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The Scottish Cup journey called -- comes full circle. The circle began

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last May. Celtic are the Scottish Cup winners, 2013. The most

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unexpected cup journey came from Albion Rovers. Albion Rovers. The

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romance of the Cup, United on the trip. Raith Rovers incredibly take

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the lead. The magnificent journey continues. Scott Brown leathers home

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Celtic's seven. And it is into the wall. The final four travelled to

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Ibrox. Saint Johnstone are into their first-ever Scottish Cup final.

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Dundee United have the lead. Ciftci gets Dundee United to the Scottish

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Cup final. The Scottish Cup circle is complete.

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Good evening. Just reaching the Scottish Cup final has been a huge

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achievement for St Johnstone. They've never done it before in

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their 130 year history. They have never, ever won a major piece of

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silverware. Would today be the day? There was also a massive occasion

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for Dundee United as well, playing in front of their biggest ever

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support. Hoping to win the trophy for a third time and cap the season

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with a final flourish. With me tonight, two beaten -- beacons of

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neutrality, Pat Nevin who played for neither side and Billy Dodds, who

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played for both. Let's get to the action at Celtic Park. The usual

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green was replaced by an sea of tangerine, black and white.

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Therefore us, the St Mirren striker Steven Thompson and match

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commentator, Liam McLeod. The waiting is just about over for

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St Johnstone and Dundee United. Uncharted territory for the Perth

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side, who have always come up short in the last four until now. Tommy

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Wright with more than a little help from Stevie May, helped past their

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semifinal hoodoo last month. Plotting their way towards a first

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piece of major silverware, with the club is celebrating its 130th

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birthday this year. The Scottish Cup sitting proudly in bed trophy

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cabinet would be the perfect present. But it is a World Cup year.

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That means the omens are good for Dundee United. Both times they have

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won this competition it has come just before a World Cup final, in

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1994 and then in 2010. The names of Brewster, Conway and Goodwillie are

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written in United folklore. Their pictures adorn the walls at

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Tannadice. The 2014 team will have gazed that those these last four

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weeks, knowing they could be them. -- knowing it could be them. That is

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the Saint Johnstone team that beat Aberdeen in the semifinals. Dann and

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Millar were brilliant in the midfield. So were McQueen and

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upfront. Their goals have been pivotal. Dillon and Watson along

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with Gomis are the only survivors from the side that won four years

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ago. Mackay-Steven is fit. Ciftci is through the middle. Lee Croft and

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Nigel Hasselbaink have to deal with missing out on a starting slot, as

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do the much heralded youngsters, Gauld and Souttar, for United. The

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referee is 41-year-old Graham Thompson. It is his third Scottish

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Cup final, having presided over the 2009 and 2012 versions -- Craig

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Thomson. All set, so too, Tommy Wright. A big day for him, less than

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a year after replacing Steve Lomas, his compatriot, as St Johnstone

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manager. A wonderful atmosphere inside Celtic Park. 255 years of

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combined history. Just the fourth time Saints and United have met in

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the Scottish Cup. The Tangerines, in their new kit today. They are 2-1 up

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on that particular head-to-head, and one of those was on the route to

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their 2010 triumph. This is the biggest clash between these two

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Tayside rivals. Celtic Park is a sea of tangerine and black and blue and

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white. Mackay-Steven, looking for the run of Armstrong. Dug out by

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Dunne. But the spoon is finally getting a chance to play in this

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final. -- Wotherspoon. May, the first touch of the ball for him.

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Stevie May making a run, cuts inside. Always trying to get a shot

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away. Robertsons, who has had the

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wonderful 12-month period going from amateur player at Queen's Park to

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Scotland international and Scottish Cup finalists. An early test for

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Mannus. Fabulous play from Dow. A fabulous ball again. I think Ciftci

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meets a Porsche. -- Ciftci needs a push.

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It has gone through to MacLean. He could not squeeze it through.

