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You Celtic were last year's cup winners and favourites to retain the | :00:39. | :00:49. | |
historic trophy. Aberdeen sprung the surprise of round five. | :00:50. | :00:53. | |
COMMENTATOR: Peter Pawlett turns this game on its head! It's been 24 | :00:54. | :00:59. | |
years since Aberdeen last lifted the trophy. Derek McInnes side hungry to | :01:00. | :01:03. | |
return to Celtic Park in May to lift the cup again. They will have to | :01:04. | :01:10. | |
beat a defiant Dunbarton side who haven't won for quite some time. | :01:11. | :01:16. | |
They take the lead at Easter road. They face a tough challenge against | :01:17. | :01:22. | |
another Premiership side who booked their place in round six with a | :01:23. | :01:29. | |
dominant display against Forfar. Which quarter finalists will book | :01:30. | :01:35. | |
their semifinal berths at Ibrox? Good evening. Welcome to Sportscene. | :01:36. | :01:39. | |
A lot has changed in Scottish football in recent years, but one | :01:40. | :01:43. | |
thing stays the same, the magic of the Scottish Cup endures. A few more | :01:44. | :01:49. | |
lines were added to its rich history today. Owen Coyle and Pat Nevin are | :01:50. | :01:56. | |
with me. Seven-time winners Aberdeen went into the weekend as favourites | :01:57. | :01:59. | |
tore win the Scottish Cup an eighth time. They fully expected to see off | :02:00. | :02:09. | |
Dumbarton. The sons of the rock did win the Scottish Cup once upon a | :02:10. | :02:14. | |
time in 1885. -- 1883. | :02:15. | :02:18. | |
Season 2013/14 could turn out to be the best in a generation for | :02:19. | :02:23. | |
Aberdeen and their success starved supporters. A League Cup Final | :02:24. | :02:27. | |
appearance to come in eight days, and a home tie against lower-league | :02:28. | :02:31. | |
opposition for a place in the semifinals of this competition. | :02:32. | :02:39. | |
Ian Murray's side have only lost one match in nine matches. Derek McInnes | :02:40. | :02:46. | |
has left the match winner from Celtic Park out today, Peter | :02:47. | :02:48. | |
Pawlett. Seven-time Scottish Cup winners | :02:49. | :03:29. | |
Aberdeen against Dumbarton who have won it once. | :03:30. | :03:43. | |
The sixth Scottish club meeting between the clubs. Aberdeen hold the | :03:44. | :03:52. | |
4-1 load in that head-to-head. The only Dumbarton game was in 1913. | :03:53. | :04:13. | |
Really positive. A wonderful run forward from the left back. | :04:14. | :04:23. | |
That extra option gives teams an extra dimension. | :04:24. | :04:38. | |
A quick ball in for Robson and the keeper keeps it out. | :04:39. | :04:48. | |
Grindlay did enough. Barry Robson must have been thinking he was | :04:49. | :04:51. | |
putting Aberdeen in front here. This was a good ball in as well, attacked | :04:52. | :04:56. | |
by the diving Robson. Grindlay held on. | :04:57. | :05:24. | |
Aberdeen come forward! That's side net only from Barry Robson. | :05:25. | :05:31. | |
Some in the stadium thought this had gone the other side of the post. | :05:32. | :05:36. | |
Quickly done by Aberdeen and Robson has gone twice in a matter of | :05:37. | :05:38. | |
minutes. Ian Murray was perhaps with the fans | :05:39. | :06:14. | |
in feeling his team should have had a spot kick for that. | :06:15. | :06:21. | |
Megginson didn't get his chance at beer Dean. | :06:22. | :06:57. | |
-- at Aberdeen. Not bad delivery, comes to Smith! | :06:58. | :07:13. | |
Blocked by Graham. How important was that? | :07:14. | :07:17. | |
The ball fizzed in. When it came back to Smith, dragged it onto the | :07:18. | :07:21. | |
left foot. Graham gets in the way. That was awkward. Megginson, not | :07:22. | :07:34. | |
bad. Langfield spills it. Anderson bails | :07:35. | :08:01. | |
him out. He might owe his skipper a drink after this, bar of soap. | :08:02. | :08:16. | |
Nobody's chasing it. Oh, that may be a corner. It is. That could be | :08:17. | :08:42. | |
