:00:46. > :00:50.The SPL prizes have still to be handed out. Celtic are in touching
:00:50. > :00:53.distance of the title burr European places have yet to be sorted and
:00:54. > :00:59.the battle for survival goes on. All the latest action coming your
:00:59. > :01:05.way in the next 45 minutes, including 22 goals and John Hartson
:01:05. > :01:10.will have his say. We were both at Celtic Park today, but yesterday's
:01:10. > :01:20.result at Fir Park meant the Celtic game couldn't quite be the title
:01:20. > :01:21.
:01:21. > :01:28.clincher. Matthews was left out. In came Hooper, commons and Loovens.
:01:28. > :01:38.St Johnstone were again without three injuries. Steve Lomas went
:01:38. > :01:47.
:01:47. > :01:57.their first here. Stoke's, Commons. He would have loved that to go in.
:01:57. > :02:10.
:02:10. > :02:15.Without a goal all season Chris Johnstone. Continued the good work.
:02:15. > :02:21.Mannus is under pressure. It is off the line. Away by Frazer Wright who
:02:21. > :02:24.was the man in the right place at the right time. Commons swept the
:02:24. > :02:34.free-kick in. It was difficult to defend. There was Frazer Wright and
:02:34. > :02:58.
:02:58. > :03:06.there he was again. Georgios title last weekend. They can't do
:03:06. > :03:16.it today. St Johnstone are doing all they can to maintain their fine
:03:16. > :03:29.
:03:29. > :03:32.form. They are currently fifth. trying to bend it past the keeper.
:03:32. > :03:42.They quickly got the game back under way. That is moneys and that
:03:42. > :03:49.
:03:49. > :03:56.is Mannus. -- Commons. He was dipping under the bar. Sam goes
:03:56. > :04:06.down. McCracken made the challenge. Commons and Samaras again. Strong
:04:06. > :04:10.play from the kpwreebg striker. He eventually does get the free-kick.
:04:10. > :04:14.McCracken made this challenge initially. No penalty. But it is a
:04:14. > :04:23.free-kick to Celtic. It is Commons who takes. Samaras with a header
:04:23. > :04:33.and it is 1-0. It is his seventh goal of the season. And Georgios
:04:33. > :04:34.
:04:34. > :04:44.Samaras breaks what was a stalemate at Celtic Park. The title is well
:04:44. > :04:49.
:04:49. > :04:56.within their grasp. No penalty. Sandaza wants the spot kick. There
:04:56. > :05:01.maybe a case. That may well have gone their way that time. St
:05:01. > :05:04.Johnstone come again. It is Frazer Wright, the centre half, right on
:05:04. > :05:09.the edge of the six yard box. Couldn't take advantage. That was
:05:09. > :05:13.Lee Croft. There is a corner. Saints have refused to let their
:05:14. > :05:23.hepdz go down, despite being denied a penalty-kick. They are still
:05:23. > :05:30.coming at Celtic. -- heads go down. Craig. He was taken out late.
:05:30. > :05:35.Celtic will play on. The referee is not interested in awarding the
:05:35. > :05:44.free-kick. Celtic will continue. What a switch of play that was.
:05:44. > :05:51.Samaras made himself available. 2- 0! Chris Millar turns past his own
:05:51. > :05:56.keeper. And Celtic are two to the good. They go to Kilmarnock next
:05:56. > :06:01.Saturday. They will need just a point from that to be crowned SPL
:06:01. > :06:11.champions, they were feeling aggrieved they didn't get the free-
:06:11. > :06:28.
:06:28. > :06:35.Johnstone's last chance of get back in to this game have gone over the
:06:35. > :06:37.bar with the shot from Craig. So bar with the shot from Craig. So
:06:37. > :06:41.Celtic almost there. But it was more than a football match today.
:06:41. > :06:49.We were both there and tens of thousands of people had the chance
:06:49. > :06:52.to say get well soon to Radek Stepanek -- Stilian Petrov. This
:06:52. > :06:57.This was fantastic support. I am sure he would have been watching it
:06:57. > :07:01.and felt touched. He was a great player, part of the family, played
:07:01. > :07:06.alongside myself and Neil, and he was a great, you know, he is a
:07:06. > :07:10.great player, great balance, fantastic engine, and more than
:07:10. > :07:14.anything else, he is, you know he has handed me the Scottish Cup
:07:14. > :07:18.there, and that was a great moment for him and myself. Just a
:07:18. > :07:23.wonderful boy, you know, in general, he is much loved. He is suffering
:07:23. > :07:27.from leukaemia, you had a chance to speak to him tonight, how is he?
