:00:53. > :00:59.Kilmarnock have taken the lead and harm done and have stunned Celtic!
:00:59. > :01:05.Hard to ring to the Scottish Cup final!
:01:05. > :01:10.It is stunning! It is absolutely stunning at hand and park!
:01:10. > :01:19.Jackie McNamara won the Scottish Cup twice as a Celtic player.
:01:19. > :01:23.set and match for Dundee United! would really love to win this cup.
:01:23. > :01:32.Celtic needed to win today if there were going to stay on track for an
:01:32. > :01:36.domestic double. For both teams, there was the chance of matching up
:01:36. > :01:41.to the first semi-final. Highlights are both matches coming up. We hear
:01:41. > :01:51.from Ian Murray and four-times Scottish Cup winner, Willie Miller.
:01:51. > :01:55.
:01:55. > :02:00.The best bits of today's semi-final sheer drama will be a tall order
:02:00. > :02:04.for the sides. We do expect bolts. There had been 16 goals and at
:02:05. > :02:13.three meetings so far this season. Ominously for Dundee United, only
:02:13. > :02:23.four have gone their way. Be might take heart from some wretched
:02:23. > :02:32.
:02:32. > :02:36.Celtic performances here in recent day for 16-year-old John Souter and
:02:36. > :02:41.17-year-old Ryan Gauld. A strong line-up from the SPL champions-
:02:42. > :02:51.elect. They bring James Forrest straight back into the side after a
:02:52. > :02:52.
:02:52. > :03:02.month off with injury. He replaces Anthony's books. A meeting of two
:03:02. > :03:09.
:03:09. > :03:19.former Celtic players of some running in the second of the semi-
:03:19. > :03:43.
:03:43. > :03:51.finals. They have a lot to live up settle quickly. Good early
:03:51. > :04:01.possession by Dundee United. Moving the ball quickly. This is Ryan
:04:01. > :04:31.
:04:31. > :04:41.sensational from Kris Commons! He loves to hit them from distance.
:04:41. > :04:42.
:04:42. > :04:50.Head that he did. A fantastic finish. It is absolutely sublime.
:04:50. > :05:00.He goes past easily Mike Miller. Right into the corner. What a start
:05:00. > :05:28.
:05:28. > :05:37.for Celtic and what a goal by Kris backing -- keep that in me. I think
:05:37. > :05:47.he is given it as a pass back. I think he is called that a back-pass.
:05:47. > :06:14.
:06:14. > :06:24.I think he has given the pass back. took the ball square in the initial
:06:24. > :06:25.
:06:25. > :06:35.a tent. Brave defending. Mark Miller strikes it. FA Ambrose takes
:06:35. > :07:03.
:07:03. > :07:08.one right on the chest. He keeps Mikhail list big up from the back.
:07:08. > :07:16.It looked easier to score than to mess. Kris Commons is running the
:07:16. > :07:26.show again. He must score. Mikael Lustig must score. He can't believe
:07:26. > :07:41.
:07:41. > :07:51.They have a two on one. Gary Mackay Steven! Dundee United are level! A
:07:51. > :07:51.
:07:51. > :07:55.terrific counter-attack. Finished off by that man, Gary Mackay-Steven.
:07:55. > :08:01.The crowds is jubilant as their side, having been dominated for
:08:01. > :08:09.much of the match, suddenly find themselves level. Jon Daly get some
:08:09. > :08:19.subtle way. He knows he doesn't have the speed. Gary Mackay Steven
:08:19. > :08:19.
:08:19. > :08:29.plays the ball, but what a pass from the young fellow. What an
:08:29. > :08:39.
:08:39. > :08:45.Craig Thomson son nothing wrong with that. He gets there first. But
:08:46. > :08:55.would have been harsh, for me. Neil Lennon and Jackie McNamara must be
:08:56. > :09:01.
:09:01. > :09:11.wondering what their defences are playing at. Emile is a dreary --
:09:11. > :09:21.