costly from Linton. You hope it's not. | :08:43. | :09:04. | |
That settles things down here at Pittodrie. The resistance broken. | :09:05. | :09:21. | |
That relieves some of the nerves. This place had got pretty jittery | :09:22. | :09:26. | |
since halftime. Adam Rooney's sixth for the club in | :09:27. | :09:32. | |
just his eighth appearance. Aberdeen really do have a prolific striker in | :09:33. | :09:37. | |
their ranks. It's what they were missing. They were missing a goal | :09:38. | :09:43. | |
today, they have that now. They have crept a little bit closer | :09:44. | :09:45. | |
to the last four. It looks pretty even between those | :09:46. | :10:01. | |
two for pace. Aberdeen hunting down a second goal. | :10:02. | :10:06. | |
He'll take the corner. The skipper scored against Celtic in | :10:07. | :10:26. | |
the last round. He's so close. A very good ball. Since the goal, | :10:27. | :10:53. | |
Aberdeen have it all to play, the shackles are off. Hayes across the | :10:54. | :10:57. | |
face. Almost came to Rooney as well. Much better from Aberdeen since they | :10:58. | :11:33. | |
scored the goal. It was headed into the ground and | :11:34. | :12:08. | |
that is a massive chance for Dumbarton, with just two minutes | :12:09. | :12:14. | |
left. This was a wonderful ball in. PaulPaul McGinley headed it into -- | :12:15. | :12:19. | |
Paul McGinn headed it down. That was a big chance. Will they get | :12:20. | :12:27. | |
another? into their second semifinal of the | :12:28. | :13:18. | |
season. This time in the Scottish Cup. Ian Murray can be proud of his | :13:19. | :13:24. | |
side. Adam Rooney there is the match winner. What a wonderful signing he | :13:25. | :13:33. | |
has been for the club. The final cog in the McInnes machine perhaps. Job | :13:34. | :13:41. | |
done for Aberdeen. Russell Anderson played an important role at the | :13:42. | :13:47. | |
back. But Derek McInnes can turn his and Aberdeen's attention towards | :13:48. | :13:50. | |
next Sunday and the Scottish League Cup Final, where they will play | :13:51. | :13:55. | |
Inverness Caledonian Thistle at Celtic Park. It finished here Adam | :13:56. | :14:05. | |
Rooney the hero, Aberdeen 1, Dumbarton 0. | :14:06. | :14:06. | |
Rooney the hero, Aberdeen 1, Dumbarton Obviously delighted. Big | :14:07. | :14:08. | |
achievement with these players again. I thought the second half | :14:09. | :14:12. | |
performance in particular was excellent, real control of the game. | :14:13. | :14:16. | |
We scored from a set play. We looked as if we could have scored from more | :14:17. | :14:21. | |
set plays as well. We've hit the post. Asked loads of questions of | :14:22. | :14:26. | |
them second half. While the game's only 1-0, Dumbarton will feel they | :14:27. | :14:30. | |
had an opportunity, they had one at the death. McGinn nearly got in at | :14:31. | :14:35. | |
the back post. It wasn't easy by any stretch. Would have liked it to be | :14:36. | :14:39. | |
more comfortable. But anticipated a difficult game, because they have a | :14:40. | :14:44. | |
decent side. Disappointed with the score, obviously. We had a chance to | :14:45. | :14:49. | |
go ahead ourselves. In terms of performance wise, work rate, | :14:50. | :14:51. | |
commitment, the players were magnificent from the first minute to | :14:52. | :14:57. | |
the last. None more so than Paul McGinn getting into the box with a | :14:58. | :15:00. | |
minute to go and heading over the bar. Must have been so difficult | :15:01. | :15:04. | |
when you have 40,000 people queuing outside the stadium for tickets. | :15:05. | :15:08. | |
Yes, it's incredible. There's been a queue for the last couple of weeks. | :15:09. | :15:11. | |
Every day you see them and it's brilliant the support. Thankfully we | :15:12. | :15:18. | |
can give them this this season. We feel that a couple of people who | :15:19. | :15:21. | |
have been around this club a lot longer than I have, anticipated | :15:22. | :15:26. | |
