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Good evening and welcome to Sportscene. | :00:00. | :00:41. | |
It's been a momentous weekend in the Scottish football calender. | :00:42. | :00:44. | |
Two pulsating matches coming up, plus Premiership and | :00:45. | :00:48. | |
And with us in the studio tonight, the Pats - | :00:49. | :01:26. | |
We start with the League Cup semifinal today at Hampden. | :01:27. | :01:29. | |
Holders Celtic up against Ross County. | :01:30. | :01:31. | |
Commentary from Craig Paterson and Liam McLeod. | :01:32. | :01:39. | |
A season defining few days coming up for the holders, Celtic move a step | :01:40. | :01:46. | |
closer to the holy grail of a domestic clean sweep if they can see | :01:47. | :01:53. | |
off Ross County today. All things considered, it's a fairly unusual | :01:54. | :01:59. | |
line-up. Normally a two upfront team, they have reinforced the | :02:00. | :02:02. | |
midfield today, as they have in the two league games against Celtic so | :02:03. | :02:05. | |
far this season. Ian McShane we think will sit with Schalk, chosen | :02:06. | :02:11. | |
to lead the line. Scott Brown is back in the Celtic squad, but only | :02:12. | :02:20. | |
makes the bench today. Boyata comes back into the fold after a month | :02:21. | :02:25. | |
out. Mackay-Steven started his career at County, you wouldn't bet | :02:26. | :02:29. | |
against Leigh Griffiths adding to his 27 goals already this season. | :02:30. | :02:36. | |
Ross County looking to reach their first ever League Cup final. Celtic | :02:37. | :02:40. | |
aiming for League Cup final number 31. They are big, big favourites to | :02:41. | :02:47. | |
do so, the right to face Hibernian in the 70th staging of this | :02:48. | :02:51. | |
competition showpiece is the prize on offer, back here on the 13th of | :02:52. | :02:56. | |
March. Craig Paterson, what do you think? I'm looking forward to Liz. | :02:57. | :02:59. | |
The opening seconds of the game, Griffiths is in. Celtic have a dream | :03:00. | :03:08. | |
start in the semifinal, inside 30 seconds. A sensational start for the | :03:09. | :03:15. | |
holders! Unbelievable. The team settle into the game and Celtic | :03:16. | :03:22. | |
decked off Ross County in the first minute. You have to be on your toes. | :03:23. | :03:26. | |
Griffiths is through, brilliant play. Could have taken the | :03:27. | :03:30. | |
goalkeeper on himself. Great team play. | :03:31. | :03:41. | |
It's not a bad strike at all and Craig Gordon had to look very lively | :03:42. | :03:47. | |
to keep it out. A great save. That's more like it from County. Shock gets | :03:48. | :03:51. | |
over the ball, fires it. -- Schalk. Irvine stabbed it through, on Gordon | :03:52. | :04:10. | |
here. Well, well, it's another red card for Celtic and it's Ambrose who | :04:11. | :04:17. | |
goes. This has turned on 6p here Hampden. He goes across just there. | :04:18. | :04:28. | |
He goes down. As soon as the referee thinks that's a penalty kick, | :04:29. | :04:31. | |
unfortunately he's going to get the red card. | :04:32. | :04:37. | |
Against Craig Bourton. He has yet to score this season. Woods has scored. | :04:38. | :04:49. | |
Ross County level the semifinal, and has the pendulum swung the way of | :04:50. | :04:56. | |
highlanders? It's a perfect penalty. You don't get any better. Gordon, | :04:57. | :05:01. | |
even if he had guessed right, I don't think he would have saved | :05:02. | :05:04. | |
that. Right into the corner, the perfect penalty from Martin Woods. | :05:05. | :05:17. | |
He had to be brave and he was. A good ball into the box from Celtic. | :05:18. | :05:26. | |
Initially I gratefully, front post, the goalkeeper gets the hand to it | :05:27. | :05:30. | |
and he is hoping his defenders can bail him out. | :05:31. | :05:40. | |
and he is hoping his defenders can gets in there and catches him, a | :05:41. | :05:41. | |
genuine challenge. Woods will take the corner for counting macro, the | :05:42. | :05:48. | |
first of the second half. -- County. Would you believe it, Paul Quinn, on | :05:49. | :05:52. | |
his debut, has scored the winner against Celtic for Celtic against | :05:53. | :05:59. | |
Aberdeen early in the season, has given Ross County the lead in the | :06:00. | :06:03. | |
second half. What story! Billion by Davies and Paul Quinn there is it | :06:04. | :06:09. | |
into the back of the net -- brilliant by Davies. It | :06:10. | :06:12. | |
into the back of the net -- an absolute treat for the side. | :06:13. | :06:20. | |
Irvine twists it into the path, he has found Schalk. A big chance! It | :06:21. | :06:34. | |
looks like deja vu here at Hampden. Schalk strokes Ross County into a | :06:35. | :06:41. | |
3-1 lead against the holders. Supercool, what a ball | :06:42. | :06:43. | |
3-1 lead against the holders. perfect ball, perfect play, Schalk | :06:44. | :06:49. | |
just has to pick his spot. A wonderful finish. I tell you what, | :06:50. | :06:55. | |
what ball that is, but it absolutely perfectly for his team-mate. I | :06:56. | :06:59. | |
what ball that is, but it absolutely the Celtic manager now, does he go | :07:00. | :07:02. | |
