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Winning the Scottish Cup, reaching that final, making that Johnny. It | :00:54. | :01:01. | |
is a lot more than just work, it is about crossing the finish line, you | :01:02. | :01:04. | |
need passion, determination and drive to get over that line. This | :01:05. | :01:15. | |
fourth round, let them play. A massive cut Cup shock! Rangers | :01:16. | :01:26. | |
surely into the fifth round. Goal, what an equaliser from Queen of the | :01:27. | :01:31. | |
South! Aberdeen hoping to draw a line in their long wait in the Cup | :01:32. | :01:37. | |
wilderness. For the Cup holders, Celtic, out to defend the trophy | :01:38. | :01:46. | |
they have one for a record 36 times. This is where the line will be | :01:47. | :01:51. | |
drawn, but who will cross that finish line? | :01:52. | :02:03. | |
We draw the line under the wino -- under the foreground, and you are in | :02:04. | :02:07. | |
the right place you want goals. Today, it was above average. And we | :02:08. | :02:13. | |
have two above average pundits, Billy Dodds and Pat Nevin. Partick | :02:14. | :02:21. | |
Thistle against Aberdeen later, but first the clash against two Scottish | :02:22. | :02:23. | |
Cup winners. It is 5-star Hearts! Winning the | :02:24. | :02:42. | |
Scottish Cup! Suddenly, the SPL champions move a | :02:43. | :02:49. | |
step closer to the double! It is party time for Celtic! The Scottish | :02:50. | :02:56. | |
Cup will be there as! Hearts at Celtic at Tynecastle | :02:57. | :03:06. | |
Stadium. Commentary comes from Billy dogs -- Billy Dodds and Liam McLeod. | :03:07. | :03:11. | |
The standard type of this fourth round. Parts of Midlothian -- heart | :03:12. | :03:21. | |
of Midlothian, the Cup run with boost them, but also provide them | :03:22. | :03:26. | |
with a financial return. The problem with them is up against a Hearts | :03:27. | :03:32. | |
hunting, and since their defeat at the hands of Hearts in the | :03:33. | :03:36. | |
semifinals the season before last, they have countered to be each time | :03:37. | :03:40. | |
they have come here, scoring 11 in just three games. | :03:41. | :03:48. | |
The players could not ask for better conditions. That edge looking good, | :03:49. | :03:58. | |
this guy is above still blue. -- the pitch looking good. And there will | :03:59. | :04:04. | |
be a minute silence observed as a mark of respect for those who lost | :04:05. | :04:07. | |
their lives and those who remain injured in hospital following the | :04:08. | :04:11. | |
horrific helicopter crash on Stockwell Street in Glasgow on | :04:12. | :04:21. | |
Friday evening. Taking some time out in silence. | :04:22. | :05:01. | |
WHISTLE. CHEERING. Gary Locke has a small squad to | :05:02. | :05:11. | |
choose from, the guys talking about that, but starting David Smith on | :05:12. | :05:15. | |
the right, Ryan Stevenson supporting Callum Paterson. Jamie MacDonald in | :05:16. | :05:20. | |
gold is the only one who started the 2012 Scottish Cup final. -- in goal. | :05:21. | :05:36. | |
The Israeli Nir Biton coming in. Stokes has scored against Hearts | :05:37. | :05:42. | |
including in September, with Joe Ledley also restored. | :05:43. | :05:48. | |
There is no one over the age of 20 on the Hearts bench. The Celtic | :05:49. | :05:57. | |
striker from Finland, with two golds, one on his debut year. The | :05:58. | :06:04. | |
referee is Willie Collum, taking charge of last season's final, as | :06:05. | :06:06. | |
Celtic took care of Hibernian. Positive news on Friday in the | :06:07. | :06:21. | |
knitting from here. The company voluntary agreement was | :06:22. | :06:26. | |
conditionally agreed for Hearts. Still work to be done with a meeting | :06:27. | :06:30. | |
in Lithuania in January. It seems holding the keys to their future. | :06:31. | :06:36. | |
But the fact that Hearts could have been closed on Friday, it is a | :06:37. | :06:39. | |
massive, major step in the right direction. Billy dogs, this is | :06:40. | :06:47. | |
normally a keenly fought contest? Absolutely no doubt, never roll | :06:48. | :06:51. | |
Hearts out, especially with this Tynecastle atmosphere, but quality | :06:52. | :06:54. | |
opponents with Celtic, and beaten opponents in the league. But Albion | :06:55. | :07:01. | |
Rovers knocking out opponents yesterday. Hearts will make it tough | :07:02. | :07:12. | |
for Celtic. McCarty doing well there. -- McHattie. Celtic need to | :07:13. | :07:22. | |
bounce back, and think about getting out of the Scottish Cup, after their | :07:23. | :07:25. | |
continental adventure came to an abrupt end on Wednesday. -- it would | :07:26. | :07:35. | |
be an thinkable to go out of the Scottish Cup. I come looking at | :07:36. | :07:43. | |
Celtic's permission, but they would go with a 4-4 -1, but a diamond in | :07:44. | :07:48. | |
the field Mulgrew dropping off, with Brown in plain of them -- play in | :07:49. | :07:57. | |
front of them. Comments gives a wonderful goal for Celtic. Hearts | :07:58. | :08:02. | |
ripped open here in the opening few minutes. Celtic take a big step | :08:03. | :08:08. | |
towards the fifth round already. -- Kris Commons gives a wonderful goal. | :08:09. | :08:15. | |
The start that Hearts dreaded, but brilliant playing from Kris Commons. | :08:16. | :08:20. | |
Hearts not in a bad position, but Celtic works it, passes it about. | :08:21. | :08:25. | |
Ledley into Kris Commons. Still other to do, but he fires it right | :08:26. | :08:32. | |
