiths were key to Hibs

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having a cutting edge, and they couldn't get them to do enough. It

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was a losing battle. We were raving about Ledley a few weeks ago about

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what he does. Again today, his 10th goal of the season. This sealed

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things. He gets in the box and what a great finish with his left foot.

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Quality. He is delaying, waiting for that ball. He does well. He plays

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well. You don't see a lot of him at times, but he's always there or

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thereabouts and always gets himself in. Is it ten goals he has scored?

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That is great for a midfielder. He is big and strong. He's one of those

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players that if you are a manager, you will be putting him on your team

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should constantly. No question. You know he can do the job. There were

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other contenders for man of the match. Pat has listed most of them!

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Stokes, a significant involvement in those three goals. He was a standout

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player. This is his area of the pitch. He doesn't do well in the

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finish, and Kris Commons is livid. This is one of the few times when he

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made bad decision but he had some lovely touches in the game and they

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managed to get him on the ball a lot. He was at the top of his game

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today. He was a very difficult opponent for Maybury. We talk about

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his attitude and so on. He's getting more mature. He has come back very

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well, strong, fit, looks the part now. And he's thinking about the

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game. His attitude is spot-on. Before, when he's lost the ball, you

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questioned his attitude but now he is quality and he is a fantastic

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asset. He is looking forward to next year already, listening to him after

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the game. The double winners quickly change their party location to

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Celtic Park. Reimer Glock and joined them.

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Today's cup success means that it is a double the Neil Lennon and his

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team. For now, the fans, the players and the management, all they want to

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Only the third person now to have won the Scottish cup and league

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double as a player and manager, how does that make you feel? There was a

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bit of expectation going into this on my own shoulders. You want to

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make the most of your time. We have a double off the back of the great

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European campaign, it is special. Following those big managers shoes,

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it makes me proud. Do you have the appetite for this job still?

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Absolutely. These guys keep me going. You have good days and bad

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days, but seeing these guys work every day, trying to improve, and

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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.

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It is not an ordinary job, for sure. How does man of the match feel?

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Delighted. The most important thing was winning and a great way to

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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

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you? You've got a little break. looking forward to couple of weeks

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off. But we have championed Leagues qualifiers coming up, I'm looking

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forward to it. How do you rate Neil Lennon? He's at top manager. He's

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brought a lot of young players here. His man management skills are

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excellent. Can't praise him high enough. A lot of the boys are very

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happy with him. Can you achieve all your ambitions here? I can't win the

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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

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good managers out there. I've got great support from the board. The

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job is not easy but they've made it easier for me. Enjoy your summer

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holidays. Cheers, thanks.We should stress Neil Lennon is Celtic's third

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double winning player and manager. Gordon Strachan and Alex McLeish in

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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

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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

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the championship? Could he do it in the Premiership? I think you think

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he can do it in the Premiership. They would do very well to hold onto

:55:11.:55:21.
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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

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Scottish cup successes. Hibs fans have two go behind the couch now.

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They've lost ten times now. What I think is interesting, Hibs would

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have been underdogs fall short in all of those games. The one against

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Clyde in 1958 is a bit beyond my timescale, but perhaps we should

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point the finger at those guys. That was the famous five team. I'm sure

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they would have gone into that as favourites. So, blame them, I say.

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Let's give the fans a pat on the back. This was them in stoppage

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time. Still there in big numbers. They were singing, dancing, backing

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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

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runaround. This year, they stayed to the end. They stayed to support the

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players and clapped them off. good news for Motherwell fans

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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

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achievement, great season, the double, and Champions League.

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a cup is fantastic but to win a double is a major achievement. It is

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not easy to do it. They had a great summer. Now they've got a summer

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holiday to look forward to with their family. They are back on 20th

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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

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both. One more life match to come on the BBC before we can save the

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