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First blood to Rangers, and it is 1-1. That is Jelavic. And Rangers | :00:41. | :00:51. | |
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are back in front. It is the Old Just another Sunday? I don't think | :00:55. | :00:59. | |
so. It was Old Firm time at Ibrox and Celtic have the chance to win | :00:59. | :01:03. | |
the title at the home of their biggest rivals. And this man was | :01:03. | :01:13. | |
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Yes, Fletcher! Harm Done Iraq's -- Hampden erupts. Lots of people will | :01:24. | :01:29. | |
join me in asking how you are, you're suffering from also that of | :01:29. | :01:33. | |
colitis, and you have not played since November. How are you | :01:33. | :01:39. | |
feeling? I am doing OK, I am slowly but surely listening to the medical | :01:39. | :01:44. | |
people in charge and trying to get myself right again. The challenge | :01:44. | :01:50. | |
and focus is being ready for next season. How bad does it get? | :01:50. | :01:54. | |
proved difficult to play under those conditions. I tried for a | :01:54. | :01:59. | |
long time and it was proving very difficult, not just to play, but | :01:59. | :02:06. | |
for my health in general, so me and the medical team decided it would | :02:06. | :02:11. | |
be better if I tried to get myself right during an extended period out | :02:11. | :02:16. | |
from the game and try to come back fully fit, and ready to play. | :02:16. | :02:19. | |
not just about football, it is about the bigger picture and your | :02:19. | :02:27. | |
future. Do you feel any uncertainty about what lies ahead? A little bit. | :02:27. | :02:33. | |
It is an unpredictable illness. Udimore -- you do not know what the | :02:33. | :02:39. | |
future holds. I have had great support from everyone in Scotland | :02:39. | :02:46. | |
than down in Manchester, my family, and I am positive that I will be | :02:46. | :02:51. | |
back to my best. You have been coaching Manchester United reserves. | :02:51. | :02:55. | |
Yes, I have been enjoying that, it is something that I have always had | :02:55. | :03:02. | |
a keen interest in, passing on advice to young players, so passing | :03:02. | :03:06. | |
on advice to these young players, and it also gets me out of the | :03:06. | :03:11. | |
house and keeps me busy! Darren Moss at Ibrox today to see if | :03:12. | :03:15. | |
Celtic could complete an amazing title turnaround by becoming | :03:15. | :03:21. | |
champions with an Old Firm victory. Rangers in turmoil, still in | :03:21. | :03:25. | |
administration and big doubts hanging over the club's future. | :03:25. | :03:29. | |
Celtic looking to bounce back from League Cup final defeat last Sunday | :03:29. | :03:36. | |
by winning the big prize the Sunday. Rangers brought back all the | :03:36. | :03:40. | |
experience they could muster, with Dorin Goian and Carlos Bocanegra | :03:41. | :03:48. | |
coming back into the defence. Celtic, without injured James | :03:48. | :03:51. | |
Forrest and Gary Hooper are only fit for a place on the bench, I | :03:51. | :04:01. | |
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both South Korean players playing, the title at Ibrox, the home of | :04:05. | :04:15. | |
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their great rivals. It is Rangers who are pressing again early on. | :04:16. | :04:26. | |
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Good passing from the hosts. Sone Aluko has got that through the legs | :04:26. | :04:31. | |
of Thomas Rogne, and that is still Sone Aluko, a brilliant! A | :04:31. | :04:40. | |
magnificent goal from Sone Aluko. Rangers have a deserved lead. What | :04:40. | :04:45. | |
a one from Sone Aluko. It all opened up for him. And he takes | :04:45. | :04:55. | |
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full advantage. He has been a star since signing in January. Ally | :04:55. | :05:05. | |
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McCoist will be delighted, although of the play. This is Georgios | :05:11. | :05:20. | |
Samaras, on his bike. He takes out Maurice Edu, but Anthony Stokes did | :05:20. | :05:27. | |
not catch that well at all. Allan McGregor took no chances. What a | :05:27. | :05:34. | |
one from Georgios Samaras. Celtic trying to get back on terms quickly. | :05:34. | :05:36. | |
