0:00:46 > 0:00:50It may feel like some holiday time, the SPL season is off and running
0:00:50 > 0:01:00and Scottish football is back on the BBC. Remember the final they
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0:02:49 > 0:02:56It is exit Walters Smith and enter Alleyne McCoist as Rangers manager.
0:02:56 > 0:03:01Their title defence kicked off yesterday at home to Hearts. We
0:03:01 > 0:03:07have one of their ex strikers with us for the next 45 minutes.
0:03:07 > 0:03:17This is how the new Premier League season got under way. 69 days at
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0:03:18 > 0:03:27the Rangers landed their third title on the trot. The flag was
0:03:27 > 0:03:30unfurled by the new Rangers owner, Craig Whyte. The defending
0:03:30 > 0:03:40Craig Whyte. The defending champions were minus the suspended
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0:03:59 > 0:04:09Templeton. He is alive while. Hearts have started the game very
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0:04:31 > 0:04:36spectacularly since he arrived here a year ago. 355 goals Ally McCoist
0:04:36 > 0:04:46scored for Rangers. A different proposition for him now. His first
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0:05:11 > 0:05:21game competitively as manager. goal in over a year. It is a
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0:05:22 > 0:05:31priceless one, 16 minutes in. Hearts lead the champions. Much to
0:05:31 > 0:05:41the delight of the gaffer. Beer the gaffer is not happy. Craig Levein
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0:06:05 > 0:06:15corner came in. Hartson we three new players in their starting line-
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0:06:32 > 0:06:42the goalkeeper. David Templeton has had a good first half. The
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0:06:50 > 0:07:00the free kick, but they did not get it either. Hearts could be a couple
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0:07:17 > 0:07:27of goals off before stop it was a be, Naysmith was pulling the
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0:07:59 > 0:08:09trigger. Rangers have been better great season last year For start he
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0:08:39 > 0:08:49has started well today when he has far. That was Naysmith. A couple of
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0:09:11 > 0:09:16chances now. Steven Naismith had That will come as a massive relief
0:09:16 > 0:09:26to Naysmith, who has missed a couple of good chances. He son it
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0:09:34 > 0:09:44well but wasn't under any kind of seen it time and time again from
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0:10:04 > 0:10:09Allan McGregor. This is another Hart's tongue around with the Old
0:10:09 > 0:10:14Firm last season, could you go any better? We just want to try to do
0:10:14 > 0:10:21better than last year. Tried to push on a little bit more in
0:10:21 > 0:10:27Belleek to try to hang onto their coat-tails. We have brought in some
0:10:27 > 0:10:32players over the summer which will better the squad to. Ryan MacGowan
0:10:32 > 0:10:36was a revelation yesterday. Did you expect that performance from him?
0:10:36 > 0:10:41did, I had six Mans with him on did, I had six Mans with him on
0:10:41 > 0:10:45loan and I knew exactly what he is all about. He did that the six
0:10:45 > 0:10:50months at Somerset playing right- back. He was waiting for his chance.
0:10:50 > 0:10:56He has worked hard pre-season and I am pleased to see it come together
0:10:56 > 0:11:00for him yesterday. He is not a kick is he, he is 21 and has been at the
0:11:00 > 0:11:05club for four years. Now is the time if he is going to make it or
0:11:05 > 0:11:15not? It was pointed out to him that he was not a kick any more and he
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0:11:20 > 0:11:23has to believe in himself. He did that, and one man of the match.