for it? Stick on a couple of subs, see if that makes a difference? | :07:03. | :07:08. | |
Johansen's corner. It's a penalty, is it? Yes. Was | :07:09. | :07:19. | |
Johansen's corner. It's a penalty, the box? And Craig Thomson has | :07:20. | :07:22. | |
pointed straight to the spot. This is a lifeline. Well, I'm looking at | :07:23. | :07:27. | |
Ross County players and one or two are asking the question, as it comes | :07:28. | :07:31. | |
in here, he has gone to head it, headed on to his own hands. I tell | :07:32. | :07:38. | |
you what, it's the sub. Griffith versus Fox. Saved by the Ross County | :07:39. | :07:48. | |
keeper. Their lifeline has been spurned, and Celtic have missed | :07:49. | :07:52. | |
their goals. It lets them down in the semifinal. It certainly wasn't | :07:53. | :07:59. | |
as best penalty. Nowhere near the corner. Decent pace, but perfect | :08:00. | :08:01. | |
height for the goalkeeper to save. corner. Decent pace, but perfect | :08:02. | :08:07. | |
Another historic victory for Ross County against Celtic at Hampden. | :08:08. | :08:11. | |
Here comes Gardyne. Lovely ball in for Irvine. Had the chance to seal | :08:12. | :08:19. | |
it. It's another brilliant move again, Martin Woods with the ball, | :08:20. | :08:23. | |
Michael Gardyne sceptred about the far post. Jackson Irvine hits it | :08:24. | :08:29. | |
well, but straight at the keeper. Tierney, for Griffiths, takes it | :08:30. | :08:33. | |
down, looking for a sight at the goal. Brilliant goalkeeping by Fox. | :08:34. | :08:41. | |
That took at least one deflection. The one job of the goalkeeper is | :08:42. | :08:45. | |
keep it out of the back of the net and that is a magnificent save. It's | :08:46. | :08:54. | |
all over. Ross County are into the League Cup final. It is | :08:55. | :09:01. | |
all over. Ross County are into the Celtic. What will the repercussions | :09:02. | :09:04. | |
be for the big Norwegian? There will be no trouble for Celtic. There is | :09:05. | :09:10. | |
joy for the studies, there is -- this is their day. Just look at the | :09:11. | :09:16. | |
facial expression on those wearing a Ross County badge. And so very | :09:17. | :09:21. | |
proudly they do so. It finished here at the National Stadium, Ross County | :09:22. | :09:27. | |
three, Celtic one. I thought the players were magnificent, to lose a | :09:28. | :09:28. | |
goal the players were magnificent, to lose a | :09:29. | :09:31. | |
goal the way we did, it was the exact opposite of the game plan and | :09:32. | :09:35. | |
obviously we had to show courage and character to come back. I thought | :09:36. | :09:41. | |
the opening ten minutes, the goal knocked the stuffing out of us and | :09:42. | :09:44. | |
Celtic were all over us. We had to hang in there. Celtic are a top side | :09:45. | :09:48. | |
and we were down to ten men twice this year and didn't get the job | :09:49. | :09:52. | |
done, so absolutely thrilled. I think you said at the end of last | :09:53. | :09:55. | |
year you were pretty confident and hopeful you could go on and win the | :09:56. | :10:00. | |
treble this year. How big a blow is that due this season? I don't think | :10:01. | :10:05. | |
I said that. It's very tough to do that. History shows that. But you | :10:06. | :10:10. | |
always have a dream and I hope and they had it today and we started | :10:11. | :10:16. | |
very well, it looks like we had the game in our hands and things changed | :10:17. | :10:20. | |
and that is very disappointing. Can you go all the way? Of course we | :10:21. | :10:25. | |
can, we beat Celtic, it gives us confidence in the squad. We have | :10:26. | :10:29. | |
them next week in the league. We finished top six. We are looking for | :10:30. | :10:33. | |
fourth position as well. Finish as high as we can. We have a good squad | :10:34. | :10:38. | |
in their and of course we can win the Cup now, of course we can. | :10:39. | :10:50. | |
It was the right decision for a penalty and a sending off? There | :10:51. | :10:57. | |
were some big moments, not necessarily tactical things. A | :10:58. | :11:03. | |
lovely bit of play. This passing is very good. He is going to make that | :11:04. | :11:15. | |
run in their behind Michael Lustig. He should probably be looking at it, | :11:16. | :11:20. | |
but it is a beautiful dummy. You have a look at when the a nice | :11:21. | :11:27. | |
dummy. The question everybody wants to know what is it a penalty kick or | :11:28. | :11:33. | |
is it a sending off. To be fair I think you cannot argue with that. It | :11:34. | :11:42. | |
has caught him there. Once you make any contact in the box and you are | :11:43. | :11:46. | |
running at pace, the referee is going to give a penalty. There is | :11:47. | :11:51. | |
not much of a tackle, but he just catches him. I made an argument | :11:52. | :11:58. | |
today that may be some of the Celtic fans thought it was a sending off as | :11:59. | :12:08. | |
well. He passed him and then once the penalties given, there is no | :12:09. | :12:12. | |