25,000 to 28,000, so the people who have been here that length of time, | :15:27. | :15:29. | |
they're overwhelmed with the reaction from the support. It shows | :15:30. | :15:33. | |
you the level of support is there. It shows the level of desire to get | :15:34. | :15:40. | |
a trophy again, and we're 90 minutes away from it. We're looking forward | :15:41. | :15:44. | |
to it. With that support behind it, it can only help us. And so the | :15:45. | :15:49. | |
Aberdeen band wagon continues. The League Cup Final next weekend, | :15:50. | :15:52. | |
through to the semifinals of the Scottish Cup. Let's get the views of | :15:53. | :15:57. | |
Pat and Owen. Pat, Aberdeen grinding it out once again. Yeah and that's | :15:58. | :16:04. | |
not being harsh on them. They've understand a level of match craft | :16:05. | :16:08. | |
they have to get through and that's grinding out results, getting late | :16:09. | :16:12. | |
goals, never losing pleef. They've added that, which they -- belief. | :16:13. | :16:15. | |
They've added that, which they didn't have before. This was tricky | :16:16. | :16:20. | |
today, very tricky, for once, the expectation was high that they would | :16:21. | :16:24. | |
get there. They managed to do it without playing brilliantly. You | :16:25. | :16:28. | |
started your much travelled career at Dumbarton, how do you game their | :16:29. | :16:34. | |
performance today? I think they've performed very well. They'll be | :16:35. | :16:38. | |
pleased by their showing. They certainly came out of the game with | :16:39. | :16:42. | |
a lot of credit. The disappointment will be that they've conceded a goal | :16:43. | :16:47. | |
from a that the should never have conceded in the first place. They | :16:48. | :16:52. | |
had chances, particularly late on. They've acquitted themselves very | :16:53. | :16:55. | |
well. They have to carry that on in the league. They'll probably feel | :16:56. | :16:58. | |
it's an opportunity maybe even to take it to a replay and get it back | :16:59. | :17:03. | |
to a home tie. But they acquitted themselves very well. Defensively | :17:04. | :17:08. | |
disciplined from Dumbarton on the whole, but there was a crucial | :17:09. | :17:15. | |
lapse. When this happens, the ball is here, Linton can put it anywhere, | :17:16. | :17:22. | |
get it out. How many times have you noticed rkts when that happens, when | :17:23. | :17:25. | |
you know what you should have done, this is what happens. The difficulty | :17:26. | :17:30. | |
is you concede a conner to Barry Robson. He's one of the best | :17:31. | :17:35. | |
set-play deliverers in the game. Rooney with his sixth goal for | :17:36. | :17:38. | |
Aberdeen in eight matches. He's hit the ground running for Aberdeen. I | :17:39. | :17:46. | |
think the fact that he's going away from goal and still being able to | :17:47. | :17:51. | |
develop the power there was absolutely magnificent. Classic goal | :17:52. | :17:54. | |
scorer. We knew he could do it. He's a proven goal scorer, outstanding | :17:55. | :17:59. | |
acquisition from Derek to already what was a very good team. That's | :18:00. | :18:03. | |
taken them to another level again. He's generated the power because of | :18:04. | :18:06. | |
the pace from Robson. The fact that he's come away from the goal, he's | :18:07. | :18:10. | |
allowed to lose his marker. Hose a clever player, terrific goal scorer. | :18:11. | :18:14. | |
He's going to be a fantastic player for them. Mectioned Robson already | :18:15. | :18:22. | |
-- mentioned Robson already. He was everywhere and 35 years of age now. | :18:23. | :18:28. | |
Along with Flood, really impressed with him. His energy levels are | :18:29. | :18:35. | |
right up there. Watch this moment, He's got three players between him | :18:36. | :18:42. | |
and the by-line. He's 35, remember, can he get there? Yes. He's put in | :18:43. | :18:46. | |
