:00:17. > :00:19.Good afternoon and welcome to a results show Christmas special.
:00:20. > :00:23.All right, so it's nothing special, but it is Christmas.
:00:24. > :00:26.Football-flavoured fun furnished by our reporters around the country,
:00:27. > :00:29.with banter brought to you by Pat Nevin and Michael
:00:30. > :00:35.Now before we start our Boxing Day bounce around the grounds,
:00:36. > :00:37.I'll tell you about some matches that have been postponed
:00:38. > :00:43.Among them the Premiership matches between Dundee United
:00:44. > :00:46.and Motherwell, and Partick Thistle and St Johnstone are off,
:00:47. > :00:48.as is the Championship game between Raith and Alloa.
:00:49. > :00:54.Right, to the festive fixtures that are afoot.
:00:55. > :01:05.We will start at Pittodrie. Second Aberdeen are playing Internet.
:01:06. > :01:09.Let's hear from Scott Davie. It is 2-1 to Inverness Caley Thistle.
:01:10. > :01:13.Aberdeen have a chance to go top if they win. They are coming back into
:01:14. > :01:17.it after losing goals to Liam Polworth under Greg Tansey penalty.
:01:18. > :01:23.Niall McGinn has brought them back into the match. A bad mistake by the
:01:24. > :01:28.central defence, allowing Niall McGinn to score. The pressure is now
:01:29. > :01:36.on. There will be quite a bit of injury time because Owain Fon
:01:37. > :01:39.Williams, the Caley Thistle goalkeeper, getting as serious head
:01:40. > :01:47.injury. He is playing on with his head in bandages. Can Aberdeen
:01:48. > :01:50.managed to rescue themselves? Off we go to Dingwall. Ross County
:01:51. > :01:57.and Dundee. Plenty of excitement. What a game.
:01:58. > :02:03.Craig Stewart set up Kane Hemmings for the opener. Liam Boyce got the
:02:04. > :02:08.equaliser. In the second half, Kane Hemmings again. Michael Gardini
:02:09. > :02:16.equalised and then Jackson Irving gave them the lead.
:02:17. > :02:25.-- Jackson Irvine. Plenty of goals there. Jonathan Sutherland is
:02:26. > :02:30.watching Kilmarnock and Hamilton. One goal in this match. It was a
:02:31. > :02:38.freaking loopy effort, it has to be seen to be believed. The match is
:02:39. > :02:44.getting lively towards the end., niqab never won at New Douglas Park.
:02:45. > :02:48.Could today be the day? We will also find out what is happening in the
:02:49. > :02:55.Championship match between Falkirk and Dumbarton. It is 1- 04 Falkirk.
:02:56. > :02:59.The home fans are full of these festive spirit thanks to Blair
:03:00. > :03:03.Alston's straight in the first half. The home side dominating in dreadful
:03:04. > :03:08.conditions. A nice Christmas message from Brian
:03:09. > :03:13.McLauchlin. Let's see of Charlie Mann can philosopher the festive
:03:14. > :03:17.cheer. He is in Paisley Western men are playing Livingston.
:03:18. > :03:21.Not for St Mirren funds. St Mirren Park is make Paisley nightmare is
:03:22. > :03:28.continuing. They have not won at home in the legal season and they
:03:29. > :03:30.are losing to Livingston, 4-1. If the score stays the same, St
:03:31. > :03:37.Mirren will be second bottom. We will talk about that later. Michael,
:03:38. > :03:43.you are not pleased, Aberdeen are trailing Inverness, 2-1. I did not
:03:44. > :03:56.see that coming. This is the result that will ruin Christmas. Aberdeen
:03:57. > :04:02.have been a bean on a terrific run. They had great support today,
:04:03. > :04:06.nudging towards 20,000. If they lose, the supporters will feel let
:04:07. > :04:12.down. They are putting on a late rally, Niall McGinn getting a goal
:04:13. > :04:15.back. It sounds great from Inverness, they will be backing the
:04:16. > :04:19.top six if it stays like this. Everyone knows how it is in the
:04:20. > :04:25.bottom of the league up to the middle. If Aberdeen are losing 2-0
:04:26. > :04:31.and they managed to scrape a draw, psychologically it will not be a bad
:04:32. > :04:43.position. Celtic have a tough game coming up going away to Hearts. That
:04:44. > :04:49.is not given by any manner of means. Ross County are up on Dundee, 4-2.
:04:50. > :04:55.They are going great guns, county. They have had a sticky spell of
:04:56. > :04:59.late. Yes, but they have got goal-scorers. Billy Dodds was a
:05:00. > :05:04.striker. He spends as much time organising that as anyone else. Liam
:05:05. > :05:08.Boyce is scoring lots of goals for them just now. He has got 12. If you
:05:09. > :05:13.are scoring for Michael goals at home, generally you will get a
:05:14. > :05:17.victory from that. They are a team with a lot of confidence. They have
:05:18. > :05:22.had our ups and downs, but since that difficult time when they first
:05:23. > :05:29.took over, it has been a very good job from them. Killie are winning
:05:30. > :05:34.1-0 away to Hamilton. Both sides need a victory, Watmore put -- but
:05:35. > :05:38.Killie have been under real pressure, Gary Locke in particular.
:05:39. > :05:54.Neither team has been winning recently. Hamilton Academical have
:05:55. > :05:58.one now on in nine. Gary Locke is under pressure. If they can hang on,
:05:59. > :06:06.it will relieve some of that. Speaking of pressure, are Falkirk
:06:07. > :06:12.are playing some pressure on Hibs and Rangers? They are not that far
:06:13. > :06:18.out of it. I heard about it on BBC radio this week, that Falkirk are on
:06:19. > :06:22.a good run. They have got a game today and begin midweek as well.
:06:23. > :06:26.Knowing that Hibernian are playing against Rangers at Ibrox, someone
:06:27. > :06:32.will drop points. They have every chance of getting back into it.
:06:33. > :06:36.People have said it is Rangers against a burning. Falkirk are
:06:37. > :06:40.loving the fact they are tucked in nicely. Michael, can you read St
:06:41. > :06:46.Mirren out of the play-offs in the Championship? Rate them out of the
:06:47. > :06:51.division! That is Alex rev's first proper match in charge, picking the
:06:52. > :06:58.team. It is at home, in Paisley, and you're losing 4-1 to the team that
:06:59. > :07:02.started the day in second bottom. St Mirren look like a club that it does
:07:03. > :07:05.not matter what they do, it does not work for them. They have been
:07:06. > :07:11.relegated last season and they could go through this division as well.