:09:21. > :09:26.Dundee United! It is Jon Daly, the United skipper who has put aside in
:09:26. > :09:35.front! An incredible turnaround at Hampden Park. Barry Douglas with
:09:35. > :09:44.the delivery, John -- Jon Daly with the finish. Was the offside? He was
:09:44. > :09:54.on for me. We said Celtic looked vulnerable at the back, and that's
:09:54. > :10:08.
:10:08. > :10:15.explains it all. The game at -- is thought the cup-tie yesterday was
:10:15. > :10:23.full of drama. This one looks at the one match at all the way.
:10:23. > :10:27.Victor Wanyama rising highest and Celtic are level. What a game basis.
:10:27. > :10:34.Gary Mackay-Steven just switches off for a second. What her response
:10:34. > :10:40.from Celtic. Gary Mackay Steven gets caught ball-watching. What a
:10:40. > :10:50.brilliant header by Victor Wanyama. We thought yesterday was good, what
:10:50. > :11:24.
:11:24. > :11:34.absolutely vital. Almost a third Charlie Mulgrew. Well held by
:11:34. > :11:50.
:11:50. > :11:58.from Kris Commons. I am not sure how much she knew about that, but
:11:58. > :12:08.is this typical in four games for the Celtic forward. Hooper could
:12:08. > :12:13.not get there and Kris Commons the unwitting person who hits it over
:12:13. > :12:23.the line. It comes off his right arm. He did not put his arm towards
:12:23. > :12:31.
:12:31. > :12:39.is a booking that will rule him out of the Scottish Cup final should
:12:39. > :12:49.sell to called on to this lead. He let Craig Thomson know option.
:12:49. > :12:57.
:12:57. > :13:06.was in! Kris Commons had been thought the same. It just needs the
:13:06. > :13:16.wrong side of the post. Brilliant from Gary Hooper. Kris Commons gets
:13:16. > :13:27.
:13:27. > :13:37.a touch and Radoslaw Cierzniak does in the second half. That is
:13:37. > :13:39.
:13:39. > :13:48.tremendous! Jon Daly brings them back into it once more. Gary Mackay
:13:48. > :13:58.Steven produced the perfect cross and Jon Daly with a perfect header.
:13:58. > :14:01.
:14:01. > :14:08.Celtic defensively... they were just onside there. A mismatch at
:14:08. > :14:15.the back post. That is the only place he can plant that header. An
:14:15. > :14:19.unbelievable header from Jon Daly. Brilliantly judged. At 14th goal of
:14:19. > :14:29.the season from the United captain. We have a cup tie on her hands once
:14:29. > :14:29.
:14:29. > :17:11.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 161 seconds
:17:11. > :17:21.Rus I imagine this will be a now chairs the and. -- great save
:17:21. > :17:21.
:17:21. > :18:01.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 161 seconds
:18:01. > :18:11.It must have been a roller-coaster of emotions. He could say that! --
:18:11. > :18:14.
:18:14. > :18:24.you could say that. It has been a long season. Defensively, we let
:18:24. > :18:25.
:18:25. > :18:35.ourselves down their little bay. -- we let ourselves down a little bit.
:18:35. > :18:39.
:18:39. > :18:49.We take a lot of positives from the game. The has it been a frustrating
:18:49. > :19:05.
:19:05. > :19:15.season for you? The it has probably been one of the hardest seasons.
:19:15. > :19:26.
:19:26. > :19:36.Apart from clinching the title, they have not got a lot left.
:19:36. > :19:41.
:19:41. > :19:47.Absolutely. It is a great occasion, the Scottish Cup final. The
:19:47. > :19:53.European campaign was immense. They have got a title, just about. Now
:19:53. > :20:03.they have something to look forward to. Losing a semi-final is always
:20:03. > :20:04.
:20:04. > :20:14.painful. For of course. They will be devastated. It is a massive
:20:14. > :20:19.
:20:19. > :20:29.occasion. it wasn't a great surprise that Kris Commons scored
:20:29. > :20:39.