Samaras got away from Carlos Bocanegra and Maurice Edu, the | :05:36. | :05:45. | |
square ball was on, but Allan McGregor made sure. The Rangers | :05:45. | :05:55. | |
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keeper once more or to meet the pulling of a terrific save. We have | :06:03. | :06:06. | |
seen Anthony Stokes scored from that kind of area before with his | :06:06. | :06:16. | |
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of space for Lee Wallace. Rangers clearly mean business in this game. | :06:32. | :06:42. | |
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well send of Cha Du-Ri. He has! Celtic down to ten men. It is a | :06:54. | :07:00. | |
massive task facing them now. Rangers have their tails up and a | :07:00. | :07:05. | |
one-man advantage as well as the lead. There is no sign of Neil | :07:05. | :07:10. | |
Lennon in the second half. On the phone to the Celtic boss, by the | :07:10. | :07:20. | |
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Wanyama, and he is going to go, here, as well. Celtic are down to | :07:23. | :07:33. | |
nine men. Not what they needs. But it is a two-footed challenge | :07:33. | :07:42. | |
despite the fact that he won the ball, he had to go. Sone Aluko | :07:42. | :07:52. | |
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fears that one past the post -- fizzed that one. Neil Lennon sent | :07:53. | :08:03. | |
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off at half-time, possibly for from the substitute. Unorthodox | :08:10. | :08:16. | |
goalkeeping from Fraser Forster. Rangers fans will be delighted to | :08:16. | :08:25. | |
see a Kyle Lafferty back after a two-month side. -- after two months | :08:25. | :08:35. | |
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winning their SPL title today. Fraser Forster Bees that out until | :08:39. | :08:43. | |
that is only half clear, and the rebound saved as well from the | :08:43. | :08:53. | |
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Celtic keeper. -- Fraser Forster peak so that about -- beats that | :08:54. | :09:04. | |
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have not read the script. -- Andrew Little. Despite being the hosts, | :09:22. | :09:25. | |
despite being the has built Champions, Rangers now have a 2-0 | :09:25. | :09:32. | |
lead against Celtic who are down to nine men. Andy Little with his | :09:32. | :09:41. | |
first touch, makes it 2-0. Celtic have not lost in the league since | :09:41. | :09:50. | |
the beginning of October. That has been given away by Adam Matthews. | :09:50. | :10:00. | |
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And it is 3-0. Celtic might well win the title, it is only a matter | :10:03. | :10:12. | |
of time, but the Old Firm bragging rights today are what Rangers -- | :10:12. | :10:16. | |
with Rangers. Lee Wallace with they can't finish. He has had a couple | :10:16. | :10:25. | |
of chances and has finally found the net. Rangers showing defines. - | :10:25. | :10:35. | |
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- defiance. Thomas Rogne could not find the target. It is turning out | :10:37. | :10:41. | |
to be a very disappointing month for Celtic, that none ending at | :10:41. | :10:46. | |
Aberdeen, losing the League Cup final last weekend. That is a | :10:46. | :10:54. | |
penalty. Carlos Bocanegra with the challenge. Three minutes left. | :10:54. | :11:03. | |
Carlos Bocanegra will be sent off as well. 10 against nine. It looks | :11:03. | :11:07. | |
too late to have any end of the impact on the game although Celtic | :11:07. | :11:12. | |
have a chance with a spot kick. Scott Brown to take it. Fantastic | :11:12. | :11:20. | |
penalty. Likely to be the only consolation but that is as good a | :11:20. | :11:29. | |
penalty as you will see. The 6: the season for Scott Brown. -- the 6th | :11:29. | :11:39. | |
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goal of the season. That is a free kick. Three minutes of stoppage | :11:40. | :11:48. | |
time, still to play. Kris Commons, to Thomas Rogne, and it is 3-2. It | :11:48. | :11:55. | |
has surely come too late for Celtic. Nine men making a good fist of it | :11:55. | :11:59. | |
in the last dying seconds of the game. A second goal for Celtic, but | :11:59. | :12:09. | |
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It has been a strange season, but the performances against Celtic | :12:19. | :12:24. | |