:07:12. > :07:15.That would be catastrophic for the infrastructure of the club and its
:07:16. > :07:19.finances. Just because of the income that gets cut off if you're outside
:07:20. > :07:24.the top two divisions. Merry Christmas to you as well. Let's go
:07:25. > :07:29.to the Premiership and get more details on the matches. We will
:07:30. > :07:35.start at Pittodrie and Scott Davie. It is still 2- for Caley Thistle.
:07:36. > :07:41.There are a few minutes of stoppage time. Perhaps five minutes. Quite a
:07:42. > :07:44.long time for Inverness to hang on. Aberdeen are trying to salvage
:07:45. > :07:48.something from a game they have dominated in terms of territory.
:07:49. > :07:52.They have failed to create much. Much more hurried and more thought
:07:53. > :07:59.going into things now. Niall McGinn drives in a shot. It has gone
:08:00. > :08:02.whistling past the post. Lovely improvisation from Niall McGinn who
:08:03. > :08:09.has brought his side back into the game. His 57th goal from the club.
:08:10. > :08:12.It was a bad mistake by Warren, the captain of Inverness. You try to
:08:13. > :08:16.clear his lines and did not take the opportunity. Niall McGinn pinch the
:08:17. > :08:22.ball and slid it into the back of the net to bring Aberdeen into a
:08:23. > :08:27.game. Liam Polworth got his second goal of the season, his second in
:08:28. > :08:33.successive games. Good play by Ross Draper, reinstated after injury. He
:08:34. > :08:39.outmuscled Paul Quinn and pulled it back for a Liam Polworth to score.
:08:40. > :08:43.Then more disaster for Quinn as he needlessly push Ross Draper over. It
:08:44. > :08:48.was a penalty, Greg Tansey scoring from that. Aberdeen showing lots of
:08:49. > :08:56.character, for eating for everything. -- fighting for
:08:57. > :08:58.everything. The referee is going to get the yellow carded for Jonny
:08:59. > :09:03.Hayes who has taken his complaints to fire. It has been a fiery
:09:04. > :09:07.encounter in a terrible day for football.
:09:08. > :09:12.Nicely poised right now. Off to Victoria Park and Dingwall.
:09:13. > :09:18.An update from channels. No advance on 4-2. I do not like cliches but
:09:19. > :09:21.Christmas cracker is unavoidable. The game started at full tilt with
:09:22. > :09:25.county providing the early pressure but Bundy opened the scoring when
:09:26. > :09:30.Greg Stewart provided Kane Hemmings with a pinpoint through ball and he
:09:31. > :09:34.headed in from 12 yards. County had the ball in the Dundee box but there
:09:35. > :09:40.were no takers before Stewart pulled a great save out of the keeper at
:09:41. > :09:43.the other end. On the half hour, County equalised through Liam Boyce
:09:44. > :09:50.and a through ball from Andy Davies. He rolled it into an empty net.
:09:51. > :09:54.Again, Stewart set up Hemmings before a spectacular equaliser from
:09:55. > :09:58.Michael Gardyne. Jackson Irvine put the ball into the net just seconds
:09:59. > :10:03.after coming on to the park but there was debate as to whether it
:10:04. > :10:10.crossed the line. Then another from Liam Boyce.
:10:11. > :10:16.It is 4-2. After New Douglas Park. Last we heard, Killie were leading,
:10:17. > :10:22.1-0. The away side looks like taking another goal. They have had a boost
:10:23. > :10:26.in confidence since that strike which put them ahead, a weirdo,
:10:27. > :10:31.looked effort which Michael McGovern could not keep out. That was midway
:10:32. > :10:35.through the second half. It will give Gary Locke boost. He has been
:10:36. > :10:39.under severe pressure after some heavy home defeats in recent weeks,
:10:40. > :10:45.notably against Aberdeen and Partick Thistle. Hamilton are not out of
:10:46. > :10:51.this match, going on the attack with Carlton Morris. Well saved. Hamilton
:10:52. > :10:56.tried to test, nick defence from the. A shot from the centre circle.
:10:57. > :11:02.He perhaps finds his chances given the bad form of the, no defence, but
:11:03. > :11:05.the keeper saved comfortably. Then Conrad Balatoni clearing off the
:11:06. > :11:11.line from Dougie Imrie after he had beaten the keeper with a close range
:11:12. > :11:16.shot. It was stunning from Balatoni. One to be seen on the highlights
:11:17. > :11:20.programme tomorrow. In the second half, Josh Magennis looked like he
:11:21. > :11:26.might have given, nick the lead, but again, McGovern with a fantastic
:11:27. > :11:29.save. A lengthy dilate as Lucas Tagliapietra was carried from this
:11:30. > :11:41.field. Idlib citing injury for the Hamilton Central defender. Then a
:11:42. > :11:49.moment of hope for, nick. Be bold looked into the net. , nick are
:11:50. > :11:54.trying to take a 2-0 lead. If they get a victory today, it will be
:11:55. > :11:58.massive four, neck and Gary Locke. Will it be enough to satisfy the
:11:59. > :12:01.Kamara board? 1-0. I was waiting to see we could
:12:02. > :12:06.get the third mention of his own show in there.
:12:07. > :12:13.He is cheeky. Like Ted to Falkirk Stadium.
:12:14. > :12:16.Brian McLauchlin. It is 1-0 four Falkirk. This game has been
:12:17. > :12:22.dominated by the home side since the outset. In the first-half John Baird
:12:23. > :12:28.had a shot on the angle from 12 yards out. The goalkeeper did well
:12:29. > :12:33.to parry it away. Eventually the breakthrough came and what a strike.
:12:34. > :12:37.A short free kick taken to Blair Alston. He took the ball across his
:12:38. > :12:44.body and fired in a shot from 22 yards. It rivalled beyond Mark Brown
:12:45. > :12:49.and into the net. So close to a second just seconds into the second
:12:50. > :12:55.half. Blair Alston said his team-mates through on goal. The bold
:12:56. > :12:59.looked to be destined for the bottom corner only for a terrific block by
:13:00. > :13:05.Frazer Wright at the heart of the Dumbarton defence. One-way traffic
:13:06. > :13:08.towards the Dumbarton goal. Beard looked certain to score but he
:13:09. > :13:19.delayed his effort and the defence got back to score. Seconds ago,
:13:20. > :13:27.again, the ball was knocked down and the striker find the target, but the
:13:28. > :13:31.goalkeeper saved. Just a few minutes left for play. It looks like Falkirk
:13:32. > :13:35.are destined to go to within three points at the top of the
:13:36. > :13:38.Championship this evening. And the points in Paisley are
:13:39. > :13:43.destined to go the way of Livingston. It was 4-1 for
:13:44. > :13:49.Livingston the last we heard. Any change? No change. Five minutes
:13:50. > :13:54.left in Paisley. St Mirren are destined to go second bottom of each
:13:55. > :14:00.and pinch a table this afternoon. They are losing 4-1 to Livingston.
