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welcome to this stage of the Scottish cup. The reigning champions

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Celtic are first. It is hard to predict what the outcome will be.

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Celtic would have hoped they would be dealt and easier hand than

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Aberdeen. After being runners in the last two cup finals Hibernian would

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be looking to go one better this time round. We won fourth were at

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home to St Johnstone and are hoping to produce some extra tricks for a

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cup upset. The truth is, at this stage, all cards are on the table

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and anything is possible. Good evening. No need for any sleight of

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hand tonight. The Scottish cup conjured up seven matches for us

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this evening and the magic of the cup is alive and well. Pat Nevin and

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Michael Stewart join us in the studio tonight. We start the

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programme at Celtic Park. Celtic had not conceded a goal in domestic

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football for more than two months but they were upper side -- up

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against the side who scored that goal, Aberdeen. Celtic Park, the

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holders of the Scottish cup go head-to-head with Aberdeen just one

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week after Aberdeen sealed their place in the league cup final which

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is also to be held here in five weeks time. In order for Aberdeen to

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progress here they will have to inflict just a second domestic

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defeat against Celtic. The team who scored the last goal against Celtic

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were Aberdeen with Niall McGinn scoring. Charlie Mulgrew is injured

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for the hosts. Goalkeeper Langfield makes his 300th

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appearance for Aberdeen. Ten days celebrate Neil Lennon and Derek

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McInnes in age. We'll be be anything between the two come full-time here

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this afternoon? -- will there be? Last time in the Scottish cup they

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met it was a 4-0 Celtic when. -- when. The last time they met here in

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the Scottish cup it was Aberdeen who came through with one goal. Fraser

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Forster has more clean sheet records to chase having broken the club

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league lectured last week. -- record.

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The referee says that was the push. Mulgrew today on free kick duty.

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That is a decent delivery. Van Dijk almost managed to deliver that

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towards goal. Pollitt. Your hands on. This is the first opportunity.

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It was too much on that for Jonny Hayes. Celtic wanted a penalty

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kick. Russell Anderson felt he was hauled to the deck by the Aberdeen

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skipper. Rudy tries to put pressure on Ambrose. He looks it to van Dijk.

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-- hooks it. This is not the Aberdeen tie they wanted. That was a

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brilliant goal. Strokes! He batters the ball past Langfield and Celtic

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have the initiative. It is the wonderful ball in from Samaras to

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pick out strokes. What a fantastic touch it was. Early in the game, it

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is the early goal that Aberdeen dreaded. It comes from the right

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foot of the Irishman. It is his eighth of the season. Stokes.

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Samaras shrugging off Logan. This is your hands on. That was not a good

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challenge according to the referee. Celtic get the free kick. Here goes

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the Dutchman. He went the low road and has put it just passed. Logan.

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Robson. Howlett. He is. Pollitt drives the ball across. Was it a

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handball by easy DV? Now says the keeper. -- Emilio Izaguirre. That

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was just off of the midriff bare of any real easy DV. He is. -- Emilio

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is indeed a. A foul on Jonny Hayes, no question. Niall McGinn, it is a

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load delivery. It is a corner. It looked like he was going to do

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something like that, it came off Brown. He has come short, Robson is

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not interested, floating in ten. Concert time. That was the whistle.

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Almost flicked on by Rooney. Robson is trying to conjure something up

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for Aberdeen here. Anderson. Celtic have finally conceded a goal and it

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is the Aberdeen skipper who volleys The Dons back into level terms.

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Aberdeen were the last team to score against Celtic in the domestic game.

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They have ended Fraser Forster's long unbroken run of clean sheets.

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Anderson on the volley and it is Celtic one, Aberdeen one. Lifted

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forward by Reynolds. Back into Pawlett it is 2-1 to Aberdeen.

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Aberdeen Trail 1-0 at the start of the first half but they are now 2-1

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up will stop -- 2-1 up. In off of the woodwork. In the blink of an eye

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Aberdeen not only ended Fraser Forster's clean sheet records but

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they have doubled their scoring today. What a turnaround. You hands

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and lifting it through for James Forrest. Matthews. A corner kick.

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The Celtic fans, the players as well, felt it was a handball. Just a

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minute or two later they are trying to force the issue. Easy DV. Van

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Dijk wonders why he has not level this tie again. -- Izaguire. It

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should have been 2-2. Willo Flood. Niall McGinn. Van Dijk. Rooney. And

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Pawlett, off of the post. It stays out, 2-1 40 chance for Aberdeen.

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We'll be with to regret not going up 3-1 here? This is Kris Commons. Lots

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of space for Stokes. -- Izaguire. In almost an hour they have only had

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the one shot on target. Lee Griffiths who lost the Scottish cup

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final last season and the Scottish cup final the season before. He was

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the Hibs player last season. 28 golds in the Hibernian campaign last

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season. Now he is on for his Celtic debut. For it against Consett dying.

