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A wide Docteur Ben Knight, but no slick pop as Sol take win their | :00:15. | :00:23. | |
match. -- a wet October night as Celtic win their match. United pay | :00:23. | :00:28. | |
the penalty as Falkirk grab more headlines. It is the League Cup | :00:28. | :00:34. | |
semi-final. Don't write off the underdogs. | :00:34. | :00:42. | |
Who will play Karl -- Kilmarnock in seven weeks with a chance to lift | :00:42. | :00:47. | |
this trophy? We will let you know in a couple of hours. The second | :00:47. | :00:51. | |
semi-final is of course between the SPL leaders Celtic and First | :00:51. | :00:55. | |
Division Falkirk. It is live on the BBC and later we will have | :00:55. | :01:02. | |
highlights of the first semi-final, with the Kilmarnock manager and the | :01:02. | :01:06. | |
Bolton manager. This is a spy mission for you. Are you expecting | :01:06. | :01:11. | |
Celtic in the final? It is Cup final. You don't know. Yesterday's | :01:11. | :01:16. | |
game went to extra time and it is difficult to say. Celtic should be | :01:16. | :01:20. | |
favourites but you do not know in the Cup. Looking at the Falkirk | :01:20. | :01:23. | |
team, they are organised and disciplined and I think they will | :01:23. | :01:28. | |
give a good game today. Falkirk was your first managerial job. Is there | :01:28. | :01:34. | |
a place in your heart? Very much so. They are a fantastic club. They | :01:34. | :01:37. | |
have had difficult years with finance and everything else. What | :01:37. | :01:43. | |
they have been doing recently, they have a tremendous set of kids, they | :01:43. | :01:47. | |
are growing and getting better. Today they will have to be at their | :01:47. | :01:51. | |
maximum. They will have to hope that Celtic is hoped the league of | :01:51. | :01:56. | |
their game at the bit, and that can happen. -- hope for Diouf their | :01:56. | :02:06. | |
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game. Will pat -- Falkirk try to do what they did yesterday? It will be | :02:08. | :02:12. | |
interesting to see. United were fairly defensive, and we will talk | :02:12. | :02:17. | |
about it later. I was polite about it yesterday. I don't think Falkirk | :02:17. | :02:20. | |
did that. Because they are doing well in the league and scoring | :02:20. | :02:25. | |
quite a few goals, they will have more of ago. There are plenty in | :02:25. | :02:31. | |
the team that just love to attack. They score a lot of goals as well. | :02:31. | :02:36. | |
I expect that it will be an open game. Le of promising players at | :02:36. | :02:41. | |
Falkirk. It seems to be a great system. -- lots of promising | :02:41. | :02:50. | |
players. They are producing lots of talent. Yes, all the managers were | :02:50. | :02:54. | |
coach's first and foremost. You need to work with young players to | :02:54. | :02:58. | |
help them develop. You need to do that in terms of a business plan | :02:58. | :03:02. | |
for your club. You can generate cash for your club. It is a | :03:02. | :03:09. | |
positive outcome for the years to come. He is a fantastic lad and he | :03:09. | :03:14. | |
is driven to succeed and he has Alex Smith. That is a great | :03:14. | :03:18. | |
combination. They are not all young. Darren Dods lends a bit of | :03:18. | :03:22. | |
experience to the centre of the Falkirk defence. We are expecting | :03:22. | :03:31. | |
James Forrest at the head of a diamond behind Hooper. That will be | :03:31. | :03:35. | |
difficult for them to contain. have mixed opinions on that. I | :03:35. | :03:38. | |
think he might be more effective on the outside of the team because he | :03:39. | :03:42. | |
can get down the sides and things can happen for the front players. | :03:42. | :03:46. | |
He is definitely a threat. He has been fantastic this season. He is | :03:46. | :03:51. | |
doing really well. They talk about the young players at Falkirk and | :03:51. | :03:55. | |
rightly so. There are some good young players coming through. | :03:55. | :03:59. | |
have spoken to Alex Smith and Steven Pressley. The manager | :03:59. | :04:04. | |
certainly believes that the upset here is possible. There is no point | :04:04. | :04:10. | |
going to a game if you do not think it is possible. I think people in | :04:10. | :04:15. | |
First Division football may not be aware of Farid El Alagui, and he is | :04:15. | :04:19. | |
a goalscorer. The problem is that all the way through Celtic's team | :04:19. | :04:27. | |
there are guys that can score goals. That will make it a tough win for | :04:27. | :04:31. | |
Falkirk but I am looking forward to it. It is Celtic against Falkirk | :04:32. | :04:35. | |
for the right to play Kilmarnock on March 18th at Hampden Park in the | :04:36. | :04:43. | |
final. Billy Dodds and Liam McLeod of commentating. -- are | :04:43. | :04:53. | |
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best sides in Scotland right now, even though there is one league | :04:54. | :04:59. | |
between them. Falkirk have only lost four of 29 games in | :04:59. | :05:05. | |
competition this season, including beating Dundee United and Rangers | :05:05. | :05:14. | |
in this competition. Celtic have turned a 15 point deficit into a | :05:14. | :05:24. | |
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potential four point lead over Rangers. They produced 1- 1 point | :05:25. | :05:35. | |
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with victory. -- they reduced that to one point. They have not been on | :05:40. | :05:49. | |
such a good run in the early four years. -- nearly four years. A | :05:49. | :05:52. | |
pleasant day compared to yesterday for the derby. It was freezing them | :05:52. | :06:00. | |
but not as bad today. Darren Dods leads the Falkirk team. He is 36, | :06:00. | :06:08. | |
nearly 37. It is the youthful Falkirk squad. Steven Pressley's | :06:08. | :06:13. | |
starting 11 features 17 year-old Jay Fulton, the son of Steve, | :06:13. | :06:19. | |
former Hearts defender. He scored in the Scottish Cup against | :06:19. | :06:26. | |
Dunfermline a couple of years back. Wallace is in defence with Farid El | :06:26. | :06:32. | |
Alagui, who is scoring in every game so far, up front. James | :06:32. | :06:40. | |
Forrest scored last week against St Mirren and twice against Hibernian. | :06:40. | :06:45. | |
Playing behind Anthony Stokes and Gary Hooper. Many feel that is his | :06:45. | :06:51. | |
best position. He and Garry Hooper have scored 31 goals between them | :06:51. | :06:59. | |
during this campaign. 16 year-old Craig Sibbald is on the Falkirk | :06:59. | :07:05. | |
benches. He made his debut in July, the first graduate of the SNP | :07:05. | :07:11. | |
performance school. He scored against Aberdeen in the semis last | :07:11. | :07:21. | |
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season. He has to make do with the substitute position. The referee | :07:23. | :07:33. | |
has been an official since 2005. He has the man they are all talking | :07:33. | :07:40. | |
about. Farid El Alagui up front, 21 goals already. I have already | :07:40. | :07:42. | |
mention the number that Anthony Stokes and Gary Hooper have, as | :07:42. | :07:47. | |
they get us under way at the National Stadium. Neil Lennon will | :07:47. | :07:53. | |
be wary of the threat that Steven Pressley's Bairns will pose the | :07:53. | :08:03. | |
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team. The Bairns have started on yesterday. They are such a small | :08:15. | :08:18. | |
and youthful squad. They are currently so passing the | :08:18. | :08:22. | |
expectations of even the most diehard supporters this season. -- | :08:22. | :08:32. | |
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Pressley, with his glittering career as a player, as Neil Lennon | :08:33. | :08:39. | |
had. Falkirk having plenty of possession in the early stages. | :08:40. | :08:48. | |
They will have to do that throughout. Scobie is one of the | :08:48. | :08:53. | |
more familiar figures for people that have not seen much of Falkirk | :08:53. | :09:01. | |
since they went down. How is this going to go, Billy Dodds? A bit | :09:01. | :09:05. | |
like yesterday. A positive start from Falkirk but they will have to | :09:05. | :09:11. | |
sit and soak a bit today. A bit of pressure to keep Celtic at bay. | :09:11. | :09:21. | |
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They have pace with El Alagui scoring goals. He finished the game | :09:29. | :09:39. | |
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against St Mirren with James been on since the end of October. | :10:19. | :10:24. | |
36 points out of the 36 in the league. Neil Lennon and Celtic have | :10:24. | :10:34. | |
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the trouble in their sights. -- with the way that Falkirk have | :10:48. | :10:55. | |
started this game. They were in the right half of the pitch for long | :10:55. | :10:59. | |
periods. Getting it over the crossbar, he just cannot keep it | :10:59. | :11:04. | |
down. Certainly getting the ball forward. Higginbotham is trying to | :11:04. | :11:14. | |
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get forward to support Farid El earlier in the campaign. It was an | :11:35. | :11:45. | |