:14:01. > :14:03.They have been very poorest throughout the 90 minutes,
:14:04. > :14:10.particularly in the second half. Defensive problems all over the
:14:11. > :14:14.place. Livingston 2-0 up after 30 minutes. The first from Liam
:14:15. > :14:18.Buchanan, the second from Ben Gordon. Lawrence Shankland gave St
:14:19. > :14:24.Mirren hope on 41 minutes with a goal. In the second half,
:14:25. > :14:30.defensiveness takes again, particularly on 54 minutes. It was a
:14:31. > :14:33.free kick and a terrific goal. High into the back of the net, but Jack
:14:34. > :14:37.Baird in advance of that had a very bad patch and a clumsy challenge to
:14:38. > :14:42.give away the free kick. Then Liam Buchanan on 66 minutes. A simple
:14:43. > :14:46.through ball, away from the defenders, cool and collected under
:14:47. > :14:52.the goalkeeper. If I were a St Mirren Fran, I would be afraid. --
:14:53. > :14:57.St Mirren Fran. I am saying nothing. We are going to
:14:58. > :15:18.Victoria Park now. What a game this is. It's 5-2. Boyce
:15:19. > :15:23.completed a hat trick. Ross County 5, Dunne key 2. -- country tee. I
:15:24. > :15:27.was looking at that earlier and thinking Ross County and Dundee.
:15:28. > :15:33.Hemmings scored a couple for Dundee, I was thinking can he score
:15:34. > :15:36.back-to-back hat tricks? He has been upstaged by Liam Boyce. Yeah,
:15:37. > :15:44.they're strong at home a lot of the time. He is on fire. If a striker
:15:45. > :15:48.goes on a run they - the goal looks about 20 feet wide as if they can't
:15:49. > :15:53.miss anything. Boyce is having that sort of game today. It's odd, we
:15:54. > :15:57.feel that a about a lot of teams but Dundee maybe specifically above
:15:58. > :16:00.anyone else, I have no idea week to week what they're going to do. I
:16:01. > :16:03.would never bet on them one way or another. There was a while you could
:16:04. > :16:10.bet on them having a draw and 1-1 at that. That's bucked the trend. 4-0
:16:11. > :16:14.winners last week. Then 5-2, could have been six. You have no idea
:16:15. > :16:17.where it's going to come to. The good thing is we have seen a lot of
:16:18. > :16:23.goals with them involved. Before the game I would have put money on Ross
:16:24. > :16:25.County for this one purely because they've got scorers. We are
:16:26. > :16:30.unpredictable on this show, as well. We are going to the English Premier
:16:31. > :16:34.League for the lunchtime match today. Stoke City against Manchester
:16:35. > :16:38.United. Let's get the details on that one.
:16:39. > :16:42.Stoke 2, Manchester United 0. There have been a lot of defy apt talk
:16:43. > :16:47.from Manchester United, in particular, Louis Van Gaal, but all
:16:48. > :16:59.that fire was quickly extinguished in a display in which Stoke were too
:17:00. > :17:02.good. Arnautovic should have added a third. The decision to leave Wayne
:17:03. > :17:07.Rooney out of the starting 11 was reversed at half-time. The visitors
:17:08. > :17:11.did rally. Buckland making a couple of excellent saves. In the truth, it
:17:12. > :17:15.was really Stoke's day. A victory for them and a United performance
:17:16. > :17:24.which will have done little to alter the raft of back page headlines that
:17:25. > :17:38.have so upset Louis Van Gaal. Right now there is an incident. There is
:17:39. > :17:42.six minutes of stoppage time. The referee has given a penalty. Rooney
:17:43. > :17:45.so good from the spot, of course, looking to convert what will be his
:17:46. > :17:48.14th goal of the season. Rooney steps up and scores! Sends the
:17:49. > :17:53.goalkeeper one way. The ball into the corner of the net the other way.
:17:54. > :17:58.From 2-0 down, still five minutes of stoppage time to go here at
:17:59. > :18:01.Pittodrie. Aberdeen still have a chance to go to the top of the table
:18:02. > :18:08.if they can get another goal in this game. Aberdeen 2, Inverness Caley
:18:09. > :18:13.Thistle 2. Feeling more relaxed, Michael? It's the natural order has
:18:14. > :18:15.been restored. The natural order has not been restored at Manchester
:18:16. > :18:21.United. They've lost 2-0 against Stoke. The headlines were that Louis
:18:22. > :18:26.Van Gaal was for the chop. That was before today's match. The likelihood
:18:27. > :18:30.is he will be. You need good results if you are a top club. It doesn't
:18:31. > :18:34.look good enough. Also they're not playing an exciting brand of
:18:35. > :18:38.football. A month ago they were top of the table. Exactly. But they
:18:39. > :18:42.weren't playing brilliantly well. You could see the weaknesses there.
:18:43. > :18:45.I don't think it's anything like you have lost the dressing room, one or
:18:46. > :18:49.two players aren't suited to playing with him. In the end Manchester
:18:50. > :18:53.United expect more. In a season where there is a great opportunity
:18:54. > :18:58.to take the league, because everyone seems really keen to hand it to
:18:59. > :19:02.everyone else, Leicester may be Arsenal apart, wasn't - I would say
:19:03. > :19:04.one thing, certain teams are underestimated now. That result
:19:05. > :19:08.against Stoke, I have been to see Stoke this season, it's not a
:19:09. > :19:13.surprise to me, they're a fabulous team. They will continue to hammer
:19:14. > :19:17.up that league, I am sure about it. You may disagree over what I am
:19:18. > :19:25.going to say next, but van Gaal had a real go at the media this week,
:19:26. > :19:29.Pat. A monologue at the beginning, criticising the media for stories
:19:30. > :19:34.reported about him, some have proven to be thus far unfounded. You have a
:19:35. > :19:37.lot of sympathy for him. I have sympathy for anyone in that
:19:38. > :19:41.position. When you are in the headlights of what is a media
:19:42. > :19:44.barrage, whatever it is, whether they're right, wrong, whether it's
:19:45. > :19:48.opinion or not, it's incredibly hard to deal with for a family and
:19:49. > :19:53.everyone around it. More often than not whoever it is, being it Mourinho
:19:54. > :19:56.or van Gaal or whoever, be it myself now and again, it doesn't matter.
