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Yes, good afternoon and welcome once again to the results show. Today a

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tasty cocktail of Scottish Cup and SPL action and English Premier

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League News for good measure. No shaking from the guests but maybe

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staring. Pat Nevin and Marc Wilson. We will start with the first of the

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Scottish Cup semifinals. You might know the outcome. I will not spoil

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the surprise if you don't, instead Craig Paterson and Leah McLeod will

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describe what happened when Hibernian net Dundee United this

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lunchtime. Lewis Stevenson, the first chance

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for him, perhaps. He has provided 23 times this season.

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The Hibs debutant comes up with an answer.

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He's always too much of it. He has given a penalty for handball!

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I think Donaldson got the head down and the arm up. An unusual position.

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Difficult to tell. Oh, dear, oh, dear. What on earth is that? At this

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stage in the competition, you do not need that. The ball flying in the

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back of the net is what you need. He fancied it. Blair Spittal on

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familiar territory, a former Queens park man. Mckay. Hibs stopped.

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Again, he is denied by Conrad Logan. It was a great ball and a great take

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by Gray. Close, but not close enough.

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Erskine was onside. Off the line by Hanlon. It was a cunning ball from

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Paton. John Beaton sends us into extra time.

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McGinn has perhaps not be the influence we know he can be.

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The keeper to make the save. Rankin thought he was scoring. It is a

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wonderful save. He forced it through. Another good save. Conrad

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Logan has just received a standing ovation from the Hibernian

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supporters. Once again a clever ball through.

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Kawashima. Decided to punch that. It looked unorthodox, again, from the

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Japanese. He has blown the whistle and the first William Hill Scottish

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Cup semifinal is going to a penalty shoot out. Blair Spittal is up

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first. Well, wouldn't you know it. The man of the moment does it again!

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John McGinn. To put them in front. And he does. As decisive as you get.

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Billy Mckay missed a couple of good And he does. As decisive as you get.

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chances. And another save from Logan!

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Paul Hanlon, who scored the late equaliser against Hearts makes it

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two. Paul Dixon simply has too score for

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Dundee United. He does. They are still breathing.

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Martin Boyle. He has the chance to move Hibernian closer to the final.

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Another wonderful penalty. Demel. The weight of the world on

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his shoulders. That was a terrific penalty from Demel. Jason Cummings.

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He has the chance to put Hibernian into the final. It is Glory, glory.

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Jason Cummings. He can raise all memories of that penalty miss in the

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first half. Pat Nevin, you have 20 seconds to

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tell me everything you know about the goalkeeper. He is a new cult

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figure at Hibernian. He was fabulous all the way through. You talk about

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the saves he made. The rest of the game was superb. Sensibly, everyone

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had a good game. But you have to do the technical things right and he

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did all things right. Will he play in the final? On that performance he

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should. What about the penalty? Jason Cummings was asked about it

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after the game and started to talk about the one he scored, as opposed

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to the one we were talking about. He has swagger. He is a Jack the Lad, a

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maverick. Sometimes he can back it up and scores wonderful goals, but

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when you miss one like that it must play on your mind. I hoped he would

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try again in the penalty shoot out. I bet he thought about it but no way

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would he do that again. If the keeper goes the right way for that

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one, he picks it up easily. He has confidence. It is a big part of the

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game. If you missed chances, the best strikers want another chance.

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There is no doubt he would want to walk up and take a penalty. He

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wanted the crucial one. He had to be told he was the one who could score

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the winner, he was not worried about it, he was seriously up for it.

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It was not the greatest penalty! The goalkeeper saves it, but it is

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forgotten about now. He tucked it away and you could see how he loved

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that moment. The smile on his face. He loved getting the crucial

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penalty. We will look around the grounds. Not too many matches a

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foot. We will start with the Renfrewshire derby.

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1999 since Morton won one of these games. They trailed by 2-1. A good

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crowd in the stadium. St Mirren would have to win this to catch

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Morton in the middle of the table Championship race. They are ahead,

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with a strike from Shankland, a wonderful goal. All three goals have

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been good. And equaliser from Johnstone was a class effort but two

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minutes later, Calum Gallagher, after a bad mistake, clearing the

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ball and virtually passing the ball into the net. This has been a right

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good game with a crowd of around 5000 in the Paisley 2021 stadium.