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Ledley went down. He scored in the final game against Rangers in | :11:58. | :12:08. | |
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rhythm now. Joe Ledley coming in, getting forward up the pitch, down | :12:29. | :12:39. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds | :12:39. | :13:24. | |
-- chip it across. So the first against Rangers earlier in the | :13:24. | :13:30. | |
competition. They were 2-0 down and they got it back to 2-2 with a few | :13:30. | :13:34. | |
minutes to go. Then that Mark Millar free kicks stunned the | :13:34. | :13:40. | |
holders. Billy Dodds was there. Goalkeeper mistake, you have to say, | :13:40. | :13:44. | |
but we can't take anything away it from Mark Millar. He will provide | :13:44. | :13:54. | |
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the service for Al Allardyce. -- shows how much of a financial hit | :14:30. | :14:35. | |
they took when they went down to the First Division. Young boys, but | :14:35. | :14:39. | |
they have got experience. The academy has been working because | :14:39. | :14:45. | |
lots of people have come through. Jay Fulton on the right hand side, | :14:45. | :14:55. | |
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for example. Plenty coming through That will give Falkirk hope, | :15:05. | :15:11. | |
without a doubt. without a doubt. | :15:11. | :15:13. | |
Higginbotham, is the one who I said gets forward. You can see here a | :15:13. | :15:17. | |
good space out in the front for El Alagui. He maybe should have tried | :15:17. | :15:27. | |
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Alagui. He maybe should have tried this season, hasn't he?. | :17:54. | :18:04. | |
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He's off-side. The flag's gone up. That won't count. It's a great | :18:32. | :18:37. | |
touch from McGovern, you have to say. He curled it with that right | :18:37. | :18:41. | |
foot. An all-important touch. | :18:41. | :18:48. | |
You can see he's not off-side. He's on. That's a big let-off for | :18:49. | :18:58. | |
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Falkirk. Was it Duffie on that the ball quickly. Should have had | :20:07. | :20:15. | |
the opening goal, Liam. He's great to watch, Vladimir Lenin, | :20:15. | :20:25. | |
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front at the semi-final. Should it have stood? It looks like it should | :21:00. | :21:04. | |
have done. It's not close. It's not inches. | :21:04. | :21:09. | |
It's half a yard to a yard. Playing alongside an explosive | :21:09. | :21:17. | |
finish. He's got that one really badly long. When you're the | :21:17. | :21:27. | |
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underdog you need things like that He did win the Scottish Cup at | :22:24. | :22:29. | |
Hearts. His other son, the older brother of Jay is a Falkirk player. | :22:29. | :22:39. | |
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tracking by Fulton as well. a head on it. Unlucky. On to the | :24:13. | :24:23. | |
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yesterday. They had to be patience and got there. | :25:11. | :25:21. | |
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Millar. A former Celtic player. If he had the time he'd do it all day | :25:50. | :25:55. | |
long. Diagonal away to... As I said, that is the way for Duffie. Down | :25:55. | :26:00. | |
the right. He gets it across. Nothing gets across. A corner | :26:00. | :26:10. | |
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are, how top a day you are, you'll get some of that. | :26:47. | :26:57. | |
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they have plenty of options ahead of them. | :27:28. | :27:38. | |
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It's Wanyama for Celtic. Stokes got that horribly wrong! | :27:40. | :27:45. | |
I can only thing and I have done it a few times myself, it is one where | :27:45. | :27:51. | |
you go to cross it. You see here, if it just touches the ball, here | :27:51. | :27:56. | |
you are, have that! He's not going to want to watch | :27:56. | :28:06. | |
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that again, is he? yellow. | :29:03. | :29:12. | |
Letting him know he's there. He los a bit of that -- loves a bit | :29:12. | :29:17. | |
of that, doesn't he? I think Brown will try and get him | :29:17. | :29:20. | |
back. You talk about Falkirk and that option and the extra man in | :29:20. | :29:25. | |
the middle of the pitch, they do it well. Pass it about. Celtic | :29:25. | :29:30. | |
struggling in there to match up numbers, maybe more of a threat. | :29:30. | :29:40. | |
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Pushing at that mid-field trying to Must have been tight. Scobbie. I'd | :29:59. | :30:09. | |
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Forster clawed it away. That was great play down the right hand side. | :30:38. | :30:48. | |
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He kind of drives across. I fancy 0 up against Aberdeen so recently. | :31:38. | :31:48. | |
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once they don't get that early goal, they start going after a certain | :31:53. | :31:57. | |
stage in the game. I am sure Falkirk want that and Celtic | :31:57. | :32:07. | |
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certainly don't. United's goalkeeper Cuthbert was fantastic. | :32:11. | :32:16. | |
Eight goals this season for James Forrest. Including one in pays the | :32:16. | :32:26. | |
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right Frank, Cha Du-Ri. Especially going forward. -- right flank. | :32:58. | :33:02. | |
Charlie Mulgrew, one of the scorers and the Scottish Cup final against | :33:02. | :33:09. | |
Motherwell, taking the corner. Straight to the spot and a yellow- | :33:09. | :33:16. | |
card for Darren Dods. What it closely and we will see it again. | :33:16. | :33:25. | |
Or over him. -- all over him. The tall ones against one another. He | :33:25. | :33:31. | |
looked at that and he pointed straight to the spot. There you go. | :33:31. | :33:35. | |
In the blink of an eye, Celtic have an opportunity to go in front in | :33:35. | :33:42. | |
the semi-final and their skipper takes it. Brown! Falkirk had the | :33:42. | :33:46. | |
stuffing knocked out of them. In the blink of an eye, Scott Brown | :33:46. | :33:55. | |
converts. To give Scott Brown his due, he stepped up. Celtic have | :33:55. | :33:59. | |
missed a few penalties this season. It does not matter if the | :33:59. | :34:03. | |
goalkeeper goes the right way, he just does not save that. Good goal, | :34:03. | :34:09. | |
a good pace. Back-to-back goals, having scored last weekend. Last | :34:09. | :34:12. | |
week was his first of the season and he has got his second now. This | :34:12. | :34:19. | |
was why it was a penalty. Darren Dods on Thomas Rogne. From the most | :34:19. | :34:26. | |
experienced man, they are cheaper penalty. He can't have any | :34:26. | :34:29. | |
complaints. He was unlucky to be caught because it happens all over | :34:29. | :34:35. | |
the box. Every time there is a set piece, it happens. With the referee | :34:35. | :34:40. | |
five, 10 yards away from you, that was all wrong. When Darren Dods | :34:40. | :34:50. | |
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looks back and sees it, he will let their heads go down. It was a | :35:03. | :35:06. | |
case of getting the formation and protecting it until extra-time and | :35:06. | :35:13. | |
penalties. Fraser Forster has not been tested so far in the match, | :35:13. | :35:18. | |
but they did look quite comfortable in the game. They were great for 26 | :35:19. | :35:24. | |
minutes. Suddenly the skipper gives away a penalty like that. You can't | :35:24. | :35:33. | |
account for it for the manager, who will be extremely unhappy. Darren | :35:33. | :35:37. | |
Dods is a man among boys in that squad, but he did not cover himself | :35:37. | :35:43. | |
in glory. It could have been an awkward time for Celtic if they had | :35:43. | :35:53. | |
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not got their noses in front, as with St Johnstone and then with | :36:00. | :36:10. | |
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the way. I am all for blogging people and stopping goals, but you | :36:18. | :36:25. | |
cannot start grabbing them. If anyone tells you, if anyone has a | :36:25. | :36:30. | |
hold of you, you have every right to go down. He was grabbed all over | :36:30. | :36:40. | |
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against Kilmarnock in the Scottish Celtic should be in front because | :38:23. | :38:27. | |
of the goal that was chopped off anyway. But I think it has been a | :38:27. | :38:37. | |
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pretty even match. Falkirk have had generally speaking have a great | :39:03. | :39:11. | |
understanding. Very rarely do you see Neil Lennon pick the same | :39:11. | :39:21. | |
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Murray Wallace think? As Celtic moved the ball about well, but to | :40:55. | :41:05. | |
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be fair to Falkirk, they are around the area, sniffing around, | :41:35. | :41:45. | |