:20:39. > :20:49.sort of range. Willo Flood came in as well. He slips a little bit but
:20:49. > :20:59.get real power behind it. Very The response from Dundee United was
:20:59. > :21:12.
:21:12. > :21:17.mind. Absolutely. It is a classic counter attack. Everybody does as
:21:17. > :21:25.they should do. There is a lot of work to be done to put that ball in
:21:25. > :21:35.the back of the net. Lovely free- kick from Barry Douglas fought
:21:35. > :22:04.
:22:04. > :22:14.Dundee United. Yes. It is a really It was a fabulous cross. He rises
:22:14. > :22:16.
:22:16. > :22:26.above the United defence. Fabulous. A goal which made it 3-20, Kris
:22:26. > :22:39.
:22:40. > :22:49.see it. -- up I'd do not think the referee could see it. This is a
:22:50. > :22:54.
:22:54. > :23:04.classic Jon Daly header. He did not defend the back post well. You have
:23:04. > :23:05.
:23:05. > :23:15.to hand it to Jon Daly. The fantastic crossed to the back post.
:23:15. > :23:15.
:23:15. > :23:59.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 161 seconds
:23:59. > :24:09.-- I think it was all about exposed. We could have been into
:24:09. > :24:11.
:24:11. > :24:21.double figures, I guess. The it has been a wonderful weekend of
:24:21. > :24:24.
:24:24. > :24:34.football. How that one does not end up in the back of the net, I do not
:24:34. > :24:35.
:24:35. > :24:43.know! It adds to the excitement of the game. It is just chance after
:24:43. > :24:53.chance. A lot of composure here as well. Good defending, too. It was
:24:53. > :24:59.
:24:59. > :25:09.an exciting afternoon. That was Jon There are fine margins, especially
:25:09. > :25:21.
:25:21. > :25:27.in semi-finals. The penalty kick decision, that was a huge thing.
:25:27. > :25:32.Neil Lennon questioned Celtic's defending. It seems they do not
:25:32. > :25:40.have the intensity of games that really matter. They hit the height
:25:40. > :25:50.in the Champions' League, of course. It is an area that most concern
:25:50. > :25:58.
:25:58. > :26:08.Neil Lennon. -- must concern Neil Lennon. You have to make sure if
:26:08. > :26:08.
:26:09. > :26:18.you are marking someone like Jon Daly, he does not get ahead. They
:26:19. > :26:20.
:26:21. > :26:30.certainly had a team on fire. Pharaoh of Risley massive pluses --
:26:31. > :26:46.
:26:46. > :26:56.there are of is the massive pluses For them, everybody says they have
:26:56. > :27:02.
:27:02. > :27:12.a chance to win it. Seven goals in that match, and seven goals
:27:12. > :27:45.
:27:45. > :27:55.yesterday. Highlights with Kraig year-old. How is that for a bit of
:27:55. > :27:55.
:27:55. > :28:05.composure? Craig Sibbald just passes it into the bottom corner.
:28:05. > :28:23.
:28:23. > :28:33.took that free kick. This is incredible! Falkirk have insurance
:28:33. > :28:33.
:28:33. > :29:19.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 161 seconds
:29:19. > :29:27.in the semi-final. You have to Sensational! Blair Austen makes it
:29:27. > :29:34.three for Falkirk. Hibernian have gone into self-destruct mode.
:29:35. > :29:44.Falkirk have picked them off -- Falkirk have picked them off yet
:29:44. > :29:49.again. Who is the first player to react? One in dark blue. They are
:29:49. > :29:59.worth it because they had been by far the better side. Hibernian have
:29:59. > :29:59.
:29:59. > :30:40.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 161 seconds
:30:40. > :30:46.no chances. When it is not your day, it is not your day. Alex Harris
:30:46. > :30:56.could not have had that any better. He is unlucky. What a reaction from
:30:56. > :31:03.
:31:03. > :31:13.the goalkeeper. That is exactly was, it doesn't matter. The referee
:31:13. > :31:35.
