:00:39. > :00:49.You Celtic were last year's cup winners and favourites to retain the
:00:50. > :00:53.historic trophy. Aberdeen sprung the surprise of round five.
:00:54. > :00:59.COMMENTATOR: Peter Pawlett turns this game on its head! It's been 24
:01:00. > :01:03.years since Aberdeen last lifted the trophy. Derek McInnes side hungry to
:01:04. > :01:10.return to Celtic Park in May to lift the cup again. They will have to
:01:11. > :01:16.beat a defiant Dunbarton side who haven't won for quite some time.
:01:17. > :01:22.They take the lead at Easter road. They face a tough challenge against
:01:23. > :01:29.another Premiership side who booked their place in round six with a
:01:30. > :01:35.dominant display against Forfar. Which quarter finalists will book
:01:36. > :01:39.their semifinal berths at Ibrox? Good evening. Welcome to Sportscene.
:01:40. > :01:43.A lot has changed in Scottish football in recent years, but one
:01:44. > :01:49.thing stays the same, the magic of the Scottish Cup endures. A few more
:01:50. > :01:56.lines were added to its rich history today. Owen Coyle and Pat Nevin are
:01:57. > :01:59.with me. Seven-time winners Aberdeen went into the weekend as favourites
:02:00. > :02:09.tore win the Scottish Cup an eighth time. They fully expected to see off
:02:10. > :02:14.Dumbarton. The sons of the rock did win the Scottish Cup once upon a
:02:15. > :02:18.time in 1885. -- 1883.
:02:19. > :02:23.Season 2013/14 could turn out to be the best in a generation for
:02:24. > :02:27.Aberdeen and their success starved supporters. A League Cup Final
:02:28. > :02:31.appearance to come in eight days, and a home tie against lower-league
:02:32. > :02:39.opposition for a place in the semifinals of this competition.
:02:40. > :02:46.Ian Murray's side have only lost one match in nine matches. Derek McInnes
:02:47. > :02:48.has left the match winner from Celtic Park out today, Peter
:02:49. > :03:29.Pawlett. Seven-time Scottish Cup winners
:03:30. > :03:43.Aberdeen against Dumbarton who have won it once.
:03:44. > :03:52.The sixth Scottish club meeting between the clubs. Aberdeen hold the
:03:53. > :04:13.4-1 load in that head-to-head. The only Dumbarton game was in 1913.
:04:14. > :04:23.Really positive. A wonderful run forward from the left back.
:04:24. > :04:38.That extra option gives teams an extra dimension.
:04:39. > :04:48.A quick ball in for Robson and the keeper keeps it out.
:04:49. > :04:51.Grindlay did enough. Barry Robson must have been thinking he was
:04:52. > :04:56.putting Aberdeen in front here. This was a good ball in as well, attacked
:04:57. > :05:24.by the diving Robson. Grindlay held on.
:05:25. > :05:31.Aberdeen come forward! That's side net only from Barry Robson.
:05:32. > :05:36.Some in the stadium thought this had gone the other side of the post.
:05:37. > :05:38.Quickly done by Aberdeen and Robson has gone twice in a matter of
:05:39. > :06:14.minutes. Ian Murray was perhaps with the fans
:06:15. > :06:21.in feeling his team should have had a spot kick for that.
:06:22. > :06:57.Megginson didn't get his chance at beer Dean.
:06:58. > :07:13.-- at Aberdeen. Not bad delivery, comes to Smith!
:07:14. > :07:17.Blocked by Graham. How important was that?
:07:18. > :07:21.The ball fizzed in. When it came back to Smith, dragged it onto the
:07:22. > :07:34.left foot. Graham gets in the way. That was awkward. Megginson, not
:07:35. > :08:01.bad. Langfield spills it. Anderson bails
:08:02. > :08:16.him out. He might owe his skipper a drink after this, bar of soap.
:08:17. > :08:42.Nobody's chasing it. Oh, that may be a corner. It is. That could be
:08:43. > :09:04.costly from Linton. You hope it's not.
:09:05. > :09:21.That settles things down here at Pittodrie. The resistance broken.