here Karpin the high points. congratulate Rangers on their | :12:24. | :12:28. | |
victory. I have no problem but there were difficult circumstances | :12:28. | :12:32. | |
and how they might one. Are we did not want to win the game to stop | :12:32. | :12:36. | |
Celtic winning the title. He wanted to win the game because we are | :12:36. | :12:39. | |
playing the biggest rivals and one of the biggest fixtures of the | :12:39. | :12:43. | |
season. The first one is not a sending off, the second one is | :12:44. | :12:50. | |
borderline. It is a joke. I spoke quite quietly with the referee. I | :12:50. | :12:56. | |
did not swear, I did not. My finger. I have got witnesses. I did my team | :12:56. | :13:00. | |
talk at half-time and I got pulled into the referee's room and told I | :13:00. | :13:10. | |
could not do my job. It would not be an Old Firm match without it | :13:10. | :13:13. | |
being some talking points. How did that compare in terms of | :13:13. | :13:17. | |
atmosphere? Fantastic atmosphere. Both sets of fans caught behind | :13:17. | :13:23. | |
their own site. There was little negativity towards the opposition. | :13:23. | :13:30. | |
Each side wanted to celebrate their own players. It was about Celtic | :13:30. | :13:35. | |
homing in on the title and Rangers fans hoping that their club was | :13:35. | :13:38. | |
still alive. What do you make of the financial problems at Rangers | :13:38. | :13:43. | |
and their effect on the Scottish game? It is not good for the | :13:43. | :13:47. | |
Scottish game. As a neutral, you want to see them come out of it. | :13:47. | :13:51. | |
You feel sorry for the fans and the players and the staff involved, but | :13:51. | :13:57. | |
the fans caught behind their team, gave supporter Rangers, same as the | :13:57. | :14:01. | |
Celtic fans, their in a carnival atmosphere because they thought | :14:01. | :14:05. | |
Celtic would win the League 2 day and they will go on and win the | :14:05. | :14:13. | |
league but could not just do it today. How important was early Park | :14:13. | :14:16. | |
of the match, with Sone Aluko finding pockets of space between | :14:16. | :14:21. | |
the Celtic defenders? It was the real difference in the first half. | :14:21. | :14:26. | |
He was finding pockets of space in behind the Celtic defence. | :14:26. | :14:31. | |
Difficult to pick up. He had a few chances before he eventually scored. | :14:31. | :14:36. | |
He was a real handful for Celtic. Lee Wallace could have done better | :14:36. | :14:42. | |
with that. And what composure at the end of this one to find the | :14:42. | :14:49. | |
finish. It is a fantastic goal. The build-up is fantastic. He slows | :14:49. | :14:55. | |
down and comes inside, and on his weaker, right foot, after all that | :14:55. | :14:58. | |
hard work, he got there and finished off the chance | :14:58. | :15:04. | |
fantastically well. Goalkeepers can have a big say in the outcome of | :15:04. | :15:07. | |
autumn games. You know Allan McGregor will from Scotland duty. | :15:07. | :15:12. | |
He pulled off a couple of important saves. He saves things that you do | :15:12. | :15:17. | |
not expect them to save sometimes. That is a great save, that may drop | :15:17. | :15:21. | |
in, and he gets back to put it over the bar. He is a fantastic | :15:21. | :15:25. | |
goalkeeper. I have worked closely with him and the Scotland squad. | :15:25. | :15:32. | |
You see him in training. That is another fantastic save. What do you | :15:32. | :15:35. | |
make of those red cards were Celtic? That the referee get it | :15:35. | :15:45. | |
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The I think in a letter of the law he gets it right. I think the first | :15:47. | :15:53. | |
one is definitely a bit soft, but there is contact. Lee Wallace goes | :15:53. | :15:59. | |
down when he feels the contact. It is outside the box. But the key is | :15:59. | :16:04. | |
denied a goalscoring opportunity. What about the attitude between the | :16:04. | :16:11. | |
two matches -- between the two teams? Or Rangers simply better a | :16:11. | :16:17. | |
to the blocks today? I think Rangers had more to get out of the | :16:17. | :16:24. | |
game today. They think stopping them winning the league today at | :16:24. | :16:29. | |
Ibrox was a big thing for them. You could see that in their attitude | :16:29. | :16:36. | |
throughout the match. A great sign about the future for Rangers was | :16:36. | :16:41. | |