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It comes onto the shoulder of Robertson, he takes a second. That

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is what he was looking for. I don't know if the referee did not see it,

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he has pulled him back. Support arriving. They know he is

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capable of it, maybe not from that distance. It is his first shot, he

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gets the shot away. People sit at the near post. -- he pulls it at the

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near post. MacLean was onside. Well won back. What a save from

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Cierzniak. A superb overlap from East Anne. I don't think Stephen

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MacLean can get it. It breaks and catch that sweetly. In the end,

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tipped over the bar. A great move from St Johnstone. They have looked

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the more dangerous of the two sides. They are real threat. Good at

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defending them and good attacking, as Wotherspoon takes. It comes

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across four Frazer Wright, who could not get purchase on it. I don't

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think he sees it until late. The ball is not the best one, but it

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finds its way right through. May fancies his chances against

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Dillon. Good defending from Dillon in the end. He knows May is fast, he

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has to get his body in front. He is a danger.

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Good defending by Watson. A split second there.

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It is a touch, not a lot in it but the game, every time Stevie May

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finds the ball, he finds MacLean and MacLean links with May. Craig

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Thomson sorting the ball out, eventually.

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It is Wotherspoon, and Cierzniak holds on for dear life. It was

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brilliant. He thinks he is going to have a shot, the set piece coming

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off the ball. Wetherspoon cuts inside. Great defending. It really

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is. I don't know if it was going in or not but Gunning does very well.

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It might have gone in, it is good defending at the same time they

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could have scored easily. A great ball across, Saints can't

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get it away. There is a big strike for hand ball, inside the box.

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Calamitous, great skill from down. The cutback is good. -- great skill

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from Ryan Dow. The ball falls to their own player, the ball strikes

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his hand but there is no intention. This is better from United. It is

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Robertson's Balling, a brilliant ball. It is Ryan Dow. Unlucky, has

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it come off the inside of the post? What a fabulous move. That is

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incredible. How unlucky can you get? The best move of the game from

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Dundee United. A deft touch from Ryan Dow, not of the post. It looked

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like it had gone in from this angle. The fourth meeting of the teams in

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the Scottish Cup. The first was a Saints win in 1933, they did not

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meet again until 1991. United went through. Anderson has hurt himself.

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I don't know if he has landed on his ankle. The left ankle. It looks as

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though he has rolled it. Strong from Ciftci, excellent work.

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Watson hasn't seen much of the ball in the first half. Into the final

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few minutes of it. Wetherspoon did not realise he had plenty of time to

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get it away but he has put it out of the corner anyway. When the ball

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breaks, great anticipation. He flashes that across the face and is

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not in the right place at the right time.

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He's recovered, Steven Anderson from that ankle knock earlier on.

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Great ball in as well. It's away by Robertson.

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A fabulous ball. The ball into a tremendous area.

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Wotherspoon's corner kick. In comes the keeper, misses it. Steven

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Anderson! It's St Johnstone into the lead, right on halftime. The dream

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is on for the Perth team. A Scottish Cup final goal for Steven Anderson.

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We talked about St Johnstone from set pieces. The keeper doesn't get

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anywhere near it. It's a fabulous header and a dream moment for him.

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You have to ask questions about Cierzniak there. Steven Anderson's

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fourth goal of the season. His most important goal for St Johnstone.

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After so much heartache in the past in cup competitions for Anderson and

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St Johnstone, they have given themselves a massive shot in the arm

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right at end of the first half of the William Hill Scottish Cup final.

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It is St Johnstone 1, Dundee United 0.

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Steven Anderson long servient with the Perth team. Six semifinal

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defeats at the club. A goal in the Scottish Cup final,

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round about the 300-appearance mark, hurtling towards that. A huge moment

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for him and potentially for St Johnstone football club. They have

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never won a major trophy. Last four Scottish Cup finals have

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been pretty one-sided affairs. Rankin pumping it forward. That's a

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free kick, no, it's not. It looked like a free kick.

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Play on says the referee. Frazer Wright has been decked as well

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inside his own box. This time it is a freak kick. There was something

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that happened off the ball, which I didn't see.

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That one is without a doubt a booking.

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Oh, he's so unlucky! Mannus holds on.

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He does absolutely everything right. It's a text book free kick, reverses

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it into the top corner. You're sure it's

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A brilliant effort. Paton flies into Dunst. -- Dunne. I think he wins the

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ball. How has Thompson viewed this foul? He certainly committed. He

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went in hard and fast. But I think he takes the ball.