into that far corner, wonder. For Celtic. -- a wonderful start for | :08:33. | :08:42. | |
Celtic. Celtic might have had a bad hangover | :08:43. | :08:48. | |
after Tuesday. The good thing for Hearts, despite losing the early | :08:49. | :08:54. | |
goal, not looking too rocky. They have created a couple of other | :08:55. | :08:55. | |
opportunities. Apologising there, | :08:56. | :09:16. | |
through some dodgers there. Just does not get it on target. | :09:17. | :09:26. | |
A Celtic free kick. They are taking it quickly. Kris Commons making it | :09:27. | :09:41. | |
two. Celtic take out their insurance policy in the capital. It is Kris | :09:42. | :09:52. | |
Commons with a double. It is 2-0 to Celtic. Game over already? You would | :09:53. | :09:58. | |
think so. Experience shows. Maybe someone talking to them. Commons was | :09:59. | :10:10. | |
to the right. Only six or seven yard dark from Kris Commons, but when he | :10:11. | :10:16. | |
gets there, he is showing the left boot. But Hearts completely switch | :10:17. | :10:25. | |
off all stop --. Kris Commons into double figures for the season. | :10:26. | :10:36. | |
That would have been some way to get the hat-trick for Kris Commons. It | :10:37. | :10:43. | |
is movement getting himself between centre half and right full-back. | :10:44. | :10:50. | |
Once he gets this full-back, you can see the awareness, where McDonald | :10:51. | :10:58. | |
is. A decent save from him. Dundee United manager, and assistant | :10:59. | :11:04. | |
manager coach, two former Celtic players, of course. | :11:05. | :11:19. | |
Mulgrew was trying to play in Stokes. Growing making it three, and | :11:20. | :11:29. | |
Celtic surely now through to the fifth round! Just beyond the | :11:30. | :11:37. | |
half-hour mark at Tynecastle. It is the Celtic captain, Scott Brown, and | :11:38. | :11:44. | |
it is 3-0 to the holders. It is that area. From stalks, -- Stokes. That | :11:45. | :11:52. | |
movement is killing Hearts. Even though McGee is young, he has to be | :11:53. | :11:59. | |
more aware. He hits the shot, deflected into the post from Joe | :12:00. | :12:03. | |
Ledley, then it falls to the ones that Hearts fans did not wanted to | :12:04. | :12:11. | |
fall to, Scott Brown, with the easiest of tap ins, and it really is | :12:12. | :12:15. | |
game over, you would think. We do not want this to be a | :12:16. | :12:28. | |
trouncing. But it looks to be that way. Just a little tight, giving go | :12:29. | :12:38. | |
again, gets its debt, probably from Stokes, just wraps the food around | :12:39. | :12:41. | |
it. That is the deepest Kris Commons has | :12:42. | :12:48. | |
been in play today. An early ball, and the fourth | :12:49. | :13:05. | |
arrives! Joe Ledley, who scored in last season's final, ensures that | :13:06. | :13:11. | |
Celtic are taking a Sunday stroll down easy Street in this fourth | :13:12. | :13:16. | |
round tie. 4-0, not even have time. Working from left-to-right, out to | :13:17. | :13:21. | |
Nir Biton. The fullbacks going forward. What a ball that was. A | :13:22. | :13:27. | |
forward thinking midfielder, or forward, getting a tap in, and Joe | :13:28. | :13:33. | |
Ledley does exactly that. Brilliant again from Celtic. What a ball! | :13:34. | :13:43. | |
The Celtic fans will be absolutely loving this. As a Hearts fan in | :13:44. | :13:52. | |
particular, it is tough viewing. And there was the fifth, and what affect | :13:53. | :13:58. | |
it was from Mikael Lustig, an absolute stunner, putting Hearts to | :13:59. | :14:07. | |
the sword! Hearts were caught on the park there, a few coming forward, we | :14:08. | :14:11. | |
talked about that, but Mikael Lustig breaks forward into the centre area, | :14:12. | :14:17. | |
cuts in the central area, with Stokes making the run, but not using | :14:18. | :14:22. | |
him, hitting it from 25 yards, and it flies over McDonald. A great | :14:23. | :14:35. | |
side, isn't it? -- great strike. You feel for Hearts, 5-0 down, young | :14:36. | :14:43. | |
manager, we do they go from here? -- where do they go? Some great play | :14:44. | :14:52. | |
there from Jamie Walker. Not even getting the bonus of a consolation. | :14:53. | :14:59. | |
He keeps his clean sheet. A great touch from Fraser Forster. A fine | :15:00. | :15:04. | |
distinctive save. Walker again, positive one, gets through. He | :15:05. | :15:10. | |
wanted a penalty, but good effort from him. | :15:11. | :15:15. | |
And it is half-time and, Hearts will be gutted that it is not full time, | :15:16. | :15:22. | |
they want this game over and done with. We have an under believable -- | :15:23. | :15:29. | |
we have an unbelievable scored line of 5-0 to Celtic. And that is Brad | :15:30. | :15:36. | |
Mackay, defender, replacing David Smith, who is playing on the right | :15:37. | :15:40. | |
of midfield in that first half. We shall get to Billy's. In a second. | :15:41. | :15:47. | |
-- we shall get to Billy's thinking on that in a second. The biggest | :15:48. | :15:53. | |
loss for Hearts was a 7-0 lost on New Year's Day 1973 against | :15:54. | :15:57. | |
Hibernian, a at Tynecastle. They will look to salvage some pride | :15:58. | :16:02. | |
from proceedings tonight. Try to work it back to the big Dutch | :16:03. | :16:20. | |
man, who likes to get forward when he can. How does it look Hearts are | :16:21. | :16:33. | |
going? Just trying that defensive mid-field. | :16:34. | :16:36. | |
