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The next ingredient is live football. You can catch the rest of | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
The One Show on the iPlayer. It is down to the last 16 in this William | :00:00. | :00:10. | |
Hill Scottish Cup competition and the fifth round action starts right | :00:11. | :00:16. | |
here, in the company of record-breaking Rangers goal scorer, | :00:17. | :00:20. | |
and the man who helped Dunfermline to the Scottish Cup final and into | :00:21. | :00:23. | |
Europe as well. They are known as Kris Boyd and Jimmy Nicholl. It is | :00:24. | :00:31. | |
first against second in League One, no title race, 23 points apart, | :00:32. | :00:36. | |
Rangers way ahead, do you think that is how it will pan out? you would | :00:37. | :00:42. | |
expect so, but Dunfermline have made it hard for Rangers. They have got a | :00:43. | :00:47. | |
victory in the two games played. It is a Cup game, anything can happen, | :00:48. | :00:52. | |
but I expect Rangers to come through. I think five of the | :00:53. | :00:58. | |
Dunfermline team are aged 20 or under, a daunting experience? It | :00:59. | :01:09. | |
could be. Could be. But you imagine choosy as an up with the young ones, | :01:10. | :01:14. | |
and no fear. But I think, one Jim has instilled in them according to | :01:15. | :01:20. | |
the newspapers, and they could have some hope. Could Rangers' problem | :01:21. | :01:32. | |
even sells? -- be themselves? Ibrox when close to fill can be a | :01:33. | :01:37. | |
difficult place to play. It could be, but you are football player, you | :01:38. | :01:41. | |
need to motivate yourselves, and I expect them to go through. When you | :01:42. | :01:50. | |
look at how the last 16 and out, only seven Premiership teams in it, | :01:51. | :01:55. | |
so it is a draw for the Cup romantics. It certainly is. I could | :01:56. | :02:06. | |
not work out, when you think of some teams in the final, they have every | :02:07. | :02:11. | |
opportunity, it they get the right drawer, and a bit of luck on the | :02:12. | :02:16. | |
day. They will have to see off Dunfermline first and foremost | :02:17. | :02:19. | |
tonight. And what level Rangers are at. Did you pitch them against | :02:20. | :02:25. | |
mid-table Premiership team and they would be at that level? Difficult to | :02:26. | :02:30. | |
say. A lot of experience in their team, I have played at that level. I | :02:31. | :02:37. | |
expect them to give everyone in the Premiership game, winning the | :02:38. | :02:42. | |
majority, but difficult when it used to be before Rangers were the big | :02:43. | :02:47. | |
fish, they are now going to come back up, difficult for them, that | :02:48. | :02:52. | |
they are still a massive club. The players they have right now, I do | :02:53. | :02:56. | |
not know if they can do it week in, week out at that level. The two | :02:57. | :03:02. | |
games against Furman, 4-1 to Rangers at East End Park, 3-1 here. All the | :03:03. | :03:08. | |
statistics against Dunfermline. Tonight, the crowd has turned | :03:09. | :03:14. | |
against them the last couple of games. They are still winning 2-1. | :03:15. | :03:20. | |
And they could have made it 3-1, but the crowd turned against them. They | :03:21. | :03:27. | |
have to be able to handle that, and it does not matter how many people | :03:28. | :03:29. | |
here, you need to the goods. it does not matter how many people | :03:30. | :03:40. | |
Need to produce the goods. The crowd can get onto you. They do | :03:41. | :03:44. | |
not want the opposition to knock the game about -- knock the ball about, | :03:45. | :03:50. | |
and keep possession. You expect them to go through. It will be | :03:51. | :03:54. | |
interesting to see how they go about it. More from those two at half | :03:55. | :04:01. | |
time, but let us get to the action, the first game of the fifth round of | :04:02. | :04:05. | |
the William Hill Scottish Cup, the all League One meeting of Rangers | :04:06. | :04:10. | |
and dumbfounded. Note to the commentators. | :04:11. | :04:14. | |
Ally McCoist believes his side can win this competition. An unequivocal | :04:15. | :04:20. | |
belief among the squad and supporters of Rangers that they can | :04:21. | :04:26. | |
win this competition. While I went over the Dunfermline side, beaten | :04:27. | :04:29. | |
twice this season, and likely to change the minds of those who doubt | :04:30. | :04:34. | |
the Scottish Cup credentials, I went taking them I came closer to doing | :04:35. | :04:41. | |
so. -- a win taking them. Hoping to progress themselves, but to do so, | :04:42. | :04:46. | |
they will have to win at Ibrox for the first time since 1972, a 4-3 | :04:47. | :04:53. | |
win, and since then coming to Ibrox on 35 different occasions, 32 | :04:54. | :04:59. | |
defeats and three draws. It has not been a happy hunting ground for | :05:00. | :05:07. | |
them. Dunfermline have been in the tunnel for the last couple of | :05:08. | :05:10. | |
minutes, Rangers making their way out now. Royal blue against light | :05:11. | :05:15. | |
blue tonight in Govan. The first of the first round ties in | :05:16. | :05:34. | |
the William Hill Scottish Cup, plenty more to come over the | :05:35. | :05:39. | |
weekend. -- first in the fifth round ties. It all begins here. | :05:40. | :05:43. | |
CHEERING. Ally McCoist was obviously | :05:44. | :06:04. | |
reasonably happy with the display at the weekend beating Beacon city, and | :06:05. | :06:10. | |
the same team. -- beating Brechin City. | :06:11. | :06:19. | |
Unfortunately for Jim Jeffries, three of his new signings are Cup | :06:20. | :06:25. | |
tie tonight, Jonathan Page from Morton, Ross Forbes are Partick | :06:26. | :06:30. | |
Thistle and Danny Grainger playing for St Mirren. So they are not | :06:31. | :06:39. | |
involved. Andrew Little amongst the Rangers substitutes, back after a | :06:40. | :06:43. | |
horror... Horrific facial injury. That man is Bobby Madden, took | :06:44. | :07:00. | |
charge in last week's semifinal between Aberdeen and Saint Johnstone | :07:01. | :07:09. | |
at Tynecastle. Jim Jeffries has been there, senior, done it, as has Ally | :07:10. | :07:13. | |
McCoist. Ally McCoist winning the Scottish Cup just once as a Rangers | :07:14. | :07:19. | |
player, Jim Jeffries bleeding Hearts to triumph. -- leading. And was Ally | :07:20. | :07:30. | |
McCoist's last game as a Rangers player. | :07:31. | :07:35. | |
At the end of December, the clerk, -- at the end of December, some good | :07:36. | :07:50. | |
results. What are we expecting? Kill macro it could go either way. 17 | :07:51. | :07:58. | |
minutes before Rangers broke the deadlock in an earlier game. If | :07:59. | :08:03. | |
Rangers can get ahead, it could be difficult for Don Bradman, but | :08:04. | :08:08. | |
anything can happen. -- could be difficult for Dunfermline Athletic. | :08:09. | :08:14. | |
Rangers did well in the first quarter in the last match against an | :08:15. | :08:31. | |
Furman. -- against Dunfermline. . It is first against second in this. | :08:32. | :08:36. | |
Rangers with a rampaging run early on from Wallace, nicked away by | :08:37. | :08:44. | |
Lewis Martin, just 17. Lots of youngsters inside that Dunfermline. | :08:45. | :08:56. | |
Going for gold, but comfortable enough for Ryan Scully. Let's roll | :08:57. | :09:03. | |
across as body, but not enough on the final effort. | :09:04. | :09:10. | |
Dunfermline on the ball just now. Ryan Williamson playing at midfield | :09:11. | :09:16. | |
tonight, normally at full-back. He was trying to knock it through to | :09:17. | :09:36. | |
Josh Falkingham, one of the elder statesman in the Dunfermline line-up | :09:37. | :09:37. | |
this evening. Callum Morris, the Irishman, number | :09:38. | :09:53. | |
five, 24, alongside Lewis Martin at 17, a learning cover these | :09:54. | :09:57. | |
youngsters, forced into the team last season when they went into | :09:58. | :10:02. | |
administration. They cannot sink or swim, these young boys have to learn | :10:03. | :10:04. | |
quick. This is positive from Dunfermline. | :10:05. | :10:33. | |
The fans away in the west corner of the Govan stand, very happy with | :10:34. | :10:39. | |
that little move. A poor boy in, two against two, if he gets it in, | :10:40. | :10:49. | |
Dunfermline have a chance. Alex Bushill -- Alex Whittle with the | :10:50. | :10:50. | |
throw. Ian Black got winded there, things | :10:51. | :11:04. | |
seem better in the Dunfermline camp just know after the financial | :11:05. | :11:07. | |
hardship that is known around these parts as well. Jim Jeffries had to | :11:08. | :11:15. | |
steady the ship at the end of last. -- last season. Sitting nicely in a | :11:16. | :11:24. | |
play-off position. So difficult, because Rangers are in the | :11:25. | :11:27. | |
division. Normally, Dunfermline would be the excess, the fancy team. | :11:28. | :11:34. | |
And then, it is difficult, getting down to the nitty-gritty, and they | :11:35. | :11:38. | |
know that Rangers will win that title. | :11:39. | :11:53. | |
Good ball in, that put Bell under pressure. A free kick to Rangers, | :11:54. | :12:04. | |
but promising from the visitors. A terrific ball from Ross Millen. | :12:05. | :12:09. | |
Someone has to clear up, Cammy Bell translate, does his job, but I could | :12:10. | :12:13. | |
start from Dunfermline, some balls from wide areas stop -- but a good | :12:14. | :12:27. | |
start. Lawrence Shankland on loan , scoring against Rangers last season | :12:28. | :12:31. | |
for Queens bar. The game at Hampden Park. -- Queens bar. The Aberdeen | :12:32. | :12:39. | |
manager has high hopes for Lawrence Shankland, 18 years of age. 15 goals | :12:40. | :12:49. | |