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Oh, it's two-footed though. I didn't see that. He wins the ball, but it's

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two footed. It's a dangerous challenge. I think he's lucky.

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In from Wotherspoon. Loads of space for Wright. He's put it in with his

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hand. Is the ball already in? Craig Thompson is trying to sort this one

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out. Stevie May thinks he's put it in. Stevie May by the looks of

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things have given St Johnstone a 2-0 lead. Or has he changed his mind.

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The header is over the line, I think. Confusion reigns. It looks as

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though this isn't going to count. He's given the free kick. I think

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the ball is over the line. It's not. It's a deliberate handball.

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He doesn't even need to put it in with his hand. He could have put it

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in with his knee or his body in front. It's just a reaction thing

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really. He didn't bargain on them seeing that behind the goal line.

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Craig Thompson didn't see it. In comes the corner. Away by

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Eastonment -- Easton. O'Halloran gets there

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first. Wonderful play by hall ha. He's -- O'Halloran. They're away on

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the counter. Wotherspoon is going all the way

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himself. Cierzniak beats it away. That was a fabulous counterattack

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for United. They've just done a counterattack themselves. What a

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final. 29 minutes here. Robertson going all the way this time. He

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forces Mannus into the save. Wotherspoon breaks with the ball, it

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was a four V four, before Robertson here does the same, a great run.

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Mannus does well to tuck it round the post. Two counter-attacks.

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Here's the won wodge one. He -- Wotherspoon one. He does ever so

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well. They're in a hurry to take. Up comes

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the skipper. It just won't fall for Dundee

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United. Alan Mannus getting a vital touch here. It was brave. He tries

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to throw his head in front of it. Wilson can't get on the end of it.

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As I said very brave. But it hasn't fallen for Dundee United.

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He looks quite calm. They don't. Clock watching.

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He can hit from distance. Graham! He takes his first touch ever so well.

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It's a mis-hit. It's onto his left foot, everything he would want. He's

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looking for the far corner. Two feet on it too much. He can't wrap his

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foot around it to get it in the far corner. It's torture for the Dundee

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United supporters. They hit the post in what looked

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like a goal in the first half. How close was that? That is inches.

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Fabulous play from Ciftci. Skips past two men. You think it's going

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to nestle in the bottom corner. Dundee United really turning the

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screw now. That will surely win the cup for St

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Johnstone! Their first major trophy awaits them here. Steven MacLean

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with the goal that may well turn him and his team-mates into legends. You

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have to say the ball breaks kindly for Steven MacLean. He shows great

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opportunism. It's a good run from Stevie May. They get the break of

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the ball. Stevie goes into the challenge, the keeper does well, but

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when it falls, like it hasn't fallen for Dundee United today, he does

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well to get it in. John Rankin was unfortunate there. Steven MacLean,

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after such a long career, having been on the bench in 2003, whilst at

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Rangers, has played a starring role for write -- Tommy Wright's men.

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Look what it means to the big men from Belfast.

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When it's not your day, it's not your day. St Johnstone have been

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impervious to everything that Dundee United have thrown at them. They

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love defending. They've defended ever so well. Dundee United are

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committing to many to the came. They have to go for it. Here come United.

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Ciftci stretched his leg but could not get it from Frazer Wright. Play

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on says the referee. Another good play. He's been a stand

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out for Dundee United today. Deinjection for the Dundee United

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supporters. Elation for those who have made the journey from Perth.

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Their organisation has been exlem Prince Harry, defending --

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exemplary, defending incredible, at times. Frazer Wright, what he does

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best, throws his body in the line. Right to the end #2,-0 up and -- 2-0

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up and Wright puts his body in the way. Graham, and that right there

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sums it up. That's the biggest chance of the

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day. He really has to hit the target.

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Anderson right on halftime, Steven MacLean late on. Their names are

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about to be etched into St Johnstone folklore.

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Craig Thompson has checked his watch.

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St Johnstone, your time has come! History has been created and boy,

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they've had a long, long wait for this. For a crack at this old

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trophy, let alone getting their hands on it, which they will do now.