To set and protect and try and get a hold of the Celtic movement. | :16:37. | :16:55. | |
Commons - Stokes comes back to Ledley, who fires it across. Back to | :16:56. | :17:01. | |
Commons agains. It is a penalty kick and Celtic too have the chance for a | :17:02. | :17:06. | |
sixth. You with bet Commons will try and find this ball. He'll want the | :17:07. | :17:12. | |
hat trick. Just rubbing it in, isn't it? We'll get a look at it. Ledley | :17:13. | :17:19. | |
could have had the strike. Back to Commons. I cannot believe | :17:20. | :17:27. | |
that, to be honest. His hands are down - it is not a natural... It | :17:28. | :17:40. | |
could be Commons' day. Celtic looking for a sixth. | :17:41. | :17:47. | |
And they have it! And he has his hat trick! | :17:48. | :17:53. | |
That's clinical from Commons. Don't expect anything else with the day | :17:54. | :17:58. | |
he's having. Even when MacDonald goes the right way, there's no | :17:59. | :18:03. | |
chance he's stopping that. Wonderful from Commons, right into the bottom | :18:04. | :18:06. | |
corner. And they got this penalty because of | :18:07. | :18:12. | |
this handball from Wilson. What can Wilson do there? He's tried to get | :18:13. | :18:18. | |
his hand behind his back. Commons is only two yards away. | :18:19. | :18:24. | |
Celtic are winning 6-0. But individually you have to look at | :18:25. | :18:28. | |
that goal. It is a poor, poor decision. How hearts heart -- Hearts | :18:29. | :18:35. | |
would love to have that man. He's scored twice in the final against | :18:36. | :18:41. | |
Hibs. He's a legend, in his first spell, let alone the second. He | :18:42. | :18:47. | |
scored in the 2006 time as well on penalties. Could have made a | :18:48. | :19:01. | |
difference today? No! Hamill! Almost. A good strike. We talked | :19:02. | :19:08. | |
about the this. Gets his shot away. MacDonald. | :19:09. | :19:32. | |
Stokes clipping it in. Yes - seven! | :19:33. | :19:38. | |
Hearts are heading just now for a record defeat, it seems. Brown | :19:39. | :19:45. | |
leathers home Celtic's seventh. It is seventh heaven for the holders! | :19:46. | :19:52. | |
That was a good save from MacDonald, right away - it comes through, was | :19:53. | :19:57. | |
it, I think McKay's legs. Brown has the strike. Takes the deflection. | :19:58. | :20:03. | |
MacDonald had gone the wrong way. Going for you, going for you - a | :20:04. | :20:11. | |
decent strike. Good technique from Brown. And the deflection. Gets them | :20:12. | :20:22. | |
the seventh. Boerrigter comes on to replace Commons. List on the the | :20:23. | :20:26. | |
ovation this man is about to receive. Quite rightly so. | :20:27. | :20:38. | |
Gets it back from Stokes. It has found Boerrigter. Celtic | :20:39. | :20:49. | |
corner. That deflection nearly got him that | :20:50. | :20:54. | |
hat trick. A lovely cross. Knocked down by Boerrigter. Celtic's eighth | :20:55. | :21:04. | |
nearly. He will be... Ledley. And now | :21:05. | :21:15. | |
Ambrose. And there is the final whistle. | :21:16. | :21:20. | |
Celtic celebrate a magnificent victory and a magnificent victory to | :21:21. | :21:28. | |
celebrate Neil Lennon's 200th game in charge of the club. From the | :21:29. | :21:33. | |
third minute they did not look back. Commons completed his hat trick. | :21:34. | :21:39. | |
Scott Brown got the third on 32. Ledley scored the fourth. A stun | :21:40. | :21:44. | |
stunner right on half time made it 5-0 before the interval. Commons | :21:45. | :21:50. | |
adding the sixth just shy of the hour mark, before Brown volleyed | :21:51. | :21:55. | |
home after a deflection to make it seven. | :21:56. | :21:59. | |
Scott Brown goes up the tunnel. Two goals himself today. He's got his | :22:00. | :22:03. | |
eye on the double himself this season. It finished incredibly here | :22:04. | :22:06. | |
at Tynecastle. Is that about as close to perfection | :22:07. | :22:14. | |
as you could have asked for this afternoon? It is the best | :22:15. | :22:18. | |
performance I've had in my time as manager. You always look for me, but | :22:19. | :22:23. | |
in terms of Utopia it is as good as it gets. It is as we've tried to | :22:24. | :22:27. | |
build this team. That is the way we want them to play and the way we | :22:28. | :22:31. | |
want Celtic team to play. It was everything I could have asked for. | :22:32. | :22:35. | |
Is that an afternoon to forget or to learn a hard lesson from? We have to | :22:36. | :22:41. | |
get it out of the system as quickly as possible. There is a lot to learn | :22:42. | :22:46. | |
from it. We did miss out in the game. We lost a poor goal and you | :22:47. | :22:50. | |
know sometimes you have to hold your hands up. We're a young side, but we | :22:51. | :22:57. | |
got out-classed today. The players around me make me the player I am. | :22:58. | :23:02. | |
Without being slipped in from Charley and the others I am useless, | :23:03. | :23:06. | |
but I am blessed with playing with such a good group of players. Did | :23:07. | :23:12. | |
you have the shooting boots on today? It has been a long time since | :23:13. | :23:18. | |
I last scored. Take them as they come. It is the hardest I have | :23:19. | :23:22. | |
scored ever. A tap in and a deflection for the second. I'll take | :23:23. | :23:24. | |
them all. A brilliant performance today. Great | :23:25. | :23:33. | |
reaction following the European disappointment. Fulsome praise from | :23:34. | :23:40. | |
