:00:15. > :00:26.Good afternoon. Welcome to the programme. It is the last results
:00:27. > :00:32.show before Christmas. Stuart Cosgrove is with us, as is Tom
:00:33. > :00:37.English. Joy to the world indeed! We have a team of reporters across the
:00:38. > :00:44.land on this six game Premiership Saturday. First stop, Celtic Park,
:00:45. > :00:50.where the Premiership champions are at home to Motherwell. Alastair
:00:51. > :00:53.Lamont reports. Incredibly, the champions are losing 2-1 to
:00:54. > :01:00.Motherwell. In a sleepy first half, we had no idea of what would happen
:01:01. > :01:09.after the break. Nir Bitton put Celtic in the lead but Louis Moult's
:01:10. > :01:14.double has turned the game around. How are Aberdeen getting on a way to
:01:15. > :01:19.Kilmarnock? It is kill Marnoch 0- three Aberdeen. The Dons flying once
:01:20. > :01:27.again as they keep up the pressure on Celtic. Kill Marnoch have been
:01:28. > :01:31.utterly hopeless and the home fans are getting utterly restless. Let's
:01:32. > :01:39.go to McDiarmid Park, St Johnstone against Hearts. No goals but no lack
:01:40. > :01:43.of drama. There was a straight red card in the first half for a
:01:44. > :01:48.head-butt. Shameless from the Hearts striker. But Hearts as yet have
:01:49. > :01:55.failed to use their extra man advantage. Plenty for Paul Mitchell
:01:56. > :02:00.to tell us about at Dens Park. It has been a terrible second-half. But
:02:01. > :02:06.the first half was fantastic for Dundee. Four up inside 25 minutes.
:02:07. > :02:10.Kane Hemmings, with a wonderful hat-trick. What a goal from Greg
:02:11. > :02:18.Stewart as well. Dundee have been slow started -- slow starters over
:02:19. > :02:24.recent weeks. Not today. Good afternoon. Festive scene up here
:02:25. > :02:29.with flurries of snow and plenty of goalmouth action as well. John
:02:30. > :02:33.Rankin became the first Dundee United player other than Billy McKay
:02:34. > :02:37.to score a league goal for the club since September. But they will have
:02:38. > :02:47.to get a second for the first time since August, after Polworth
:02:48. > :02:54.equalised just after the restart. After 74 minutes here at Firhill, it
:02:55. > :02:58.is Partick Thistle 1-0 Ross County. The first half was dreadful. But
:02:59. > :03:03.Andrew Davies' misfortune at the start of the second has brought the
:03:04. > :03:10.game to life with his own goal. Into the Championship now. Because
:03:11. > :03:15.Rangers lost to Falkirk lunchtime, a win for Hibs would take them level
:03:16. > :03:23.on points at the top. Let's see how they are getting on. A win would put
:03:24. > :03:28.them joint top, but nobody told Queen of the South, who are very
:03:29. > :03:33.much in the game. Gents, plenty happening. Why should we start? I
:03:34. > :03:44.think we will start at Motherwell-Celtic. Alastair Lamont
:03:45. > :03:49.describing that as incredible... It is incredible. The last time Mark
:03:50. > :03:55.McGhee managed a side there, they lost 9-0. Louis Moult is in
:03:56. > :04:03.incredible form. And incredible stuff perhaps at McDiarmid Park?
:04:04. > :04:08.Yes, a penalty to St Johnstone. It will be a chance forced into put it
:04:09. > :04:12.home and give Saints the lead. If they win this game, they will
:04:13. > :04:17.leapfrog Hearts into third place in the table. It has been a dramatic
:04:18. > :04:28.match, with that red card shown in the first half. It has gone over the
:04:29. > :04:35.crossbar! Hearts are let off the hook with just 14 minutes left! It
:04:36. > :04:46.was a terrible penalty kick, blasted high over the crossbar by MacLaine.
:04:47. > :04:54.Take a deep breath, Stuart. Oh, dear! Heartbreaking! I thought, he
:04:55. > :05:00.has got to keep this one low. Look, have the BBC not done enough live
:05:01. > :05:05.coverage of space this week?! It was unbelievable. And that is two on the
:05:06. > :05:13.trot. He is not by any measure our best penalty taker. He is
:05:14. > :05:16.self-confident but he should not take penalties for St Johnstone. I
:05:17. > :05:21.don't think he will be taking the next one. Dundee, four up against
:05:22. > :05:26.Hamilton. They have had problems scoring goals and the dam has been
:05:27. > :05:30.breached? Yes, they have had problems winning matches. Dundee had
:05:31. > :05:39.not won in eight. Admittedly, five draws. But they had this match
:05:40. > :05:44.wrapped up after 10-15 minutes. Hamilton are in a bit of a hole.
:05:45. > :05:48.They are slipping. They had a good start to the season but sliding down
:05:49. > :05:55.the table rather worryingly. Let's look at Kilmarnock-Aberdeen. If
:05:56. > :05:59.Celtic drop points at home to Motherwell, it could be just a point
:06:00. > :06:05.between them at the top? Yes, it gives us a title race if those
:06:06. > :06:10.scores stay the same. Title race?! The title race is open, it always
:06:11. > :06:14.has been for me! The real story here is another disastrous game for
:06:15. > :06:21.Kilmarnock. From their uppers, poor crowds, people not turning up, a lot
:06:22. > :06:28.of alienation at the club. It is not what people want for Christmas. I
:06:29. > :06:33.think that is the story. Partick Thistle leading ad Ross County,
:06:34. > :06:38.possibly four wins on the spin? Yes, and that would take them into the
:06:39. > :06:44.top six? At the moment they would be seventh. OK, but going from
:06:45. > :06:49.relegation candidates a few weeks ago, it is a big turnaround. But
:06:50. > :06:54.that is what four wins in a row does to you. Dundee United need to hit
:06:55. > :07:00.their stride as well. Caley Thistle have come back into this one? Yes, I
:07:01. > :07:06.saw the pictures of the goal. It was a fantastic midfield goal from John
:07:07. > :07:08.Rankin in the first half. You could see Mixu Paatelainen getting
:07:09. > :07:13.agitated on the touchline, willing them on. I think the equaliser was a
:07:14. > :07:18.bit of a sickener for them because they need to start winning games
:07:19. > :07:22.now. We will hear from one agitated manager shortly, when we talk about
:07:23. > :07:26.the big game at lunchtime in the Championship, Rangers away to
:07:27. > :07:32.Falkirk wins arrangers would have taken them well clear at the top.