last season. Lee McCulloch has been scoring plenty this season, having | :12:50. | :12:50. | |
12. Too much on the ball from Templeton | :12:51. | :13:43. | |
for Lee Wallace, who survived the transfer window. He is such an | :13:44. | :13:48. | |
important player for Ally McCoist, Lee Wallace. A potential match down | :13:49. | :13:58. | |
that left-hand side, which is why Ryan Williamson is playing behind | :13:59. | :14:03. | |
Ross Millen, two good ones, they know that Wallace will cause | :14:04. | :14:08. | |
problems and they cannot give him an easy time. A spin and turn from Ryan | :14:09. | :14:24. | |
Wallace. Shankland as the main striker tonight, outside the penalty | :14:25. | :14:29. | |
area the despite the cross from Ryan Wallace, no option in the middle. | :14:30. | :14:39. | |
Phil against Daly. -- fell. Rangers' top scorer so far. A free | :14:40. | :14:44. | |
kick for Templeton. And where he is dangerous. It might come to Shiels, | :14:45. | :14:53. | |
and it does, and Rangers have the early lead in this first game of the | :14:54. | :15:00. | |
fifth round. Exactly what Rangers were looking for, getting themselves | :15:01. | :15:03. | |
an early goal, but Dunfermline cannot be happy with the defending. | :15:04. | :15:09. | |
I thought they would see them off, but did not clear their lines, and | :15:10. | :15:16. | |
made to pay big time. A point that Ryan Scully, on loan from Partick | :15:17. | :15:21. | |
Thistle, is making to his defenders. Injuries playing again from | :15:22. | :15:24. | |
Templeton, which I said in the build-up. -- danger this playing. A | :15:25. | :15:38. | |
ravaged season for Dean Shiels. But the 17-year-old field to deal with | :15:39. | :15:43. | |
this. Shiels deck pocketed him. It is advantageous Rangers. You have to | :15:44. | :15:50. | |
clear your lines. Ryan Williamson try to get a touch, but rolled into | :15:51. | :15:57. | |
the bottom corner and no Dunfermline need to get themselves back into the | :15:58. | :16:00. | |
game and it will not be easy doing it at Ibrox, where their record is | :16:01. | :16:12. | |
so poor. There have been games at Ibrox this season we're Rangers have | :16:13. | :16:15. | |
taken an early lead and have failed to kill off the opposition. | :16:16. | :16:21. | |
Obviously, Dunfermline will hope that is the case. Not ideal to lose | :16:22. | :16:26. | |
such an early goal. But there have been occasions where Rangers have | :16:27. | :16:32. | |
been 1-0 up, but they do not score a second. You expect them to roll over | :16:33. | :16:43. | |
claims. -- roll over teams. But there you go, Dunfermline almost | :16:44. | :16:50. | |
immediately back into this. Shaun Byrne, Ryan Wallace both involved. | :16:51. | :16:53. | |
We'll Rangers punished Dunfermline again? The goalkeeper came forward, | :16:54. | :17:07. | |
did he get enough of the ball? Yes says the referee. It looked like | :17:08. | :17:16. | |
being a really good save. A little bit more conviction at the other end | :17:17. | :17:21. | |
and Dunfermline could have been level. Rangers fans have a sense of | :17:22. | :17:31. | |
grievance now. Millen's ball in is Lou two's. An early goal certainly | :17:32. | :17:40. | |
liven things up and stop -- livens things up. | :17:41. | :17:55. | |
The fifth round continuing tomorrow with Celtic and Aberdeen early | :17:56. | :18:02. | |
kick-off. The other matches in the afternoon, Hibernian playing Raith | :18:03. | :18:10. | |
Rovers, Tim Johnson against Forfar. Cammy Bell heavily involved just a | :18:11. | :18:13. | |
moment ago, I really good slipped all in, causing all kinds of | :18:14. | :18:20. | |
problems. Here is Dean Shiels again, a collision after the ball | :18:21. | :18:25. | |
has been played, I do not think the referee ever thought about a penalty | :18:26. | :18:31. | |
kick, but saw one for Dean Shiels. -- sore one. | :18:32. | :18:47. | |
Ryan Williamson will not want to look back on that Rangers goal. His | :18:48. | :18:55. | |
manager was not happy when that went in, Jim Jeffries. He got back, took | :18:56. | :19:01. | |
up a good position, awkward ball, you want one touch and clearing it, | :19:02. | :19:06. | |
but as soon as he took the touch, the experienced player Dean Shiels | :19:07. | :19:10. | |
so the chance, nixed it off him and produced a great finish. Templeton | :19:11. | :19:15. | |
gets the free kick. Lewis Martin made his debut against | :19:16. | :19:40. | |
Morton last April. Again the beneficiary of the fight Dunfermline | :19:41. | :19:44. | |
had to cut costs almost a year ago now. | :19:45. | :19:51. | |
Lee McCulloch did not look favourite to win that free kick, but when it | :19:52. | :20:02. | |
he did. You wonder who will be the jumper, and Lee McCulloch gets up | :20:03. | :20:07. | |
early, but a good challenge from Dunfermline defenders, not to let | :20:08. | :20:12. | |
him get on target full 35 no, Lee McCulloch, winning the Scottish Cup | :20:13. | :20:22. | |
twice in 2008 and 2009. -- 35 now. It is a Dunfermline free kick. I | :20:23. | :20:30. | |
cannot see why that has been given. I think you see both hands on the | :20:31. | :20:37. | |
back now. Not much of a shot, but still won, and still a free kick. | :20:38. | :20:43. | |
Fraser Aird made a decent impression in the last round against Falkirk, | :20:44. | :20:50. | |
Rangers struggling, and Aird came on, and even David Templeton came on | :20:51. | :20:56. | |
and change the game in Rangers' favour. This is what wide players | :20:57. | :21:03. | |
can do, getting at defenders. And they can also finish. | :21:04. | :21:42. | |
Cammy Bell there, managed by Jim Jeffries at Kilmarnock, they're a | :21:43. | :22:43. | |
long time, as was Jim Jeffries. He credits Jim Jeffries as the biggest | :22:44. | :22:47. | |
influence on his career, Cammy Bell with a lot of injury problems when | :22:48. | :22:50. | |
he was younger, eventually becoming the number one at Rugby Park. Now he | :22:51. | :23:02. | |
is here. A man of the match performance in a previous game | :23:03. | :23:04. | |
against Celtic, showing what he is capable of, not getting as much to | :23:05. | :23:11. | |
do no playing for Rangers. He was terrific that day. 11 years he was | :23:12. | :23:24. | |
at Dalmarnock, Scotland cap. -- at Kilmarnock. | :23:25. | :23:45. | |
He knew what it took to win the Scottish club, Neil McCann, won with | :23:46. | :23:54. | |
Hearts, four with Rangers, no a coach alongside Jim Jeffries at | :23:55. | :24:00. | |
Dunfermline. Wonderful player, wanting to get the ball in play, | :24:01. | :24:05. | |
what you want to instil in your team and the young players he will be | :24:06. | :24:14. | |
working with. That was well won by Jon Daly, almost working it through | :24:15. | :24:21. | |
to Shiels. Scored for Dundee United at this stage last season. United | :24:22. | :24:24. | |
putting them out 3-0. Great defending. Nicky Law, very | :24:25. | :24:45. | |
clever, moved into position where he was going to take up odd shot, and a | :24:46. | :24:49. | |
defender gets across, uses his strength, calmly letting it roll | :24:50. | :24:51. | |
out. Terrific. There is Nicky Clark on the left of | :24:52. | :25:23. | |
Sandy Clark, his old man. Sandy, of course, doing well for | :25:24. | :25:45. | |
Kilmarnock. Templeton went all the way from self! Scully dealing with | :25:46. | :25:52. | |
it, but fortunate no one in Rangers colours followed up. Taken by | :25:53. | :25:58. | |
surprise, but keep the ball out of the back of the net, managing that, | :25:59. | :26:02. | |
but this is what David Templeton gives you running at pace, goes by | :26:03. | :26:07. | |
defenders, takes the shot early, almost catching the keeper napping. | :26:08. | :26:17. | |
Morris mopping up or Dunfermline on that occasion. The goal from Shiels | :26:18. | :26:26. | |
the only one of the games so far. On eight minutes. | :26:27. | :26:42. | |
Bitterly cold, but try night, south of the River Clyde in Glasgow. -- | :26:43. | :26:52. | |
but dry. In this Scottish Cup fifth round tie. | :26:53. | :27:13. | |
Dunfermline fans still in good voice, despite their team losing | :27:14. | :27:16. | |
that early goal. A couple of forays in the final | :27:17. | :27:41. | |
third, but they have not been able to get Lawrence Shankland into the | :27:42. | :27:46. | |
match yet. A couple of balls into wide areas, putting offenders under | :27:47. | :27:50. | |
pressure, but nothing for a striker to feed off, no balls into feet to | :27:51. | :27:55. | |
allow him to hold it and get the midfield players up in support. | :27:56. | :28:03. | |
Shankland making a promising start to his loan period at Dunfermline. | :28:04. | :28:12. | |
Two goals scored against East Fife. Ross Forbes and Danny Grainger is a | :28:13. | :28:16. | |
board Cup tied, scoring in their debut. -- are both Cup tied. | :28:17. | :28:35. | |
To be fear to Dunfermline left-back, Alex Whittle, trying to get up to | :28:36. | :28:52. | |
their numbers in the Dunfermline attack. -- to be fair. He always | :28:53. | :29:00. | |
takes the Rangers players on, will go one on one, and the final thing | :29:01. | :29:07. | |
is to get the ball into the back of the net, not happening yet. Alex | :29:08. | :29:14. | |
Whittle was at Liverpool for 11 years, a youngster for England under | :29:15. | :29:16. | |
16 is. -- under-16s. No holds barred clearance from | :29:17. | :29:39. | |
Callum Morris that time. Very impressed and stop everything he has | :29:40. | :29:48. | |
managed to do has been quality. That is a Rangers free kick. | :29:49. | :29:51. | |
Dunfermline have to pick up the post once again. The late challenge comes | :29:52. | :30:04. | |
