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Yes, good afternoon and welcome to the results show. Toy story was on

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before us but we have a whole lot more fun coming up after us on BBC

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Two, the Euro 2016 draw, keeping us company this afternoon, the St

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Johnstone assistant manager Callum Davidson and Michael Grant of the

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Times newspaper. You are both welcome. We have a team of reporters

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around the country chomping at the bit to tell us what is happening. We

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start at the bottom of the Premiership and we can tell you how

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Dundee United are faring against Partick Thistle. Not too good,

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Partick Thistle lead, Kris Doolan with the goal five minutes into the

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second half, the only real piece of skill in the game so far. The ball

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ended up in the back of the net, Partick Thistle have also hit the

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post. We will work our way up the table, second bottom is Motherwell

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up against Dundee. The home side enjoying themselves as afternoon,

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two goals from the strikeforce of Scott McDonald and Louis Moult, they

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have made the best chances and deserve to be ahead. Let us hear how

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Inverness Caledonian Thistle are faring. Reid Iain Vigurs's double

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has the home side in control. The first one was a disaster for the

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defender, the second was a well worked move which allowed him to

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pick his spot, Kilmarnock looking likely to drop down the table if

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they do not find something that they have not shown so far. Hamilton

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against Ross County. 64 minutes gone, Hamilton 1- 01 Ross County.

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The home side had the better of the contest between fifth and sixth

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place in the primitive after a tap in by Gramoz Kurtaj but Craig Curran

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has drawn Ross County level. Into the championship now, we start at

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the top with leaders Rangers against Morton. It took Rangers less than

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two minutes to open the scoring with Kenny Miller's header but Morton

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have equalised. They were the best two chances of the second half. Let

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us find out how Hibs are faring against Falkirk this afternoon.

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Fairing OK at the moment, no school after 60 minutes, a lot of major

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matches in the championship this December and this is one of them.

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Hibs down to ten men, John McGinn, player of the month for November was

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ordered off but no goals so far but I am sure there will be. Let us give

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the reporters arrest and chat about the scores so far. Callum, Dundee

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United in real trouble now, that is a match they would have wanted to

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take something from against Partick Thistle? It is a tough game to get

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something out but they need to get some results. The first half was

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pretty even, not a lot in the game but Partick Thistle have come out

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and scored and it will be an important 20 minutes. Motherwell,

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2-0 up against Dundee, looks like their first home win under their new

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boss. But is a big bonus for him because I think he has won one game

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away from home early on in his reign but it is the same with new managers

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looking to get a bounce and a positive impact straightaway, it has

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not happened for either of them but they can put distance between

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themselves and United if they can see out that result. Iain Vigurs for

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Inverness, scoring two goals? We like him as well at St Johnstone, he

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is a quality player with a great left foot and I think he has had a

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slow start, I think he is now coming into form and has that quality so it

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will be important for them to get a result. Hamilton against Ross

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County, you guys have been watching pictures of that coming in, all

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square, is that a fair reflection? Ross County putting the pressure on

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now, they have the equaliser and we were speaking of them pressing

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again. That is a good result for them, even a point would be decent

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away from home there. But they have had a great impact that Ross County,

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you can take them for granted sometimes. They are having a sticky

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period? For the size of the club it is remarkable, same as an Johnstone,

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they do not have a divine right, it is down to good management and

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structure at the club. Rangers 1-1 Morton, Rangers fans will not be

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happy if it stays that way. They are never happy if they are not winning.

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Morton are a good team. They have a good striker and I think they have

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played quite well. St Johnstone had chances in the second half, it will

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be tough for Rangers but they do have that quality. Hibs not able to

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capitalise, down to ten men and 0-0, John McGinn sent off? If it finishes

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like that, Hibs will be happy, if John McGinn sent off? If it finishes

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you play ten minutes against a good site, for ga Cavani lost twice. If

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they come out having not lost ground to Rangers today, that would be seen

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as a result. A big game at lunchtime today as well, second against third

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in the Premiership at the tawdry, Aberdeen against Hearts. A win for

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Aberdeen would narrow the gap between them and Celtic to a single

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point. A win for Hearts on the other hand would take them within a point

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of their hosts. Here to explain how it turned out is Rob McLean.

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COMMENTATOR: An early Christmas gift had Aberdeen the victory that moves

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them within a point of the Premiership leaders Celtic.

