:00:23. > :00:27.Standby if your first SPL football round-up of 2013. With the Highland
:00:27. > :00:34.derby off, we have highlights of all five games played, starting
:00:34. > :00:38.with the Edinburgh derby. Talking about it afterwards, Craig Gordon
:00:38. > :00:42.and Ian Murray. New year in the capital always means a spectacular
:00:42. > :00:46.celebration. The hope at Tynecastle was that the first meeting of
:00:46. > :00:56.Hearts and Hibs in 2013 would be equally memorable. Here are the
:00:56. > :01:21.
:01:21. > :01:31.armbands in memory of Hearts' former Dr, who has passed away. He
:01:31. > :01:55.
:01:55. > :02:05.was club doctor at Tynecastle for and caused a problem or two.
:02:05. > :02:33.
:02:33. > :02:36.was an easy take in the end for McDonald. But could build up play
:02:36. > :02:46.from the visitors. He did not really get hold of it and it was
:02:46. > :03:22.
:03:22. > :03:32.opening goal! The ball was played over the top by Stevenson. Hearts
:03:32. > :03:32.
:03:32. > :03:38.might feel that they should have had a penalty. Robinson was taken
:03:38. > :03:48.out by McPake. No penalty awarded, as Driver flashed the shot wide,
:03:48. > :04:06.
:04:06. > :04:10.is not happy. He is saying to the referee, look at my legs. Stevenson
:04:10. > :04:20.left the ground, came over the ball. He is lucky to not even be
:04:20. > :04:27.
:04:27. > :04:37.derby of the season. He was claiming for the corner. It should
:04:37. > :05:01.
:05:01. > :05:06.goalkeeper managed to clear the but he cleared it, and it just hit
:05:06. > :05:16.Brian Stevenson. It could have gone the other side of the post, but it
:05:16. > :05:40.
:05:40. > :05:46.opening goal for Hibs. It needed composure and did not get it. It
:05:46. > :05:51.was a great ball from Griffiths. Cairney played one of the best pass
:05:51. > :06:01.of the match. And Doyle thrashed the ball over the top. He might
:06:01. > :06:07.
:06:07. > :06:17.have cut inside but went for it on corner kick tally is higher than
:06:17. > :06:45.
:06:45. > :06:55.the entertainment level. What can took a deflection. Just clipped the
:06:55. > :07:05.
:07:05. > :07:15.There have been goals in the last 12 Derby's. And Witherspoon almost
:07:15. > :07:27.
:07:27. > :07:37.on by Paterson, stepped inside, beat the keeper but not the
:07:37. > :07:56.
:07:56. > :08:01.dumb. Acres of space on the far side. Doyle got the shot away.
:08:01. > :08:11.Saved by the keeper, but McGowan had to be there for Hearts.
:08:11. > :08:22.
:08:22. > :08:32.Griffiths was lingering with intent. share of possession in the second
:08:32. > :08:44.
:08:44. > :08:47.half, Hearts, but have not tested glorious chance to steal it late.