:07:33. > :07:40.John Barnes will tell us what happened. This was a match full of
:07:41. > :07:45.drama and controversy. The result might have blown the title race wide
:07:46. > :07:50.open. There were two LT decisions. The first Dave Falkirk lead,
:07:51. > :07:55.following a tackle from Danny Wilson which was deemed to be inside the
:07:56. > :08:00.box but TV show to be outside. John Baird scored from the spot. Then the
:08:01. > :08:09.drama continued when Kevin O'Hara looked to have put Falkirk in front
:08:10. > :08:15.but his goal bound shot was touched home by Baird, who was deemed to be
:08:16. > :08:22.in an offside position. In stoppage time, the second controversy
:08:23. > :08:28.occurred when the referee gave a penalty for accidental handball.
:08:29. > :08:31.Martyn Waghorn stepped up to take it but Danny Rogers superbly tipped his
:08:32. > :08:40.effort onto the post before it was cleared. So, secured their victory.
:08:41. > :08:44.As for the Ibrox side, that is now ten points trot in their last five
:08:45. > :08:48.matches. Time to hear from both managers after the match. Starting
:08:49. > :08:57.with a rather vexed Mark Warburton of Rangers. It was a bit so -- a
:08:58. > :09:03.bizarre decision. I'm sure the have shown it. If you remember the foul
:09:04. > :09:07.on the right-hand side, it was exactly the same distance outside
:09:08. > :09:12.the area. But what a recovery from the boys to get the equaliser. We
:09:13. > :09:17.dominated the first half. We came in here very confident at half-time. We
:09:18. > :09:21.knew we had to maintain our tempo. Our game is about taking care of the
:09:22. > :09:28.culture. For 15 minutes after half-time we did not do that. I
:09:29. > :09:33.think it was a soft penalty given against us in the last minute. These
:09:34. > :09:36.things balance themselves out. I was disappointed to see the penalty
:09:37. > :09:43.given in the last minute. But people have told me since that Will Vaulks
:09:44. > :09:49.was pulled down outside of the box. But is the way football goes. You
:09:50. > :09:52.cannot come to a venue, produced those stats in terms of possession
:09:53. > :09:57.and corners and shots and not walk away with the points. We missed the
:09:58. > :10:04.penalty after death. We have got to score. I can only give great credit
:10:05. > :10:08.to the players, who have worked very, very hard for it. We were
:10:09. > :10:11.holding on, if I am being honest. We needed the 'keeper to save a
:10:12. > :10:17.penalty. Before that we had plenty of chances. Their goalkeeper has
:10:18. > :10:27.made a couple of great saves. So, all credit to the Falkirk is. We
:10:28. > :10:34.will talk about that shortly. There has been another goal for Aberdeen.
:10:35. > :10:41.Yes, Aberdeen's revival continues. And this one was a thing of beauty.
:10:42. > :10:46.Fantastic play from Cammie Smith, and it was a great backheel, right
:10:47. > :10:52.into the path of Logan, who stroked it home. Kilmarnock have been
:10:53. > :10:57.utterly woeful today. They are second bottom of the table and that
:10:58. > :11:09.will not change this afternoon, as at the Dean keep the pressure on
:11:10. > :11:12.Celtic at the top of the table. Who else but Billy McKay, scoring on his
:11:13. > :11:21.return? He left here in January of course. You might not have made the
:11:22. > :11:24.grade down at Wigan but he has certainly impressed for Dundee
:11:25. > :11:30.United, maybe of the few who has. The cross came in from Chris
:11:31. > :11:38.Erskine. It was spilled by Owain Fon Williams, and Billy McKay was there
:11:39. > :11:44.to knock in his second -- eighth of the season. Leading by 2-1 with just
:11:45. > :11:50.a few moments to go. We can go back now to that Falkirk arrangers match.
:11:51. > :11:55.You were there, Tom. On balance, Falkirk worthy of the points? I
:11:56. > :12:03.think so, yes,. Rangers did not do a lot until maybe 20 minutes from the
:12:04. > :12:08.end. Danny Rogers was very good in goal for Falkirk Falkirk created a
:12:09. > :12:14.lot. Rangers were wide open defensively. This Rangers team has a
:12:15. > :12:19.problem at centre half. They are too open and too prone to error. I'm not
:12:20. > :12:25.sure they are built to battle, this Rangers team. Looking at it today, I
:12:26. > :12:30.thought were very good. They had some fantastic performance. O'Hara
:12:31. > :12:35.was excellent. I was really impressed. And it could have been
:12:36. > :12:42.another goal, had it not been for John Baird being perhaps a bit
:12:43. > :12:48.greedy? Yes, he was Rangers' best defender today. In fairness he
:12:49. > :12:53.apologised on the pitch and again at half-time as well. But two penalties
:12:54. > :12:56.in the match. It was a fantastic game, it really lived up to
:12:57. > :13:04.expectations. Two really poor refereeing blunders, neither was a
:13:05. > :13:09.penalty. At the end, one manager saying they balance out at the end
:13:10. > :13:15.of the season! It is a classic management get out of! But one thing
:13:16. > :13:21.here, there are pattern is emerging. We are all naively talking about
:13:22. > :13:25.Rangers and hips but there is four or five teams in that Championship
:13:26. > :13:30.who can chip away. We saws getting something at Ibrox. Hibs struggling
:13:31. > :13:34.today at home against Queen of the South. It will be a brave person who
:13:35. > :13:46.predicts the outcome of this division. Tom, what about them being
:13:47. > :13:50.challengers for the championship? Falkirk on this incredible run, but
:13:51. > :13:54.they are under the radar because we are all talking about Rangers and
:13:55. > :13:59.hips. It suits them to fly under the radar. If they keep playing like
:14:00. > :14:03.they did today, then we will be talking about them, because I
:14:04. > :14:08.thought they were really good. Stuart, do you fancy them? I do,
:14:09. > :14:12.actually. When the media are willing two teams to go head to head to the
:14:13. > :14:18.end, I am always looking for the one beneath the radar. And that is
:14:19. > :14:24.Falkirk C. Over to Celtic Park right now to get an update.