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A first Scottish Cup final in their 130-year history and the silverware

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is going to Perth. We can hear from Tommy Wright.

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130 years without a major trophy, sum up how that feels. Just look,

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tremendous. The lads were superb. I mean, the first half were chances

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for both teams. I can't thank them lads enough, what they've done for

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me since I got the job and the rest of the staff. I'm so pleased for so

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many people, the chairman and his dad up there and I'm proud. There

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will be a lot of Perth in -- people in Perth that will be prouder than I

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was. Could you have envisioned in your wildest dreams the season would

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end like this? He did say to me I had to win a trophy in my first. I

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said I would. Jokingly. As the cup run got on and on, we had a belief

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that we were going to win the cup. I watched the chance in the first half

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and I thought it was in. It hit the ground and just spun that little bit

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away. Then I knew this was going to be our day. Just sum up how that

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feels for you and the boys? Absolutely delighted. You wait a

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long time for days like these, I'm going to savour it. You were

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underdogs, but did you feel that you were coming in as second favourites?

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No, we didn't deserve to be second favourites. Last three games we beat

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them comfortably, no goals against us. We knew we'd beat them. Has had

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a fantastic impact in his first season as manager. Tell whaus he's

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done for you guys. From the first day he said he trusted us. We've

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just repaid his trust. At the fans, what a day for them. It's brilliant.

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They've waited a long time. They deserve it. Good man, well done.

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Now then. Tommy Wright leads them onto the podium to receive the

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William Hill Scottish Cup and what a moment this is for them. This is

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going to live with them forever. The 2014 William Hill Scottish Cup is St

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Johnstone's. St Johnstone, their first-ever major

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trophy. How does it feel? An unbelievable feeling. We have worked

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so hard for it. To win at our first attempt in a final is incredible. I

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hope these guys enjoy at night. It is fantastic to see so many fans in

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support of you. What does it mean to the players? Incredible. One third

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of the population of Perth has turned up today. It is incredible, I

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am delighted we have a trophy after all these years. You Gary Miller

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Jackie, that must be -- Jackie, that must be gutting. Give us a flavour

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of how you are feeling at the moment? Disappointed for the

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players, not just today, but to get us here. I have to congratulate St

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Johnstone winning the trophy as much as what happened just now, someone

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had to win it. It was not our day today. Hitting the post and the

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bar, they had fortune with the goal going in at half-time. The second

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goal ricocheting and putting it in. It was not our day today. How

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crucial were those elements, when the ball hit off the corner post,

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over the line and over the net and the Ciftci free kick. Thin lines,

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but that is what separates the game. There were few incidents in the

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match, but I still think we can lay and we took the game to them. We

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tried our best. We fell short with finishing. They get in your faces.

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Yes, it is a lot easier to create. They are fantastic season, I

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congratulate them on winning the trophy.

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The man who took St Johnstone on the road to victory. How did it feel

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when the goal went in? Delighted to be up 1-0 at half-time. It is a

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crucial time to get a goal. It changes, you can open up as well. An

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unbelievable celebration. You have had to wait for this. How does it

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feel to be part of that? It is good to be part of history. I have

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memories. Congratulations. Stephen, it was a tight game. Your goal helps

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you to victory. It is a fantastic feeling, to score in any Scottish

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Cup final. To score the second and put us in. A tremendous performance

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throughout from St Johnstone, but for you guys coming into this match

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as underdogs tonight, was there less pressure on you? No, we were quietly

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confident in ourselves and everybody else thought we were underdogs but

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we know we are a good side. Nobody turns is over. If we play well we

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know we can give anybody a game. We have qualities and they were

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unfortunate couple of times, but sometimes you need luck in a Cup

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final. We deserved. Sum up what he has done for the side? He is a

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fantastic manager and leader. He is a great guy. He has been fantastic

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for us. The transition from Steve Lomas to him has been good. He is a

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good older manager. It has been an historic day. I think

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the term is unbelievable scenes in the dressing room afterwards,

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champagne all over the place. Billy Dodds, you played for St Johnstone.