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This came to Griffiths in a really good area. Good play by James

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Forrest again. He was onside in the build-up. Jonny Hayes, 20 seconds

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left. Jonny Hayes for Aberdeen. He shocks of Griffiths and Brown and

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slip said to form Rooney. He cannot finish it. It is over the bar. That

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would have been game over. It might be in any case. Rooney did not have

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the final cut she needed but the stoppage time has been played. Are

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the holders going out of the cup? Robson gets it away under pressure

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from Brown. They definitely has a look at his watch. Forster will go

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wrong again. It is now or never for Celtic. Robson gets there. Celtic

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have to start again. We have played 50 seconds over three minutes. It is

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all over. A glorious afternoon for Aberdeen. They have put the holders

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out. Aberdeen go through to the quarterfinals. They have painted

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Parkhead read today, come from behind to knock Celtic out of the

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competition and 40 week it has been for Aberdeen. Through to the league

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cup final. What a week this could be. It is the Dons that go through,

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looking to end the 24-year wait for the Scottish Cup. It finishes here,

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in the East End of Glasgow, Celtic 1, Aberdeen 2.

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St Immensely proud of my players, I thought they were a proper team

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performance. There was a lot of discipline to the performance. It

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had to be. Very few times did Celtic create so little in a game.

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Obviously, people might say it was down to Celtic's failings, but for

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me, a lot of times we frustrated. I thought defensively we were very

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poor. We were second best. In the midfield as well, there was no

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cohesion about it. There's a lack of communication between people, you

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get punished. That's what happened. We talked about set pieces all week.

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We felt that would be Aberdeen's best chance to get into the game. We

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didn't deal with the first, we should have won the first header

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from the corner. We certainly should have cleared the danger from the

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second free kick. It summed up our day really. That was a very

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disjointed performance from us. We haven't achieved anything yet. We've

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had a couple of good results. The hardest part is in front of us. We

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know that. We'll keep our feet grounded and keep working hard. The

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players deserve the right to enjoy tonight. The supporters definitely

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have the right to enjoy their weekend. It's been a while since

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we've managed to win down here. Thankfully we've done that today.

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We're a good side. Results like that can only help us going forward. A

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fantastic result and performance from Aberdeen today, Michael, hard

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on the heels over last weekend's victory over St Johnstone. Did you

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ever expect Aberdeen to have such an incredible week? It has been an

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incredible week. I'm sure the Aberdeen fans would be hard to

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believe they would come away with such comprehensive victories as

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well. In terms of Celtic, Pat, 12 games without conceding a goal.

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Aberdeen obviously breached the defence twice today. How did they

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manage it? Neil Lennon said they didn't defend the corners

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particularly well. We're going to talk about the zones again. The man

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marking is fine. There at the edge there, you have to mark your man.

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Watch what happens. He leaves him. Now you have a problem, if you're

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zone, you have -- zonal, you have a man running in and you have a man on

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you. Zonal is not wrong, it's just that everyone has to do their jobs.

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Three in there perfect, those players marked up, there's your

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problem in the middle there. He's got to run at the defenders,

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creating mayhem. Get a little bit lucky, but get a goal out of it. In

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fact, Celtic's defending has been fantastic. You're not going to slam

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their defending, but the manager sees what he feels is a weakness,

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knows where they're going to set up, because when teams set up in the

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zone, you know where they're going to go. You find that weakness, they

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did it today. Very interesting. Peter Pawlett with a decisive goal.

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He's a player that's impressed us a lot this season. He's made huge

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improvements. Is he a conterder for young -- contender for young players

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of the year? Without a shadow of a doubt. He's been consistent all

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season. He's pointing where he wants the ball. He's timing his run,

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across the goalkeeper. Everything you expect in that position from an

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experienced player, composure, he has all the attributes to be a top

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player. Without a shadow of a doubt he will be in for the young Player

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of the Year. He took it so well,ing a great -- well, a great goal. We

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have to point this out... I can hear a "but" coming. Week we talk about

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handball. We do it again, now is that intentional? For me, yes, it's

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an intentional handball. The goal should not have stood. I do feel

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really sorry, but I ain't blaming the referee. He's in the position,

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he's behind it and can't see it. Maybe he could have got a bit of

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help from his assistant. But it's hard to tell. We can't see if he's

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blocked or not. Some you get. Some you don't. I think it was a

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handball. Not a huge issue being made about the handball at all. A

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the lot of people probably thought in the end, Aberdeen deserved the

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victory because they created so many chances, especially in the second

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half. It was a comprehensive victory. This is another opportunity

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that fell for Pawlett here. A great ball into the back post. I think he

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catches the sole of his foot there. That happened all day long. Aberdeen

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were comprehensive, well on top. This is in the last minute and

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Rooney still an opportunity as well. The pace of breaking wasn't there.

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That was a key to it all day. An uncommon sight, many times we see

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teams go to Celtic Park and the lose a goal and then fade away. Aberdeen

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the complete opposite and the counterattacking clearly in

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evidence. That was the key to today. You see here this is evidence here

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that we pause it here, we have four guys highlighted, all looking to get

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forward, you know, gone are the days of going to Celtic park and leaving

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guys to it. Look at the space he has in front of him there to attack.

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He's got so many options, he can go right or left, he goes left here.