:14:25. > :14:30.Only three minutes to go and it remains Celtic 1-2 Motherwell. Nir
:14:31. > :14:34.Bitton put Celtic in front just after half-time, his deflected shot
:14:35. > :14:38.beat Connor Ripley in the Motherwell goal but Louis Moult with a fairly
:14:39. > :14:46.quick five double turned the game around completely. Incredible,
:14:47. > :14:51.chances at both ends, in stark contrast to the first half. --
:14:52. > :14:55.quickfire double. Motherwell looked like they will secure their first
:14:56. > :15:02.win in six years. Overture Rugby Park where I don't think the outcome
:15:03. > :15:05.is in doubt. No doubt at all. -- over to Rugby Park. Aberdeen look
:15:06. > :15:10.back to their early season best well and truly. With Celtic faltering
:15:11. > :15:14.what a time for them to get what looks like being win number 57 for
:15:15. > :15:19.Derek McInnes in his 100 league matches in charge of Aberdeen. It
:15:20. > :15:23.was a quickfire start from Aberdeen, Niall McGinn headed home to make it
:15:24. > :15:28.1-0, Adam Rooney got his 50th Aberdeen goal to make it 2-0 and 20
:15:29. > :15:33.seconds after the restart Johnny Haynes made it 3-0, Kenny McLean
:15:34. > :15:37.with the shot, and as I mentioned a short time ago if fantastic goal
:15:38. > :15:43.from Aberdeen to make it 4-0 Logan rolled the ball home from a clever
:15:44. > :15:48.backheel. Kilmarnock have been woeful, shouts of "Rubbish" from the
:15:49. > :15:52.Kilmarnock fans, they never got out of neutral in this game and they
:15:53. > :16:00.face a grim fight against relegation in second bottom. Over to McDiarmid
:16:01. > :16:03.Park for an update on St Johnstone against Hearts.
:16:04. > :16:06.No goals, we are in the final minute at McDiarmid Park and if there is a
:16:07. > :16:10.winner I would expect it to be St Johnstone, though piled on the
:16:11. > :16:13.pressure in the second half, they missed a glorious chance. Steven
:16:14. > :16:17.MacLean blasted the ball high over the crossbar. The board has gone up
:16:18. > :16:21.announcing four minutes left of play, will we have a winner, stay
:16:22. > :16:25.tuned? I have nowhere else to go! Over to
:16:26. > :16:31.Dens Park, Dundee against Hamilton, still 4-0 for the home team, Paul?
:16:32. > :16:36.It certainly is, in the first half after 25 minutes Dundee were 4-0 up,
:16:37. > :16:39.Jennings with a hat-trick and a curling shot from Stewart, the
:16:40. > :16:43.goalkeeper was at full stretch but could not get there as the ball
:16:44. > :16:48.settled in the net. It looked superb and Dundee were brilliant in the
:16:49. > :16:51.first 25 minutes. The second half as printable as you like, Hamilton
:16:52. > :16:55.playing better, Dundee with their foot off The Gas and Dundee leading
:16:56. > :16:58.4-0. A good day for them, will it be a
:16:59. > :17:03.good day for Dundee United awaited Caley Thistle?
:17:04. > :17:05.It is looking that way, they lead 2-1, two ex-Caledonian Thistle
:17:06. > :17:09.players getting the goals and getting that luck they need at the
:17:10. > :17:13.bottom of the division as well. Just a second or two ago, the ball was
:17:14. > :17:18.played into the box and Gary Warren Rosa Burc everybody to smack the
:17:19. > :17:23.header against the Dundee United crossbody -- rose above. They have
:17:24. > :17:31.the crucial lead with a minute plus stoppage time to go at Inverness --
:17:32. > :17:32.crossbar. Over for the latest between Ross County and Partick
:17:33. > :17:37.Thistle. It is still 1-0 two Partick Thistle
:17:38. > :17:41.thanks to the Andrew Davies own goal on 52 minutes. It was a shame for
:17:42. > :17:44.him because he is normally steady at the back, he has scored three times
:17:45. > :17:47.at the right end of this season but this time the misfortune was for
:17:48. > :17:50.him, since then Partick Thistle could have doubled their lead, Chris
:17:51. > :17:54.Dillon hit the bar twice with a header and Partick Thistle, if they
:17:55. > :17:58.win this game, it will be the first time they have four straight
:17:59. > :18:05.victories in the top flight since 1977, I wasn't even born then.
:18:06. > :18:07.Neither was I! Now we can get the full-time report from Dens Park.
:18:08. > :18:12.The full-time whistle has gone but this match was over after 25 minutes
:18:13. > :18:16.in truth, by that point Dundee led Hamilton Academical 4-0, a really
:18:17. > :18:25.good hat-trick from Kane Hemmings and a good goal from Stuart,
:18:26. > :18:27.wonderful curling effort. The Northern Ireland international got
:18:28. > :18:31.taken off after the four goals. It wasn't all his fault, his team were
:18:32. > :18:35.slow and lethargic but his performance didn't help. Their first
:18:36. > :18:37.win since October and their first clean sheet since the middle of
:18:38. > :18:43.September but their home fans will talk about the opening 25 minutes
:18:44. > :18:47.for a while to come. Finished Dundee 4-0 Hamilton Academical.