:08:47. > :08:51.Jonson first off the bar, and then Barr too high a with the header,
:08:51. > :08:59.onto the roof of the net. It remains goalless. They could not
:08:59. > :09:05.That was a bit of a damp squib. Plenty of effort from both sides,
:09:05. > :09:08.and both could have nicked the three points. Probably a fair
:09:08. > :09:12.result. Hearts had probably slightly the better of it. It has
:09:12. > :09:18.been the same story for them, not enough goals. Do you think Hibs
:09:18. > :09:24.will be happy with one.? They will have to be. They did not play well,
:09:24. > :09:29.but they leave with a point. that their approach? I don't think
:09:29. > :09:35.so. The Griffiths always looks a lively going forward. They will be
:09:36. > :09:39.happy with that, I think. Should Hearts have had a penalty, in a
:09:39. > :09:43.match of precious few goalscoring chances? I think so. I think this
:09:44. > :09:49.was a penalty. It was a good ball over the top. I have no problem if
:09:49. > :09:53.the referee let it run on, and after Driver misses it, still come
:09:53. > :09:58.back and give the foul and penalty. It is a foul. I don't think anybody
:09:58. > :10:03.can challenge that decision. You have to give a decision their one
:10:03. > :10:07.way or another. He let play go on. Was he playing on, or did he not
:10:07. > :10:11.think it was a penalty? It was unclear what the referee actually
:10:11. > :10:17.did. He was the referee in the Dundee derby last month, when this
:10:17. > :10:23.happened. He played advantage and then called it back and gave the
:10:23. > :10:27.penalty. Yes, giving that one by pulling it back, he knows that he
:10:27. > :10:31.can pull it back if it is a penalty. The only thing you can take from it
:10:31. > :10:36.is that he thought that one in the Derby was not a penalty kick. That
:10:36. > :10:40.is the only reason it could be. You can see by the pictures, the delay
:10:40. > :10:43.in the Dundee derby was far greater than the one tonight. The only
:10:43. > :10:47.thing I can think is that he genuinely thought it was not a
:10:47. > :10:57.penalty kick. He has given you a red card in your time. Should he
:10:57. > :11:00.
:11:00. > :11:04.have shown want to Ryan Stevenson definite red card. The linesman was
:11:05. > :11:08.on the other side of the pitch. If he was on the other side, I don't
:11:08. > :11:14.think Stevenson would going like that. Both feet were off the ground,
:11:14. > :11:18.not just one foot. I think McPake's reaction helped, because he bounced
:11:18. > :11:22.up. He complained about the tackle but did not roll about. It could
:11:22. > :11:26.have been serious. He was lucky not to get injured. There played to him
:11:26. > :11:31.for getting up and getting on with my game. Ryan Stevenson was still
:11:32. > :11:36.on the pitch and he could have scored after the keeper has spilled
:11:36. > :11:39.the strike from Taouil. It was difficult. It ended up quite close
:11:39. > :11:44.to his body. The second was a good reaction to get it away, but you
:11:44. > :11:50.thought it would have to end up in the net. It bounced off his shins
:11:51. > :11:59.and dribbled agonisingly wide. was close, and this was a big
:11:59. > :12:03.chance for the 19-year-old Jason Holt. He did not do too much wrong.
:12:03. > :12:06.He did well. He makes space for the shot and the defenders closed him
:12:06. > :12:11.down, so he cut inside. He might have slipped it into the bottom
:12:11. > :12:18.corner, but he beat the keeper. He was a bit unlucky. It would have
:12:18. > :12:25.been a great goal for him, being so young. Will Jason Holt and these
:12:25. > :12:28.other guys get more of an opportunity? I think the financial
:12:28. > :12:31.situation is going to dictate that for Hearts, and they will have to
:12:32. > :12:35.bring some young boys through. And they have done well. They gave a
:12:35. > :12:39.lot to the cause tonight. Their general play was quite good and
:12:39. > :12:42.they created a few chances. On another night, they could have
:12:42. > :12:46.possibly won the game. They feel they have done enough to win the
:12:46. > :12:49.game, so positive signs from the young boy's coming through.
:12:49. > :12:54.Hopefully he can build a team around them. Your waltz team could
:12:54. > :13:04.have sneaked it tonight. The thing Doyle should have shown more
:13:04. > :13:07.
:13:07. > :13:11.defended so well that they would have taken all the points. The
:13:11. > :13:18.defender did really well to get back, because it looked like a one-
:13:18. > :13:22.on-one but the defender made it hard. Lee Griffiths almost got a
:13:22. > :13:30.goal that many were expecting from him. Credit to McGowan forgetting
:13:30. > :13:35.it away. The keeper could not quite get two hands on it. He took
:13:35. > :13:39.responsibility. It was a great challenge. He had to be so strong
:13:39. > :13:44.and he had to win it. He had to make sure the ball did not end up
:13:44. > :13:49.in the net. Like Hibs at the other end, it was a goal clearing
:13:49. > :13:53.defending that saved the day. was the closest we got to a goal,
:13:54. > :13:59.the header from Sutton coming back off the bar and then Barr having a
:13:59. > :14:03.chance. Hearts had so many corners tonight. They are normally very
:14:03. > :14:09.good from the set plays. That was probably the only good chance they
:14:09. > :14:13.had from a corner, which is unusual. Sutton was unlucky and Barr had a
:14:13. > :14:23.good chance. Not bad defending. It was a good chance for Hartson it
:14:23. > :14:27.