:07:27. > :07:32.Strangely enough he is quite up beat. He is one of those lads, he
:07:32. > :07:37.wanted to take this head on, you know and attack the treatment, and
:07:37. > :07:42.he is very strong, his fitness I am sure will help him. He knows, you
:07:42. > :07:46.know, that he has so much support from all throughout football, not
:07:46. > :07:50.just Celtic, and he will get messages of support and it will
:07:50. > :07:56.help him. He needs a bit of lung, like you always do with any illness,
:07:56. > :08:00.but he is up beat, and he's, you know, he's, as I said, he is going
:08:00. > :08:04.to meet the treatment, I think he starts it tomorrow, and it's a big
:08:04. > :08:08.few weeks for him. You obviously know exactly what he is about to go
:08:08. > :08:11.through, having fought your own battle against cancer. Yes, a lot
:08:11. > :08:16.of it is psychological. Ou have to Troy and get your head round what
:08:16. > :08:20.is happening, and deal with it. As openly as you can, and you know,
:08:20. > :08:27.your family is very important to you, his wife, his two children,
:08:27. > :08:32.and you know, you do know there is a lot of support out there when you
:08:32. > :08:35.battling a near death experience like I did, he knows he has his
:08:35. > :08:40.support from fellow peer, and his family, which will be very very
:08:40. > :08:44.important to him. It was a lovely moment today, get well Stilian
:08:45. > :08:47.Petrov. Celtic had a couple of chance first half. It wasn't great.
:08:47. > :08:50.Immediately after the interval St Johnstone has a couple of
:08:50. > :08:55.opportunity, didn't they, which they were unable to take, and as
:08:55. > :09:02.the visiting team these are the the visiting team these are the
:09:02. > :09:05.ones you have to take. He gets across Loovens and again, Sandaza,
:09:05. > :09:09.they were two big six foot centre forwards, they are not going to go
:09:09. > :09:11.in behind you too often. They get hold of the ball and they take
:09:11. > :09:15.pressure off, and you know, they pressure off, and you know, they
:09:15. > :09:18.can play as well. They have good feet, and, they are had a couple of
:09:18. > :09:23.opportunities but I thought over the 90 minutes I thought Celtic,
:09:23. > :09:27.they had one off the line, you know, and I just felt over the 90 minutes
:09:27. > :09:31.I thought they ran out worthy winner, they got on better, scoring
:09:31. > :09:36.both goals in the second half. were relieved to get the opening
:09:36. > :09:41.goal because it took a while and maybe their two best playerers
:09:41. > :09:44.Chris Commons with the delivery and Georgios Samaras. Chris Commons has
:09:44. > :09:50.a fantastic left foot. Georgios Samaras when he does that, he is
:09:50. > :09:54.six foot four. When he jumps like that and he is as powerful as he is.
:09:54. > :09:59.You wonder why he can't do that more often. You know, if he did and
:09:59. > :10:06.he pulled off his man and attacks the ball, he is unplayable when he
:10:06. > :10:09.can jump like that. Steve Lomas was raging after the match bg, today,
:10:10. > :10:13.two decision, two big decision. He has every right to be raging this
:10:13. > :10:17.is a penalty. You look at this Loovens here, doesn't get any of
:10:17. > :10:21.the ball. That for me is anywhere else on the pitch that is a foul.
:10:21. > :10:27.So tell tick get a break there. They get a big, big piece of lung
:10:27. > :10:34.here, look. There. Takes the man out and that is a penalty, but that
:10:34. > :10:39.is a bit lucky. Commons come ace cross and fouls Liam Craig. It is a
:10:39. > :10:43.foul, the referee doesn't give it. They want Celtic to kick it out of
:10:43. > :10:48.play but Liam Craig is back on his feet. Celtic decide to carry on,
:10:48. > :10:52.play, Samaras, great ball in and it is an own goal unfortunately for
:10:52. > :10:56.the defender, you see these, you can get away with that as a striker,
:10:56. > :11:02.you can steal a couple of yards, you see that a lot. The defender
:11:02. > :11:08.facing his own goal. That is is a foul, and... Just to rub in he
:11:08. > :11:13.books Liam Craig, I don't know if he has spoke to him or swore at him
:11:13. > :11:17.or whatever, I thought I thought St Johnstone and Stevie Lomas could
:11:17. > :11:21.have felt aggrieved at one or two decisions, clutching at straws at
:11:22. > :11:27.times but you never know, St Johnstone could is got a penalty,
:11:27. > :11:37.Celtic in the second half got better. They looked stronger. They
:11:37. > :12:07.