:18:48. > :18:50.Before the match they said they are a technically good side but they
:18:51. > :18:53.need to work on the mental side of things. Seems they have that sorted,
:18:54. > :18:59.coming out of the traps early on. I saw them on a Friday night against
:19:00. > :19:04.St Johnstone and they were fantastic and have lots of talent in their
:19:05. > :19:07.team. Jennings got goals today and Stuart, these are really decent
:19:08. > :19:11.players. -- Henningsson. I wonder if it's the case they have not had
:19:12. > :19:19.anything like the consistency that Hartley has been demanding of them
:19:20. > :19:24.-- Kane Hemmings. There was a grudge match between the two teams. I think
:19:25. > :19:31.this first half, the first 45. Goals coming up, sorry. There is a
:19:32. > :19:35.goal to hear about, Inverness ought Caley Thistle?
:19:36. > :19:41.Oh dear, it is for Caley Thistle in stoppage time at the end. Dundee
:19:42. > :19:45.United players are on their knees in as that one went over the line,
:19:46. > :19:51.crossed into the penalty area, the United defence let them down. It was
:19:52. > :19:58.Lewis Horner who had gone above everybody and the official signalled
:19:59. > :20:05.the ball had gone across the line, and it is deep into stoppage time.
:20:06. > :20:08.Caley Thistle 2-2 Dundee United. On the face of it, appoint awaited
:20:09. > :20:13.Caley Thistle is not that bad a result, is it? No, this morning he
:20:14. > :20:19.would have settled for it but having one for so long with the wind and
:20:20. > :20:25.this will feel like a kick in the guts. I think it's going to feel
:20:26. > :20:28.like a loss rather than a draw -- the win. You saw the goal that
:20:29. > :20:31.Rankin scored earlier on and it sounded like they had just turned a
:20:32. > :20:35.corner. They are definitely improving.
:20:36. > :20:39.There is no question they had more shots on target, more possession,
:20:40. > :20:43.everything. But the thing is they have had that dragged away from them
:20:44. > :20:46.and Kilmarnock fans, maybe there is a little sigh of relief that at last
:20:47. > :20:51.something has gone right for them. Does the next one feel like a defeat
:20:52. > :20:55.to you? We will get the full-time report and give you time to reflect
:20:56. > :21:00.on that. It will feel like a defeat although
:21:01. > :21:04.the game has finished 0-0. The first 0-0 draw in 15 years between the
:21:05. > :21:08.sides although Saints will feel they had done enough to grab all three
:21:09. > :21:16.points. Especially after Hearts were reduced to just ten men after 27
:21:17. > :21:21.minutes. Needless from the Hearts striker Juanma, head-butt in front
:21:22. > :21:25.of the referee who had no option but to send the play-off. St Johnstone
:21:26. > :21:29.piled on pressure in the second half and had a gilt-edged chance to go
:21:30. > :21:32.ahead but Chris Kane was tripped inside the box, Steven MacLean
:21:33. > :21:36.stepped up to take the penalty kick but blasted the ball high over the
:21:37. > :21:44.crossbar. He'll most made up for the Miss with a chance, it went just
:21:45. > :21:48.wide. Murray Davidson must be wondering just what he had to do to
:21:49. > :21:54.score today because on three or four occasions Neil Alexander stopped the
:21:55. > :21:59.ball, with his left foot, clipped it over the crossbar and in the last
:22:00. > :22:02.minute it looked to be nestling in the bottom corner but somehow the
:22:03. > :22:05.keeper stuck out his big left boot and lifted the ball just over the
:22:06. > :22:14.crossbar and wide of the goal. Hearts stay in third place. It's an
:22:15. > :22:19.opportunity missed by the Saints. It sounded like Daniel Day Lewis
:22:20. > :22:25.film, my big left boot! It is all over between and Aberdeen. Aberdeen
:22:26. > :22:29.have reignited this title race with a stunning display here in Ayrshire.
:22:30. > :22:34.They are back to their brilliant best. It was such a great start for
:22:35. > :22:37.Aberdeen in so many ways, fantastic play from Kenny McLean who swirled
:22:38. > :22:41.in the ball which Niall McGinn headed home from close range. And
:22:42. > :22:46.Ben McGinn was the supplier this time with the ball into the box,
:22:47. > :22:50.Adam Rooney there for his 50th career goal for Aberdeen to make it
:22:51. > :22:54.2-0. Kilmarnock were so poor in the first half and offered so little,
:22:55. > :22:59.Aberdeen perhaps should have scored many more goals. They did score a
:23:00. > :23:03.third just after half-time, 20 seconds in, in fact. Kenny McLean's
:23:04. > :23:07.Ross found Johnny Haynes in the middle and he stabbed the ball home
:23:08. > :23:10.to make it 3-0. Their work-out was the chances for Aberdeen in the
:23:11. > :23:14.second half, Adam Rooney should have made it 4-0 with a free shot from
:23:15. > :23:19.the edge of the box but it went straight at Jamie MacDonald. In the
:23:20. > :23:23.end Aberdeen only had to be in first gear for the majority of the first
:23:24. > :23:28.half because Kilmarnock never got out of neutral. A great move to make
:23:29. > :23:35.it 4-0, Smith with the ball into pole at, and the ball rolled over
:23:36. > :23:41.the line by Logan. The Kilmarnock fans will go home angry indeed. They
:23:42. > :23:46.have voiced their concern. The pressure is well and truly on
:23:47. > :23:49.managing carry lock. As for Aberdeen's manager Derek McInnes,
:23:50. > :23:56.100 league matches in charge, this was his 57th win.
:23:57. > :23:58.Stand-by for the big story of the day, it comes from Alasdair Lamont,
:23:59. > :24:04.watching Celtic at home to Motherwell.