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Inexplicably, 19-year-old defender Jordan Big E under no pressure

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handled this cross four minutes from time as it seemed destined for a

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goal a stroke, that was despite Aberdeen dominating the first half

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with Andy concert I'm missing a great chance to score. Nicholson hit

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a 25 yard shot against the crossbar, Adam Rooney missed with a close

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range header. Rooney was not going to miss the late opportunity handed

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to him by the moment of madness. His expertly placed penalty beat Neil

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Alexander's despairing dive for Rooney's sixth goal in seven games

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and his 12th of the season. They are a point of the Premiership pace for

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24 hours at least, seven ahead of Hearts. International defender that

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you were, where can we start on this discussion? The penalty decision,

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Jordan Big E -- Jordan McGeady. The crosses come in, he has followed the

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ball, I think it is binding and you can see he is panicking a bit, he is

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caught under the ball. I think he has made a mistake but he is a young

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lad. He had a good game. He will learn from it. You would think

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Hearts had the better of the second half, not the better of the

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second-half but they were better in second half. You are saying thank

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goodness, your loyalties lie with Aberdeen, we know that. A big win

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for them? It is. They have recovered their form. Five unbeaten, four wins

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in their last five. October is now looking such a damaging month. All

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starting with that defeat against St Johnstone. I can't remember what you

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are talking about!. I think the best of the play-off season was at

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Tynecastle when we were 3-0 up at half-time. Hearts were very

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physical, a hallmark of their style? I would not say that but they have

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aggressive players in the team, that is why they are successful, not to

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say they are a physical team but they can mix up the game and they

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have strong strikers and they are physical at the back as well. The

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Hearts teams I have played against in my career have been like that,

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they have been excellent as well and will be pleased with that. A tough

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game to face them next week, it will be a tough game at home, I think it

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was 4-3 in the first game of the season which was an exciting game

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for the fans but not for the staff. It will be a tough game. Give praise

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to Adam Rooney, his consistency with penalties is terrific. You think of

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guys like John Robertson and Stuart, consistent with penalties and Rooney

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is in that bracket as well. The moment Callan has been waiting for,

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the chance to talk about St Johnstone and tomorrow's commission

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match against Celtic. Let us start with the back story, Celtic arriving

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back in Glasgow yesterday at the end of a winless Europa league campaign.

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Their final draw meaning they finished on three points trailing

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behind the rest. Their match against Hearts last week was postponed

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because of the weather. St Johnstone were away at Ross County where they

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had a thrilling late win. Talk us through this edge of the seat stuff?

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We felt comfortable, he has not scored many goals this season but

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that was great. A bit of class from David and he does this every day in

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training. Quite comfortable but fair play to Ross County, they came back

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at us. They put pressure on us and got it back to 2-2, a fantastic

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header and he tries to glance it into the corner. A fantastic goal

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for salvation. I am not sure what he is trying to do. He will need to

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work on that, hopefully we will get a few more from him because he can

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do that. We need a few more goals like that from him. Returning to

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this topic shortly, a goal at Fir Park, Motherwell against Dundee. One

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for the visitors. Gary Harkins scores for the first time since

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January which is a surprise in itself, a deflected effort after

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good work from Hemmings on the right-hand side. The shot was on

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target, it took a deflection to wrong-foot the goalkeeper and all of

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a sudden things are more nervous around Motherwell's way. Back to St

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Johnstone, we have to do that. I was chatting to you earlier 35 goals

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scored this season, which is more than the entire total for last

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season in the Premiership, what is the reason for that? I don't know,

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just a little bit of confidence, we have taken our chances and we have

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probably conceded more so we have had to score to get back into games.

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As a coaching staff, we have gone down in games 1-0 to many times this

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season, you can only do that so many times, we will look to tighten up at

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the back, the chairman asked for entertainment. If is nice to score

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35 goals at this time of the season. You have conceded too many this

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season, three of them were against Celtic early on in August, do you

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remove this? -- remember this? Won startling to see the different

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playing conditions. Saints were 1-0 up in that match. They have got good

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results at Parkhead in recent seasons. Celtic were too strong in

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the end that day. I think this was immediately after Celtic have lost

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in Malmo in midweek, you have the same context this week. They are

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coming back, flying back, landing last night, 4pm yesterday, and the

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game is tomorrow lunchtime, their record immediately after European

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games this season, I think they have won all nine games. It is

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encouragement for tomorrow. Is the encouragement coming? Gayle I was

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hoping the flight was delayed. I think they have a big enough squad

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to deal with it, I do not see them being tired. Their record has been

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brilliant after European games and they have a big enough squad that

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they can rotate and change. I think they will all be fresh going into

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this game. It is an important game, Aberdeen are just one point behind,

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it will be a tough game. With Celtic, you can either stick or

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twist. Are you twisting? I am not going to tell you. It is these games

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you want to play in. St Johnstone on a remarkable run, the form team? Not

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far off it, five wins in six, a lot of credit for their away results but

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the home form is good as well. Elphick will know they are in a game

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tomorrow, no doubt. Callum is right, player by player, Celtic are

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stronger than everyone else, even if the team does not play well, someone

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can create a tour if it goal. -- terrific goal but they will test

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them. St Johnstone capable of snatching a terrific goal as well.

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Have a look at this video, this was in March. I think he was going for

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the other corner and it came off his shin. It was one to remember, you

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always remember those games, let us hope we get one of those tomorrow. I

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will not ask you how it will finish tomorrow but Mr Grant, what is your

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prediction? I am always reluctant to predict Celtic dropping points but I

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can't see it. Let us take another look around the grounds.