:12:07. > :12:11.All other irissues to deal with. I think he has handled it. At times
:12:11. > :12:16.where he may look back and think I coiled have handled things
:12:16. > :12:20.differently. But no, he is a good young manager, progressing,
:12:20. > :12:24.learning all the time, and you know, he will look to bring in new faces
:12:24. > :12:28.in the summer I am sure. One or two will go, one or two will come in,
:12:28. > :12:33.and he will be learning all the time, as a young manager, you are
:12:33. > :12:36.always learning. Rangers were looking to do some more party
:12:36. > :12:42.prevention at Fir Park yesterday, having stopped Celtic in their
:12:42. > :12:49.title tracks in last Sunday's Old Firm match. This is Rangers's
:12:49. > :12:58.biggest game of the season. A magnificent goal. Celtic down to
:12:58. > :13:03.ten. It was two feeted. Celtic are down to nine men. It is 2-0. Celtic
:13:03. > :13:09.will win the title but the Old Firm bragging rights are with Rangers.
:13:09. > :13:19.Motherwell were bidding to get back on level terms with Rangers in
:13:19. > :13:35.
:13:35. > :13:45.second spot. They had Lasley back and Motherwell still very much in
:13:45. > :13:48.
:13:48. > :13:54.contention, as Chris Humphrey goes the ideal start -- and it is in.
:13:54. > :13:58.There was no stopping Chris Humphrey here. He had a few yards
:13:58. > :14:04.on Perry and there was no chance but defender was catching him. And
:14:04. > :14:14.Henrik Ojamaa had a simple task. McGregor came out to dry and
:14:14. > :14:17.
:14:18. > :14:27.smothered the ball. A great start quickly. Whitaker got there, inches
:14:28. > :14:48.
:14:48. > :14:53.deceived Randolph. That is a fine finish by Steven Whittaker. And a
:14:53. > :14:59.quick fire equaliser for Rangers. Steven Whittaker bus shot wrong
:14:59. > :15:05.foots the Motherwell keeper. -- Steven Whittaker's shop. It moves
:15:05. > :15:15.in the air and Rangers back on level terms three minutes after
:15:15. > :15:19.
:15:19. > :15:24.Tim Clancy reacting angrily to Steven Whittaker here. He could be
:15:24. > :15:34.in trouble. Plan C seemed to throw his head into the chest of the
:15:34. > :15:38.
:15:38. > :15:45.Whittaker are not amused by that. He certainly goes in with the boot
:15:45. > :15:55.up a but Tim Clancy retaliate with a head into the chest. --
:15:55. > :16:12.
:16:12. > :16:22.lovely passing move by the home taken down there? A yellow card
:16:22. > :16:31.
:16:31. > :16:38.comes out, it is going to be poor can't believe it. Tim Clancy didn't
:16:38. > :16:42.deal with it. He was definitely caught. Darren Randolph with his
:16:42. > :16:52.boot on the shin guard. That is a poor decision by the referee, it
:16:52. > :17:07.
:17:07. > :17:17.Terrific shot by Lasley. McGregor claiming he was impeded by the
:17:17. > :17:25.
:17:25. > :17:31.position of Michael Higdon, who was McGregor. Higdon must have thought
:17:31. > :17:39.he had put his side back in front. -- what a save. But he didn't take
:17:39. > :17:49.into account the Rangers No. 1. What to stop that is. -- What a
:17:49. > :18:06.
:18:06. > :18:14.McCulloch tucks it in the X back and surely Rangers have a winning
:18:14. > :18:18.goal in the dying minutes. Lee McCulloch earns all three points.
:18:18. > :18:24.There may have been an armour the back of Tim Clancy. Ian Bright had
:18:24. > :18:27.a good view of it -- an arm in the back. And Lee McCulloch swept it
:18:28. > :18:29.into the back of the net. Sheer joy into the back of the net. Sheer joy
:18:29. > :18:33.for Rangers. The club under major pressure at
:18:33. > :18:37.the moment because of what is happening off the pitch, but a
:18:38. > :18:41.great couple of back-to-back wins, beating Celtic and Motherwell.