:24:05. > :24:07.The Motherwell team are victorious. They are across celebrating to my
:24:08. > :24:12.right with a small band of supporters. Their first win in most
:24:13. > :24:19.eight years. So they are right to take the applause of those fans for
:24:20. > :24:24.a heroic performance by the team. They came from behind, Nir Bitton
:24:25. > :24:27.had a deflected shot go past Connor Ripley in the Motherwell goal. That
:24:28. > :24:31.gave Celtic the lead and you felt that would bring on more Celtic
:24:32. > :24:34.goals as they had dominated possession in the first half. But
:24:35. > :24:39.Motherwell wrote a different ending to this story. Louis Moult tapped in
:24:40. > :24:44.as Marvin Johnson fired the ball across the goal to equalise and then
:24:45. > :24:50.Louis Moult again from the penalty spot, Scott McDonald enticed Subaru
:24:51. > :24:53.pitch into a rash tackle and the ball was rolled into the net by
:24:54. > :25:01.Louis Moult as Craig Gordon dived across to his left. There were
:25:02. > :25:07.chances for both teams. Gaudin denied them -- Simonovic. Celtic
:25:08. > :25:13.also had opportunities. -- Gordon. He was never seriously troubled in
:25:14. > :25:16.the Motherwell goal after that. Celtic have gone four games without
:25:17. > :25:22.a victory, the last time that happened was under Tony Mowbray.
:25:23. > :25:27.More big news, Hibs have gone 1-0 up, scoring in the 90th minute. We
:25:28. > :25:33.will get more details on that shortly. We are heading to
:25:34. > :25:39.Inverness. It is all over between Caley Thistle and Dundee United. A
:25:40. > :25:42.cruel blow for Dundee United, just when you thought they had managed to
:25:43. > :25:46.eke out what would have been their third league win of the season on an
:25:47. > :25:50.afternoon when they managed to score two goals in a league game for the
:25:51. > :25:55.first time since the 11th of August. It was an open and entertaining
:25:56. > :25:58.game, played in fairly wintry conditions with swirling rain and
:25:59. > :26:02.sleet and snow from time to time but plenty of goalmouth action. At the
:26:03. > :26:08.forefront was Billy McCulloch, the former Caledonian Thistle player,
:26:09. > :26:10.two X Caley Thistle players got the goals, John Rankin, recalled from
:26:11. > :26:14.the start, the experienced midfielder clipping in the first in
:26:15. > :26:18.the 26th minute, his first goal of the season exploiting the space down
:26:19. > :26:22.the left hand side regularly, and when the ball was pulled back it was
:26:23. > :26:27.drilled into the corner of the net by Rankin. Inverness Caley Thistle
:26:28. > :26:31.missed several chances in the first half, non-law so Ben James Vince and
:26:32. > :26:37.in front of an open goal from six yards somehow headed the ball -- no
:26:38. > :26:42.less by James Vince. Within seconds of the restart the ball was drilled
:26:43. > :26:46.beyond the Dundee United goalkeeper, left unmarked from across as the
:26:47. > :26:49.United fragility defensively was all too evident throughout the
:26:50. > :26:53.afternoon. Polworth could have edged his side back in front from his
:26:54. > :26:57.first shot blocked, his players screaming for the cutback but
:26:58. > :27:00.instead he had a go and the shot was blocked again. A mistake from Owain
:27:01. > :27:04.Fon Williams, the Welsh international goalkeeper, across
:27:05. > :27:07.from the left from Chris Erskine, the goalkeeper came out and spilled
:27:08. > :27:10.the ball and who else Billy McCulloch bundling in for his eighth
:27:11. > :27:15.goal of the season, the former Thistle player. Haas Billy
:27:16. > :27:19.McCulloch. In the second minute of stoppage time all of Dundee United's
:27:20. > :27:22.defensive foibles to haunt them, again the ball into the penalty
:27:23. > :27:27.area, this time the right-back getting up for it, Luis Arnau, his
:27:28. > :27:33.header was cleared but from behind the line as far as Dundee United
:27:34. > :27:36.were concerned -- Horner. John Hughes will feel vindication for his
:27:37. > :27:40.side for the effort they put into a fine game this afternoon. It
:27:41. > :27:43.finished Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2-2 Dundee United. We can
:27:44. > :27:50.hear from Easter Road where Hibs scored the late goal. Was that
:27:51. > :27:55.enough for the win? It was. The fans went on the pitch when the goal went
:27:56. > :27:59.in from Dominique Malonga. Queen of the South played really well, and it
:28:00. > :28:02.looked like a frustrating afternoon for Hibernian, trying to join
:28:03. > :28:06.Rangers at the top of the Championship. It was all about the
:28:07. > :28:09.second half despite the chances in the first half. The Hibernian
:28:10. > :28:13.Captain's desire shown in the 90th minute to get to the byline and hang
:28:14. > :28:17.up the cross, and Dominique Malonga from six yards, downward header into
:28:18. > :28:22.the roof of the net, the fans went crazy, people on the pitch, though
:28:23. > :28:25.bookings collateral that. Queen of the South can feel hard done by but
:28:26. > :28:30.this Hibs team are going the whole in this Championship with Rangers
:28:31. > :28:40.and Falkirk. It finished Hibernian 1-0 Queen of the South. Seems like
:28:41. > :28:46.he enjoyed that! Lets see if it was exciting at Firhill also.
:28:47. > :28:51.It finished Partick Thistle 1-0 Ross County. A benefited from Ross
:28:52. > :28:54.County's misfortune to win their fourth straight top-flight match for
:28:55. > :29:02.the first time in nearly 40 years, that fact is better than Neil Lamont
:29:03. > :29:05.at Celtic. Davies scored in his own net after a dreadful first half.
:29:06. > :29:11.Kris Doolan almost doubled the lead when he hit the crossbar twice in
:29:12. > :29:13.close succession later. The Jags into the Premiership's top six,
:29:14. > :29:18.winning six of their last nine matches. Partick Thistle 1-0 Ross
:29:19. > :29:21.County. That takes us nicely to this
:29:22. > :29:32.afternoon's classified results. Q the fourth official.
:29:33. > :33:01.Starting in the Ladbrokes Scottish Premiership, Celtic 1-2 Motherwell.
:33:02. > :33:13.Let's have a look at the league tables. Just the one point between
:33:14. > :33:36.the teams at the top, although Celtic have a game in hand.
:33:37. > :33:58.Rangers and hips now level on points in the Championship.
:33:59. > :34:15.In League One, Dunfermline opening up a little bit of a gap at the top.
:34:16. > :34:23.In League Two, Annan Athletic still on top despite losing today.