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trying to find space in the Falkirk changed since Celtic scored, that | :41:57. | :42:05. | |
is for sure. Just trying to get the ball, tried to get the full Back's | :42:05. | :42:15. | |
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forward. They are keeping it tight at the back, giving nothing away. | :42:15. | :42:23. | |
They are trying to use their man in midfield. Higginbotham and Mark | :42:23. | :42:33. | |
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Millar are getting forward to had a mixed bag, the assistant | :42:43. | :42:51. | |
referee. He had a howler but that one was right. SPL highlights | :42:51. | :42:58. | |
tonight at 10 o'clock on BBC Two Scotland. You'll get the highlights | :42:58. | :43:03. | |
from the weekend as well. But if you have not seen it yet, the derby | :43:03. | :43:13. | |
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at Hampden Park highlights will go for that. Scott Brown put him | :43:44. | :43:54. | |
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the season because of injury but he came back and has been an important | :44:46. | :44:49. | |
force for Celtic. The way they have turned things round, when you think | :44:49. | :44:54. | |
back to being 3-0 down against Kilmarnock at Rugby Park in the | :44:54. | :44:58. | |
autumn. They have turned things round in the SPL and Scott Brown | :44:58. | :45:06. | |
coming back has helped with that. Of course. Leading by example. | :45:06. | :45:16. | |
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Celtic missed a few penalties the covering player for Falkirk. | :45:40. | :45:49. | |
Scott Brown again. Celtic fans don't like him. He's | :45:49. | :45:59. | |
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Decent shot in goal. Dods stands and they have. | :46:57. | :47:07. | |
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Would you believe it. Falkirk have got themselves back on level terms. | :47:10. | :47:16. | |
The 17-year-old son of Steve has brought put Falkirk back into the | :47:16. | :47:25. | |
league cup semi-final. Absolute quality. Higginbotham | :47:25. | :47:32. | |
could have let it go, but what a pass! That gets in, spots Fulton | :47:32. | :47:39. | |
coming in. He has so much to do. How about that for composure? | :47:39. | :47:44. | |
Falkirk back in it. A moment he would have dreamt of, | :47:44. | :47:51. | |
big time - the biggest moment of his life so far. | :47:51. | :47:57. | |
Jay Fulton, equalising against Celtic at a crucial time. | :47:57. | :48:01. | |
Five minutes to go until half time. You can see what it means to his | :48:01. | :48:06. | |
manager. A double celebration, because his team are back into it. | :48:06. | :48:10. | |
He's put a 17-year-old into the start today. He's the man who has | :48:10. | :48:20. | |
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had the chance for a second Celtic goal. | :49:10. | :49:20. | |
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at some point. I take nothing away from Falkirk, pure quality - I am | :50:20. | :50:30. | |
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sure - I mean it's come from the for Jay Fulton? He had to get | :50:34. | :50:44. | |
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Trying to get himself back in. Maybe a little harsh on him. It was | :50:56. | :51:03. | |
Wanyama. Rogne so close to making decent contact with the ball as the | :51:03. | :51:13. | |
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the stadium. Falkirk equal loizing through | :51:35. | :51:38. | |
youngster Jay Fulton. Here they -- equalising through younger Jay | :51:38. | :51:48. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds | :51:48. | :52:59. | |
Here it may be a touch too much. You cannot take anything away from | :52:59. | :53:09. | |
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the goalkeeper. The goalkeeper was brilliant - out quickly. | :53:11. | :53:16. | |
Topsyure I have stuff in Mount Florida. | :53:16. | :53:26. | |
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Forrest holds on. fantastic first half to watch. Dods | :53:56. | :54:01. | |
conceded a penalalty. Brown converted this - this was the | :54:01. | :54:09. | |
incident, Dods hauling him to the deck. Straight to the point. Scot | :54:09. | :54:13. | |
Brown got it up the other end. Falkirk attacked. A great pass | :54:13. | :54:18. | |
through from the man of the match so far, Higginbotham, rolled calmly | :54:18. | :54:23. | |
to the net by 17-year-old Jay Fulton. That delighted his father | :54:23. | :54:30. | |
there - Steve. That means, at half time, at the National Stadium it is | :54:30. | :54:40. | |
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theme developing here, remembering theme developing here, remembering | :54:50. | :54:56. | |
young Dean's goal yesterday. Yes. Falkirk have been fantastic. | :54:56. | :55:00. | |
Especially after they scored. When Celtic get position they are using | :55:00. | :55:04. | |
half a pitch to play on. When fall Falkirk get possession they are | :55:04. | :55:09. | |
playing in quarter of the pitch. Their build-up play has been good, | :55:09. | :55:13. | |
with incisive passing. At the top of that is Higginbotham, just | :55:13. | :55:18. | |
behind El Alagui. He's been fantastic. For me, he's been the | :55:18. | :55:23. | |
best play on the pitch so far. worried is Neil Lennon? I don't | :55:23. | :55:30. | |
think so much worry, he'll be concerned. 1-1, they were comfort | :55:30. | :55:31. | |
concerned. 1-1, they were comfort concerned. 1-1, they were comfort | :55:31. | :55:38. | |
without. Within that they have not had a lot of penetration. When they | :55:38. | :55:45. | |
got the goal, that was a penalty. I think it was and we'll see it later | :55:45. | :55:50. | |
on. The passing never improved. Falkirk, to their credit have | :55:50. | :55:53. | |
continued to pass, using a lot of triangles. They are prepared to | :55:53. | :55:58. | |
take the ball into tight areas. They have been a credit. | :55:58. | :56:05. | |
The goal, it was so well exsuited. They -- executed. They deserved it. | :56:05. | :56:09. | |
It is easy to feel sorry for yourself. They acted in a positive | :56:09. | :56:15. | |
manner. Kept to the game plan. That resulted in that. A great goal- | :56:15. | :56:20. | |
scoring chance. There's been a high-profile blip for Falkirk in | :56:20. | :56:28. | |
that first half. Other than that, it working to perfection? It's the | :56:28. | :56:32. | |
mid-field - it's that whole mid- field area where you expect a | :56:32. | :56:39. | |
smaller team not to have the belief at Hampden Park, on the big stage. | :56:39. | :56:44. | |
Higginbotham - he's been absolutely outstanding. Particularly - they | :56:44. | :56:54. | |
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all want to get the ball, all happy to receive the ball, with players | :56:56. | :57:00. | |
around them I think there was a blip for five minutes. I think | :57:00. | :57:05. | |
Darren Dods would be the first to concede it was a moment of madness, | :57:05. | :57:10. | |
wasn't it, that allowed Celtic to get into the lead? Very much so. | :57:10. | :57:14. | |
The most experienced player. You see there's no excuse for it. | :57:14. | :57:21. | |
A clear penalty. The thing about that is we all want players to mark | :57:21. | :57:27. | |
tight corners, et cetera. He man handled from the outset. | :57:27. | :57:34. | |
That's a clear penalty. When you see that is averted from the six- | :57:34. | :57:38. | |
yard line, great composure, Stokes into the corner. From that point, | :57:38. | :57:43. | |
you think that will give Celtic the chance to push on and score more | :57:43. | :57:45. | |
chance to push on and score more goals. They have come back roaring | :57:45. | :57:50. | |
a lot of quality. They can be hard to spot for a referee, but not that | :57:50. | :58:00. | |
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time. I didn't see it. That tells time. I didn't see it. That tells | :58:00. | :58:04. | |
you about me. One of the big characteristics of | :58:04. | :58:09. | |
the Falkirk time is they are all tall and good in the air. What he | :58:09. | :58:14. | |
might do is put Forrest at the front and maybe get something back | :58:14. | :58:19. | |
on the front and get slide throughs. What they are doing now is they are | :58:19. | :58:25. | |
getting into the box. That is where getting into the box. That is where | :58:25. | :58:30. | |
Falkirk are very strong. D They have to think about changing things. | :58:30. | :58:35. | |
What an equaliser - both in the way it was created and finished, but a | :58:35. | :58:42. | |
17-year-old, Jay Fulton. Celtic, not under pressure. Every | :58:42. | :58:46. | |
part of this - the weight of the pass here, he was going on about it | :58:46. | :58:51. | |
beforehand as well. It is fabulous. He doesn't panic. He's got time to | :58:51. | :58:57. | |
panic when the ball arrives at him. Passed, perfect, a stride, it is | :58:57. | :59:02. | |
what a composed finish. That is a finish of an international striker. | :59:02. | :59:07. | |
To have the composure and go on, 17 years of age, remember. Such | :59:07. | :59:13. | |