:18:41. > :18:45.have had a good week. They lost their last away game to Dundee
:18:45. > :18:50.United. Motherwell was there tough game for them, going for second
:18:50. > :18:54.place as well, so to keep going and having a few decisions against them,
:18:54. > :18:57.they kept going and battling away. From a range has point of view,
:18:57. > :19:03.that is what they have got to do, they had to go to Motherwell and a
:19:03. > :19:06.try and pick up three points and prolong the season. Makes Celtic
:19:06. > :19:10.way to in terms of lifting the title. It is a formality, which
:19:10. > :19:15.Celtic can do next weekend at Kilmarnock, but Rangers did all
:19:15. > :19:17.they could do, they went and got the three points. Some interesting
:19:17. > :19:21.the three points. Some interesting refereeing decisions. The Tim
:19:21. > :19:30.Clancy head but, he was shown yellow for this, should it have
:19:30. > :19:34.been read? -- red. He reacts to Whitaker, it is a moment of madness.
:19:34. > :19:38.I have seen players sent off for a lot worse than this. He puts his
:19:38. > :19:43.head into the chest and referees will send players off well. This
:19:43. > :19:48.one, Sone Aluko goes through, so quick. The referee has got a great
:19:48. > :19:56.view of it, he is in a fantastic position. And for some reason...
:19:56. > :20:00.There was contact, it is proved. On the shin pad. And he actually books
:20:00. > :20:06.are Sone Aluko for what he thinks is a guide, but there was contact.
:20:06. > :20:10.So Rangers could feel aggrieved. That is made the reputation of Sone
:20:10. > :20:13.Aluko going before him, because he was done earlier in the season by
:20:13. > :20:17.the compliance officer for simulation and that is the referee
:20:17. > :20:19.thinking it is him again. And it was a bit theatrical, but we are
:20:19. > :20:23.talking about a decision that should have been a penalty, we
:20:23. > :20:27.cannot blame the players. There is contact there, there is a kick from
:20:27. > :20:31.the goalkeeper that has caught him on the shin, it was proven there
:20:31. > :20:35.was contact and a penalty should have been given. The referee got a
:20:35. > :20:39.few decisions wrong. Did you see anything wrong with the Rangers
:20:40. > :20:46.winning goal from Lee McCulloch? Could do little nudge of Sone Aluko
:20:46. > :20:51.been pulled up? -- Could the. not sure. What is a terrible is the
:20:51. > :20:55.defending. You cannot let bad ball bounce. If it does, you want your
:20:55. > :20:58.goalkeeper to deal with it. Yes, there is a little nudge, but the
:20:58. > :21:02.referee would be brave to disallow referee would be brave to disallow
:21:02. > :21:05.that goal. But Stuart McCall would be happy from the goalkeeper, the
:21:05. > :21:10.centre-half. You cannot let from a throw-in, the ball bounce ideas
:21:10. > :21:14.six-yard line. You have to clear it. But credit to Rangers, they kept
:21:14. > :21:18.going, the desire was there to get three points and that is exactly
:21:18. > :21:22.what they did. They deserved it, they went right to the end. Lee
:21:22. > :21:28.McCulloch has had a good week, a new position as centre forward,
:21:28. > :21:31.with his power in the air and he got his reward. A tall order for
:21:31. > :21:41.relegation-threatened Dunfermline yesterday at Tannadice pitch face
:21:41. > :21:47.
:21:47. > :21:57.Scottish football's form team, call Gary Mackay Stephen at Lionel
:21:57. > :22:03.
:22:03. > :22:07.Jefferies' Dunfermline. It is all about staving off relegation.
:22:07. > :22:14.Scoring goals as the problem and with Mrs like this, you can
:22:14. > :22:20.understand why. -- a mess like this. Dundee United, the form team, on
:22:20. > :22:24.the hunt for their 6th league win a row. Chris Smith denying them. Into
:22:24. > :22:29.the second half and it is not every day you see a flying scissor kick
:22:29. > :22:36.from Jon Daly. The United skipper opening the scoring at, his 16th
:22:36. > :22:42.SPL goal of the season. Sensing blood, United burst forward again.
:22:42. > :22:47.The effort this time from Jon Daly at had less spectacular. But after
:22:47. > :22:54.from stout defending in the first half, Dunfermline looking less
:22:54. > :22:59.assured. -- after some. By now, the United forward players were queuing
:22:59. > :23:04.up to terrorise the Dunfermline defence. John Lee Russell's header
:23:04. > :23:09.balloon high into the stands. As for the tangerine messy, and Gary
:23:09. > :23:13.Mackay Stephen was trying out some new tricks. Bass line on message.