Neil Lennon as well - it is massive praise when you consider some of the | :23:41. | :23:43. | |
praise they've had during that time. To what extent were Celtic excellent | :23:44. | :23:49. | |
and Hearts were awful? We have to analyse it like that. Celtic were | :23:50. | :23:55. | |
brilliant. They were immense. They can only beat what is put in front | :23:56. | :24:00. | |
of you. Celtic did that - their movement, their interchanging and | :24:01. | :24:04. | |
you know, we have to look at it as well and say there was some poor | :24:05. | :24:09. | |
defending from Hearts as well. Take nothing away from Celtic. They were | :24:10. | :24:13. | |
clinical on the day. How impressed were you - especially given their | :24:14. | :24:17. | |
disapointment mid-week? It is part of it. I think there's a reaction | :24:18. | :24:25. | |
from the Celtic players that is what Neil Lennon wanted. The quick | :24:26. | :24:29. | |
passing, good appreciation of the passes as well. And also the | :24:30. | :24:32. | |
movement was great right from the first minute. They adapted to the | :24:33. | :24:37. | |
new adapted system. They were playing, really, really well. From | :24:38. | :24:40. | |
the start, it was great. We will talk about how poor Hearts were and | :24:41. | :24:44. | |
reasons for. That but take nothing away from the Celtic performance. | :24:45. | :24:49. | |
Neil Lennon is right to say it was a brilliant display. Probably no | :24:50. | :24:53. | |
Celtic player reacted better than Commons, who was pretty much | :24:54. | :24:56. | |
outstanding throughout the afternoon. The passing and the | :24:57. | :25:01. | |
movement was great. I mentioned before there. It is a great finish. | :25:02. | :25:07. | |
It is a difficult angle. Have a look here in the centre of the pitch. The | :25:08. | :25:11. | |
normal thing is to go towards the ball, but no, he goes intelligently | :25:12. | :25:18. | |
wide, to where the space is. The full back does help by diving in | :25:19. | :25:21. | |
there. That is intelligent movement. Not the obvious place to go. | :25:22. | :25:27. | |
The finish is superb. Everything they had done was superb. You see | :25:28. | :25:32. | |
here again we could talk about the defending. He's just - it is an | :25:33. | :25:37. | |
eight-yard run. He's in and he's run for it and he's put it in the far | :25:38. | :25:41. | |
corner. So much game intelligence. Just head down there, but he knows | :25:42. | :25:46. | |
where the goalkeeper is. He seals his day - it was a fine day for him | :25:47. | :25:50. | |
with that penalty on the side net. He's got so much quality. He was | :25:51. | :25:54. | |
great. At times Celtic were unstoppable. | :25:55. | :25:58. | |
We'll talk more about that shortly. In terms of Hearts, how culpable | :25:59. | :26:05. | |
were they in their own downfall A full circumstance wl the back to the | :26:06. | :26:08. | |
ball. Maybe Wilson could come across. With the ball where it was | :26:09. | :26:15. | |
rolled, it was rolled and they will show them this. Materially... This | :26:16. | :26:23. | |
is a big problem. They played a high line a lot of the time. As well, | :26:24. | :26:27. | |
play a high line and you leave a lot of space for a guy on the ball. They | :26:28. | :26:32. | |
will always cause problems. It's not obvious that is what the initial | :26:33. | :26:36. | |
problem is. He's scratching his head a little bit there. He'll know if | :26:37. | :26:41. | |
you play have the high line, get tight every time with the | :26:42. | :26:46. | |
mid-fielders. If you don't, they will destroy defence. Uncomfortable | :26:47. | :26:51. | |
for Hearts' fans. I don't think we'll have many Hearts' viewers | :26:52. | :26:59. | |
tonight, it is fair to say. Mesmerising. It was not the | :27:00. | :27:03. | |
interchanging and the mid-field to the front ones. It was the - this | :27:04. | :27:13. | |
goal sealed it for me. That's a ball that You love on the | :27:14. | :27:22. | |
end of it. It is lovely. But this is another one. Here is your problem | :27:23. | :27:25. | |
with the defence. Now they are scared to go out because they are | :27:26. | :27:28. | |
caught behind it. You cannot give that much space and | :27:29. | :27:33. | |
when you do, someone eventually has to go and nobody goes. Again it is | :27:34. | :27:38. | |
just this naivety they have got. This inexperience they've got. They | :27:39. | :27:44. | |
didn't know whether to come or go. Sometimes it was Commons, sometimes | :27:45. | :27:48. | |
it was Stokes coming back there as well. They had no idea who to pick | :27:49. | :27:53. | |
up. Celtic did not need a helping hand today, but they got it in the | :27:54. | :27:57. | |
second half. You were very clear about your thoughts about this | :27:58. | :28:01. | |
penalty. I don't suppose it has changed much. Cruel! As I said - and | :28:02. | :28:08. | |
I stand by it - if we analyse Hearts and Celtic. Of look at the picture - | :28:09. | :28:17. | |
eight yards away. Look at Wilson' arm, it is behind his back. It is | :28:18. | :28:28. | |
cruel when you are 5-0 down. Has to be deliberate handball. Be | :28:29. | :28:34. | |
serious... That is nowhere near deliberate. There's a psychological | :28:35. | :28:39. | |
difference between six and seven. One thing about Hearts, they did | :28:40. | :28:43. | |
keep on trying - particularly in that second half. By this point, | :28:44. | :28:47. | |