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'Ware. In O'Ware. Dundee 0 Partick Thistle one. Doolan scoring five

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minutes into the second half. Half. Thistle hit the woodwork. Lawless on

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this occasion. United have had a couple of opportunity, substitute

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the John Rankin has twice came close to equalising for United. A pass was

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made to a United player but the ball wide of goal.

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15 minutes left for play. We are off to Fir Park to hear from Paul

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Mitchell. Motherwell, their chances in the first half Scott McDonald and

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Moult putting them ahead 2-0. Dundee has plenty possession. Couldn't do

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anything with it. They have done something, they have a goal after 6

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minutes through Harkins and Motherwell are reeling a bit. Stuart

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has had a couple of chances to make it square. 11ty still to play for

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here. Motherwell the home side leading by 2-1. Martin? Still

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Inverness 2 Kilmarnock 0. That Vigurs double making the difference

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here. The first a defensive moment of madness from Balatoni holding the

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ball. He slotted home to an empty net. The second well worked. Vigurs

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had time to pick his spot so very well done. The home side that gone

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close again. Kilmarnock have not done enough to suggest there is any

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fight back likely here. 2-0 Inverness. To rejoin Kenny Crawford

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at Hamilton against Ross County: 79 minutes gone. It was Kurtaj who gave

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Hamilton the lead after 26 minutes. A brilliant move, and Kurtaj was

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left with a tab in that gave Hamilton the lead at the break.

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Curran's six goal of the season that brought the Dingwall side level.

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Curran drilled it low into the net. Hamilton haven't won at home since

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September. County haven't won in the leave sing August. At the moment it

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is on level terms. Time to hear from Richard. He is at Ibrox where Ranger

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-- Rangers are at home to more on the Kenny Miller opened the scoring

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in less than two minute, Tavernier's own goal brought them back on level

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terms. It is more on the who have had the clearer chancing. Chancing.

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Johnson who has been a handful had a shot from inside the area. It is

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frustrating for Ranger, they can't break Morton down. Time to hear from

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Charlie at Easter Road. Goals normally follow where ever you go,

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what is happening today? No goals today. So far 76 minutes gone,

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Hibernian 0 Falkirk 0. The home side are down to ten men. The referee has

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even booked their 14 goal darling Jason Cummings for diving in the

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box. This time the referee was probably right and so far, Hibs are

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knocking at the door but no goals. We will reflect on some of those

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reports there, you are watching Motherwell Dundee and Hamilton

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against Ross County. And trying to get some sense out of me. I know it

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is hard! That Motherwell game it is 2-1 now. Are Dundee looking as if

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they can get an equaliser. Stuart missed a great chance. Dundee have

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the majority of the possession, they are pushing forward. Motherwell had

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a chance of a free kick. In the end it is Motherwell look to hold out

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and get the three point bus Dundee are pushing everything at them. If

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you were at Motherwell would you be getting every man behind the ball,

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parking the bus? I don't think parking the bus. It is one of those,

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a difficult score line. The bus is always parked at Hamilton behind

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that goal. It is no reflect should be on the way they are playing the

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match. One apiece, can you pick a winner? It would be Ross County, it

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looks as if they are pressing one on Hamilton for the winning goal. There

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is not a lot in it though. Both teams have been developing a bit of,

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dropping too many points, so maybe they would settle for a draw each.

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There was another helping of Friday night football last night. Two

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play-off hopefuls in action. Queen of the South and Raith Rovers. It

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ended all square, one all. Both goals scored by Queen's payer --

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players. An own goal by the goalkeeper. We can see a replay

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here. That is unfortunate for him It is not great. I don't think

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management will be happy with that. In the end, it is one of those a

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crowd of bodies and she looking to punch it out there but gifted them a

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goal. Queens fought back. Equalised through rustle. Both these teams are

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pushing for the fourth place. Falkirk have been excellent at the

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start of the season. It was a big game for both. We will hear from

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both manager, first of all Queen's boss Jamie Fowler We are

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disappointed we haven't won the game. When you look at both 45s, you

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have probably got to be happy we have come back and got a point. We

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need to be winning home games if we want to finish in the top four. We

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were disappointed to go one up and create some good opportunities

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without being clinical and we probably paid the prize in the

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second half. Queens came out and were excellent. We are happy with

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the point out it. It looks like a race for fourth in that Championship

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table. You have Rangers and hips. Not that far off the pace. Falkirk

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are doing well to thank with the two clubs who have greater resources,

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there is a gap of about eight between Falkirk and Queens. So

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column is right. It is looking for the teams that drew last night a

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play-off place they are playing for. Falkirk will probably slip away, but

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it is interesting how one and two is going to shape up. Hibs are applying

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pressure. Would you like to hear from more managers, yes, correct

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answer. We will start with head coach Robbie Nielson of Hearts

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Disappointed. They come up here and played well. We crate add couple of

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good chances, but they made a bad mistake for the penalty. They are a

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club willing to give young kids a chance. McGee made a mistake, I

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thought he played well. It is a tough one for him. We showed

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perseverance, and I think we go with two strikers to win the game and it

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is Goodwillie's presence that forces two strikers to win the game and it

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the goi make mistake, the first half we were seeing total dominance of

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the game. I was pleased. We have a change at half-time with Reynolds

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coming off with a broken noise. So a wee adjustment there. We didn't have

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the same element of control. In answer do your question I thought we

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deserved the three points. What about that. Big news coming from

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Ibrox. For the visitor, I said to you before Johnson had been a

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handful. He won a high ball. He won it, flicked it up. Keenan was

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robbed. Took to ball to the edge and curled a shot past the goalkeeper.