:23:13. > :23:20.He showed some serious pace to burst through the fence before
:23:20. > :23:24.cutting back for Scott Robertson to kill off the game -- through the
:23:24. > :23:29.defence. Two-nil with 10 minutes to play. But three minutes after that,
:23:29. > :23:37.John Lee Russell did this set-up work for Jon Daly. He struck home
:23:37. > :23:42.his 17th goal of the season. He is top of the SPL scoring charts. It
:23:42. > :23:47.truly is an Arab Spring, que Dundee United clinch that second Champions
:23:47. > :23:48.League spot -- could? League spot -- could?
:23:48. > :23:52.Nine games unbeaten and they are rendered really good form.
:23:52. > :23:57.Certainly, skipper Jon Daly is on top form. That is 20 goals for the
:23:57. > :24:03.season in all competitions now. This was a bit special, wasn't it?
:24:03. > :24:06.It was. You don't see them often, technically it was a great goal. We
:24:06. > :24:11.look at other goals he has scored, gets in front of his man against
:24:11. > :24:16.Rangers. A great folly there. Another one, a bullet header, so he
:24:16. > :24:23.has got an array of course. I have always liked him, he is strong, he
:24:23. > :24:26.holds the ball up well. 17 goals, along with John Lee Russell and
:24:26. > :24:33.along with John Lee Russell and Mackay Stephen, you look at that
:24:33. > :24:37.list and I'm sure he is very happy that he is top of the list. You
:24:37. > :24:42.look at the players, he has done well. 17 goals and counting.
:24:42. > :24:46.last Dundee United player to be top scorer in the top flight was Andy
:24:46. > :24:49.Gray in the 1970s, that tells a story. It is not often a non Old
:24:49. > :24:52.Firm player who tops the charts. Firm player who tops the charts.
:24:52. > :24:59.is not, and it is credit to United, they didn't start the season
:24:59. > :25:03.particularly well, but they have cemented their place in the top six.
:25:03. > :25:07.They have been on a great run. They have lost David Goodwillie and one
:25:07. > :25:12.or two other players but replaced them with good players. When you
:25:12. > :25:15.have a strike on 20 goals, you have had a good season. With Dunfermline
:25:15. > :25:19.no better off after their trip to Tayside, Hibernian headed to the
:25:19. > :25:29.Highlands today to boost their bid for SPL survival. Paul Mitchell has
:25:29. > :26:00.
:26:00. > :26:04.way from Leigh Griffiths. -- get goalkeeper will not be happy that
:26:04. > :26:14.the cross came in and evaded so many players, but he was there to
:26:14. > :26:24.
:26:24. > :26:34.power. Graham Stack turns it over the top. Wonderful pass out wide,
:26:34. > :26:39.
:26:39. > :26:45.opening goal. And he rattled the woodwork. What they passed through
:26:45. > :26:49.from Johnny Hayes. Billy McKay steadied himself, beat the
:26:49. > :26:59.goalkeeper but struck the post. Terry Butcher smiling from the
:26:59. > :27:04.
:27:04. > :27:07.penalty. An hour gone and Hibernian have conceded a penalty, it is Paul
:27:07. > :27:17.Hamlyn adjudged to have taken their Billy McKay. Terry Butcher
:27:17. > :27:20.
:27:20. > :27:30.mentioned his side had not been score from the first time in the
:27:30. > :27:38.
:27:38. > :27:43.penalty spot in the SPL since put Hibs further behind. It is a
:27:43. > :27:46.great save. And then the overhead kick left much to be desired. This
:27:46. > :27:50.was a great chance, deflected into the path of the Frenchman and
:27:50. > :28:00.through he went but Graham Stack stood tall and went down at the
:28:00. > :28:07.
:28:07. > :28:11.Paul Hamlyn has equalised. -- better header. It is his first goal
:28:11. > :28:17.of the season and it is a timely one. He conceded the penalty and
:28:17. > :28:27.now he secures the equaliser. Joy for Paul Hamlyn. This game really
:28:27. > :28:31.
:28:31. > :28:37.O'Connor. 2-1 Hibs. They have come from behind and Garry O'Connor is
:28:37. > :28:44.three out of three against Cally Thistle this season. Matt Doherty
:28:44. > :28:52.overlapping well. O'Connor with a simple finish. Hibs have come from
:28:52. > :29:01.behind to lead with 15 minutes to play. Hayes. He will try and get
:29:01. > :29:06.the cross in. He sent it across, he scored! Uninten sunnal but not
:29:06. > :29:11.inconsequential and Johnny Hayes his cross has yielded an equaliser
:29:11. > :29:14.with seven minutes to play. He certainly didn't mean it, but he
:29:14. > :29:24.has put his side back on level has put his side back on level
:29:24. > :29:45.