:14:27. > :14:34.would have been crawl if they had this. Things have changed for you,
:14:34. > :14:38.from scoring for hits. Managing Dumbarton. It has been great.
:14:38. > :14:41.Things have moved on and I have found myself being given a chance
:14:41. > :14:44.to manage in the First Division with a team that was struggling a
:14:44. > :14:48.little bit. I was given the chance to go and try to help them out. We
:14:48. > :14:55.have started OK, so we have given ourselves every chance of staying
:14:55. > :15:01.in the division. 100% in the league. The League is so difficult for
:15:01. > :15:04.anyone, but for us, working on the budget and the part-time basis,
:15:04. > :15:09.against full-time teams with the facilities to train every day of
:15:09. > :15:12.the week, we cannot do that. So to win two games on the bounce and
:15:12. > :15:16.dragged ourselves back into the relegation pack, if you like,
:15:16. > :15:21.because we were adrift, it is fantastic and the confidence is
:15:21. > :15:24.high. We have a game on Saturday against Dunfermline, who have had
:15:24. > :15:29.troubles this season financially. Three weeks ago it was looking grim
:15:29. > :15:33.for us but now we are back in it. Back to the SPL. Much to look
:15:33. > :15:36.forward to for Celtic. That meeting with Juventus is six weeks away and
:15:36. > :15:46.at home to Motherwell yesterday they plans to take another step
:15:46. > :16:03.
:16:03. > :16:07.Mulgrew knocking it back in. Celtic don't get the breakthrough
:16:07. > :16:17.because the flag is up against the Greek international.
:16:17. > :16:17.
:16:17. > :17:54.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 96 seconds
:17:54. > :18:04.deflection. A good build-up from chance that was for FA Ambrose.
:18:04. > :18:19.
:18:19. > :18:29.Randolph didn't touch it at all and Darren Randolph. Hamill did well to
:18:29. > :19:01.
:19:01. > :19:05.impeded by Gary Hooper. was Kelvin Wilson who made the
:19:05. > :19:15.challenge. He brought Murphy to a halt. Motherwell have the
:19:15. > :19:25.
:19:25. > :19:31.opportunity to take the lead from bit of gamesmanship.
:19:31. > :19:41.A wonderful stop by Fraser Forster at full stretch, denying Tom
:19:41. > :20:07.
:20:07. > :20:11.He was involved right at the start of the move, releasing Samaras. The
:20:11. > :20:21.clinical finishes gives him his 18th goal of the season, his fifth
:20:21. > :20:45.
:20:45. > :20:55.there from Forster. The Celtic club Captain couldn't find the
:20:55. > :20:59.
:20:59. > :21:05.I did think the penalty would be a good talking point tonight. From
:21:05. > :21:08.the pictures it looks like a penalty. He's taken a wild swipe at
:21:08. > :21:13.the ball and not got anywhere near it. I don't think the referee had
:21:13. > :21:20.too much of an option but to point to the spot. A good dive to finish
:21:20. > :21:25.off. Now, it looked like a penalty. Top marks for artistic impression,
:21:25. > :21:30.and for Fraser Forster for psyching out Tom Hateley. I don't think I
:21:30. > :21:37.would have been happy. The ball doesn't look like it was on the
:21:37. > :21:47.doesn't look like it was on the spot. He is a big lad and when he
:21:47. > :21:52.gets angry... A great save. It goes early and he's so strong, Fraser
:21:52. > :22:01.Forster, that when he does get a touch on the ball, not a lot of
:22:01. > :22:05.time it ends in the net behind him. He's worth his weight in gold, as
:22:05. > :22:12.you see by his call-up to the England side as well. When he first
:22:12. > :22:16.came to Celtic and to now he's progressed at such a rate he's been
:22:16. > :22:22.called up. He has done wonders in domestic as well as Europe. Celtic
:22:22. > :22:29.have a player, we don't shout and scream about the goal it is, we
:22:29. > :22:34.talk about Griffiths and McGinn and Mackay, but this guy got to 18 and
:22:34. > :22:42.is heading to the 20 mark barring injury. Gary Hooper keeps on doing
:22:42. > :22:47.it. Yes, a lot of goals in the six- yard book, real poacher's goals.