composure. His father is an outstanding player. I know the kids | :59:13. | :59:19. | |
well, because they are family friends. You can see the smile on | :59:19. | :59:26. | |
Stephen's face. Most would panic. Kids - that's exactly what they'd | :59:26. | :59:30. | |
do. On that stage to show that composure - I think it speaks | :59:30. | :59:34. | |
volumes for the way hay have been developed at the football club. | :59:34. | :59:44. | |
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They have been a credit to the football club. Falkirk have played | :59:45. | :59:51. | |
so much top-quality football, great confidence. I am highly impressed | :59:51. | :59:56. | |
with them. From that goal he was in position, he received it on the | :59:56. | :00:03. | |
left side. He's let it come across his body. He has presence of mind. | :00:03. | :00:09. | |
He's done it all. Playing it quickly as well. This is a team | :00:09. | :00:15. | |
that people think are big underdogs. Higginbotham has this. Again, they | :00:15. | :00:18. | |
are comfortable on the ball. They did not have a lot of | :00:18. | :00:21. | |
penetration. They will take confidence from the fact they know | :00:21. | :00:31. | |
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they can score. They are prepared I have been impressed with the | :00:35. | :00:40. | |
Falkirk team when they have been meet with that kind of ball. Celtic | :00:40. | :00:47. | |
are finding it difficult to pick them up. A clever pass. They could | :00:47. | :00:55. | |
be better in that situation. question remains, do Celtic need to | :00:55. | :00:59. | |
kill that area? I think they need to pass the ball quicker than they | :00:59. | :01:04. | |
are doing. They are getting loads of possession but there is no real | :01:04. | :01:12. | |
sense of urgency. If they pass it from side to side, then Falkirk | :01:12. | :01:15. | |
will be comfortable. I am not convinced they are defending well | :01:15. | :01:24. | |
against Celtic. What are you shouting about? I'd do a lot of | :01:24. | :01:31. | |
shouting! I think you might have some competition on the back of | :01:31. | :01:36. | |
today. If you were thinking of that signing. He was off the radar fall | :01:36. | :01:43. | |
while, but who knows? -- for a while. The way he is playing, I | :01:43. | :01:47. | |
think Celtic have to duplicate what they are doing and that somebody at | :01:47. | :01:51. | |
the top of the midfield. There are too many straight lines for me for | :01:51. | :01:54. | |
Celtic. Higginbotham is making things happen and the support runs | :01:55. | :02:04. | |
are getting connected. There was no penetration until Celtic scored. | :02:04. | :02:10. | |
They have got Weatherston on one side. In my opinion, at this moment | :02:10. | :02:17. | |
in time, Falkirk are favourites to win. They assistant referee is not | :02:17. | :02:20. | |
the centre of attention that he might have been if there had been | :02:20. | :02:26. | |
two more goals. This was blatantly the wrong decision. I can't | :02:26. | :02:29. | |
understand why they did not get this one right. It is a long way | :02:29. | :02:36. | |
from being offside, even after it hit the post. He is a good two | :02:36. | :02:39. | |
yards on there. If we got it forward from here, he is still on | :02:39. | :02:45. | |
side. That is a bad decision, to be fair. Don't forget that Celtic have | :02:45. | :02:50. | |
had very good chances. They have hit the crossbar. They have the one | :02:50. | :02:56. | |
on one with James Forrest as well. We have to keep in mind the kind of | :02:56. | :03:00. | |
team that Celtic are as well. Falkirk are still underdogs but | :03:00. | :03:04. | |
they have got a chance. This maybe explains why Darren Dods was | :03:04. | :03:09. | |
nervous about Thomas Rogne. He had hit the bar from a set piece | :03:09. | :03:16. | |
earlier on. He was marked down as a potential danger. You know where | :03:16. | :03:21. | |
your opponent is so he knows that he is a threat. That is a good | :03:21. | :03:26. | |
header. The most experienced player, do not put his team under pressure | :03:26. | :03:34. | |
as he did. He is tight there, so he is doing his job in essence, but to | :03:34. | :03:37. | |
concede the panel to the way that he did, that is hard to take for | :03:37. | :03:47. | |
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the rest of the team mates. -- the penalty. Compare that with the gold | :03:51. | :03:57. | |
that young Jay Fulton scored. That is a young player that will | :03:58. | :04:01. | |
learn as he goes. Celtic have to move the ball as quickly as they | :04:01. | :04:08. | |
can. Then they will have more opportunities. Michael McGovern | :04:08. | :04:18. | |
becomes even more important to Falkirk than Jay Fulton. And yes. I | :04:18. | :04:21. | |
was talking to Steven Pressley and he was talking about bringing in | :04:21. | :04:24. | |
Darren Dods because he has so many young players and he needs more | :04:24. | :04:28. | |
experience. Sometimes a senior player that has to take so much | :04:28. | :04:32. | |
responsibility onto the pitch is worried about the younger lads, and | :04:32. | :04:39. | |
overlooks his own job, which he has done twice from corner kicks. That | :04:39. | :04:43. | |
can have an adverse effect as well, but his experience will help them | :04:43. | :04:48. | |
organise around him. United yesterday, their goalkeeper was | :04:48. | :04:53. | |
magnificent. Michael did a very good job when Forrest came through | :04:53. | :04:59. | |
on goal. Some drama as the teams came in at half-time. Steven | :04:59. | :05:03. | |
Pressley involved in an altercation. This was the prelude to an | :05:03. | :05:10. | |
altercation with the referee. We gather that he pushed Emilio | :05:10. | :05:13. | |
Izaguirre at the way to get to the referee when they were in the | :05:13. | :05:18. | |
tunnel area. Of the back of that he has been called into the referee | :05:18. | :05:23. | |
room to be spoken to. What is the upset about? We have to assume it | :05:23. | :05:29. | |
is the penalty, don't we? Surely when he sees it? As a manager, he | :05:29. | :05:33. | |
will see it. I know it happens every week, but it is a penalty. | :05:33. | :05:40. | |
There is no issue there. It is a clear penalty. They passed to be | :05:40. | :05:45. | |
that that he is taking issue with. I can't think of anything else. -- | :05:45. | :05:51. | |
it has to be that. He is releasing his emotions. He will be sent to | :05:51. | :05:56. | |
the stands for the second half. much is a blow for that for the un | :05:56. | :06:05. | |
team used to having the manager next door? -- the young team. | :06:05. | :06:09. | |
if they have a quiet word then nobody sees it, but the cameras are | :06:09. | :06:15. | |
on, so that will be the cause of action that he takes. Steven | :06:15. | :06:18. | |
Pressley has just added to the problem because he has done it | :06:18. | :06:23. | |
publicly. It is a passionate game and we all get passionate. But you | :06:23. | :06:27. | |
have got to remember that you have to look after your team. For me | :06:27. | :06:31. | |
there is no argument about that penalty. Unless it is the offside | :06:31. | :06:38. | |
rule. If it was Neil Lennon complaining about the goal, I could | :06:38. | :06:46. | |
understand the offside goal that was clearly onside. Steve Fulton is | :06:46. | :06:56. | |
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a proud father today and Dean Shiels's father was proud yesterday. | :06:58. | :07:04. | |
Are you speechless? He has followed up really well. He took his | :07:04. | :07:10. | |
instincts on board. He took it very well. He had four, five attempts at | :07:10. | :07:15. | |
goal yesterday, all opportunities, but what a relief that was for us. | :07:15. | :07:20. | |
He worked tremendously hard. You can see myself, absolutely relieved. | :07:20. | :07:26. | |
He is that as excited as you get? It was more relief than excited. I | :07:26. | :07:29. | |
did not think we would do it because of the way the game had | :07:29. | :07:32. | |
gone and I have seen it so many times when you have got domination | :07:32. | :07:37. | |
and you cannot get the goal. I had a real strong feeling that it would | :07:37. | :07:46. | |
go to penalties. Did you have a wee sherry? I am on antibiotics at the | :07:46. | :07:53. | |
minute. There is a bit of doubt now, when there wasn't after a bit, at | :07:53. | :08:00. | |
about who Kilmarnock will be facing? I still believe Celtic are | :08:00. | :08:09. | |
the favourites. I think that Neil Lennon will be demanding that they | :08:09. | :08:15. | |
pass and move the ball quicker. But Falkirk are in the game. It has | :08:15. | :08:21. | |
been good to see. Bad news for you, by the way. I think you are away to | :08:21. | :08:26. | |
Millwall, or Southampton. That is not something you wanted to know | :08:26. | :08:31. | |
about. They are all tough games. It is the FA Cup and we love it. We | :08:31. | :08:37. | |
will look to progress to the quarter-finals. Falkirk at Hampden | :08:37. | :08:42. | |
Park, the same requirement for them. Let's not forget that we are being | :08:42. | :08:47. | |
quite technical. It is a good game and really enjoyable. Very good | :08:48. | :08:51. | |