alternative but to send him off. It is unfortunate for Michael Ambrose. | :12:13. | :12:19. | |
He should be thinking he had no alternative but to chase them. That | :12:20. | :12:31. | |
was a big moment. The referees will give the penalty and will give the | :12:32. | :12:33. | |
sending off. Was this within the rules? Right at | :12:34. | :12:58. | |
the top. Michael listed is picking up Alan Davies, but he blocks him | :12:59. | :13:09. | |
off. Mikael Lustig. He is going to go down there, he has his man | :13:10. | :13:14. | |
blocked. That is number one. The other one you look at is Craig | :13:15. | :13:19. | |
Gordon. There is an arm around him. I am looking down and thinking there | :13:20. | :13:26. | |
is a goalkeeper here. The blocks that off. He had to go down and | :13:27. | :13:34. | |
react to the cross. -- he blocks. That is a definite free kick | :13:35. | :13:39. | |
forming. Craig Gordon goes absolutely berserk. There is a | :13:40. | :13:43. | |
movement here. That is another error. I would make an excuse the | :13:44. | :13:47. | |
Celtic defence, they do all sorts of different things. The referee's | :13:48. | :13:58. | |
perfect position. I would make the argument, referees cannot see that | :13:59. | :14:05. | |
block or what is done there. He is in the position to see everything. | :14:06. | :14:12. | |
There is always a problem. There are mistakes by Celtic. You have to give | :14:13. | :14:17. | |
credit to Ross County and how they have perfected that corner kick. | :14:18. | :14:21. | |
They worked it really well and they got that reward from it. He got to | :14:22. | :14:30. | |
the track and it is forward. What you would remember about Celtic, I | :14:31. | :14:34. | |
thought they were having more of a play for long periods. It was | :14:35. | :14:42. | |
against ten men. The performance from Ross County, really impressive, | :14:43. | :14:45. | |
the young goalkeeper played a blinder. I have never seen anything | :14:46. | :14:52. | |
else from him. A good save for a penalty kick, | :14:53. | :14:55. | |
else from him. A good save for a ball land. I have never seen a | :14:56. | :14:58. | |
else from him. A good save for a go that far in my life, absolutely | :14:59. | :15:03. | |
incredible. This is a brilliant save, all the bodies in front. He is | :15:04. | :15:05. | |
going one way and he gets save, all the bodies in front. He is | :15:06. | :15:09. | |
luck and it goes over the crossbar. save, all the bodies in front. He is | :15:10. | :15:13. | |
They have travelled around Europe save, all the bodies in front. He is | :15:14. | :15:18. | |
their hands, it is the modern way. When you | :15:19. | :15:25. | |
their hands, it is the modern way. great save. I think that is | :15:26. | :15:28. | |
world-class, you meant to do that, it had a deflection, that is | :15:29. | :15:34. | |
world-class. A fantastic result for Ross County. Where does this leave | :15:35. | :15:39. | |
Rodney Tyler. The fans will be disappointed. -- Deila. | :15:40. | :15:51. | |
So Ross County into their very first League Cup Final. | :15:52. | :15:53. | |
Yesterday at Tynecastle saw the first of the semifinals, | :15:54. | :15:55. | |
Hibs and St Johnstone both vying for a place in the final on Sunday | :15:56. | :15:58. | |
Watching for Sportscene was Alasdair Lamont. | :15:59. | :16:07. | |
The last time these teams were on mutual territory it was for a League | :16:08. | :16:14. | |
Cup semifinal right here at Tynecastle. The men from League 1, | :16:15. | :16:24. | |
3-1, they lifted the trophy by beating Kilmarnock. Alex Stubbs | :16:25. | :16:30. | |
tries to clinch the first piece of silverware, they have been unable to | :16:31. | :16:35. | |
bring Anthony Stokes into the team. The only change to this side is the | :16:36. | :16:42. | |
introduction of Berkeley. Quite an atmosphere inside | :16:43. | :17:01. | |
Tynecastle for Quite an atmosphere inside | :17:02. | :17:06. | |
semifinal. St Johnstone are underway. The stadium belongs to | :17:07. | :17:18. | |
Hibernian's city rivals. They have been dominated by fans from Leith. | :17:19. | :17:30. | |
St Johnstone fans. This is promising for Hibernian. David | :17:31. | :17:35. | |
St Johnstone fans. This is promising supporting from full-back, a good | :17:36. | :17:39. | |
cross. Stephen Anderson with a header clear. St Johnstone packing | :17:40. | :17:49. | |
away. Jason Cummings coming inside deadly with the penalty. Gave | :17:50. | :17:54. | |
Anderson the chance there, the head clear before he could get on the end | :17:55. | :18:13. | |
of it. Penalty kick. Chris Miller takes Henderson down just inside the | :18:14. | :18:18. | |
box. His finger pointing in the face from Steven McLean. Chris Miller | :18:19. | :18:26. | |
incensed by Henderson going down. The officials have taken the | :18:27. | :18:37. | |
decision. Steven McLean has been told in no uncertain terms by the St | :18:38. | :18:42. | |
Johnstone striker who was shown the yellow card, he goes to challenge. | :18:43. | :18:56. | |
Henderson looked very keen to go down. You have to say. Regardless | :18:57. | :19:04. | |