:09:22. > :09:26.That relieves some of the nerves. This place had got pretty jittery
:09:27. > :09:32.since halftime. Adam Rooney's sixth for the club in
:09:33. > :09:37.just his eighth appearance. Aberdeen really do have a prolific striker in
:09:38. > :09:43.their ranks. It's what they were missing. They were missing a goal
:09:44. > :09:45.today, they have that now. They have crept a little bit closer
:09:46. > :10:01.to the last four. It looks pretty even between those
:10:02. > :10:06.two for pace. Aberdeen hunting down a second goal.
:10:07. > :10:26.He'll take the corner. The skipper scored against Celtic in
:10:27. > :10:53.the last round. He's so close. A very good ball. Since the goal,
:10:54. > :10:57.Aberdeen have it all to play, the shackles are off. Hayes across the
:10:58. > :11:33.face. Almost came to Rooney as well. Much better from Aberdeen since they
:11:34. > :12:08.scored the goal. It was headed into the ground and
:12:09. > :12:14.that is a massive chance for Dumbarton, with just two minutes
:12:15. > :12:19.left. This was a wonderful ball in. PaulPaul McGinley headed it into --
:12:20. > :12:27.Paul McGinn headed it down. That was a big chance. Will they get
:12:28. > :13:18.another? into their second semifinal of the
:13:19. > :13:24.season. This time in the Scottish Cup. Ian Murray can be proud of his
:13:25. > :13:33.side. Adam Rooney there is the match winner. What a wonderful signing he
:13:34. > :13:41.has been for the club. The final cog in the McInnes machine perhaps. Job
:13:42. > :13:47.done for Aberdeen. Russell Anderson played an important role at the
:13:48. > :13:50.back. But Derek McInnes can turn his and Aberdeen's attention towards
:13:51. > :13:55.next Sunday and the Scottish League Cup Final, where they will play
:13:56. > :14:05.Inverness Caledonian Thistle at Celtic Park. It finished here Adam
:14:06. > :14:06.Rooney the hero, Aberdeen 1, Dumbarton 0.
:14:07. > :14:08.Rooney the hero, Aberdeen 1, Dumbarton Obviously delighted. Big
:14:09. > :14:12.achievement with these players again. I thought the second half
:14:13. > :14:16.performance in particular was excellent, real control of the game.
:14:17. > :14:21.We scored from a set play. We looked as if we could have scored from more
:14:22. > :14:26.set plays as well. We've hit the post. Asked loads of questions of
:14:27. > :14:30.them second half. While the game's only 1-0, Dumbarton will feel they
:14:31. > :14:35.had an opportunity, they had one at the death. McGinn nearly got in at
:14:36. > :14:39.the back post. It wasn't easy by any stretch. Would have liked it to be
:14:40. > :14:44.more comfortable. But anticipated a difficult game, because they have a
:14:45. > :14:49.decent side. Disappointed with the score, obviously. We had a chance to
:14:50. > :14:51.go ahead ourselves. In terms of performance wise, work rate,
:14:52. > :14:57.commitment, the players were magnificent from the first minute to
:14:58. > :15:00.the last. None more so than Paul McGinn getting into the box with a
:15:01. > :15:04.minute to go and heading over the bar. Must have been so difficult
:15:05. > :15:08.when you have 40,000 people queuing outside the stadium for tickets.
:15:09. > :15:11.Yes, it's incredible. There's been a queue for the last couple of weeks.
:15:12. > :15:18.Every day you see them and it's brilliant the support. Thankfully we
:15:19. > :15:21.can give them this this season. We feel that a couple of people who
:15:22. > :15:26.have been around this club a lot longer than I have, anticipated
:15:27. > :15:29.25,000 to 28,000, so the people who have been here that length of time,
:15:30. > :15:33.they're overwhelmed with the reaction from the support. It shows
:15:34. > :15:40.you the level of support is there. It shows the level of desire to get
:15:41. > :15:44.a trophy again, and we're 90 minutes away from it. We're looking forward
:15:45. > :15:49.to it. With that support behind it, it can only help us. And so the
:15:50. > :15:52.Aberdeen band wagon continues. The League Cup Final next weekend,
:15:53. > :15:57.through to the semifinals of the Scottish Cup. Let's get the views of
:15:58. > :16:04.Pat and Owen. Pat, Aberdeen grinding it out once again. Yeah and that's
:16:05. > :16:08.not being harsh on them. They've understand a level of match craft
:16:09. > :16:12.they have to get through and that's grinding out results, getting late
:16:13. > :16:15.goals, never losing pleef. They've added that, which they -- belief.