:22:47. > :22:53.When you were at a top club, that's what you need - somebody to put the
:22:53. > :22:59.ball into the net. He always seems to be in the right place at the
:22:59. > :23:08.right time. Could Celtic receive an offer they find difficult to refuse
:23:08. > :23:11.for Gary Hooper? One thing that's been overlooked is Hooper isn't
:23:11. > :23:14.scoring, Samaras does contribute but maybe doesn't get enough goals,
:23:14. > :23:19.but on the form he is showing, and he is doing it in the Champions
:23:19. > :23:23.League, offers are going to come. I don't think Celtic are in a
:23:23. > :23:33.position where they have to take the offer, but if he is not happy,
:23:33. > :24:04.
:24:04. > :24:12.player went down. The referee points to the spot and Willie
:24:12. > :24:16.Collum says penalty. Kilmarnock are ahead after five
:24:16. > :24:26.minutes. It is an emphatic penalty kick.
:24:26. > :24:26.
:24:26. > :25:32.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 96 seconds
:25:32. > :25:42.in his last couple of games. A good run of form. That one went
:25:42. > :25:42.
:25:42. > :26:46.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 96 seconds
:26:46. > :26:56.league four for St Mirren. Almost Perfectly positioned. Kilmarnock
:26:56. > :27:06.complained. It was kept in play by Thompson. Did he catch him? That's
:27:06. > :27:12.
:27:12. > :27:20.the question. I suppose the answer teams have traded penalty kicks. It
:27:20. > :27:30.is the second of the season against Kilmarnock for Dylan McGowan. --
:27:30. > :27:30.
:27:30. > :28:34.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 96 seconds
:28:34. > :28:41.David Barron. Kilmarnock will fancy their chances
:28:41. > :28:45.in the top half of the season? team is going to sneak in there. It
:28:45. > :28:49.is great for the league, maybe not so great for the managers and fans
:28:49. > :28:53.watching the games. In terms of entertainment and meaningful games,
:28:53. > :28:57.it has been a great season. Both teams will have the belief and
:28:57. > :29:03.expect to be in the top half I think. You are sympathising with
:29:03. > :29:07.managers now. How you've changed. Of course. James Dayton challenged
:29:07. > :29:11.by John Robertson. Was there contact there? It is very difficult
:29:11. > :29:14.to see. It doesn't look like it. I think he is anticipating the
:29:14. > :29:20.contact. It's the slightest of contact if it is. Even if it is I'm
:29:20. > :29:25.not sure it's enough for a penalty kick. I don't think it's a foul.
:29:25. > :29:31.This one I think is. He slid in front of the ball to try and block
:29:31. > :29:39.it. It is clever play to put his body in front there to make the
:29:39. > :29:43.contact happen. I think that one is a penalty. The worst case scenario
:29:43. > :29:51.is that it would be clipped back into the box. It is giving away a
:29:51. > :30:01.penalty and a goal. St Johnston couldn't come up with a
:30:01. > :30:01.
:30:01. > :31:08.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 96 seconds
:31:08. > :31:12.against Cally Thistle in the Johnstone take the lead. I am not
:31:12. > :31:22.sure Dundee are too impressed with this. It crept through the legs of
:31:22. > :31:32.Gallagher. There was a crunching tackle in to the keeper. I think
:31:32. > :31:38.
:31:38. > :31:43.that is what they are not happy The challenge came from Davidson.
:31:43. > :31:53.It is a blow for Dundee, their skipper stretchered off, only just
:31:53. > :32:05.