-in have the opportunity to take the lead here at Tynecastle. Jason | :19:05. | :19:12. | |
Cummings rolls it into the corner and Hibernian have the championship, | :19:13. | :19:16. | |
they make the breakthrough, as cool as you like. Jason Cummings gets it | :19:17. | :19:21. | |
past Alan -- the goalkeeper. Back into the box, the header! Joe | :19:22. | :19:46. | |
Shaughnessy! They are back on level terms. They were only behind for a | :19:47. | :19:53. | |
matter of three minutes and they will feel that is very much | :19:54. | :19:59. | |
deserved. Joe Shaughnessy got the free kick. There was no chance the | :20:00. | :20:06. | |
goalkeeper was going to keep that out. | :20:07. | :20:17. | |
Up against John McGinn. Alive to the danger. Here is Davison. Right on | :20:18. | :20:35. | |
the edge of the box. I am not sure there is any more contact on this | :20:36. | :20:39. | |
occasion than there was the last time. Simon Lappin fires it in and | :20:40. | :20:49. | |
it clipped the top of the bar. Simon Lappin just inches away. So unlucky | :20:50. | :21:02. | |
here for Simon Lappin. Here is John McGinn. It may work for him. So | :21:03. | :21:14. | |
close across the Hibernian goal. The Hibernian fans really feel the game | :21:15. | :21:17. | |
is theirs for the taking at the moment. Joe Shaughnessy, picks it up | :21:18. | :21:29. | |
and goes for gold. Beautiful goals from John McGinn. Blistering effort | :21:30. | :21:40. | |
from the midfielder. This is no more than a half chance the German game | :21:41. | :21:48. | |
-- for John McGinn. Boy did he let rip. He has put Hibs in the final of | :21:49. | :21:54. | |
the League Cup. Again a lovely ball. Can you finish | :21:55. | :22:11. | |
it the Hibs. Not quite. -- can he finish it for Hibs? He just missed | :22:12. | :22:20. | |
the target. A narrow angle, what a pass for John McGinn. Here is John | :22:21. | :22:32. | |
McGinn. A lovely turn away from Davison. Challenged by Joe | :22:33. | :22:39. | |
Shaughnessy. Again he is offside, what a run from John McGinn. Three | :22:40. | :22:49. | |
or four defenders there. Joe Shaughnessy was challenged. Can the | :22:50. | :23:01. | |
captain get him back in it, no is the answer. The referee blows his | :23:02. | :23:11. | |
whistle! It is Hibernian who have come out on top. They go to the | :23:12. | :23:17. | |
League Cup final. Their tremendous run of form continues. I believe in | :23:18. | :23:28. | |
the team. We have managed to get to one cup final which I am so proud of | :23:29. | :23:35. | |
the players, they deserve all the accolades and the pats on the back | :23:36. | :23:40. | |
today, because they not only made me proud, but they made 12 thousand 500 | :23:41. | :23:55. | |
fans proud as well. -- 12,000 500. We are disappointed but we will pick | :23:56. | :24:03. | |
ourselves up. It is such a great occasion for everyone involved in | :24:04. | :24:07. | |
the club. It is a great day out for all the fans. A great performance | :24:08. | :24:12. | |
from John McGinn. A fantastic result. No doubt about the talking | :24:13. | :24:17. | |
point of the weekend. It has been poured over a million times, the | :24:18. | :24:22. | |
Henderson penalty. Was there contact? I would love to be able to | :24:23. | :24:28. | |
tell you if there was or wasn't. It was almost impossible. From where I | :24:29. | :24:32. | |
was, to be brutally honest, I don't think so. He looks at that one and | :24:33. | :24:39. | |
it looks as if there is a little brush. If there is a brush, it is | :24:40. | :24:44. | |
exactly the same as what we were saying before about Ambrose. It is | :24:45. | :24:46. | |
either a penalty or it is not a saying before about Ambrose. It is | :24:47. | :24:52. | |
penalty. It is the softest of softest penalties. When you or any | :24:53. | :24:56. | |
at pace and someone sticks out their leg and I think Chris Miller could | :24:57. | :25:01. | |
have gone with his arms. Once you stick out your arm, if there is any | :25:02. | :25:04. | |
touch, he has gone down. He put his hands up at the end but | :25:05. | :25:16. | |
he had stuck out his leg and that's the difference between Ambrose's | :25:17. | :25:22. | |
situation with Celtic, he put his knee into the player and didn't | :25:23. | :25:25. | |
stick out his leg, so there is an argument yes, it was a penalty, if | :25:26. | :25:29. | |
he has touched them and that's a bit we are unsure about. Some people | :25:30. | :25:34. | |
will feel he died. I don't think there was a dive. He made the most | :25:35. | :25:37. | |
of it shall we say, euphemistically, and his movement was impeded, you | :25:38. | :25:44. | |
can save much. Chris comes across a bit so his movement is impeded even | :25:45. | :25:48. | |
if he wasn't touched, he has moved out of the way, so off-balance. A | :25:49. | :25:53. | |
dive is far too harsh. McGinn played brilliantly yesterday. We talked | :25:54. | :26:00. | |
about at St Mirren. He was crunching into tackles, it's great to see a | :26:01. | :26:05. | |
young Scots player in the League Cup with energy in the middle of the | :26:06. | :26:08. | |