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It's not wrong, but it's not executed well. It shows how well

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they were. This is the discipline of the team that you heard McInnes

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talking about. Eight men behind the ball. The first thought is to get

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forward and get forward at pace. You can do that when you have guys like

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Hayes on this side. We heard Lennon talking about it, they didn't defend

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well and got out fought in midfield. Aberdeen were the top team. Two guys

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are moving forward. Then Celtic had to resort to trying to stop those

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counter-attacks. This time it was Matthews there and he picked up a

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yellow card. In midfield, Barry Robson winning the ball and showing

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a bit of composure, one, two, getting through. Again, this is

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Matthews pulling down Hayes. He picked up a yellow card for it. That

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was evident throughout today. Hugely exciting times for Aberdeen. First

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time that they've been in two Cup Finals in a season since 2000. They

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did the lowing cup and Scottish Cup -- League Cup and Scottish Cup

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double in the season 89/90. Before the game when I looked at the team

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sheets and they lined up and you saw Robson and Flood sitting in behind.

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Then Hayes and McGinn, we know the pace they've got. Pawlett has been

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in great form. You looked at the the mid front and you think, they have a

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transtoday. A lot of people felt that. You thought that's well

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organised. It was about defending and being organised. It goes back to

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the manager. That's an incredibly well balanced side. A lot of Celtic

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fans would have started the season thinking that the league and cup

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were minimum this season. Now they just have the league. Where does

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this leave Neil Lennon and the players? The league and the cup is

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what is expected. Just to win the league is a bit of anticlimax.

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Celtic have the chance to go through the league unde-- undefeated, that

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would be a great feat. Getting knocked out of the cup is a massive

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shine off the season. So no Old Firm derby, this season. Disappointing?

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Yes, very much so. A lot of people say they don't like to see the Old

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Firm derby, a lot of people don't call it that, but getting away from

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the eman ticks of that -- eman ticks of that -- semantics of that, we

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often see games all over Britain and Europe and nothing comes near it or

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very few comes near it, nothing even in England comes near it. That is an

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incredible game and I miss it. It's not going to happen this season. You

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could say Hibernian's record in the Scottish Cup in recent seasons has

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been pretty decent. They've reached the final in both the last two

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seasons. But both finals ended in defeat, the 5-1 loss to Hearts

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particularly painful. Today they took on championship side Raith

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Rovers, who hadn't managed a single goal in 2014.

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Both these teams come into today's fifth round tie in need of a real

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pick me up, in dire runs of form. Hibs streak down to four matches.

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Rage is six. -- Raith is six. Raith Rovers have lost their post

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potent threat through injury. One man who will be keen to avoid a

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pivotal role today is the match referee. He'll get us under way.

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Six of today's Hibs starting line-up were involved in last season's Cup

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Final defeat against Celtic. How they'd love to get there for a third

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successive season to try to make amends for those defeats by Celtic

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and by Hearts. Terry Butcher using all his contacts in the English game

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to strengthen his squad in January. A first corner of the match for the

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home side. An early chance! Brilliant save. The

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flag stayed down. What an opportunity that was for James

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Collins. Ross Laidlaw keeps his side on level terms.

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A couple of generations of Hibs fans there, out to see their side

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hopefully progress once more to the quarter finals of this competition.

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Superb! It's Kevin Moon who has them off to a flying start. Six minutes

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gone and the visitors hit the front. It fell kindly for Moon, but he

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fairly buried it. It ricochets behind. Stanton got the

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shot away. Hibernian players asked whether that was handball.

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Oh, lovely! That's Sam Stanton. Hibs with a quick response to falling

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behind. How precious might that prove to be. Out of reach for Ross

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Laidlaw. Hibernian on level terms. Callachan, oh, so unlucky. Still

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there might be a chance. They're looking for a free kick on

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the edge of the box. It wasn't forth coming. Ross Callachan, brilliant

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save in the end by Ben Williams, fingertips to it. It was crucial.

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The referee has allowed play to continue. It's Rhys Donaldson who

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has taken one in there. The centre back going in bravely with Jordan

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Forster. The Raith Rovers man has come off worse of those two.

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The whole stadium applauding Donaldson off the park. It's a big

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loss for Raith Rovers. It's a second Raith Rovers goal!

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It's Dougie Hill who has put his side back in front. Raith Rovers

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haven't realised. Confusion reigns. Raith Rovers continue to celebrate.

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The goal has been given. Stephen McLean looked like he was

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going to take the word of his linesman. But this goal stands. It's

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Dougie Hill, who has put Raith Rovers ahead just before halftime.

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Hibs must come back once more. It should have been a Raith Rovers

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throw-in. It fell to Hibernian. Stephenson picks up and angle

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slipped back towards the back post. Jostling inside the six yard area.

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He is up. It is Nelson. What a cup tie this is turning out to be. The

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head of Nielsen. Climbing above the man who just scored. A poor header

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by Thomson. A chance. He should have done better. Well done by Dougie

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Hill to get it clear. He should have found the team-mate. That could have

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been better view. -- that could have been better. Anderson and Kevin. --

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Kevin Moon. That denied Kevin Moon his second of the afternoon. He

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courted well. The angle was just slightly against him. McArdle. He

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couldn't keep the ball. Anderson gets the flick on and it is in the

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net. Raith Rovers incredibly taken the lead at Easter Road. The

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questionnaires, this time, can they keep a hold of it? -- question is.