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That is a jaw-dropping moment. A great result if they continue, they

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hang on for 90 minutes. They are going to Ibrox, Rangers have been

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great this season. We will see if they can hang on. If that filters

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through, will Hillsboroughs go all guns blazing for the three points?

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If they were to get all three it would like a big day in the season,

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you know, Rangers, one defeat to fibs the and the drop points to

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Livingston, otherwise they haven't dropped any point u they are under

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such crows pressure. It is all happening now. Hamilton against Ross

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County, a goal there. 86 minutes gone. Ross County 2. It is

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substitute Stuart Murdoch who scored the goal in off the under side of

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the bar. The ball broke about ten yards out, after it was played

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through and it took a deflection. It fell to Murdoch and he slammed it

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off the under side the bar. Three minutes to go. There has been

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another goal at Ibrox. Morton's lead lasted a minute. Rangers conceded,

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Wallace cross over the the left. Waghorn swept it past the keeper

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with his left. You were tipping Ross County to gone and win that game.

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You were tipping Rangers to win at home, are you still going to stick

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with that? Maybe not. So disappointed after going 1-1 and

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conceded a goal straightaway. They have allowed Rangers back in the

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game. We heard from the bosses Aberdeen at Hearts, I was interested

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in what Nielson said, he managed to get a positive out of Jordan McGee

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incident. He said he made a mistakes, looking at it on the

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positive side we give young kids a chance. He has had some media

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training. He is wanting to protect the players. Derek mechanicness was

:25:38.:25:44.

supportive. Was a the boy must feel awful. He tried to hide his face in

:25:45.:25:50.

his shirt. He knows he has cost them, after so much effort they put

:25:51.:25:55.

in, you loose a goal three minutes from the end. If he was one of your

:25:56.:26:00.

players you can't give him a balling out. I think in the end he is

:26:01.:26:04.

protecting his player. He played well. Made one sort of, recksless

:26:05.:26:11.

moment of game. It cost Hearts, he will have a big future. He has come

:26:12.:26:20.

out in looking after him. You will never believe this, there has been a

:26:21.:26:25.

goal at Easter Road. Over to Charlie How things have changed in this

:26:26.:26:30.

title race, because Falkirk are in front after 84 minutes as Easter Ode

:26:31.:26:37.

and it was former Hearts player Lee Mill her who gave them the lead. It

:26:38.:26:41.

was blocked by Oxley, he could have done better. Broke back to Miller

:26:42.:26:49.

and he prodded it over the line. To send the fans wild, it is Hibernian

:26:50.:26:55.

0 Falkirk one. That has put the cat among the pigeons We were talking

:26:56.:26:59.

about how much pressure they were under, now you are looking at four

:27:00.:27:04.

points. I imagine Rangers are throwing the kitchen sink. If they

:27:05.:27:08.

were to get a late winner you talking a pivotal way going the

:27:09.:27:14.

other way. Caley Thistle. Martin, you do have something to tell us.

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Yes Caley Thistle 2 Kilmarnock 0. He poked it past the keep and

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Kilmarnock in with a shout. This is an interesting day, lots of late

:27:33.:27:36.

goals coming in. Killy are to go for it now. Yes, they have given

:27:37.:27:39.

themselves a chance, the last couple of minutes of the game. A bit too

:27:40.:27:45.

late, but again it, when teams are not that confident, it is difficult

:27:46.:27:50.

when you are 2-0 up. It is a hard score line. There is another goal

:27:51.:27:57.

there. It's a goal for Ross County, they are now 3-1 up away to

:27:58.:28:02.

Hamilton, the goal there coming for the visitors. It is Hamilton 1 Ross

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County 3 and the goal scorer is Boyce. Who half an hour's time will

:28:09.:28:15.

look to see who his country have got in the Euro 2016 draw. He netted his

:28:16.:28:20.

14th goal of the season, in all competition. He drilled it in from

:28:21.:28:26.

ten yards out. I am not sure who the deflection was off. It found the

:28:27.:28:33.

back of the net. We are in added time. Goals coming thick and fast. I

:28:34.:28:39.

wonder if Bryan can oblige us with another one. This is your moment.

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1-0 to Partick Thistle. Fair claims for a penalty turned away by the

:28:49.:28:54.

referee. The corner came in and met by morery, straight to goal. Out

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went the goalkeeper's arm. The referee said play on, still 1-0 to

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Partick Thistle. We are 90 seconds left for play. It is looking dire

:29:06.:29:13.

for United. It is. Even if they win today, I think it means it is eight

:29:14.:29:25.

points. Either way it is a big gap to be facing at this time of the

:29:26.:29:30.

season. I mean, deep into the season now, you know, and if not have the

:29:31.:29:37.

boost from he would have wanted. The judgments have still been poor. Can

:29:38.:29:42.

you sigh why they haven't had that big bounce? They have had tough

:29:43.:29:50.

games to start. Celtic was their first game, Hearts, a tough start.