pitch and he can pass the ball too. He has a good awareness and he is in | :26:09. | :26:13. | |
there, driving that team. A little bit out of position. You could see a | :26:14. | :26:20. | |
little bit, he looked at himself, he will know himself maybe if you could | :26:21. | :26:21. | |
have got to it but will know himself maybe if you could | :26:22. | :26:26. | |
strike, dipping down in front of the back of the net, but look at this, | :26:27. | :26:30. | |
great awareness, good pass, sets up diagonal, could have been in goal | :26:31. | :26:35. | |
and we will see the run at the end. But he had a superb game yesterday. | :26:36. | :26:41. | |
It's great to see a personality here as well, isn't it? This strike is | :26:42. | :26:46. | |
brilliant, we have watched Synod in Sudan famously, a great run -- | :26:47. | :26:58. | |
Zidane. Alan Stubbs has said ice trust you as lads, believing you as | :26:59. | :27:02. | |
lads, I enjoy your football, sure what you can do and you know how | :27:03. | :27:06. | |
much better that makes you feel as a creative player, it's incredible. | :27:07. | :27:12. | |
Who is favourite for the final, Ross County your heads? It's hard to call | :27:13. | :27:18. | |
it, Hibs are playing with abundance and confidence but Ross County | :27:19. | :27:22. | |
getting there and John McIntyre has done a magnificent job. To go on the | :27:23. | :27:27. | |
run they went on, they are up now in the top six in the league, now they | :27:28. | :27:32. | |
have beaten Celtic. They will be getting into high-end confidence and | :27:33. | :27:36. | |
it may turn out to be a terrific final. I'm guessing you are batting | :27:37. | :27:42. | |
-- backing Hibs? I think it is 50-50, a toss of the coin. There is | :27:43. | :27:48. | |
not much between the two teams. Hibs are a lower league team, not playing | :27:49. | :27:52. | |
well and they have better players than that but any lower league team | :27:53. | :27:58. | |
you have to give them respect. They are only slight favourites. | :27:59. | :28:00. | |
Next weekend, it's all about a different Cup. | :28:01. | :28:02. | |
But hopefully more of the same when it comes to drama, | :28:03. | :28:04. | |
All the action from the Scottish Cup. | :28:05. | :28:24. | |
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All the action from the Scottish Cup. | :28:40. | :28:42. | |
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Sportscene's then back at 2:45pm on Sunday on BBC One Scotland, | :28:45. | :28:47. | |
live coverage of East Kilbride's giant-killing attempt against | :28:48. | :28:49. | |
And on Sunday night a second bout of highlights, all the weekend | :28:50. | :28:54. | |
action in our regular Sunday night slot - albeit at the slightly | :28:55. | :28:57. | |
Two Premiership matches now - and one Premiership manager didn't | :28:58. | :29:04. | |
Gary Locke the third top-flight boss to vacate his position this season. | :29:05. | :29:09. | |
After the match that sealed his fate, Hamilton Academical | :29:10. | :29:14. | |
Kilmarnock make four changes after the thrashing from Dundee United. | :29:15. | :29:30. | |
McHattie starts along with McKenzie, Robinson and Boyd, others dropout. | :29:31. | :29:37. | |
Hamilton make one change from the side that drew with Hearts last | :29:38. | :29:44. | |
season -- last weekend. Here is McHattie. Finding Kiltie. | :29:45. | :29:51. | |
Good lay-off, McHattie. Good build-up from Kilmarnock. Lloyd | :29:52. | :30:03. | |
setting up the opportunity there for the former Hearts fullback -- Boyd. | :30:04. | :30:10. | |
McHattie not too far away with that effort. Kilmarnock, one defeat in | :30:11. | :30:18. | |
the last four matches. They have only picked up one win in the last | :30:19. | :30:25. | |
six. Here is Morris. Collides with Ashcroft, it is Crawford's. A touch | :30:26. | :30:32. | |
on that want to knock it wide. Crawford set -- certainly felt he | :30:33. | :30:37. | |
did. The referee played good advantage, after Ashcroft took out | :30:38. | :30:41. | |
Morris, and Crawford just couldn't find the back of the net. | :30:42. | :30:51. | |
McGuinness is trying his luck from distance. -- Josh Magennis. He | :30:52. | :30:59. | |
wasn't going to beat McGovern with that effort, but good linkup play | :31:00. | :31:00. | |
between the two strikers. Since last beating Kilmarnock, | :31:01. | :31:14. | |
lackeys have won only one of their last 15 games. -- Hamilton | :31:15. | :31:24. | |
Academicals. Flicked on by Imrie, and Jamie McDonnell quickly in their | :31:25. | :31:28. | |
to turn it away from the onrushing Lyon. | :31:29. | :31:39. | |
Back in towards Boyd, who has gone to ground in a challenge with | :31:40. | :31:45. | |
Devlin, Kilmarnock claiming for the penalty kick. The referee waved play | :31:46. | :31:54. | |
on. Here is Hamilton Academicals on the counter. It's Imrie. Good effort | :31:55. | :32:02. | |
from Imrie, just too high. He is the top scorer, with five goals this | :32:03. | :32:07. | |
season. But trying to catch out McDonald with a curling effort, | :32:08. | :32:13. | |
couldn't get it down. At the other end, Kilmarnock certainly were | :32:14. | :32:18. | |