in, add that to give away a free kick. Now this will be right in on | :30:05. | :30:09. | |
top of your defenders and your goalkeeper and Lee McCulloch, as he | :30:10. | :30:14. | |
did before, will try to slip round the back post and see if you can do | :30:15. | :30:22. | |
better with the header. McCulloch, Daly and Mohsni are all dangers in | :30:23. | :30:29. | |
this kind of situation. It comes to nothing, though. Shankland getting | :30:30. | :30:44. | |
it away for Dunfermline. It is two for Rangers! And two for | :30:45. | :30:50. | |
Dean Shiels! They have more than a foot in this dodgy Cup water finals | :30:51. | :30:57. | |
night. -- more than one foot in the Scottish Cup water finals no! John | :30:58. | :31:02. | |
Daly, the most dangerous man in the air. The goalkeeper makes a good | :31:03. | :31:08. | |
save, but when your luck is out, it is really eyed. But the header from | :31:09. | :31:15. | |
Daly, the decent save, falls perfectly for Dean Shiels, who will | :31:16. | :31:18. | |
never miss from there. A good ball in, John Daly doing what he does | :31:19. | :31:25. | |
best, then to the man on his toes Dean Shiels. Exactly what you're | :31:26. | :31:32. | |
saying in the build-up that, Ryan Wallace conceding the free kick, an | :31:33. | :31:37. | |
unnecessary one with the foul on Ian Black. And Rangers have made him pay | :31:38. | :31:43. | |
this time. Kept the pressure on, get the ball going in. And when you have | :31:44. | :31:54. | |
Lee McCulloch and Daly, they are making Dunfermline paid. It is a | :31:55. | :32:01. | |
real mountain to climb. What now for Dunfermline Athletic? They have a | :32:02. | :32:08. | |
big problem here, 20 minutes to half time, already 2-0 down against the | :32:09. | :32:12. | |
sides they last played them and hammered them 4-1 at East End Park | :32:13. | :32:19. | |
just at the end of December. Absolutely ideal for Ally McCoist | :32:20. | :32:26. | |
and his side, and Dean Shiels chasing that one down, and a slice | :32:27. | :32:35. | |
from Scully. You can see the manager is | :32:36. | :32:41. | |
disappointed at the way his team has conceded the goals. Self-inflicted. | :32:42. | :32:44. | |
They should have known better. Templeton. | :32:45. | :32:52. | |
He will be quite happy. There he is. You can see the difference, can't | :32:53. | :33:02. | |
you? All animated. They want the players to keep doing what they are | :33:03. | :33:07. | |
doing. Jim Jefferies, you cannot be sure. You will want to get through | :33:08. | :33:14. | |
to half-time. -- he will want to get through to half-time. If they score | :33:15. | :33:19. | |
next, they are right back in the game. | :33:20. | :33:29. | |
It is all relative, of course, but Ally McCoist has a pretty poor | :33:30. | :33:36. | |
record in the Scottish Cup, he has only one it wants. -- one it one | :33:37. | :33:41. | |
time. For the Rangers, a Rangers player | :33:42. | :33:53. | |
who is as decorated for him, he has a son -- 170 league titles, it is | :33:54. | :34:05. | |
quite poor. It is strange. He lost one of those because of that leg | :34:06. | :34:10. | |
break when he was playing against Portugal for Scotland. | :34:11. | :34:24. | |
It will be some comeback for Dunfermline. Excellent ball. Ryan | :34:25. | :34:34. | |
Wallace now. He can't spell. He needed the next goal. -- he casts | :34:35. | :34:42. | |
doubt. He has got to take on the | :34:43. | :34:54. | |
goalkeeper. Very difficult. He is Dunfermline's top scorer, Ryan | :34:55. | :35:01. | |
Wallace. Still yet to beat Bell at that angle. The corner is taken by | :35:02. | :35:05. | |
Whittle. Wasted back in by Millen. First ball | :35:06. | :35:24. | |
comes in, good header by Daly. The second ball comes in, Rangers are | :35:25. | :35:28. | |
not giving anything away. Whittle did enough that tried to | :35:29. | :36:10. | |
spin it. -- Whittle did enough. Tried to spin it. Slipping and | :36:11. | :36:16. | |
sliding. Eventually, Scully gets it away. He is unlucky, Dean Shiels. It | :36:17. | :36:25. | |
got caught under his feet at the wrong moment. He shot on target, but | :36:26. | :36:33. | |
is a reasonable save for Scully. Absolute killer for League One. Good | :36:34. | :36:41. | |
play for Rangers. -- absolute killer for Dunfermline. I cannot stress | :36:42. | :36:58. | |
enough that Dunfermline need this next goal. Otherwise it will be good | :36:59. | :37:09. | |
night, the Anna. Wallace, then Falkenham. | :37:10. | :37:36. | |
Needed to try something different. They do look at their most different | :37:37. | :37:43. | |
-- dangerous when they are in the white areas. Just looking for the | :37:44. | :37:49. | |
opening. They cannot find the one that is going to get them back into | :37:50. | :37:53. | |
the ball and -- game and back into position. | :37:54. | :38:03. | |
It is the ninth time these two have met in the Scottish Cup. That | :38:04. | :38:11. | |
includes a replay in 2003. The draw came at East and Park. A draw in | :38:12. | :38:20. | |
2003. The last time they met, Dunfermline 13-2. -- Dunfermline one | :38:21. | :38:35. | |
the game, 3-2. The choir is a target this afternoon. | :38:36. | :38:38. | |
They are very much in charge here. This is Dean Shiels. Rangers tenure | :38:39. | :38:56. | |
did not last too long. Do not think for a minute he did not think at | :38:57. | :39:00. | |
that point he was going to be the Rangers manager. What a performer | :39:01. | :39:08. | |
Black was. Sitting in the dugout there. That was back in the early | :39:09. | :39:23. | |
months of 2007. A lot has happened to Rangers since then. Falkenham, | :39:24. | :39:37. | |
running the free kick. He has just been doing his job. That is always | :39:38. | :39:45. | |
going to be a free kick in the modern game. Burn tried to force it | :39:46. | :39:59. | |
out to Millen. All he has done is released Templeton. He can fly down | :40:00. | :40:03. | |
that wing and he is now waiting for an option. Plenty more are arriving | :40:04. | :40:09. | |
now as Dean Shiels goes for the curler. Dean Shiels did not have | :40:10. | :40:18. | |
anything else in mind other than looking for yet another goal. Once | :40:19. | :40:22. | |
tumbled ten is held up the does the right thing. Dean Shiels goes for | :40:23. | :40:27. | |
the top corner but does not get enough on the ball to bring it back. | :40:28. | :40:54. | |
Snuffed out by Ryan Scully. Quite clever, just knocking its past the | :40:55. | :41:06. | |
defender. The goalkeeper came out and smothered it. Almost help | :41:07. | :41:11. | |
themselves, though. Sebastian. Dean Shiels has had a good game so | :41:12. | :41:44. | |
far tonight. I do not think he has been universally popular amongst the | :41:45. | :41:51. | |
Rangers supporters. He has spent a lot of time on the sidelines and was | :41:52. | :41:55. | |
not involved throughout the autumn but he has come back with a bang. | :41:56. | :42:13. | |
He fancied his chances but he moved onto his left foot. Not quite so | :42:14. | :42:19. | |
strong, that he decides to have a go. It just does not come down quick | :42:20. | :42:25. | |
enough for him. He is not exactly the most prolific player, Black. | :42:26. | :42:35. | |
Dean Shiels, in his area, because he is clever, he plays off the front. | :42:36. | :42:40. | |
Dean Shiels plays that hold the find command because he is smart, he will | :42:41. | :42:45. | |
always get on the ball. He is a quality finisher. He does not panic | :42:46. | :42:55. | |
in the box. Ian Black, part of the Hearts team that won the 2012 | :42:56. | :43:00. | |
final. No sooner had he picked up the Scottish Cup medal that he was | :43:01. | :43:10. | |
off to. -- that he was off to Ibrox. He was not popular when he | :43:11. | :43:17. | |
was a Hearts man. Rangers fans have taken to him now. One challenge as a | :43:18. | :43:26. | |
Hearts midfielder, playing in this neck of the woods. Every time he | :43:27. | :43:33. | |
comes back here as a Hearts player, he was booed by supporters. You are | :43:34. | :43:40. | |
never going to be popular with the fans if you are doing stuff like | :43:41. | :43:46. | |
that. Just dominating that the midfield area. This is going to make | :43:47. | :43:55. | |
the Dunfermline opposition work hard. Templeton. There will be no | :43:56. | :44:06. | |
doubt, surely, about the outcome of this tie now. David Templeton adds | :44:07. | :44:12. | |
some gloss to the score line before half-time. Surely, game over. Not | :44:13. | :44:20. | |
dissimilar to the game they scored in the previous round. He comes in | :44:21. | :44:25. | |
off the side. You have got to stand up. A short left, a short life -- a | :44:26. | :44:33. | |
short left, a short right. Right foot, and then drills it under the | :44:34. | :44:39. | |
goalkeeper. Rangers are waltzing their way through to the last eight. | :44:40. | :44:49. | |
It would take a massive turnaround for Dunfermline to do anything about | :44:50. | :44:52. | |
this situation that they have found themselves in. The priority this | :44:53. | :44:59. | |
season for Dunfermline has been getting out of the league that they | :45:00. | :45:03. | |
are in and making sure they stay in that playoff spot. The cup is an | :45:04. | :45:09. | |
adventure, but I think that the adventure is over. This is David | :45:10. | :45:16. | |
Templeton's seven the goal of the season, and he has not been a | :45:17. | :45:20. | |
regular starter for Ally McCoist. He is pushing himself into that kind of | :45:21. | :45:24. | |
role now. Talking about a McCoist in the Scottish Cup, David Templeton | :45:25. | :45:31. | |
was left out when he was at Hearts in 2012. Nowhere to be seen in the | :45:32. | :45:33. | |