0:11:23 > 0:11:32Fantastic first half performance. The disappointment was that you did
0:11:32 > 0:11:37not score again? At half-time, we were looking at maybe two. To be 3-
0:11:37 > 0:11:410 up at Ibrox at half-time is not going to happen very often. We were
0:11:41 > 0:11:45disappointed we did not get an extra goal. But the performance was
0:11:45 > 0:11:50very good. The Rangers response at the start of the second half was
0:11:51 > 0:11:55inevitable? The manager stressed that to us at half-time, they were
0:11:55 > 0:12:02going to come out. They wouldn't just lie down and let us come back
0:12:02 > 0:12:10out and play that way we played in the first half. The came at us and
0:12:10 > 0:12:16we stood strong. It was a soft goal to give away. In the 90 minutes, we
0:12:16 > 0:12:21were happy with what we did. When Steven Naismith Mrs a couple, you
0:12:21 > 0:12:26can be pretty sure he will nail the next one? He does not let his head
0:12:26 > 0:12:30go down. And he had two chances before the goal. On another day he
0:12:30 > 0:12:35would make the score them. Any other player might put their head
0:12:35 > 0:12:39down and think it is not their day. But he kept going. Disappointing
0:12:39 > 0:12:41for Defence lost him? We will be disappointed looking back on it. We
0:12:41 > 0:12:48disappointed looking back on it. We maybe could have dealt with that a
0:12:48 > 0:12:52bit better. We had a bit of luck on the first cross. Another day that
0:12:52 > 0:13:00could have been out for a throw-in. We will be disappointed obviously
0:13:00 > 0:13:05losing a goal like that. It's was a great day. You have been 18 months
0:13:05 > 0:13:10with Hearts and you have had some great moments, is the importance of
0:13:10 > 0:13:14this Derby goal at Easter Road make this the first goal for you? It was
0:13:14 > 0:13:19special, to put us 1-0 up in the special, to put us 1-0 up in the
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Derby at Easter Road. This one again St Johnstone. The next one
0:13:22 > 0:13:27was something special as well because it was the win against
0:13:27 > 0:13:34Rangers in January? Yes, we were holding on to the fact we were
0:13:34 > 0:13:38pushing Rangers and Celtic at that stage. By all accounts we were not
0:13:38 > 0:13:43at our best that day and Rangers played very well. But for me to
0:13:43 > 0:13:47score the winner was very special. You are disappointed not to be
0:13:47 > 0:13:51starting yesterday. Competition for places seems to be massive. It is
0:13:51 > 0:13:58as if Jim Jefferies has accumulated two players for each position on
0:13:58 > 0:14:03the Park? It is healthy to have competition. I am disappointed
0:14:03 > 0:14:07personally for not playing. Every player wants to play every week.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10There is good players in front of me and I need to work hard in
0:14:10 > 0:14:17training and try and get back in the team. And when I get my chance,
0:14:17 > 0:14:23take it. Hot plate in the European qualifiers in Hungary on Thursday
0:14:23 > 0:14:28night. What is the feeling in the dressing room? -- Hearts play.
0:14:28 > 0:14:32are not going to take everything for granted. We watched Dundee
0:14:32 > 0:14:36United. Most people in Scotland won't know who they are, they will
0:14:36 > 0:14:41be good teams. The manager has stressed that to us. He has been to
0:14:41 > 0:14:44see them. We will be ready to go over there for Thursday and look to
0:14:44 > 0:14:54put on a good performance and hopefully come back with something
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0:14:55 > 0:15:05to build on for Tynecastle a week home game against Inverness.
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0:15:27 > 0:15:37youngster. Such PACE Conor Murphy has got. He almost used it to
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0:16:01 > 0:16:11Randolf good touch? Am not sure. -- Dyche Randolph get a touch? I am
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0:16:45 > 0:16:55Hammell scores his first goal in Aldred, what is he doing? He backs
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0:17:03 > 0:17:13cracking effort by Greg Tansey, who has just joined from Stockport.
0:17:13 > 0:17:30
0:17:30 > 0:17:40Great technique. You don't get much This time a fantastic one handed
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0:17:59 > 0:18:09Murphy, it can be so lethal. He will be happy with what he has seen
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0:18:22 > 0:18:32has one-touch, one thought on his mind, straight as a dice. That is
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0:18:33 > 0:18:37the icing on the cake, a fine He has never been renowned as the
0:18:37 > 0:18:41perfect goalscorer, Lasley, but he tends to chip in with a few. He is
0:18:41 > 0:18:51a very important player for Motherwell and think that is one
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0:18:56 > 0:19:00that this season he will be happy. You liked his first touch? He is
0:19:01 > 0:19:05looking to -- he knows straighter re what he wants to do. This is the
0:19:05 > 0:19:10goal of a completely different type from Murphy. It shows what he is
0:19:10 > 0:19:16all about. He passes the sin. a great finish. It shows what a
0:19:16 > 0:19:24full team is about. Even at the highest level it is a great goal.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27The movement of the ball, a great finish. It was form an orderly
0:19:27 > 0:19:32queue time for the Scouts in the directors' box, having a look at
0:19:32 > 0:19:35Jamie Murphy, who is 21, may be ripe for remove. I think Stuart
0:19:35 > 0:19:39McCall would like to think he can persuade him to continue his
0:19:39 > 0:19:43development with Motherwell, but it might become increasingly difficult.