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good game with a crowd of around Eight minutes to go.

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We can find out what is happening where already relegated Alloa are

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playing Queen of the South. It is that relegated Alloa who are ahead.

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A day of penalties at Hampton and here. Queen of the South controlled

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the opening 20 minutes but could not threaten the home goal and as Alloa

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came into the game, Flannigan... They have just equalised. Hilson

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with the header. Ian Flannigan fired them ahead with eight minutes of the

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first half to go and in the second half, Derek Lyle from the spot

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equalising for Queen of the South and Alloa hit the crossbar. A header

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from Hill was cleared and it was the substitute McManus who found the

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bottom corner and as we speak, a header to pull Queen of the South

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level. I was intrigued by the choice of phrase, the middle of the

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Championship race, nothing at stake apart from the derby match. What a

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disaster it would have been for St Mirren if Morton finished above

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them. They still might. What a turnaround since he came in. At one

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stage they looked at the relegation places and they are mid-table,

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looking towards next year. Fifth-place finish for St Mirren

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would be exceptional given what happened early in the season. When I

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see the results, I am looking for Tomo's name.

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You want players who have had a good career to have an enjoyable final at

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the end of their career but this would have been good to walk on and

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score the winning goal. Do you fancy some post-match Hamden reaction? We

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can hear from both clubs. I am delighted. There is part of me

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that feels sorry for Dundee United. There is never a great way to lose a

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semifinal on penalties, it is a cruel way and we have seen the flip

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side of it. I feel for the lads in the dressing room. They have put a

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lot of effort in. In the first half we were good, I thought the better

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team. Dundee United came into the second half and it got to a point

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where it was both teams not wanting to lose the game. You make your own

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luck in this game. Obviously, when called upon you can produce things.

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I am delighted. I thought we were the better team. We had a poor start

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with Hibs starting well. After that, once we found our composure and we

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started to make sure we keep the ball and take good care of it, we

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controlled the game and created three fantastic opportunities. Three

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one-on-ones with the goalkeeper. That has been the story of the

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season. I am interested. He said they were were the better team. I do

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not think he is trying to spin it. The first 35 minutes, Hibs were the

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better team. Dundee United made a terrible tactical mistake in the

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left full-back area. Hibs capitalise. They made the change.

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And got back into it and I would argue that apart from the first ten

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minutes of the second half, Dundee United, they were at least as good

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as Hibs, probably slightly better and I do not think there is an

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argument that the better chances were for Dundee United, apart from

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the penalty. Nevertheless, Hibs are through. Will they play Rangers or

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Celtic? You can listen to BBC Radio Scotland from 11:30am with coverage

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of the second semifinal and you can watch highlights of the match at

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10:30pm on BBC One Scotland. I would not miss that! It is over a year

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since the club's last met at the national stadium in the semifinals

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of the League Cup. It was not that much of a contest. I think we

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expected that. Teams were in and the changes Rangers have made, the made,

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the management, the players they had at the time. Now, at this time,

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Rangers are a completely different outfit. New management and players,

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a new style of play, confidence. They have won the Championship and

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another trophy. They come in with confidence, which makes me think the

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gap has narrowed from last year. Looking at that game, I never

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expected that Celtic would take their foot off the Gas. That

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surprised me. Mark mentioning Rangers are much improved. It would

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seem under Mark Warburton they have proved to be runaway winners of the

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Championship, clinching the title with a win against Dumbarton. They

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are a lovely team to watch. Often they will come from these areas. The

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full-backs are crucial to winning the league and the last few games.

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And for their chances tomorrow. Also the linkup they have had, they have

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been fantastic, stretching teams and tearing teams apart. They are a good

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team. The full-backs and wide players,

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McCarry, Tavernier, Forrester is out, so who do you put in there?