squad list. His error really led to the first | :45:34. | :45:57. | |
Rangers goal and he has not looked back since. | :45:58. | :46:36. | |
Dunfermline have had just a few hat tricks in their history. It was | :46:37. | :46:44. | |
always going to be a big ask for them. The disappointing thing is to | :46:45. | :46:51. | |
lose the gold as easy as this. Tonight, they have made things count | :46:52. | :46:54. | |
and they have made them count early, Rangers. It seems that they | :46:55. | :47:01. | |
are playing in a different competition that has brought us out | :47:02. | :47:05. | |
of them. They are determined to do well and to wind this competition. | :47:06. | :47:09. | |
People have dealt to them, and it is going to make sure that the players | :47:10. | :47:21. | |
have focused on the job tonight. He is in an important situation. They | :47:22. | :47:28. | |
have got to get a ball into the box. Get the centre backs and see if you | :47:29. | :47:32. | |
can put the pressure on the defence of the Rangers. As they push | :47:33. | :47:36. | |
forward, the pace of the Rangers team, tumbled ten and the rest, -- | :47:37. | :47:41. | |
Templeton and the rest... Final five minutes of the first | :47:42. | :47:54. | |
half. One way traffic. Dean Shiels and Templeton with the goals for | :47:55. | :47:57. | |
Rangers. Shankland has not been able to key | :47:58. | :48:15. | |
off -- heat off anything. Only four players that remained | :48:16. | :48:36. | |
shouldn't before kick-off and the Dunfermline side -- only four | :48:37. | :48:40. | |
players that we mentioned before kick-off and the Dunfermline side | :48:41. | :48:47. | |
that are under 21. Get the big defenders forward. First things | :48:48. | :48:52. | |
first, you have got to deliver into the box. Willing to take on your own | :48:53. | :48:59. | |
defenders. There is a chance for Dunfermline, but it is only half a | :49:00. | :49:03. | |
chance, and it is so important that when you have so many bodies into | :49:04. | :49:08. | |
the box, you have a good pace. Callum Morris is one of those up to | :49:09. | :49:15. | |
this. Can the Pars get something back before the break? It is a free | :49:16. | :49:22. | |
kick for Millen. That does not do their cause any good at all. Ryan | :49:23. | :49:30. | |
Wallace, it was nicked off of him by his namesake, Lee. Well done. Black | :49:31. | :49:45. | |
is firing the ball out to Templeton. What a ball that was. Tumbled in -- | :49:46. | :49:56. | |
Templeton met by falcon him. Black. Daly. And Templeton. | :49:57. | :50:08. | |
Held onto by Scully there. A first have to forget for Ryan Scully. He | :50:09. | :50:19. | |
is on loan. Agricultural ball there. The | :50:20. | :50:42. | |
important thing is, there is an experienced international player, | :50:43. | :50:47. | |
and he did not give anything away. The game is won if you do not | :50:48. | :50:52. | |
concede, so take no chances. Picked up a really daft red card against | :50:53. | :50:58. | |
the bracket over the weekend, taking the ball off of the striker Andy | :50:59. | :51:03. | |
Jackson. Sent off for that petulance. | :51:04. | :51:17. | |
Immediately booked. You have to be very careful. If you go off your | :51:18. | :51:26. | |
feet into a challenge, you have got to be rock-solid on the ball. He | :51:27. | :51:30. | |
does not actually go through with the challenge. If you go off their | :51:31. | :51:34. | |
feet like that, you are going to get booked. -- off your seat. Templeton | :51:35. | :51:44. | |
knew it was coming. I think David Templeton got the | :51:45. | :51:51. | |
worst of that challenge. Rangers are looking to meet -- are looking to | :51:52. | :51:57. | |
make Dunfermline suffer some more before the interval. | :51:58. | :52:10. | |
That was neck and perfect for Bilel Mohsni. He tried to go back across | :52:11. | :52:14. | |
the old keeper. He cannot get on target. | :52:15. | :52:23. | |
Played the 45. There will be no stoppage time. That is the half-time | :52:24. | :52:31. | |
whistle. The goodies for Dunfermline is that the first-half misery is | :52:32. | :52:39. | |
over, but they have a nether port five minutes to negotiate. -- the | :52:40. | :52:42. | |
good news. Dean Shiels has been the chief tormentor, -- the good news | :52:43. | :52:48. | |
for Dunfermline is that the first-half misery is over. Dean | :52:49. | :52:54. | |
Shiels has been the chief tormentor. He grabbed himself a second in the | :52:55. | :53:00. | |
rebound, with the Daly header. That was 2-0. Easy street at that point. | :53:01. | :53:06. | |
It certainly is now after this come up from David Templeton will stop | :53:07. | :53:11. | |
the third goal for Rangers in this type. These -- the Ibrox side is | :53:12. | :53:18. | |
looking good. Rangers, spot on in that first half | :53:19. | :53:33. | |
against Dunfermline and for Jim Jefferies and Company. A minor | :53:34. | :53:40. | |
miracle might be needed. Is the game over? I think so. Dunfermline have | :53:41. | :53:46. | |
probably worked all week on a game plan. I know you like to remain | :53:47. | :53:56. | |
optimistic in these types of situations, but it could get a lot | :53:57. | :54:00. | |
worse for Dunfermline. Leave it or not, I think the two managers are | :54:01. | :54:06. | |
going to say the same thing. -- believe it or not. Ally McCoist will | :54:07. | :54:11. | |
say, you have got to keep it going, lads. Do not take your foot off the | :54:12. | :54:17. | |
gas. Jim Jefferies will be saying the same thing. The next goal is so | :54:18. | :54:25. | |
vital. Jim Jefferies wants it to be 3-1. The boys need a bit of hope and | :54:26. | :54:31. | |
belief, you know? That is all you can ask for in the second half. I do | :54:32. | :54:35. | |
not know how they will score the goal because they have the big lads | :54:36. | :54:40. | |
in the back. They are crossing balls. I cannot see them scoring | :54:41. | :54:47. | |
from across. When they were playing to the middle third, that was when | :54:48. | :54:54. | |
they were the vast, to me. -- the best. When you are playing against | :54:55. | :55:00. | |
two giants, they are coming over top of you, it is difficult for the | :55:01. | :55:05. | |
striker, that they have got a bit of success getting some crosses in. If | :55:06. | :55:11. | |
they get down the sides, and get beyond the fullbacks and then cut | :55:12. | :55:16. | |
the ball back, they could get a score from across, but certainly, | :55:17. | :55:19. | |
they could give themselves a chance. You might as well go for it. | :55:20. | :55:32. | |
You feel sorry for Ryan Williamson, but in the opening minutes, he tried | :55:33. | :55:37. | |
to take a touch where you will not get that sort of time. No, not here. | :55:38. | :55:43. | |
The first thing is to clear your lines, and what ever happens | :55:44. | :55:48. | |
later... He has had an opportunity to clear. When you watch Dunfermline | :55:49. | :55:54. | |
play, I think he is trying to get in, but there is a time and a place | :55:55. | :56:00. | |
to do it. And Rangers do not need any help to be effectively gifted a | :56:01. | :56:07. | |
goal. If the ball came to his left foot he would have hoped it. He is a | :56:08. | :56:12. | |
little bit unsure. He is an opportunist assist -- opportunist. | :56:13. | :56:24. | |
That was Rangers won up inside eight minutes. We have touched on it | :56:25. | :56:29. | |
already, Dunfermline have asked one or two questions I Rangers, and | :56:30. | :56:32. | |
there was some encouragement to be taken about what happened early on | :56:33. | :56:37. | |
when they got some good balls in from the wide end. Some good and | :56:38. | :56:44. | |
constructive stuff. I would like to see them get in. I think Dell was | :56:45. | :57:01. | |
brave there. -- I think they'll -- I think Bell. It was encouraging, but | :57:02. | :57:10. | |
it all came from the middle third. You lose that little bit of the | :57:11. | :57:14. | |
leaf, you lose that bit of bravery, and it goes back to front to | :57:15. | :57:19. | |
Shankland. No chance unless there is a good ball. The bulk of the good | :57:20. | :57:26. | |
stuff has been played through. Dunfermline did not want to make | :57:27. | :57:30. | |
that contribution to their own downfall. With saw Williamson in the | :57:31. | :57:34. | |
penalty box. A needless free kick given away. That is a heavy touch. | :57:35. | :57:46. | |
You put yourself under pressure. He just put the ball in the box. They | :57:47. | :57:52. | |
keep it alive. -- you just put the ball in the box. They keep it alive. | :57:53. | :57:57. | |
That is the one thing for Rangers tonight. They have been in the faces | :57:58. | :58:02. | |
of Dunfermline all-night. The goal makes a great save, he gets in the | :58:03. | :58:08. | |
way. It is dropped right at his beat. He is trying to admit it away. | :58:09. | :58:15. | |
-- right at his feet. He is trying to get it away. You know Daly is | :58:16. | :58:24. | |
there. People who are going for midfielders... Dunfermline do not | :58:25. | :58:28. | |
have that kind of target up front. No. They have been good ball. Daly | :58:29. | :58:35. | |
has been able to do something with them. I like the play with Dean | :58:36. | :58:40. | |
Shiels and Templeton coming off the line. You might be trying to get a | :58:41. | :58:46. | |
flick on. What a difference it makes. How good have Rangers been? I | :58:47. | :58:55. | |
have enjoyed them, because of Templeton. I was looking at him and | :58:56. | :58:59. | |
I was watching the game and thinking, he is coming in on the | :59:00. | :59:07. | |
right and passing and taking balls and shooting, and then the one time | :59:08. | :59:12. | |
that the young lad came on his left, he scored. At this minute in time, | :59:13. | :59:16. | |