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The wonderful delivery from Anderson. The wonderfully improvised

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act header. -- back header. Will that be a free kick? A yellow card

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is coming for Liam Fox. Tactically Liam Fox might think eating the

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right option. Here goes Craig with the effort. He was not too far away.

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His effort is repelled. Ten minutes left on the clock. They will try to

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bring about the Hibernian equaliser for the third time. Everyone just

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watch does that looked against the crossbar. -- watched as that looked

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against the crossbar. -- looped. Here comes another chance. Surely

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Paul Hartley will get back to clear what was almost disaster for

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Hibernian at the back. They are taking chances, committing men

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forward. Heffernan. This is the chance. If you wanted that to the

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above to anyone in the Hibernian team you would want to Paul

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Heffernan but he really did not get a hold of that. Perhaps the addition

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of fitness that the Premiership sides should have comes into focus

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in the final few minutes. Starting trying to find room. Now it is

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Haynes. Good on loss -- Ross Laidlaw, really good goalkeeping.

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Liam Craig again gets the opportunity to find the delivery

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which might be about a third heads equaliser. Hartley hits it the wrong

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way. -- Hibernian. Taken down by Joe Cardle. It is desperate stuff now

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for Raith Rovers. It looks like it is going to be too long. The fans

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are furious. Some of them are heading for the exits. Loads of them

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in fact. Stevenson. Is this the moment for Hibernian? No, it is the

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moment for Raith Rovers surely. We blog watches Forster's header.

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Surely no Raith Rovers out to the last date of the Scottish cup. And

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they are. A tremendous victory. It is a brilliant win for Raith Rovers.

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It finished Hibernian two, Raith Rovers three. I am ecstatic for the

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players. We had to stand up and be counted today. To come here and

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scored three goals and put Hibernian out of the Scottish cup is a great

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feeling. Congratulations, how does it feel to be the man who put Raith

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Rovers into the quarterfinals? It is the brilliant feeling. To score the

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winner for the team is the brilliant feeling. I cannot take anything away

:36:00.:36:07.

from them. We came back twice but could not come back the third time.

:36:08.:36:12.

We did not deserve anything today. That performance is totally

:36:13.:36:18.

unacceptable. The players have been talk that. It is baffling to know

:36:19.:36:23.

where it came from. Training has been bright and sharp. Today I was

:36:24.:36:29.

expecting more of the same. Now we are out. There are a few people in

:36:30.:36:36.

your team who have the Hearts or Hibernian commitment. It is an

:36:37.:36:45.

interesting dynamic. We said to the players concentrate on the job in

:36:46.:36:50.

hand, concentrate on the game. By scoring goals in the first half it

:36:51.:36:55.

gave us that massive lift to go on and get the winner. A shock result

:36:56.:37:03.

for Raith Rovers, not bad for the side who had not scored the goal

:37:04.:37:09.

since the 21st of November. Today I thought the past it brilliantly.

:37:10.:37:18.

Cardinal was looking fantastic for them, the quality of the balls he

:37:19.:37:22.

was putting in was the curb. Very early on you could see a total

:37:23.:37:27.

confidence about the Raith Rovers side. That call was not off side.

:37:28.:37:34.

There was confusion about that though. A great start and what about

:37:35.:37:44.

this for a goal? What a header from Anderson. He meant it, didn't he?

:37:45.:37:55.

You can see it. If I was the Hibernian player I would be having

:37:56.:38:02.

words about the goalkeeper. Great for Raith Rovers but they could not

:38:03.:38:05.

have done it without Ross Laidlaw, great between the sticks. He was

:38:06.:38:12.

getting himself in the right place. You would expect to go to Hibernian

:38:13.:38:17.

at Easter Road and have a tough day, it was not that tough a day. Bike

:38:18.:38:24.

mag for his confidence grew. As a keeper if you make one or two good

:38:25.:38:31.

saves you are going to be up for it. There is always one save in the end.

:38:32.:38:37.

Maybe heads would have got the chance but whether they deserved it

:38:38.:38:41.

is the big question and I am not sure the dead. In the end, too

:38:42.:38:53.

little, too late. I think so. In the last ten or 15 minutes they started

:38:54.:38:59.

to get into it but as Pat said, it was thoroughly deserved for Raith

:39:00.:39:04.

Rovers. Heffernan had a great first touch out of his feet here but the

:39:05.:39:09.

problem is it just gets stuck in the middle of his two feet and he goes

:39:10.:39:13.

with his trusted right foot. Over the piece I think Raith Rovers

:39:14.:39:20.

deserved to get through. Plenty of disgruntled Hibernian fans. They do

:39:21.:39:28.

not want to see that. They will tell you, the was some great play

:39:29.:39:35.

beforehand that he was infuriatingly the next minute. Over the piece they

:39:36.:39:46.

were second best. Terry Butcher holds his hands up to that. I might

:39:47.:39:52.

go that is their fourth defeat any row, Terry Butcher arrived in a

:39:53.:39:55.

blaze of glory, what your assessment? They have certainly come

:39:56.:40:01.

to a shuddering halt, to lose Ford any role is not good. When their is

:40:02.:40:10.

the new manager there is often a lift in results which did happen at

:40:11.:40:14.