the perfect ball into the area there. It's his team-mate's problem | :18:47. | :18:51. | |
for not getting there. The quality is there. What he has got as well, | :18:52. | :18:56. | |
this is a great thing, he's an outstanding lad and a real team | :18:57. | :19:02. | |
player, but he has a burning desire. This This was a feature of the | :19:03. | :19:06. | |
afternoon. Their game knowledge was class all the way. Good players like | :19:07. | :19:11. | |
playing with good players. How highly do you rate him? He's a great | :19:12. | :19:22. | |
lad. He started at Rangers as a kid. He's popular with the players | :19:23. | :19:26. | |
because he's a fantastic team player. He's a great lad and he | :19:27. | :19:30. | |
always has time for people. I love to see guys getting their rewards in | :19:31. | :19:34. | |
football, outstanding. Can you see him going for another season? No | :19:35. | :19:37. | |
doubt about it. Players will play as long as they want to play. He has | :19:38. | :19:45. | |
that desire to be the best he can be every day. I think it's a very good | :19:46. | :19:49. | |
match. It's a good fit. He's enjoying a great season. Dumbarton | :19:50. | :19:54. | |
had their chances. They were disciplined, but they had chances to | :19:55. | :19:59. | |
equalise. Look at this, massive amount of space and they got | :20:00. | :20:03. | |
themselves into this position time and again. Put a lot of pressure on. | :20:04. | :20:08. | |
The big man read it well. Time and again they were going into that | :20:09. | :20:12. | |
area, they did create a few chances, not a huge amount, but a good | :20:13. | :20:15. | |
number. Then another day it might have just fallen for them. You did | :20:16. | :20:21. | |
feel sorry for them. I think they deserved something. I think this | :20:22. | :20:25. | |
might have been, well, the second best chance. No doubt about it. | :20:26. | :20:32. | |
Speaking of Anderson, I mean, what he's done, as much as bits of his | :20:33. | :20:39. | |
pace has went, he is so intelligent, that he puts himself in outstanding | :20:40. | :20:43. | |
positions. That's an outstanding chance. I would like to think that | :20:44. | :20:48. | |
you would look to put that in the back of the net. But it's well | :20:49. | :20:55. | |
created. If Dumbarton score that goal, they probably get the draw. | :20:56. | :21:00. | |
They get the replay. It's fantastic. They will look back on today, they | :21:01. | :21:03. | |
played really well, two moments, clear the ball away for the corner | :21:04. | :21:07. | |
and put that away and it's different. When you come out of the | :21:08. | :21:11. | |
games against bigger clubs you don't want to have any regrets. As well as | :21:12. | :21:15. | |
they played, they'll come out of the gay thinking - we shouldn't have | :21:16. | :21:19. | |
conceded a corner and they had a chance to force the replay. It will | :21:20. | :21:24. | |
be tinked with regret. Murray setting high standards at Dumbarton. | :21:25. | :21:30. | |
Obviously matches tomorrow. Are Aberdeen the clear favourites for | :21:31. | :21:35. | |
you? They are for me, at the moment. Clear favourites is pushing it a | :21:36. | :21:40. | |
bit. Dundee United have been in great form. If they play at their | :21:41. | :21:43. | |
best they have a great chance as well. You will not write Rangers | :21:44. | :21:50. | |
off. Last word for Dumbarton, a lot of good players in there today. | :21:51. | :21:56. | |
McGinn had a great game. Quick tip? I don't want to put more pressure on | :21:57. | :22:00. | |
them. I have a vested interest. I think Aberdeen are favourites. I | :22:01. | :22:04. | |
think the resurgence at the club, it's fantastic for such has always | :22:05. | :22:09. | |
been a Scotland, top club, and it's great to see that energy about it. | :22:10. | :22:13. | |
It's fantastic. Thanks very much. The other Scottish Cup quarter final | :22:14. | :22:19. | |
was an early quickoff. The home side Raith Rovers against St Johnstone, | :22:20. | :22:23. | |