he is hot. You do not know what to do with him down the line. He is | :59:17. | :59:23. | |
good with both feet. He shapes up to go. It is a great finish. He is | :59:24. | :59:31. | |
doing the right thing. Templeton's balance is so good, it can go either | :59:32. | :59:37. | |
way. That is a great shot across. I have been impressed with him, I must | :59:38. | :59:43. | |
admit, Dean Shiels. It shows you what a bit of confidence does as | :59:44. | :59:49. | |
well. You can make things happen. And you just said, Jimmy, talking | :59:50. | :59:52. | |
before a few minutes ago, about the third goal, and how it was crucial. | :59:53. | :59:58. | |
If Dunfermline can get it, they are back in the cup tie. The next goal | :59:59. | :00:07. | |
is crucial. If it goes 3-1, a bit of tension creeps in, and if someone | :00:08. | :00:12. | |
hits the been from 20 yards come I am telling you, Ally McCoist will be | :00:13. | :00:21. | |
grabbing it. I knew a manager wants to set if you get in once you are | :00:22. | :00:26. | |
halfway to a perfect game. The application has been the same and | :00:27. | :00:30. | |
the second half as it has in the first half. If the Rangers become | :00:31. | :00:37. | |
casual, they might allow Dunfermline to score a goal. They have got in | :00:38. | :00:45. | |
their faces. They have managed to get the ball in dangerous areas. | :00:46. | :00:51. | |
They probably should be more up stop Ryan Scully is online and he has | :00:52. | :00:56. | |
been a busy goalkeeper. She has had some crucial saves and has been | :00:57. | :01:01. | |
unlucky in one or two of the goals. But for him, Rangers would have | :01:02. | :01:06. | |
been, or even in your language... He takes some heavy patches as well. -- | :01:07. | :01:21. | |
per henry touches. This is David Templeton doing what | :01:22. | :01:28. | |
he does best. He is not afraid to shoot from anywhere. He is letting | :01:29. | :01:32. | |
rip from any distance. Causing problems. He will get better and | :01:33. | :01:40. | |
better for Rangers. We see the long ball, the next minute defending. | :01:41. | :01:49. | |
Dean slips, but manages to get his shot away. What is keeping your | :01:50. | :01:53. | |
belief, Dunfermline, whatever belief you had before the game, it is | :01:54. | :02:01. | |
looking like a lost cause. And Dean Shiels is unlucky again there. | :02:02. | :02:09. | |
Wallace should have scored. But Dean unlucky not to get his hat-trick at | :02:10. | :02:16. | |
half-time. Here is how the rest of the Scottish Cup weekend pans out. | :02:17. | :02:40. | |
Over the weekend, you will get the Phil Scottish Cup fifth round story, | :02:41. | :02:48. | |
10:30pm Saturday highlights, 10:25pm on Sunday. -- the full. | :02:49. | :03:10. | |
You can see all the chances opening up there for some of the lesser | :03:11. | :03:14. | |
teams, nine teams from outside the Premiership, six of them below | :03:15. | :03:21. | |
championship level, although it is all Premiership to round off the | :03:22. | :03:27. | |
weekend at Sunday lunchtime. What about that Celtic and Aberdeen game | :03:28. | :03:31. | |
tomorrow? Good Aberdeen do the un-thinkable and scored a goal | :03:32. | :03:36. | |
against Celtic? They were the last team to do it, Aberdeen going to | :03:37. | :03:41. | |
Celtic Park with confidence, some fantastic results over the past few | :03:42. | :03:45. | |
weeks, Celtic by far the best team in the country right now, but | :03:46. | :03:49. | |
Aberdeen hoping to pull off a shock result. It should be the toughest | :03:50. | :03:56. | |
test Celtic have had for a while? Yeah, might prove to be, but when | :03:57. | :04:03. | |
you have two good teams on form, it depends on how Celtic start. It is a | :04:04. | :04:12. | |
fascinating one. What about your old team, Raith Rovers, at Easter Road? | :04:13. | :04:21. | |
Could there be an upset? Two old teams. I forgot you have managed | :04:22. | :04:28. | |
just about every team in the league. The problem is Raith Rovers have not | :04:29. | :04:32. | |
scored in 2014. That is their problem. But the way they are going, | :04:33. | :04:45. | |
I will be surprised if Raith Rovers pull off a shock. No Cowdenbeath or | :04:46. | :04:50. | |
Dalmarnock, but anyone who grabs you from that? -- or Kilmarnock. If they | :04:51. | :05:02. | |
can get to the quarterfinals, it is a great opportunity to have a | :05:03. | :05:07. | |
showcase, even at Hampden Park, wherever it will be. If a lower | :05:08. | :05:12. | |
league team gets to the semifinals, it is a great boost. This is the | :05:13. | :05:18. | |
story so far in match one of the fifth round, Dean Shiels scoring | :05:19. | :05:25. | |
after eight minutes and Ryan Williamson will be kicking himself | :05:26. | :05:28. | |
for giving that away in the box, taking a touch he could not afford. | :05:29. | :05:35. | |
And Shiels scored again. And it minutes before half-time, David | :05:36. | :05:41. | |
Templeton scoring goal number three for Rangers and they are cruising | :05:42. | :05:48. | |
halfway through, but Jimmy Nicholl reckons the story is not finished. | :05:49. | :05:55. | |
Don't you? Sorry, I thought you were-- I am telling you, if it goes | :05:56. | :06:06. | |
3-1--dot-1-macro it is unlike you not to speak. The first five or ten | :06:07. | :06:14. | |
minutes will be crucial, not wanting to lose a goal. Dunfermline will | :06:15. | :06:24. | |
need to do something. You are either out or give yourself another | :06:25. | :06:28. | |
chance. Right now, I cannot yet. I think it will be five or six. | :06:29. | :06:37. | |
Rangers will Dunfermline they will want the job done. Talking you | :06:38. | :06:49. | |
through the Dunfermline changes during half time interval and | :06:50. | :06:55. | |
through the second half, it is 3-1 Rangers during the break. Back to | :06:56. | :07:03. | |
the commentators. Ross Millen and Shaun Byrne other | :07:04. | :07:06. | |
Dunfermline Athletic players going off, replaced by Ryan Thomson and | :07:07. | :07:13. | |
Faissal El Bakhtaoui, the Moroccan, who comes on to the park. He is a | :07:14. | :07:18. | |
midfielder and can play up front. Rangers make their way back out onto | :07:19. | :07:24. | |
the park. A seemingly comfortable and a syllable position. -- | :07:25. | :07:31. | |
comfortable unassailable vision. Dunfermline have won the Cup twice | :07:32. | :07:36. | |
in their history, although it does not look like they are progressing | :07:37. | :07:41. | |
further. 1961 was there first, a 2-1 replay against Celtic. And in 1968, | :07:42. | :07:53. | |
the defeated Hearts 3-1. But it is Rangers who have won this | :07:54. | :07:59. | |
competition 33 times who looked like they are easing their way into the | :08:00. | :08:05. | |
last eight. The draw is made in the wake of that Dundee United and St | :08:06. | :08:11. | |
Mirren game on Sunday, directly after that, no changes for Rangers, | :08:12. | :08:16. | |
Dunfermline have two for the second half, no underway, Jim Jeffries | :08:17. | :08:23. | |
trying to shake things up. Trying to go for the 4-4-2 formation, El | :08:24. | :08:34. | |
Bakhtaoui upfront, and you have two players up front, see if you can get | :08:35. | :08:38. | |
the ball, making it stick, but the most important thing is Dunfermline | :08:39. | :08:42. | |
cannot afford to concede a game especially in early -- concede | :08:43. | :08:47. | |
again, especially early in the second half. Torture campaign for | :08:48. | :08:56. | |
Dunfermline last season, will it be a tortuous 45 minutes here? | :08:57. | :09:18. | |
Rangers looking to steam roll Dunfermline. And a hat-trick, | :09:19. | :09:33. | |
Rangers adding to the already huge lead, 4-0 up no all stop the last | :09:34. | :09:40. | |
thing Dunfermline needed. Look at the smile on the face of Ally | :09:41. | :09:44. | |
McCoist, the perfect dart to the second 45, deals she's -- perfect | :09:45. | :09:53. | |
start to the second 45, Dean Shiels. He was not going to mess from there. | :09:54. | :09:58. | |
Any chance the firm and had is now well and truly gone. Even Jimmy | :09:59. | :10:05. | |
Nicholl would have to admit this game is gone for Dunfermline after | :10:06. | :10:10. | |
this, I could run by Wallace, Scully thought he had done enough. -- a | :10:11. | :10:18. | |
good run. Shiels took over and he has his hat-trick. He now has seven | :10:19. | :10:22. | |
for the season, an injury ravaged and for Rangers number ten. -- | :10:23. | :10:32. | |
injury ravaged season. It could be a long, long second-half or | :10:33. | :10:42. | |
Dunfermline all stop -- for Dunfermline. They had gone forward, | :10:43. | :10:49. | |
but could not get back, and Rangers picked it up and. | :10:50. | :11:00. | |
Rangers fans who have come to the game tonight, those watching, will | :11:01. | :11:21. | |
be licking their lips at the prospect of Sunday's draw. Quite | :11:22. | :11:30. | |
confident they can dispatch top-flight competition. They have to | :11:31. | :11:36. | |
believe that, paying good money on quality players, and they should be | :11:37. | :11:40. | |
able to take on teams in the top division without having a problem, | :11:41. | :11:44. | |
but not doing that on a week to week basis, making it difficult on the | :11:45. | :11:54. | |
odd occasion. It was for this cadence of competition that -- this | :11:55. | :12:04. | |
kind of competition, the Scottish Cup and League Cup, the Rangers | :12:05. | :12:05. | |
played for. Interesting to know if that was a | :12:06. | :12:15. | |
shot or a cross, because it is yet another great run from Lee Wallace. | :12:16. | :12:23. | |
Smashing that way at cross hoping to find Jon Daly. | :12:24. | :12:56. | |