:29:51.:29:54.

He is working hard, we have played against them. Probably unlucky not

:29:55.:29:58.

to get something out of the game. It is that little bit luck he is

:29:59.:30:04.

needed. He is getting a few experience players back. I haven't

:30:05.:30:08.

heard from Paul Mitchell for a while. It seems quiet on the Fir

:30:09.:30:13.

Park front. Anything to report? I can tell you Motherwell have refused

:30:14.:30:18.

to park the bus. They continue to drive it forward. Dundee getting it.

:30:19.:30:23.

Motherwell are trying to kill the game off much as Dundee are trying

:30:24.:30:28.

to find an equaliser. Stuart has missed a couple of chances. Dundee

:30:29.:30:31.

are still trying to come forward but Motherwell at the moment looking

:30:32.:30:32.

good. They are creating chances but

:30:33.:30:44.

struggled to take them? They have played quite well and drawn a game

:30:45.:30:51.

1-1. A lot of drawers has put them in the position they are in. They

:30:52.:30:56.

have not been beaten many times either, it is one of those about

:30:57.:31:01.

trying to find the right balance to your team. Kilmarnock in trouble as

:31:02.:31:06.

well, they will drop to second bottom. Quite a lot of teams in this

:31:07.:31:10.

league are quite streaky in their form. You can either get a lot of

:31:11.:31:18.

wins and points or you go through a period of lows and that is what

:31:19.:31:21.

Kilmarnock have right now. To go back to United, they need to stay

:31:22.:31:26.

within touching distance. You would think they would get a run of

:31:27.:31:31.

results and wins but if they can keep Kilmarnock and Motherwell close

:31:32.:31:36.

to them, they still have a chance. Ross County have a win under their

:31:37.:31:43.

belts today, away at Hamilton. It finished 1-3. Ross County up to

:31:44.:31:48.

fifth with this win, their first win away in the league since August and

:31:49.:31:52.

long overdue and the manager Jim McIntyre will be happy. He was not

:31:53.:31:57.

happy after 26 minutes when Hamilton took the lead, a great goal for the

:31:58.:32:04.

neutral, it was squared for Gramoz Kurtaj to slide it in from six yards

:32:05.:32:10.

out but it turned for county after the break, Craig Curran equalised

:32:11.:32:13.

with his sixth goal of the season after Jackson Irvine had hit a ball

:32:14.:32:17.

off the bar and it fell nicely for the Englishman to put the ball into

:32:18.:32:22.

the net. When Stuart Murtagh scored his first goal for Ross County since

:32:23.:32:26.

joining from Fleetwood Town, he used to play for Falkirk and he was in

:32:27.:32:29.

the right place on 86 minutes when the ball broke for him and he hit it

:32:30.:32:36.

in off the underside of the bar. Liam Boyce, the Northern Ireland

:32:37.:32:42.

striker made it 3-1 on 90 minutes, brilliant work by Michael God I'm on

:32:43.:32:45.

the right and he cut it back and Liam Boyce hit it into the goal but

:32:46.:32:50.

it was deflected by the Hamilton defender. A great result for Ross

:32:51.:32:56.

County, moving up to fifth in the league, Hamilton have not won at

:32:57.:32:57.

home since September. Paul Mitchell said Motherwell were

:32:58.:33:07.

going for it and it seems to have paid off. It certainly has, Stephen

:33:08.:33:13.

Pearson turning it in from close range, beating the goalkeeper at the

:33:14.:33:19.

post, Motherwell will win 3-1, a good performance from them. A couple

:33:20.:33:22.

of minutes still to play but they will pick up all three points, their

:33:23.:33:27.

first home win in his second spell for Mark McGhee. That will do their

:33:28.:33:34.

confidence the world of good? Dundee had to go for it and get an

:33:35.:33:38.

equaliser and probably left themselves exposed, but Aves accents

:33:39.:33:42.

of relief for Motherwell to get the result. Mark McGhee said they were

:33:43.:33:46.

not far away, defending well but not scoring as many goals as they would

:33:47.:33:52.

like. Two in the last game against hearts, five in a couple of games is

:33:53.:33:56.

good. No question he will be happy with that, you never really know

:33:57.:34:03.

what you will get with Dundee. It is usually a draw but they have guys

:34:04.:34:07.

who can score goals, they have a strong looking forward line, to beat

:34:08.:34:12.

them 3-1 is great for Motherwell. They started the day in seventh,

:34:13.:34:16.

just outside the top six but now, other teams are getting closer to

:34:17.:34:20.

them. Dundee are not far off the play-off spot. Looking at the teams,

:34:21.:34:26.

they had a good run, we have been in that act, there is not a lot of

:34:27.:34:30.

difference between the teams in the league, it is really tight, if you

:34:31.:34:36.

get a run of results, you can push yourself up the league. Another goal

:34:37.:34:42.

at Easter Road in the championship, who scored? Hibernian have scored,

:34:43.:34:46.

how things have changed in this championship race and how they have

:34:47.:34:49.

changed this afternoon in the space of the last six minutes. Lee Miller

:34:50.:34:56.

put Falkirk in front after 40 -- 84 minutes but Hibs are level, the ball

:34:57.:35:02.