:19:57. > :19:59.What happens behind the scenes, people don't know about and don't
:20:00. > :20:03.seem to care. We don't seem to have the humanity to care about it. At
:20:04. > :20:08.least he brought that humanity out and said this is hurting my family,
:20:09. > :20:11.try and remember that. You know what, not that I disagree, he is not
:20:12. > :20:16.doing well enough and probably will lose his job, but I liked the way he
:20:17. > :20:19.brought the humanity in and says remember when you are doing this a
:20:20. > :20:24.lot of people got hurt. A valid point, Michael? It is. I
:20:25. > :20:28.vice-president seen what exactly Louis Van Gaal is upset about in
:20:29. > :20:33.terms of the media coverage. -- haven't seen. We don't see the
:20:34. > :20:36.editions of the newspapers here. It wouldn't happen here in this
:20:37. > :20:40.country! It is an interesting point to what extent you get criticised
:20:41. > :20:43.personally. If he thinks he will not get criticised for results and
:20:44. > :20:46.performances and style of play at Manchester United he is kidding
:20:47. > :20:51.himself on. He knew what he was coming into when he took the job. He
:20:52. > :20:56.knows how big it is and knows you are going to get criticism if you go
:20:57. > :21:02.seven games out a win. They're out of the Champions League and Carling
:21:03. > :21:07.Cup, Capital One Cup. It's looking like he is going to go. Jose
:21:08. > :21:12.Mourinho's availability doesn't help him either. Yeah, I am sympathetic
:21:13. > :21:15.to his family and the rest but that comes with the territory and with
:21:16. > :21:21.the pay cheque that you get. Bad day for him. Another good day for the
:21:22. > :21:28.Falkirk manager Peter Houston. His side have won at home to Dunbaren
:21:29. > :21:33.to. Let's get the details. -- Dumbarton. They're very much in the
:21:34. > :21:38.championship title race. Three points off the top two teams,
:21:39. > :21:47.Rangers and Hibernian who meet on Monday afternoon at Ibrox. Only goal
:21:48. > :21:52.coming after 36 minutes. A screamer. He could have had a second. Decided
:21:53. > :21:56.to pass the ball rather than play to goal himself and he played in Baird
:21:57. > :22:00.who could have had a hat trick but for some terrific defending from the
:22:01. > :22:03.Dumbarton defence. In truth, this was all about Falkirk this
:22:04. > :22:09.afternoon. They managed to scrape the victory but much more
:22:10. > :22:18.comfortable than the joer line was. It finished -- score line. It
:22:19. > :22:22.finished Falkirk 1, Dumbarton 0. Charlie, over to you. It's the
:22:23. > :22:27.opposite of what Brian was saying there. It's damp and bleak. But it's
:22:28. > :22:32.not a happy stadium here. The fans of St Mirren booing the team off the
:22:33. > :22:35.pitch because they've now gone to second bottom of the table. Their
:22:36. > :22:39.terrible home league record continues. 4-1 they've been beaten
:22:40. > :22:44.here this afternoon by Livingston who did a really number on St Mirren
:22:45. > :22:52.here. It was a terrific game for Livingston, very poor for the home
:22:53. > :22:57.side. Buchanah had Livingston in front at 23 minutes. Shankland
:22:58. > :23:04.pulled a goal back for the home side. But the second half, St Mirren
:23:05. > :23:08.were terrible in defence. A third goal for Livingston. Glenn with a
:23:09. > :23:12.terrific free kick, 25 yards out, blasted the ball into the back of
:23:13. > :23:18.the net after Baird had given the ball away and compounded that by
:23:19. > :23:23.fouling his opposing player. Then 66 minutes, Buchanan ran away from the
:23:24. > :23:27.home defence as easy to knock in his 8th goal of the season. Saints
:23:28. > :23:33.nowhere in this game at all. They've real problems and St Mirren are
:23:34. > :23:41.second bottom of the championship. Back to the Premier League. -- to
:23:42. > :23:47.the premiership. Aberdeen blew a chance to go to the top of the table
:23:48. > :23:51.on a rain-sodden afternoon at Pittodrie but showed character and
:23:52. > :23:57.determination to come from two goals down to at least dig out a point in
:23:58. > :24:01.a dramatic afternoon's football in the granite city. It was good
:24:02. > :24:05.counterattacking play from Caley Thistle in the first half. Although
:24:06. > :24:12.Aberdeen had a lot of the ball it was the counterattacking pace of
:24:13. > :24:18.Storey that caused problems. Twice he was through but didn't make Ward
:24:19. > :24:23.work hard enough. But on the counterattack in 41 minutes Polworth
:24:24. > :24:29.gave the high landers the lead, it was great play by Draper getting to
:24:30. > :24:34.the buyline. Quinn muscled out of possession. It was guided into the
:24:35. > :24:37.bottom corner of the net. Quinn's afternoon didn't get better. Two
:24:38. > :24:44.minutes after the restart he bundled into the back of Draper conceding a
:24:45. > :24:52.needless penalty and Tansey stepped up and made a comfort job of taking
:24:53. > :24:56.the spot kick. Then it was really a case of Caley Thistle defending
:24:57. > :25:00.deeper trying to play on the counterattack with long balls.
:25:01. > :25:05.Aberdeen piled the pressure on. Finally they did manage to get the
:25:06. > :25:11.breakthrough on 73 minutes. McGinn claiming his 50th goal for the club
:25:12. > :25:16.but it was a moment of real disaster for Gary Warren, went to clear the
:25:17. > :25:20.ball, slipped, and McGinn pinched possession and slid it under the
:25:21. > :25:27.body of the goalkeeper Williams who played for the last 25 minutes plus
:25:28. > :25:31.stoppage time with his head in bandages after back-peddling to
:25:32. > :25:35.gather a corner and cracking his head off the post. Williams was
:25:36. > :25:42.actually booked for time wasting late on. By then Rooney had stepped
:25:43. > :25:52.up and made his usual confident job from the penalty spot in the first
:25:53. > :25:56.minute of stoppage time. A shot towards goal and the referee judging
:25:57. > :26:00.there was deliberate handball and Rooney despatching the penalty kick
:26:01. > :26:05.that puts them level with points, level on points with Celtic at the
:26:06. > :26:08.top. Celtic with the superior goal difference and with two games in
:26:09. > :26:12.hand. I think Derek will be relieved that his side managed to show the
:26:13. > :26:17.character and determination to come back from that blow being two goals
:26:18. > :26:23.down and show that they can scrap and battle away and maintain their
:26:24. > :26:29.recent decent run of form. Aberdeen 2, Caley Thistle, 2. Let's chaer
:26:30. > :26:35.from Charles at full-time Ross County and Dundee. -- hear. County
:26:36. > :26:51.ran riot in the second half at Victoria park. Incredible game, it
:26:52. > :26:59.started franticly. Stuart missed a chance of 2-0. County's equal icer
:27:00. > :27:06.came when Davis returned a goal kick and Boyce found an empty net. Into
:27:07. > :27:19.the second half, Stuart again set Hemmings for Dundee's second.