football being played by Falkirk. Celtic can play better and I | :08:51. | :08:56. | |
suspect they will play better. man that got it wrong in the first | :08:56. | :09:00. | |
half, Darren Dods, conceding that panel take, from which Scott Brown | :09:00. | :09:04. | |
scored. This is the man that very much got it right for the First | :09:04. | :09:10. | |
Division team. Jay Fulton with that equaliser which sets the SPL | :09:10. | :09:14. | |
leaders are big second half challenge. One all, halfway through | :09:15. | :09:19. | |
into the second half of the League Cup semi-finals. Back to Hampden | :09:19. | :09:29. | |
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half-time. Emilio Izaguirre has been replaced. It is Sung-Yueng Ki. | :09:42. | :09:49. | |
I wonder how much that is down to the goal. Emilio Izaguirre, good to | :09:49. | :09:58. | |
be struggling for match figures? Maybe he has an injury. -- could he | :09:58. | :10:08. | |
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with Jay Fulton. I think it must be an injury. He is a top-class player | :10:17. | :10:24. | |
and he could have done better in front of goal. Falkirk have not | :10:24. | :10:34. | |
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been to the semi-final since 1947. Celtic last won in 2009. That was | :10:37. | :10:42. | |
after an extra-time victory over Rangers. That is El Alagui in the | :10:42. | :10:50. | |
thick of the action already. A problem with Victor Wanyama. He has | :10:50. | :11:00. | |
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taken a saw one in that challenge. -- a painful one. We will look at | :11:00. | :11:07. | |
that in a moment. He is injured. Another blow for Celtic. Neil | :11:07. | :11:12. | |
Lennon has been adding to his squad in the last week or so, certainly | :11:12. | :11:21. | |
in a transfer window. He will be bringing in some new players. From | :11:21. | :11:31. | |
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Nigeria, Sweden, we can't wait to see them. Victor Wanyama looks like | :11:31. | :11:35. | |
he is going to be OK. The drama continued during the half-time | :11:35. | :11:44. | |
interval. Steven Pressley is now in the stand. He could have gone to | :11:44. | :11:50. | |
the left-hand side, it is only a few yards away, and still got his | :11:50. | :12:00. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds | :12:00. | :13:52. | |
message across. As you can see, audience the Falkirk now that | :13:52. | :14:02. | |
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Steven Pressley is in at the stand. -- barking the orders now Steven | :14:02. | :14:12. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds | :14:12. | :15:32. | |
Celtic was in 2007. Neil Lennon Falkirk to get out once more. | :15:32. | :15:42. | |
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Fulton. The headlines were there for him. He's already got some | :15:55. | :15:59. | |
potentially. He'll make his dad double proud. He has to keep it | :15:59. | :16:07. | |
down. Brilliant again. Higginbotham, so confident. Stands up that cross. | :16:07. | :16:17. | |
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The young lad will want the lovely cross. | :16:35. | :16:41. | |
A chance for Higginbotham to be on live television. He's taking | :16:41. | :16:45. | |
advantage of it. May well have some suitors after the performance he's | :16:45. | :16:51. | |
put in at the National Stadium so far. Remains 1-1 into the second | :16:51. | :17:01. | |
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Maybe he's not back in. Taking nothing away from Falkirk. You come | :17:41. | :17:51. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds | :17:51. | :19:09. | |
Scobbie does well because he just must be on the back foot, knowing | :19:09. | :19:19. | |
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away a corner though. Which will be Should have scored. Comes off the | :19:44. | :19:50. | |
crossbar. A handball. | :19:50. | :20:00. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds | :20:00. | :20:44. | |
I think it was a yard away. It came Stokes. Celtic are -- superb from | :20:44. | :20:50. | |
Stokes. Celtic are back in front. That's a beauty. He's got it before. | :20:50. | :20:56. | |
Celtic started the second half well, but what an individual! Brilliant | :20:56. | :21:01. | |
from Anthony Stokes. Up, over reverse, pace, down in the cornern, | :21:01. | :21:09. | |
no chance for the hero. Another wild moment from Stokes. He's now | :21:09. | :21:14. | |
level with Hooper, 16 goals for the season. They are both goal machines | :21:14. | :21:20. | |
up front for Celtic. That is as good a free kick as you'll see. He | :21:20. | :21:26. | |
knows it. The boss is happy. Celtic are in | :21:26. | :21:36. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds | :21:36. | :22:21. | |
doubt. McGovern has made a couple of | :22:21. | :22:31. | |
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Celtic play on. They have the bit between their | :23:06. | :23:16. | |
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Falkirk have come from behind once. changing the gears. A bonus for him | :26:13. | :26:17. | |
is it's not a corner either. That change will be made just now. It | :26:18. | :26:22. | |
will be Fulton, the Falkirk goal scorer who will come off. | :26:22. | :26:32. | |
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He will be replaced. How do you rate his performance | :26:35. | :26:43. | |
overall? He has done very well. You can see why, his dad will be proud. | :26:43. | :26:47. | |
The young lad can be performed of his performance. He has got himself | :26:47. | :26:57. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds | :26:57. | :28:52. | |
third, that's for sure. Celtic will try and put this tie to bed. | :28:52. | :28:56. | |
They've had a couple of scares. This is Mulgrew with a free-kick. | :28:56. | :29:06. | |
It's good quality, delivery. It's a corner. The linesman on the far | :29:06. | :29:10. | |
side will give the line-kick there. Doesn't know what to do with his | :29:10. | :29:20. | |
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goal's crucial. You can see it on every man setting up that defensive | :29:39. | :29:44. | |
wall. They don't want a third. Maybe they'll have another forward | :29:44. | :29:48. | |
or change their shape, as I said. Still in control, passing the ball | :29:49. | :29:56. | |
about. It's been a fair journey for Falkirk. Earlier than el tick did | :29:56. | :30:06. | |
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already, they have beaten Albion Had that chance just before the | :30:18. | :30:28. | |
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There was a shout for a penalty just before that. | :30:42. | :30:48. | |
Ledley gets himself in trouble. Duffie says "I'll have a bit of | :30:48. | :30:54. | |
that." Do you want a better chance than that? 16 yards out. Drags it | :30:54. | :31:04. | |
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away. lost. Falkirk lost it for five at | :31:28. | :31:37. | |
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10 minutes and then suddenly they it was not. They should have had | :31:42. | :31:46. | |
that. The Celtic with a few unfortunate decisions in this game. | :31:46. | :31:56. | |
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Maybe made it a bit easier for them. between the Celtic midfield and | :32:09. | :32:19. | |
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is very much alive. Moving into the usual he has gone up and down the | :33:14. | :33:21. | |
flank. Adam Matthews has not started much in recent times. Neil | :33:21. | :33:31. | |
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Lennon tends to change his side Izaguirre coming off, changing | :33:44. | :33:54. | |
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things around. I still think that was an injury. But Neil Lennon is | :34:00. | :34:10. | |
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Higginbotham gets a chance. Kieran Duffie has run well, as he has done | :34:30. | :34:40. | |
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all game. Now the corner. We have a chip, and he got it wrong and he | :35:11. | :35:14. | |
shanked it through to the goalkeeper. You would not so that | :35:14. | :35:24. | |
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Hibernian with their second half season. Great place from Kieran | :36:34. | :36:43. | |
Duffie but he did not have the composure. He has got himself into | :36:43. | :36:50. | |
that position time and time again. Neil Lennon still asking questions | :36:50. | :37:00. | |
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from his defence. Scott Brown knocked it wide. That is the | :37:04. | :37:14. | |
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performance director of the SFO on happy to play the ball up from | :37:58. | :38:04. | |
defence like that. They are really tidy. When it gets to El Alagui | :38:05. | :38:14. | |
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they have to try and make it stick. mate of Steven Pressley and a | :38:37. | :38:47. | |
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Oldham and he is from Manchester. He went on loan to Accrington | :39:47. | :39:57. | |
