Kyles Athletic v Newtonmore

:00:31. > :00:36.MacAulay Cup Final against Kyles Athletic and Newtonmore. Throughout

:00:37. > :00:44.is on about 20 minutes time. Good afternoon and welcome from me from a

:00:45. > :00:49.very sunny open. This trophy here is arguably the most stages an

:00:50. > :00:55.important trophy in the shinty world. This afternoon, one of the

:00:56. > :00:55.sides will go home with this, will it be

:00:56. > :00:59.sides will go home with this, will Kyles Athletic Ord Newtonmore West

:01:00. > :01:07.two heavyweights in the shinty world.

:01:08. > :01:18.The MacAulay Cup 2013 is underway. Kyles is in all blue. There is

:01:19. > :01:34.nobody at home. Danny McRae has made the breakthrough. Kyles have

:01:35. > :01:43.scored. There is a red card for the Newtonmore captain! At the final

:01:44. > :01:50.whistle, Kyles Athletic are of the MacAulay Cup winners! Victory for

:01:51. > :01:57.Kyles a year ago, but Newtonmore would get their revenge in the

:01:58. > :02:03.Camanachd Cup final. The rivalry in jurors between these two giants of

:02:04. > :02:15.the game. Jamie Robinson, I'd have absolutely nothing! Glen Mackintosh

:02:16. > :02:21.with their second goal! Danny McRae! It has been a good victory for

:02:22. > :02:26.Newtonmore. This is the Camanachd Cup. We are looking forward to

:02:27. > :02:31.another epic encounter. Two men that know all there is to know about

:02:32. > :02:32.shinty in Scotland join me this afternoon. Jimmy Gow and Drew

:02:33. > :02:42.MacNeil. Jimmy, we saw the great footage of

:02:43. > :02:51.these two sides going head-to-head last season. It is not always these

:02:52. > :02:56.two teams, is it! How big a rivalry is between these teams question mark

:02:57. > :03:03.they are at the top two teams in shinty. The rivalry is huge. We were

:03:04. > :03:15.here last year and it was a very feisty encounter, disallowed goals,

:03:16. > :03:20.sending off, it is whetting the appetite, isn't it question mark I

:03:21. > :03:26.would imagine it will be lots of controversy again. This picture

:03:27. > :03:33.always produces goals. The last number of final let's have a look at

:03:34. > :03:48.the journey of Kyles Athletic this year.

:03:49. > :03:56.In round two, they met Glasgow Mid Argyll. Roddy McDonald got to that

:03:57. > :04:03.time. In the semifinal, just the one goal from Ruddiman Donald, but still

:04:04. > :04:10.at 3-0 victory away from home against Oban Camanachd. As short

:04:11. > :04:15.time ago the Kyles Athletic team arrived in their natty yellow

:04:16. > :04:20.minibus. Looking in fine fettle, it has to be said. This is their last

:04:21. > :04:30.chance of winning major silverware this season.

:04:31. > :04:39.Just a short time ago I spoke to the comanager. The camp is relaxed.

:04:40. > :04:44.Separation is something I find quite important. If they are relaxed in

:04:45. > :04:50.the bus on the way up, that is usually a good sign. Quietly

:04:51. > :04:57.confident. We have been playing well recently. We are the underdogs as

:04:58. > :05:07.usual. I think we have a chance today. Mossfield Park suits us well.

:05:08. > :05:14.We are two teams that are getting to the national finals quite regularly.

:05:15. > :05:19.That bill is a spirit into it, that you want to perform on the big

:05:20. > :05:26.stage. You want to walk away as winners, not the losing team. We

:05:27. > :05:30.will be very determined today. I have scored a few goals in this

:05:31. > :05:37.competition this year. I am looking forward to yet. It suits me well. I

:05:38. > :05:42.have a good record here and have had some good times here. I am looking

:05:43. > :05:48.forward to it. They moved the ball well in the forward line. They will

:05:49. > :05:53.play well on this park. We enjoy playing here, it suits our style of

:05:54. > :06:01.shinty. Conditions are great. Should be a good game. I embarrassed Roddy

:06:02. > :06:08.McDonald as the star man of Kyles Athletic, he was embarrassed, but he

:06:09. > :06:14.is the star man, isn't he question mark yes, he is a huge part of it.

:06:15. > :06:20.When he clicks, Kyles clicks. Most things go through him. He scored two

:06:21. > :06:25.goals here last year. What are his major strengths question mark not

:06:26. > :06:27.many weaknesses, that is the thing about him. I like to see him running

:06:28. > :06:42.from deep. That is a great dispatched there. He

:06:43. > :06:46.was just too quick for him there. He has really good balance of either

:06:47. > :06:53.side. That for such such a tall man. He is very, very brave. Jimmy, do

:06:54. > :06:59.you like to watch him question mark yes, without a doubt. When he is on

:07:00. > :07:03.form, Kyles is on form. He is not just a foreword, you could have him

:07:04. > :07:10.in the middle of the park or as a defender. It is such a

:07:11. > :07:16.community-based thing, the world of shinty. Families tend to

:07:17. > :07:23.generations. His dad, Kenny, still playing in goal. There he is,

:07:24. > :07:31.forming up today. He had a cigarette in his mouth earlier today! Kenny is

:07:32. > :07:35.a legend in the game. He is still going well at his age. It must be

:07:36. > :07:44.fantastic for him playing alongside his son. In terms of this pitch in

:07:45. > :07:57.open at Mossfield Park, will display into Kyles's can't question mark I

:07:58. > :08:04.think it will. It is a fast park. It is a big surface. I hope that Kyles

:08:05. > :08:10.will play their expansive game. It takes two teams to tango. Newtonmore

:08:11. > :08:15.are one of the most successful sides in shinty. Let's look at have their

:08:16. > :08:28.roots to the final. It started with a big victory over Kilmallie. In

:08:29. > :08:35.round two, it was a resurgent king disease -- Kingussie side. Then,

:08:36. > :08:45.Lovat, Newtonmore saw them off as well. Newtonmore arrived in a

:08:46. > :08:51.gigantic coach. It is a massive day that these players. They come expect

:08:52. > :08:58.and hopeful to redress the issues that they had last year at the hands

:08:59. > :09:06.of Kyles. Danny McRae scored last year and had a goal disallowed. I

:09:07. > :09:11.spoke to their management earlier. Last season was last season. We were

:09:12. > :09:18.unfortunate, beaten on the day. This year it is a whole new game. That is

:09:19. > :09:23.at work as a motivation tool in terms of the players question mark

:09:24. > :09:27.every final you get to, you are not looking for motivation, they should

:09:28. > :09:33.be motivated. We will be up for the fight today, I'm sure. This year is

:09:34. > :09:36.a different final. We need to forget about last year and get on with it.

:09:37. > :09:45.Hopefully we will get the Vic tree this year. One or two guys are

:09:46. > :09:48.struggling today. We have had a terrible year with injuries, but we

:09:49. > :10:01.have got what we have got. Whoever gets on the part today, they will

:10:02. > :10:03.give 100%. We thought we had a good goal last year, but the referee saw

:10:04. > :10:10.that in a different light and you just have to take that decision. It

:10:11. > :10:14.is a big part, it sits Kyles, we heard that last year but our park is

:10:15. > :10:20.a big park and we play on that every week. We will go the whole 90

:10:21. > :10:24.minutes, but is for sure. Two goals last year, same again today from new

:10:25. > :10:33.question mark I hope so, if not more! Let's hope we get another

:10:34. > :10:37.classic final. I great atmosphere here at Park in Oban. People of all

:10:38. > :10:45.generations getting involved and enjoying the summer sunshine, even

:10:46. > :10:51.the West Highland terrier is. Let's hope we have an enjoyable final.

:10:52. > :10:58.Last year was a classic. It was a great game to be at. Plenty of

:10:59. > :11:03.controversy, disallowed goals. I think that still annoys Newtonmore,

:11:04. > :11:13.doesn't that question mark they have forgotten about it, that is for

:11:14. > :11:23.sure. This one here,, John the scores at the back post. It was

:11:24. > :11:30.obstruction. Yes, it was. The referee there is the fourth official

:11:31. > :11:38.today. What was your feeling about it question mark yes, I think you

:11:39. > :11:48.did file him. -- he did file macro him.

:11:49. > :11:56.I am pretty sure here that the referee thought he kicked the ball.

:11:57. > :12:02.For me, I think there was nothing wrong with that one. It is

:12:03. > :12:07.unfortunate. Does it give them extra incentive today question mark it has

:12:08. > :12:14.to, doesn't it question mark well, I think they have used it already,

:12:15. > :12:22.they turned round and beats them in the Scottish. I played at full

:12:23. > :12:26.centre throughout my life. When the ball is in the egg you have to swing

:12:27. > :12:31.at the ball. Only Jimmy will know he was gone for the ball or not. That

:12:32. > :12:37.looks vicious from that point of view. You were saying there was

:12:38. > :12:45.nothing in that. David Zavaroni had just scored there. David is playing

:12:46. > :12:53.against Jamie. That is Jamie just trying to say to David, I am still

:12:54. > :12:55.here. I thought it was OK. Was he having a swing at the referee as

:12:56. > :13:01.well question mark I think the referee might have thought so! Halle

:13:02. > :13:05.bigger player is Danny McRae question mark he always seems to be

:13:06. > :13:16.amongst the goals. He never seems to be fully fit. He is big for

:13:17. > :13:23.Newtonmore. Danny never seems to be fully fit. Danny McRae is a great

:13:24. > :13:28.player. He plays roundabout the penalty area all the time. Give him

:13:29. > :13:36.a chance at all and he will bury it is, without a doubt. He scored in

:13:37. > :13:41.the Camanachd Cup Cup Final as well. What is your prediction for the

:13:42. > :13:48.match today. There is so much at stake here, so many subplots. I

:13:49. > :13:53.think I will go for Newtonmore. I think they are due to win this. On

:13:54. > :14:03.form, you would say Kyles of the team on form. Very intriguing

:14:04. > :14:07.contest. Newtonmore are out for revenge. It is due prediction

:14:08. > :14:12.question mark I was convinced last year that Newtonmore were going to

:14:13. > :14:19.win it and I was wrong. I think Kyles are more mobile, very mobile

:14:20. > :14:22.across the middle. I think it will be one across the middle today.

:14:23. > :14:32.Gentlemen, let's enjoy this afternoon. The match is just about

:14:33. > :14:36.to get underway. Piper, a former world champion, is going to lead at

:14:37. > :14:42.the sides this afternoon here at Mossfield Park.

:14:43. > :14:43.world champion, is going to lead at the sides this afternoon here --

:14:44. > :15:18.lead-out Drew MacNeil is the co-commentator

:15:19. > :15:19.today, but your commentator is the voice of shinty himself, Hugh Dan

:15:20. > :15:39.MacLennan. Hugh Dan MacLennan: a Paterson

:15:40. > :15:48.setting here today. -- a magnificent setting here today. Both teams are

:15:49. > :15:56.in blue and white, it has to be said. It is a great setting. The

:15:57. > :16:15.golf club at the far end of the field. There are a few more

:16:16. > :16:25.attractive settings in shinty. There is one of ours, the new president of

:16:26. > :16:36.the Federation. Douglas Cooper, from the sponsors.

:16:37. > :16:57.There is the captain of Newtonmore, Scott Chisholm. There are the match

:16:58. > :17:05.officials. Here is the Kyles team. Thomas White is the captain today.

:17:06. > :17:28.Some of a famous father. -- some of a famous father.

:17:29. > :17:41.Let's have a look at the Kyles team. It has strength in depth. A

:17:42. > :17:52.full strength team. Kenny McDonald is in goal, with his son upfront.

:17:53. > :17:57.The captain at number ten. Newtonmore, they are just as strong.

:17:58. > :18:08.All the questions about the rest are being put aside. -- about fitness.

:18:09. > :18:15.Robinson, controversially red carded last year, is back in the centre.

:18:16. > :18:30.Russell is an emerging talent. Captain Scott Chisholm at number

:18:31. > :18:36.eight. The substitutes, well, maybe Kyles has the stronger bench.