the performance of Reece McCabe. Right at the heart of the | :16:41. | :16:46. | |
performance was a 19-year-old. technique in his passing was | :16:46. | :16:54. | |
fantastic. For such a young lads to go into such a hostile atmosphere, | :16:54. | :17:00. | |
to show that composure, I thought his performance was really mature. | :17:00. | :17:04. | |
Great for a hundred little to come off the bench and score with his | :17:04. | :17:10. | |
first touch. It was an important goal because it was their second. | :17:11. | :17:15. | |
As far as Neil Lennon is concerned, he has a problem with this because | :17:15. | :17:20. | |
he reckons there was an offside. will only be an offside if Kyle | :17:20. | :17:24. | |
Lafferty gets it touched. It is very difficult to see if he does | :17:24. | :17:34. | |
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get a touch. His movement, by Andrew Little, was fantastic. | :17:36. | :17:40. | |
is Lee Wallace winning the ball, then charging forward. It was a | :17:40. | :17:46. | |
great goal, wasn't it? Yes, he deserved it for his performance | :17:46. | :17:52. | |
today. Up and down that left wing. The weight of the past year from | :17:52. | :17:57. | |
Steven Davis is fantastic. That makes the goal. And thoroughly | :17:57. | :18:02. | |
deserved goal for him. A great comeback from Celtic. It was pretty | :18:03. | :18:07. | |
impressive. It all started off with the third red card of the match, | :18:07. | :18:13. | |
with Carlos Bocanegra. A great attitude from Celtic. For nine men | :18:13. | :18:21. | |
to get two goals back shows great spirit. I think he was a little bit | :18:21. | :18:29. | |
unfortunate. But the key tries to pull out of the challenge. There is | :18:29. | :18:34. | |
slight contact and it is a penalty. You can see Carlos Bock an | :18:34. | :18:39. | |
aggressive start to slide, realises he is not making and then tries to | :18:39. | :18:45. | |
pull out. By the letter of the law it is a red card. This was a great | :18:45. | :18:51. | |
header by Thomas Rogne. I great cross as well. A fantastic, | :18:51. | :18:58. | |
powerful header. Celtic will be frustrated by what happened today. | :18:58. | :19:01. | |
Looking at the big picture, Celtic will win the title by a country | :19:01. | :19:06. | |
mile. Argue impressed about the quality of the squad assembled by | :19:06. | :19:12. | |
Neil Lennon? It is fantastic. A difficult start, but they have come | :19:12. | :19:18. | |
on strong. He has picked up some fantastic signings. He has shown a | :19:18. | :19:24. | |
real eye for a player. They look very strong. They will be | :19:24. | :19:28. | |
disappointed by two defeats in two weeks, but they will go on to win | :19:28. | :19:35. | |
the title. They have played some fantastic football. Let's look at | :19:35. | :19:45. | |
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off. He it was a fantastic run by Lee Wallace. Cha Du-Ri is on the | :19:50. | :19:55. | |
wrong side of him. You can see there was a slight pull. Lee | :19:55. | :20:01. | |
Wallace fills the contact and goes down straight away. By a collector | :20:01. | :20:07. | |
of the law, it was a red card. This one come as soon as you go in with | :20:07. | :20:12. | |
2 ft studs showing it is not a matter red card. This will be | :20:12. | :20:16. | |
disappointing for Celtic. To go down to nine men it is an uphill | :20:16. | :20:23. | |
battle. That made it very difficult. Is it strange that the game should | :20:23. | :20:33. | |
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It was not a bad-tempered game. There were not too many bad tackles | :20:33. | :20:38. | |
in the game and it was played in good spirits. I think overall | :20:38. | :20:41. | |
figure game was played at a good tempo with good football being | :20:41. | :20:47. | |
played. It was a great advertisement for Scottish football. | :20:47. | :20:52. | |
The red cards are unfortunate, but by the letter of the lot, they are | :20:52. | :20:56. | |
red cards but referees have to do their job. Rangers have serious | :20:56. | :21:02. | |
competition for runners up spot. Motherwell were hoping to gain | :21:02. | :21:12. | |
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the League Cup Trophy cure at Rugby Park. A guard of honour for | :21:23. | :21:29. | |
Motherwell for the League Cup winners. There was triumph and | :21:29. | :21:39. | |