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for you on the BBC next Sunday. 12:15pm kick-off, Rangers against | :40:11. | :40:21. | |
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Dundee United, live on BBC One for the semi-final. It has been | :41:08. | :41:16. | |
good stuff. Is there twist in the tail? There was one towards the end | :41:16. | :41:26. | |
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the penalty spot. Equalised by Jay Fulton. I think that he has caught | :41:37. | :41:47. | |
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up Higginbotham. Yes, in the face. He has taken it fall in the face. | :41:51. | :41:58. | |
That looks like his foot is stuck to Higginbotham. It pulls his nose. | :41:58. | :42:08. | |
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the orders to Steve Crawford, part of the Falkirk set up now. A man of | :42:17. | :42:27. | |
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many clubs, like you, Billy Dodds. Celtic player last. Victor Wanyama | :42:59. | :43:09. | |
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gets the crucial block, but Celtic think it was murder, left-hand side. | :43:25. | :43:31. | |
A good ball in. -- I think it was Stewart Murdoch on the left-hand | :43:31. | :43:41. | |
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side. On target, a good block, double block. Good goal kick from | :43:42. | :43:46. | |
Fraser Forster. That is a danger that Celtic are under. With 12 | :43:46. | :43:53. | |
winners to go, Falkirk are certainly not out. -- 12 minutes. | :43:53. | :43:56. | |
They have gone in front that they have not killed off the opposition | :43:56. | :44:00. | |
and they have got nervous in the final stages. That is what Falkirk | :44:00. | :44:10. | |
will be hoping for. Maybe the third goal would put them on Easy Street. | :44:10. | :44:20. | |
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But anyone will tell you how ball owner from Adam Matthews. -- | :44:56. | :45:06. | |
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Alagui and Victor Wanyama involved. Is there sometimes too much of | :45:16. | :45:22. | |
that? I think you have got to look at it. You can't let them off it. | :45:22. | :45:26. | |
You have to have eyes in the back of your head to spot everything in | :45:26. | :45:36. | |
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the final ten minutes. What is in Must have been a tight one again. A | :46:08. | :46:18. | |
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goalkeeper. I think the more he's playing t more confident he's | :47:00. | :47:09. | |
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moment or two. We are heading in to the final five | :49:57. | :50:05. | |
minutes. Kilmarnock are already in the final. | :50:05. | :50:15. | |
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Celtic need to take care of first Stokes claims that one. | :50:37. | :50:41. | |
Blasted that one across. Stokes gets his second against his former | :50:41. | :50:50. | |
side and Celtic will be in the league cup final. | :50:50. | :51:00. | |
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done it to seal the match, put ahead of Hooper in the scoring | :51:24. | :51:29. | |
stakes. I know they have a little rivalry going on about that. Lennon | :51:29. | :51:36. | |
there. He will be back here in March gpbst Kilmarnock. | :51:36. | :51:46. | |
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-- against Kilmarnock, unless they've had to work for this one. | :52:03. | :52:09. | |
They have managed to rattle them towards the end of the first half. | :52:09. | :52:16. | |
They are bringing on Kris Commons store ve for Anthony Stokes, who | :52:16. | :52:21. | |
once upon upon, he's only 23, Anthony Stokes. When he was on loan | :52:21. | :52:27. | |
to Falkirk from Arsenal. He is replaced by Kris Commons. His debut | :52:27. | :52:31. | |
in this competition, against Aberdeen, this time last year. Now | :52:31. | :52:41. | |
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terrific. A lot of people would give it to | :55:17. | :55:21. | |
the winning team. Stokes has been good. They've had good players, | :55:21. | :55:31. | |
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Celtic. He's been the outstanding They could easily have had more | :56:24. | :56:29. | |
goals this afternoon. It has been bad luck, pretty much all bad luck, | :56:29. | :56:39. | |
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bang on the ankle, by the look of things. He tried to help the ball | :56:46. | :56:56. | |
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on and it was caught late. Looks to be a sore one. | :56:56. | :57:05. | |
Scott Brown. You've had a couple of them in your time. | :57:05. | :57:13. | |
Always a sore one to shake off. People will say, look at Anthony | :57:13. | :57:19. | |
Stokes' two goals. Higginbotham, all day long causing Celtic | :57:19. | :57:25. | |
problems. Great pieces of skill. He's Man of the Match, but has a | :57:25. | :57:35. | |
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injury time. Falkirk have a league title to try | :57:48. | :57:53. | |
and win. They are five points behind Ross County and have played | :57:53. | :57:57. | |
two games more. It will take a collapse from the Highlanders going | :57:57. | :58:00. | |
into the closing stage of the season. They will have that final | :58:00. | :58:10. | |
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have high hopes for the remainder of this campaign. They want all the | :59:34. | :59:40. | |
trophies back to the Park Head boardroom at Celtic Park. | :59:40. | :59:44. | |
They have every chance of doing it. They have been relentless for the | :59:44. | :59:54. | |
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past few months or so. There is the final whistle. | :59:55. | :59:59. | |
Celtic are into the Scottish community's league cup final. They | :59:59. | :00:09. | |
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will play Falkirk. Stokes t hero for Celtic. The first | :00:10. | :00:14. | |
of his doubles was fantastic. A free-kick. | :00:14. | :00:18. | |
Neil Lennon guiding them into another domestic cup final. The | :00:18. | :00:22. | |
third in a row for Neil Lennon. Having reached the cup final last | :00:22. | :00:28. | |
season. Brown gave them the lead by Dods on | :00:28. | :00:32. | |
Rogne. That set the tone for Celtic at the time. Falkirk came back, | :00:33. | :00:42. | |
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thanks to a Jay Fulton goal. That Stokes double made all the | :00:44. | :00:54. | |
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semi-final. It finishes here, Celtic 3, Falkirk 1. | :01:12. | :01:17. | |
Congratulations. Two grade goals. How good does it feel? Great. It | :01:17. | :01:21. | |
was a difficult first half. I am just glad to be in the final. | :01:21. | :01:28. | |
you ever scored a better free kick? My be one or two! I am delighted to | :01:28. | :01:33. | |
win. -- maybe. What was the manager saying to you? Just say | :01:34. | :01:42. | |
congratulations. I am sure he is delighted by the result. | :01:42. | :01:45. | |
youngsters played some great football. Yes, they made it very | :01:45. | :01:51. | |
well. We did not take some chances in the first half and we probably | :01:51. | :01:54. | |
could have killed the game off. But we stuck in there and we got the | :01:54. | :02:00. | |
result. Kilmarnock in the final. Everybody is talking about the | :02:00. | :02:05. | |
trouble for Celtic. I am not going to speak about that. You know what | :02:05. | :02:09. | |
happened against Kilmarnock before, so we will put that on the back- | :02:09. | :02:13. | |
burner and concentrate on the next game. Well played, absolutely | :02:13. | :02:19. | |
brilliant, congratulations. Thank you. The Bolton and Kilmarnock | :02:20. | :02:26. | |
manages are with us in the studio. So that is who you are facing in a | :02:26. | :02:31. | |
couple of months. They work really hard today. It was a great advert | :02:31. | :02:35. | |
for Scottish football. The way that Falkirk tried to get it down and | :02:35. | :02:40. | |
move it. For a First Division team to come up against Celtic and play | :02:40. | :02:44. | |
with that courage, I was very impressed with Falkirk. And all | :02:44. | :02:50. | |
credit to them. They came out in the second half and gave them what | :02:50. | :02:57. | |
for an Celtic actually scored as a result of the free kick. | :02:57. | :03:01. | |
Higginbotham has got a lot of mentions today and he gave them | :03:01. | :03:07. | |
great balance as he attacked. go back to Langdon Park and here | :03:07. | :03:13. | |
from Higginbotham, man of the match. -- Hampden Park. Commiserations. | :03:13. | :03:17. | |
How do you feel after that? Disappointed with the loss because | :03:17. | :03:24. | |
we wanted to progress to the final and get the Cup. To come up against | :03:24. | :03:27. | |
the Old Firm and put on a display like we did, at times we were on | :03:27. | :03:32. | |
top, and we have shown good football. At times I had a lot of | :03:32. | :03:36. | |
possession. I thought we gave as good as we got. So many young | :03:36. | :03:40. | |