:34:24. > :34:30.In the Barclays English Premier League, Leicester City now five
:34:31. > :34:31.points clear at the top after winning away at Everton this
:34:32. > :34:48.afternoon. Let's have a look at the English
:34:49. > :34:57.Championship. Middlesbrough two points clear of Derby County at the
:34:58. > :34:59.top. At the bottom it does not get any better for Bolton Wanderers.
:35:00. > :35:11.Four points adrift now. Let's find out more about the action
:35:12. > :35:18.in the Premier League in England this afternoon. We can get the
:35:19. > :35:21.details now from John acres. Leicester City, bottom at Christmas
:35:22. > :35:27.one year ago, will be top of the pile on Christmas Day this year. One
:35:28. > :35:31.of the most unlikely stories in Premier League history. It is
:35:32. > :35:37.largely thanks to Riyad Mahrez and Jamie Vardy, and it was those two
:35:38. > :35:41.who did it again for them today. Nicely taken penalties from Riyad
:35:42. > :35:49.Mahrez, two of them today. He has got 13 for the season now. Tim
:35:50. > :35:52.Howard could have been sent off. Okazaki made it 3-1. Mirallas gave
:35:53. > :36:00.Everton some hope. They gave it a go at the end but Leicester deserved
:36:01. > :36:04.their victory. Cool finishing. By the way it was Lukaku who equalised
:36:05. > :36:09.in the first half for Everton. He has now got seven in a row, chasing
:36:10. > :36:16.Vardy's record. But it is Leicester's day. And it will be
:36:17. > :36:20.their Christmas. The only Scot in the Premiership, manager, that is,
:36:21. > :36:29.was away at Manchester United this afternoon. Their first win in more
:36:30. > :36:33.than a month and their first at Old Trafford since August 19 89. These
:36:34. > :36:39.three points will take them out of the allegations -- out of the
:36:40. > :36:43.relegation zone. Cameron Jerome Boateng first before setting up Alex
:36:44. > :36:48.Tettey that the second early in the second half. Anthony Martial reduced
:36:49. > :36:55.the arrears. Declan Rudd in the Norwich goal still only had one more
:36:56. > :37:00.shot to save. United's struggles continue, six without a win. Louis
:37:01. > :37:02.van Gaal under serious pressure. It will be an uncomfortable Christmas
:37:03. > :37:09.for him. Let's go to Stamford Bridge, where
:37:10. > :37:14.Chelsea started life after Jose at home to Sunderland this afternoon.
:37:15. > :37:20.Jackie Oakley reports. Chelsea 3-1 Sunderland. Guus Hiddink was here to
:37:21. > :37:25.watch but his name was not chanted once. Instead the name of Jose
:37:26. > :37:30.Mourinho was chanted throughout the match this notably when Fabregas and
:37:31. > :37:36.cost were substituted in the second half. It was two goals in 13 minutes
:37:37. > :37:41.from the invigorated Ivanovic and Pedro which did the damage. Oscar
:37:42. > :37:45.made it 3-0 from the penalty spot. Fabio Borini got one back for
:37:46. > :37:50.Sunderland, sparking them into life. They were much better in the second
:37:51. > :37:57.half. They created several other chances, as did Chelsea. Their fans
:37:58. > :38:03.highly frustrated that they did not play with such positivity recently
:38:04. > :38:07.under their idol. Why - that is the question. Southampton against
:38:08. > :38:12.Tottenham was watched by Tony husband. Pretty comfortable for
:38:13. > :38:15.Spurs once they handled a lively opening from Southampton in which
:38:16. > :38:22.Sadio Mane was denied by a fantastic save from Hugo Lloris. Harry Kane
:38:23. > :38:26.danced through the Saints defence to score. Within three minutes, Dele
:38:27. > :38:32.Alli effectively sealed it, side footing in at the back post. Hugo
:38:33. > :38:39.Lloris denied Southampton a grandstand finish with another
:38:40. > :38:44.fantastic save in stoppage time. But these two teams are going in
:38:45. > :38:48.different directions at the moment. Stuart, Chelsea - Mourinho has gone
:38:49. > :38:52.and it is as though they have been freed from the chains? I don't know
:38:53. > :38:59.about that. There is rumours that he refused to take his ?40 million
:39:00. > :39:02.severance pay and has given it back to the club for development.
:39:03. > :39:08.Interesting, the idea that Cesc Fabregas, when he was subbed, lead
:39:09. > :39:11.to even more challenging for Mourinho. Clearly he is one of the
:39:12. > :39:16.players singled out as having been disruptive in the dressing room etc.
:39:17. > :39:22.Let's talk about Man United losing at home to Norwich. A big win for
:39:23. > :39:28.Alec Neil. Louis van Gaal had said, if they lose, it is the end of the
:39:29. > :39:34.world... Well, for me, it is a question of when not if he is booted
:39:35. > :39:38.out of there. His team is rubbish. They have spent several fortunes on
:39:39. > :39:42.this team. The team is really poor. There is no connection with the
:39:43. > :39:46.fans. Van Gaal is losing matches which Man United should be winning.
:39:47. > :39:50.For me it is all over for him. Any high-profile managers looking for a
:39:51. > :39:59.gig down their?! I think there might be a couple. Mourinho, Guardiola is
:40:00. > :40:01.definitely a Man United guy. Leicester City, away to Everton.