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tragedy at Hampden Park. A minute's across. Only just wide. The two | :21:58. | :22:08. | |
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games already this season between gets the second chance and scores! | :22:22. | :22:27. | |
Paul Heffernan with the finished five minutes into the second half. | :22:27. | :22:33. | |
Fowler with the past. Denied the first time but be both the | :22:33. | :22:43. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 47 seconds | :22:43. | :23:30. | |
goalkeeper and Hutchinson on the Humphrey. There was to be no touch | :23:30. | :23:40. | |
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You were watching the League Cup final last Sunday. It changes the | :23:41. | :23:47. | |
complexion of the season from then -- for them. A fantastic day for | :23:47. | :23:51. | |
Kilmarnock. Maybe finishing in the bottom have but the table this | :23:51. | :23:56. | |
season, but to win to League Cup is a massive achievement for | :23:56. | :24:02. | |
Kilmarnock. It just shows you the confidence that winning a trophy | :24:02. | :24:10. | |
can breed in a team. May stem motions this week for Kilmarnock | :24:10. | :24:15. | |
with the death of Liam Kelly's father, but the Cup when getting | :24:15. | :24:20. | |
hit celebration. What a season Motherwell are having and at | :24:20. | :24:25. | |
Rangers almost certainly not making it into Europe, it looks as if | :24:25. | :24:29. | |
Motherwell will be in the Champions League qualifiers. It is | :24:29. | :24:37. | |
unbelievable when you think about it. To get the chance because of | :24:37. | :24:40. | |
Rangers''s undoing, to get a chance in the Champions League would be | :24:40. | :24:45. | |
exciting times ahead for the Motherwell fans and hopefully bring | :24:45. | :24:49. | |
in some good financial rewards. I think everybody will be excited | :24:49. | :24:59. | |
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looking at the draw to see who they versus Hearts, both seeking | :25:03. | :25:13. | |
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behind at St Johnstone at the start of the day, plenty was at stake. | :25:17. | :25:24. | |
Jody Morris started the sparring. Would we get any knockout punches? | :25:24. | :25:31. | |
In the 29th minute, hearts swept forward. Jason Holt wasn't just the | :25:31. | :25:38. | |
right place to put hearts into the lead. The 19-year-old on his first | :25:38. | :25:43. | |
start getting his first goal. Didn't he take it well? Things | :25:43. | :25:53. | |
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looking good for hearts, but since Johnson had other ideas. The cross | :25:57. | :26:04. | |
was perfectly met by Murray Davidson. The League Four Hearts | :26:04. | :26:11. | |
lasted just five minutes. Into the second half and there was a | :26:11. | :26:20. | |
speculative shot from the edge of the area. Four Hearts, Scott | :26:20. | :26:30. | |
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Robinson would try his luck from 20 yards. Then, after a suspiciously | :26:31. | :26:37. | |
high booked, the striker worked his way into the box and went down | :26:37. | :26:41. | |
under the challenge. The Lithuanian defender sticking out the leg, | :26:41. | :26:46. | |
missing the ball, but not the man. There is a school of thought that | :26:46. | :26:51. | |
the man who wins the penalty should not take it, but he clearly didn't | :26:52. | :26:55. | |
attend that school with the Spaniard shooting high into the net | :26:55. | :27:02. | |
to make it two goals to one. His 16th goal of the season. Hearts has | :27:02. | :27:12. | |
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do the trick for Hearts. The defence was in disarray, but the | :27:19. | :27:26. | |
final touch was just off target. More frustration, the post and a | :27:26. | :27:36. | |
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Aberdeen fans. The cross caused consternation, but it was cleared | :27:48. | :27:55. | |
for a corner. Aberdeen put another ball into the box with useful | :27:55. | :28:05. | |
effect. Gavin Rae with the Scot -- with the shot just wide. It was | :28:05. | :28:13. | |
Inverness who dominated the first 45 minutes. Gregory Tade had a | :28:13. | :28:23. | |
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relatively simple task of scoring ran down the right wing, but his | :28:43. | :28:49. | |