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King is out, Waghorn is not available either. You would almost

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argue he's a bigger mess than Whitehorn, purely for the fact that

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argue he's a bigger mess than Kenny Miller has been fantastic. He

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hasn't got the goals Waghorn has scored, but he's been phenomenal

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this season. For the balance of the team, Warburton likes his tricky and

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quick wingers. If you happen to put Dean Shiels in there, he's not

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tricky or quick but he can play the past, but it upsets the balance Mark

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Warburton likes to play. We saw Rangers clinked -- clinched the

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Championship. They also thrashed Peterhead last week. Not a dress

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rehearsal for tomorrow's game, but a warm up at the national stadium for

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Rangers in front of a big crowd. They are going for a treble, not the

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treble. He scored at the start of the season and it was phenomenal,

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then there was a big gap, but he has hit form again, and boy, did he hit

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that one. It underlines that they are comfortable at Hampden Park.

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They played comfortably that day, but it's a massive step up in

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quality when they play Celtic tomorrow. Celtic haven't been that

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impressive of late. They are stuttering towards the title.

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Another narrow win against Motherwell last week. I watched them

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against Hearts and they weren't the best team in that game. Against

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Dundee they struggled. This time they came out against Motherwell.

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OK, the scoreline didn't really reflect the amount of chances Celtic

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had, but they were kind of back to their best. I worry for Celtic just

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now because they are conceding goals in defence. There was the goal

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before that, which was either offside or near side, very close to

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it. With the chances they had, and in the end you sometimes need to

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carry a bit of luck. They have this guy, Leigh Griffiths, scoring again

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after three games without scoring. People were saying it was a drought,

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but he's scored two, so full of confidence. If Rangers have a

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weakness in their team, a lot of people feel it's the centre-backs. I

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think that's quite harsh on the centre-backs. The full-backs have

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hammered up, so they are quite often left on their own. A couple of

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individual ones I'm looking forward to, right-wing and left-wing for

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Celtic, attacking against the right back and left-back off Rangers, that

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will be worth watching at hand Park tomorrow. Actor the Championship,

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full-time in the match between Alloa and Queen of the South. -- at Hamdan

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Park tomorrow. -- back to the Championship. Couldn't find enough

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to threaten the home goal. Alloa started to come back into the game

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and Flanagan fired them ahead from the penalty spot. Into the second

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half, not much between the sides, and Derek Lyle equalised. Ian

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Russell was tripped and from open play Alloa looked more dangerous.

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Conor McManus drilled the ball low into the bottom corner to restore

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the Alloa advantage. With five minutes of the game remaining Hilson

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headed home from close range. Great saves from David Crawford to keep

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Alloa in the game. It finishes here Alloa 2-2 Queen of the South. Still

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playing in Paisley. But there has been a goal. St Mirren have

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leapfrogged Queen of the South in the week of the draw. They just have

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their third goal here. A lovely finish. Mortimer trying to get the

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ball away, hitting on the counterattack. St Mirren broke with

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great style and panache. And Marwood has wrapped it up with a third goal.

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Referee looking at his watch, we are well into time. Shankland puts St

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Mirren ahead with a class finish and a second from Gallagher. A fine goal

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in between the two of them from John Stones. More to looked like they

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could get back into it. But they are now ahead 3-1. No electronic

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scoreboard here, but the final whistle has just gone. St Mirren

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celebrate, a crowd of just over 4000 inside the 2021 stadium. St Mirren

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go home with all three points. Morton haven't beaten St Mirren in a

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competitive match since 1999. That goes on. Stevie Thompson will get

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the full game against Rangers in the final game of the season in Paisley

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on the 1st of May. We don't know how he knows that but he was keen to get

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out the 1999 stat. Rangers have improved, I think that's there for

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all to see, but Celtic, have they moved on at all all regress to? I

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don't think they are a better side, necessarily, just the centre-backs,

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I think they had better centre-backs at that time, with Van Dyck and his

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partner. Take them out of any team in Scotland, but for most teams, it

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will weaken you. The other one, Roberts, I think for a lot of

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people, we have only seen clips is of him but he's spectacular.

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Different class or together than you of him but he's spectacular.

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are used to seeing in Scottish football. Will he play tomorrow?

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I've I would be stunned. Apart from stunned, I would be gutted if he

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doesn't. I want to see him and be entertained. It begs the question,

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why hasn't he played more games for Celtic. He has been there for a

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while. If he's that good he should be in. He's the cream of the crop.