claiming for that penalty. It was Josh Magennis with the ball back in, | :32:19. | :32:23. | |
Devlin and Boyd collide, and the referee saw nothing untoward in that | :32:24. | :32:24. | |
incident. The header away from Jamie Hamill, | :32:25. | :32:36. | |
too high from the Kilmarnock substitute. They are looking for a | :32:37. | :32:48. | |
look -- they are looking for a push to their confidence after last | :32:49. | :32:53. | |
week's disappointment. It's only Kris Boyd's ninth league start of | :32:54. | :32:58. | |
the season. He scored three goals so far, that was close to number four. | :32:59. | :33:08. | |
Locked away, Hamilton Academicals have the corner. | :33:09. | :33:16. | |
Crawford with it. Hamilton Adam Gemili full have the lead, 19 | :33:17. | :33:24. | |
minutes from the end, Gemili full have the lead, 19 | :33:25. | :33:30. | |
Morris on the scoresheet for the fourth time this season. The player | :33:31. | :33:36. | |
on loan from Norwich, his effort coming off the head and it took a | :33:37. | :33:39. | |
deflection off the Kilmarnock player, and Jamie McDonald couldn't | :33:40. | :33:48. | |
keep it out. Kilmarnock keen to get back on level terms. | :33:49. | :33:54. | |
In towards Carrick. That was a great opportunity to level things up and | :33:55. | :34:09. | |
Carrick knows that. Carrick had a good first touch but the second | :34:10. | :34:16. | |
wasn't too clever. Hamilton have won in their last two visits to Rugby | :34:17. | :34:23. | |
Park. This could be three in a row. Here is Ali Crawford, Jamie | :34:24. | :34:28. | |
McDonnell is right behind that one, and Hamilton are desperate to hold | :34:29. | :34:32. | |
out here and pick up their first win in their last nine league matches. | :34:33. | :34:38. | |
Overall I didn't think it was a great game, quite a poor game. Both | :34:39. | :34:42. | |
sides at times, especially ourselves, fought early in the game, | :34:43. | :34:48. | |
nervous and a bit looking -- lacking in confidence with so many players | :34:49. | :34:51. | |
but the only way they are going to get through it is | :34:52. | :34:53. | |
but the only way they are going to there wasn't a lot in the | :34:54. | :34:56. | |
but the only way they are going to looked like it would finish 0-0. The | :34:57. | :35:02. | |
performances most important, it's a big result for us, it's never an | :35:03. | :35:05. | |
easy place to come. I'm really pleased with the effort the boys | :35:06. | :35:10. | |
easy place to come. I'm really look -- put in, they looked solid. | :35:11. | :35:12. | |
We broke away in the last 20 look -- put in, they looked solid. | :35:13. | :35:17. | |
and we should have taken one more chance at least and given ourselves | :35:18. | :35:20. | |
breathing space but the most important thing was to win the game | :35:21. | :35:24. | |
and I'm delighted to have done so. And following that defeat, Gary | :35:25. | :35:28. | |
Locke resigned as Kilmarnock manager. Did that surprise you? It | :35:29. | :35:32. | |
surprised me manager. Did that surprise you? It | :35:33. | :35:35. | |
interview, it didn't look if it was in his mind to resign but when the | :35:36. | :35:39. | |
crowd turn against you, their home form has been the thing that has | :35:40. | :35:42. | |
killed them this year, I have watched them down there and they | :35:43. | :35:46. | |
were hammered against Partick Thistle, I watched that game, and | :35:47. | :35:51. | |
when you're a bit against Dundee United 5-1, a team below you, and | :35:52. | :35:56. | |
getting beaten at home at home again against Hamilton, the pressure | :35:57. | :35:58. | |
getting beaten at home at home again on and he thought, time to walk away | :35:59. | :36:01. | |
and give it to somebody else but disappointing for Gary. He's a young | :36:02. | :36:04. | |
manager and we don't see young guys going out of the game. Pat Nevin, | :36:05. | :36:09. | |
who's next? We understand Billy Davis is going to speak to | :36:10. | :36:12. | |
Kilmarnock in the next 24 hours. Is he the right man right now? There | :36:13. | :36:16. | |
are a lot of things Billy would bring to the job. There are guys who | :36:17. | :36:21. | |
can do it out there but there will be no lack of effort. He is one of | :36:22. | :36:24. | |
the most intense managers you'll ever come across and no stone will | :36:25. | :36:28. | |
be left unturned. There will be plenty of managers. Jimmy Calderwood | :36:29. | :36:35. | |
have mentioned. Stuart McCall might be mentioned. You need somebody | :36:36. | :36:44. | |
experienced quickly. It's a tough job to take. A certain level of | :36:45. | :36:48. | |
managers think it could look bad if they take it and it goes wrong for | :36:49. | :36:52. | |
them. That's 25% of the managers so far this season have lost their | :36:53. | :36:57. | |
jobs, it's an horrendous job to take up and I have respect for those that | :36:58. | :37:00. | |
do it. I feel sorry for Gary Locke. A massive victory for Hamilton | :37:01. | :37:06. | |
Academicals, it was all was going to be a big result of one of these | :37:07. | :37:11. | |