:18:37. > :18:44.Cameron is the referee. His second final in four years. Drew MacNeil

:18:45. > :18:56.knows the man who scored the fastest goal ever in a Camanachd Cup final.

:18:57. > :19:09.That was about all he did that day! He would say that himself. A huge

:19:10. > :19:13.field here at Mossfield Park. Michael Russell is heading towards

:19:14. > :19:20.the left-hand goal. Newtonmore will be defending the town end. Getting

:19:21. > :19:24.towards the golf course. Kenny McDonald is in his customary

:19:25. > :19:32.position to our right. Kyles are in blue and white, with the blue and

:19:33. > :19:40.white hoops being Newtonmore. Derek Cameron is just confirming with his

:19:41. > :19:45.other officials that he can set the 2004 team MacAulay Cup into action.

:19:46. > :20:00.Action there will be. First shot on the Michael Ritchie.

:20:01. > :20:06.We did earlier preferred a lot to the fact that Grant was coming back.

:20:07. > :20:10.That was an impressive start from grants. He was a brilliant player

:20:11. > :20:21.until he got his problems with his knee. It will take a bit of pressure

:20:22. > :20:36.off Rodime at Donald. -- Roddy McDonald.

:20:37. > :20:46.Kyles already, this fast, expansive game we were talking about. The

:20:47. > :20:55.grass has been freshly cut, just yesterday. It is a sublime playing

:20:56. > :21:13.surface. The weather just as beautiful. Michael Ritchie took that

:21:14. > :21:24.one out of the air beautifully. Big tackled there. -- tackle there.

:21:25. > :21:31.There is a broken spec already. It is a good tackle. Michael Ritchie

:21:32. > :21:36.had a brilliant game last week against Lovat. Good tackle there in

:21:37. > :21:58.front of the goal by Cameron Binnie. Good hit by McCarter. That is what

:21:59. > :22:16.you want your hats to do. -- have you back --

:22:17. > :22:36.This is the first chance for Danny McRae. Calum Miller has been six

:22:37. > :22:40.weeks out. If there is a surprise, in the Kyles team, maybe that is it,

:22:41. > :22:50.that he has come back after such a long absence. Kenny McDonald has the

:22:51. > :22:57.sun in his eyes. If you were playing in midfield, QB trying to drop the

:22:58. > :23:03.ball just in front of the goalkeeper. Yes, I would, just to

:23:04. > :23:14.see if the sun would cause a problem. The redoubtable Kenny

:23:15. > :23:22.McDonald. He didn't get too much on that one.

:23:23. > :23:47.His half backs have got him out of jail.

:23:48. > :23:52.This is another ball the Kenny McDonald will have to be very

:23:53. > :24:13.careful with. Calum Miller has done the business.

:24:14. > :24:24.This is Calum Stewart, a late change to the Newtonmore team. What do you

:24:25. > :24:33.make of that question mark I think they have a problem with Fraser

:24:34. > :24:40.MacIntosh. Calum Stewart has great pace. I like him as a player. It

:24:41. > :24:49.will be interesting to see how he gets on. Two of Newtonmore's Young

:24:50. > :24:54.guns, Calum Stewart... He is the only player in the field with a

:24:55. > :25:00.helmet today. He has made his mark in the Sutherland Cup Final already.

:25:01. > :25:11.He knows his way to goal. Perhaps an injury there. Rolling substitutes,

:25:12. > :25:13.of course. There is a tactical value in that as well. Good ball across

:25:14. > :25:45.the goal. Just an indication of the warmth.

:25:46. > :25:54.The players will be taking on water as the game goes on. Russell. What

:25:55. > :25:58.do you make of the rolling substitutes question mark do you

:25:59. > :26:00.think the manager Jimmy making enough you so that question mark I

:26:01. > :26:22.don't. I think it is a great idea. I wish they had them in my day. Bit

:26:23. > :26:29.of a sandwich there. A couple of tasty swings, if I can put it that

:26:30. > :26:36.way. Another broken spec. Roberto Zavaroni this time. No prisoners.

:26:37. > :27:05.No, just as we expected. Kyles are drifting back. This is

:27:06. > :27:13.their replying coming back to midfield. There is a breeze. Visit

:27:14. > :27:19.significant question mark no, I just think that was badly hit. David

:27:20. > :27:25.Zavaroni tried to go up the middle, instead of out wide. Their passing

:27:26. > :27:31.has just gone of a little bit, but that will come back. That is one of

:27:32. > :27:40.the iconic images of shinty, the flag on the Hill at Mossfield Park.

:27:41. > :27:46.Always well populated. Kenny McDonald twice has misfired on his

:27:47. > :28:07.hit out. It is not quite coming off Kyles in

:28:08. > :28:19.the forward at the moment. No, it is not. Danny McRae comes well out of

:28:20. > :28:34.his comfort zone here. Not quite nosebleed territory. Good ball

:28:35. > :28:42.inside by Glen MacIntosh. Again, Kenny Donald deals with it. This

:28:43. > :28:48.time off his feet. That plan being to try to make the goalkeeper played

:28:49. > :28:49.the ball, hoping for a bounced towards the onrushing forwards. That

:28:50. > :29:07.is a bad call. Kyles are drifting backwards at the

:29:08. > :29:15.moment. They look as if they are playing very deep. Isn't that a

:29:16. > :29:16.magnificent scene question mark I imagine there is not just food on

:29:17. > :29:28.that hill! That is a good turn and a good

:29:29. > :29:39.clearance. Kyles had men free. Ritchie got it

:29:40. > :30:26.away. goal that he normally would be. Is

:30:27. > :31:20.that a tactic? The referee has taken the view that

:31:21. > :31:48.it was six of one and half a dozen of the other.

:31:49. > :32:54.Nobody is stringing the passes together.

:32:55. > :34:11.It is all about dominating the space.

:34:12. > :34:18.The players are allowed one go at the hit in. Technically he could

:34:19. > :34:42.have been booked for that. Just a feeling that it is more

:34:43. > :34:49.left-to-right at the moment. 30 yards with nobody in the middle of

:34:50. > :35:05.the park. A huge gap. Kyles are looking to get the forwards in. A

:35:06. > :35:13.good ball in from MacIntosh. MacRae had Miller on his back.

:35:14. > :35:25.Irvine, again it is caught. Newtonmore's midfield winning every

:35:26. > :35:35.ball at the moment. Irvine was too clever, with a lovely little touch.

:35:36. > :35:46.A deft touch through to MacRae! It's Danny MacRae with the first strike

:35:47. > :35:57.for Newtonmore, and that has been coming. A good linkup, Calum Stewart

:35:58. > :36:01.will be delighted. Well inside the D. Picked his spot.

:36:02. > :36:02.will be delighted. Well inside the D. Picked Difficult for the

:36:03. > :36:22.goalkeeper. A spin on the It just took a bounce

:36:23. > :36:26.in the wrong place. 1-0, Newtonmore. An important early

:36:27. > :36:33.strike after 16 minutes from Danny MacRae. Just a hint that Newtonmore

:36:34. > :36:42.were beginning to win the match in midfield. Gradually easing up the

:36:43. > :36:53.pressure. How important is the first goal in a final? It's difficult

:36:54. > :36:59.because Kyles are 18 like a pop that boils over. If they get momentum,

:37:00. > :37:05.they will boil over. -- a team that is like a pot that boils over.

:37:06. > :37:15.Important for Newtonmore to get the first one, I think. It's about

:37:16. > :37:16.keeping their nerve. They will certainly be aware of the

:37:17. > :37:33.possibility. That was a pure hit. Irvine, well policed by the

:37:34. > :37:41.Newtonmore defence at the moment. They are well aware of the potential

:37:42. > :37:43.threat. Just a slight scuffing. A good turn, but Miller read it

:37:44. > :37:57.beautifully. MacArthur. The heavier of the two

:37:58. > :38:06.centrelines, Newtonmore, and that will count as the game goes on.

:38:07. > :38:18.A wonderful atmosphere around the pitch. On the Hill. In good order.

:38:19. > :38:24.That's better from Kyles, looking for Roddy MacDonald, who has been

:38:25. > :38:34.peripheral at this stage. Lost his stick. Frustration. He's getting

:38:35. > :38:42.wound up. I thought the ref could have let him play the ball. He blew

:38:43. > :38:47.for Roddy's safety, but I don't think he was in danger there. A

:38:48. > :38:53.tactical decision for Kyles to make, do they leave Roddy upfront?

:38:54. > :39:03.Danny MacRae, driving into the heart of the Kyles defence. Stewart turns.

:39:04. > :39:07.Kenny McDonald saves. It almost happened in slow motion. It looked

:39:08. > :39:11.as if it would bounce over his stick. Just managed to stretch

:39:12. > :39:20.across to it. Just didn't get hold of it. That's a good save. He just

:39:21. > :39:26.made it, that was a tricky save. A lot is made of his age, but he got

:39:27. > :39:39.up quickly. A good stretch from the keeper. Both keepers have played

:39:40. > :39:44.their part. MacRae's backhand. Some of the Kyles hitting is not as crisp

:39:45. > :39:54.as you would want to see. Grant Irving, at pace he can take them on.

:39:55. > :40:03.He decided to send it in. Norman Campbell, meat and drink to him.

:40:04. > :40:13.Danny MacRae unleashes another one. It's end to end. The pace of the

:40:14. > :40:21.game, increasing. It shows us what they can do. Disappointed in

:40:22. > :40:27.Kyles's midfield. They have to get into position. Paul delivers a good

:40:28. > :40:33.ball, and that is a cracker of a shot from Danny MacRae. Kyles, on

:40:34. > :40:38.the left. Most of the attack is coming up their left-hand side.

:40:39. > :40:42.Zavaroni, looking for his brother. A mistake, to Roddy MacDonald. This

:40:43. > :40:53.time Steven MacDonald gets the better of him. Again Kyles send it

:40:54. > :41:00.in, but MacDonald steps in. Look at that strike, exactly what you want.

:41:01. > :41:17.That is a never ball in shinty, the pass inside like that.

:41:18. > :41:25.Binnie, good defence from him but he's lost it eventually. Roddy

:41:26. > :41:27.MacDonald lets it go. Not quite fast enough to Irvine. Who else, Paul

:41:28. > :41:44.MacArthur. Ball of a sudden, every ball is

:41:45. > :41:57.landing at a food shirt. Danny MacRae, a nice move. -- hooped.

:41:58. > :42:04.Glen MacIntosh unleashes another one. Purely on percentage, if you

:42:05. > :42:11.have ten shots, some of them are going to go in and that's what is

:42:12. > :42:15.happening now. Michael Ritchie has had three or four saves at the other

:42:16. > :42:21.end. Newtonmore looked like they are going to get the next goal. Another

:42:22. > :42:29.bad mis-hit from Kenny, that's four now.

:42:30. > :42:35.Not quite sure why that should be happening. Jonathan Sutherland is

:42:36. > :42:41.talking to the Newtonmore manager. You must be delighted with the early

:42:42. > :42:46.goal from Danny MacRae. Yes, I am. They started quick and we have come

:42:47. > :42:50.back into it, with four very good chances, Danny Cook is goal well, we

:42:51. > :42:56.should have had another one, but yes, delighted. -- Danny took his

:42:57. > :43:04.goal. Is this how used land the start? They have not pressed on and

:43:05. > :43:17.we seem to be winning the midfield battle. Well, he does excitement

:43:18. > :43:24.terribly well(!) But there can be nobody more committed in a blue and

:43:25. > :43:29.white shirt. He has taken off down the touchline, I don't know what

:43:30. > :43:34.Jonathan said to him. Something he doesn't like in the forward line. He

:43:35. > :43:42.is having a word with Callum, I think. Kenny McDonald, I am not sure

:43:43. > :43:50.why that should be. It's not like him, he is normally a very

:43:51. > :43:58.consistent hitter. We need Kyles to pull something out. So frustrating,

:43:59. > :44:06.Zavaroni passed the ball and Kerr was standing beside him, didn't give

:44:07. > :44:16.it to him. They are winning the possession competition, so... The

:44:17. > :44:22.full-back is going to take the hit out this time. You don't normally

:44:23. > :44:27.see that. I remember in the old days it was the thing for a full-back to

:44:28. > :44:37.take it. The full-back has enough to do without taking the hit outs.