Hibernian but now they have to look back and assess the they are. Terry

:40:15.:40:20.

Butcher will have the lot of work on his hands, the summer when he has to

:40:21.:40:25.

get his players in and stamp his authority on that team, at the

:40:26.:40:32.

moment it is wishy-washy. It will be a years now until Hibernian get

:40:33.:40:39.

their hands on the trophy! Nobody has mentioned that before, you must

:40:40.:40:45.

have googled that for ages! Terry Butcher is just in the door, I look

:40:46.:40:52.

at that midfield attacking area. Phenomenal piece. We have quality

:40:53.:41:01.

players but it might be a little while but with that pace going

:41:02.:41:04.

forward I think Terry Butcher does have something to work with. Reasons

:41:05.:41:13.

to be cheerful. Here is the statistic for you. The league one

:41:14.:41:17.

side had managed at least one goal in each of the last 26 games. This

:41:18.:41:29.

is home to the third oldest club in Scottish football, Stranraer. They

:41:30.:41:33.

had not made it to the quarterfinals of the Scottish cup since 2003 but

:41:34.:41:39.

with wetland windy conditions expected all the ingredients were in

:41:40.:41:45.

place for a cup upset. There has been a spark this week, even the

:41:46.:41:50.

supporters have taken to us this week. A lot can happen in football

:41:51.:41:58.

and if we give it our best shot upsets can happen. Caley Thistle

:41:59.:42:06.

Heidi 250 mile journey for the game. Despite reaching the cup final for

:42:07.:42:10.

the first time last weekend, they would be no room for complacency.

:42:11.:42:18.

That was last week, this is this week now. We have a delete tight

:42:19.:42:25.

pitch. The boys are up for it. I'd micro-some 250 die-hard Caley

:42:26.:42:30.

Thistle fans made the trip for this match and were understandably in

:42:31.:42:37.

optimistic mood. Hopefully we can get the win today but if we have

:42:38.:42:41.

come all this week and come away with nothing I will be disappointed.

:42:42.:42:45.

I have heard the news that Celtic are out of the cup which is good

:42:46.:42:51.

news. If we get this tired of the way we could be in another final. We

:42:52.:42:58.

have to be 100%, we cannot afford to be on the glory of last weekend. We

:42:59.:43:03.

have to get on with it and made sure we are in the next round. Caley

:43:04.:43:08.

Thistle took little time to settle and this should have been the

:43:09.:43:12.

opening goal inside the first five minutes. Stranraer find their feet.

:43:13.:43:19.

This long-range effort failed to trouble the keeper. However, it

:43:20.:43:31.

wasn't Burnett who broke the deadlock when Aaron Doran took

:43:32.:43:34.

advantage of some slack defending with this neat finish. Some poor

:43:35.:43:50.

defending of their own leg to this man bundling over for a soft

:43:51.:44:02.

penalty. He dusted himself down and Stranraer were level.

:44:03.:44:13.

An uneventful second half was brought to life with 18 minutes

:44:14.:44:24.

remaining. Longworth ewent through the defence to put Stranraer ahead.

:44:25.:44:37.

But the upset only last twoed minutes -- lasted two minutes, when

:44:38.:44:44.

a hopeful ball into the box was met by Foran to set up Billy McKay for

:44:45.:44:53.

the easiest of equalise. A long journey in the replay, this time for

:44:54.:44:58.

Stranraer. A great game. We competed well against a team in the League

:44:59.:45:02.

Cup Final. I thought we gave them a run for their money. I'm delighted.

:45:03.:45:07.

Another day, maybe we would be there. If you draw a Premier League

:45:08.:45:11.

team, you need to take that. We gave them two goals, to be fair. That's

:45:12.:45:15.

not taking anything away from Stranraer. They worked their socks

:45:16.:45:20.

off. We had to dig deep just to stay in the cup. There's still a lot of

:45:21.:45:23.

football to be played in this tie. Stranraer are a good side. If

:45:24.:45:27.

there's pats on the back for any team, it should go to Stranraer.

:45:28.:45:32.

It will be the turn of Stranraer to take the 250-mile trip for the

:45:33.:45:33.

replay. I guess that exemplifies the

:45:34.:45:44.

commitment that these part-timers take in terms of their football

:45:45.:45:49.

careers. Of course. There's been a lot documented like that with

:45:50.:45:54.