the Saints were always going to be favourites against their | :22:24. | :22:25. | |
championship opponents. The sheer Scottish Cup looks | :22:26. | :22:35. | |
wide-open. Both sides must believe they have a terrific chance of | :22:36. | :22:41. | |
reaching the final. St Jon ston start the tie as | :22:42. | :23:19. | |
Moon was in the team the last time these two met. Talking of goal | :23:20. | :23:30. | |
scoring exploits, this man has 21 to his name already this season. | :23:31. | :23:52. | |
Barge in the back there for Stevie May by the returning Watson. | :23:53. | :24:15. | |
It's into the bottom corner! What a start for Saints. McDonald burries | :24:16. | :24:29. | |
the chance. Raith Rovers fall behind. Lee Robertson beaten -- | :24:30. | :24:35. | |
Robin son beaten. It's a lovely finish from McDonald. The high ball | :24:36. | :24:39. | |
not dealt with by the Raith Rovers back line. Superbly executed by the | :24:40. | :24:46. | |
midfielder. Just a second goal of the season for Gary McDonald. What | :24:47. | :24:51. | |
an important one it could prove to be. | :24:52. | :24:56. | |
Delight early in the match for Tommy Wright. | :24:57. | :25:03. | |
You can tell by that flag, it's a swirling wind. | :25:04. | :25:27. | |
Oh, what a goal from Cardle! That is special stuff. You just knew when he | :25:28. | :25:42. | |
caught sight of goal 30 yards out that he thought the shot was on. Oh, | :25:43. | :25:44. | |
and it was on! There were claims for handball. The | :25:45. | :25:53. | |
referee saw nothing amiss. That's unstoppable from Cardle. | :25:54. | :26:03. | |
Joe Cardle draws Raith Rovers level. We really have a cup tie on our | :26:04. | :26:08. | |
hands again here. A free kick is given. The pass is | :26:09. | :26:23. | |
back into the path of Hasselbaink who was grounded. This is a real | :26:24. | :26:28. | |
chance for St Johnstone to regain the lead. | :26:29. | :26:48. | |
It didn't dip down in time. A yard or so high from McKay. | :26:49. | :27:12. | |
Slips it in for Croft. It's a corner, but it could have been more | :27:13. | :27:19. | |
dangerous for Raith Rovers, but for that intervention. Quickly taken | :27:20. | :27:21. | |
corner. That's not too far away. # St | :27:22. | :27:34. | |
Johnstone claiming for a corner kick. | :27:35. | :27:38. | |
They felt Robinson got a touch on this. | :27:39. | :27:43. | |
Looked like it sailed straight past the post. A couple of bounces, but | :27:44. | :27:54. | |
no touch from the goalkeeper. The Rangers' manager an interesting | :27:55. | :27:57. | |
spectator. That's a great ball in. Smith | :27:58. | :28:16. | |
couldn't get anything on it. What a ball from Joe Cardle. He | :28:17. | :28:30. | |
really has just such a delicious right foot. | :28:31. | :28:36. | |
Again, a chance for Raith Rovers. It was Hill from the back this time. He | :28:37. | :28:47. | |
scored against Hibs at Easter Road. A chance to score again here. | :28:48. | :28:57. | |
He's held up. The free kick goes Raith Rovers' way. | :28:58. | :29:16. | |
Another terrific challenge for Callachan this time. He had so much | :29:17. | :29:28. | |
time and spice. He -- space. He should have directed that into the | :29:29. | :29:32. | |
net. What a chance! Brilliant ball in from Cardle. | :29:33. | :29:56. | |
Great run from Hasselbaink, oh, what a goal! St Johnstone back in front. | :29:57. | :30:04. | |
They do have that early goal again. It's a sixth goal this season for | :30:05. | :30:19. | |
Nigel Hasselbaink. What a terrific one it is. Two, three, four players | :30:20. | :30:26. | |
he gets away from before just stabbing it past Robinson. St | :30:27. | :30:32. | |
Johnstone gain the upper hand in this Scottish Cup quarter final. | :30:33. | :30:37. | |
Tommy Wright absolutely thrilled to get their noses back in front. | :30:38. | :30:45. | |
Dunne should have done better. He had plenty of time to think about | :30:46. | :31:18. | |