:44:38. > :44:49.Here it comes again. Plenty of space. Great stop, Kenny McDonald.

:44:50. > :44:53.He makes it look so easy. That's just a case of flicking it away. I

:44:54. > :44:59.was watching him in the warm-up and he was doing exactly the same, so

:45:00. > :45:04.relaxed. It's the last second, he seems to punch the ball. Lets it

:45:05. > :45:12.come onto him, which is different from some keepers. Acres of space

:45:13. > :45:15.from Michael Russell. He can score goals from midfield. If you were

:45:16. > :45:20.driving the Kyles tactics, what would you want them to do to get

:45:21. > :45:24.more of the ball? Stop playing square, go back to a diamond and

:45:25. > :45:30.give Roddy more space, because he is not getting the ball in the middle

:45:31. > :45:41.of the park. The square we will explain shortly... Just explain the

:45:42. > :45:52.difference between the formations, Newtonmore from the North and Kyles

:45:53. > :46:01.from the south. Two half forwards, whereas the other team are playing

:46:02. > :46:06.with wide forwards. It's a diamond as opposed to a square? Yes. Got

:46:07. > :46:14.you! Well taken in the defence but it

:46:15. > :46:20.only goes a third of the way. This is the forward hitting the ball to

:46:21. > :46:23.where it should be, but it has worked, because they have a

:46:24. > :46:31.midfielder at pace... Just overstepped the ball. No chances

:46:32. > :46:38.taken by Steven MacDonald. Maybe a bit overly safe with that one. Kerr

:46:39. > :46:46.could have driven on, it was too far out. Could have taken another ten

:46:47. > :46:58.yards. All of the Kyles forwards are back, could have done a 1-2.

:46:59. > :47:10.A rare Kyles attack, it has to be said. Newtonmore, in trouble. Across

:47:11. > :47:14.the goal. The angle was against him. Kyles, you could put a blanket over

:47:15. > :47:20.the whole lot of them in there at the moment, which is not a good way

:47:21. > :47:26.to attack. Newtonmore will defend this space, the close space. They

:47:27. > :47:30.will dominate the tackle but they won't dominate the Opel areas.

:47:31. > :47:35.Michael Russell has done brilliantly. -- the open areas.

:47:36. > :47:46.Cameron Binnie, a particularly strong player as well. There's

:47:47. > :47:52.always, it has to be said, some questions over Binnie's fitness, but

:47:53. > :47:54.his shadow has diminished. From last year has well. Looking in good

:47:55. > :48:10.shape. -- as well. Calum Miller goes to ground.

:48:11. > :48:21.Technically shouldn't play the ball when he is on the ground. Steven

:48:22. > :48:29.MacDonald, very clever. Again, Roddy MacDonald gives away a foul. That's

:48:30. > :48:31.just conceding possession again. Roddy's complaining, but it is a

:48:32. > :48:46.foul. Frustrated. Steve Lee reads the game really

:48:47. > :48:47.well. Glen MacIntosh drifted out to the left-hand side. A spare man for

:48:48. > :49:01.Newtonmore. MacRae, a little flick. I thought

:49:02. > :49:09.the referee was going to stop that there. He allowed play to go on. It

:49:10. > :49:22.was a dramatic dive. Derek won't give that. Cameron is just pointing

:49:23. > :49:23.out to the players that he has referees as gold judges and nobody

:49:24. > :49:49.raised a flag. -- goal judges. Beautiful switch of play. Ian

:49:50. > :49:56.McDonald puts the ball out of play, on the half-hour mark. If you were

:49:57. > :50:01.in Newtonmore's shoes, would you take the one goal is a decent return

:50:02. > :50:07.for the pressure? No, you would want another before half-time, push on.

:50:08. > :50:20.Grant Irvine is the only one who will cause them problems. MacRae can

:50:21. > :50:21.hit on either side, which is the duty of the shinty stick, and also

:50:22. > :50:36.his skill. -- the beauty. Plenty of time for Kyles to send

:50:37. > :50:48.another one away, but it is too far. Campbell came out. Irvine, having to

:50:49. > :50:59.do a lot of work to no effect. Calum Miller, Irvine again.

:51:00. > :51:09.Nothing going much Roberto Zavaroni's way. His head has gone

:51:10. > :51:16.down. The body language is not good. No, just previous to that, Roberto

:51:17. > :51:28.did not even come across to help Duncan out. He has to beat Norman to

:51:29. > :51:34.the ball. Donald Irvine has moved away to the right-hand defensive

:51:35. > :51:44.position for Kyles. Danger for Kyles again, but Miller backtracking gets

:51:45. > :51:52.a stick in. That looked like a corner to me, actually. Surprised

:51:53. > :51:57.they are not claiming it. Menzies, having a good game, keeping

:51:58. > :52:00.possession and carrying it. Much better from Kenny McDonald against

:52:01. > :52:13.the wind, well over the centre circle.

:52:14. > :52:26.Straight to Irvine. Cameron Binnie with a lovely touch.

:52:27. > :52:37.Zavaroni just fired it in. Binnie with a bit of pace, but Roddy

:52:38. > :52:41.MacDonald is that bit quicker. Irvine lashes out at it. Well, it

:52:42. > :52:50.would have been good if it worked. It would have been!

:52:51. > :52:59.Worth a dig, from there. Better play from Zavaroni. That is what they

:53:00. > :53:05.want to do, get it out, get it across quickly.

:53:06. > :53:15.Just beaten by the pace there. There's the legend that is John

:53:16. > :53:19.Henderson. Famous shinty referee who was, as I understand it, refereeing

:53:20. > :53:26.the referees last week in the veterans tournament. He managed to

:53:27. > :53:31.send someone off. Embarrassing that a referee could get sent off,

:53:32. > :53:38.ridiculous, and it wasn't me! Yes, you did hear that correctly, Mr

:53:39. > :53:48.Henderson said another referee off. There you have it. Well done, John!

:53:49. > :53:52.It was a good day at Newtonmore. There is the coolest man in the

:53:53. > :54:01.park. Probably one of the fittest men as well. One of the fastest.

:54:02. > :54:13.Irvine is not exactly a slouch. A great block by Cameron Binnie.

:54:14. > :54:26.Again, Kyles seed possession. -- cede possession. Kyles wasted that.

:54:27. > :54:35.Binnie has got some tidying to do. Just a nudge with the shoulder to

:54:36. > :54:39.make sure. Underrated part of the Newtonmore defensive system, Cameron

:54:40. > :54:50.Binnie. When he is on his game, as he is today.

:54:51. > :55:00.Roddy MacDonald turned, it came back to Irvine. Possibly got in each

:55:01. > :55:07.other's way. Roddy had the first chance, a bit of an air shot. That

:55:08. > :55:13.is a bad miss from Roddy. To be fair to Norman, he has taken two out, so

:55:14. > :55:20.fair play to Norman. A frustrated person at the moment, Roddy.

:55:21. > :55:30.Newtonmore, reverting to the defender taking the hit outs. Steven

:55:31. > :55:39.MacDonald. What a beautiful swing. A great turn. MacIntosh hasn't got the

:55:40. > :55:47.ball under control, but turned away and fired on in. That's all of 40

:55:48. > :55:54.yards. It wasn't far-away. The Newtonmore forwards are comfortable

:55:55. > :56:00.in possession, happy to carry on. He will do that all day, give him a

:56:01. > :56:03.chance and he will take a shot. The vital thing is they are still only

:56:04. > :56:23.one up. That's right. He is heaving a bit. The half-time

:56:24. > :56:26.tea is not far-away. Used to be run and raisins that they had at

:56:27. > :56:38.half-time, Newtonmore. Way back in the day. -- rum and raisins.

:56:39. > :56:51.Again, just the frustration, just rushing things. You can see from his

:56:52. > :56:53.bench, they are becoming frustrated. Irvine took a bit of a risk but got

:56:54. > :57:07.away with it. Zavaroni works a bit of magic,

:57:08. > :57:16.looking for Roddy MacDonald. Just inches away from catching Roddy

:57:17. > :57:22.MacDonald around his ankle. He has got such a long reach, he nearly got

:57:23. > :57:32.that. He wasn't far-away from it. Kyles, cranking up the pressure.

:57:33. > :57:39.Roddy MacDonald had a second chance. Was looking for help. Four men

:57:40. > :57:48.around him. Kerr fired it back in. There was a shout for a kick.

:57:49. > :57:58.The referee has dismissed the claim for a penalty. It has to be a proper

:57:59. > :58:12.kick, not something that hits your food. That really frustrates me. --

:58:13. > :58:22.frog prefixoot. There is no pattern to Kyles' play. Steven MacDonald has

:58:23. > :58:27.been playing full-back a lot, so he is quite comfortable. Roddy needs to

:58:28. > :58:36.relax. He has people around who will help him. His team has got at least

:58:37. > :58:42.another 45 minutes, sudden death and all the rest of it, which could

:58:43. > :58:44.happen. Roddy MacDonald again had a chance to pass to a colleague but

:58:45. > :58:54.never took it. That hit Norman Campbell on the head

:58:55. > :59:05.by accident. He is clutching his eye at the moment. Norman Campbell is in

:59:06. > :59:15.trouble. I think it just hit his ear, he is fine, he has got big

:59:16. > :59:23.ears! This is a chance for Newtonmore! Great stop! Calum

:59:24. > :59:28.Stewart must've seen his name in the headlines there! That is to really

:59:29. > :59:36.good chances he has had that he would normally score. Maybe the ball

:59:37. > :59:57.just got the hang Tim Blair. Snatched at it. We have five minutes

:59:58. > :00:14.left. Are you sure? He has gone five minutes early! The fourth official,

:00:15. > :00:24.Colin McDonald, is advising the referee. The referee has agreed. I

:00:25. > :00:43.have never seen this happen. Never on penny Saturday, to be honest. --

:00:44. > :00:58.on any Saturday to be honest. Maybe he thought it was a water brick! --

:00:59. > :01:04.water break. Give him his due, he is laughing himself. He is confident

:01:05. > :01:13.character, it would be bothering him at all. He will probably play an

:01:14. > :01:21.extra five minutes at the end to make! He was dead on the 40 minutes

:01:22. > :01:30.to give him his due. Just five minute short! I think Kyles would've

:01:31. > :01:47.been glad to go off, be honest. They are hanging on a bit.

:01:48. > :02:17.Here come Newtonmore again. What with Kyles give for a goal? What

:02:18. > :02:23.would Newtonmore give for another one? I am very sure that the 2-goal

:02:24. > :02:49.margin would be much better for them. And they are J as well. -- due

:02:50. > :02:55.it as well. That just about sums up their afternoon for me. It is simply

:02:56. > :02:56.not good enough. Newtonmore are still laughing about the referee, I

:02:57. > :03:28.think. That is the area of concern for

:03:29. > :03:36.Kyles, the midfield, for me. Calum Stewart coming off his man. A corner

:03:37. > :03:51.to Newtonmore. This will probably be their last chance before the break.

:03:52. > :03:56.Coming into the final minutes. I think there will be an almighty

:03:57. > :04:13.cheer when the referee blows for half-time! An ironic cheer!

:04:14. > :04:31.The referee not impressed by the call for a kick.