cross was punched to safety by the goalkeeper. Things were warming up | :28:49. | :28:57. | |
in terms of matters of discipline as well. Ash will whistle in the | :28:57. | :29:07. | |
direction of Josh Meekings -- a shrill whistle. In the 50th minute, | :29:07. | :29:14. | |
Josh Meekings was sent off. Another yellow card, this time for a foul | :29:14. | :29:24. | |
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as you would expect with a man advantage, but Inverness should | :29:28. | :29:37. | |
have made it to Ivan 0. Gregory Tade by now the man with no number, | :29:37. | :29:42. | |
with the replacement sure bereft of his No. 15. Despite their second | :29:42. | :29:48. | |
that dominance Aberdeen struggled to create openings. 1-0-Inverness | :29:48. | :29:55. | |
it finished but it should allay any lingering fears of a potential | :29:55. | :30:01. | |
lingering fears of a potential relegation scrap. You were round | :30:01. | :30:05. | |
quite a few clubs as a boy, I thought you might have ended a pat | :30:05. | :30:08. | |
Hearts. Hearts was the first professional club by started | :30:08. | :30:12. | |
training with. Why have fond memories of playing and training at | :30:12. | :30:20. | |
Tynecastle. They brought four Under 21 players into their team | :30:20. | :30:24. | |
including 19-year-old Jason Hoult who scored their goal. There was a | :30:24. | :30:30. | |
time when Hearts were buying players from abroad. Maybe now | :30:30. | :30:36. | |
youngsters can get into the top team. Fantastic finish their, yes. | :30:36. | :30:41. | |
As you said, for Hearts to bring in young players it is good for the | :30:41. | :30:45. | |
Scottish game and I'm sure fans like it as well. Hearts fans will | :30:45. | :30:49. | |
love to see these young players and will get behind them to progress | :30:49. | :30:54. | |
their career and lots of Scottish clubs should invest in youth, | :30:54. | :30:58. | |
because it pays dividends in the future. They battle for SPL | :30:58. | :31:04. | |
survival could go down to the Wire, with highlights of heads against | :31:04. | :31:08. | |
them berated coming up, but first, then turn on again St Mirren. With | :31:08. | :31:12. | |
a new manager on board, the first game in charge for Jim Jefferies | :31:12. | :31:15. | |
game in charge for Jim Jefferies after the sacking of Jim McIntyre. | :31:15. | :31:21. | |
The best of the action from the East End Park with clear Macleod. - | :31:21. | :31:31. | |
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Hassell Bank warned not want to watch that one back, area. -- | :31:45. | :31:53. | |
Hasselbaink. Corner kick. Jim Jefferies back in the dug-out, this | :31:53. | :32:03. | |
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time with Dunfermline. Thomson with the header, and it is 1-0-St Mirren. | :32:03. | :32:09. | |
It has been a problem for Dunfermline all season, defending | :32:10. | :32:19. | |
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corner kicks has been an Achilles cleared. It drops to Buchanan, he | :32:29. | :32:37. | |
goes down. And it is up in. This is interesting because St Mirren were | :32:37. | :32:42. | |
denied a goal in the replay in midweek because the referee blew | :32:42. | :32:46. | |
for a penalty kick. That could easily have been the spot kick. | :32:46. | :32:49. | |
This time the referee played advantage, despite Buchanan going | :32:49. | :32:58. | |
down. Dunfermline have a crucial leveller. That was Mason. Sampson | :32:58. | :33:08. | |
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got down. The keeper clawed at it. Blocked on the line by Graham Carey. | :33:15. | :33:19. | |
Dunfermline, without a victory at home all season, four points adrift | :33:19. | :33:29. | |
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at the bottom. Good stuff from Cardle. He has been lively. He has | :33:38. | :33:48. | |
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Paul McGowan. Good effort. He made his way into the penalty area. Good | :34:01. | :34:11. | |
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ball from Hasselbaink. Now, on to heads against Dundee United. -- | :34:16. | :34:25. | |
Hibs. Nobody picked up the corner kick. Leigh Griffiths was typed on | :34:25. | :34:35. | |
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the angle. -- tight on. Jon Daly goes up for it and Graham Stack has | :34:36. | :34:46. | |