sides could get three points. Yes, he put it into that area and you get | :37:12. | :37:17. | |
free, got a bit of luck, took a deflection but he is claiming that | :37:18. | :37:22. | |
goal, a big, big goal. They don't win that, Kilmarnock to win it, one | :37:23. | :37:28. | |
goal either way. Kilmarnock find themselves above Hamilton that just | :37:29. | :37:31. | |
now and that's how tight it is, how close. It's a really tough gig. | :37:32. | :37:35. | |
Next up, Dundee, looking at top six, versus a Motherwell side trying | :37:36. | :37:38. | |
to put some distance between themselves and a play-off place. | :37:39. | :37:40. | |
Commentary comes from Paul Mitchell. | :37:41. | :37:46. | |
Dundee safely through in the Scottish Cup against Falkirk, two | :37:47. | :37:49. | |
changes. A narrow home loss to Ross County | :37:50. | :37:59. | |
last week, one change for Mark McGhee. | :38:00. | :38:07. | |
That's long looking. Johnson going for the byline, it's a great ball | :38:08. | :38:21. | |
across, taken down. An opening goal after four minutes, his first goal | :38:22. | :38:26. | |
for Motherwell, his 11th appearance. after four minutes, his first goal | :38:27. | :38:33. | |
He has scored in senior football on loan to Rovers but that's an | :38:34. | :38:36. | |
absolute belter. Johnson played it across and he had the confidence to | :38:37. | :38:40. | |
bring it down and hit it sweetly with the left foot. | :38:41. | :38:46. | |
Dundee U looking to strike back. And he has the equaliser. It's McGowan's | :38:47. | :38:59. | |
first goal in almost a year. Brought under control superbly. The turn and | :39:00. | :39:05. | |
the dispatch. Dundee are level inside two minutes, 1-1. The snow is | :39:06. | :39:11. | |
relentless. McGowan is forward again. Peter fourball, wide, to | :39:12. | :39:19. | |
Hemmings. -- beautiful ball. Nine goals in his last six games for | :39:20. | :39:24. | |
Dundee, Hemmings is a constant threat and shows again good play. He | :39:25. | :39:31. | |
has managed in better conditions, Mark McGhee. There is no takers. | :39:32. | :39:39. | |
Horrible ones for goalkeepers, Scott Bain having to stretch out here. He | :39:40. | :39:44. | |
will have worried about the touch. That's a really good stop. | :39:45. | :39:51. | |
McGowan is calling for it. Pulls it back, off the bar. It should have | :39:52. | :39:58. | |
been, from Rory Loy. This is a miss back, off the bar. It should have | :39:59. | :40:04. | |
from four yards out, beautiful play, had to score, simply had to score. | :40:05. | :40:14. | |
Simply had to score. A couple of pushes and away. He is so dangerous. | :40:15. | :40:27. | |
He likes the run. Confident on the left foot. Working the 1-2 with the | :40:28. | :40:38. | |
ball. This is brilliant from Pearson. He scores for the third | :40:39. | :40:44. | |
straight game against Dundee. The effort, may well have been going | :40:45. | :41:28. | |
wide. You are not sure. Plays it through. Almost releases the past. | :41:29. | :41:48. | |
Here is Pearson. He is offside. The celebration is quickly could tail. | :41:49. | :42:01. | |
You put the game beyond Dundee. He tries to get the ball away. The | :42:02. | :42:13. | |
referee was in a good position. Dundee will get the spot kick. He | :42:14. | :42:19. | |
just tried to hook it away. He did not think he caught him. The referee | :42:20. | :42:30. | |
did. Perfectly dispatched. He scores perfectly here for 2-2. A face like | :42:31. | :42:51. | |
fears. -- fizz. A good stop from Conor Ripley. We are in a dogfight | :42:52. | :43:00. | |
to avoid the play-offs all worse, to avoid relegation at the moment. | :43:01. | :43:06. | |
Every point accounts and to have him almost over the line, a difficult | :43:07. | :43:11. | |
defensive performance in the second half. We had a chance at the other | :43:12. | :43:15. | |
end that probably should have finished the game. The strategy was | :43:16. | :43:20. | |
right, I felt we deserved to win the game and the referee made a terrible | :43:21. | :43:29. | |
call. Paul Hartley did not speak to us. Was there any contact? The | :43:30. | :43:37. | |
referee certainly thought there was. I did not think there was contact. | :43:38. | :43:42. | |
They are trying to kick the ball away. You can have a look at it | :43:43. | :43:49. | |
here. It was headed out, trying to clear it. I cannot see much contact. | :43:50. | :43:56. | |
There does seem a sense of surprise when the referee gives it. The | :43:57. | :44:03. | |
referee is in a good position. If you have the Hibs penalty, there is | :44:04. | :44:09. | |
one half decent kick between the three of them. They are all just | :44:10. | :44:15. | |
tiny glances. The only one you can absolutely clearly see is Ambrose as | :44:16. | :44:19. | |
the connection. The others you cannot absolutely see those | :44:20. | :44:24. | |
connections. Mark will be really disappointed. The last time I was on | :44:25. | :44:29. | |
here, I gave Mark a big build-up and he was doing well and they have not | :44:30. | :44:34. | |