:04:32. > :04:43.Another corner. Three corners in quick succession. If they are quick

:04:44. > :04:48.they will get it taken. They are piling people forward. Kyles have

:04:49. > :05:22.four people in the Newtonmore half. Kenny McDonald concedes another

:05:23. > :05:36.corner. It goes on. We are now into overtime. McCarter with the last

:05:37. > :05:38.acts of the first-half. Calum Miller took that on the chin. Another

:05:39. > :05:53.corner! Kyles are just hanging on. Bayard

:05:54. > :06:02.desperate to get into the changing room. -- they are desperate to get

:06:03. > :06:19.into the changing room. There we have it. The referee

:06:20. > :06:24.decides for the second time that the first is finished. Danny McRae, he

:06:25. > :06:31.is the difference between the two teams. Newtonmore will not be happy

:06:32. > :06:36.to have gone in with just a single goal. Kyles will know they have not

:06:37. > :06:39.played well, but they will still have a big say in the outcome of

:06:40. > :07:02.this MacAulay Cup Final. It is half-time, we think! I am

:07:03. > :07:06.joined by a 27 manager. Will Newtonmore be unhappy that they are

:07:07. > :07:10.only one goal up. They will be delighted to have got the goal, but

:07:11. > :07:15.they would have wanted more. How impressed have you been with

:07:16. > :07:24.Newtonmore? They have been very good. They are a better team by a

:07:25. > :07:31.mile. Danny McRae has been very important for them.

:07:32. > :07:39.Danny has not wasted a ball all day. He has been excellent. The wind will

:07:40. > :07:44.make a bit of a difference. What effect will the conditions have? I

:07:45. > :07:50.think they will help -- I think the wind will have Kyles in the second

:07:51. > :08:03.half. Let's have a look at Danny McRae's strike. The boy Calum

:08:04. > :08:11.Stewart did really well there. Danny turned beautifully. Was Kenny Mick

:08:12. > :08:20.Donald culpable? Not at all. It was wide of him. He couldn't have got to

:08:21. > :08:27.it. We profiled Kenny McDonald at the start of the match. 50-something

:08:28. > :08:34.years old. In terms of the rest of the first-half, he put in some great

:08:35. > :08:42.stops. Kenny has been excellent. Let's have a look at some of them.

:08:43. > :08:48.He has been very effect. That is not easy. The ball is coming in quite

:08:49. > :08:56.hard. I don't want to be unkind about his age. Undoubtedly, your

:08:57. > :09:01.reactions will start to fade if you are playing in your 50s. I think the

:09:02. > :09:07.problem when you get older is more underground than in the air. Those

:09:08. > :09:17.stops by him are keeping Kyles in it so far. Roddy McDonald has been the

:09:18. > :09:22.star man for Kyles, but how have you gauged his performance? Kyles

:09:23. > :09:31.started well, but since then Robbie has not have a lot of the ball.

:09:32. > :09:39.Kyles are just not getting the ball up the park. Newtonmore seem to be

:09:40. > :09:48.able to handle him. Stephen will wind him up and Roddy is very easy

:09:49. > :09:52.to wind up, to be honest. Will the management be talking about the

:09:53. > :10:07.temperament aspect? Frustration will creep up. I think Newtonmore will be

:10:08. > :10:11.wise to that. One player I have been impressed with is Cameron Binnie.

:10:12. > :10:18.Last year he was carrying a few extra pounds. What have you thought

:10:19. > :10:24.of him? I have known Cameron all his life. A great young player. He was

:10:25. > :10:30.carrying a bit of weight for a while but he lost all of that. He seems to

:10:31. > :10:38.be able to read the game. He was always great at that. The way things

:10:39. > :10:45.are going at the moment, how did you see the second half? Will Kyles get

:10:46. > :10:49.back into the match? Can they produce something from nothing? At

:10:50. > :10:56.the minute you would think it would have to be a game for Newtonmore.

:10:57. > :11:07.Kyles will give an attack at some point. I think Newtonmore needed to

:11:08. > :11:12.go 2-0 in Debbie safe. Kingussie will be in the final of the

:11:13. > :11:15.Camanachd Cup this year. Four sides in the semifinals, obviously. The

:11:16. > :11:42.final will be on the 13th September. A goal! Ryan Simpson! He sneaked

:11:43. > :11:47.away from his man. A great finish by a Simpson on the backhand.

:11:48. > :11:59.Ronald Ross! Inevitably! From long range. I think the keeper might have

:12:00. > :12:11.been undecided. No, he was beaten by Pierce. That is a great goal by

:12:12. > :12:21.Daniel Stewart! Craig Dawson beaten all ends up. That was a bad bounce.

:12:22. > :12:37.Shakers of space here. What will he do? Goal! That is exactly what

:12:38. > :12:39.Kingussie needed. He lined it up and past the goalkeeper. To happen to

:12:40. > :13:04.happen to you at the interval. Great stop by Craig Dawson!

:13:05. > :13:18.Sudden-death, it is Craig Dawson! He has won the match for Kingussie.

:13:19. > :13:45.Danny Morrison! He just made himself some space. One chance, one hit,

:13:46. > :13:56.1-0. Great goal by Fraser Heath! That was coming.

:13:57. > :14:07.It is in again. David Smart! The corner did not seem to be that

:14:08. > :14:18.difficult to deal with, but driven home. The keeper could not see that.

:14:19. > :14:24.Glenurquhart are pressing. They have the wind, the advantage. This is

:14:25. > :14:33.another good chance. Good stop by the keeper. Glenurquhart are still

:14:34. > :14:42.pressing. James McPherson! I think that is it for Skye. It could be all

:14:43. > :14:47.over. That is a great finish. Glenurquhart are heading for the

:14:48. > :14:59.final once again. For the first time since 1988. The Camanachd Cup final

:15:00. > :15:07.is our next shinty action. It is Kingussie against Glenurquhart. What

:15:08. > :15:10.we saw at the ends of the first-half, have you seen anything

:15:11. > :15:17.like that before with the referee blowing up early? No, never! He

:15:18. > :15:26.obviously didn't set his clock rates! I am glad they didn't score

:15:27. > :15:29.any goals in that extra five minutes, that could've been

:15:30. > :15:38.controversial. How will the second half go? Kyles have got to come into

:15:39. > :15:43.this game. Newtonmore has been the better team by a mile. Let's get

:15:44. > :15:48.back to the action! Back to Hugh Dan MacLennan.

:15:49. > :16:05.The referee will dine out in style on this one. He sets it off and

:16:06. > :16:15.running again. Newtonmore are leading 1-0. Fraser MacIntosh has

:16:16. > :16:22.been introduced for Newtonmore. We think Norman Campbell might be

:16:23. > :16:32.carrying an injury. He was limping. Drew MacNeil, your view on the

:16:33. > :16:50.changes? The Fraser MacIntosh coming in? Hopefully... Calum will be

:16:51. > :16:56.disappointed. Fraser is very experienced. We expect Norman

:16:57. > :17:04.Campbell might be hobbling a bit. He was, badly. If you are Kyles, you

:17:05. > :17:07.would want to get the ball down his side and expose him. I don't know

:17:08. > :17:13.who they have on the bench that they could bring on. It'll be interesting

:17:14. > :17:24.to see how the game develops. It has got a bit more dull, Calder.

:17:25. > :17:56.A little bit more of a breeze. -- this is a chance for Kyles to create

:17:57. > :18:03.something. It did not quite threatened the keeper or give the

:18:04. > :18:14.attack any chance either. I think Norman was quite clever. He commits

:18:15. > :18:29.a nice little foul here. That is a massive hit against the wind. In the

:18:30. > :18:40.end, Ian McDonald gets hold of it. He has a lot of strapping on his

:18:41. > :18:49.leg. Newbridge once somebody just keep dropping the ball in front of

:18:50. > :18:53.him, him turning. Kyles keep believing this huge gap in midfield

:18:54. > :18:56.which is a curious way to play a final. Maybe there is some method to

:18:57. > :19:11.the map us. This is Rodime at Donald. Just behind Roberto

:19:12. > :19:20.Zavaroni. You do not want to be giving away fouls in this territory.

:19:21. > :19:28.This could be the chance for Roddy McDonald to get a goal. It is in a

:19:29. > :19:30.good area. They may or may not have rehearsed something here. They

:19:31. > :19:58.wasted it, that is for sure. That is a good call! In towards

:19:59. > :20:11.Roddy McDonald. JB Robinson with another hefty challenge. This was

:20:12. > :20:15.the chance. Clever little pass. He overran that. The tackle was

:20:16. > :20:23.crucial. Good play by Roberto Zavaroni.

:20:24. > :20:36.Roddy McDonald just not able to grab it on his stick. Another stick has

:20:37. > :20:48.gone. Plenty of firewood in Kyles tonight!

:20:49. > :21:01.Donald Irvine is still waiting for a new stick. Three great little

:21:02. > :21:12.chances by a Kyles there. Donald Irvine changing his stick.

:21:13. > :21:29.That is the end of that one! Bad corner. That is another ?40 down the

:21:30. > :21:34.drain. Of the bar! The referee says he did not get a stick to that. I

:21:35. > :21:46.think it just landed on top of the bar. Kyles is back in the game. This

:21:47. > :21:55.is as close as you can get. The keeper was beaten.

:21:56. > :22:05.These are the margins that the side cup finals. -- adapt

:22:06. > :22:35.these are the areas that temp one were not using earlier in the game.

:22:36. > :22:48.All of a sudden, there Newtonmore event is looking a bit jittery. The

:22:49. > :22:57.clearances are not as good. There is a little bit of six now from Kyles.

:22:58. > :23:05.Do you think they got a rocket at half-time? Maybe. Kyles want to play

:23:06. > :23:17.on the front foot. They like to play on the front foot.

:23:18. > :23:39.Clever. Roddy McDonald just could not switch. Goal! That all came from

:23:40. > :23:44.the use of the corner. Good goal. Clever, clever play. He was caught

:23:45. > :24:05.in two minds here. They got a deflection. Duncan

:24:06. > :24:12.Kennedy made the most of it. All of a sudden, Kyles are back in it. The

:24:13. > :24:26.MacAulay Cup Final has a long, long way to go yet. 1-1. Newtonmore now

:24:27. > :24:27.have to hit back. They knew that. There is nothing more dangerous than

:24:28. > :24:48.at Kyles team with momentum. Jamie Robinson has gone down. He

:24:49. > :25:04.looked a bit sluggish going into that tackle.

:25:05. > :25:19.That is the tackle. Maybe add dead leg. He went down heavily. He is in

:25:20. > :25:24.some distress. Jamie is not the type of player back goes down. -- that

:25:25. > :25:45.goes down. I don't think he is going to last

:25:46. > :26:02.very long, to be honest. They need somebody in full fitness

:26:03. > :26:14.in the engine room. That is Scott Chisholm. They will put someone back

:26:15. > :26:20.in full centre. It is a free hit. I doubt very much we will see Robinson

:26:21. > :26:21.again. It is not the kind of injury that lets you carry on in a Cup

:26:22. > :26:40.Final. It is funny, this second half is

:26:41. > :26:50.almost a mirror image of the first-half.

:26:51. > :27:03.Robinson will not be back on again, I think. This game has a long way to

:27:04. > :27:15.go. We have not yet reached 60 minutes. They have one goal apiece.

:27:16. > :27:20.In the first, the Newtonmore players were dominating their opponents, but

:27:21. > :27:24.that has completely turned round. Some of the Newtonmore hitting is

:27:25. > :27:40.just not as good, as crisp as they used earlier. On this surface, there

:27:41. > :27:58.should be crisp editing. -- crisp hitting.

:27:59. > :28:14.That is a great save by Kenny McDonald! He just waits for the ball

:28:15. > :28:29.to come to him. It is the last push that is critical.

:28:30. > :28:38.That was a chance for Fraser MacIntosh and he knows it. He should

:28:39. > :28:45.have assumed the ball would come through to him, really. But, he

:28:46. > :28:47.didn't. The chance was weighted. This is a better response by

:28:48. > :29:10.Newtonmore. Roberto Zavaroni could have done

:29:11. > :29:15.better. Roberto Zavaroni seems to be pushing forward far more. I think he

:29:16. > :29:24.is better there. You can score goals, as well. Two years ago, it

:29:25. > :29:29.was a final, it was a great game and I think Roberto Zavaroni won it for

:29:30. > :29:36.them. He has the ability to win games from the middle of the park.

:29:37. > :29:57.David Zavaroni has added a certain zip to the midfield.