:29:45. > :29:50.scores! Hibs retake the lead in Griffiths came in, O'Connor was
:29:50. > :29:54.available, didn't need him. This could be a significant step to SPL
:29:54. > :29:59.could be a significant step to SPL survival for Hibs. A timely win
:29:59. > :30:04.that for Hibs, six points aHome Office done Ferrell Lynn, six games
:30:04. > :30:08.to go. That was massive win. To go up to Inverness which is not easy
:30:08. > :30:13.to get a win, Terry Butcher's teams they are normally big and strong
:30:13. > :30:18.and they defend well, but some of the defending from Inverness was
:30:18. > :30:26.schoolboy stuff. That gives Hibs six points now ahead of Dunfermline
:30:26. > :30:30.and Dunfermline will have to put a good run together. Gary O'Connor
:30:30. > :30:36.scored against inhaveness every time they played them. Do you hoe
:30:36. > :30:40.you are going to score? Sometimes you get lucky against team, other
:30:40. > :30:47.teams you can't scoe, but Gary Connor there, he pulls away, he
:30:47. > :30:51.tucks this in very nicely. Makes good contact with it. This is Matt
:30:51. > :30:55.Doherty on loan from Wolves. A good strong run. O'Connor does the right
:30:55. > :31:02.thing. Pulls away. These are the two previous games against Cally
:31:02. > :31:06.Thistle and he did it both team -- times. He shows great ability. He
:31:06. > :31:11.can take free-kick, he is much travelled but he is in great shape,
:31:11. > :31:14.you know, he looks after himself in terms of his physique. He has
:31:14. > :31:17.played in Russia, down to Birmingham, so with strikers
:31:17. > :31:22.sometimes you have to put an arm round them and show them you trust
:31:22. > :31:25.them, and tell them how good they are and they will come back with
:31:25. > :31:29.goals. I doesn't matter how much trouble they give you away from the
:31:29. > :31:33.training ground or pitch, if they are scoring goals you sometimes
:31:33. > :31:37.allow strikers to get away with other players. We have spent time
:31:37. > :31:41.with Mr Butcher. He said he has a back four from hell today and they
:31:41. > :31:45.were embarrassing to watch. It was, it was schoolboy stuff at times.
:31:45. > :31:49.One of the goals there, players getting pushed off the ball. You
:31:49. > :31:52.have to be stronger there and stand your ground, and, Terry was a
:31:52. > :31:56.master at it. Sometimes as a defender you have to be clever. You
:31:56. > :32:01.have to try and win foul, and you know, and he would have been
:32:01. > :32:04.disappointed with some of the defending today. Oh I think he was!
:32:04. > :32:07.A chance for Hearts the seal their place the top six. They were up
:32:07. > :32:17.against an Aberdeen team that will finish in the bottom half of the
:32:17. > :32:37.
:32:37. > :32:44.finish in the bottom half of the kick of the match. In it comes.
:32:44. > :32:48.Hearts have the opening goal, before the half hour mark. Danny
:32:48. > :32:56.grain je's corner kick nodded down by McGowan. The defence nowhere
:32:56. > :33:04.near it. -- Grainger's. Hearts looking to cement this top six
:33:04. > :33:12.place, a win would confirm that one. Even a draw. That would do the job.
:33:12. > :33:16.This is Beattie. Aberdeen seem to switch off there, it came to
:33:16. > :33:26.Beattie. It seemed an ternty to adjust himself and get the shot
:33:26. > :33:33.away. No changes for either side at half-time. Rudi Skacel. He is going
:33:33. > :33:40.for it. What a goal that is! Hearts second, comes in stunning fashion
:33:40. > :33:50.but not for the first time from Rudi Skacel. Not quite in the top
:33:50. > :33:53.
:33:53. > :34:03.corner. But he had enough power and accuracy to beat Jason Brown. Good
:34:03. > :34:05.
:34:05. > :34:09.skill. Rudi Skacel. And somehow it stays out. It perhaps was the elbow
:34:09. > :34:15.of Considine. Didn't know much about it. Anderson, for a second
:34:15. > :34:21.debut for Aberdeen, the first game in January 1997, he is back after
:34:21. > :34:27.that lengthy spell out. Five years in England. Hughs with a pree kick.