-- Falkirk defence could not clear it and Martin Boyle knocked it into

:35:03.:35:06.

the net for his third goal of the season. Lots to come yet, still

:35:07.:35:13.

everything to play for here. We are coming into injury time, it sounds

:35:14.:35:18.

exciting, all over at Tannadice. How did it finish? Partick Thistle

:35:19.:35:26.

winning 1-0, Dundee United's dismal run of form keeps them rooted at the

:35:27.:35:29.

bottom of the Scottish Premiership table. The only goal of the game

:35:30.:35:34.

coming five minutes into the second half, Kris Doolan with a ball played

:35:35.:35:40.

into Flanagan, had the space to fire it low past the goalkeeper and into

:35:41.:35:48.

the net. Stevie Lawless almost made it two, his shot coming back off the

:35:49.:35:54.

woodwork. Dundee United threw everything at the Partick Thistle

:35:55.:35:56.

defence in the last ten minutes but could not find a way through. John

:35:57.:36:01.

Rankin came close twice with efforts just wide of the goal, Chris

:36:02.:36:06.

Erskine, another substitute had a corner deflected just wide of the

:36:07.:36:11.

goal, a big claim for a penalty kick with seven minutes left, Morris with

:36:12.:36:14.

a ball in and it came off the arm of Liam Lindsay but the referee waved

:36:15.:36:20.

play on. Other chances as well, another shot was blocked and Erskine

:36:21.:36:25.

had a shot that was caught by the goalkeeper only at the second

:36:26.:36:29.

attempt as McKay looked to pounce and draw level for United. That did

:36:30.:36:34.

not happen and united stay rooted at the bottom of the Scottish

:36:35.:36:39.

Premiership as Partick Thistle ease their relegation woes. Next up,

:36:40.:36:47.

full-time in the match between and Kilmarnock. Inverness Caledonian

:36:48.:36:54.

Thistle 2-1 Kilmarnock, John Hughes's side earning a valuable

:36:55.:36:58.

three points moving towards the top six. Kilmarnock in a little more

:36:59.:37:07.

relegation trouble. A simple task in rolling into Iain Vigurs who neatly

:37:08.:37:10.

tucked it home for the first goal. The second was a well worked move

:37:11.:37:15.

with a low ball into the box allowing Iain Vigurs time to pick

:37:16.:37:19.

his spot which he did well. They should have added a third to seal it

:37:20.:37:25.

but found the side netting, a glimmer of hope arrived late on when

:37:26.:37:29.

a corner was nodded down to Connolly at the back post and he made no

:37:30.:37:34.

mistake. Then, Kielty with a narrow effort as they threatened to steal a

:37:35.:37:39.

point but it was a grim afternoon overall for Gary Locke as they are

:37:40.:37:46.

now deeper in the relegation fight. Full-time at the park, let us hear

:37:47.:37:53.

again from Paul Mitchell. Stand by. Motherwell against Dundee. Dundee

:37:54.:38:00.

remain without a win since beating Motherwell at the start of October.

:38:01.:38:04.

They find themselves behind after only five minutes, the opening goal

:38:05.:38:08.

owed everything to the understanding between Pearson and McDonald,

:38:09.:38:13.

Pearson timing his pass and McDonald was able to slip it through the

:38:14.:38:21.

defence without breaking stride. McDonald was the supplier to set up

:38:22.:38:25.

Pearson after 27 minutes, the shot was turned away but then Man of the

:38:26.:38:29.

Match Louis Moult it the post with a header but his goal was delayed by

:38:30.:38:34.

two minutes, deftly handling a header in at the far post. Dundee

:38:35.:38:40.

were looking for a fifth straight win against Motherwell but

:38:41.:38:43.

Motherwell were resolute, the defence looking very composed.

:38:44.:38:47.

Dundee got a lifeline with Gary Harkins scoring after 67 minutes.

:38:48.:38:52.

Motherwell refused to simply defend as they attacked, and Stephen

:38:53.:38:58.

Pearson netted in stoppage time to ensure that Motherwell got all three

:38:59.:39:06.

points. Expect the unexpected now as we drop into the championship with

:39:07.:39:10.