:29:58. > :29:58.game for his brother today. Irvine just being a bit ambitious in the

:29:59. > :30:16.corner. James Perlich, the Kyles coach,

:30:17. > :30:25.beginning to crank it up as we head... I don't think he shouted

:30:26. > :30:30.once in the first half. Let's go to Jonathan Sutherland, who has Jimmy

:30:31. > :30:35.Gow with him. Kyles, well and truly back into the match. The weather has

:30:36. > :30:41.changed. The whole way of the game seems to have changed, why do you

:30:42. > :30:50.think that has happened? As we said at half-time, it is a game of two

:30:51. > :30:53.halves and there is a bit of wind. Why have Kyles changed their

:30:54. > :31:00.attitude? Has the manager said something? The first half wasn't

:31:01. > :31:04.good enough, Roddy MacDonald seems maybe a bit happier, not right now

:31:05. > :31:11.but generally. Right is never very happy, but he is very alive. --

:31:12. > :31:22.Roddy is never very happy, but he is very alive. That is one way of

:31:23. > :31:25.looking at it. He also has his mother Morag standing on the

:31:26. > :31:35.touchline, keeping a close eye on what is going on. He had better move

:31:36. > :31:41.it. Just over the hour mark, Kyles 1-1 Newtonmore. Annie McRae on 16

:31:42. > :31:51.minutes. Duncan Kerr responding for Kyles. Bash Mac Danny MacRae.

:31:52. > :31:56.That is probably a decent reflection. Although Newtonmore had

:31:57. > :32:02.bags of possession in the first half, but couldn't convert. Kenny

:32:03. > :32:07.McDonald had to come off his line. The ball was hanging back, showing

:32:08. > :32:13.the force of the wind. Kenny had to come a lot further than he wanted

:32:14. > :32:17.to. He wanted to get it before it landed and cushion it down and

:32:18. > :32:22.knocked it away. It looks easy when you do it like that, but it's not

:32:23. > :32:30.easy. He is just so relaxed in there.

:32:31. > :32:50.It can give the attacking player and advantage, depending on how good he

:32:51. > :32:54.is at playing it in. It was April one. Zavaroni... That is an

:32:55. > :32:59.interesting one, Norman Campbell is clutching his thigh. -- it was a

:33:00. > :33:06.poor one. I don't think it was the tackle, I think it's the injury he

:33:07. > :33:10.is carrying. One of the injuries. He stopped on his left knee, and that

:33:11. > :33:18.is the one that is sore. It is scrapped anyway. He is definitely in

:33:19. > :33:27.trouble, Norman Campbell. Norman Campbell does not do lying down. It

:33:28. > :33:33.doesn't look good for him, you know. It would be easy for Norman to stay

:33:34. > :33:40.behind Zavaroni but he keeps on getting there before him. Just

:33:41. > :33:44.looking at PJ Macintosh's reaction, he is looking towards the bench

:33:45. > :33:50.already, it looks as if Norman is coming off... What implications does

:33:51. > :33:56.that have for the defence? Scott Campbell has played a lot this

:33:57. > :34:01.season, he is an old head. I would imagine Scott Campbell would come

:34:02. > :34:07.on, very much like-for-like. A great communicator, somebody who is

:34:08. > :34:15.brilliant on the pitch. I withdraw every previous remark about Norman

:34:16. > :34:21.Campbell's fallibility! An umbrella. And I do see some umbrellas, I see

:34:22. > :34:29.spots of rain on the commentary box window. I am disappointed. But the

:34:30. > :34:37.players might like it, it might cool things down a bit.

:34:38. > :34:48.Zavaroni kills it, turns, a chance for Kyles but Binnie stepped in with

:34:49. > :34:53.a beautiful challenge. It was just too high from Roddy MacDonald. A

:34:54. > :34:58.good tackle by Steven MacDonald. That is the hardest ball in shinty,

:34:59. > :35:05.Roddy pulled off at the back post and it was just too high. Roddy

:35:06. > :35:09.MacDonald has gone down now. A bit of a knock as he went down, maybe

:35:10. > :35:24.twisted something. They took the mouthguard out before

:35:25. > :35:30.they did anything else, interesting. I can understand why. They won't

:35:31. > :35:36.want to lose him for whatever reason. He's something of an icon.

:35:37. > :35:44.Watching Roddy going off would be a huge lift for the opposition. I

:35:45. > :35:49.don't see Roddy coming off. Doesn't look good but he might be able to

:35:50. > :35:59.run it off. I think he would be fine, run in circles for a wee

:36:00. > :36:17.while! Ever increasing circles. He's not going to go anywhere.

:36:18. > :36:34.All sorts of stuff going on there just now, roly-poly 's.

:36:35. > :36:41.Killed beautifully in midfield and dispatched. They are trying to

:36:42. > :36:50.stretch Norman Campbell, I suspect, bringing him into play as much as

:36:51. > :36:51.possible. The suspicion is he is just not going to last if they put

:36:52. > :37:05.him under pressure. Still an awful lot of shinty to be

:37:06. > :37:15.played in a match like this. We have seen these teams contest right down

:37:16. > :37:19.to the very last seconds. Roberto is sticking to his task but I would be

:37:20. > :37:24.inclined to change it and bring someone else on. Irvine, a good

:37:25. > :37:27.stop. A big shout someone else on. Irvine, a good

:37:28. > :37:31.might want to see that someone else on. Irvine, a good

:37:32. > :37:40.how he got his foot to the ball. A big shout for a penalty. Neither

:37:41. > :37:49.Cameron Norberg goal judge played attention to the claim. It was an

:37:50. > :37:57.interesting stop. He stopped it with his instep. Never a penalty. What do

:37:58. > :38:08.you think? It hit his instep, he was standing in the right place.

:38:09. > :38:14.Difficult to see from that angle. At speed... It's what I said before, it

:38:15. > :38:18.needs to be kicked. You need some movement of the fruit. When it's

:38:19. > :38:26.planted in the ground, it's absolutely safe.

:38:27. > :38:38.Danny MacRae. But a brilliant save, very fortunate it is still one -

:38:39. > :38:49.one. This is a better angle. Quick feet, but good feet.

:38:50. > :39:02.The pace in the legs of Irvine. He is sent flying by Cameron Binnie.

:39:03. > :39:07.All of a sudden, the crowd are sensing that this is the kind of

:39:08. > :39:15.turning point in the game, with 20 minutes to go, or thereabouts. A

:39:16. > :39:20.shake of the head, Grant Irving, it's just not coming off for him.

:39:21. > :39:25.This is a player who a year ago had a horrific injury to get over and he

:39:26. > :39:31.has had to play himself back into the team. It's great to see him

:39:32. > :39:41.back. Shaking his head there, but another defender had to come across

:39:42. > :39:44.and stop him. A mistake by Binnie. Norman Campbell makes another

:39:45. > :39:53.mistake. Steven MacDonald, as ever, tidies up. One of his great skills,

:39:54. > :39:57.his reading of the game. Binnie was out muscled for once, Roddy

:39:58. > :40:06.MacDonald had more time. Zavaroni was in. A good clearance by the

:40:07. > :40:14.central defender, Ackie MacRae. He did really well.

:40:15. > :40:23.That's the roly-poly I mentioned. For those of you of a vintage not

:40:24. > :40:50.aware of what the roly-poly was... Binnie was closed down. Kyles'

:40:51. > :40:54.forwards, working a bit harder. Thomas has not taken a step

:40:55. > :41:03.backwards against Cameron. 20 minutes to go. Just a hint that

:41:04. > :41:08.Newtonmore are feeling the pace. Kyles are stepping it up. An

:41:09. > :41:12.instruction to the Newtonmore team to push forward, they are lying a

:41:13. > :41:19.bit deep, as Kyles did in the first half. It's the same thing. Russell

:41:20. > :41:29.has the whole of the middle to himself. A chance for Kyles, it took

:41:30. > :41:36.a deflection. A good intervention from Steven MacDonald, because that

:41:37. > :41:39.could have beaten Ritchie on the far post. A good effort. It was

:41:40. > :41:51.Zavaroni. McLeod couldn't get it passed Norman

:41:52. > :42:03.Campbell. They're working macro men spare, but

:42:04. > :42:05.Ackie MacRae with another crucial intervention, taking it all the way.

:42:06. > :42:21.-- there were Kyles men spare. That is a wasted ball. Just a

:42:22. > :42:27.feeling that Kyles believe this is winnable. The two halfbacks, they

:42:28. > :42:37.can come out on the ball all the time. They can always get back on

:42:38. > :42:45.time. Kerr, pushing on upfront from midfield. He will keep doing that.

:42:46. > :42:50.Robbie McLeod on the far side has a fantastic engine, the Kyles number

:42:51. > :42:57.eight. Young Michael has done well against him. He is a really good

:42:58. > :43:03.player. Russell has certainly acquitted himself well, one of

:43:04. > :43:09.Newtonmore's emerging talents. That's not the first time I have

:43:10. > :43:11.seen Binnie pushing someone over. He's going to have to listen to

:43:12. > :43:34.Cameron... Not the first time, won't be the

:43:35. > :43:42.last. When all is said and done! He had the final say.

:43:43. > :43:58.Roddy MacDonald was fouled. Irvine is struggling. He has pulled

:43:59. > :44:18.something. He has gone down. It looks like just cramp. This is a

:44:19. > :44:23.player playing himself back in. He did the power worked in the first

:44:24. > :44:29.half. What would a pitch like this take out of your legs? You know what

:44:30. > :44:34.it's like to cover it. It's a good firm surface, better than most of

:44:35. > :44:44.them. I think Grant did so much work in the first half. They don't want

:44:45. > :44:48.him coming off, actually. Colin McDonald of Kyles is warming up

:44:49. > :44:55.below us. He has a nose for a goal on the big occasion. Might be a

:44:56. > :44:59.change they would want to make late on. They were all diving in. A

:45:00. > :45:18.chance for Kyles. My goodness! Kerr will not want to see this one

:45:19. > :45:27.again. Hangs at the back post. What a touch. Oh, my goodness. Drew, you

:45:28. > :45:34.could have put that one in yourself. Oh, dear. You have to give him

:45:35. > :45:43.credit, he gets in at the back post all the time. Great vision from

:45:44. > :45:50.Roddy to see the gap. You referred to the reach earlier, he has an

:45:51. > :45:56.enormous reach. They all dived in, they had to. He just saw his own

:45:57. > :46:08.player... No question of offside. He didn't have much time to hit

:46:09. > :46:12.that, he couldn't afford to let it go out of the box. He seemed to be

:46:13. > :46:23.leaning back. The combination was all wrong.

:46:24. > :46:35.Just under a quarter of an hour left of this gripping encounter. A lovely

:46:36. > :46:39.touch from Irvine. Some great stick work on show today, although it has

:46:40. > :46:48.been inconsistent. A high tackle from Binnie. Cameron let it go. He

:46:49. > :46:59.saw the advantage to Kyles. The shot was just wide.

:47:00. > :47:07.Cameron is insisting they both swung equally, so he has left it at that.

:47:08. > :47:14.We have a Kyles substitution coming. They won't beat the hit out, that

:47:15. > :47:22.would be taken first. That is a massive hit. The perfect place to

:47:23. > :47:32.put it, but Danny MacRae was wondering. We will now get the

:47:33. > :47:38.change. So we have Colin McDonald coming on, number 14. Roberto

:47:39. > :47:49.Zavaroni, looking a wee bit perplexed that he is having to go

:47:50. > :47:53.off. Quite odd. Sport is a bit about opinions, but they have put a

:47:54. > :48:01.strongman against him and now a fast person. Staying away from his

:48:02. > :48:06.physicality. I have seen Calum McConnell make some crucial

:48:07. > :48:11.interventions on his day. He is a big strong lad. I will tell you in

:48:12. > :48:18.20 minutes. A big shout for a penalty. Kenny McDonald, down at his

:48:19. > :48:26.post. The coolest man in town stops this one. What do you think? Edge of

:48:27. > :48:34.the box? Inside the box? Could have been a penalty. That's the second

:48:35. > :48:36.time Kenny McDonald... The splits! He would be feeling that tomorrow

:48:37. > :48:51.morning. Safely dispatched. The referee has a

:48:52. > :48:55.referee as a goal judge, so he has a confident person to give the

:48:56. > :49:03.decision. The challenge was clearly inside the box, well, inside the

:49:04. > :49:11.circle. A good tackle. Kyles get the ball away. McLeod, all the way in

:49:12. > :49:27.from left-wing centre to the opposite side of the field. The old

:49:28. > :49:33.Fox, Norman. Roddy was away. A masterclass in defence from Norman

:49:34. > :49:35.Campbell. He clearly isn't 100% fit, but still out thought the opposition

:49:36. > :49:45.there. Newtonmore have a man down in

:49:46. > :49:50.midfield, Scott Chisholm, the skipper. Binnie has now taken a

:49:51. > :49:57.knock. It's at times like these that cup finals are won and lost. The

:49:58. > :50:03.last few tackles, in my opinion Calum has given away three fouls.