0:19:43 > 0:19:47If he keeps playing like that, it will be. Stuart McCall will want to
0:19:47 > 0:19:51hold on to his best players and saying if he stays another season
0:19:51 > 0:19:54he can only get better, but he will know that the scouts are looking at
0:19:54 > 0:20:04him and if he keeps playing like that, bigger clubs will come
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0:20:13 > 0:20:22just points spilled by Hibs, Kilmarnock saved by the Bell. And a
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0:20:24 > 0:20:28The Aberdeen and St Johnstone fans have this weekend been making an
0:20:28 > 0:20:38early judgment on new signings. The two new look teams went head-to-
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0:21:05 > 0:21:15of the new season. That is a foul. position and -- Peter Enckelman was
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0:21:48 > 0:21:51Peter Enckelman. All very inviting didn't care for. Handbags, the
0:21:51 > 0:22:01basic ball into the box caused consternation in the Aberdeen
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0:22:12 > 0:22:17defence. In the end saved by the legs of Peter Enckelman. Mackie
0:22:17 > 0:22:27will surely be feeling he should have done better here. It has been
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0:22:31 > 0:22:34a match of few chances. That was real problems for Peter Enckelman.
0:22:34 > 0:22:42The wind has a serious factor inside Pittodrie. Look addicted to
0:22:42 > 0:22:52that delivery. -- look what it did to that delivery. The Saints keeper
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0:23:22 > 0:23:26safety. He has taken a knock in the off the bar and came back off the
0:23:27 > 0:23:36inside of the post. You don't get much closer than this. Agonising
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0:23:56 > 0:24:05for the teenager, who thought this the studs were rapt. It is not a
0:24:06 > 0:24:15difficult decision for the referee. The teenager is sent off. It was a
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0:24:31 > 0:24:41wide. A great effort by the substitute but could not find the
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0:24:43 > 0:24:53finish. This match stays cool us. - I said it was an easy decision for
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0:24:54 > 0:25:02the referee, was it a straight red think it is. He is leading with his
0:25:02 > 0:25:07foot, his momentum took him straight through. The referee was
0:25:07 > 0:25:11left with no choice but to send him off. He has overrun it and he is
0:25:11 > 0:25:14trying to get it back? There is no malice in it. He is disappointed he
0:25:14 > 0:25:18over ran it and he is trying to make amends on it. He stuck his
0:25:19 > 0:25:23foot out but his momentum taken us -- to come straight through Murray
0:25:23 > 0:25:28Davidson. It is exciting to see youngsters in action and see what
0:25:28 > 0:25:32they might become. Fraser Fyvie, he had a cruciate injury last season
0:25:32 > 0:25:37from which she came back late on, he looks to have beefed himself up
0:25:37 > 0:25:42at the gym. He has got a fair bit about his game. Have you seen much
0:25:42 > 0:25:47of him? Not much. He came on at Ginsters late last year before he
0:25:47 > 0:25:53got injured but he has been working hard on his rehab. He looks very
0:25:53 > 0:25:57strong. I think he is a very good player, a very good young player.
0:25:57 > 0:26:03In the same boat as Jamie Murphy, if he plays consistently well,
0:26:03 > 0:26:05week-in, week-out, big clubs will look at him. Aberdeen need to
0:26:05 > 0:26:09produce good players through their system, they don't have much money.
0:26:09 > 0:26:13Yes, it is a good sign for Scotland, the young players are coming
0:26:13 > 0:26:18through. Aberdeen is a big club and for young boy to be going there,
0:26:18 > 0:26:24doing that The Wrekin, week out, it is good for Scottish football.