Rangers against Morton. How did it finish? 2-2 here, Rangers dropping

:39:11.:39:16.

their first points in the league at home this season but their

:39:17.:39:19.

performance did not merit more than that. They opened the scoring in

:39:20.:39:24.

less than two minutes with Kenny Miller converting a free kick with a

:39:25.:39:29.

header but it was overly elaborate element to Rangers's play, they

:39:30.:39:32.

often did not create anything and will always vulnerable to

:39:33.:39:39.

counterattack. Morton soon took full advantage, across converted into his

:39:40.:39:42.

own net by the unfortunate James Tavernier a. The pattern was the

:39:43.:39:49.

same in the second half, Morton were capable of troubling the Rangers

:39:50.:39:52.

defence and in the 83rd minute, Adams with a long ball forward was

:39:53.:39:57.

clicked on by Johnson but McCluskey curled it into the net. The visitors

:39:58.:40:01.

could not hold on, a minute later, Rangers broke and the left with Lee

:40:02.:40:05.

Wallace and his cross was converted by Waghorn. The ball rolled to the

:40:06.:40:14.

penalty spot in the final minute of the game but Jason Holt blasted it

:40:15.:40:18.

over, it was the final act of the match. Let us find out how it

:40:19.:40:25.

finished at Easter Road. It finished 1-1 at Easter Road, a dramatic day

:40:26.:40:29.

at Ibrox, a dramatic afternoon here as well. A lot of major matches to

:40:30.:40:35.

be played in the championship in December and this was a great

:40:36.:40:39.

starter for ten. Hibs were all over Falkirk in the first half but were

:40:40.:40:43.

reduced to ten men when John McGinn was ordered off by the referee for

:40:44.:40:49.

going over the top in a challenge in the Falkirk box. Falkirk pushed

:40:50.:40:52.

forward in the second half looking to get the victory and everyone

:40:53.:40:55.

thought they had it on 84 minutes when Lee Miller was in the right

:40:56.:40:59.

place at the right time to prod the ball past the goalkeeper after Mark

:41:00.:41:05.

Oxley had failed to stop a shot. It was his sixth goal of the season.

:41:06.:41:10.

Hibs piled forward looking for the equaliser and it came dramatically

:41:11.:41:14.

in the 90th minute, Jason Cummings, often the goal-scorer but this

:41:15.:41:17.

afternoon he was the provider, a good ball and Martin Boyle was on as

:41:18.:41:22.

a substitute to knock it into the net for his third goal of the

:41:23.:41:26.

season. Really dramatic stuff, Falkirk have Rangers next Saturday,

:41:27.:41:30.

some terrific football to be played in this division in December and

:41:31.:41:38.

this was a great starter. Tolley has teased us because there are some big

:41:39.:41:43.

fixtures coming up in that division. Rangers play Falkirk next and then

:41:44.:41:50.

Hibs. Allen that is three days after Christmas I think. A lot going on in

:41:51.:41:54.

those games today but nothing changed in regards to the top. I

:41:55.:41:59.

thought Hibs might be happier with the outcome given that they played

:42:00.:42:04.

so long with ten men. They were a goal down late on and probably

:42:05.:42:08.

thought they would fall another point behind but at the same time,

:42:09.:42:12.

if Rangers drop points at home to Morton, they must ink that is a day

:42:13.:42:17.

they should be gaining ground but honours even in that sense. Morton

:42:18.:42:22.

by my reckoning are back in fourth, are they in the mix for a play-off

:42:23.:42:29.

spot? I think so, I do not see why not, they are a hard-working team

:42:30.:42:33.

and have people who can score goals. In the end, it will be tight, Queen

:42:34.:42:39.

of the South, Raith Rovers, Morton, it is a good league, the play-off

:42:40.:42:44.

system creates good competition throughout the league and creates

:42:45.:42:48.

little divisions in the league. Falkirk doing well as well, can they

:42:49.:42:58.

mount a title charge? Yes. I think they have been terrific this season,

:42:59.:43:03.

they have only lost twice in the league and they have gone to Easter

:43:04.:43:07.

Road today, people would have thought they would probably lose

:43:08.:43:12.

today and they have not. I just think that Hibs will do well to hang

:43:13.:43:15.

in there with Rangers with the resources that Rangers have and I

:43:16.:43:19.

think it will be asking too much of Falkirk. We can now go seamlessly to

:43:20.:43:23.

our classified results round-up. Hopefully that has whetted your

:43:24.:49:24.

appetite for more action down south. We start with Norwich City at home

:49:25.:49:32.

to Everton. Everton could and should have put this game to bed in the

:49:33.:49:37.

first half as Norwich surrendered possession and offered chances

:49:38.:49:43.

aplanety. Lukaku found the net again but missed other glaring

:49:44.:49:49.

opportunity, the returning Baines smashed it against the post. The

:49:50.:49:56.

half-time rocket did the trick. Norwich level within a minute

:49:57.:50:01.

through Hoolahan. Jerome mitsded a chance to turn one point into three

:50:02.:50:06.

blazing over the bar. One point better than none but they remain too

:50:07.:50:12.

close to the relegation zone for comfort. Everton treading water in

:50:13.:50:17.

the mid-table. The half-time rocket doing the trick for Alec Neil. A

:50:18.:50:21.

precious point for them. It is S every point at this, you know in

:50:22.:50:26.

that battle they are in just now, it is encouraging for them, there are

:50:27.:50:30.

teams that look poor at the bottom end of the English Premier League

:50:31.:50:34.

this season. Sunderland, Newcastle. Villa look to be in a mess. You

:50:35.:50:39.

know, if this is a big season in England, in terms of staying there,

:50:40.:50:44.

because of the TV deal next season is just staggering, is, it would

:50:45.:50:48.

make a huge difference to teams like Newcastle. Clubs like Norwich. And

:50:49.:50:56.