done anything since that. I will not give Mark praise again. In saying | :44:35. | :44:40. | |
that he will be disappointed, a big result away from home and they were | :44:41. | :44:44. | |
2-1 up and to lose that goal late on, he was really annoyed. They do | :44:45. | :44:51. | |
score a lot of goals, just three clean sheets this season. | :44:52. | :45:03. | |
This is a brilliant move. We were talking about some of the great | :45:04. | :45:11. | |
moves. Dribbling through from a distance. There are opportunities. | :45:12. | :45:17. | |
Do you know what? That just makes for a good game of football. Lots of | :45:18. | :45:27. | |
chances. You go out there, you close things down. | :45:28. | :45:34. | |
chances. You go out there, you close finish. This one to be honest, | :45:35. | :45:48. | |
honestly, fabulous. Six goals, eight games, he has been injured. David | :45:49. | :45:53. | |
Pearson, I think he is very special, he has had one of the best seasons | :45:54. | :45:59. | |
of his career. Those two matches leave the Premiership table looking | :46:00. | :46:00. | |
like this. In recent times Falkirk had | :46:01. | :46:09. | |
pushed their way very much Yesterday a real top of the table | :46:10. | :46:12. | |
clash as Peter Houston's side travelled to Ibrox to test | :46:13. | :46:16. | |
their mettle against leaders Rangers make two changes for the | :46:17. | :46:39. | |
victory. Falkirk were on Scottish Cup duty during the week. | :46:40. | :46:50. | |
Missed the cup tie during the week, he was not signed in time the | :46:51. | :46:59. | |
original tie. -- for the original tie. It is an inviting ball across. | :47:00. | :47:21. | |
The shot is a strong one. He is very direct when he has to be, plenty of | :47:22. | :47:32. | |
power, deflection as well. Scored in both league meetings this evening | :47:33. | :47:39. | |
between the two. It was always rising when he appreciated the pass | :47:40. | :47:43. | |
to set up the opportunity for the midfielder. On loan from Hearts. | :47:44. | :47:59. | |
to set up the opportunity for the Poor from Rangers, giving the ball | :48:00. | :48:05. | |
away. That is a hopeful one. Rogers has to watch. Even Dean Shiels | :48:06. | :48:12. | |
shakes his head at this one. You did not get it away at all as he | :48:13. | :48:21. | |
planned. -- he did not. Hoping for support. Inviting into the middle, | :48:22. | :48:32. | |
not dealt with well. Bird with a second chance. It will be cleared. | :48:33. | :48:46. | |
-- Baird. That is a great challenge from Danny Wilson. Dean Shiels, | :48:47. | :48:58. | |
plays out wide. Not too much of an impact. Offside. Celebrations are | :48:59. | :49:17. | |
cut short. Well offside. Deflection into the middle. Wilson did well. | :49:18. | :49:30. | |
Had to make the save. He is on a mission to make the save today. | :49:31. | :49:39. | |
Trying to drive them forward, breaking the deadlock here. Good | :49:40. | :49:47. | |
shot. He is full,'s designated shooters of the day. -- full Kirk -- | :49:48. | :49:58. | |
Falkirk's. Billy King gets involved, tries | :49:59. | :50:15. | |
shot. Got the ball. Closed down in the end. The shot is deflected onto | :50:16. | :50:26. | |
the keeper. Always looking to make space. It is a really good effort | :50:27. | :50:40. | |
from Rangers to set him up here. The shop was very weak. -- the shot. | :50:41. | :50:53. | |
Let's just hit and hope. Coming in at the back stick. Not really | :50:54. | :51:05. | |
troubling the goalkeeper. Pushing for a winner, Rangers. The header! | :51:06. | :51:16. | |
He has secured all three points for the home side. Falkirk thought they | :51:17. | :51:28. | |
had done enough. Billy King is an instant hero. | :51:29. | :51:49. | |
A lot of chat about Michael O'Halloran and whether he will go to | :51:50. | :51:59. | |
Rangers. When they are playing well, they are a joy to watch. A lot came | :52:00. | :52:14. | |
from the left-hand side. They have a lot of players there who are attack | :52:15. | :52:20. | |
minded. They are given the freedom to move around and they do not play | :52:21. | :52:25. | |
in a position as such. That is difficult for defenders and they | :52:26. | :52:33. | |
have excitement in the team. Next year there will be a big question | :52:34. | :52:39. | |
whether they can move up. Can they challenge at the top end? Time will | :52:40. | :52:49. | |
tell. They looked in really good form. Billy King, he is the story. A | :52:50. | :53:00. | |
dream start. The last goal and of course they will be thinking thanks | :53:01. | :53:01. | |
very much Hearts. It may course they will be thinking thanks | :53:02. | :53:13. | |
effect in the end. It may have an effect for Hibernian. There is | :53:14. | :53:17. | |
plenty of depth in that team. They are enjoying it so much, maybe it | :53:18. | :53:20. | |
will help them have success at the end. | :53:21. | :53:25. | |
Until then, from all of us on the team, goodnight. | :53:26. | :53:53. | |
Well, it is another yellow card for Celtic. Hibernian celebrate. | :53:54. | :54:03. | |
Well, it is another yellow card for County adding to the League Cup | :54:04. | :54:05. |