Celtic have not taken their foot off the gas, but they are not playing as | :28:48. | :28:50. | |
well. They are still playing well enough to get another couple of | :28:51. | :28:55. | |
goals. Scott Brown becoming a goal machine, it seems. It seems cruel to | :28:56. | :29:00. | |
talk in this way about Hearts, given all the problems they obviously have | :29:01. | :29:04. | |
in the league and off the field - it is well documented - but that result | :29:05. | :29:08. | |
has to be crushing in terms of their morale, you would imagine. Next | :29:09. | :29:12. | |
weekend they are away to Dundee united in the Scottish premiership. | :29:13. | :29:16. | |
How do they bounce back from this? It will be tough. You know, they | :29:17. | :29:21. | |
have got a lot to fight for. They are fighting that relegation period. | :29:22. | :29:27. | |
The festive period is coming up. Down to six points. They'll have toy | :29:28. | :29:33. | |
wait that. They will be wiping it with Lock. You have to teach young | :29:34. | :29:38. | |
lads. He'll tell them what he wanted from them. If they do that and get | :29:39. | :29:42. | |
it out of their system and look forward to that relegation battle, | :29:43. | :29:44. | |
then that is a way forward. I've had a 7-0 myself. It is how you | :29:45. | :29:55. | |
fight back. A tough day. The fourth round of the | :29:56. | :30:00. | |
Scottish Cup is a special time, for some clubs, et cetera specially | :30:01. | :30:04. | |
those in the lower echelons. Sometimes, just sometimes we catch | :30:05. | :30:09. | |
that illusive glimpse of the romance of the cup. | :30:10. | :30:15. | |
Due to fire damage, Albion Rovers moved there match against Motherwell | :30:16. | :30:25. | |
to New Douglas Park. They were vastly outnumbered by their | :30:26. | :30:27. | |
Premiership opponents, and the chance for a class at shop, when | :30:28. | :30:31. | |
Gary Phillips got his chance and did not miss. -- classic shock. It was | :30:32. | :30:42. | |
almost cut short, but a missed chance, and it meant Albion Rovers | :30:43. | :30:52. | |
have Dell Scottish Cup giant-killing scalp. A real moment to savour for | :30:53. | :30:56. | |
the club where success has never come easy. It has to be the best, | :30:57. | :31:02. | |
cannot compare it to anything, scoring a goal and a great Cup like | :31:03. | :31:10. | |
that. The Stranraer captain led his side | :31:11. | :31:17. | |
out at Clyde, after working through the night at the Glasgow helicopter | :31:18. | :31:22. | |
crash. Thoughts go out to the friends, relatives and staff. A | :31:23. | :31:26. | |
moment of silence, making you reflect, and I suppose it is things | :31:27. | :31:32. | |
into perspective. We are still in the heart, probably lucky, I thought | :31:33. | :31:38. | |
Clyde came out of the straps -- came out of the traps quickly. The second | :31:39. | :31:50. | |
half, we were definitely better. A stunning free kick from Lee Currie | :31:51. | :31:58. | |
looked like it might set the wee Rangers on their way, but Dumbarton | :31:59. | :32:03. | |
bounce back, on the way to a 3-1 victory. | :32:04. | :32:14. | |
Since taking over as Alloa manager, he is hotly tipped to take over the | :32:15. | :32:20. | |
vacant managers job at Inverness. He masterminded their Cup progress. | :32:21. | :32:27. | |
Graeme Holmes amongst the goals for Alloa, Graham Weir for Stirling | :32:28. | :32:37. | |
Albion, but merely a consolation. Another league one side through to | :32:38. | :32:42. | |
the last 16, Stenhousemuir progressing at the expense of | :32:43. | :32:46. | |
Highland League said Fraserburgh. Ross McNeil have the double as | :32:47. | :32:59. | |
Stenhousemuir ran out 3-0 winners. A crackling, dear I see it, Stormy | :33:00. | :33:06. | |
Angus derby, three red cards, two red cards, we can sell you -- | :33:07. | :33:13. | |
Brechin City 1-0 in front, but Martyn Fotheringham equalised, | :33:14. | :33:18. | |
sending them into Cup replay fever. Dunfermline athletic, in light blue, | :33:19. | :33:30. | |
at Somerset Park, taking the lead through Andy Geggan. But 1-1 is | :33:31. | :33:38. | |
hybrid with the news, Kevin Kyle with the knock-down, and Michael | :33:39. | :33:51. | |
Donald with the equaliser. At the Falkirk Stadium, David | :33:52. | :33:56. | |
McCracken's sending-off would be pivotal, as Rangers eventually find | :33:57. | :34:02. | |
a route into the next round. The biggest moment of the game so far, | :34:03. | :34:07. | |
and it is saved, Nicky Law with the effort, and it goes into the net, | :34:08. | :34:11. | |
but the offside flag is up on the near side. Nicky Law puts Rangers | :34:12. | :34:19. | |
surely into the fifth round of the Scottish Cup! They are definitely | :34:20. | :34:28. | |
through now, David Templeton, in second-half stoppage time! | :34:29. | :34:35. | |
No doubt, Albion Rovers, what an incredible result from them, and | :34:36. | :34:40. | |
great to get that kind of shock. What will it mean for the club like | :34:41. | :34:46. | |
Albion Rovers to put out Motherwell? Absolutely massive, David Ward | :34:47. | :34:51. | |
there, Goodlad, I did my badges with him. He works away at small clubs | :34:52. | :34:58. | |
and then gets his reward. It is hard graft working with small clubs, but | :34:59. | :35:01. | |
they will enjoy every moment. You can just be it. It is so much joy | :35:02. | :35:08. | |
for them. Seemed like an emotional moment for him as the manager, but | :35:09. | :35:14. | |