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to catch that one over the top. -- touch that one. Gary Mackay Stephen | :34:46. | :34:56. | |
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has been terrific so far, today. Just pushed away, great play from | :34:58. | :35:06. | |
Dundee United. Jon Daly, almost getting on the end of this. That is | :35:06. | :35:10. | |
some lovely skill and delight for play. Just couldn't match it with | :35:10. | :35:20. | |
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the finish -- delightful play. Beat three players before getting the | :35:22. | :35:32. | |
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this. Dusan Pernis comes out. The cross is not the way. Leader of | :35:38. | :35:43. | |
this was shouting for the decision against a goalkeeper. He came out, | :35:43. | :35:49. | |
trying to push the ball away with his hand. Nicking nothing of the | :35:49. | :35:59. | |
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return ball. -- making nothing. Johnny Russell has made a good run. | :36:01. | :36:06. | |
He pushes it on to John Rankin, the shot as deflected and it is a goal | :36:06. | :36:13. | |
for Johnny Russell. Dundee United have the lead after 65 minutes, a | :36:14. | :36:19. | |
deserved lead. Johnny Russell and Bob three times, John Rankin with | :36:19. | :36:24. | |
the shot that came back off Graham Stack and it is simply clip in by | :36:24. | :36:34. | |
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Johnny Russell. That chance came Gary Mackay-Steven, with the chance, | :36:46. | :36:53. | |
it is through the goalkeeper and in, a mistake by Graham Stack and | :36:53. | :36:59. | |
Dundee United extend their lead. Gary Mackay-Steven has been the | :36:59. | :37:09. | |
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best player on the pitch and has Arguably the form team in Scottish | :37:11. | :37:16. | |
football, Dundee United. Gary Mackay-Steven at the moment is a | :37:16. | :37:25. | |
stand-out, every week. His form has been fantastic. The skill, | :37:25. | :37:28. | |
composure and confidence he has shown, he is getting better with | :37:28. | :37:33. | |
each game. He is working with a very good manager who will tell him | :37:33. | :37:36. | |
to go and express himself Andrew can see that he is doing that. That | :37:37. | :37:40. | |
was great skill, and he was unfortunate with the shot. He | :37:40. | :37:44. | |
deserved his goal because he was relentless. He was the difference | :37:44. | :37:50. | |
between the teams. He does everything right. You want to shoot | :37:50. | :37:52. | |
warned Alba cross the goalkeeper and make the goalkeeper work and | :37:52. | :37:57. | |
that was a great finish. When you are on form he can do things like | :37:57. | :38:03. | |
this. Fantastic skill and confidence to try that. To pull | :38:03. | :38:07. | |
that off and try it in a match situation shows how he is on top of | :38:07. | :38:13. | |
his game. Another 21-year-old at Dundee United is doing good things | :38:13. | :38:18. | |
and that is Johnny Russell. Both of them featured for Scotland Under | :38:18. | :38:22. | |
21s against their Dutch counterparts. Johnny Russell is a | :38:22. | :38:28. | |
confident player as well. He has been having a fantastic season and | :38:28. | :38:32. | |
has scored a lot of important goals. Great first touch and the composure | :38:32. | :38:40. | |
to finish it. These young lads are playing with such confidence. That | :38:40. | :38:48. | |
comes from their manager, telling them to go and express themselves | :38:48. | :38:56. | |
and they are going out there and doing it. We can confirm the places | :38:56. | :39:02. | |
in the Scottish Premier League. 18 points in it for Celtic, they might | :39:02. | :39:08. | |
clinch the game -- the title next week, they might not. Rangers and | :39:08. | :39:13. | |
the battle for that runners-up spot. Kilmarnock still with a remote | :39:13. | :39:18. | |
chance of making the top six. It is looking unlikely. Three points | :39:18. | :39:26. | |
between the bottom two Hibernian and Dunfermline. Just talking about | :39:26. | :39:31. | |
Scotland. You must be champing at the bit to get back for club and | :39:31. | :39:35. | |
country, when we see moments like this, playing in the dark blue of | :39:36. | :39:40. | |