this. He saw it coming. Stevie May fancied a shot on goal. | :31:19. | :31:41. | |
It took a deflection on its way. It's another corner kick. | :31:42. | :31:47. | |
They've lifted their performance at the start of the second half. I | :31:48. | :31:52. | |
wonder if that was the result of a few stern fwrords Tommy Wright at | :31:53. | :31:56. | |
halftime. -- words from Tommy Wright at | :31:57. | :32:02. | |
halftime. Robin son saves well. Stevie May | :32:03. | :32:09. | |
looking livelier. He's onside there. He was caught late by Lee Croft | :32:10. | :32:39. | |
that's a bad challenge. That will be another booking. Fox saw it coming. | :32:40. | :32:44. | |
He was able to get out of the way of most of it. It was a despairing | :32:45. | :32:48. | |
challenge for Croft. Fox went for goal. At the second | :32:49. | :33:01. | |
attempt he smothers the ball. Liam Fox having won the free kick decided | :33:02. | :33:03. | |
to go for goal. That's a good strike. That is not | :33:04. | :33:12. | |
far away. Free kick given for the challenge. | :33:13. | :33:19. | |
Just caught the striker. A third goal now for St Johnstone | :33:20. | :34:05. | |
would certainly end this as a contest, you feel. | :34:06. | :34:16. | |
Anderson! It's crept in at the near post. Surely now St Johnstone have | :34:17. | :34:26. | |
booked their place in the Scottish Cup semifinal. Robinson beaten at | :34:27. | :34:34. | |
his near post. The goalkeeper won't be too happy with that. Anderson | :34:35. | :34:41. | |
just the slightest touch. It's a deft finish. No man on the post for | :34:42. | :34:47. | |
Raith Rovers and Robinson couldn't keep it out. Tommy Wright will guide | :34:48. | :34:57. | |
his side into the last four. Grant Murray's side haven't | :34:58. | :35:00. | |
disgraced themselves here this afternoon. | :35:01. | :35:02. | |
Joe Cardle trying to plant the ball to swing in this free kick. | :35:03. | :35:11. | |
There goes the fulltime whistle. Tommy Wright and St Johnstone | :35:12. | :35:17. | |
progress and Murray's Raith Rovers' Scottish Cup dream is at an end. It | :35:18. | :35:24. | |
finished 1-3. Overall we deserved the win. The | :35:25. | :35:27. | |
first half, the conditions played a big part in the game. We started | :35:28. | :35:30. | |
extremely well getting the goal. I think that we allowed them back in | :35:31. | :35:35. | |
it. Some of our decision making at times, I don't thip we moved the | :35:36. | :35:39. | |
ball at times and that causes a few problems. They did play well with | :35:40. | :35:43. | |
the conditions. They did put us under pressure. We gave a good | :35:44. | :35:49. | |
account of ourselves. If you go behind, it becomes difficult but we | :35:50. | :35:54. | |
got back into the game with a great strike. We were on top for a spell | :35:55. | :36:01. | |
in the game. You have to take your chances when they come along, | :36:02. | :36:05. | |
against a very good side who came out the second half and punished us. | :36:06. | :36:09. | |
We nup the conditions with the wind, it was difficult for us. It was just | :36:10. | :36:16. | |
about making sure the second half we used it to our advantage. We did | :36:17. | :36:21. | |
that. The players have worked extremely hard this season. They're | :36:22. | :36:24. | |
disappointed with the performance and result they had against | :36:25. | :36:28. | |
Aberdeen. I said to them, they probably deserve a crack at a | :36:29. | :36:32. | |
semifinal. You know, we can relax now, let the others fight it out. | :36:33. | :36:38. | |
St Johnstone through to their ninth Scottish Cup semifinal. Could this | :36:39. | :36:43. | |
be the year they make the final of the competition? It was windy today, | :36:44. | :36:49. | |
we can see that from the pictures, how challenging were the conditions? | :36:50. | :36:53. | |
The pitch wasn't ideal as well. All credit to players for serving up a | :36:54. | :37:01. | |
decent game. It was very blowy. The movement on the ball, but all credit | :37:02. | :37:06. | |