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What Walter might mean for the club? Del bobbin absolutely amazing. You

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have a club there, 130 years without winning anything. A trophy, to get

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there and the way they handled the whole occasion, they were strong in

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every department, defensively, midfield and attacking and they

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deserved it today. You can see by those celebrations they will have a

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fantastic night. It was a fantastic game as well. One of the best

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Scottish Cup finals we have seen for a few years. St Johnstone were

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deserved winners, weren't they? Yes, I think you can say that. You have

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to play intelligently as much as anything else. If you are going to

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win a game like that you have to play for your own strengths. They do

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play to their own strengths. You have to neutralise the opposition

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and they have a lot of strengths. Dundee United did not get to show

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their qualities as much as they wanted to. I look at the entire St

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Johnstone side and every single player played well. If you get every

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single player in the team playing well, you get a good chance of

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winning. We had expected maybe Stephen to be one of the

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goal-scorers for St Johnstone, maybe Stephen May, it came out -- it

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turned out to be Stevie May. The goalkeeper, all day long, people

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look at Watson but you have to clear out when your goalkeeper comes that

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far. You are thinking, he has got it and he misses it completely. Nobody

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on the post, maybe if there was somebody who could have got it, but

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it is a poor goal to lose and the timing of it. There is no one on

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either post, there were questions over what's in there. Not from me.

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You need to tell it like it is. It is Cierzniak's mistake and he knows

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it is his mistake. The defender turns around and says, what on earth

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are you doing? It is a shall we all know from youth football. If the

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ball is coming over, it is mine, the keeper's. He goes for it, so you get

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out of the way and he made a mistake. He has had a good season,

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the goalie. Great movement from Anderson. No Hamish McAlpine, in

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that scenario, what about this one? Was he to blame for the second goal?

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No chance. They go for-5-1 at this point, May finds himself in the

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space, it drifts off Rankin. I think the goal was brave more than

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anything. He's quick off his line. He comes off Rankin, nothing he can

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do about it. When you get your brakes, you have to make use of

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them. That is what St Johnstone did. He has to be brave there. The

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keeper is metres from getting it. What about the celebration? He has

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got a yellow card for it, he knew he would get a yellow card. I am not

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sure if it was for running up the crowd or taking off his shirt but in

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a Scottish Cup final you have to enjoy the moment. Absolutely. We

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need to give the officials credit. It did look like it might end in

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huge confusion, the steely May incident. -- the Stevie May

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incident. The additional assistant referee, it is not over the line

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from the header. We bring it out a bit here, when he handles it it is

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not over the line. Stevie May was saying he thought it was over the

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line. That proves it wasn't. The assistants is in a brilliant

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position. Somebody makes a decision, the linesman was gone and the

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referee was gone, he was giving the goal and Alan Muir, perfect

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position. He spotted it. On this occasion it works. They did speak to

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Alan Muir and it looked like they had awarded the goal and this could

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have marred the Cup final, if the goal had been given. Yes, but Alan

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Muir knew all the way right throughout the hand ball, whether it

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was over the line for the goalkeeper and he was spot on. They were never

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going to let the goal stand. They were taking their time, quite

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rightly, and got it spot on. I give the officials more than my fair

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stick -- more than my share of stick but today we praise them. Was

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impossible for Stevie May to tap that ball in with any other part of

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his body? I know what you are saying. When I was doing commentary,

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I thought could he have done it with his knee? It is high, behind him,

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and natural instinct to bundle it over the line. You have to say in

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slow motion it looks as if he can get it. It did not happen in slow

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motion. It was not Dundee United's day, Jackie McNamara said. They had

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plenty of chances, especially when you cut it down to the highlights.

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It does look good, a brilliant touch. That is amazing skill.