:50:04. > :50:08.Needs to settle down a bit. Roddy MacDonald made a nuisance of

:50:09. > :50:17.himself. I think that was going wide. But Ritchie couldn't take any

:50:18. > :50:19.chances. He has only conceded a corner, at the end of the day. Well

:50:20. > :50:30.wide. Cameron is having a look at Binnie,

:50:31. > :50:43.who has gone down in the middle of the field. He has taken a hefty one.

:50:44. > :50:50.Might be the time for Scott Campbell to make an appearance now. They are

:50:51. > :50:53.beginning to creep, aren't they? A few of them going down in the

:50:54. > :51:06.Newtonmore defence. Ash max beginning to creak. With the rolling

:51:07. > :51:17.subs, you are fortunate. Gives them the option. Scott Campbell is indeed

:51:18. > :51:27.stripping off. Big strong player. Binnie has done so well. In the last

:51:28. > :51:33.five minutes, he may be tired. You would want that at halfback. Could

:51:34. > :51:38.help you out occasionally. And I for the ball. Absolutely! -- an eye for

:51:39. > :51:49.the ball. I suspect Roddy MacDonald was taken

:51:50. > :51:56.out by his own man. The chance was wasted again. I think Roddy

:51:57. > :52:04.MacDonald took a sore one from his own forwards there. He is limping a

:52:05. > :52:12.wee bit. He would be disappointed. I don't know who Newtonmore are going

:52:13. > :52:19.to... He did take a sore one. You don't want to be taking them from

:52:20. > :52:24.your own men. End to end now. Both teams, I am certain, will want to

:52:25. > :52:30.avoid the prospect of extra time, never mind anything beyond that.

:52:31. > :52:37.It's going to be for brave men to decide the outcome of this, in less

:52:38. > :52:40.than ten minutes. If Cameron does what he did at the end of the first

:52:41. > :52:45.half, it could be less than five minutes! If you were not with us,

:52:46. > :52:55.our referee decided the game was finished at 40 minutes. Fraser

:52:56. > :52:58.MacIntosh, it took a hefty deflection. One thing I would say

:52:59. > :53:03.about the Newtonmore forward line, they have guys who can score for

:53:04. > :53:10.fun. They are confident around each other as well. Laying the ball off

:53:11. > :53:11.to each other. They will hold of opponents and let other people

:53:12. > :53:24.shoot. Creating space for others. Out to the touchline. Newtonmore

:53:25. > :53:36.have it again. A poor effort. You would want that

:53:37. > :53:58.going into the penalty area. Oh, dear. Cameron Binnie, this time,

:53:59. > :54:09.I suspect... He could be in trouble with the referee. What do you make

:54:10. > :54:16.of this? I am only going to speak to you once. There is an issue there

:54:17. > :54:23.for me that the number ten didn't make any effort to block it. Self

:54:24. > :54:29.defence and intimidation... Thomas is not defending himself, Cameron is

:54:30. > :54:37.trying to intimidate him. For me, that is not a foul. Had he put his

:54:38. > :54:42.stick in... He didn't know where the ball is. Thomas did well to stand up

:54:43. > :54:43.to that. Layers are always taught never to turn their back on the

:54:44. > :55:15.ball. -- players. OK, we are down to five minutes of

:55:16. > :55:18.regular time. The options are half an hour of extra time followed by

:55:19. > :55:29.penalties followed by sudden death. Which we had in the Camanachd Cup

:55:30. > :55:38.semifinal. Nobody wants that. A good round of applause for the injured

:55:39. > :55:42.party. Irvine sends one in. How often have we seen Kyles snatch

:55:43. > :55:55.something at the very end, in the last five minutes? This is when they

:55:56. > :56:01.are there mostly -- their most lethal. The history of Kyles and cup

:56:02. > :56:12.finals. Newtonmore need a couple of players

:56:13. > :56:17.to step up to the plate to see them through this. To get the ball to one

:56:18. > :56:31.of the MacIntoshes, perhaps. Danny MacRae has had a frustrating

:56:32. > :56:39.second half. He has not had the ball at all. It needs to be more central

:56:40. > :56:43.because he is not going to go down the channels for it. That is beyond

:56:44. > :56:51.the circle again. Danny MacRae turned it inside to

:56:52. > :57:29.Fraser MacIntosh. love Ob a n on a day like this. A

:57:30. > :57:42.great setting. I always enjoy coming down here. You tend to get really

:57:43. > :57:51.good games. The shot was wasted. I expected a high-scoring game. Early

:57:52. > :57:55.on, we had an exhibition... Who would you make as man of the match

:57:56. > :58:03.at the moment? Nobody has really shone, for me. I like the way Irvine

:58:04. > :58:08.has played. His first half was excellent, second-half a bit quiet.

:58:09. > :58:18.If he was to get a goal, do something more...

:58:19. > :58:24.Kenny McDonald and Ritchie, I am sure, will be pushing for the man of

:58:25. > :58:32.the match. Crucial interventions in the first half.

:58:33. > :58:47.Kenny McDonald, philosophical as ever.

:58:48. > :58:57.Glen MacIntosh with the touch and Kenny McDonald... Maybe that has

:58:58. > :59:04.clinched it for him. A great save. That is his wife, Morag. Approving.

:59:05. > :59:11.The good stop. Maybe just going past. No, I think it's on target. He

:59:12. > :59:16.would normally deal with that himself, but that is just Kenny. I

:59:17. > :59:23.thought that was just one for the cameras, but fair play, it might

:59:24. > :59:34.have sneaked in. An important touch from Ian McDonald. Well, you would

:59:35. > :59:41.want to be near to the goal with only a few minutes remaining. This

:59:42. > :59:45.second-half has flown in. Much better than the first-half. Danny

:59:46. > :00:02.MacRae with the chance for Newtonmore. MacDonald had to give

:00:03. > :00:06.the foul away. It is a brave tackle. Is this too close to the goal to

:00:07. > :00:16.create something? No, I don't think so. McIntosh has it. Big shout for

:00:17. > :00:34.offside. 30 seconds left. It will not be

:00:35. > :00:46.sorted, will it? I don't think so. We might have a bit of injury time.

:00:47. > :01:04.We could get four minutes of extra time.

:01:05. > :01:21.Ackie MacRae has had a great second half.

:01:22. > :01:30.Thomas Whyte needs to come off. He is just at pedestrian at the moment.

:01:31. > :01:42.So, 1-1 in the MacAulay Cup Final. At the very worst, he would want the

:01:43. > :02:06.goalkeeper to need to make a save. We'll Kyles Ruth a fantastic chance

:02:07. > :02:20.that they had? Here is Glen MacIntosh. The last chance for

:02:21. > :02:30.Kyles, perhaps. The ball is with Newtonmore. This could be the last

:02:31. > :02:39.action of regulation time. Then, 30 minutes of end-to-end stuff. Then,

:02:40. > :02:54.five penalties each. I remember 17 penalties in extra time. Yes! It was

:02:55. > :03:00.a lot. That was Oban Camanachd against Fort William. I scored the

:03:01. > :03:29.winning penalty. It was our first national title. That was nowhere

:03:30. > :03:35.near it. Again, just allowed the goalkeeper to make the mistake. They

:03:36. > :03:43.will play this one as far as they can up the field. The referee still

:03:44. > :03:48.letting play go on. Well into three minutes. Great tackle by Ian

:03:49. > :04:15.McDonald. Great save great save by Kenny

:04:16. > :04:19.McDonald. He is my man of match. I think the older you get, the slower

:04:20. > :04:34.your feet get, that he has been fantastic today. Kyles needs to get

:04:35. > :04:42.this away. Can Whyte beat the defender? He just took too long.

:04:43. > :04:49.Ackie MacRae also took too long there.

:04:50. > :05:07.Good defending. The foul. That has been a good matchup. He knew he was

:05:08. > :05:29.away, though. Is Deke Cameron playing the next

:05:30. > :05:38.called the winner? That is a foul. That is a silly foul to give away.

:05:39. > :05:49.Cameron Binnie king sent back. He will head this as far as he can.

:05:50. > :06:00.Didn't make a good contact on that. Great intervention by Ian McDonald.

:06:01. > :06:12.Fraser MacIntosh was free behind him. Roddy McDonald is a bit off the

:06:13. > :06:26.pace. Whyte should be picking that up but he is just not moving well.

:06:27. > :06:33.Ian McDonald has made a couple of really big interventions in the last

:06:34. > :06:36.couple of minutes. I was disappointed with him in the

:06:37. > :06:42.first-half. He is a top quality player. He has everything. He has

:06:43. > :06:50.been a Man of the Match in an international. I seem to remember

:06:51. > :07:00.presenting him with a medal. Roddy McDonald, do you have what it

:07:01. > :07:21.takes? Six minutes of extra time have been played.

:07:22. > :07:45.Roddy McDonald is looking for a substitution.

:07:46. > :07:57.Deke Cameron has decided that enough is enough. We have extra time at the

:07:58. > :08:09.MacAulay Cup Final. I can see a flurry of changes here.

:08:10. > :08:23.A number 19 for Kyles is coming on. Sandy Mackenzie, I think. Grant

:08:24. > :08:32.Irvine has cramp. I think Thomas Whyte will come off. They have a

:08:33. > :08:38.player called Leighton read, he is very good.

:08:39. > :08:54.So, there is discord, 1-1. Let's join Jonathan.

:08:55. > :08:57.This is a hugely intriguing match. The first-half was all about

:08:58. > :09:04.Newtonmore, the second half was all about Kyles. The goal for Dunky Kerr

:09:05. > :09:11.really brought them back into the match. And they deserved that goal.

:09:12. > :09:17.In the second half, Kyles has been the better team, no doubt about it.

:09:18. > :09:26.It was so quick. It was in the net almost before where'd you saw where

:09:27. > :09:30.the ball was. He lost Cameron Binnie and it was just in the back of the

:09:31. > :09:37.net. At that point, Kyles had awoken. The game looked like it was

:09:38. > :09:46.going to completely and utterly change. You could see the passion

:09:47. > :09:51.there from Kyles Athletic. Dunky Kerr had the chance to win this

:09:52. > :09:55.match and he fluffed it. He had a glorious chance, probably easier

:09:56. > :10:03.than the goal he got. A glorious chance. He would have put your house

:10:04. > :10:10.on him scoring that. You could see the anguish. He knows that was the

:10:11. > :10:21.chance to win the MacAulay Cup. He is brilliant. Brilliant at coming

:10:22. > :10:27.onto balls like that. There is Kenny McDonald. That is how he usually is,

:10:28. > :10:36.is he just trying to calm his nerves? Yes, just a cigarette to

:10:37. > :10:48.calm him down. He is Hugh Dan MacLennan's Man of the Match. I

:10:49. > :10:56.would agree with that. He is in his 50s. Some of these saves, he has had

:10:57. > :11:04.to react so quickly. With his feet here. It happens in a flash. To

:11:05. > :11:09.create the stops at the post. That is really difficult. At half-time,

:11:10. > :11:16.we did not expect much from Kyles Athletic. What can we possibly

:11:17. > :11:26.expect at extra time? I am not sure where we go. Newtonmore have had a

:11:27. > :11:35.few injuries. Some incredible recoveries. Norman Campbell, it

:11:36. > :11:39.looked like his match was over. He has played a hugely important part

:11:40. > :11:43.in this match. When Norman went down at that injury I did not think he

:11:44. > :11:47.would go off, he would play with a broken leg. In terms of how this

:11:48. > :11:54.will finish, I am going to put you on the spot. I am going to stick

:11:55. > :11:57.with my initial choice, Newtonmore. It is promising to be a hugely

:11:58. > :12:16.interesting period of extra time. We have 30 minutes minimum of extra

:12:17. > :12:38.time. Deke Cameron is referee. Newtonmore is in the hoops.