:16:16. > :16:20.They've added that, which they didn't have before. This was tricky
:16:21. > :16:24.today, very tricky, for once, the expectation was high that they would
:16:25. > :16:28.get there. They managed to do it without playing brilliantly. You
:16:29. > :16:34.started your much travelled career at Dumbarton, how do you game their
:16:35. > :16:38.performance today? I think they've performed very well. They'll be
:16:39. > :16:42.pleased by their showing. They certainly came out of the game with
:16:43. > :16:47.a lot of credit. The disappointment will be that they've conceded a goal
:16:48. > :16:52.from a that the should never have conceded in the first place. They
:16:53. > :16:55.had chances, particularly late on. They've acquitted themselves very
:16:56. > :16:58.well. They have to carry that on in the league. They'll probably feel
:16:59. > :17:03.it's an opportunity maybe even to take it to a replay and get it back
:17:04. > :17:08.to a home tie. But they acquitted themselves very well. Defensively
:17:09. > :17:15.disciplined from Dumbarton on the whole, but there was a crucial
:17:16. > :17:22.lapse. When this happens, the ball is here, Linton can put it anywhere,
:17:23. > :17:25.get it out. How many times have you noticed rkts when that happens, when
:17:26. > :17:30.you know what you should have done, this is what happens. The difficulty
:17:31. > :17:35.is you concede a conner to Barry Robson. He's one of the best
:17:36. > :17:38.set-play deliverers in the game. Rooney with his sixth goal for
:17:39. > :17:46.Aberdeen in eight matches. He's hit the ground running for Aberdeen. I
:17:47. > :17:51.think the fact that he's going away from goal and still being able to
:17:52. > :17:54.develop the power there was absolutely magnificent. Classic goal
:17:55. > :17:59.scorer. We knew he could do it. He's a proven goal scorer, outstanding
:18:00. > :18:03.acquisition from Derek to already what was a very good team. That's
:18:04. > :18:06.taken them to another level again. He's generated the power because of
:18:07. > :18:10.the pace from Robson. The fact that he's come away from the goal, he's
:18:11. > :18:14.allowed to lose his marker. Hose a clever player, terrific goal scorer.
:18:15. > :18:22.He's going to be a fantastic player for them. Mectioned Robson already
:18:23. > :18:28.-- mentioned Robson already. He was everywhere and 35 years of age now.
:18:29. > :18:35.Along with Flood, really impressed with him. His energy levels are
:18:36. > :18:42.right up there. Watch this moment, He's got three players between him
:18:43. > :18:46.and the by-line. He's 35, remember, can he get there? Yes. He's put in
:18:47. > :18:51.the perfect ball into the area there. It's his team-mate's problem
:18:52. > :18:56.for not getting there. The quality is there. What he has got as well,
:18:57. > :19:02.this is a great thing, he's an outstanding lad and a real team
:19:03. > :19:06.player, but he has a burning desire. This This was a feature of the
:19:07. > :19:11.afternoon. Their game knowledge was class all the way. Good players like
:19:12. > :19:22.playing with good players. How highly do you rate him? He's a great
:19:23. > :19:26.lad. He started at Rangers as a kid. He's popular with the players
:19:27. > :19:30.because he's a fantastic team player. He's a great lad and he
:19:31. > :19:34.always has time for people. I love to see guys getting their rewards in
:19:35. > :19:37.football, outstanding. Can you see him going for another season? No
:19:38. > :19:45.doubt about it. Players will play as long as they want to play. He has
:19:46. > :19:49.that desire to be the best he can be every day. I think it's a very good
:19:50. > :19:54.match. It's a good fit. He's enjoying a great season. Dumbarton
:19:55. > :19:59.had their chances. They were disciplined, but they had chances to
:20:00. > :20:03.equalise. Look at this, massive amount of space and they got
:20:04. > :20:08.themselves into this position time and again. Put a lot of pressure on.
:20:09. > :20:12.The big man read it well. Time and again they were going into that
:20:13. > :20:15.area, they did create a few chances, not a huge amount, but a good
:20:16. > :20:21.number. Then another day it might have just fallen for them. You did
:20:22. > :20:25.feel sorry for them. I think they deserved something. I think this
:20:26. > :20:32.might have been, well, the second best chance. No doubt about it.