Shiels having some game tonight, loving it out there. He is | :12:57. | :13:04. | |
relentless at the moment. Exactly what the Rangers fans are looking | :13:05. | :13:07. | |
for, a game that looks done and dusted looks easy to go off the gas, | :13:08. | :13:16. | |
but Rangers have to keep the focus, keep the tempo up. Rangers have put | :13:17. | :13:20. | |
Nicky Law out there. Almost four Mohsni. -- for. Not too | :13:21. | :13:52. | |
difficult, scoring from that position this season, and that was a | :13:53. | :14:02. | |
real bad miss. He reckoned he would score 20 this season. Never one of | :14:03. | :14:10. | |
your targets? 20 in a career. Then you doing well as a centre half. | :14:11. | :14:31. | |
McCulloch patrolling the Rangers rearguard. Two Scottish Cup winners | :14:32. | :14:41. | |
and Queen of the South and Falkirk, the last time Rangers won the | :14:42. | :14:43. | |
Scottish Cup, 2009, Rangers have suffered just one | :14:44. | :15:02. | |
defeat all season, it came at Forfar in the League Cup, in August, after | :15:03. | :15:07. | |
extra time. The first round of the League Cup, and an early blow for | :15:08. | :15:12. | |
the Rangers supporters, for Ally McCoist as well, and they want to | :15:13. | :15:16. | |
make an impression on these competitions. Doubly determined to | :15:17. | :15:19. | |
do well in this one. Very difficult for Andy Geggan, when | :15:20. | :15:47. | |
you are faced with David Templeton in this kind of form, going left, | :15:48. | :15:53. | |
right, takes the contact, earns his team a free kick in a dangerous | :15:54. | :16:00. | |
area. Ross Millen, one of the players that went off in half-time, | :16:01. | :16:06. | |
the son of Andy Millen, man of many clubs. Dunfermline not making a bad | :16:07. | :16:16. | |
start to this one, but the eighth minute and done -- undone. In the | :16:17. | :16:23. | |
early minutes, they seemed to want to take the game to Rangers, but a | :16:24. | :16:28. | |
different story as Jon Daly received treatment on his left thigh. He has | :16:29. | :16:36. | |
-- on his left eye. He has taken a bang. Ryan Scully with Sun hopes the | :16:37. | :16:44. | |
scoreline does not get any worse for him -- waits and hopes. | :16:45. | :16:57. | |
Not one of Big Lee's best. McCulloch has scored some absolute belter is | :16:58. | :17:06. | |
from distance, but does not quite catch that one. -- belters. | :17:07. | :17:29. | |
Dunfermline have only failed to score in four of their 30 games this | :17:30. | :17:35. | |
is in. Anything they get tonight will be consolation. That was | :17:36. | :17:43. | |
Whittle on Aird. He has missed the ball, court Fraser Aird, gets up | :17:44. | :17:49. | |
quickly, gets out of there, because some referees might have thought | :17:50. | :17:52. | |
about reaching for the yellow card, but Alex Whittle, one of the players | :17:53. | :18:06. | |
capable of causing problems. A change of shark for -- change of | :18:07. | :18:17. | |
shirt for Daly. Dunfermline trying to solidify their place in the | :18:18. | :18:18. | |
play-off positions. 23 behind the league leaders who | :18:19. | :18:35. | |
they are losing 4-02 tonight -- 4-0 to tonight. Nicky Law slaloms | :18:36. | :18:42. | |
himself into Dunfermline territory. I shout for handball from the | :18:43. | :18:59. | |
supporters and Ally McCoist wanting a penalty there as well. -- a shout. | :19:00. | :19:11. | |
Ryan Thomson, who has been around the club for a while now. | :19:12. | :19:16. | |
Dunfermline on the ball just now. This is better build-up from | :19:17. | :19:43. | |
Dunfermline, and a corner as well. Good patient build-up and, when that | :19:44. | :19:46. | |
ball was coming in, there were three Dunfermline jerseys in there, making | :19:47. | :19:50. | |
easing ground. That pressure remains on. | :19:51. | :20:02. | |
He will want a clean sheet no, Cammy Bell. -- now. To go with the 12 | :20:03. | :20:14. | |
others he has managed. The Dunfermline delivery, when they have | :20:15. | :20:21. | |
had corner kick and free kick situations, has not been good | :20:22. | :20:25. | |
enough. The manager will be tearing his hair out, it just relieves | :20:26. | :20:30. | |
pressure when they get there, but the final ball is the most important | :20:31. | :20:34. | |
thing, and Dunfermline not producing anything at all. And it looks like | :20:35. | :20:46. | |
Rangers will get the free kick here. The referee felt that Ryan Thomson | :20:47. | :20:59. | |
has taken Mohsni out of the game. One man's obstruction is another's | :21:00. | :21:01. | |
standing his ground. Templeton, getting the Rangers goal | :21:02. | :21:27. | |
that was not scored by Dean Shiels tonight. Shiels with a treble. | :21:28. | :21:44. | |
A little bit of a lull in the game, you can just then is that the crowd, | :21:45. | :21:51. | |
the Dunfermline fans as well, will know this game is gone, and one or | :21:52. | :21:56. | |
two Rangers players needing to pick up the pace. It is a decent crowd | :21:57. | :22:01. | |
tonight, we know the game is live on the television, a cold night, | :22:02. | :22:06. | |
difficult, not a lot of money about, but the fans who have turned up well | :22:07. | :22:10. | |
entertained so far, but you do not want the game to be so flat. Lovely | :22:11. | :22:17. | |
play from Templeton, knocked away by Martin. The first thing you would do | :22:18. | :22:24. | |
as a player tonight is get the ball to David Templeton, on fire, get | :22:25. | :22:29. | |
involved every chance you get, get the ball into wild areas, he will | :22:30. | :22:34. | |
make something happen and web up the crowd. -- whip up. In his mid-20s | :22:35. | :22:42. | |
now, David Templeton. A wonderful option at left-back, Lee | :22:43. | :23:08. | |
Wallace, for Rangers and still part of Gordon Strachan's plan for | :23:09. | :23:14. | |
Scotland. Unfortunate, the level he is playing, but he has pace and | :23:15. | :23:17. | |
strength, exactly what we need in Scotland. Rangers choose the short | :23:18. | :23:23. | |
option again. When he tried to win it back, it | :23:24. | :23:47. | |
fell into Rangers' position. A good save again by Scully, pulling off a | :23:48. | :23:53. | |
few of those this evening, far from disgraced despite the scoreline. It | :23:54. | :24:00. | |
is a good save, because he does not yet until late, coming through a | :24:01. | :24:04. | |
rack of players, Rangers keeping the pressure on, good play from Fraser | :24:05. | :24:09. | |
Aird. Good one from the keeper, not seeing much of that. Ryan Scully in | :24:10. | :24:18. | |
the goal for Dunfermline, struggling in Partick Thistle. | :24:19. | :24:24. | |
A chance for first-team football at Dunfermline. A trying nightfall he | :24:25. | :24:34. | |
and team-mates, though. -- trying night for he. | :24:35. | :24:59. | |
To Lawrence Shankland, playing a role that so many strikers before | :25:00. | :25:05. | |
him have had to play, coming to games in Glasgow in particular. A | :25:06. | :25:11. | |
thankless task, running all night long with Bierley at touch of the | :25:12. | :25:20. | |
ball -- with barely. He arrived this summer, and his pile, Andy | :25:21. | :25:24. | |
Robertson, went to Dundee United, making a big impression at Dundee | :25:25. | :25:33. | |
United. Shankland has not forced his way into the Aberdeen first-team, | :25:34. | :25:36. | |
hence his move to Dunfermline last month. Could be a lot happier | :25:37. | :25:43. | |
tonight, not just with the fact they are 4-0 up, but the performance, | :25:44. | :25:48. | |
they have turned on the after burners, we're perhaps they have not | :25:49. | :25:55. | |
done that in recent league games. Probably annoyed this is the kind of | :25:56. | :25:59. | |
standard they can play too, the kind they have set tonight, and he will | :26:00. | :26:03. | |
expect that in the weeks to come, not just Cup ties, but the league | :26:04. | :26:08. | |
they are playing in, and of Rangers play with this kind of focus and | :26:09. | :26:11. | |
intensity, they will do well. I am not sure that is what Fraser | :26:12. | :26:26. | |
Aird intended. It could be some championship next season, Rangers | :26:27. | :26:29. | |
heading up there without question, as champions of League One. Hearts | :26:30. | :26:34. | |
will not give up until the last moment, but it looks as though they | :26:35. | :26:38. | |
will be in that division, and you could have Falkirk, Dundee, | :26:39. | :26:44. | |
Hamilton, Raith Rovers. But Dunfermline will also hope to be | :26:45. | :26:49. | |
involved. Some of the biggest clubs playing in a division with people | :26:50. | :26:50. | |
they do not want to see. Could be another from the top flight | :26:51. | :27:05. | |
goes down this season, the play-offs have been introduced all stop -- | :27:06. | :27:10. | |
introduced. Templeton for Law, intelligently | :27:11. | :28:00. | |
done. I think Ian Black. That would drop to him on the volley. -- I | :28:01. | :28:17. | |
think he thought. Applause from the manager, appreciating David | :28:18. | :28:21. | |
Templeton tonight. He is a matchwinner, not too many like that | :28:22. | :28:30. | |
in Scotland. David Templeton what he needs to add to what he has is | :28:31. | :28:34. | |
consistency. If he does this every week, what a player for Rangers and | :28:35. | :28:40. | |
an asset for the game north of the border. | :28:41. | :28:47. | |
A free kick to Rangers, the challenge on Aird. Ally McCoist's | :28:48. | :28:59. | |
122nd game in charge of the club, won 87, about to turn to 88, losing | :29:00. | :29:10. | |
17, drawing 17. That only Scottish Cup winners medal coming against | :29:11. | :29:17. | |