:32:05. > :32:12.looked like a shout. Steve Lomas, continuing in the stands. He looks
:32:12. > :32:22.quite comfortable. And no wonder. St Johnstone are bossing things.
:32:22. > :32:49.
:32:49. > :32:59.Vine possibly should have made it got in behind McAllister, the on-
:32:59. > :33:15.
:33:15. > :33:25.loan Aberdeen player. Off the top those rising shot. He was desperate
:33:25. > :33:37.
:33:37. > :33:47.to see it come down sooner than it it better than that to beat him. He
:33:47. > :33:58.
:33:58. > :34:07.Dundee watched it go past. Appoints looked to be staying in Perth. --
:34:07. > :34:13.Dundee make too big a contribution to opposition goals. This was a
:34:13. > :34:18.classic case. To lose a tight game like that is so disappointing for
:34:18. > :34:21.Barry Smith. They are fighting for every point that they get. To lose
:34:21. > :34:26.it like that is disappointing. I do not know what the defender was
:34:26. > :34:29.trying to do. His body shape was wrong, his footwork was all over
:34:29. > :34:33.the place. They will be bitterly disappointed, especially when they
:34:34. > :34:39.look at the league table. Johnstone had a couple of penalty
:34:39. > :34:43.claims, maybe at opposite ends of the scale. Firstly, Gallagher and
:34:43. > :34:53.Tade. I think the referee thought it was his shoulder, but it was
:34:53. > :34:57.more of his arm. It was a bit of a It is very difficult for the
:34:57. > :35:03.referee to see that, but they had a case. If there is such a thing as a
:35:03. > :35:07.good dive, that was a pretty good one. Never a penalty, though.
:35:08. > :35:11.chance. He wasn't a great position to cut the ball back, or to have a
:35:11. > :35:15.shot at goal. It is hard when you do not see it up close, but it
:35:15. > :35:20.certainly looked like a dive and the referee got it right. Barry
:35:20. > :35:23.Smith has a meeting with the board coming up shortly. Whether that is
:35:23. > :35:27.to allocate some funds, or whether it is about his future, we are not
:35:27. > :35:33.sure at the moment. What should Dundee do with Barry Smith, nine
:35:33. > :35:36.points adrift at the foot of the SPL? The brave decision would be to
:35:37. > :35:40.keep him. He was the right manager to try to lead them into the
:35:40. > :35:44.Premier League when they did not know they were getting in. He has
:35:44. > :35:47.the same budget and players. He has had no time to prepare his squad
:35:47. > :35:51.for the Premier League. If the worst comes to the worst and they
:35:51. > :35:54.go down, the money they have got from being in the league could be
:35:54. > :35:58.used to make them stronger. He could use some of that money, even
:35:58. > :36:02.just now he is starting to bring in and build the next year. Even if
:36:02. > :36:10.the worst does happen. If he was right at the start of the season,
:36:10. > :36:14.they should stick by him and continue with their plans. There
:36:14. > :36:24.was an entertaining start to the new year in the north-east.
:36:24. > :36:32.
:36:32. > :36:42.Aberdeen played Dundee United at good start. Russell Anderson really
:36:42. > :37:02.
:37:02. > :37:09.should have hit the target. Right early advantage. Scott Vernon, with
:37:09. > :37:19.his second SPL goal of the season. He was set up brilliantly by Ryan
:37:19. > :37:36.
:37:36. > :37:42.Fraser. You can see why Aberdeen denied. United, at last get
:37:42. > :37:52.possession of the ball, with Aberdeen threatening to run riot.
:37:52. > :37:57.Cierzniak did really well to keep that fallout. -- ball out. That was
:37:57. > :38:03.a nasty clash of heads between Anderson and Rankin. It will be a
:38:03. > :38:13.Dundee United free kick. That will be sore for both players. Craig
:38:13. > :38:21.
:38:21. > :38:25.Brown has not had his defensive Gunning. United are level. --
:38:26. > :38:35.stooping to nod it in. It looked odds-on that Daly would put it into
:38:36. > :38:52.