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And Mark was talking about Leigh Griffiths. He scores all the Celtic

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goals. If Rangers can take care of him, they will be in with a shout. I

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think they have players who come from midfield who can create as

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well. It's easy to say, if you can stop Leigh Griffiths, but it's a big

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if and nobody has been able to do it in the Premier league this season.

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He's had a great season and wants to add trophies and get 40 goals and he

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would love to score another. Who it be to face heads on May the 21st?

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You have to say Celtic are favourites. Arch face heads -- face

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Hibs Mac. I think it will be close, I think Rangers will score, but I

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think Celtic will come in. You have always been successful with your

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predictions. I'm going 3-1 Celtic. We can chat Championship some more.

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We know the identity of the winners, Rangers, and we know the three teams

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qualifying for the play-offs, Falkirk, Hibs Mac and Raith Rovers.

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The race for second place is still on between Falkirk and Hibs, who met

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a few days ago. That was there. It was another example of Hibs making

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it difficult for themselves, to be diplomatic. I have to say Falkirk

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played really well and were really unfortunate to be down to that goal.

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It was self-inflicted, a mistake, but it was very fortunate as well.

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It was stupid, self-inflicted to go down to ten men. You thought it was

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all working in Hibs favour, Falkirk were playing a lot of decent

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football, looking dangerous in attack and getting the ball on the

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deck, but there was a penalty and a soft one. I was ducking as that ball

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was zooming towards me. At this point, most teams at 2-0 up with

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five minutes to go, you think they would be cruising, but Hibs fans are

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not feeling that at the moment. And Falkirk have a great spirit about

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them. It sums up Falkirk. You think they are beaten, out of the race,

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and that was early in the season when everybody was chatting about

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Rangers and Hibs. But they have come out of no wear. The spirit that

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Falkirk have, other teams would love to have that. You have to say Hibs

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are getting tired at the end of games as well. Either Hibs or

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Falkirk will play Raith Rovers in the Premiership quarterfinals.

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Dumbarton are trying to avoid irrigation play-off spot. Connie

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McLoughlin will be watching. Can you set the scene for us? We have had

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four seasons in one day here. Quite a remarkable scene, hail, snow, and

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right now we have the sun out. Hopefully that will stay for the

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rest of the evening match. The home side were being courage to buy the

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midweek victory over Queen of the South but the aim will be to secure

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Championship football for the rest of the season. For Raith Rovers,

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Championship football for the rest it's about keeping their form going.

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Unbeaten in eight, their longest unbeaten run since 2013, and I'm

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guessing they will want to continue that against Dumbarton tonight.

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Third place is still up for grabs. Team news tonight, one change for

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the home side, Dumbarton with McCauley out and Gallagher coming

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in. They have Jamie Ewings in goal, Doherty, Saunders, the Canon,

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Fleming. Christian Nade is their striker. Three changes for Raith

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Rovers with Callaghan, Anderson coming in. Longridge, Robertson and

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Craig going out. Cuthbert in goal, Thomson, Callaghan, Benedictus,

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Hardy, Connelly, McEwan, bar, and the substitutes McCord, Matthews,

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Craig and law. The match referee is Nick Walshe.

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That incredible run Raith Rovers arm, that what makes it vital. --

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Raith Rovers are on. They are the form team in the division. Looking

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at the stress and pressure in the semifinal today, and again the same

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tomorrow. They are playing semifinals and they are painful and

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torturous, but nothing against play-offs, because they are worse,

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horrible games to play. The stress you are under, because of the

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chances, and people lose jobs because of it. The whole structure

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of the club changes whether you are in one league or another. The

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play-off games are so important and you want to play as few as you

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possibly can. If you are Hibs or Falkirk, you don't want the extra

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game. For second place, I think Falkirk are in the box seat. I would

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agree, Falkirk, especially with the way they came back against Hibs. We

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have time to squeeze in a report from one of the big matches in the

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English Premier league, one full of relegation significance. A point for

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the Canaries would cook the relegation goose for Rock Bottom

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Aston Villa, meaning the villains will definitely finish in the bottom

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three. Steve Wilson can tell us. A mighty victory for Sunderland, huge

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significance at the bottom of the table. The first goal was five

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minutes before half-time, Andre Ayew is to found Fabio Borini and the