:27:20. > :27:23.County's second equaliser. Boyce got County's 4th and Boyce completed a
:27:24. > :27:29.hat trick to make the final score Ross County 5, Dundee 2. Full-time
:27:30. > :27:37.at New Douglas Park. Over to Jonathan. Hamilton on 0, Kilmarnock
:27:38. > :27:41.1. A huge victory this for Gary Lock, a first win for Kilmarnock in
:27:42. > :27:45.over two months which has to ease some pressure that's been building
:27:46. > :27:55.in recent weeks on the manager. Footballing success so often built
:27:56. > :28:01.on narrow margins, Lock could have the winger to thank. A shot had
:28:02. > :28:05.beaten MacDonald but right there on the line was Conrad who managed to
:28:06. > :28:11.head away a clearance. It was spectacular and one to watch on the
:28:12. > :28:14.highlights tomorrow night. Kilmarnock more lively, more
:28:15. > :28:20.substance, overall. McGuinness looked like he had given Kilmarnock
:28:21. > :28:30.the lead. A volleyed effort to the top corner somehow McGovern kept it
:28:31. > :28:33.out. A worrying moment for fans as Petra went down injured, looked bad,
:28:34. > :28:38.for about five minutes he was taken care of by the medical team. He was
:28:39. > :28:47.stretchered from the field to a standing ovation. Let's hope it's
:28:48. > :28:52.not too bad. The ball found Obadeyi in the box. It looped over the
:28:53. > :28:56.Hamilton goalkeeper McGovern. He couldn't keep it out. The Kilmarnock
:28:57. > :29:02.fans were on their feet as they saw the net billow. A huge moment for
:29:03. > :29:08.Kilmarnock and it gave the team much needed confidence. That's how it
:29:09. > :29:12.stayed. Gord hn a header that was well saved by MacDonald. It was
:29:13. > :29:17.almost 2-0 in front but it ended 1-0. Hamilton one win from the last
:29:18. > :29:20.ten games. Kilmarnock move to within a point of Motherwell. Ten points
:29:21. > :29:24.clear now of Dundee United. That match sounds as if it's worth
:29:25. > :29:30.catching in the highlights programme tomorrow night. Not sure. You said
:29:31. > :29:35.he got a ht trick? Well done. He never got any plugs in for his show
:29:36. > :29:39.last week, he made up for it today! Certainly worth watching if you are
:29:40. > :29:44.a Kilmarnock fan, Michael. First win since October 24th. After all the
:29:45. > :29:48.plugs were out of the way the last point Jonathan made was they're ten
:29:49. > :29:53.points clear of Dundee United which obviously United didn't play today
:29:54. > :29:56.so they've a game in hand but that's beginning to look really significant
:29:57. > :30:01.for both clubs. But ominous for United. The other thing you have to
:30:02. > :30:05.look at Kilmarnock are up object 20 points... I know what you are
:30:06. > :30:08.saying. They're close to the top half of the table. This is Gary
:30:09. > :30:14.Lock, if you read on Twitter last week apparently was getting sacked
:30:15. > :30:17.or had been sacked and it shows how extreme this game - how quickly it
:30:18. > :30:21.can change and how extreme opinions are. In fact, a couple of wins and
:30:22. > :30:25.you are into a comfortable position. I have a feeling none of those clubs
:30:26. > :30:29.in the bottom half are going to be in a comfortable position for
:30:30. > :30:32.sometime. It's going to be tough for Dundee United to catch them but
:30:33. > :30:39.always going to be one getting close to that play-off position.
:30:40. > :30:48.St Johnstone are in fourth place, it is 11 points between them and pen
:30:49. > :30:51.between Killie and United. United are getting detached. Keep your
:30:52. > :30:56.powder dry, we will talk more about this later in the show. Right now it
:30:57. > :34:40.is time for the classified results round-up.
:34:41. > :34:44.Let's have a look at the league tables after I have slugged some
:34:45. > :35:03.water. A valuable victory for Kilmarnock
:35:04. > :35:07.takes them ten clear of Dundee United. A week off and there are, it
:35:08. > :36:20.skews me. -- a wee cough Leicester City stay top. They lost
:36:21. > :36:22.today to Liverpool. Tottenham Hotspur move up to fourth with a
:36:23. > :37:18.handsome victory over Norwich City. Let's get some more details from the
:37:19. > :37:23.game in England today. Pat's former club Chelsea were playing at home to
:37:24. > :37:29.Watford. Let's hear from my wing -- let's hear from Mike Williams.
:37:30. > :37:35.This Hiddink have drawn 2-2 with Watford in his first match back in
:37:36. > :37:40.charge. Watford, Crystal Palace, Swansea and Bournemouth have all
:37:41. > :37:46.taken something from Chelsea this season. Fantastic from Watford who
:37:47. > :37:57.scored through Troy Deeney and Odion Ighalo. Diego Costa scored as well.
:37:58. > :38:03.He picked up a yellow card and will miss Chelsea's next match.
:38:04. > :38:09.Frustration for Guus Hiddink and joy and celebration for Quique Flores.
:38:10. > :38:13.The Watford players go over to the left to celebrate in front of their
:38:14. > :38:19.travelling fans. They have held on for a famous draw.
:38:20. > :38:24.2-2. It cannot be that famous. Chelsea are losing lots of games at
:38:25. > :38:30.home. It should not be a surprise to anyone. Watford have been really
:38:31. > :38:32.good. Odion Ighalo has been phenomenal this season, and
:38:33. > :38:37.alongside Troy Deeney, who is beginning to score, it makes a
:38:38. > :38:43.massive difference. This should not be a shock any more. Teams like
:38:44. > :38:48.Watford, Leicester, Stoke, Crystal Palace, they are not monks. You have
:38:49. > :38:53.to take them seriously. It is not a fluke. You should not be shocked.
:38:54. > :38:56.These teams will continue to take points of the so-called big teams
:38:57. > :39:01.between now and the end of the season. Tottenham Hotspur beat
:39:02. > :39:06.Norwich City this afternoon. Let's hear from Mark Webber. A
:39:07. > :39:11.lesson in football from the Lilywhites at both ends of the page.
:39:12. > :39:15.Tottenham were dominant in attack. Harry Kane's well struck penalty
:39:16. > :39:20.started it and he doubled it before half-time. Tom Carroll replace the
:39:21. > :39:26.rampant Dele Alli and he made it three in the second half. It could
:39:27. > :39:32.have been five or six. Hugo Lloris kept the clean sheet with another
:39:33. > :39:38.smashing double save. 3-0. Let's go to the seaside to find
:39:39. > :39:40.out how Bournemouth feared that home to Crystal Palace.