:38:52. > :38:57.the net. That was kept out by caught late by Russell Anderson. It
:38:57. > :39:07.was poor defending by Reynolds. Willo Flood did well. Russell could
:39:07. > :39:14.
:39:14. > :39:22.not keep the shot down, but that goes to celebrate, but it looked
:39:22. > :39:26.like it went straight in off Jamie Langfield. Russell's cross to the
:39:26. > :39:36.near post. Disastrous for the goalkeeper. Willo Flood was in
:39:36. > :39:41.
:39:41. > :39:51.close attendance but got nothing on half. He could not find a way to
:39:51. > :40:25.
:40:25. > :40:33.from the young defender. Langfield He does not agree but it is a free
:40:33. > :40:39.kick to Aberdeen in a promising area. -- the back of McGinn. Niall
:40:39. > :40:44.McGinn curls it in. That is a beauty. Aberdeen are level. He just
:40:44. > :40:54.cannot stop scoring. But he has not scored many better than that. That
:40:54. > :41:03.
:41:03. > :41:13.was a peach. His 15th Aberdeen goal pretty much straight at him.
:41:13. > :41:20.
:41:20. > :41:29.winning goal there. Again, rising highest, but failing to hit the
:41:29. > :41:33.One person who will be especially pleased was Scott Vernon, scoring
:41:33. > :41:37.his second League goal. It is really surprising, because last
:41:37. > :41:43.time he was well into double figures. Aberdeen are doing a lot
:41:43. > :41:47.better than last year, so it is surprising. But he is obviously
:41:47. > :41:51.worth his starting place, Craig Brown thinks, because he is playing
:41:51. > :41:54.every week. He is bringing more to the team man just goals. It is
:41:54. > :41:59.always good to score, but he is obviously bringing a lot to the
:41:59. > :42:06.team. Someone else has been banging in the goals for them. They have
:42:06. > :42:10.been scoring a lot, which is helpful. Normally two goals at home
:42:10. > :42:13.would be good enough to win the game. They can come themselves
:42:14. > :42:18.unlucky. They are doing pretty well at the moment and they probably
:42:18. > :42:21.thought they had done enough to win. It is amazing what appearing on
:42:22. > :42:27.Sportscene can do to you. Jamie Langfield had a bit of a shocker
:42:27. > :42:31.here. But I have a feeling you will be supportive. I will try my best.
:42:31. > :42:36.It was the run from Willo Flood that did the damage for the keeper.
:42:36. > :42:40.If he was not there, he would pick it up 100 times out of 100. The
:42:40. > :42:46.fact that he made the run just made him take his eye off it and look at
:42:46. > :42:51.the striker. He has to try to get something behind it. The worst case
:42:51. > :42:56.scenario is that it spells out. But I can understand what he has done.
:42:56. > :43:00.I have done it myself and it is not nice when it happens. That wraps up
:43:00. > :43:04.the case for the defence. The scrap for European places is going to get
:43:04. > :43:07.interesting in the second half of the season. Aberdeen and Dundee
:43:07. > :43:11.United will hope to be in it. Inverness and Motherwell are up
:43:11. > :43:18.there. We will work on the basis that Celtic are winning the title.
:43:18. > :43:23.Lots of teams in contention. League is so tight. Shutting down
:43:23. > :43:26.for a month will give teams like Inverness, Motherwell, Hibs, a
:43:26. > :43:29.chance to re-energised. Teams like Motherwell, with a lot of good
:43:29. > :43:35.young players will hope that no more leave, because if they lose a
:43:35. > :43:38.couple I am not sure they have the depth for players to come in. Hibs
:43:38. > :43:42.will be looking to secure more loans, and the loans they have
:43:42. > :43:47.already. And the Hearts will be hoping that the window closes
:43:47. > :43:57.before any more leave. Into the new year with the Clydesdale Bank
:43:57. > :44:01.
:44:01. > :44:06.We will be back after the SPL break in a couple of weeks. In the
:44:06. > :44:10.meantime, you will have a our usual comprehensive online coverage and
:44:10. > :44:20.this show it is available on the BBC iPlayer. From all of us, good
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