:20:33. > :20:39.Speaking of Anderson, I mean, what he's done, as much as bits of his
:20:40. > :20:43.pace has went, he is so intelligent, that he puts himself in outstanding
:20:44. > :20:48.positions. That's an outstanding chance. I would like to think that
:20:49. > :20:55.you would look to put that in the back of the net. But it's well
:20:56. > :21:00.created. If Dumbarton score that goal, they probably get the draw.
:21:01. > :21:03.They get the replay. It's fantastic. They will look back on today, they
:21:04. > :21:07.played really well, two moments, clear the ball away for the corner
:21:08. > :21:11.and put that away and it's different. When you come out of the
:21:12. > :21:15.games against bigger clubs you don't want to have any regrets. As well as
:21:16. > :21:19.they played, they'll come out of the gay thinking - we shouldn't have
:21:20. > :21:24.conceded a corner and they had a chance to force the replay. It will
:21:25. > :21:30.be tinked with regret. Murray setting high standards at Dumbarton.
:21:31. > :21:35.Obviously matches tomorrow. Are Aberdeen the clear favourites for
:21:36. > :21:40.you? They are for me, at the moment. Clear favourites is pushing it a
:21:41. > :21:43.bit. Dundee United have been in great form. If they play at their
:21:44. > :21:50.best they have a great chance as well. You will not write Rangers
:21:51. > :21:56.off. Last word for Dumbarton, a lot of good players in there today.
:21:57. > :22:00.McGinn had a great game. Quick tip? I don't want to put more pressure on
:22:01. > :22:04.them. I have a vested interest. I think Aberdeen are favourites. I
:22:05. > :22:09.think the resurgence at the club, it's fantastic for such has always
:22:10. > :22:13.been a Scotland, top club, and it's great to see that energy about it.
:22:14. > :22:19.It's fantastic. Thanks very much. The other Scottish Cup quarter final
:22:20. > :22:23.was an early quickoff. The home side Raith Rovers against St Johnstone,
:22:24. > :22:25.the Saints were always going to be favourites against their
:22:26. > :22:35.championship opponents. The sheer Scottish Cup looks
:22:36. > :22:41.wide-open. Both sides must believe they have a terrific chance of
:22:42. > :23:19.reaching the final. St Jon ston start the tie as
:23:20. > :23:30.Moon was in the team the last time these two met. Talking of goal
:23:31. > :23:52.scoring exploits, this man has 21 to his name already this season.
:23:53. > :24:15.Barge in the back there for Stevie May by the returning Watson.
:24:16. > :24:29.It's into the bottom corner! What a start for Saints. McDonald burries
:24:30. > :24:35.the chance. Raith Rovers fall behind. Lee Robertson beaten --
:24:36. > :24:39.Robin son beaten. It's a lovely finish from McDonald. The high ball
:24:40. > :24:46.not dealt with by the Raith Rovers back line. Superbly executed by the
:24:47. > :24:51.midfielder. Just a second goal of the season for Gary McDonald. What
:24:52. > :24:56.an important one it could prove to be.
:24:57. > :25:03.Delight early in the match for Tommy Wright.
:25:04. > :25:27.You can tell by that flag, it's a swirling wind.
:25:28. > :25:42.Oh, what a goal from Cardle! That is special stuff. You just knew when he
:25:43. > :25:44.caught sight of goal 30 yards out that he thought the shot was on. Oh,
:25:45. > :25:53.and it was on! There were claims for handball. The
:25:54. > :26:03.referee saw nothing amiss. That's unstoppable from Cardle.
:26:04. > :26:08.Joe Cardle draws Raith Rovers level. We really have a cup tie on our
:26:09. > :26:23.hands again here. A free kick is given. The pass is
:26:24. > :26:28.back into the path of Hasselbaink who was grounded. This is a real
:26:29. > :26:48.chance for St Johnstone to regain the lead.
:26:49. > :27:12.It didn't dip down in time. A yard or so high from McKay.
:27:13. > :27:19.Slips it in for Croft. It's a corner, but it could have been more
:27:20. > :27:21.dangerous for Raith Rovers, but for that intervention. Quickly taken
:27:22. > :27:34.corner. That's not too far away. # St
:27:35. > :27:38.Johnstone claiming for a corner kick.