:12:39. > :12:52.We are here because there was an absolutely fantastic chance missed

:12:53. > :13:04.for Kyles. Yes, unfortunately, Dunky Kerr just smashed it wide.

:13:05. > :13:20.Calum Stewart is on for a Newtonmore. Thomas Whyte has gone

:13:21. > :13:26.off. It looks like Robinson is back on, as well. Sandy McKenzie is the

:13:27. > :13:47.substitute for Kyles. Evan Menzies has gone off for

:13:48. > :13:53.Newtonmore. I'm surprised Paul MacArthur has gone off. I didn't

:13:54. > :14:00.think he was slowing down. I would have put money on Paul MacArthur

:14:01. > :14:12.myself. I think he would want to take a penalty as well, if it goes

:14:13. > :14:20.to that stage. I am surprised that Evan Menzies went off, as well. You

:14:21. > :14:29.need the players on the field at the last minute to be able to take the

:14:30. > :14:35.penalties. So, 15 minutes each time in extra time, then the dreaded

:14:36. > :14:43.penalties. You would know that if you were watching the Camanachd Cup

:14:44. > :14:52.semifinals. A little bit of actors dine on the right-hand side here.

:14:53. > :14:55.Some players sharing pleasantries. It has been a good-natured game

:14:56. > :14:58.against two of the great clubs in shinty. They have great respect for

:14:59. > :15:29.each other. They take no prisoners. Tiredness is now a fact for both

:15:30. > :15:43.sides. Normally the first thing that goes is the decision-making when you

:15:44. > :15:53.get tired. Zachary has had a good game. Has not done much wrong.

:15:54. > :15:59.Roddy McDonald could still have a big say in this game. Calum

:16:00. > :16:27.MacDonald. That was asking a lot at this

:16:28. > :16:39.stage. You wouldn't want to be stretching your legs down into the

:16:40. > :16:52.corner. Good play again thereby Vinnie.

:16:53. > :17:05.No challenge on that role from Kyles. The midfield has been very

:17:06. > :17:11.underused in this match. You could have grown potatoes therefrom much

:17:12. > :17:27.of the game. Lovely touch, good play. An appalling final ball.

:17:28. > :17:34.Calum Miller has had a good game. He has been out of the game for six

:17:35. > :17:44.weeks, but he has read the game well, tackled well.

:17:45. > :17:53.That is tiredness, I expect. I don't know if he is praying, but he

:17:54. > :18:01.certainly has enough to think about. He is running out of options.

:18:02. > :18:16.I expect he is hoping that he will be able to get a ball to Danny McRae

:18:17. > :18:18.in a bit of space. This space will become bigger as legs get more

:18:19. > :18:32.tired. He would leave Danny McRae on the

:18:33. > :18:47.field, even if he was on crutches, wouldn't you? Absolutely.

:18:48. > :18:55.Robinson with a good strong challenge. Dunky Kerr, I don't know

:18:56. > :19:02.where he gets his energy from, but he has raised the pace. Ackie

:19:03. > :19:18.MacRae, as we said earlier, has grown in stature.

:19:19. > :19:35.Nothing in that. Referee is letting the play go on.

:19:36. > :19:48.The hitting is getting shorter as the players get more tired. Well,

:19:49. > :20:02.they might be tired, but they are not giving up. It is bad to see

:20:03. > :20:03.Macintosh getting annoyed for Kyles, he tends to play better when he gets

:20:04. > :20:45.annoyed. He took a great decision they're not

:20:46. > :21:06.to swing. Fair play to him, he did not follow through.

:21:07. > :21:16.Michael Russell is just getting more tired. The wing centres for Kyles

:21:17. > :21:24.are just getting a bit more freedom. Down to Jonathan. PJ, what is the

:21:25. > :21:29.key to bit three? It is he wants it most. Both teams are getting tired.

:21:30. > :21:44.It will come down to desire and heart. Thanks, PJ. Dying to heart,

:21:45. > :21:50.the legs, the lungs, everything. We knew Robinson can score the winning

:21:51. > :22:14.goal because he has done it in a fit -- in a Camanachd Cup Cup Final.

:22:15. > :22:22.advantage is with Dunky Kerr. That is a deflection. I am not sure if it

:22:23. > :22:32.was the keeper. Classic Dunky Kerr. Hitting the ball on the run. That is

:22:33. > :22:37.a great save by Michael Ritchie. That has Newtonmore in the, simple

:22:38. > :22:48.as that. I think the next goal will be the winner.

:22:49. > :23:05.Robinson has tidied up the middle of the field since he came back on.

:23:06. > :23:16.Dunky Kerr tends to hit the ball very quickly, instinctively. When he

:23:17. > :23:22.had that last chance, he had to do that because he had nobody else

:23:23. > :23:33.inside him. Still able to raise a smile. Well, sometimes able to raise

:23:34. > :23:47.a smile! He does get a bit tense at times. Someone go and pick up our

:23:48. > :23:53.cameraman, please. Cameron Binnie is not giving an inch. Not even

:23:54. > :24:01.blowing, actually. He has come to this remarkably well. All the

:24:02. > :24:11.players have had a great attitude today.

:24:12. > :24:26.That has just Edinburgh Glen MacIntosh.

:24:27. > :24:37.Dunky Kerr is in the middle, there is an extra man. Kyles have an extra

:24:38. > :24:50.man. Who else but Cameron Binnie steps in this?

:24:51. > :25:14.Cameron Binnie has lost this one, though. A couple of minutes left. PJ

:25:15. > :25:39.is perplexed. The referee is clear it is Kyles's ball.

:25:40. > :25:55.Kyles are edging forward. Cameron Binnie may regret that foul. It is

:25:56. > :26:01.in a dangerous area for Kyles to create something. Not even close.

:26:02. > :26:04.That is a tired effort. Clever play by Newtonmore.

:26:05. > :26:18.That is a tired effort. Clever play by Danny McRae. Chance for

:26:19. > :26:24.Newtonmore. Glen MacIntosh of all people you would expect to put that

:26:25. > :26:30.on the target. He has scored four goals so far in this competition. He

:26:31. > :26:35.has had two chances in this game, both over the bar. Not like him. I

:26:36. > :26:38.think it was slightly off-balance there. He had room, time and the

:26:39. > :26:52.target at his mercy. Robinson has been immense in extra

:26:53. > :27:26.time. This time referee is absolutely spot

:27:27. > :27:31.on. That is the 15 minutes of the first period of extra time gone. I

:27:32. > :27:46.think they will be turning around very, very quick leave. I think that

:27:47. > :27:53.is what the referee once, anyway. -- wants.

:27:54. > :28:00.I am joined by Jimmy Gow. A good couple of chances in extra time

:28:01. > :28:06.there. Glenn is normally a lovely striker of the ball but it was a bad

:28:07. > :28:16.shot, I'm afraid. A great effort by Dunky Kerr. Well stopped by Michael

:28:17. > :28:28.Ritchie. It was a great effort. I don't think Michael really knew

:28:29. > :28:33.where it was going. Very fortunate. Any the wiser as to how this match

:28:34. > :28:46.will finish? No! Tiredness will creep in. Can you see one player in

:28:47. > :28:59.particular stepping up to the plate? You have to say, in this

:29:00. > :29:03.extra time period, maybe Roddy McDonald could do something, he

:29:04. > :29:10.hasn't done very much. The second period of extra time

:29:11. > :29:18.beckons. The referee, Deke Cameron, gets it going again. Kyles are

:29:19. > :29:27.attacking the golf course and, to our right. Newtonmore are attacking

:29:28. > :29:29.the town end. It is 1-1 after 90 minutes of regulation time and the

:29:30. > :30:09.first 15 minutes of extra time. mistake. It could be anything. We

:30:10. > :30:13.have had goals aplenty in these finals over the years. Few and far

:30:14. > :30:16.between today, partly because of good goalkeeping. The goal hasn't

:30:17. > :30:30.been threatened that much. Took one on the back of the legs,

:30:31. > :30:36.which irritated him into sending the ball the length of the field. As the

:30:37. > :30:48.sun comes out, the shadows lengthen. A glorious day. Not a

:30:49. > :30:53.clever ball but Kyles got away with it. Space for Roddy MacDonald and

:30:54. > :31:05.Kyles had an extra man. He was taken out. That is where you want Roddy,

:31:06. > :31:16.getting the ball and gliding on. REFEREE: Verbal warning. A shake of

:31:17. > :31:27.the hands. But it was a sore one. He is up and running. Again, a tired

:31:28. > :31:30.effort. James Perlich is enquiring of his players if they are all

:31:31. > :31:34.right. So now we have to start thinking about who is going to be on

:31:35. > :31:44.the pitch at the end of the game. Because that would be penalties.

:31:45. > :31:50.My understanding is the penalties would be on our left hand side, at

:31:51. > :31:57.the town end, if we need to take them.

:31:58. > :32:01.I am sure everybody, everybody, hopes the game will finish before

:32:02. > :32:17.then with a result. Roddy MacDonald found Zavaroni at

:32:18. > :32:24.pace. He took the option of going back in but he overran Roddy

:32:25. > :32:37.MacDonald. Lovely skill from Donald Ervin. -- Irvine. That was

:32:38. > :32:43.disappointing. Having done all the hard work, he won't be too happy

:32:44. > :32:54.with that. A good attacking that form wasted. -- platform wasted. The

:32:55. > :32:59.sun is in the eyes at the moment. I am not sure it would be a factor,

:33:00. > :33:07.but it could be. If there was a long shot. Ritchie has a cap on in the

:33:08. > :33:09.Newtonmore goal. At the other end, Kenny McDonald has his back to the

:33:10. > :33:25.sun at the moment. Well, worth a dig. His third chance

:33:26. > :33:32.of the game. This is all about instinct, isn't it? The ball came to

:33:33. > :33:39.him and he just turned. He is not even seeing that, is he? Just came

:33:40. > :33:42.across in front of the defender. Another massive rocket from Kenny

:33:43. > :33:52.McDonald, almost two thirds of the length of this huge pitch. Norman

:33:53. > :34:01.Campbell, just coming up against two players. This is the prize. The

:34:02. > :34:08.trophy donated by Flora McCauley in 1947. The first winners were

:34:09. > :34:12.Newtonmore. They have not exactly covered themselves in glory in this

:34:13. > :34:21.competition. It has been a bit of a bogey for them. They haven't won it

:34:22. > :34:26.since 1986. 28 years, that's a long wait. I don't believe that. I don't

:34:27. > :34:28.think they can believe it themselves. Today would be a good

:34:29. > :34:43.day to lay that bogey to rest. The players with their hands up to

:34:44. > :34:49.their faces, looking back up towards the town end. The players are

:34:50. > :35:02.struggling, there is no way the goalie is not struggling.

:35:03. > :35:12.Oh, well taken, oh it's in! , Ritchie came again. That's a

:35:13. > :35:18.match-winning, possibly a match-winning save. You do not want

:35:19. > :35:29.to be under this kind of pressure, a ball dropping like this. Very

:35:30. > :35:37.difficult, didn't read it. It seemed to take forever to come down. Roddy

:35:38. > :35:47.MacDonald just couldn't get enough on it to steer it into the net.