0:26:24 > 0:26:28game to come in the SPL, the firm against St Mirren. The Pars in the
0:26:28 > 0:26:32big time after four years away. Can they survive, that will be their
0:26:32 > 0:26:39first target. They can look back at what invested last season. It was
0:26:39 > 0:26:42not just survival, it was more than that. Yes, any league for a third
0:26:42 > 0:26:45or 4th spot, it is about going on the run. We went on an amazing run
0:26:46 > 0:26:49last year and it pulls away from Dundee United and Motherwell and it
0:26:49 > 0:26:52is the same at the bottom, if Dunfermline can get a good start
0:26:52 > 0:26:57and go on a good run, am sure they can pull away and stay in the
0:26:57 > 0:27:00league as well. I was pleasantly surprised by Sigma in's summer
0:27:00 > 0:27:04signing of Steven Thompson, the former Rangers striker, who scored
0:27:04 > 0:27:07goals like this and his time and more recently has been playing with
0:27:08 > 0:27:16Cardiff and Burnley. He could be a top quality a position, couldn't
0:27:16 > 0:27:20it? -- acquisition. Yes, some people are looking and thinking it
0:27:20 > 0:27:27is a strange signing, him going there, but it is a great signing
0:27:27 > 0:27:36and he will help them. Other attacking options, Paul McGavin is
0:27:36 > 0:27:43a permanent fixture. He is capable of this. Yes, on and his day he can
0:27:43 > 0:27:47work a bit of magic. Hasselbaink is the same, he can do the same. They
0:27:47 > 0:27:50have two or three players, they can step in and help them out and the
0:27:50 > 0:27:54goal front. It will be an interesting night for Paul
0:27:54 > 0:27:58Gallacher, who has gone from one to the other, leaving St Mirren and
0:27:58 > 0:28:05signing for Dunfermline. He is a top keeper, he made these two save
0:28:05 > 0:28:08from you! World class, playing at a very high level. It is a great
0:28:08 > 0:28:12signing for Dunfermline, that is key to them staying in the league
0:28:12 > 0:28:16as well, having a good goalkeeper. It should be a good atmosphere
0:28:16 > 0:28:22tomorrow, they have been waiting a few years to get the big games
0:28:22 > 0:28:26back? Yes, they have. Dunfermline is a big club and the fans will be
0:28:26 > 0:28:30watching to get the season under way with the game starting
0:28:30 > 0:28:35yesterday and today, obviously another couple of games, and
0:28:35 > 0:28:45tomorrow night, getting into the SPL season. I look forward to it
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0:28:51 > 0:28:57myself. It is live on BBC Radio both satisfaction and frustration.
0:28:57 > 0:29:01Great new players and the Scottish Cup win. But there as plc's and
0:29:01 > 0:29:07started at Easter Road today against Hibernian Bostock mixed
0:29:07 > 0:29:17emotions for Neil Lennon, losers in the league and winning the Scottish
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0:29:38 > 0:29:48Cup. And facing a him steam still last time around. Trying to make
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0:30:36 > 0:30:44A great finish. That it will go down as a blunder from a Hibernian
0:30:44 > 0:30:54keeper. He ended up in no man's land. Anthony Stokes took full
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0:31:30 > 0:31:40his drink. A new pair of trousers needed a for the Hibernian boss. --
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0:31:55 > 0:32:05the area. Nothing doing. There are just not get it under control.
0:32:05 > 0:32:38
0:32:38 > 0:32:42Sung-Yeung. He scored a terrific goal in his last competitive outing
0:32:42 > 0:32:48in the Scottish Cup against Motherwell. He has got another one
0:32:48 > 0:32:55here on the opening day of the SPL campaign. Fantastic goal from the
0:32:55 > 0:33:05South Koreans. The Celtic supporters enjoying third day in
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0:33:55 > 0:34:05goalkeeper keeps Hibernian in it. Slightly Evertonian that the
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0:34:08 > 0:34:18mistake that led to the Anthony Stokes goal in the first half. Neil
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0:34:29 > 0:34:33Lennon is disappointed, but his play of the Celtic is Ki Sung-Yeung.
0:34:33 > 0:34:40Celtic won the title back from Rangers, will this be their season?
0:34:40 > 0:34:43It is still early days obviously. Celtic have a very strong squad.
0:34:43 > 0:34:48Rangers are looking a bit thin just now, but they will be looking to
0:34:48 > 0:34:52bring a couple of players in. The Celtic squad is very good just now.
0:34:52 > 0:34:57He had then you have a long and unhappy history of goalkeeping
0:34:57 > 0:35:00mistakes in big games, and maybe this one goes along with them? It
0:35:00 > 0:35:06was a great finish from Anthony Stokes, but it was handed on a
0:35:06 > 0:35:11plate? He will look back on it and think he may be should have punched
0:35:12 > 0:35:15it. You cannot take anything away from Anthony Stokes, it is a great
0:35:15 > 0:35:23touch and a good finish with so many bodies in the way and on the
0:35:23 > 0:35:28line. Be it Rangers or Celtic you want them to work for the goals?
0:35:28 > 0:35:34That is the thing about it. If you give them an easy goal, it makes
0:35:34 > 0:35:39your job harder. You want to make them struggle to get a goal. To
0:35:39 > 0:35:44give them a goal is criminal. Sung-Yeung turned in a great
0:35:44 > 0:35:50performance the Celtic. He is only 22, do you like him? Every time we
0:35:50 > 0:35:54have played against him he has been man of the match. He finds space,
0:35:54 > 0:35:59passes the ball well and very rarely gives it away. He is very
0:35:59 > 0:36:03good with both feet and he can score goals as well. Maybe
0:36:03 > 0:36:09Hibernian's stood off him a little bit and gave him too much room. If
0:36:09 > 0:36:14you do he is able to dictate isn't he? His passing range, you have to
0:36:14 > 0:36:18get somebody close to him to not let him get his head up and find
0:36:18 > 0:36:24the pass. Pick you give him time he can find it. It is what he did
0:36:24 > 0:36:29today. And scoring a goal Virk, reminiscent of the Cup final?