:27:39. > :27:43.They felt Robinson got a touch on this.
:27:44. > :27:54.Looked like it sailed straight past the post. A couple of bounces, but
:27:55. > :27:57.no touch from the goalkeeper. The Rangers' manager an interesting
:27:58. > :28:16.spectator. That's a great ball in. Smith
:28:17. > :28:30.couldn't get anything on it. What a ball from Joe Cardle. He
:28:31. > :28:36.really has just such a delicious right foot.
:28:37. > :28:47.Again, a chance for Raith Rovers. It was Hill from the back this time. He
:28:48. > :28:57.scored against Hibs at Easter Road. A chance to score again here.
:28:58. > :29:16.He's held up. The free kick goes Raith Rovers' way.
:29:17. > :29:28.Another terrific challenge for Callachan this time. He had so much
:29:29. > :29:32.time and spice. He -- space. He should have directed that into the
:29:33. > :29:56.net. What a chance! Brilliant ball in from Cardle.
:29:57. > :30:04.Great run from Hasselbaink, oh, what a goal! St Johnstone back in front.
:30:05. > :30:19.They do have that early goal again. It's a sixth goal this season for
:30:20. > :30:26.Nigel Hasselbaink. What a terrific one it is. Two, three, four players
:30:27. > :30:32.he gets away from before just stabbing it past Robinson. St
:30:33. > :30:37.Johnstone gain the upper hand in this Scottish Cup quarter final.
:30:38. > :30:45.Tommy Wright absolutely thrilled to get their noses back in front.
:30:46. > :31:18.Dunne should have done better. He had plenty of time to think about
:31:19. > :31:41.this. He saw it coming. Stevie May fancied a shot on goal.
:31:42. > :31:47.It took a deflection on its way. It's another corner kick.
:31:48. > :31:52.They've lifted their performance at the start of the second half. I
:31:53. > :31:56.wonder if that was the result of a few stern fwrords Tommy Wright at
:31:57. > :32:02.halftime. -- words from Tommy Wright at
:32:03. > :32:09.halftime. Robin son saves well. Stevie May
:32:10. > :32:39.looking livelier. He's onside there. He was caught late by Lee Croft
:32:40. > :32:44.that's a bad challenge. That will be another booking. Fox saw it coming.
:32:45. > :32:48.He was able to get out of the way of most of it. It was a despairing
:32:49. > :33:01.challenge for Croft. Fox went for goal. At the second
:33:02. > :33:03.attempt he smothers the ball. Liam Fox having won the free kick decided
:33:04. > :33:12.to go for goal. That's a good strike. That is not
:33:13. > :33:19.far away. Free kick given for the challenge.
:33:20. > :34:05.Just caught the striker. A third goal now for St Johnstone
:34:06. > :34:16.would certainly end this as a contest, you feel.
:34:17. > :34:26.Anderson! It's crept in at the near post. Surely now St Johnstone have
:34:27. > :34:34.booked their place in the Scottish Cup semifinal. Robinson beaten at
:34:35. > :34:41.his near post. The goalkeeper won't be too happy with that. Anderson
:34:42. > :34:47.just the slightest touch. It's a deft finish. No man on the post for
:34:48. > :34:57.Raith Rovers and Robinson couldn't keep it out. Tommy Wright will guide
:34:58. > :35:00.his side into the last four. Grant Murray's side haven't
:35:01. > :35:02.disgraced themselves here this afternoon.
:35:03. > :35:11.Joe Cardle trying to plant the ball to swing in this free kick.
:35:12. > :35:17.There goes the fulltime whistle. Tommy Wright and St Johnstone
:35:18. > :35:24.progress and Murray's Raith Rovers' Scottish Cup dream is at an end. It
:35:25. > :35:27.finished 1-3. Overall we deserved the win. The
:35:28. > :35:30.first half, the conditions played a big part in the game. We started
:35:31. > :35:35.extremely well getting the goal. I think that we allowed them back in
:35:36. > :35:39.it. Some of our decision making at times, I don't thip we moved the
:35:40. > :35:43.ball at times and that causes a few problems. They did play well with
:35:44. > :35:49.the conditions. They did put us under pressure. We gave a good
:35:50. > :35:54.account of ourselves. If you go behind, it becomes difficult but we
:35:55. > :36:01.got back into the game with a great strike. We were on top for a spell
:36:02. > :36:05.in the game. You have to take your chances when they come along,
:36:06. > :36:09.against a very good side who came out the second half and punished us.