Rangers against partime teams in that league. This is just

:45:55.:45:57.

exemplified it as well, with having to take a huge trip like that,

:45:58.:46:01.

mid-week as well, they'll have to check their jobs around to get the

:46:02.:46:06.

time off. It's 500 miles round trip, six hours there, six back. Have you

:46:07.:46:11.

ever experienced anything like that in your career, of course, you were

:46:12.:46:15.

at the high end of the English game. Steady on. I started at Clyde. Yes,

:46:16.:46:21.

we had tough ones, OK, a long time ago, but you do it for the love of

:46:22.:46:25.

the game, at that level. There was just a moment in that game when

:46:26.:46:30.

Longworth scored to make it 2-1, and you thought, this is maybe the story

:46:31.:46:35.

of the cup. Obviously, it looked fantastic. They're not out of it. I

:46:36.:46:39.

would not be betting against Inverness getting through this one.

:46:40.:46:44.

How relieved will Inverness be to be still in the competition? At one

:46:45.:46:48.

point, they were staring at the exit door basically. They got people like

:46:49.:46:54.

Richie foran back in the side. He provided the assist from Billy

:46:55.:46:58.

McKay. They'll fancy their chances. When you go into the cup

:46:59.:47:01.

competition, you're looking for a home tie primarily any way. To get

:47:02.:47:06.

the draw there, looking like they were going out the exit door, to get

:47:07.:47:10.

back up to Inverness, they'll look forward to that. With all

:47:11.:47:14.

realisticness, they'll look to go through to the next round. You think

:47:15.:47:19.

so. The only League Two side left in the competition were Albion Rovers.

:47:20.:47:24.

The caused the major shock in the last round over Motherwell. Could

:47:25.:47:28.

they reach the Scottish Cup quarter finals? Their their way,

:47:29.:47:30.

Stenhousemuir. ( The elements were to play a major

:47:31.:47:40.

part in the opening goal of this game. The high ball hanging in the

:47:41.:47:46.

wind, McMillan struggling to find his bearings and looping a header

:47:47.:47:50.

over the head of his own keeper. Tough to take for McMillan.

:47:51.:48:02.

Little his keeper could do to help out the defender. Rovers were now in

:48:03.:48:09.

the driving seat and captain Donnelly was next to try his chances

:48:10.:48:15.

on goal. Into the second half, and the visitors began to push forward,

:48:16.:48:20.

seeking an equaliser. Rovers' defence failing to clear. McMillan's

:48:21.:48:28.

header not causing Parry too many problems. The home side increased

:48:29.:48:32.

their advantage mid-way through the second half. A long clear out by

:48:33.:48:41.

Parry. He played it wide. His cross into the box knocked down for

:48:42.:48:47.

Phillips to knock home Rovers' second of the afternoon. Phillips

:48:48.:48:52.

was the hero for Rovers in the last round against Motherwell. He's

:48:53.:48:58.

playing a major part in Rovers Scottish Cup run. The deficit should

:48:59.:49:01.

have been reduced with ten minutes left to play. Substitute Douglas

:49:02.:49:07.

doing all the hard work, but then firing the ball over the cross-bar.

:49:08.:49:13.

No doubt the 20-year-old will feel he should have found the target. The

:49:14.:49:20.

home side, though, were now playing with great confidence and substitute

:49:21.:49:25.

Tiffany was next to try his luck. On this occasion, though, Smith came

:49:26.:49:31.

out on top. Higgins came close to pulling one

:49:32.:49:36.

back for Stenhousemuir. His volley inches from finding the target. He

:49:37.:49:41.

came even closer in the final minute of the game. His header clipping the

:49:42.:49:48.

top of the cross bar and over. The fulltime whistle led to terrific

:49:49.:49:51.

celebrations from the home contingent as Albion Rovers reached

:49:52.:49:54.

the last eight of the Scottish Cup for the first time since 1934.

:49:55.:50:01.

It's been a long time coming. I said to the players, 80 years is a long

:50:02.:50:06.

time for a club not to have achieved that. But it doesn't come around for

:50:07.:50:12.

them individually any quicker than for the club. This might be the

:50:13.:50:17.

chance, so to seize it. By no means a classic game, due to their effort,

:50:18.:50:21.

it was a thoroughly deserved result. Got the early goal, which was a

:50:22.:50:24.

freak goal from our perspective. They done what they needed to do to

:50:25.:50:28.

hang on. Through the game, we never asked enough questions. They

:50:29.:50:32.

defended well. We congratulate them and wish them all the best in the

:50:33.:50:35.

next round. Albion Rovers in the quarter finals for the first time in

:50:36.:50:41.

80 years. Every year, you get some characters coming through, Gary

:50:42.:50:45.

Phillips, becoming a story in this year's competition. He got that

:50:46.:50:49.

massive goal against Motherwell in the previous round and came up with

:50:50.:50:53.

the goods again today. Could you not have given Stuart McCall a wee bit

:50:54.:50:57.

of warning before we showed this again? It's a decent goal. He timed

:50:58.:51:00.

it well. It was late in the game. That was a huge shot. That's the

:51:01.:51:05.

biggest headlines he may ever get, I tell you what, one round later on,

:51:06.:51:11.

and it's a great finish. Clifton hill was pretty much in the same

:51:12.:51:16.

state as it is now, the last time they were in the quarter finals. He

:51:17.:51:19.

manages to get his foot around and hook it into the net. A fitness

:51:20.:51:23.

instructor, maybe that paid off. Every year in the Scottish Cup, you

:51:24.:51:28.

always get some outstanding own goals. In this round, well, McMillan

:51:29.:51:34.

might want to look away now. I think he was looking away at that

:51:35.:51:38.

time as well! It's a classic up and under there. Probably a bit of snow

:51:39.:51:42.

on it, it was that high, when it comes down. What can you say? Just

:51:43.:51:49.

very, very unfortunate incident and later in the game, had ewas

:51:50.:51:54.

desperately trying to -- he was desperately trying to rectify it.