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Another day, he heads off the post and it goes in. This one, 90% of the

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time goes in. You have deride your luck, when you get a chance to ride

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your luck. At that point in time, we were starting to think this same

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thing, it is going to be St Johnstone's day. They did create

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chances, but Jackie McNamara, take nothing away from St Johnstone, they

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were excellent, a great strike from Ciftci, Jackie McNamara will be

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disappointed with their performance in the Cup final today because only

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Ryan Dow hit the post. They did not do it enough. Can you pinpoint why

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you think Dundee United were not on their game today? St Johnstone, as

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simple as that. You can say all along United, they were not at it,

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but you have to condiment St Johnstone and how they went about

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their jobs. All throughout the pitch, defensively, midfield,

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strikers, absolutely excellent. Who missed out in the last two Scottish

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Cup finals but played a strong role to date? He was superb, running with

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the ball was brilliant. See the drag backs and dummies. A great angle on

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this one, you wondered if it would go in the back post but here, that

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was going in. That was a goal. Good defending, number one. His running

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was superb. He was always confusingly, this one, the run is

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great. He has lots of options. The players dragging them all sorts of

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ways but there is a couple of little drag backs here, the last two, you

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have to say this would have been one of the greatest goals in Scottish

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Cup history. There is a bit of him that will be delighted he is a

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Scottish Cup winner but thinking, I could have gone down in history as

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one of the greatest goals ever. The only thing he missed was dragging

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across the goalkeeper in the bottom corner but brilliant. He had run a

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long way. In terms of St Johnstone's overall game plan, from

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the start it seemed they were in Dundee United's faces? Yes, closing

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down, they do that, they don't give any space. They break the pace.

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Armstrong I mentioned before, every time he got the ball they were close

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to him. Closing in, then try and break away. No space at all given.

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Mackay-Steven and Armstrong, Ciftci, three people, four people

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sometimes around him, closing him down. He has no space at all. There

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is a man on him, no chance to get going, get running. There were very

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few times in the game when he got the ball to run. This time he did.

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He runs out in defence that it is another great tackle. I was

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impressed he managed to keep this up for the entire game. Ten players

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behind the ball, but look what they do. They closed down Ciftci and they

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break the pace. They are not going to calm down. Look at this. Chasing

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him, one, five of them close into him. Have a look at these three.

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Right in there. Closing down, and do you know what happens when you do

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that? The ball goes away and you get position back. That was the game

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plan. They worked at it and they didn't lose it at any point. It is

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hard to do that. You get tired come mentally and physically tired, but

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they never let it lie. Impressive from St Johnstone, we have seen the

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goals but defensively you were impressed. It did start off shakily.

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United got in, Frazer Wright and Dunne have a kick-off, they kick it

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against each other twice. When it has to be blocked it is Frazer

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Wright out there blocking as he did all day, McDonald joining in near

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the end. All day we talk about United's front four, that is their

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main strength. St Johnstone were at them all day long. He's ton-macro

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tucked himself in from a fallback position, slangy -- slamming into

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the tackle. St Johnstone had to be spot on. When you won 2-0 up and

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wondering if they could get back in it, Wright is there to block the

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Armstrong shot. Incredible defending to stop United's strength.

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Courtesy of the Scottish FA's camera, you might have seen it

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attached to the chest of Dave Macaye, the St Johnstone captain, as

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he held aloft the Scottish Cup. What a scene. Billy, you've actually done

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this yourself. For the likes of us... I've not done that! It's

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amazing shots we've got there. I think it's Dave Macaye, you said. I

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think we're dismissive of these St Johnstone collect itch, good, old

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fashioned pros. Can you have 11 good players and team spirit, that

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doesn't necessarily win you the trophies. It's being really good

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players and on top of all that, these St Johnstone side have got

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railly good individuals. It has been a magic day. The party

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will be taking place in Perth. For us, there is Brian.

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They were formed in 1884, it's taken 130 years to get here, but the

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Scottish Cup is now in the hands of St Johnstone. Dave, congratulations.

:43:57.:44:04.

Well done. What was the bus journey like? Lively, as you can imagine. It

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was great atmosphere and the boys are delighted with it. You've got

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this, St Johnstone's name is on the trophy. Remarkable. Incredible. 130

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years and the club have never had a name on the trophy. To finally do it

:44:20.:44:23.

is fantastic. It's great to have so many fans the other day. You've been

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here a long time. What does it mean to you and the club and the city of

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Perth? It's great, fantastic. Hopefully we can get a few more of

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the fans that turned up today turning up next season. It's great

:44:36.:44:40.

to finally get a bit of silverware for the club. They've won First

:44:41.:44:44.