players in the Falkirk team. What do you take from an experience like | :03:40. | :03:45. | |
this? Some of us will probably never get this game again in our | :03:45. | :03:48. | |
careers. The gaffer said to us at the beginning of the game to savour | :03:48. | :03:51. | |
the moment and go out and express yourselves and I think we did that | :03:51. | :03:57. | |
today. You looked like you were enjoying yourself. Definitely. I | :03:57. | :04:00. | |
got man-of-the-match which proved that I played well. I have to keep | :04:00. | :04:05. | |
doing that. I hope we can play against them next year if we get | :04:05. | :04:10. | |
promoted. What was the mood in the dressing room when you got promoted | :04:10. | :04:14. | |
and you pulled that goal that? thought we could give them problems | :04:14. | :04:17. | |
in the second half but they got but other goal, which killed off the | :04:17. | :04:26. | |
game. They had lots of possession as well. I think our fans will be | :04:26. | :04:30. | |
proud of us. What is your objective for the rest of the season? They | :04:30. | :04:40. | |
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league is our main priority of. -- the league is our main priority. | :04:41. | :04:45. | |
Then it is the Scottish Cup. are the man of the match. | :04:45. | :04:55. | |
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Not a local lad, judging by the accent, but he is going places. | :04:55. | :04:59. | |
Falkirk will want to keep hold of her but I imagine he can move up | :04:59. | :05:03. | |
based on that. If he brings out that performance consistently, he | :05:03. | :05:08. | |
has lots of miles. He was terrific from start to finish. Even when he | :05:08. | :05:12. | |
was tired he had the composure to get on the ball, try and pass, move | :05:12. | :05:17. | |
it. He sees the passes, an intelligent player. They have not | :05:17. | :05:22. | |
finished. They have to push on in the league and try and catch the | :05:22. | :05:26. | |
next team. With players like that in the team they have every chance. | :05:26. | :05:31. | |
I think they have been terrific. There was nearly a chance at the | :05:31. | :05:37. | |
start of the second half for Falkirk. If they have got that, who | :05:37. | :05:42. | |
knows how the game would have panned out? But Celtic took their | :05:42. | :05:46. | |
goals very well, to their credit. Falkirk recovered from a daft | :05:46. | :05:50. | |
moment when they allowed Celtic to get ahead by conceding the penalty. | :05:50. | :05:58. | |
I don't think that Falkirk have read the script. Steven Pressley | :05:58. | :06:06. | |
will not agree with that! We will find out. That is not good marking. | :06:07. | :06:13. | |
It is rugby not football. Celtic will do what they have to do. They | :06:13. | :06:18. | |
have got class, going forward, and finishing. A lovely penalty kick | :06:18. | :06:23. | |
there. Celtic's finishing was probably the difference between the | :06:23. | :06:28. | |
two teams. You might have thought they would stop cruising but they | :06:28. | :06:34. | |
did not. No mistake from the penalty spot. It has been a weekend | :06:34. | :06:39. | |
for proud fathers. Dean Shiels did the business for Kilmarnock | :06:39. | :06:42. | |
yesterday and Steve Fulton was looking on at 17 year-old Jay | :06:42. | :06:49. | |
Fulton, scoring with amazing composure. This was great. As I | :06:49. | :06:58. | |
said at half-time. In a remarkable position. Great presence of mind. | :06:58. | :07:03. | |
Fantastic. His father should be very proud of him and rightly so, | :07:03. | :07:11. | |
at that age. What vision from Higginbotham. Higginbotham in the | :07:11. | :07:15. | |
past, you can be lucky and have a good game, but you don't get lucky | :07:15. | :07:25. | |
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and do that sort of thing. That his talent. That was performance. That | :07:29. | :07:34. | |
is precision passing. Such a composed finish. Fantastic to see. | :07:34. | :07:40. | |
He will get a few more handshakes. Would it have been greedy if Jay | :07:40. | :07:43. | |
Fulton had scored again? There was some chance at the beginning of the | :07:43. | :07:53. | |
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second half. Higginbotham again on composer. He stands on the ball, a | :07:59. | :08:08. | |
little trick. I think that puts Jay Fulton of. If he keeps his head | :08:08. | :08:18. | |
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over the ball, then it would be too -1 Falkirk and then who knows? -- | :08:20. | :08:26. | |
2-1. You have to take your chances. It is tough to do that on the side | :08:26. | :08:32. | |
of your foot but it was a great opportunity. He is in at the back | :08:32. | :08:37. | |
post trying to score. You'll never fault them trying to score goals | :08:37. | :08:42. | |
and being in the danger area. hit the crossbar twice, with the | :08:42. | :08:46. | |
help of a hand from Kieran Duffie. And there was a penalty claims | :08:46. | :08:52. | |
against Murray Wallace in the scrummage that followed. That is | :08:53. | :08:57. | |
certainly not intentional for May. It is hitting straight against him | :08:57. | :09:07. | |
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from a very short distance. I think if things had gone another way, | :09:09. | :09:16. | |
Neil Lennon could have been very angry today. In my opinion, that is | :09:16. | :09:21. | |
not a penalty. That second one is not but they could be a claim of | :09:21. | :09:24. | |
the second one because the ball is deflected onto the bar. But | :09:24. | :09:31. | |
certainly not the second instance. This shows the angle well. That is | :09:31. | :09:41. | |
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going in the net. You probably do give that add a penalty kick. -- as | :09:43. | :09:49. | |
a penalty kick. I don't think that his hand to ball. In the middle of | :09:49. | :09:54. | |
all that, I think Thomas Rogne had a good game. Everybody went for | :09:54. | :09:58. | |
Higginbotham as man-of-the-match, but he did well and he has | :09:58. | :10:02. | |
fulfilled that role that Celtic have struggled with for some time. | :10:02. | :10:06. | |
We were talking about El Alagui before the game but he did not get | :10:06. | :10:12. | |
much of a sniff. Two penalty claims but neither upheld, and then they | :10:12. | :10:20. | |
were 2-1 up after that free kick. Great effort from Anthony Stokes. | :10:20. | :10:29. | |
Can you fold Martin may govern? -- Michael McGovern? I don't think you | :10:29. | :10:35. | |
can fault him, he is a top-class goalkeeper. He jumps in the air and | :10:35. | :10:40. | |
delays for that millisecond. By the time he is down, the ball is | :10:40. | :10:43. | |
already moving and he might have been able to go over it. Having | :10:43. | :10:48. | |
said that, he had a terrific game and he made some good saves. Celtic | :10:48. | :10:52. | |
had some good chances. He is a young goalkeeper and there is a | :10:53. | :10:59. | |
learning curve. That team will learn from this and be better from | :10:59. | :11:07. | |
it. That goal scorer is important to Celtic. He is just natural. The | :11:07. | :11:11. | |
fact that he jumped up, on his way down as he struck it, that took the | :11:11. | :11:16. | |
emphasis out of his movement and he could not get across in time. It is | :11:16. | :11:21. | |
nit-picking a bit, but I think he has done well today, Michael. He | :11:21. | :11:30. | |
cannot do much with Anthony Stokes when he sniffs around that box. | :11:30. | :11:34. | |
After that free kick, he did very well to sniff that one out as well. | :11:34. | :11:39. | |
That was it. I think the script writer's plan was for Darren Dods | :11:39. | :11:43. | |
to score the equaliser that took the tie into extra-time. He tried | :11:43. | :11:53. | |
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his best. It was a great opportunity. Some would say that I | :11:56. | :12:03. | |
did not see it coming. But it was very good goalkeeping. Good | :12:03. | :12:08. | |
goalkeeping from the big man. Maybe not always the best at coming out | :12:08. | :12:12. | |
and attacking the ball when it is in the air, but the size of him, | :12:12. | :12:19. | |
the greatness. Great double save at an important time. Bailey said that | :12:19. | :12:27. | |
Fraser Forster is growing into the job. I don't think that as Celtic | :12:27. | :12:30. | |
goalkeeper there is any hiding place. We have always said this, | :12:30. | :12:38. | |
but it is one thing to be a good player in a provincial club, but it | :12:38. | :12:42. | |
is another to play for Glasgow team. You need the ability but also the | :12:42. | :12:46. | |
mental strength. That is sometimes why players do not succeed because | :12:46. | :12:49. | |
they don't have the mental qualities to go along with their | :12:49. | :12:53. | |
other attributes. It is the huge honour to play for Celtic and | :12:53. | :13:03. | |
Rangers. Celtic threatened to score again. That would have been really | :13:03. | :13:13. | |
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harsh on Falkirk. Terribly harsh. The defending gets a bit tight, but | :13:13. | :13:19. | |
a good understanding there. Acknowledgement that if you put it | :13:19. | :13:23. | |