:35:48. > :35:55.Roddy MacDonald turned inside. He just walked into that one. This

:35:56. > :36:01.could be another dental job. Caught him on the side of the air that

:36:02. > :36:17.time, not so bad. Just the tail end of the swing. The well-known shinty

:36:18. > :36:20.Sinn T diagnosis: He's all right! I think he is. Shake of the head, gum

:36:21. > :36:33.shield in and off we go. The Newtonmore bench were furious,

:36:34. > :36:45.they want their attackers to do some defending here. I am convinced that

:36:46. > :36:56.one goal would do. Irvine is not going to catch that. We have been

:36:57. > :37:01.stuck down this end a wee while now. The flags are going, so I suspect

:37:02. > :37:06.the breeze has had more of an effect than we would guess. It's a wide

:37:07. > :37:24.open space. A good tackle by Fraser MacIntosh

:37:25. > :37:29.but he didn't get enough on it. A big part of the game, just getting

:37:30. > :37:31.the ball up to the other end. That's all you want to do, hoping

:37:32. > :37:55.for a mistake. That's a great stop. Oh! Goal!

:37:56. > :38:01.Fraser MacIntosh. Well, Fraser MacIntosh may well have won the cup

:38:02. > :38:08.for Newtonmore. A tremendous finish. It's that dangerous ball

:38:09. > :38:13.over the top. Although Coley did well, the rest of them fell down.

:38:14. > :38:19.Just moved him out of the way and let Fraser take the shot. Good play.

:38:20. > :38:28.There was nothing Kenny McDonald could do about it. Nothing he could

:38:29. > :38:38.do about it. We have our third goal. Kyles 1-2 Newtonmore.

:38:39. > :38:58.Keep your eye on the clock. The crucial count now is 30 minutes.

:38:59. > :39:02.Just about five and a bit, perhaps... If there's injury time.

:39:03. > :39:12.Newtonmore are going to make another change. Mullander. He has played a

:39:13. > :39:19.lot for the first team this year. He has done OK. A fresh pair of legs.

:39:20. > :39:28.The important thing now is Newtonmore are ahead. One goal will

:39:29. > :39:32.do, that's always the case. The best place to have the ball is out this

:39:33. > :39:41.end, Newtonmore can just keep it up here. Just pop it in the corner, to

:39:42. > :39:47.be honest. Mullander, getting the wind up on the touchline, being told

:39:48. > :39:55.what to do. This is when it gets edgy. We are verging on a decision.

:39:56. > :39:59.I have to say, I am relieved we might not be getting penalties,

:40:00. > :40:02.because it's just such a difficult way to settle a match. There might

:40:03. > :40:20.be some injury time. A couple of guys going down. Kyles

:40:21. > :40:26.players. Fair play to Jamie, he has done a great shift. He has turned

:40:27. > :40:33.the second period of extra time around.

:40:34. > :40:44.The corner was driven low and hard this time.

:40:45. > :40:55.Fraser MacIntosh can call on an extensive lineage. A little bit of

:40:56. > :41:04.afters there. A hefty challenge. Michael Russell, just frustration. I

:41:05. > :41:12.think we are going to have the first booking of the game. Yes, stupid by

:41:13. > :41:24.David Zavaroni. He has conceded a foul. David Zavaroni is going into

:41:25. > :41:28.the referee's book. It's been played in great spirits, it's unfortunate

:41:29. > :41:41.that at the end of the day we have had to have a booking. Just

:41:42. > :41:48.frustration. They are as well losing another goal as not getting on at

:41:49. > :41:53.the other end. The clock is running and Newtonmore will know how to run

:41:54. > :42:00.it down. It needs to get up the other end if you have anything to do

:42:01. > :42:06.with Kyles. A despairing lunge on that one.

:42:07. > :42:27.Just the right place for it, pop it in the corner. It all helps to eat

:42:28. > :42:32.up the clock. They can regroup, get their shape back. Mullander, coming

:42:33. > :42:40.on. The goal-scorer Fraser MacIntosh is coming off. That could be the

:42:41. > :42:46.winner. Could be the man who has laid a 28 year bogey. I suspect his

:42:47. > :42:57.father might have been in the team that won it. Probably. Ken

:42:58. > :43:05.MacIntosh. We will have everyone scurrying for the record books.

:43:06. > :43:13.Could be wrong. My apologies to Ken if I am ageing him.

:43:14. > :43:22.We are in the final minute, perchance, of extra time.

:43:23. > :43:30.Kyles are throwing everything at it. The kitchen sink. Norman MacDonald

:43:31. > :43:35.has asked everyone to go up. They have left two men in their own half,

:43:36. > :43:42.and Kenny McDonald. They might as well lose 3-1. This is the danger.

:43:43. > :43:50.Irvine has to put it on the goal. Deflection, corner. 30 seconds left.

:43:51. > :43:54.They have done it before. It wouldn't surprise you if they pull

:43:55. > :44:05.something out of the bag. Something lucky.

:44:06. > :44:12.It's nowhere at the moment, it's going to go rocketing back into the

:44:13. > :44:15.Newtonmore defence. Well closed down by Mullander. He did a good job

:44:16. > :44:34.keeping it in play. Roddy MacDonald was onto it. Chips

:44:35. > :44:41.it in, and it is past the post. Deke Cameron knows, I suspect, it's all

:44:42. > :44:49.over. It could be one hit out and that will be it. It has been a good

:44:50. > :44:55.game. The winner is the team that scores most goals. More goals, I

:44:56. > :45:15.suppose. Time for Newtonmore to launch one

:45:16. > :45:23.more attack. Kenny McDonald, out he comes. They have to get this to the

:45:24. > :45:28.other end of the pitch. Binnie against Roddy MacDonald.

:45:29. > :45:48.Danny MacRae sends it into the corner. Mullander fires it across.

:45:49. > :45:54.Still a minute and a half over. Deke Cameron looks at his watch. Danny

:45:55. > :46:02.MacRae fires it wide. Deke Cameron is still not blowing.

:46:03. > :46:10.Newtonmore will make another quick change. To kill some time.

:46:11. > :46:14.Just an effort to make sure the clock is going down. Another Kyles

:46:15. > :46:22.player down injured. It looks like Ian McDonald, yes, it

:46:23. > :46:42.is. He is done for, I think. Deke Cameron... Fraser MacIntosh has

:46:43. > :46:51.done the business. It looks as if he has made a little bit of history for

:46:52. > :46:59.himself and for the club. Laying the bogey.

:47:00. > :47:19.This could be the last effort. FULL-TIME WHISTLE

:47:20. > :47:27.It is all over! Newtonmore have laid a 28 year bogey

:47:28. > :47:36.to rest at long last, earning the 2014 MacAulay Cup. Deservedly so. I

:47:37. > :47:43.think it was. The first half, they had a lot of chances. Kyles came

:47:44. > :47:49.back, just didn't have enough. They managed to manufacture the last

:47:50. > :47:54.goal. Dunky Kerr will not want to be minded, but there were chances at

:47:55. > :47:57.both ends. The biggest chance, the single most important element of the

:47:58. > :48:03.game was that missed chance when Kyles could have changed the course

:48:04. > :48:09.of the game. Time inside the box, he smashed it wide. Ritchie had a few

:48:10. > :48:13.stops as well. From Roddy, two chances he had in the whole game.

:48:14. > :48:20.Both goalkeepers were good today, which is nice. Tremendous scenes

:48:21. > :48:27.here. Let's see if Jonathan is surviving in the middle of all this

:48:28. > :48:31.celebration. Thank you very much, I am joined by Fraser MacIntosh, the

:48:32. > :48:32.man of the moment. You have won this match for Newtonmore,

:48:33. > :48:35.man of the moment. You have won this match the first time they have on

:48:36. > :48:42.the MacAulay Cup in 28 years, how does that feel? It feels great, I

:48:43. > :48:45.wasn't born the last time we won it. Great to score the winning goal, but

:48:46. > :48:51.you never think it is going to happen. Luckily it went informally.

:48:52. > :48:55.Let's have a look, talk us through it.

:48:56. > :49:02.happen. Luckily it went informally. Let's have a -- it went in. As soon

:49:03. > :49:08.as it went in, I was just relieved. If you hit it in the air, he will

:49:09. > :49:13.just pluck it out. It just scrambled in the bottom corner, they all

:49:14. > :49:19.count. Kenny McDonald had pulled off several saves, did you think it was

:49:20. > :49:24.heading for penalties? I did. Both teams had kind of settled for

:49:25. > :49:29.penalties, but thankfully no, because we had a penalty shoot out

:49:30. > :49:33.earlier this year and it didn't go well. Many congratulations, the

:49:34. > :49:42.trophy celebration awaits you. Cheers. It was a fantastic goal to

:49:43. > :49:46.win the match, Jimmy. It looked like penalties would be the thing, but

:49:47. > :49:53.what a strike. It was great for Fraser to get back with that, his

:49:54. > :49:57.first game and a fairy tale ending. Did you think it was going to be

:49:58. > :50:04.penalties? It was looking like penalties. It is massive for

:50:05. > :50:09.Newtonmore. 1986 the last time they won the MacAulay Cup. 28 years on,

:50:10. > :50:15.finally they do it again, what does it mean? It will mean the world to

:50:16. > :50:20.them, I am happy for Newtonmore. 28 years is a long wait. They are a

:50:21. > :50:24.good team, they have been very good over the years. We thought they

:50:25. > :50:27.might tire in extra time, because guys were getting sprayed on the

:50:28. > :50:32.pitch, it looked like the match was over and yet they came back time and

:50:33. > :50:39.again. They were heroes at the back, some fantastic tackles. The

:50:40. > :50:51.trophy celebration is just about to happen, back to Hugh Dan MacLennan

:50:52. > :50:59.for the presentation. An elegant tribute to Newtonmore. And he is

:51:00. > :51:03.perfectly right. It has been a huge gap in Newtonmore's history that

:51:04. > :51:07.they have not been able to exist trophy up, but now they have done

:51:08. > :51:18.it. They can put it to do that now and forget about it. It was a very

:51:19. > :51:25.close game. It was a scrappy game at times. It had its moments. Very

:51:26. > :51:32.great goalkeeping from both ends of the pitch. A fantastic scene always

:51:33. > :51:43.to see the presentation here, the way it is conducted. It is Fraser

:51:44. > :51:49.Ingalls, as President of the MacAulay Association who is normally

:51:50. > :52:04.in charge for the BBC. Taking a day off. I think PJ deserves a bit of

:52:05. > :52:22.credit. He put in an awful lot of tackles. The captain, Scott

:52:23. > :52:28.Chisholm, get the winner's black silver winner's stick. Cameron

:52:29. > :52:39.Finney, who was outstanding, I thought. McRae. Stephen McDonnell.

:52:40. > :52:45.MacArthur. Jamie Robertson. I think he showed a lot of heart. He touched

:52:46. > :52:50.on the fact that the team that wanted it the most would win it. I

:52:51. > :53:00.think they wanted it more. It was a small margin but maybe that 28 year

:53:01. > :53:04.gap is the reason they won. This is the man who will take it home

:53:05. > :53:11.tonight. This is the winning captain. Scott Chisholm of

:53:12. > :53:25.Newtonmore. He accepts the MacAulay Cup for 2014. From Douglas Cooper,

:53:26. > :53:26.and the celebrations can begin because it is a hugely

:53:27. > :53:35.and the celebrations can begin because it is a important night,

:53:36. > :53:40.this, for Newtonmore. A great game. It was a great afternoon here and I

:53:41. > :53:45.leave you in the very capable hands of Jason Sutherland.

:53:46. > :53:51.STUDIO: It has been an historic afternoon for Newtonmore. They

:53:52. > :53:58.finally get their hands again on the MacAulay Cup. You'd celebrations

:53:59. > :54:04.tonight. Another cup final soon. But today it is all about Newtonmore.

:54:05. > :54:08.They finally have their revenge. It has been a great afternoon of

:54:09. > :54:12.Shinji. Thank you for joining us. Until next time, goodbye. --

:54:13. > :54:50.afternoon of shinty. Now, later than scheduled because of

:54:51. > :54:59.that exciting final of the MacAulay Cup, it is Sportscene.

:55:00. > :55:17.Because of that extra time in the shinty, it is less of us. It means

:55:18. > :55:21.we can start with a classified round-up.