the Gary Phillips, personal trainer, going back to the scene of his glory | :35:15. | :35:19. | |
tomorrow, it must be magic. It must be magic. A fantastic moment for | :35:20. | :35:26. | |
them. What does it mean to Albion Rovers? Talk to the bank manager. | :35:27. | :35:32. | |
That is for sure. After a good start to the season, party this all have | :35:33. | :35:36. | |
gone off the boil, in fact losing their last four matches, one of | :35:37. | :35:42. | |
which was a 4-0 defeat to Aberdeen, facing them today. -- Partick | :35:43. | :35:46. | |
Thistle have gone off the boil. It is advantage Aberdeen. They have | :35:47. | :35:57. | |
scored the oven and conceded nine in two league meetings. If you are | :35:58. | :36:00. | |
looking for or mince, when the teams have met, Aberdeen have lifted the | :36:01. | :36:10. | |
trophy. Looking for omens. Thistle beset by problems. Some changes by | :36:11. | :36:20. | |
Aberdeen, bringing back Barry Robson in the middle of the park. And Gregg | :36:21. | :36:25. | |
Wylde replacing an injured Jonny Hayes on the wing. The match referee | :36:26. | :36:33. | |
is Bobby Madden. A decent sized crowd. Inside Firhill for this | :36:34. | :36:39. | |
match. And we are underway. Ballot -- Balatoni under some | :36:40. | :37:23. | |
pressure there. Oswald in charge of the intervention. | :37:24. | :37:56. | |
Throw well dealt with by Balatoni. The first corner kick of the match | :37:57. | :38:05. | |
goes Aberdeen's way. Barry Robson to deliver this one. We will know what | :38:06. | :38:12. | |
he is capable of in terms of delivery. That wand of a left foot. | :38:13. | :38:18. | |
Thistle have to be on their guard here. Aberdeen have the lead, Andrew | :38:19. | :38:33. | |
Considine, inside five min! -- minutes! It has put Derek McInnes' | :38:34. | :38:38. | |
side in front. Terrific delivery from Barry Robson, as we have come | :38:39. | :38:46. | |
to expect. Considine lost his marker and hit it emphatically past Scott | :38:47. | :38:50. | |
Fox. The early advantage goes Aberdeen's way. Just the start they | :38:51. | :38:59. | |
would have wanted. Just the start Partick Thistle must have been | :39:00. | :39:00. | |
dreading. Aberdeen enjoying plenty of | :39:01. | :39:15. | |
possession. Bobby Madden had a look at that, | :39:16. | :39:25. | |
nothing given, though. Peter Pawlett with the effort, and a | :39:26. | :39:41. | |
brilliant save by Scott Fox. Still in play, as Calvin Zola tries to | :39:42. | :39:46. | |
pick up the pieces. Really good goalkeeping by Scott Fox, who found | :39:47. | :39:50. | |
himself off his line. Peter Pawlett with the effort. And a brilliant | :39:51. | :39:52. | |
save by Scott Fox. A deflection and Scott Fox again. | :39:53. | :40:18. | |
Alert enough to push that one away. Kicked in by Gregg Wylde. A wicked | :40:19. | :40:22. | |
deflection. A chance for Gregg Wylde. And a wild | :40:23. | :40:41. | |
shot off target. That should have been the second for Aberdeen. Wylde | :40:42. | :40:52. | |
was clear of the Thistle defence. He shot and blazed well off target. | :40:53. | :41:08. | |
Piccolo claiming he was court by Calvin Zola in that match up. | :41:09. | :41:19. | |
Zola wins it, and should have scored. Just a foot too high. Again, | :41:20. | :41:28. | |
it was too easy for Zola to win it. Does well to find this space, in | :41:29. | :41:30. | |
fairness. It was Russell Anderson in the end | :41:31. | :41:51. | |
getting it behind for a corner. Again, that could have been so much | :41:52. | :41:53. | |
more for Partick Thistle. And the half-time whistle sounds, | :41:54. | :42:12. | |
with Aberdeen utterly dominant, a goal in the fifth minute from Andrew | :42:13. | :42:18. | |
Considine. It is 1-0 to Aberdeen. Partick Thistle really need to | :42:19. | :42:22. | |
improve on that first half showing. No shots on target in the opening | :42:23. | :42:31. | |
period. They really need to be seen as more of an attacking force. In | :42:32. | :42:37. | |
this second half, as Bobby Madden gets us back underway. | :42:38. | :42:44. | |
Thistle have a bit of work to do if they are to progress to the last | :42:45. | :42:47. | |
extreme. -- last 16. Michael Hector of doing the | :42:48. | :43:08. | |
defending there. Shapes to shoot, pushed away by Langfield. A good | :43:09. | :43:16. | |
effort from Kyle Higginbotham. Langfield, who has had nothing to do | :43:17. | :43:20. | |
all afternoon, manages to keep that one out. Thistle's first shot on | :43:21. | :43:25. | |
target. Partick Thistle now looking for an | :43:26. | :43:35. | |
equaliser. That is not too far away from Elliott. That was a really good | :43:36. | :43:38. | |
effort. And Josh looking to tie that one up. | :43:39. | :43:56. | |
A lovely back healed. -- heel. Niall McGinn goes down. Bobby Madden | :43:57. | :44:00. | |
shakes the finger and says no penalty. This could have been game | :44:01. | :44:05. | |
over. And certainly barged down by Piccolo there. He was trying to get | :44:06. | :44:12. | |
in between him and Osbourne. Partick Thistle will have to find something | :44:13. | :44:16. | |
special. Something they have not produced. | :44:17. | :44:24. | |
Aberdeen looked likely to score there. So close to a second. | :44:25. | :44:29. | |
Eventually, Thistle smashed it clear. It was a stunning strike from | :44:30. | :44:35. | |
Aberdeen's top goal-scorer. It rattled back off the upright. | :44:36. | :44:42. | |