:40:02. > :40:07.This time last year they were bottom. Now, they are top. Can they
:40:08. > :40:14.go on and win it? I don't think they can, actually. But you are a
:40:15. > :40:17.romantic! I am but it is extraordinary for them to be top at
:40:18. > :40:23.Christmas. Never say never, but that would be fantasyland. A wee bit of
:40:24. > :40:28.sad news, a broadcasting legend, Jimmy Hill, has passed away at the
:40:29. > :40:31.age of 87. I say broadcasting legend but there was much more to him? I
:40:32. > :40:36.think he was a phenomenal character and he will be much missed. Let's
:40:37. > :40:41.start with the Scottish perspective. He loved winding up Scotland fans
:40:42. > :40:45.and he had this acidic love hate relationship with them. But he
:40:46. > :40:49.actually loved Scotland a lot. He will always be denigrated for the
:40:50. > :40:54.so-called toe poke goal, Scotland against Brazil. He liked turning up
:40:55. > :41:00.in his St George is cross. You have got one of those as well! I have,
:41:01. > :41:06.two or three of them! But he was a visionary. Not just as a player when
:41:07. > :41:10.he was challenging the way players were paid in the nineteen 60s. Also
:41:11. > :41:13.as a director and chairman of Coventry City, he was looking
:41:14. > :41:18.forward to the days of all-seater stadium, where clubs had to be more
:41:19. > :41:23.cute about how they dealt with the community and whatever. Jenny Hill,
:41:24. > :41:29.much missed. I never met him but I felt like I knew him. I used to tune
:41:30. > :41:34.in every Saturday night and he was the guy who taught me about
:41:35. > :41:40.football. You could read the newspapers, but he was the man every
:41:41. > :41:43.Saturday night. Stuart is right, his contribution to football was way
:41:44. > :41:49.beyond television. All-seater stadiums, three points for a when,
:41:50. > :41:54.minimum wager abolition... He was a serious football guy. Much respected
:41:55. > :41:59.figure. Let's take time to reflect on an honour for another much
:42:00. > :42:05.reflected figure, this boat on one of Scottish football's all-time
:42:06. > :42:07.greats. -- bestowed. A statue of Billy Knott Neil was unveiled at
:42:08. > :42:35.Celtic Park this afternoon. -- Billy McNeill. Let's look back on
:42:36. > :42:40.some moments from the illustrious career of the man they called
:42:41. > :42:44.Caesar. Celtic captain Billy McNeill wins
:42:45. > :42:48.the toss... It is a goal from Billy McNeill!
:42:49. > :43:25.Billy McNeill has scored! Stuart, where does one start with a
:43:26. > :43:29.living legend? Well, you start with the emotions. That is tearful. You
:43:30. > :43:35.will never ever see that image again. Here is a Scottish guy
:43:36. > :43:38.captaining a Scottish club where see the players are Scots, lifting the
:43:39. > :43:45.greatest trophy in world football for clubs. We will never see the
:43:46. > :43:53.like again. He is also someone who bestrides the era. We had the great
:43:54. > :43:57.Jock Stein team, where they come to Celtic and he transforms them into
:43:58. > :44:00.the Lisbon Lions, and he lived through that period, captaining
:44:01. > :44:03.Celtic and playing for Scotland. One of the lovely bits of irony is, he
:44:04. > :44:08.also had Lithuanian ancestry. And the rules that are in place just
:44:09. > :44:13.now, he could have chosen to play Filippo Waimea over Scotland! I
:44:14. > :44:21.don't think they had a team then in the Soviet era! -- for Lithuania.
:44:22. > :44:26.Just as important a figure in the Celtic story as Jock Stein, do you
:44:27. > :44:33.think? Yes, he is colossus. The board and of a leader, a man. I am
:44:34. > :44:37.delighted about this tutor. Chu. It is a beautiful piece of art. I am so
:44:38. > :44:43.pleased that it was unveiled when he is alive. A lot of these things are
:44:44. > :44:46.unveiled when a great man has died. Fantastic to see his family there
:44:47. > :44:51.and to know that that is going to be there for ever. Jock Steen said
:44:52. > :44:58.Billy McNeill was a leader who made others around him play better. Yes,
:44:59. > :45:01.and that is the cusp of this. To be a great team you need people who can
:45:02. > :45:06.drive the extra 5% out of the players around them, and he was
:45:07. > :45:08.clearly that. You saw that in the game in Lisbon against Milan. Who
:45:09. > :45:11.would have thought that a Scottish club would do that and silence the
:45:12. > :45:22.greatest teams in Europe? He has an aura about him but no
:45:23. > :45:27.sense of perceptible ego. No, he's the most ordinary kind of superstar.
:45:28. > :45:31.But from a different era. From a different era but he is a gentle
:45:32. > :45:35.man. We can talk about his absolute greatness on the football pitch, but
:45:36. > :45:39.he's just above all a gentleman. Every time I've met him he has been
:45:40. > :45:43.polite. You wouldn't think he had achieved everything he achieved,
:45:44. > :45:47.that he was Celtic's greatest ever leader. And from a period of time
:45:48. > :45:52.when the biggest in Scotland took a bus to their training sessions come
:45:53. > :45:56.it is quite remarkable now that there is nobody in the current
:45:57. > :46:00.senior leagues in Scotland back and look that guy in the eye, an
:46:01. > :46:08.absolute legend. They only take the bus if they have lost their licence
:46:09. > :46:12.now! Let's go to contemporary matters. Celtic dropped points at
:46:13. > :46:20.home two Motherwell today. What is that going to do? It will not look
:46:21. > :46:31.great on Ronny Deila's CV. He will need ataxic and not a bus! -- need a
:46:32. > :46:34.taxi. It is a throwback to the past, the Celtic fans would wish they
:46:35. > :46:39.could go back to that era, because at the moment it is really a fee.
:46:40. > :46:47.Isle of Elmley said that if Ryedale motored away with the leak -- are
:46:48. > :46:51.always said if Ronny Deila. They would be OK to come back after the
:46:52. > :46:55.summer for another tilt at Europe. If that is repeated in the next few
:46:56. > :47:01.weeks it could be over for them. They are away to Hearts in the next
:47:02. > :47:04.match. Hearts are a grisly team that are difficult to beat even for the
:47:05. > :47:10.best and flamboyant teams in the division. But what I would say is I
:47:11. > :47:14.wonder if this is actually the result that will be the undoing of
:47:15. > :47:18.Ronny Deila. Obviously it comes very quickly after the failures in
:47:19. > :47:22.Europe. There is a lot of discontent, it's the match before
:47:23. > :47:26.Christmas. Celtic fans will have been hoping to simply see out this
:47:27. > :47:32.game, get three points and maintain. And they have to be looking at
:47:33. > :47:36.Aberdeen. They are a point behind and Derek McInnes must be worrying,
:47:37. > :47:41.looking back over that poor run they had early in the season and
:47:42. > :47:44.thinking, why did we do that? Derek McInnes, like Peter Houston,
:47:45. > :47:51.will say there is no title race involving his team. But he will say
:47:52. > :47:56.it to his players privately. Some buffoon on radio Scotland said some
:47:57. > :48:03.weeks ago that Aberdeen can't be trusted. Which one of the two of you
:48:04. > :48:08.was it? Unfortunately it was me! I looked at Aberdeen on the losing run
:48:09. > :48:13.and I thought there is no way they can sustain this but now it is one
:48:14. > :48:17.point. They are back to their brilliant best and it is four wins
:48:18. > :48:21.on the trot. That will be the headlines tomorrow, their victory.