:31:35. > :31:44.has turned a blind eye. That is a Alex Harris, a stunning goal from
:31:44. > :31:52.the youngster. It has been an incredible start to the second half.
:31:52. > :32:02.That is an absolute beauty. He hits it well enough. It just mix of
:32:02. > :32:13.
:32:13. > :32:23.Darren Dods. The fingertips can't rescue mission might be on here. A
:32:23. > :32:24.
:32:24. > :32:34.yellow card as well. Is there much contact? That is less of a penalty
:32:34. > :33:00.
:33:00. > :33:04.made a hash of it. That by his standards is a bad penalty. I think
:33:04. > :33:14.the Leigh Griffiths felt that if Eoin Doyle had left it alone he
:33:14. > :33:25.
:33:25. > :33:33.would have got it into the back of Hibernian go to within one. This
:33:33. > :33:38.isn't over yet. This is real quality. Not much on, great ball
:33:38. > :33:44.into Alex Harris, he picked out Leigh Griffiths and wasn't going to
:33:44. > :33:54.miss for a second time. That was an absolute beauty, the passing, the
:33:54. > :34:04.
:34:04. > :34:09.from the dead! Hibernian with three goals down and now have levelled.
:34:09. > :34:13.This has been the most incredible game. When he gets the ball I'm
:34:13. > :34:19.thinking he is up against it, but he decides to try his luck and
:34:19. > :34:25.defines the bottom corner. Oh when Doyle has come on and changed the
:34:25. > :34:35.game for Hibernian. He gets them level. Were this game is going, not
:34:35. > :34:51.
:34:51. > :35:01.went up straight away. You know something, he is level. That is a
:35:01. > :35:22.
:35:22. > :35:26.goal! It may have won an incredible game! Are Hibernian going to the
:35:26. > :35:31.Scottish Cup final again? If they do, that is the kind of goal that
:35:31. > :35:38.deserves to take them there. An absolute stunner. A rocket from
:35:38. > :35:42.Leigh Griffiths. He has missed a few chances today, but it doesn't
:35:42. > :35:49.rub his confidence. He heads an absolute beauty across the
:35:49. > :35:55.goalkeeper. He couldn't have hit the better. Absolutely perfect.
:35:55. > :36:05.What a player this guy has been for Hibernian all season. That is top
:36:05. > :36:17.
:36:17. > :36:22.That was the chance right there. They were going to get one
:36:22. > :36:29.opportunity at best. He is actually slightly offside. He should be
:36:29. > :36:39.scoring. What an incredible semi- final. What did he say to the
:36:39. > :36:44.
:36:44. > :36:48.players at half-time? I don't then A tremendous comeback. The first at
:36:48. > :36:54.performance was very bad. After half-time I thought you were
:36:54. > :36:57.exceptional. Very proud of my boys. Proud of their team, the staff.
:36:57. > :37:04.Couldn't have asked for any more. They gave me everything and then
:37:04. > :37:08.some. It just turned it wasn't to be. What was said at half-time?
:37:08. > :37:13.lot of home truths. A lot of disappointed people saying what
:37:13. > :37:17.they felt, and rightly so. It wasn't good enough. We're in the
:37:17. > :37:23.final and we have another final to look forward to. We always talk
:37:23. > :37:29.about the romance of the Cup. These Hibernian's name on the trophy?
:37:29. > :37:36.do know about that. We have had some fantastic games. Will we about
:37:36. > :37:46.that when we get to the final. report that the match yesterday.
:37:46. > :37:50.Was that second half showing from your team saved Pat Fenlon's job?
:37:50. > :37:55.don't know. There in another final, another massive occasion for the
:37:55. > :38:05.club. Back-to-back Cup finals is a fantastic achievement. For a
:38:05. > :38:06.
:38:06. > :38:12.manager in his first full season has got and it is amazing. That is
:38:12. > :38:19.not a bad way to start for Gary Holt. He has every right to be
:38:19. > :38:23.proud. Hibernian were very bad. It is good to see them admitting about
:38:23. > :38:26.their work. Some of their fans leaving at half-time and you really
:38:27. > :38:33.couldn't blame them, it was that bad. Take nothing away from Falkirk,
:38:33. > :38:36.young side, played exceptionally well, to their goals with composure.