:34:27. > :34:33.That is Vernon. He has got score. - - free-kick. That would have make
:34:33. > :34:42.it -- made it an interesting finale if Vernon found the target as he
:34:42. > :34:52.normally does from that kind of area. There is no flag against Gary
:34:52. > :34:54.
:34:54. > :34:58.glen. -- Glen. Skacel is waiting in the middle. Driver. Still he has it.
:34:58. > :35:08.Aberdeen have the opportunity to clear the lines now. It has not
:35:08. > :35:11.
:35:11. > :35:16.been a good day at the office for then. That is 3-0. Another from the
:35:16. > :35:21.magician and Hearts are 3-0 up. Skacel is so deadly ch and again
:35:21. > :35:24.Hearts are putting Aberdeen to the Hearts are putting Aberdeen to the
:35:24. > :35:29.sword in the capital. Rudi Skacel contract is up at the end of the
:35:29. > :35:33.season. I hope that he stays on, because he is so good to watch.
:35:33. > :35:38.is a different class, when he can do things like this, he has been a
:35:38. > :35:41.talisman for Hearts. Most good things that Hearts do, he is really
:35:41. > :35:46.evolved in them, -- involved in them. Look at this for technique.
:35:46. > :35:49.He seems to go right foot, left foot. That is 35 yards, he is past
:35:49. > :35:55.the keeper before he attempts to go for it. He has 13 goals this season.
:35:55. > :35:59.Although he is not a striker he is the top scorer. His goals tend to
:35:59. > :36:04.be special. Again that is great technique. Half-volley. Another one
:36:04. > :36:08.outside the box with his left foot. He is predominantly left sided but
:36:08. > :36:15.he can score... You don't need a right one if you can score like
:36:15. > :36:18.that. He shoots across the ball. Himself and bait Beattie would be a
:36:19. > :36:23.handful for a lot of teams. Craig likes to get behind and he is
:36:23. > :36:26.direct. He started his Hearts career well, he scored in the derby
:36:26. > :36:30.game. It is a shame for the supporters when you don't tie your
:36:30. > :36:36.players down. He is out of contract and it looks like, you know, there
:36:36. > :36:41.won't be a shortage of takers for Skacel because he is talented.
:36:41. > :36:51.Three months into 2012 St Mirren tried for their first League One
:36:51. > :36:54.
:36:54. > :37:01.win of the year. Kilmarnock was in first win in 12 in the SPL. It is
:37:01. > :37:07.not a good run of form. Good win gives it away to Gary Harkins. That
:37:07. > :37:13.is so close to the opening goal, inside the first minute. Gary
:37:13. > :37:21.Harkins clipping the edge of the post. Sheils slips it through for
:37:21. > :37:28.Hay. The opening goal for Kilmarnock has been on the cards.
:37:28. > :37:36.It's a well deserved breakthrough, and Van Tornhout with his first SPL
:37:37. > :37:44.goal puts the visitors ahead. McAusland. That is a good run by
:37:44. > :37:51.Thompson. The other Steven Thompson slides it past and St Mirren from
:37:51. > :38:01.nothing have the equaliser. Against the run of play. And Steven
:38:01. > :38:10.
:38:10. > :38:15.Thompson deadly in the box. Draws Terrific save from the Kilmarnock
:38:15. > :38:23.keeper. A good bit of skill and good efrtd from Hasselbaink. --
:38:23. > :38:27.effort. Such a tricky customer, McGowan, gets it across for
:38:27. > :38:36.Hasselbaink. Forced wide once more but he has done well, off the line
:38:36. > :38:43.by Nelson. Thompson wasn't far away from getting a crucial touch there.
:38:43. > :38:48.Saind miles an hour have been a changed side -- St Mirren have been
:38:48. > :38:55.a changed side since the equaliser went in. It is a good looking cross.
:38:55. > :39:02.Steven Thompson arriving. St Mirren have turned this on its head! It is
:39:02. > :39:09.Steven Thompson that rose highest, it was over the striker Thompson.