:36:10. > :36:16.We nup the conditions with the wind, it was difficult for us. It was just
:36:17. > :36:21.about making sure the second half we used it to our advantage. We did
:36:22. > :36:24.that. The players have worked extremely hard this season. They're
:36:25. > :36:28.disappointed with the performance and result they had against
:36:29. > :36:32.Aberdeen. I said to them, they probably deserve a crack at a
:36:33. > :36:38.semifinal. You know, we can relax now, let the others fight it out.
:36:39. > :36:43.St Johnstone through to their ninth Scottish Cup semifinal. Could this
:36:44. > :36:49.be the year they make the final of the competition? It was windy today,
:36:50. > :36:53.we can see that from the pictures, how challenging were the conditions?
:36:54. > :37:01.The pitch wasn't ideal as well. All credit to players for serving up a
:37:02. > :37:06.decent game. It was very blowy. The movement on the ball, but all credit
:37:07. > :37:10.to the players, they got through it. Fine entertainment and good goals as
:37:11. > :37:13.well. I think St Johnstone were worthy winners. It was a perfect
:37:14. > :37:18.start for St Johnstone. worthy winners. It was a perfect
:37:19. > :37:29.start for St It was absolutely. You have to get the right start and hold
:37:30. > :37:34.on. You can tell from that there the wind is blowing it all over the
:37:35. > :37:38.place. It's a fantastic strike. He's kept his body over the ball, kept it
:37:39. > :37:44.plo. It's down into the corner. We're being overly harsh. We talked
:37:45. > :37:50.about the wind, did that make it a gave of two halves in the that
:37:51. > :37:54.cliched sense? It did. Raith Rovers probably felt they could have went
:37:55. > :37:59.in with a lead at halftime. They had great opportunities to get that. In
:38:00. > :38:05.the build up at 1-0, you felt when Cardle was on the ball he was a
:38:06. > :38:11.danger all die. -- day. It's played in. Cardle was a threat all day. You
:38:12. > :38:14.know he's only one thing, what a wonderful strike against an
:38:15. > :38:22.international goalkeeper. It's a fantastic goal at any level.
:38:23. > :38:27.Fantastic. Almost Pat Nevin-esque at times! Absolutely smacked that one.
:38:28. > :38:32.It bobbles a bit and he catches it. You have to get it right. The
:38:33. > :38:36.intelligent thing is make sure you use the conditions. The winds behind
:38:37. > :38:39.him, have a go, Stevie May was popping them from everywhere,
:38:40. > :38:46.lashing it every time he got the chance. Not often you cash them as
:38:47. > :38:50.well as that. You had a moment there and an historical moment, the
:38:51. > :38:53.possibility that could happen. On this occasion, suddenly, it wasn't
:38:54. > :38:59.to be. I don't think they were good enough. Let's talk about Joe Cardle.
:39:00. > :39:03.He obviously has talent, no disrespect to Raith Rovers, could he
:39:04. > :39:09.not play at a higher level? Everything he did today was very
:39:10. > :39:14.positive. I saw him as a young player and I felt he would take
:39:15. > :39:18.every opportunity to make a name in a game. He's certainly showed enough
:39:19. > :39:22.ability today. He was a threat all day against a Premier League
:39:23. > :39:30.defence. In open play, he was positive, looked to his fullback.
:39:31. > :39:32.Played with his left. He's a talented player. There's fantastic
:39:33. > :39:35.chances for Raith Rovers to get back into the match and maybe take the
:39:36. > :39:43.lead. Cardle at the centre of things. I would like to make the
:39:44. > :39:49.excuse that the wind again, it's blowing the ball about and coming
:39:50. > :39:52.in. I don't think they can make that excuse there. He gets him sl up,
:39:53. > :39:56.maybe slightly too early, if anything. Rkts Maybe so, the
:39:57. > :40:00.difficulty is the two headers for me, they're not half chances.