0:36:29 > 0:36:33yards out, shows how strong he is on both feet. A good have been a
0:36:33 > 0:36:43bigger win for Celtic, they have a penalty which Gary Cooper could not
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0:36:43 > 0:36:48converse. He has obviously gone in a bit too fast. The momentum has
0:36:48 > 0:36:54just taken him through and it is a penalty. The goalkeeper atoned with
0:36:54 > 0:37:04a great save. A great double save. Getting back up as quick as he did
0:37:04 > 0:37:07and touching it away. He will be disappointed with the first goal.
0:37:07 > 0:37:11Hibernian were not able to summon a shot at goal during the whole game,
0:37:11 > 0:37:16but they felt as though they should have had a penalty. Although I'm
0:37:16 > 0:37:23not so sure anybody else thought it was. What did you think? I don't
0:37:23 > 0:37:28think it was a penalty. You would feel hard done by if that was
0:37:28 > 0:37:32against us. You would feel hard done by, Wilson has just got a
0:37:32 > 0:37:37cross and there was a hand on the shoulder but I don't think it was a
0:37:37 > 0:37:43penalty. They are your big rivals in the cup, Colin Calderwood is in
0:37:43 > 0:37:47a state of confusion about where his career is going. He has had
0:37:47 > 0:37:53offers to be number two down south with Forest and Birmingham. Is it a
0:37:53 > 0:37:57difficult situation for the players? It is, the manager being
0:37:57 > 0:38:01called for two jobs in England, things are not going well for them
0:38:01 > 0:38:06on the pitch. It is a hard time for them and they will want things
0:38:06 > 0:38:10sorted out as soon as possible. They want to try to get playing
0:38:10 > 0:38:14well regularly and try to push back up the league. They are a big club
0:38:14 > 0:38:22and that is where they should be. The Dundee United, like without
0:38:22 > 0:38:32certain players began. This is what happened when they got together at
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0:38:51 > 0:38:58from six yards out. So often these go in for him, but not this time.
0:38:58 > 0:39:08They header blocked. Another chance, but back came off his own man. A
0:39:08 > 0:39:24
0:39:24 > 0:39:34double opportunity for Harkins in could have been an own goal. They
0:39:34 > 0:39:44ended up being a spectacular save. Kenny Shields looking for his first
0:39:44 > 0:39:56
0:39:56 > 0:40:04teenager strikes on his debut. A terrific hit. Exploding past the
0:40:04 > 0:40:14goalkeeper. Rory McEwen will long remember his first competitive
0:40:14 > 0:40:47
0:40:47 > 0:40:57set piece. And Kilmarnock not too minutes from time. That was
0:40:57 > 0:41:21
0:41:21 > 0:41:31thunderous from Swanson. The challenge. Running out of time
0:41:31 > 0:41:32
0:41:32 > 0:41:38looking for the winner. What a saved! Should he have pulled the
0:41:38 > 0:41:43trigger earlier? It looked like it, but this is great goalkeeping.
0:41:43 > 0:41:50He had all Baszczynski a chance to get all three points. Great goals,
0:41:50 > 0:41:58Danny Swanson and this one from the 18-year-old. Knock banned on your
0:41:58 > 0:42:05debut? Great strike. The fans will be looking forward to see him next
0:42:05 > 0:42:10week. But unstoppable shot. At the second attempt from Swanson?
0:42:10 > 0:42:14Swanson will be taking a bit of stick off his team-mates for the
0:42:14 > 0:42:21first strike. But the second one was a great goal. That is your
0:42:21 > 0:42:26opposition next Sunday at Tynecastle. Gomez, Conway had gone.
0:42:26 > 0:42:30But there is a lot of talent still there? Still some very good players.
0:42:30 > 0:42:35They have a good manager. It is going to be a tough game next
0:42:35 > 0:42:38Sunday. It is worth pointing out the only place you'll see football
0:42:38 > 0:42:44action from the season from all Scottish football's major
0:42:44 > 0:42:54competitions, the SPL, the Scottish Cup and the League Cup, plus
0:42:54 > 0:42:54
0:42:54 > 0:43:56Apology for the loss of subtitles for 108 seconds
0:43:56 > 0:44:03Scotland international is on BBC The Dunfermline game will be
0:44:03 > 0:44:05rearranged. We are back next Sunday night at the earlier time of