:39:09. > :39:15.But Steven Thompson put St Mirren in front. McAusland bursting
:39:15. > :39:22.forward. Kilmarnock tracking back though. Gordon gets the crucial
:39:22. > :39:30.touch. Bundled over by Hasselbaink. Play allowed to continue. St Mirren
:39:30. > :39:36.have a two goal lead. Nigel Hasselbaink knocking Sissoko to the
:39:36. > :39:43.ground and the referee felt that was fair. He looked to barge him
:39:43. > :39:47.over. Hasselbaink got away with it. And made the most of it. St Mirren
:39:47. > :39:57.have found goals hard to combination recently. They have
:39:57. > :40:01.three so far. Thompson. Curls one. That is a ball for Steven Thompson.
:40:01. > :40:06.It is four for St Mirren. And the three points are secure, no doubt
:40:06. > :40:15.about that. Lovely finish from Thompson. 12 goals for the season
:40:15. > :40:17.for the striker. And St Mirren on easy veet now. A return to first
:40:17. > :40:26.team football for Liam Kelly following the death of his father,
:40:26. > :40:32.in the minutes that followed the League Cup Final win. Kilmarnock
:40:32. > :40:39.started the game so well. They just fell right out of it. Here is
:40:39. > :40:47.Sheils. Tries, what a lovely goal by Sheils. No more than a cons lai,
:40:48. > :40:51.unfortunately for him. He really did take this one well. --
:40:51. > :40:56.consolation. Kilmarnock pull one consolation. Kilmarnock pull one
:40:56. > :41:01.back in the closing stages. It has ban weekend of hotly debated
:41:01. > :41:06.refereeing decisions. Kenny Sheils was not happy as he demonstrated
:41:06. > :41:10.there to the officials after, about this push by Nigel Hasselbaink on
:41:10. > :41:14.Sissoko. First I think Sissoko should be kicking that out for the
:41:15. > :41:21.throw in. He tries to take a chance there, he is last man. He has to be
:41:21. > :41:25.stronger. Both players arms are out, and as a centre half, he has gone
:41:25. > :41:29.over too simple. He has to be stronger there and first he put
:41:29. > :41:34.himself in that position by being sloppy. Can you can't do thatdown
:41:34. > :41:37.are last man. It is hard to believe that St Mirren's last win was
:41:37. > :41:42.Christmas Eve. That is three months without winning. Their problem,
:41:42. > :41:47.this is we go back here to December, I think it is Christmas Eve, it is
:41:47. > :41:52.a great win against Rangers, here, they bat -- battled hard for it. 2-
:41:52. > :41:56.1 they beat them. You think they got that first win and this was two
:41:56. > :42:03.years ago the last time they scored four goals against Celtic, which
:42:03. > :42:08.helped them up. It cost Tony Mowbray his job at Celtic, this
:42:08. > :42:13.defeat. You can see that they got good attacking option now. They
:42:13. > :42:17.brought in McGowan and Thomson, which will give them something else,
:42:17. > :42:21.but their problem as been they just haven't simply scored enough goals.
:42:21. > :42:25.That can get to you after a while, if you are playing good football
:42:25. > :42:30.but not enough end product. That is right. You start blaming, the
:42:30. > :42:35.striker, you start looking at other things and thinking maybe we need
:42:35. > :42:38.goals from different areas, but now, as I say, they brought in Thomson,
:42:38. > :42:42.McGowan, they will give them something different, Thompson is
:42:42. > :42:46.experienced, played at the top level, and he will certainly go in
:42:46. > :42:50.there and ruffle a few feathers for you. That is a team that could move
:42:50. > :42:56.on a bit, probably Kilmarnock as well, you saw them in the League
:42:56. > :43:03.Cup Final beating Celtic. That was a result that surprised me. I look
:43:03. > :43:09.t at St Mirren's form, Kilmarnock been on a good run, won the cup
:43:09. > :43:13.fine. They did well to win the cup but, to go and lose 4-2. I am sure
:43:13. > :43:18.Kenny Sheils wasn't happy with the defender, but I was surprised that
:43:18. > :43:22.Kilmarnock went down four there to St Mirren. Let us look at the
:43:22. > :43:27.Clydesdale bang Premier League an one point required for Celtic to
:43:27. > :43:33.win the title, they could do it next weekend. Rangers are six ahead
:43:33. > :43:42.of Motherwell in second. Dundee and St Johnstone five point points off
:43:42. > :43:52.third P Third. At the bottom of table Hibs are six ahead of
:43:52. > :44:00.
:44:00. > :44:06.Dunfermline. SPL fixtures next The raps den Challenge Cup final
:44:06. > :44:11.was played today at Livingston and Falkirk beat Hamilton by an early
:44:11. > :44:19.Darren Dodds goal to nil. Silverware for Stephen Presley's