:40:01. > :40:04.They're guilt-edged chances to score goals. When you are the under dog
:40:05. > :40:07.playing against your Premier League April significance as they were
:40:08. > :40:12.today, it was the same with Dumbarton, you have to take your
:40:13. > :40:16.chances. When you miss them, they won't come around too often. The
:40:17. > :40:22.second half came along and just like in the first half, an early goal for
:40:23. > :40:27.St Johnstone, that knocked the stuffing out of Raith Rovers. It is
:40:28. > :40:34.a great goal. You mentioned that Stevie May gets out in the way. I
:40:35. > :40:40.love the toe poke. OK, decent pace, very direct, but toe pokes are
:40:41. > :40:45.great. Do not dis the toe poke. Keepers can't read them. Fair play
:40:46. > :40:50.to Tommy Wright for putting Hasselbaink in the team. He hasn't
:40:51. > :40:54.scored for 14 days. -- games. When he's given space like he was there,
:40:55. > :40:59.it's an invitation to score. How much was that a great goal or poor
:41:00. > :41:03.defending? It's a bit of both. Being a forward and goal scorer myself I
:41:04. > :41:08.don't want to take anything away from him. It was a nervous
:41:09. > :41:12.individual goal. There were two or three Raith players there, if they
:41:13. > :41:17.would have done something different, it would have resulted in not being
:41:18. > :41:22.a goal. The other thing is we talk about the conditions, the FA Cup was
:41:23. > :41:27.about bobbly, kept control of that when running at pace. Now, the third
:41:28. > :41:33.goal that clinched it for St Johnstone were you surprised by the
:41:34. > :41:37.goal scorer? I was. Anderson is a player I had at St Johnstone. He's
:41:38. > :41:43.been there for ten years. It's great that you see lads get their rewards.
:41:44. > :41:51.I think it's a soft goal from Raith Rovers point of view.
:41:52. > :41:56.They'll feel disappointed by losing such a soft goal. You have a theory
:41:57. > :42:00.about men on the post. Get it off your chest! You hate this idea. A
:42:01. > :42:03.lot of teams aren't doing it now, particularly in the English
:42:04. > :42:08.Premiership, seven or eight of them are not putting any of them on any
:42:09. > :42:13.post. There are always variations. People think right I'm going to try
:42:14. > :42:18.something different. The bottom line it, when you lose a soft goal at
:42:19. > :42:22.near post from a managerial point of view it's hobble. Let's talk about
:42:23. > :42:27.the quarter finals, Inverness Cally Thistle against Dundee United. On
:42:28. > :42:30.paper perhaps the tie of the weekend. How do you see that one
:42:31. > :42:35.going? I think it will be a brilliant game. Two very good
:42:36. > :42:37.footballing teams. I've watched Dundee United the last couple of
:42:38. > :42:42.weeks, they've been pleasing on the eye. They lock a very good outfit.
:42:43. > :42:48.They have so much young talent in the team. Sometimes that brings
:42:49. > :42:53.inconsistency. But they have been very consistent just now. It will be
:42:54. > :42:59.a great football game. Terms of the game at Ibrox can you see a chance
:43:00. > :43:03.for Albion Rovers to possibly win? I would say there's a chance, but only
:43:04. > :43:08.a chance. If you're fortunate it's a chance in ten. Rangers should be far
:43:09. > :43:14.too strong for this. They've had such a terribly hard time, for a lot
:43:15. > :43:18.of reasons, and a few of them to do with the fans. However, this could
:43:19. > :43:22.be a fantastic week for Rangers. If they get through to the semifinal,
:43:23. > :43:25.that's going to be at their home ground. They could win their league
:43:26. > :43:30.and get promotion during the week as well. What a week! Thanks very much.
:43:31. > :44:09.There were two games in the Scottish Premiership this afternoon, as well.
:44:10. > :44:15.We're live as Inverness Cally Thistle host Dundee United, 12. 15pm
:44:16. > :44:19.on BBC One. We're back with highlights of that, plus Rangers
:44:20. > :44:25.versus Albion Rovers, today's cup action and all those Premiership
:44:26. > :44:29.goals 10. 25pm BBC One. That's all for the first part of the Scottish
:44:30. > :44:32.Cup weekend. Thanks to Owen Pat. The magic of the cup is still very much
:44:33. > :44:33.here especially for Aberdeen and St Johnstone. Until tomorrow, good
:44:34. > :44:38.night.