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Italian picked himself up and stroked the penalty low to the

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goalkeeper's right. The second came in the second half, Jermain Defoe

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was beautifully found by Borini after Sebastien Bassong's error and

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tucked it in at the back post. Norwich threw everything they had at

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Sunderland, having several penalty appeals turned down. Hit with a

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sucker punch in injury time at the end when substitute Duncan Watmore

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chipped in from a tight angle. Big win for Sunderland. To avoid being

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relegated today, Aston Villa had to beat Manchester United away. Martin

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Fisher can tell us what happened. It's all over for Aston Villa, their

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28 year stay in the top flight has come to its inevitable conclusion.

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They needed to win today, and United have beaten them by one goal, scored

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by boy of the moment Marcus Rashford. A remarkable story. A

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quality chants fashioned by United in the first half, Valencia's ball

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from the right and Rashford finished neatly. Guzan only had two saves to

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make, from Mata and Memphis, but it was generally a pretty boring game.

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Good for United to close the gap on City in fourth to just one point

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with a fifth home victory in a row. It's all over for Aston Villa in the

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top flight, and it's the return of the second city Birmingham derby

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next season. Time for the classified results round-up.

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We start today with the William Hill Scottish Cup. Hibernian winning 4-2

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on penalties and as we discussed, Rangers play Celtic tomorrow.

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Dumbarton play Raith Rovers this evening.

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Chelsea play Manchester City this evening.

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We have three matches tomorrow... And Stoke City play Tottenham

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Hotspur on Monday. The Coventry City and Millwall

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scored is the latest score. We can have a quick look at the

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league tables starting with the Scottish Championship. There was no

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Premiership after -- action this afternoon. The big one today for St

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Mirren fans. It was a good win, it would point for Alloa. A heavy

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defeat for Dunfermline athletic this afternoon. At the bottom it is still

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pretty tight. Congratulations to East Fife, the

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Scottish league to winners. -- league two.

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None of the top four in action so far this weekend in the English

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Premier League. United beating Aston Villa and are just a point behind

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their rivals Manchester City. Aston Villa are officially relegated to

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the Championship. Newcastle United and Sunderland the other two teams

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in the bottom three, despite both winning today. At the top of the

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Championship... The four in the promotion play-offs, Brighton and

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how, Hull City, Derby County and Sheffield Wednesday. At the bottom,

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Bolton Wanderers are relegated and it is not looking good for Milton

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Keynes Dons and Charlton Athletic. As promised, more reports from down

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south. We start at St James' Park. Could the fightback be on for

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Newcastle? Taking the first step in the quest for survival with a

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deserved win against a fairly lacklustre Swansea. Frustratingly

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for the visitors the first two came from corners. Andros Townsend got

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his reward for an impressive performance to make the points safe.

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On Rafael Benitez' birthday he gets his first win as Newcastle manager.

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This season is not over yet. Goodison and John Acres was watching

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Everton and Southampton. The Everton manager Roberto Martinez

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made six changes with an eye on the The Everton manager Roberto Martinez

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Merseyside derby and FA Cup semifinal and got away with a point

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after dropping Lukaku and Ross Barkley to the bench. The Everton

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goal was against the run of play. Southampton got a deserved equaliser

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when Manet poked home from close range. Everton giving debuts to

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Connelly and Davis, who did well. Coleman looks like he might miss the

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semifinal with an injury. A fan invaded the pitch to show

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displeasure at the recent run of results but at least they have a

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point after three successive defeats here.

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The big story down south was Aston here.

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Villa are relegated. Not that big a story for me because they were gone

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anyway. A huge club. Massive, but I think they have been preparing for

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relegation for a few weeks and months. Brian has gone in and knows

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football and loves the club. The biggest story is the wins beside

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them. Newcastle winning today. Sunderland also. I saw Sunderland

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against Leicester and thought they played really well. Leicester seemed

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to find a way of doing it. I'm upset for Norwich. They are in trouble

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now. That is it -- it is a real upset for Norwich. Tomorrow...

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Next week, the results show on at 4:30pm on BBC Two Scotland. And on

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radio Scotland... Thanks to Pat and Mark for their

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sterling service. Good night.

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