:51:55.:51:57.

These things happen in football, he's on the wok -- wrong end of it.

:51:58.:52:05.

Forefar had managed a cup shock this season in August, they dumped

:52:06.:52:08.

Rangers out of the League Cup. Today, Premiership side St Johnstone

:52:09.:52:10.

were the visitors. 23 places separate these teams in

:52:11.:52:23.

the SPFL set up, that won't deter forefar from trying to cause another

:52:24.:52:26.

cup upset. This is the eighth Scottish Cup

:52:27.:53:10.

meeting between these sides of the previous seven, Forfar have won one.

:53:11.:53:17.

St Johnstone have won the other six. St Johnstone in their change

:53:18.:53:22.

colours. Campbell wrapped up against the

:53:23.:53:40.

weather, in his sixth season as the Forfar manager. Longest serving

:53:41.:53:42.

manager in Scottish football. Close effort there from

:53:43.:53:51.

Fotheringham. That's a good delivery in. It's

:53:52.:54:06.

Malcom, excellent defending there. It's Stevie May! He gets a vital

:54:07.:54:39.

touch. 21st goal of the season. The second in the Scottish Cup. A touch

:54:40.:54:51.

there by May, after it went between players.

:54:52.:55:07.

Won a conner off mall -- corner off Malcom. Certainly a positive

:55:08.:55:13.

introduction to St Johnstone. It's Fraser Wright who knock it's

:55:14.:55:31.

in! The defenders causing the problem there. Wright claims his

:55:32.:55:32.

second goal of the season. He did well to get a hand to that,

:55:33.:55:50.

but Wright in the right place at the right time.

:55:51.:56:07.

McDonald! Terrific goal. But he's given a free kick. The referee says

:56:08.:56:17.

it was an infringement from McDonald. He can't believe it.

:56:18.:56:21.

It was a good delivery in. It looked as though McDonald was up above

:56:22.:56:23.

Malcom. He jumped early. It looks as though he just got

:56:24.:56:34.

across his marker. It looked a good goal from that angle. St Johnstone

:56:35.:56:46.

in control of the first 45 minutes. They could have been 3-0 up. Only

:56:47.:56:48.

two at the moment. That's a great effort and off the

:56:49.:57:05.

bar! Terrific strike, that one. So close to getting an early

:57:06.:57:08.

counter. It breaks kindly for O'Halloran.

:57:09.:57:49.

First start for Michael O'Halloran and his first goal. St Johnstone are

:57:50.:57:56.

3-0 to the good. That will surely put St Johnstone

:57:57.:58:02.

out of sight. Croft with the cross in. It was knocked away by Douglas.

:58:03.:58:09.

A nice way to top off an afternoon, making your first start for your new

:58:10.:58:11.

club. Another terrific introduction from

:58:12.:59:09.

James Dunn. An excellent folly. -- volley. Dunne. What a terrific

:59:10.:59:17.

strike that was. Great control to set himself up from the cross. It

:59:18.:59:24.

was parried out and then he needs touch but driven into the corner. It

:59:25.:59:32.

is important to come here and have the right attitude. We have that,

:59:33.:59:36.

particularly in the first-half, I thought we excellent. Particularly

:59:37.:59:42.

away from home it is very pleasing because now we are in the next

:59:43.:59:48.

round. All credit to them and their manager. The first goal was the set

:59:49.:59:51.

piece which, if you look at our record, this year has been very

:59:52.:59:58.

good. I can see how he is an exciting prospect. He was not in the

:59:59.:00:02.

game for 20 minutes and happened that we goal. I am looking at

:00:03.:00:13.

getting to the top of the total. That was a good win for St Johnstone

:00:14.:00:18.

and it could have been more as well. Could it be dark horses to win their

:00:19.:00:24.

first piece of silverware? It could be. They will be up there as one of

:00:25.:00:29.

the favourites. It is not an easy place to go for them today. I think

:00:30.:00:36.

to bang for in against them, Rangers when their last month and find it

:00:37.:00:41.

difficult. St Johnstone go there and put 4n, Dick Campbell did not

:00:42.:00:46.

realise they were that good, good strong straight talking from him. I

:00:47.:00:52.

know you are not a great fan of his here but there is more to St

:00:53.:01:02.

Johnstone than his here. It is growing on me! It is not so bad tied

:01:03.:01:09.

up. Seriously, the play to the conditions and you cannot ignore

:01:10.:01:14.

that. Just for Stewart Cosgrove I think they are going to win the cup!

:01:15.:01:20.