:39:41. > :39:44.Six games unbeaten for Bournemouth. It shows how much they have
:39:45. > :39:47.progressed that they will be disappointed not to have taken all
:39:48. > :39:54.the points. Ritchie headed wide, Murray flocked from ten yards. Paris
:39:55. > :39:59.have lost just one in eight. -- Crystal Palace. It was a
:40:00. > :40:03.full-blooded encounter. It ends all square. Restore Palace
:40:04. > :40:08.going well near the top of the table. Right into the top echelons
:40:09. > :40:13.of the league. If you watch them play, and I have watched them a few
:40:14. > :40:18.times, they are incredibly well-organised. They have a simple
:40:19. > :40:23.system. Quick, attacking wide players, Wilfried Zaha I is
:40:24. > :40:27.particularly special. They sit back and break brilliantly. It has worked
:40:28. > :40:33.superbly for them and it is now is a price they are that high up the
:40:34. > :40:37.table. Teams like Watford, Crystal Palace, Leicester, because of the
:40:38. > :40:42.serious extra money in the Premier League in England, they have all got
:40:43. > :40:47.much, much deeper squads. They all have an opportunity. They will not
:40:48. > :40:50.follow way they have done before. Another club going well Michael,
:40:51. > :40:56.Tottenham Hotspur. Yes, they have been below the top four, out of the
:40:57. > :41:01.Champions League places for so long. No Chelsea out of the running this
:41:02. > :41:05.season, Manchester United are slipping out of the running, but
:41:06. > :41:08.still they have been below the top for Michael, out of the Champions
:41:09. > :41:10.League places for so long. Now Chelsea are out of the running this
:41:11. > :41:12.season, Manchester United are slipping out of the running, but
:41:13. > :41:14.still Diarra thereabouts. Todd numb have three or four points of the
:41:15. > :41:22.lead over United. Dashed Tottenham Hotspur. Pat makes a great point
:41:23. > :41:27.about the television money. It means that clubs like Leicester might be
:41:28. > :41:31.able to hold onto players. When Chelsea came in for stones, everyone
:41:32. > :41:38.thought he would leave Everton, but they were able to keep him. Maybe
:41:39. > :41:42.Leicester will be able to do that with the Riyad Mahrez and Jamie
:41:43. > :41:46.Vardy. No problems with money for Man City. Another big victory for
:41:47. > :41:51.them at home to Sunderland. Pellegrini says they have the
:41:52. > :41:56.strongest squad in the Premiership. I would disagree. I think Arsenal
:41:57. > :42:03.have more depth. Against the very top teams, in Europe and in England,
:42:04. > :42:06.Man City Niedermeier and players, they need Vincent Kompany to be
:42:07. > :42:11.playing well, they need Yaya Toure to be at his best, they need David
:42:12. > :42:17.Silva still to be in there. They have spent money on players, but
:42:18. > :42:21.they need those four. Some of the players in the squad do not look
:42:22. > :42:26.anywhere near as good. They have a good chance of winning the league,
:42:27. > :42:32.but I would still fancy Arsenal. Arsenal can go top later today. Do
:42:33. > :42:35.you think they will do that? Everything is a line for Arsenal.
:42:36. > :42:42.This is what they have been waiting for four years. I preferred it when
:42:43. > :42:45.you disagree but I do not mind if you agree. I watched Arsenal the
:42:46. > :42:50.other night and they were very convincing. Pat is right. Some of
:42:51. > :42:55.their traditional rivals are temporarily out of the running. It
:42:56. > :43:01.is not now or never about Arsenal. It is the best chance in ten years,
:43:02. > :43:06.the best they have had. Leicester lost 1-0 at Liverpool. Liverpool
:43:07. > :43:12.have been stuttering and Jurgen Klopp. The results have been
:43:13. > :43:17.average. Compare the results to what they were like with Brendan Rodgers.
:43:18. > :43:20.They are not much better. I will see nothing against Jurgen Klopp until
:43:21. > :43:26.he gets his chance to add to the team in January and possibly longer
:43:27. > :43:31.than that, in the summer. He will rebuild the team. Now he has got
:43:32. > :43:35.players from the previous regime. I am not judging him. Let's find out
:43:36. > :43:39.what happened between Swansea City and West Brom.
:43:40. > :43:45.Robyn Cowen was watching. Wonderful scenes at the Liberty Stadium, fist
:43:46. > :43:49.pumping and hiding at the final whistle, the first victory at the
:43:50. > :43:56.Liberty Stadium first Swansea in a Premier League game. The goal was
:43:57. > :44:01.slightly fortunate. Angel Rangel's effort hit the post. Ki Sung-Yueng
:44:02. > :44:06.reacted first. West Brom had a few have chances in the second half but
:44:07. > :44:09.came up against a very solid and hard-working Swansea City defence.
:44:10. > :44:15.They are out of the relegation zone for now at least.
:44:16. > :44:21.1-0. Add Villa Park, the bottom club were at home to West Ham United.
:44:22. > :44:26.Ivan Gaskell has the story. Relegation looks increasingly like a
:44:27. > :44:30.certainty for Aston Villa. 20 of the last 23 side bottom of the Premier
:44:31. > :44:35.League at Christmas have gone down. After this it will take a miraculous
:44:36. > :44:39.change of fortune for Aston Villa to come back. At times they played well
:44:40. > :44:44.and push West Ham bag but they still went behind to Aaron Cresswell's
:44:45. > :44:48.late well struck first half goal. Aston Villa swept forward after the
:44:49. > :44:56.break when Rudy Gestede was bundled over. Jordan Ayew converted from the
:44:57. > :44:59.spot but Aston Villa could not finish West Ham. For Aston Villa,
:45:00. > :45:08.draws are not enough. He is right. It's a massive jump.
:45:09. > :45:18.It's to the 4th bottom team. It's going to be tough. Oddly enough,
:45:19. > :45:21.they've some good players. And the goal scorer, not to the level he was
:45:22. > :45:27.at Blackburn, but without a shadow of a doubt, I don't see anyone that
:45:28. > :45:30.I have met at all that's betting on Aston Villa surviving the season, it
:45:31. > :45:34.would take something extra special. I am not convinced they've got it.
:45:35. > :45:40.Go on, Michael! It's a big story, Villa going down. They're not a
:45:41. > :45:46.club... A long time. I don't know if they have. Someone will send a text
:45:47. > :45:50.in or something. They've a top level Premier League. If Newcastle take
:45:51. > :45:54.anything tonight, Norwich go to the bottom three, as well. They're just
:45:55. > :45:59.outside, that would be troubling for Alex Neil. There is a lot of
:46:00. > :46:02.goodwill to Alex in Scotland. We want him to do well. He has had an
:46:03. > :46:07.incredible year. A shame if they finish in the bottom three. The
:46:08. > :46:16.promoted club that's struggled most, Pat? He came in with this attitude I
:46:17. > :46:22.will attack it, the way Watford did. They had a real good go at it. They
:46:23. > :46:26.got a hammering I think at Newcastle 6-2 and Alex seemed to come back and
:46:27. > :46:30.more defensive and Gary was working beside him and they thought we will
:46:31. > :46:34.be more sensible about it but it's not natural, I don't think, to them
:46:35. > :46:40.and they seem to be halfway between what they want to do and what they
:46:41. > :46:45.feel they should. Tough for Norwich at the moment. Big matches to come,
:46:46. > :46:50.including what could be a tricky trip to Tynecastle for Celtic.