Archibald's men are heading out the competition unless they can find | :44:43. | :44:45. | |
something in these dying seconds. They just cannot get hold of the | :44:46. | :44:47. | |
ball. And it was Osbourne all the way up | :44:48. | :45:05. | |
there, trying to force it home. But the full-back was denied. He was | :45:06. | :45:18. | |
denied at the near post. A corner comes own, not too far away, but it | :45:19. | :45:25. | |
was left to lead, it seems, to start piling bodies and shots in on goal. | :45:26. | :45:28. | |
Only seconds remaining. And it is all over. It is Aberdeen | :45:29. | :45:37. | |
who progress, thanks to Andrew Considine's fifth minute header. In | :45:38. | :45:47. | |
truth, Partick Thistle drop out of the Scottish Cup with a whimper, | :45:48. | :45:53. | |
Aberdeen progress to the last 16 of the William Hill Scottish Kip, | :45:54. | :45:59. | |
winning it here one - zero. -- Scottish Cup. They made it difficult | :46:00. | :46:14. | |
for us, as we expected. It was all about getting through today. We've | :46:15. | :46:17. | |
played better than we have in the second half. But a quality one as a | :46:18. | :46:23. | |
game. We're just grateful that the opportunities that we did score | :46:24. | :46:26. | |
under didn't come back and bite us A good victory for us. The first half | :46:27. | :46:31. | |
I don't think we threatened them enough. We got closer, which he | :46:32. | :46:37. | |
didn't do well enough in the first half. I thought we might get | :46:38. | :46:44. | |
something at the end. Having one goal - it's not very safe. Managed | :46:45. | :46:50. | |
to block it. It was quite an open game, you know. It was like we have | :46:51. | :46:55. | |
a chance, they have a chance, sort of thing, the whole game. It was not | :46:56. | :47:00. | |
very safe. We plugged away. Stat time. Before today's game, | :47:01. | :47:06. | |
Aberdeen had knocked Partick Thistle out six times. On three occasions | :47:07. | :47:11. | |
Aberdeen have gone on to win the Scottish Cup. Today potentially a | :47:12. | :47:17. | |
good omen for Aberdeen. It was a fantastic start. The marking was not | :47:18. | :47:23. | |
good enough. A decent bender - had a lot of | :47:24. | :47:33. | |
power. Well done, he attacks it. But in the end the defending is not good | :47:34. | :47:38. | |
enough. They changed it for this - changed a different marker. At that | :47:39. | :47:44. | |
point it is too late. They never after that got back into the game. | :47:45. | :47:52. | |
Good defending. Not the best defending. Partick | :47:53. | :47:57. | |
Thistle have lost three times to Aberdeen this season. Partick did | :47:58. | :48:02. | |
have their chances in this game. They had been a bit toothless at | :48:03. | :48:06. | |
times and once again today. It is the story of the season - they play | :48:07. | :48:13. | |
lovely football. For me, I really enjoyed watching | :48:14. | :48:19. | |
them, genuinely up to the 18-yard line. Then after that, the finishing | :48:20. | :48:27. | |
has not been great. Just the final ball - they played it to well, | :48:28. | :48:33. | |
mid-field to front and you wonder why when they get up to this area, | :48:34. | :48:38. | |
when they are coming, there are players getting up there to support | :48:39. | :48:41. | |
and they might get on the end of that, but that's been the problem - | :48:42. | :48:45. | |
the finishing, particularly at home - the lig ga believe and then | :48:46. | :48:50. | |
obviously the final ball there and that starts to affect your | :48:51. | :48:55. | |
confidence. A wee bit more clinical. It was such a promising start. How | :48:56. | :49:05. | |
do they get their mo Joe back? There -- mojo back? They have lost 3-0 and | :49:06. | :49:13. | |
on the odd occasion, but they have to make sure they get the box - the | :49:14. | :49:19. | |
guy on the ball will be clinical and more decisive. It may work because | :49:20. | :49:26. | |
their football is good. They are losing confidence each week they do | :49:27. | :49:30. | |
that. There is not pressure on them to get a striker. They have to look | :49:31. | :49:35. | |
over the period of the season and say they've done all right. Do you | :49:36. | :49:41. | |
think Aberdeen should have won by a more convincing score line? Quite | :49:42. | :49:46. | |
often they were long shots. The keeper was doing well here. They | :49:47. | :49:51. | |
actually found themselves in a poor position to start with. He got | :49:52. | :49:55. | |
himself back. In the end, you think if anybody is going to score here, | :49:56. | :50:00. | |
particularly the first half - which wasn't bad, Derek was saying he | :50:01. | :50:03. | |
thought the second half was frantic. I think that is being polite about | :50:04. | :50:07. | |
it. I don't think it was any good. There was no passing. Any chances | :50:08. | :50:12. | |
that were coming up were genuinely come from the Aberdeen players. This | :50:13. | :50:17. | |
was the best one. They work it well and it's an excellent strike from | :50:18. | :50:23. | |
McGinn. Could this be Aberdeen's year? We have said it for a long | :50:24. | :50:30. | |
time. They've got themselves well on in two Cup competitions. Doing OK in | :50:31. | :50:36. | |
the league. The Dons fans have been saying that for a lot of years now. | :50:37. | :50:42. | |
The Aberdeen fans would abouts lightly love it. -- absolutely love | :50:43. | :50:46. | |