You heard it here first. One part-time site was guaranteed to

:01:21.:01:26.

reach the quarterfinals as these two matches met each other -- teams. The

:01:27.:01:35.

Alloa boss Barry Smith was looking to guide his team through to the

:01:36.:01:41.

last eight. Andy Kirk came close to giving them the perfect start. Paul

:01:42.:01:48.

McGinn clearing the danger. Alloa midfielder Darren Young played in

:01:49.:01:54.

the 2004 cup final for Dunfermline, his effort was within inches of

:01:55.:02:01.

finding the net. Dumbarton rattled five past Alloa just three weeks ago

:02:02.:02:05.

and they took the lead just on the half-hour mark. Scott Agnew knocked

:02:06.:02:11.

the ball back across goal but call and wish was waiting to stab it

:02:12.:02:23.

home. -- Colin Nish. It was a typical poacher 's goal from the

:02:24.:02:35.

veteran striker. He was a chance to add to the tally just before the

:02:36.:02:39.

break. Chris Keane was brought down just inside the box. His spot kick

:02:40.:02:46.

was brilliantly saved but the keeper was injured pulling off the save and

:02:47.:02:53.

had to be replaced. Not too much by way of action in the second period.

:02:54.:02:58.

This long-range effort the closest to a goal. Dumbarton through for the

:02:59.:03:08.

first time since 1979. We are not going to claim they played great

:03:09.:03:12.

stuff, we have played a lot better but in the cockpit is about getting

:03:13.:03:18.

through to the next round. We did create chances but it is about being

:03:19.:03:24.

more clinical in these positions. The boys worked extremely hard to

:03:25.:03:30.

get in the area. Alloa still getting used to life without Paul Hartley. A

:03:31.:03:38.

great result today. Like Paul Hartley, when he took over they were

:03:39.:03:44.

struggling at the bottom of the table and he managed to keep them

:03:45.:03:52.

up. That will be a great boost for them to get into the next round of

:03:53.:04:04.

the club. Cup. Rangers and Dunfermline athletic are next.

:04:05.:04:19.

It is the free kick for Templeton. This is where he is dangerous. And

:04:20.:04:29.

Rangers have the early initiative in this William Hill Scottish cup fifth

:04:30.:04:37.

round tie. Dangerous play once again from Templeton. Said that in the

:04:38.:04:42.

build-up but that should have been dealt with. He clips it in for Daly,

:04:43.:04:52.

a brilliant save. It is two for Rangers. They have more than a foot

:04:53.:04:59.

in these Scottish cup quarterfinals now. That just failed to clear

:05:00.:05:06.

properly. The second ball came in and the goalkeeper made a decent

:05:07.:05:18.

save. Templeton. Well, that is a third. Well done. There will be no

:05:19.:05:25.

doubt surely of the outcome of this fifth round tie now. David Templeton

:05:26.:05:33.

adds some gloss to the score line. Not dissimilar to the goal they

:05:34.:05:36.

scored against Falkirk in the previous round. They are

:05:37.:05:43.

steam-rollering Dunfermline again at the start of this second half. And a

:05:44.:05:51.

hat-trick. Completed in the opening minute or so of the second half.

:05:52.:05:58.

Rangers are 4-0 up now. A terrific ball through. Dean Shiels was not

:05:59.:06:10.

going to miss from there. Ian Black hits the bar. He has been trying to

:06:11.:06:18.

do that, trying to score all night. He is getting closer. So, who is

:06:19.:06:25.

going to win the Scottish cup? Is it wide open or are you going to put a

:06:26.:06:32.

tenner on Albion Rovers? I am not a great one for boards but I will look

:06:33.:06:39.

at Aberdeen for a double. Rangers second favourites, is that about

:06:40.:06:45.

right? Dundee United fans might be a bit miffed about that but if they

:06:46.:06:47.

get through tomorrow they will probably feel they should be further

:06:48.:06:52.

up. It is almost like a perfect storm working in the favour of

:06:53.:07:01.

Rangers. The weekend is not over yet, Sportscene is back tomorrow

:07:02.:07:06.

night with highlights. It is Dundee United versus St Mirren. The St

:07:07.:07:13.

Mirren striker Steven Thompson will join us for that. How do you see

:07:14.:07:20.

that much going? It is massive for both sites, Dundee United have had

:07:21.:07:24.

the bad run of form recently. They might be looking to the cup to see

:07:25.:07:29.

some weird they can get away from their league form. And Mirren, it is

:07:30.:07:34.

something they might try to do well in. -- somewhere. St Mirren are very

:07:35.:07:47.

Jekyll and Hyde, aren't they? It is hard to call. It is very, very

:07:48.:07:56.

tight. It has not been good recently. Other teams can see

:07:57.:08:01.

weaknesses. If they played to their quality I think they will win this

:08:02.:08:08.

game. Thank you both. That is it. It has been a sensational Saturday

:08:09.:08:12.

night, thank you for staying up with us. They do it all again tomorrow

:08:13.:08:27.

night. Join us for more cup magic, and tell them, good night. -- until.

:08:28.:08:38.

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