:46:51. > :46:54.Hearts haven't won for a while. Their most recent match a no scoring
:46:55. > :46:57.draw to St Johnstone. In the circumstances it wasn't a bad result
:46:58. > :47:04.at all. You remember this, Pat? Down to ten men early on.
:47:05. > :47:07.Yeah. It's one of those ones where, he lost it... Just about every
:47:08. > :47:12.player has lost it for a second but you don't go that far. There was no
:47:13. > :47:17.doubt about that that he had to go off the field. A reprieve here for
:47:18. > :47:23.them. There were many opportunities. Loads of chances in this game. No
:47:24. > :47:28.bigger than this one, as well. Hearts were well organised
:47:29. > :47:32.defensively. It was about an hour I think they played without Juan. That
:47:33. > :47:36.I guess is encouraging for them, they were able to survive and take a
:47:37. > :47:39.point in those circumstances. You mentioned a tricky trip to
:47:40. > :47:46.Tynecastle for Celtic. It should be. They always are. But their record at
:47:47. > :47:51.Tynecastle is terrific. It's a seven straight wins there and goals, 26
:47:52. > :47:57.scored and two conceded. Talking about Hearts going down to ten men,
:47:58. > :48:01.they do work on that. Depends who the referee is. Players will fall
:48:02. > :48:04.into that system, that regime and feel comfortable about it and they
:48:05. > :48:08.don't panic. They don't lose it. They all know their jobs and that
:48:09. > :48:13.helps. I pose it was a striker as well which may help the
:48:14. > :48:21.reorganisation, you know, the back four and the defences, it's
:48:22. > :48:26.unchanged. Meanwhile at Celtic last week, Celtic were losing at home to
:48:27. > :48:29.Motherwell. And much has been made, obviously Scott Brown... From a
:48:30. > :48:33.leading position, as well. That's the unusual thing. Oddly enough, I
:48:34. > :48:37.heard people talk about it, when Brown is not playing, it's almost
:48:38. > :48:41.like a different team you are playing because the driving force is
:48:42. > :48:47.not there. That's maybe slightly harsh on Motherwell who had a good
:48:48. > :48:51.day. They played well on the day. They were intelligent. You see the
:48:52. > :49:02.defending there at the Motherwell goal is poor. It's poor again here.
:49:03. > :49:06.Bitton gives it away. Actually I think they've looked better in the
:49:07. > :49:11.last few weeks than at the start. But Motherwell exposed them last
:49:12. > :49:15.week. Only thing I would say about it it's rare for Celtic to stumble
:49:16. > :49:19.in two consecutive domestic games. They tend to react when they have a
:49:20. > :49:22.bad one, which it was last week and there was negativity from the
:49:23. > :49:26.stands, negativity in the media aftermath. They tend to react to
:49:27. > :49:30.that and Tynecastle is a place that you would react to. You would react
:49:31. > :49:35.to the atmosphere. Remind me of the stat you were saying earlier about
:49:36. > :49:39.Celtic's great record at Tynecastle. 26 goals scored, two conceded in the
:49:40. > :49:43.last seven? Remember what happened the last time they went there? Yes.
:49:44. > :49:52.Good, because we are going to see it. Celtic came out on top. Yeah, I
:49:53. > :49:57.think Griffiths... You know, it's always going to be tough, well not
:49:58. > :50:01.always, because there have been really big scores, but I think
:50:02. > :50:04.Hearts won't go into this fearful. Even though the stats don't sound
:50:05. > :50:07.good, they won't go in fearful because they'll be up for it. It's
:50:08. > :50:11.going to be an incredible atmosphere and it gives them a chance to get
:50:12. > :50:15.back into being talked about again. Everyone has been talking about St
:50:16. > :50:20.Johnstone and talking about Aberdeen. There is, if Celtic have
:50:21. > :50:24.had a slight wobble, you have to try and take advantage of that and
:50:25. > :50:28.that's what Hearts are going to have to try to do on this occasion.
:50:29. > :50:32.Everyone has been talk being it all week, it isn't only one result
:50:33. > :50:35.really. There was the Kilmarnock someone one, as well. In the end,
:50:36. > :50:39.Celtic generally have a wobble and get back on to it again. That's the
:50:40. > :50:44.difference between them and say Aberdeen, they had a boggle and it
:50:45. > :50:50.was mega. We saw Griffiths enjoy scoring against Hearts. He may play
:50:51. > :50:54.tomorrow. He may not. He is back in the straight and narrow in fitness
:50:55. > :51:00.terms, Michael. A big player. A big player in this fixture, as well. He
:51:01. > :51:05.scored a few against Hearts and revelled in it. We asked Ronnie the
:51:06. > :51:08.other day whether he was going to play, I didn't get the feeling he
:51:09. > :51:13.was that confident. He gave a vague answer. He has been out for three
:51:14. > :51:18.games I think with a calf strain. They're not the same attacking force
:51:19. > :51:26.without him. They don't carry the same threat. To Monday and Rangers
:51:27. > :51:30.and Hibs. Whoever comes out on top will go into 2016 as league leaders.
:51:31. > :51:34.They're level on points. Rangers have a superior goal difference.
:51:35. > :51:38.It's one win each in terms of league matches between the teams this
:51:39. > :51:45.season. Rangers winning 1-0 at Ibrox in August. It was a show-stopper,
:51:46. > :51:53.Pat. Yeah. I did say at the time if you put that goal in and by Messi or
:51:54. > :51:57.Ronaldo, you would say what a goal. That's a phenomenal free kick there.
:51:58. > :52:01.He has meant it, as well. He was on fire at that time of the season. Not
:52:02. > :52:06.saying he is as good a player as them but it was a moment of
:52:07. > :52:10.brilliance. Not as - he has varied a bit as have Rangers but they'll be
:52:11. > :52:15.up for it for this win, no doubt at all. Hibs won the match at Easter
:52:16. > :52:21.Road, 2-1 on this occasion. Both games have been interesting because
:52:22. > :52:25.they could have gone the other way. Quite interesting! Yeah. Japgers
:52:26. > :52:30.really could have won this game at Easter Road, they ended up losing to
:52:31. > :52:35.a late goal. Just as I thought Hibs might have won that one at Ibrox.