Division and second division, but to win a major trophy is incredible.

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It's a great feeling. Absolutely ecstatic, yeah. The feeling is

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incredible. Just what it means to everybody at St Johnstone, for the

:44:56.:44:58.

chairman, to everybody down in the dressing room, to the boys, to the

:44:59.:45:05.

kit man, honestly, for my family, it means so much to me. Us what this

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means to you. It means everything. To win the Scottish Cup in the first

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season in management as well. It's special to me and to so many more

:45:16.:45:19.

people at this football club. You know the chairman and his dad,

:45:20.:45:24.

they've done a tremendous job. All the supporters and the players as

:45:25.:45:27.

well. I'm really pleased for them today. At last, they've probably got

:45:28.:45:31.

the recognition that they deserve. Many people have served this club

:45:32.:45:37.

graciously over 130 years. But your name will go down in history as a

:45:38.:45:40.

manager who brought the first trophy here. That will probably hit me

:45:41.:45:50.

tomorrow, the enormity of it. They were saying, "Do you know what this

:45:51.:45:55.

means, we will have to, in 20 years' time, we'll get a phone call,

:45:56.:45:59.

there's a celebration dinner for the cup-winning side." I will have to

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get on my zimmer frame and come over. To be the first is really

:46:05.:46:08.

special. . You've been associated with this club for... 86. 6? What

:46:09.:46:18.

does this mean? I have always said that what I was butting in was going

:46:19.:46:21.

into the community. Hopefully the day would come where everyone

:46:22.:46:25.

appreciated what you were doing. This is that day. Done. Job done.

:46:26.:46:32.

Obviously, we'll be looking for more. Fantastic, ,500 people there

:46:33.:46:38.

from Perth, fantastic. Thank you very much, guys. You all right? Ten

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years you've been here, did you ever dream of days like this happening?

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Of course you dream about them. But it's when it happens, and we made

:46:54.:47:00.

sure we won the game. That's the most important thing. Does it mean

:47:01.:47:05.

to you, you had the League Cup Final with Kilmarnock, didn't go well that

:47:06.:47:09.

day. This is completely different. Completely different. Everyone is

:47:10.:47:13.

buzzing. It's completely different. It's finally happened after 130

:47:14.:47:41.

years, St Johnstone have won their first major trophy and tonight in

:47:42.:47:46.

Perth, the Saints are truly marching in.

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A hugely emotional day for everyone connected with St Johnstone. I

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guess, you'd have to say that a lot of the players, this might be their

:47:56.:47:59.

only chance to win a Scottish Cup final and they've done it. That must

:48:00.:48:02.

mean so much to them. That's what brought the pressure today. That's

:48:03.:48:05.

why these lads, we've talked about them as a team group, as

:48:06.:48:10.

individuals, but the hard work going on behind-the-scenes, what a guy,

:48:11.:48:14.

Jeff Brown is, his son Stephen, just hard work, graft, desire,

:48:15.:48:19.

dedication. That's what gets them that. I bet they're not sober now as

:48:20.:48:24.

they were in those shots. Tommy Wright seems to be a class act.

:48:25.:48:28.

Everybody has a good ward to say about him. Everybody pleased to see

:48:29.:48:34.

him win the Scottish Cup. That's the sense of -- theme of the day, the

:48:35.:48:39.

sense of goodwill. The manager has been brilliant. He hasn't put a foot

:48:40.:48:44.

wrong. Well done to the chairman. Well done to the fans, turning out

:48:45.:48:48.

in huge numbers. I have to say, I'd like to put it to Jeff Brown at the

:48:49.:48:52.

end, known him for quite a few years, he's one of the best guys

:48:53.:48:56.

I've ever met in football in my life. Well done, Jeff. The season

:48:57.:49:01.

never seems to ever end. There's live international football coming

:49:02.:49:05.

up on Sportscene, a week on Wednesday, when it's the friendly

:49:06.:49:08.

between Nigeria and Scotland. Join us for that. Today was all about the

:49:09.:49:14.

Scottish Cup. They say St Johnstone don't get the credit they deserve.

:49:15.:49:17.

Well, they get it tonight. Congratulations Saints from all of

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us here, good night.

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