it. Now a round up of the remaining | :50:47. | :50:51. | |
games. The sunset on St Mirren's hope of | :50:52. | :51:03. | |
maintaining the League Cup when they lost back in August. They got off to | :51:04. | :51:08. | |
the perfect start as they aim for revenge. | :51:09. | :51:16. | |
A header from Naismith. Newton deflected. | :51:17. | :51:24. | |
A teasing ball. Back to Russell. | :51:25. | :51:26. | |
Off the post and in. It is clever, on the Riley - that is | :51:27. | :51:39. | |
even better. Thompson! | :51:40. | :51:45. | |
Great move down the left-hand side as Thompson tucks it home! | :51:46. | :52:03. | |
Ful A power failure at a substation meant the second half in Inverness | :52:04. | :52:11. | |
was delayed by over 30 minutes. When the match did get back under way it | :52:12. | :52:15. | |
was the home side who cruised through to the last 16. | :52:16. | :52:21. | |
McKay with his first of the afternoon. He was not finished for | :52:22. | :52:24. | |
the day. Doran setting up McKay for his 13th | :52:25. | :52:27. | |
goal of the season. Another another striker in demand | :52:28. | :52:42. | |
set St Johnstone on their way through. | :52:43. | :52:46. | |
The trip north is one that butch butch butch knows well. -- Terry | :52:47. | :53:01. | |
Butcher knows well. After two weeks in the job he's beginning to create | :53:02. | :53:06. | |
history. This was their first ever victory | :53:07. | :53:11. | |
against Ross County. The break through for Hibs. | :53:12. | :53:34. | |
And a flashing header from Lukinson. Handling's control. | :53:35. | :53:41. | |
A great run. Down he goes! And it's going to be a yellow card. | :53:42. | :53:53. | |
It is his second and he's off. The drama was far from over. | :53:54. | :53:58. | |
The substitute was replaced by Terry Butcher for tactical reasons. | :53:59. | :54:03. | |
Terry's word and point were ringing in his ears. | :54:04. | :54:09. | |
It is disappointing when that happens. Ross is a key player for us | :54:10. | :54:19. | |
and one we like. This week's action began at Tannadice and Kilmarnock | :54:20. | :54:26. | |
look looked in place for an upset. A strike from Johnson put the visitors | :54:27. | :54:34. | |
2-1 up. Not for the first time this season United's youngsters bounced | :54:35. | :54:44. | |
back and this rounded off the scoring for Kilmarnock. This | :54:45. | :54:49. | |
weekend's what happened next question. Look away if you are from | :54:50. | :55:02. | |
the blue half of Dundee! Only ir irirknows what -- only Irvine knows | :55:03. | :55:12. | |
what went wrong. You are a coach of Queen of the South. | :55:13. | :55:17. | |
Listen, we played well. We were unlucky. St Mirren had their | :55:18. | :55:23. | |
chances. They started the first half well. We fought back. A good | :55:24. | :55:26. | |
equaliser here and the second half as well. | :55:27. | :55:29. | |
They could have killed off the game, but we had chances to win it as | :55:30. | :55:32. | |
well. We were disappointed we didn't get through. Looking forward to the | :55:33. | :55:37. | |
replay. It was a really good cup tie yesterday. Let's talk of goals of | :55:38. | :55:40. | |
the round. Let's start with this. This is Lustig. | :55:41. | :55:55. | |
He's absolutely nailed that one. A great goal. Helped by the defenders | :55:56. | :56:07. | |
falling off a bit. A bit of space. This is Graham Weir. How do you rate | :56:08. | :56:14. | |
this? Spectacular. You have to get the technique absolutely right. And | :56:15. | :56:22. | |
Chris Johnston here. His wrong-foot, as it were. | :56:23. | :56:26. | |
He's time to think about the top corner - an absolute beauty. Which | :56:27. | :56:31. | |
was your favourite? Listen, all three are favourite. Chris Johnston | :56:32. | :56:36. | |
because it is the wrong-foot, right in the top corner. Brilliant! I | :56:37. | :56:42. | |
think the technique by Graham Weir is fantastic. To be honest if you | :56:43. | :56:47. | |
ask me in five minutes' time I will probably say Lustig. We have covered | :56:48. | :56:52. | |
them all. The fifth round draw will take place tomorrow. | :56:53. | :56:58. | |
These are the steam teams that will be -- these are the teams that will | :56:59. | :57:03. | |
be in the pot. As many League One sides as premier ship sides. That is | :57:04. | :57:10. | |
the romance of the Cup. If anybody is going to draw an old firm, it | :57:11. | :57:16. | |
could be Miller. It could be fate. Maybe that is why they choose him! | :57:17. | :57:20. | |
This is special. I love playing in it, as a player. No doubt some of | :57:21. | :57:26. | |
the teams - there could be some good teams as well. A chance to dream of | :57:27. | :57:32. | |
the League One side as well. I want them to have a good run. Who will | :57:33. | :57:38. | |
the manager be is another one.ly be in rovers. It could be a fantastic | :57:39. | :57:43. | |
one. That is almost it for tonight. We are back next weekend of course. | :57:44. | :57:49. | |
The Results Show is on Saturday afternoon at 4. 30pm. On Sunday, it | :57:50. | :57:53. | |
is me, once again, with all the highlights of another weekend of | :57:54. | :57:56. | |
Scottish Premiership action. That is it for tonight. We have drawn a line | :57:57. | :58:00. | |
under the weekend action. Thanks to the guys. The draw is tomorrow. The | :58:01. | :58:05. | |
battle lines will be drawn then. Will we get an Old Firm Derby? Good | :58:06. | :58:09. | |
night! | :58:10. | :58:16. |