:52:36. > :52:41.The game we vice-president mentioned was the Cup tie on the opening day
:52:42. > :52:45.of the season, 6-2 at Easter Road. It almost feels like two different
:52:46. > :52:50.teams. Hibs are a different team. Rangers aren't playing with the same
:52:51. > :52:53.verve or scoring to the same rate. Rangers have scored in every game
:52:54. > :52:57.this season having said that. You think that's virtually the first
:52:58. > :53:03.thick that Hibs have to deal with -- first thing that Hibs have to deal
:53:04. > :53:08.with. They still score freely at Ibrox. Plenty through the managers,
:53:09. > :53:12.all conducted through the media. Warburton said he is more concerned
:53:13. > :53:17.about Christmas shopping than Hibs. Stubbs says Rangers have been in
:53:18. > :53:23.denial. Warburton has come up and you have to learn what it's like in
:53:24. > :53:26.Scotland, it's extraordinarily pressured anyway, if you are a
:53:27. > :53:28.Rangers manager it's going to be constant. If you are pressure on you
:53:29. > :53:32.from other managers or people you have to accept that. It's part of
:53:33. > :53:36.the deal. I think Mark was taken aback by it but then I have been in
:53:37. > :53:39.a situation where I have welcomed people that have come up from down
:53:40. > :53:43.south and players and had to explain to them you are going to get it up
:53:44. > :53:47.here, a bit of needle, you have to learn to deal with it. In the last
:53:48. > :53:50.press conference I thought Mark seemed to be dealing with it. He is
:53:51. > :53:54.getting it a little bit now. Don't worry about what the press are
:53:55. > :53:58.saying and don't worry about other managers, it's part of the wind-up,
:53:59. > :54:03.deal with it. He said that, that's exactly the right way to react. Who
:54:04. > :54:09.do you fancy for it on Monday night, Hibs and Rangers? I don't know. I
:54:10. > :54:14.will come back to you! Pat? I won't hide the fact I have a slight bias,
:54:15. > :54:20.I would take a draw now as someone like Hibernian to do well, in fact,
:54:21. > :54:26.I think it'sroom almost the likely result, I don't think there's much
:54:27. > :54:30.between the teams. Just now or going for the league generally. Michael,
:54:31. > :54:35.reached a decision? It's hard to disagree with any of that. They've
:54:36. > :54:39.been equally matched, not even this season, last season, as well. I can
:54:40. > :54:46.see a draw. I guess both teams will be happy with that. It keeps Hibs in
:54:47. > :54:52.the hunt and unbeaten run going. It will keep Falkirk happy, as well.
:54:53. > :54:55.Will both teams be happy with a draw at Pittodrie this afternoon?
:54:56. > :55:00.Aberdeen will be disappointed to have dropped two points. They had a
:55:01. > :55:04.big turnout today. Fans are expecting them to go top. In the
:55:05. > :55:07.circumstances of the match 2-0 down with 20 minutes left at home, it's
:55:08. > :55:11.all right. You can take something from it. It shows a bit of
:55:12. > :55:15.character. That's exactly what Davis said in the match report. There was
:55:16. > :55:18.character shown. We were actually talking about it through the show.
:55:19. > :55:22.If you look at the players who scored, it's kind of noticeable.
:55:23. > :55:26.They've got that front four that is fantastic. It's going to be big for
:55:27. > :55:30.them. Hayes and McGinn, everyone is talking about them now. McClean is
:55:31. > :55:36.going to be a huge player for them, as well. The story about Rooney,
:55:37. > :55:41.scores a penalty today to save them a point and that, I don't know if
:55:42. > :55:45.you read it, he practises penalties and tells the goalkeeper where he is
:55:46. > :55:49.going to put it, that's a great line that. Maybe you tell them and psych
:55:50. > :55:52.the goalkeeper out. That's really good to be that confident in
:55:53. > :55:56.yourself that you are going to do that. That front four, that's the
:55:57. > :56:00.four that will do it for Aberdeen between now and the end of the
:56:01. > :56:05.season, two of them have scored goals today. Big for Ross County,
:56:06. > :56:11.and 5th, on 27 points. That's only seven clear of the redpags play-off
:56:12. > :56:15.spot. -- relegation. You cannot get carried away. If you score five
:56:16. > :56:20.goals, what a massive boost of confidence to you. You add on top of
:56:21. > :56:24.that they've a striker in Boyce who is on fire just now. You are so, so
:56:25. > :56:27.comfortable that wherever you are playing, when you are playing,
:56:28. > :56:32.however you are doing, he will get us a goal and that gives you so much
:56:33. > :56:37.confidence all over the team. Gary Lock will be enjoying Boxing Day? He
:56:38. > :56:42.will. First win for several weeks. It lifts them and makes sure they're
:56:43. > :56:48.one of those teams in that pack. The league is ridiculous almost. Between
:56:49. > :56:54.5th and 11th there is nothing. We are trying to speculate on who might
:56:55. > :57:01.go down or in the play-offs, it's impock db -- - impossible. Hamilton
:57:02. > :57:06.are on a bad run. Two points ahead of Kilmarnock. No one will relax.
:57:07. > :57:09.Managers are trying to calm players and tell players it's OK, we are
:57:10. > :57:14.doing well, we are having a nice run. This is a little blip now. In
:57:15. > :57:19.fact, nobody with probably the four top are going to be completely and
:57:20. > :57:23.utterly relaxed and I can't see them relaxing because they've a lot of
:57:24. > :57:26.players down that bottom of that table who have been in this problem
:57:27. > :57:30.before and can't seem to drag themselves out. You get teams that
:57:31. > :57:35.move, two or three wins together and they change.
:57:36. > :57:50.Now, folks, that's almost it from the results show for 2015.
:57:51. > :57:59.A big win for Ross County. A hat trick for Liam Boyce.
:58:00. > :58:10.Congratulations to him. In the championship:
:58:11. > :58:19.St Mirren, not a great day for Alex first match in charge:
:58:20. > :58:22.Just time to reboot some charge: of the graphics once more this year
:58:23. > :58:25.to remind you of some of today's outcomes.
:58:26. > :58:28.Now, please remember to watch the highlights show tomorrow night
:58:29. > :58:33.Your first football show of the New Year is the results show
:58:34. > :58:36.next Saturday the 2nd of January at 4:30 on BBC One.
:58:37. > :58:39.But in a minute or two, it's an Off The Ball Saturday
:58:40. > :58:40.Supplement Boxing Day bash with Tam Cowan.
:58:41. > :58:43.And since it's Christmas, the part of Stuart Cosgrove will be
:58:44. > :58:46.Some chap called Michael Grant's on it as well.
:58:47. > :58:53.Thanks to Pat and Michael for their wisdom and wit,
:58:54. > :58:59.Take care and enjoy the rest of the holidays.