Airdrie. Injury robbed them of the 1993 and 1996 finals, losing against | :29:18. | :29:30. | |
Celtic and Dundee United in previous ties as well. | :29:31. | :29:49. | |
That was good challenging. Falkingham helping his defence | :29:50. | :30:00. | |
there, just as it looked like Nicky Law would pool the trigger or cut it | :30:01. | :30:04. | |
back for a team-mate to make it five. Terrific ball from David | :30:05. | :30:11. | |
Templeton, played it perfectly with Nicky Law, then God between two | :30:12. | :30:15. | |
stools -- then caught. It has been a few short corners | :30:16. | :31:09. | |
recently for Rangers, another here for Ian Black. He only had one | :31:10. | :31:21. | |
intention. He may have considered looking for the past if it was 0-0. | :31:22. | :31:26. | |
Dunfermline did not come out quick enough. Again, similar to the first | :31:27. | :31:33. | |
half, striking it well, just could not get it down quick enough, plenty | :31:34. | :31:36. | |
power, just does not hit the target. Kenny may goal alongside | :31:37. | :31:48. | |
Ally McCoist there, part of the St Mirren squad when the won in 1987. | :31:49. | :31:53. | |
The Dundee United famous victory for Alex met all stop -- Kenny McDowell | :31:54. | :32:02. | |
alongside. Just over seven years since Walter | :32:03. | :32:08. | |
Smith was in charge. Into the final quarter of this fifth | :32:09. | :32:49. | |
round tie, it was finished a long time ago, though. What will the | :32:50. | :32:55. | |
final score would be? That is the only question left. Templeton | :32:56. | :33:03. | |
running into a brick wall there. Ryan Wallace, flicked through to | :33:04. | :33:13. | |
Bell. Dunfermline, you have to say, a quarterfinal in the Scottish Cup | :33:14. | :33:19. | |
is great for money, prestige, the opportunity of progressing in a | :33:20. | :33:22. | |
competition, but the bread-and-butter you feel is more | :33:23. | :33:25. | |
important to Dunfermline this season, coming through the worst of | :33:26. | :33:30. | |
their financial troubles are you go, having the relegation, but seem to | :33:31. | :33:34. | |
be on more of an even keel, no getting back into that championship. | :33:35. | :33:41. | |
Exactly, and when you look at the players, such as Danny Grainger, | :33:42. | :33:47. | |
Jonathan Fox, -- Jonathan Page, they could have helped, but a lot of | :33:48. | :33:52. | |
youngsters, certainly hoping that Jim Jeffries has asked was strong | :33:53. | :33:57. | |
enough, and certain to get into the play-offs, but they could be good | :33:58. | :33:59. | |
enough to get themselves through. The final 19 minutes. What do you | :34:00. | :34:52. | |
make of the under 19 international, born in Canada? | :34:53. | :35:09. | |
It will be difficult to claim. He gets it up there. It looked worse | :35:10. | :35:17. | |
than it was. Final change for Dunfermline. I am | :35:18. | :36:20. | |
not sure he wants to come on with just 17 minutes to go. Slide it | :36:21. | :36:32. | |
through towards Shankland. He will be hoping for better luck | :36:33. | :37:05. | |
than earlier this season when he got a red card after 70 minutes. Rangers | :37:06. | :37:15. | |
go into it comfortably. He is a prolific striker in the youth team. | :37:16. | :37:23. | |
A lot of the players here were in the final of the Scottish youth cup | :37:24. | :37:29. | |
a few seasons back, lost to Celtic. It was a good experience for the | :37:30. | :37:32. | |
young players getting to play in that game. That was a decent game, | :37:33. | :37:41. | |
the youth cup final. Looking for the high-fives. Saved by Scully. Another | :37:42. | :37:50. | |
save from Ryan Scully. He does well, but I thought David Templeton did so | :37:51. | :37:58. | |
well again. He does not get much on the final effort. Andrew Whittle | :37:59. | :38:04. | |
will be on for Rangers in a few moments. Here is the opportunity. | :38:05. | :38:15. | |
Great feet from David Templeton. Was that the most difficult save for the | :38:16. | :38:20. | |
Pars number one. Trying to get promoted to the | :38:21. | :38:31. | |
Premiership, Dunfermline. Here comes Jordan more, who is on loan from | :38:32. | :38:38. | |
Dundee United. The cheers go up before Dean Shiels. One Northern | :38:39. | :38:50. | |
Irishman off, one going on. Acclaim from the Rangers fans tonight. Three | :38:51. | :38:55. | |
of the four goals for Rangers have come from him. He just shows that he | :38:56. | :38:59. | |
is class apart. Playing in this division, he is far too good for | :39:00. | :39:06. | |
that, and he is good to do wheat in, out, and when he is in form, he can | :39:07. | :39:16. | |
do well. Jordan Moore has been prolific in the youth league. | :39:17. | :39:24. | |
Ian Black hit the bar. He has been trying to do that, trying to score | :39:25. | :39:34. | |
our might, and he is getting closer. He is working that left foot. A | :39:35. | :39:39. | |
couple of decent efforts, and then an absolute beauty there. So | :39:40. | :39:44. | |
unlucky. You can see the disappointment etched on his face, | :39:45. | :39:50. | |
as yet again, he produced a space, he hit it well, and it is cracked. I | :39:51. | :39:58. | |
am not sure he hit that correctly there, Ian Black. Took a little | :39:59. | :40:05. | |
bobble just before he hit it. But he was close. The ball just sits up | :40:06. | :40:16. | |
there and be layer headset. -- the player. Absolutely brilliant from | :40:17. | :40:24. | |
Templeton. Ryan Scully has prevented this. He has been brilliant for | :40:25. | :40:31. | |
Dunfermline between the sticks tonight. 19,396 inside Ibrox Stadium | :40:32. | :40:41. | |
tonight. It has just been confirmed. Ryan Scully get his hands on the | :40:42. | :40:56. | |
ball again. It has been a good work-out for tonight. David | :40:57. | :41:02. | |
Templeton, tormentor in chief again. A good save from the goalkeeper. | :41:03. | :41:13. | |
Great reaction. Dunfermline cannot retreat to the kingdom quickly | :41:14. | :41:14. | |
enough. Ally McCoist is raging at that | :41:15. | :41:27. | |
decision. Looking for a bit of consolation. | :41:28. | :42:11. | |
The graft and the effort that has been put into it. They deserve | :42:12. | :42:15. | |
something from the evening. It is a tough one to take. They have never | :42:16. | :42:33. | |
for a minute let up. A hard debut was made here in January 2010. Andy | :42:34. | :42:40. | |
Whittle, Scott Robertson, they traded goals that day. Since then, | :42:41. | :42:48. | |
-- since then... Rangers about to bring and Robbie | :42:49. | :43:12. | |
Crawford. -- bring on. Their final change. Dunfermline have used all of | :43:13. | :43:17. | |
theirs. Templeton once a come back there. | :43:18. | :43:52. | |
Interesting to see the substitution for Rangers, to see if anybody is | :43:53. | :43:57. | |
struggling. Templeton is due a standing ovation for his performance | :43:58. | :44:11. | |
tonight. Into the final ten. A one-sided club five. Certainly | :44:12. | :44:16. | |
one-sided at the score line. -- club tie. | :44:17. | :44:29. | |
He spooked Morris with a challenge there, Templeton. The referee is in | :44:30. | :44:36. | |
a good position to see any wrongdoing there. Maurice does not | :44:37. | :44:41. | |
look like he is going to argue his case. | :44:42. | :44:49. | |
The second one he was certainly not getting away with. Robbie Crawford, | :44:50. | :44:56. | |
who scored Rangers a fourth gold at East End Park in December, was | :44:57. | :45:05. | |
beaten at Rangers. He made his breakthrough last season. | :45:06. | :45:24. | |
He loses out. A flight path. -- a slice of past and... | :45:25. | :46:05. | |
Wallace's cross. Too much on it, though. A decent ball into the back | :46:06. | :46:17. | |
post. A couple of light blue jerseys in there. Trying to sneak around the | :46:18. | :46:23. | |
back. Every ball that has come in from the wide area, there has been | :46:24. | :46:28. | |
an extra defender in there. They have not given Dunfermline an inch. | :46:29. | :46:36. | |
Next up for Rangers is a trip to that magnificent arena of the | :46:37. | :46:41. | |
Somerset Park to take on one of the traditional venues of Scottish | :46:42. | :46:48. | |
football. It is their next league game. It is their march towards the | :46:49. | :46:52. | |
title among which they will wind in a matter of weeks, it seems. -- win. | :46:53. | :47:11. | |
Martin has blocked, and now it is Daly. Templeton arrives in the | :47:12. | :47:13. | |
middle. Knocking the ball about with | :47:14. | :47:49. | |
freedom. The finals of the cup is on Sunday. | :47:50. | :48:07. | |
Dundee United. Good play. Same old story, though. | :48:08. | :48:44. | |
After a great run, the final ball, the defender can clear it. You have | :48:45. | :48:49. | |
to stand at the back post and hope that someone has made a proper run. | :48:50. | :48:58. | |
Thomson amongst those waiting for this corner kick. One of his better | :48:59. | :49:05. | |
ones. Well played by Cala Morris. He got | :49:06. | :49:26. | |
himself up between the men and the ball. -- Callum Morris. | :49:27. | :49:52. | |
Some good-looking ties coming up over the weekend, none more so than | :49:53. | :50:25. | |
Celtic against Aberdeen. Dundee United taking on Saint Mirren | :50:26. | :50:46. | |
on Sunday. And you can see highlights of all of those games at | :50:47. | :50:52. | |
10:30pm tomorrow evening, and on Sunday, 10:25pm. That will be on | :50:53. | :51:02. | |
BBC's Scotland. Sportscene. That is a free kick for Dunfermline as they | :51:03. | :51:09. | |
try to get a bit of respectability. It is difficult to tell he made the | :51:10. | :51:16. | |
final tackle, but it is a real opportunity. -- who made. It is | :51:17. | :51:19. | |