to the players, they got through it. Fine entertainment and good goals as | :37:07. | :37:10. | |
well. I think St Johnstone were worthy winners. It was a perfect | :37:11. | :37:13. | |
start for St Johnstone. worthy winners. It was a perfect | :37:14. | :37:18. | |
start for St It was absolutely. You have to get the right start and hold | :37:19. | :37:29. | |
on. You can tell from that there the wind is blowing it all over the | :37:30. | :37:34. | |
place. It's a fantastic strike. He's kept his body over the ball, kept it | :37:35. | :37:38. | |
plo. It's down into the corner. We're being overly harsh. We talked | :37:39. | :37:44. | |
about the wind, did that make it a gave of two halves in the that | :37:45. | :37:50. | |
cliched sense? It did. Raith Rovers probably felt they could have went | :37:51. | :37:54. | |
in with a lead at halftime. They had great opportunities to get that. In | :37:55. | :37:59. | |
the build up at 1-0, you felt when Cardle was on the ball he was a | :38:00. | :38:05. | |
danger all die. -- day. It's played in. Cardle was a threat all day. You | :38:06. | :38:11. | |
know he's only one thing, what a wonderful strike against an | :38:12. | :38:14. | |
international goalkeeper. It's a fantastic goal at any level. | :38:15. | :38:22. | |
Fantastic. Almost Pat Nevin-esque at times! Absolutely smacked that one. | :38:23. | :38:27. | |
It bobbles a bit and he catches it. You have to get it right. The | :38:28. | :38:32. | |
intelligent thing is make sure you use the conditions. The winds behind | :38:33. | :38:36. | |
him, have a go, Stevie May was popping them from everywhere, | :38:37. | :38:39. | |
lashing it every time he got the chance. Not often you cash them as | :38:40. | :38:46. | |
well as that. You had a moment there and an historical moment, the | :38:47. | :38:50. | |
possibility that could happen. On this occasion, suddenly, it wasn't | :38:51. | :38:53. | |
to be. I don't think they were good enough. Let's talk about Joe Cardle. | :38:54. | :38:59. | |
He obviously has talent, no disrespect to Raith Rovers, could he | :39:00. | :39:03. | |
not play at a higher level? Everything he did today was very | :39:04. | :39:09. | |
positive. I saw him as a young player and I felt he would take | :39:10. | :39:14. | |
every opportunity to make a name in a game. He's certainly showed enough | :39:15. | :39:18. | |
ability today. He was a threat all day against a Premier League | :39:19. | :39:22. | |
defence. In open play, he was positive, looked to his fullback. | :39:23. | :39:30. | |
Played with his left. He's a talented player. There's fantastic | :39:31. | :39:32. | |
chances for Raith Rovers to get back into the match and maybe take the | :39:33. | :39:35. | |
lead. Cardle at the centre of things. I would like to make the | :39:36. | :39:43. | |
excuse that the wind again, it's blowing the ball about and coming | :39:44. | :39:49. | |
in. I don't think they can make that excuse there. He gets him sl up, | :39:50. | :39:52. | |
maybe slightly too early, if anything. Rkts Maybe so, the | :39:53. | :39:56. | |
difficulty is the two headers for me, they're not half chances. | :39:57. | :40:00. | |
They're guilt-edged chances to score goals. When you are the under dog | :40:01. | :40:04. | |
playing against your Premier League April significance as they were | :40:05. | :40:07. | |
today, it was the same with Dumbarton, you have to take your | :40:08. | :40:12. | |
chances. When you miss them, they won't come around too often. The | :40:13. | :40:16. | |
second half came along and just like in the first half, an early goal for | :40:17. | :40:22. | |
St Johnstone, that knocked the stuffing out of Raith Rovers. It is | :40:23. | :40:27. | |
a great goal. You mentioned that Stevie May gets out in the way. I | :40:28. | :40:34. | |
love the toe poke. OK, decent pace, very direct, but toe pokes are | :40:35. | :40:40. | |