Scotland, you must be dying to get back. You cannot describe the | :39:40. | :39:46. | |
feeling of scoring for your country at Hampden Park. That goal should | :39:46. | :39:51. | |
have been the winner but the decisions cost us. I am desperate | :39:51. | :39:55. | |
to get back for Scotland, back to captaining my country, which I take | :39:55. | :40:01. | |
great pride in doing. Mixed feelings about the last qualifying | :40:01. | :40:08. | |
campaign in that there was progress made but ultimately, and successful. | :40:08. | :40:12. | |
Yes, there was progress made and but for some shocking decisions we | :40:12. | :40:17. | |
would have made the play-offs. It was a big ask to win the game but | :40:17. | :40:23. | |
we did not do it. But we put in a good performance. We are going in | :40:24. | :40:28. | |
the right direction, without a doubt. When you do not make it to | :40:28. | :40:31. | |
finals it becomes that more difficult the next time because you | :40:31. | :40:36. | |
move down the seedings. What do you make of the matches coming up for | :40:36. | :40:41. | |
Scotland at the start of the World Cup qualifying campaign? When you | :40:41. | :40:48. | |
look at the overall grip, the teams are tight in terms of ability. | :40:48. | :40:52. | |
Every one of those teams will fancy their chances. There will be a lot | :40:52. | :40:59. | |
of points to play for, a lot of points dropped. The act is a | :40:59. | :41:01. | |
qualification campaign which might go to the Wire with a dog-eat-dog | :41:01. | :41:06. | |
approach. All those teams will be capable of taking points off each | :41:06. | :41:13. | |
other. We start with two home games and that is vitally important we | :41:13. | :41:19. | |
get off to a good start. The focus will be on getting a good start | :41:19. | :41:23. | |
with those two home games at Hampden and then see where it will | :41:23. | :41:28. | |
take us. There is an interesting title is happening so it of the | :41:28. | :41:33. | |
border. I am wondering whether this wily old fox also your team through | :41:33. | :41:37. | |
to the title against the other half of Manchester. Nobody has any more | :41:37. | :41:43. | |
experience. What he has achieved for the club, Manchester United, it | :41:43. | :41:48. | |
would not be what it is today on or off the pitch without Sir Alex | :41:48. | :41:53. | |
Ferguson. He is one of the factors that will be to our advantage in | :41:53. | :41:58. | |
this fascinating run-in. You have gone through a difficult situation. | :41:58. | :42:04. | |
How has he been with you? I could not ask for anything more. He wants | :42:04. | :42:09. | |
me to come back but he knows how important it is for my general | :42:09. | :42:13. | |
health, that I am fine. He told me to take as much time as I need to | :42:13. | :42:21. | |
get myself fit. Embarking on the coaching career, perhaps area than | :42:21. | :42:31. | |
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you planned, -- earlier, you could not have anyone better than Sir | :42:32. | :42:36. | |
Alex Ferguson. You could not ask of anyone better, to watch and learn | :42:36. | :42:43. | |
from the best, day in, and day out. What has he got that makes him so | :42:43. | :42:50. | |
special? The experience of having been there, done that, the hunger | :42:50. | :42:54. | |
and desire, you still first onto the training ground every day, that | :42:54. | :43:02. | |
shows great desire to win and to keep winning in the future. Just | :43:02. | :43:07. | |
wrapping up what we spoke about, the big decision coming in the | :43:07. | :43:11. | |
summer in terms of what happens next will do. If I can get my voice | :43:12. | :43:18. | |
back... I will be back next season captaining Manchester United and | :43:18. | :43:25. | |
Scotland. Let's have a look at what comes next in the Clydesdale Bank | :43:25. | :43:35. | |
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Premier League. Wednesday night, Inverness against St Johnstone. | :43:36. | :43:43. | |
Next weekend, it will complement of fixtures -- a full complement of | :43:43. | :43:53. | |
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If Rangers win against Motherwell it mean Celtic cannot win the title | :43:59. | :44:06. | |
on Sunday. Those two Sunday games, Celtic would love to be able to | :44:06. | :44:10. | |
round of their title-winning campaign against in Johnson at home | :44:10. | :44:18. |