:48:22. > :48:26.But it disguises another very important story, that is a
:48:27. > :48:28.horrendous home result for Kilmarnock who are looking at Dundee
:48:29. > :48:33.United securing a point up at Inverness. I think there is lots of
:48:34. > :48:37.discontent at that club that goes back to Michael Johnson's
:48:38. > :48:41.chairmanship. There is not huge satisfaction or unanimity about Gary
:48:42. > :48:45.Locke as manager, and the fans are deserting in their hundreds. Killie
:48:46. > :48:49.had high hopes for this season, they were targeting top six. I spoke to
:48:50. > :48:54.Gary Locke at the start of the season and he said he thought he had
:48:55. > :48:58.a better team than last season and the players could get them into the
:48:59. > :49:01.top half. There is vulnerability about them. They've conceded four
:49:02. > :49:04.against one of the top teams in the country but a few weeks ago they
:49:05. > :49:09.conceded five against Partick Thistle. There is a desperate
:49:10. > :49:13.flakiness about their defence. And a desperate situation developing for
:49:14. > :49:16.Kilmarnock. If Dundee United are getting it together, they got a
:49:17. > :49:20.point today that maybe they could have got three points. If Dundee
:49:21. > :49:25.United can get it together, Kilmarnock are now going to be in
:49:26. > :49:29.big trouble in 12th place. They are already hanging on. They are
:49:30. > :49:34.dropping like a stone if they end up in the play-off position and they
:49:35. > :49:38.get Falkirk. You wouldn't bet on it. Speaking of which, let's talk about
:49:39. > :49:42.the Championship. You said you thought Rangers might lack the
:49:43. > :49:46.stomach for the fight but Hibs don't. Allan Preston using the word
:49:47. > :49:51.desire. 94th minute goal this week, 92nd minute last week. It is
:49:52. > :49:57.troubling in a way that they are leaving it so late in games. But its
:49:58. > :50:01.solicitor to have of character in this team, there are leaders in this
:50:02. > :50:05.team. That is a huge result for them today. It is interesting at the top
:50:06. > :50:08.of the Premiership and the Championship today, some really
:50:09. > :50:10.interesting results. It begs the question whether goal difference
:50:11. > :50:15.will come into play because Celtic and Rangers both enjoy quite
:50:16. > :50:19.substantial goal difference. Does that matter? Is it an extra three
:50:20. > :50:21.points or not? We have a Rangers-Hibs match coming up. That's
:50:22. > :50:27.right, it is a corker. The 28th of Rangers-Hibs match coming up. That's
:50:28. > :50:30.December. I could hear at the Falkirk Stadium today the Rangers
:50:31. > :50:34.fans periodically during the match were giving the team a bit of stick,
:50:35. > :50:37.they are frustrated and I can understand that completely. For a
:50:38. > :50:41.lot of the match they were bossed by Falkirk, and they had a chance to
:50:42. > :50:45.get a draw and they blew it from the penalty spot. These are sticky times
:50:46. > :50:50.for Rangers because they are dropping points. It is ten points
:50:51. > :50:54.dropped in the last six. It is not supposed to be this way. At the
:50:55. > :50:58.start of the season they were swatting teams. Now they are having
:50:59. > :51:02.to dig the and not finding a lot. Briefly who is your tip for the
:51:03. > :51:07.championship now? That is putting me on the spot. I think it will go to
:51:08. > :51:14.the wire. I have a suspicion that Hibs will win it. I would say Hibs
:51:15. > :51:18.as well. Your boat tipping Hibs? You're going to be popular to night
:51:19. > :51:22.on the websites -- you are both tipping Hibs. Time is most up for
:51:23. > :51:26.today so I will remind you of some of the results. Big stories in the
:51:27. > :51:32.top two divisions in Scotland, Celtic losing at home to Motherwell,
:51:33. > :51:37.2-1 to Motherwell, congratulations. Aberdeen just one point behind
:51:38. > :51:39.Celtic at the top, 4-0 winners at Kilmarnock today. Partick Thistle
:51:40. > :51:49.enjoyed their fourth win on the spin, in the first time in the top
:51:50. > :51:52.flight for many years. Caley Thistle and Dundee United shared the spoils
:51:53. > :51:59.in the Highlands. St Johnstone and Hearts drawing a blank at Perth. In
:52:00. > :52:05.the Championship big stories there as well. Rangers losing at Falkirk.
:52:06. > :52:08.Hibs getting a late win at home to Queen of the South this afternoon.
:52:09. > :52:13.And a first win for the St Mirren manager. Just one sleep until the
:52:14. > :52:20.highlights show, don't worry I'm not on it this week. John is back in
:52:21. > :52:23.rude health. I will be back next week overindulging as usual with the
:52:24. > :52:26.Boxing Day edition of the results show and I will end on a
:52:27. > :52:31.cliffhangercancer Stuart Cosgrove make it to the radio studio in time
:52:32. > :52:36.for Off The Ball Saturday Supplement. I've set a few
:52:37. > :52:39.booby-traps along the corridor. It is Christmas. If he makes it he and
:52:40. > :52:45.Tam Cowan will be waiting for your call is. That is it, thank you to
:52:46. > :52:50.Stuart and Tom for their Wisdom and thank you to you for watching. I
:52:51. > :52:55.will not see you until Boxing Day unless I see you in the street. I
:52:56. > :52:58.hope you have a happy Christmas, and I hope Santa is good to you.