:38:36. > :38:42.The manager should be very proud of their achievement and a performance
:38:42. > :38:46.on the day. Dumbarton play Falkirk on Tuesday night. You were watching
:38:46. > :38:56.that of a lot of interest. The first half you can pick all sorts
:38:56. > :39:04.
:39:04. > :39:09.of holes and the way Hibernian That is a great finish. It went
:39:09. > :39:13.from bad to worse for Hibernian in the first act. Two great semi-
:39:13. > :39:17.finals and young players like J Fulton grabbing the headlines.
:39:17. > :39:20.is wonderful for Scottish football that these youngsters are getting a
:39:20. > :39:30.chance to play at a high level at Hampden Park. They did
:39:30. > :39:32.
:39:32. > :39:38.exceptionally well. To be 320 up -- 3-0 up, they must be thinking what
:39:38. > :39:47.a performance we have put in! Lyle Taylor had been allowed to go
:39:47. > :39:57.through there. That is an example of their defending. That was to
:39:57. > :40:08.
:40:08. > :40:13.story. It would it been a half-time team talk from Pat Fenlon worth
:40:13. > :40:19.recording! What happened and the other side of the interval was a
:40:19. > :40:23.complete transformation. It was. They could have been five goals
:40:24. > :40:28.down. It ever was said at half-time are what the manager has done, it
:40:28. > :40:33.worked. They came out in the second haven't really went for it. People
:40:33. > :40:36.want to know why they took 45 minutes and to be three goals out
:40:36. > :40:40.for that to happen. Should Michael McGovern have done better with
:40:40. > :40:44.this? It takes a bit of a deflection, but it think he has to
:40:44. > :40:53.get stronger hands on it. But you can't take anything away from Alex
:40:53. > :40:58.Harris's strike. He was a threat. The strike for the goal was a
:40:59. > :41:02.wonderful strike. Again, I think he would be questioning himself if he
:41:02. > :41:08.could have got stronger hands on it. Maybe even go with one hand to
:41:08. > :41:12.trying get it over the bar. When Hibernian scored their second, due
:41:12. > :41:22.sense that they were well under way back. Yes, they got the goals are
:41:22. > :41:25.
:41:25. > :41:29.great times. They scored early in the second half. You were thinking
:41:29. > :41:39.Hibernian were the stronger side then and would win the match.
:41:39. > :41:49.can pick out mistakes. I think the defender had the chance to put
:41:49. > :41:50.
:41:50. > :41:54.their challenge in there. That is just a wonderful strike. That is a
:41:54. > :41:59.gold fixing of winning any game. There was only one thing in his
:41:59. > :42:04.mind there, to get it onto his left foot and gold to gold. It just
:42:05. > :42:10.glided into the far corner. could Hibernian have been so bad in
:42:10. > :42:16.the first atom so good in the second? It is a mystery. Everybody
:42:16. > :42:22.at the game at half-time was thinking this could have been five.
:42:22. > :42:27.It was bad enough for Hibernian to get beaten by a First Division team,
:42:27. > :42:31.but to the three goals down at half-time was crazy. You have to
:42:31. > :42:35.give the massacre of for coming back. I felt a bit sorry for the
:42:35. > :42:41.Hibernian players and staff because there was one of those days when
:42:41. > :42:45.the players were trying so hard, they were almost trying too hard.
:42:45. > :42:55.You start to wonder what was going to go ahead. The manager due to do
:42:55. > :42:56.
:42:56. > :43:00.the right time. He was brave again. The turnarounds in the second have
:43:00. > :43:05.was incredible. If the final comes anywhere close to supplying they
:43:05. > :43:11.entertainment other semi-finals will be complaining! Live
:43:11. > :43:21.television coverage on Sunday 26th May and BBC One Scotland. Lots of
:43:21. > :43:33.