great. Do not dis the toe poke. Keepers can't read them. Fair play | :40:41. | :40:45. | |
to Tommy Wright for putting Hasselbaink in the team. He hasn't | :40:46. | :40:50. | |
scored for 14 days. -- games. When he's given space like he was there, | :40:51. | :40:54. | |
it's an invitation to score. How much was that a great goal or poor | :40:55. | :40:59. | |
defending? It's a bit of both. Being a forward and goal scorer myself I | :41:00. | :41:03. | |
don't want to take anything away from him. It was a nervous | :41:04. | :41:08. | |
individual goal. There were two or three Raith players there, if they | :41:09. | :41:12. | |
would have done something different, it would have resulted in not being | :41:13. | :41:17. | |
a goal. The other thing is we talk about the conditions, the FA Cup was | :41:18. | :41:22. | |
about bobbly, kept control of that when running at pace. Now, the third | :41:23. | :41:27. | |
goal that clinched it for St Johnstone were you surprised by the | :41:28. | :41:33. | |
goal scorer? I was. Anderson is a player I had at St Johnstone. He's | :41:34. | :41:37. | |
been there for ten years. It's great that you see lads get their rewards. | :41:38. | :41:43. | |
I think it's a soft goal from Raith Rovers point of view. | :41:44. | :41:51. | |
They'll feel disappointed by losing such a soft goal. You have a theory | :41:52. | :41:56. | |
about men on the post. Get it off your chest! You hate this idea. A | :41:57. | :42:00. | |
lot of teams aren't doing it now, particularly in the English | :42:01. | :42:03. | |
Premiership, seven or eight of them are not putting any of them on any | :42:04. | :42:08. | |
post. There are always variations. People think right I'm going to try | :42:09. | :42:13. | |
something different. The bottom line it, when you lose a soft goal at | :42:14. | :42:18. | |
near post from a managerial point of view it's hobble. Let's talk about | :42:19. | :42:22. | |
the quarter finals, Inverness Cally Thistle against Dundee United. On | :42:23. | :42:27. | |
paper perhaps the tie of the weekend. How do you see that one | :42:28. | :42:30. | |
going? I think it will be a brilliant game. Two very good | :42:31. | :42:35. | |
footballing teams. I've watched Dundee United the last couple of | :42:36. | :42:37. | |
weeks, they've been pleasing on the eye. They lock a very good outfit. | :42:38. | :42:42. | |
They have so much young talent in the team. Sometimes that brings | :42:43. | :42:48. | |
inconsistency. But they have been very consistent just now. It will be | :42:49. | :42:53. | |
a great football game. Terms of the game at Ibrox can you see a chance | :42:54. | :42:59. | |
for Albion Rovers to possibly win? I would say there's a chance, but only | :43:00. | :43:03. | |
a chance. If you're fortunate it's a chance in ten. Rangers should be far | :43:04. | :43:08. | |
too strong for this. They've had such a terribly hard time, for a lot | :43:09. | :43:14. | |
of reasons, and a few of them to do with the fans. However, this could | :43:15. | :43:18. | |
be a fantastic week for Rangers. If they get through to the semifinal, | :43:19. | :43:22. | |
that's going to be at their home ground. They could win their league | :43:23. | :43:25. | |
and get promotion during the week as well. What a week! Thanks very much. | :43:26. | :43:30. | |
There were two games in the Scottish Premiership this afternoon, as well. | :43:31. | :44:09. | |
We're live as Inverness Cally Thistle host Dundee United, 12. 15pm | :44:10. | :44:15. | |
on BBC One. We're back with highlights of that, plus Rangers | :44:16. | :44:19. | |
versus Albion Rovers, today's cup action and all those Premiership | :44:20. | :44:25. | |
goals 10. 25pm BBC One. That's all for the first part of the Scottish | :44:26. | :44:29. | |
Cup weekend. Thanks to Owen Pat. The magic of the cup is still very much | :44:30. | :44:32. | |
here especially for Aberdeen and St Johnstone. Until tomorrow, good | :44:33. | :44:33. | |
night. | :44:34. | :44:38. |