Newcastle. And Newcastle. Let us find out more details of Man City's

:50:57.:51:00.

win over Swansea. Manchester City go top of the table for the moment but

:51:01.:51:07.

they were far from convincing today. Bony headed them in front. The Welsh

:51:08.:51:14.

side dominated possession, created chances and they told me they will

:51:15.:51:19.

be good enough not to be relegated. They should have had an equaliser at

:51:20.:51:25.

the end. It was a collision, not a foul, the referee gave a free kick.

:51:26.:51:34.

Gomis in the 90th minute smashed an unstoppable shot past Heart. Then

:51:35.:51:40.

Yaya Toure saw his shot directed in for the winner.

:51:41.:51:45.

City are not quite convincing. They are top of the table, but they are

:51:46.:51:51.

stuttering. Yes, it is good because the big teams are not flying in the

:51:52.:51:53.

league. It is good to see them struggling. You have Leicester City

:51:54.:51:59.

up there. Your old team. Big match for them against Chelsea. It is good

:52:00.:52:03.

to see them channelling the big clubs. It was becoming too much of a

:52:04.:52:12.

dominance. It is good to see them. It is enjoyable. Seeing them

:52:13.:52:19.

struggle a bit and allowing the so-called smaller teams. You would

:52:20.:52:23.

fancy Leicester to beat Chelsea on Monday? On form, yes. Big gape,

:52:24.:52:27.

everyone is wanting, a bit more pressure on Leicester. They are the

:52:28.:52:32.

one teams want the beat. It will be a tough game but they have some

:52:33.:52:35.

fantastic players that can win matches for them. We can chew the

:52:36.:52:43.

fat and here is an aide memoire. Some big results there. Aberdeen

:52:44.:52:48.

winning at home to Hearts, Partick Thistle winning.

:52:49.:52:52.

The big match tomorrow St Johnstone against Celtic. Let us look at the

:52:53.:52:57.

Championship then. The story there, is the two draw,

:52:58.:53:04.

Rangers drawing and Hibs in second place drawing. Lots to talk about.

:53:05.:53:07.

Let us start in the Premiership. If you were to choose a significant

:53:08.:53:11.

result from the Scottish Premiership what would it be? Either Aberdeen

:53:12.:53:18.

Hearts or Dundee Partick Thistle. Maybe the Thistle one. Do you think

:53:19.:53:26.

United are doomed? No, you can turn round a league position quite

:53:27.:53:28.

quickly in Scottish football. You have a good month and you are

:53:29.:53:32.

changed everything but it is difficult to see where United are

:53:33.:53:35.

going to get those wins that I need. Agree. You look at the stats. You

:53:36.:53:45.

had 13, 14 shots on goal. I think Partick by the stats, they are short

:53:46.:53:51.

on goals. When your luck is down. Again, it it was a big result for

:53:52.:53:55.

Partick. Disappointed for United. They have played well. It is getting

:53:56.:54:00.

that win. Ross County we spoke about them having a wee dip in form. They

:54:01.:54:07.

have struggled for wins. They have a more benign set of fixtures coming

:54:08.:54:16.

up. Yes, is that them up to fifth? Closing in on St Johnstone. I mean,

:54:17.:54:21.

for those two teamses to be in the top four is terrific. We watched Jim

:54:22.:54:28.

McIntyre's position at half-time. He knew that was a big result for them

:54:29.:54:35.

today. You will be happy with Caley Thistle. Knocking on the top six

:54:36.:54:41.

door It is about putting a string of results together. It is tight in

:54:42.:54:46.

midfield. It is important to pick up wins, especially at Christmas. You

:54:47.:54:51.

come out and figure where you are going. Is that the point, when you

:54:52.:54:56.

start to look at... It is about 20 games into the season. In the end,

:54:57.:55:02.

you think once, what can you do over Christmas, what position are you

:55:03.:55:06.

looking at, are you looking down. Before I let you and Michael and

:55:07.:55:10.

column go I am going to make you sit through the end of the show where I

:55:11.:55:15.

tell you what is coming up. Jonathan is poorly, get well soon. I will be

:55:16.:55:20.

sitting in for him tomorrow on highlights show. That is at 10.30.

:55:21.:55:27.

The results show returns next week, and 4.30 again on BBC One Scotland.

:55:28.:55:33.

There is an extra incentive to listen to them off ball on the

:55:34.:55:39.

supplet. If you tune in you will miss the Euro 2016 draw which is

:55:40.:55:44.

coming up shortly on BBC Two. Thanks to our guests. Their Wisdom and wit.

:55:45.:55:50.

Most to you for joining us, take care, see you tomorrow night.

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