Morris who got the yellow card. So, the number nine stands firm. | :51:20. | :51:32. | |
Still there, though. Dunfermline have spent the last ten | :51:33. | :52:23. | |
minutes wrapped up with Bell's run, but finishing the game positively at | :52:24. | :52:29. | |
least. I think it is good news, they never for a minute a bout, they kept | :52:30. | :52:42. | |
fighting. -- for a minute gave up. Black releasing Templeton. Do | :52:43. | :52:54. | |
Rangers have a fifth goal in them? That is game over, isn't it? It is a | :52:55. | :53:04. | |
4-0, there is no need for that. The referee had to push them aside. One | :53:05. | :53:11. | |
or two more experienced players should get over there and shut the | :53:12. | :53:23. | |
team-mates away. One player is the most notable player to suffer from | :53:24. | :53:27. | |
that and he will miss next month's league cup final. David Templeton | :53:28. | :53:35. | |
picks up what is a completely unnecessary yellow here, and he may | :53:36. | :53:38. | |
pay for that later in the competition. He feels he has been | :53:39. | :53:45. | |
fouled. He is trying to get the ball and then there is a shove and | :53:46. | :53:49. | |
another shove. Then the referee comes across and he will take | :53:50. | :53:59. | |
action. Rangers fans are upset with David Templeton being booked because | :54:00. | :54:11. | |
of that. Jordan more. A couple of minutes added on to the match, two | :54:12. | :54:20. | |
minutes. Wait a minute. The handbags between Templeton and Whittle might | :54:21. | :54:28. | |
add eight U seconds. Bilel Mohsni, if the referee sees that, Wallace is | :54:29. | :54:35. | |
booked, and it could be Bilel Mohsni who picked up a yellow card, and | :54:36. | :54:40. | |
that is not a good plan when he was sent off a couple of weeks ago. He | :54:41. | :54:44. | |
should be very careful or he will miss some very important games. Such | :54:45. | :54:51. | |
as Villy -- such a silly yellow card he picked up your -- up here. It is | :54:52. | :54:58. | |
a free kick that has gone in the way of Rangers. Presumably for a | :54:59. | :55:06. | |
handball. He is under a lot of pressure. But he goes down and lands | :55:07. | :55:13. | |
on the ball. I think it is a hard one. I am not sure if the referee | :55:14. | :55:17. | |
was going to give the penalty, but he is unlucky, because I thought he | :55:18. | :55:23. | |
produced enough. There is a man who has made the biggest difference | :55:24. | :55:28. | |
tonight, Dean Shiels. That has proved more than decisive for | :55:29. | :55:32. | |
Rangers, who are through to the quarterfinals. Ally McCoist shaking | :55:33. | :55:36. | |
hands with Jim Jeffries, who will not have been happy with some of the | :55:37. | :55:40. | |
defending. David Templeton stuck in a goal after an amazing run. That's | :55:41. | :55:50. | |
pretty much sealed it for the Ibrox side. Brilliant performance for | :55:51. | :55:55. | |
Dunfermline from Ryan Scully. It could have been a lot worse, what | :55:56. | :56:05. | |
for him. South of the River Clyde in Glasgow, at Ibrox Stadium, it is the | :56:06. | :56:11. | |
Rangers to our first through to the quarterfinals, with a victory here, | :56:12. | :56:13. | |
a comfortable victory. Yes, the draw is on Sunday. The day | :56:14. | :56:31. | |
United against Saint Mirren. -- Dundee United. Rangers are already | :56:32. | :56:36. | |
in that draw for the next round of the competition. Let's get after | :56:37. | :56:42. | |
match thoughts. Chris, that is what you call comprehensive. Yes, but | :56:43. | :56:49. | |
right from the off, they got in their faces. It was a tidy | :56:50. | :56:58. | |
performance to get them over the finish. They won the game in the | :56:59. | :57:15. | |
first half. will they be disappointed? They will come out of | :57:16. | :57:21. | |
the park shattered. They will be shattered. They really will be. It | :57:22. | :57:29. | |
is like everything else. You pick them the sharper pick yourselves up. | :57:30. | :57:36. | |
-- you pick yourselves up. They had 4-0. It was ever a contest after | :57:37. | :57:47. | |
that. -- never a contest. It would have been interesting if it was 3-1. | :57:48. | :57:52. | |
The quality of the hat trick, and Templeton and all I'm a it is | :57:53. | :58:00. | |
massive. -- Templeton, it is massive. I loved working with Dean | :58:01. | :58:07. | |
Shiels. He is a great enthusiast for the game. They got some help, | :58:08. | :58:14. | |
though, Rangers, because of the mistake in the eighth minute that | :58:15. | :58:18. | |
effectively gifted the opener to Rangers. The last thing you want to | :58:19. | :58:26. | |
do is find yourself a goal down inside ten minutes. To be fair, | :58:27. | :58:33. | |
Dunfermline, I think the class of Rangers came through. Dean Shiels | :58:34. | :58:41. | |
used his body. It was a great finish. I thought he was fantastic | :58:42. | :58:50. | |
throughout. I felt a bit sorry for Ryan Scully. He tried to scoop this | :58:51. | :58:57. | |
away. He set it up for Dean Shiels. There were great reactions in the | :58:58. | :59:06. | |
second half. The second half, that was a key moment in the game. Dean | :59:07. | :59:15. | |
Shiels and a boot -- and Templeton. There were problems all night for | :59:16. | :59:20. | |
Dunfermline. The left back did not know whether to pick them up or not. | :59:21. | :59:27. | |
They got a couple of strikes as well. It was a good work-out for | :59:28. | :59:34. | |
Rangers. Ally McCoist will be delighted. Two minutes into the | :59:35. | :59:44. | |
second half... Delighted with the start of the second. When you see | :59:45. | :59:55. | |
Templeton, Wallace has created a lot of space behind, or it is a great | :59:56. | :00:02. | |
ball, it is finished, there are not many people that can walk away with | :00:03. | :00:08. | |
that hat trick. A good night for Dean Shiels, with three of those | :00:09. | :00:13. | |
four Rangers goals. How will Jim Jefferies look back on tonight 's? | :00:14. | :00:18. | |
He will be looking -- on tonight which Mark his body language tells | :00:19. | :00:24. | |
its own strict -- on tonight? His body thing which tells its own | :00:25. | :00:30. | |
story. I do not think he will be too hard on the kids. He did not | :00:31. | :00:38. | |
realise. He thought it was a youth team. It is a learning curve for the | :00:39. | :00:41. | |
young players. You can get punished at this level. I do not think he | :00:42. | :00:46. | |
will be too hard on them. I kept plugging away at it. They actually | :00:47. | :00:52. | |
played the best football towards the end of the game. They kept going. | :00:53. | :00:59. | |
They kept going and never threw the towel in. They kept going. They | :01:00. | :01:07. | |
might have had the penalty. Maybe it'll get them something. They kept | :01:08. | :01:12. | |
going. They have been beat, but they have kept going to stop that is the | :01:13. | :01:18. | |
important thing. Is it difficult to -- they kept going. That visit -- | :01:19. | :01:25. | |
that is the important thing. There is obviously a golf and quality. | :01:26. | :01:35. | |
When they are faced with challenges, if they come up against | :01:36. | :01:44. | |
membership opposition, they beat Falkirk in the league cup, I think, | :01:45. | :01:50. | |
so they are tough. Rangers will rise to the occasion. It is up to the | :01:51. | :01:55. | |
players to remain focused and get the job done and the leaks first. | :01:56. | :02:00. | |
That is them up against the best tonight in league one. -- in League | :02:01. | :02:10. | |
One. Exactly right, and Ally McCoist knows. It will be a sign of how they | :02:11. | :02:18. | |
are progressing. You cannot judge these games. They are Premiership | :02:19. | :02:25. | |
players said they will be judged when they come up against | :02:26. | :02:30. | |
Premiership teams. -- so they will. They are able to get a Premiership | :02:31. | :02:36. | |
team. These players want to be involved in the bigger occasions. It | :02:37. | :02:39. | |
is the same teams that are playing every week. You want to test | :02:40. | :02:47. | |
yourself against the best. The parent ship teams who are left in | :02:48. | :02:51. | |
that draw on Sunday -- the Premiership teams who are left in | :02:52. | :02:54. | |
the draw on Sunday, are you concerned about the League One | :02:55. | :02:57. | |
leaders? They are not playing against top class opposition every | :02:58. | :03:02. | |
week. They are not used to it. They will look back and say, Rangers are | :03:03. | :03:09. | |
top of the league. They are not playing that sort of competition. | :03:10. | :03:13. | |
But then, you are hoping, and Ally McCoist will be hoping, that the | :03:14. | :03:18. | |
boys will rise to the occasion. It is like everything else. It is that | :03:19. | :03:22. | |
fear of losing. Rangers players will not have that fear of losing every | :03:23. | :03:27. | |
week because they will go and play. Sometimes they will have a wobble. | :03:28. | :03:32. | |
They have to go and play SPL teams, and then you will really see what | :03:33. | :03:37. | |
they are capable of doing. Thank you Jimmy, thank you Chris. Our TV | :03:38. | :03:42. | |
coverage of this fifth round of the Scottish Cup continues tomorrow, | :03:43. | :03:46. | |
with our result show from 4:30pm, with news from all around the | :03:47. | :03:50. | |
country, and then a double dose of highlights programmes Saturday night | :03:51. | :03:55. | |
at 10:30pm on a Sunday night at 10:25pm. Seven places left in the | :03:56. | :04:02. | |
quarterfinals of the Scottish Cup of stock Rangers have already | :04:03. | :04:06. | |
dismantled Dunfermline. Goodbye for now. | :04:07. | :04:17. |