between the centre-back and the goalkeeper, you know that your mate | :13:23. | :13:30. | |
Anthony Stokes will be there. He knew that area. Because Gary Hooper | :13:30. | :13:34. | |
knows that area and Anthony Stokes knows it, they do it for each other. | :13:34. | :13:44. | |
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Great play. Anthony Stokes's desire to get in and score, because | :13:45. | :13:49. | |
sometimes it is difficult to hold on to what you have got at 2-1. | :13:49. | :13:58. | |
That is what they did, tried to kill the game, and so it proved. | :13:58. | :14:04. | |
He watched the second half in the stands. Steven Pressley is with | :14:04. | :14:08. | |
Jonathan. Commiserations, 3-1 defeat, but | :14:08. | :14:14. | |
such a young side with such promise. What is your overriding feeling | :14:15. | :14:19. | |
about the performance? I think their performance was terrific. We | :14:19. | :14:22. | |
came here with a real belief in our system of play and the way we go | :14:22. | :14:27. | |
about things. Over the 90 minutes, players can go away from here | :14:27. | :14:32. | |
exceptionally proud. We passed the ball brilliantly at times. Some | :14:32. | :14:39. | |
switches of play, passing between the lines, I was delighted. Great | :14:39. | :14:45. | |
passing. I thought we gave them one hell of a game. Your reaction when | :14:45. | :14:49. | |
that goal went in just before half- time said it all. What was the | :14:49. | :14:53. | |
atmosphere in the dressing-room at half-time? Was there a real sense | :14:53. | :14:59. | |
that you could do it? Yes. I think it was similar to the game against | :14:59. | :15:03. | |
Rangers and Falkirk Stadium. When you get there at half-time and you | :15:03. | :15:06. | |
are in the game, as we very much work, there is that sense of belief | :15:06. | :15:10. | |
that you can go on and do it. We started that game in the second | :15:10. | :15:14. | |
half very well. Celtic were under pressure. There was fluency to | :15:14. | :15:19. | |
their passing and I was really excited. Once again a controversial | :15:19. | :15:22. | |
decision changed the game. I have to ask you about what happened at | :15:22. | :15:26. | |
half-time. You ended up in the stand. Can you tell us what | :15:26. | :15:36. | |
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penalty kick. I have not seen the penalty. I asked if it had been | :15:38. | :15:43. | |
given in the other box. That's a question to you. But, I am | :15:43. | :15:46. | |
disappointed. Very disappointed, because when you play against the | :15:46. | :15:51. | |
old firm, you definitely need factors like that to go for you. | :15:51. | :15:55. | |
Unfortunately today they didn't. You feel with referees the big | :15:55. | :16:00. | |
decisions go the big team's way? am not saying that. In reflection | :16:00. | :16:05. | |
of today's game, there was some big decisions made. I felt, | :16:05. | :16:10. | |
unfortunately for ourselves, they didn't go our way. What are the | :16:10. | :16:14. | |
object -- objectives for the rest of the season? Progressing. I look | :16:14. | :16:19. | |
at us from the July kick-off and the performances of my team now. I | :16:19. | :16:25. | |
can ask no more from these group of players. Have been progressive. We | :16:25. | :16:30. | |
set new targets for this season. We will continue to do that. All I ask | :16:30. | :16:35. | |
is progression. I have seen that in abundance. Thank you. You know him | :16:35. | :16:40. | |
well. Will he be embarrassed about his reaction to the penalty being | :16:40. | :16:43. | |
given? He is still obviously furious? Obviously he made | :16:43. | :16:47. | |
reference to that as well. I would have hoped if it had happened in | :16:47. | :16:51. | |
the box, I am sure the penalty would have been given. Darren Dods | :16:51. | :16:56. | |
is a good player. Had a very good career. It is inexcusable what he | :16:56. | :17:00. | |
did. Sometimes you have to give it up | :17:00. | :17:04. | |
and hope another team-mate will bail you out. I think to drag him | :17:04. | :17:09. | |
to the ground. He reflects on it and realises it is a penalty. He is | :17:09. | :17:14. | |
a young manager. He has passion and every desire to do well for Falkirk. | :17:14. | :17:18. | |
That will stand him in good steed. Sometimes that pain makes you | :17:18. | :17:23. | |
stronger. Is it worth mentioning the fact that everything else he | :17:23. | :17:29. | |
said you will absolutely agree with? Yes. He said he was well | :17:29. | :17:38. | |
between the -- passed it terrific. I would agree with every single | :17:38. | :17:42. | |
word. Celtic scored a very good goal. It was on-side. It is not | :17:42. | :17:46. | |
easy when they came back off the post, goalkeepers to have that | :17:46. | :17:49. | |
composure and slam it in the net, as he did. | :17:50. | :17:54. | |
Every motion of that - so I think he was a bit harsh there. As I say, | :17:54. | :18:00. | |
we all do that on the spur of the moment. You finish the game, your | :18:00. | :18:03. | |
team has performed admirally. Of course you will say some things out | :18:03. | :18:07. | |
of context. You are passionate. You care about the game. There's no | :18:07. | :18:11. | |
doubt he will go on to be a good manager. When the dust settles is | :18:12. | :18:17. | |
there much that satisfied managers, Falkirk did themselves justice in | :18:17. | :18:22. | |
what they put into the game. think Stephen will go away a very | :18:22. | :18:25. | |
proud man and how his team played, I thought they were exceptional. | :18:25. | :18:31. | |
They stuck at it and played really, really good football. And the | :18:31. | :18:35. | |
penalty, it would not have been given in Italy or Europe. It is | :18:35. | :18:42. | |
given here. Certainly, as Owen says the goal was never off-side. One | :18:42. | :18:47. | |
bounced the other. I could see he was disappointed for the boys | :18:47. | :18:57. | |
because they had done so much. Celtic, they have Higginbotham and | :18:57. | :19:03. | |
Stokes. Two top-class finers. They will always -- finishers. They will | :19:03. | :19:07. | |
always hurt you at some stage in the game. I thought they were going | :19:07. | :19:13. | |
to get another one near the end, which would have taken in a true | :19:13. | :19:17. | |
reflection of the game. Celtic had enough quality to win the game. | :19:17. | :19:23. | |
That is how it panned out. We will look at the first league cup semi- | :19:23. | :19:30. | |
final from yesterday. Air united against Kilmarnock. | :19:30. | :19:40. | |
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thousands to make themselves heard He was picked out beautifully by | :19:58. | :20:01. | |
Dayton. Not sure if he was going for the goal here. Looked to be | :20:01. | :20:05. | |
heading to the back of the net, but for the intervention of the Ayr | :20:06. | :20:15. | |
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He denies first of all James Dayton - a powerful effort, beaten away. | :20:51. | :20:58. | |
It looks like Harkins would score. He stuck the leg out to divert it | :20:58. | :21:08. | |
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A moment of real class by Dean Shiels. | :21:17. | :21:27. | |
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It has been matched by the save of few minutes he's had! First Shiels, | :21:42. | :21:52. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds | :21:52. | :22:35. | |
then Pascali. Cuthbert! | :22:35. | :22:45. | |
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He's kept out everything that has just a yard or so wide of the far | :23:02. | :23:08. | |
post. Malone was exposed here. | :23:08. | :23:18. | |
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through comes for Kilmarnock. It's heartbreak for Ayr United. There's | :23:37. | :23:46. | |
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joy for Dean Shiels -- for Shiels and Kilmarnock. It looked like it | :23:49. | :23:53. | |
would never come. Kevin Cuthbert could not keep them out forever. | :23:53. | :23:57. | |
Perhaps he should have gathered that one. Who can fault him for the | :23:57. | :24:07. | |
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work he's put in this afternoon. touching distance of that trophy. | :24:39. | :24:47. | |
You want an early hold? I won't touch it. You had a blast at Ayr | :24:47. | :24:50. | |
United afterwards. The manager thought they were disrespectful. | :24:50. | :24:55. | |
That is what they put in the paper. Is that not what he said. It is not | :24:55. | :24:59. | |
a blast. It is how you say it. I said if they had come out with a | :24:59. | :25:05. | |
better game, I was disace pointed in the tactics. He is a super guy. | :25:05. | :25:10. | |
He does a good job with Ayr United. Do these pictures confirm - that it | :25:11. | :25:14. | |
was constant rear-guard action? When you are asked a question from | :25:14. | :25:17. | |
the Scottish media, it was in response to a question I was asked. | :25:17. | :25:22. | |
I was asked, did you feel Ayr could have come out and led more of a | :25:22. | :25:26. | |
festival? I said, I was disappointed in how they set it up. | :25:26. | :25:31. | |
You said they came looking for penalties, didn't you? Exactly. In | :25:31. | :25:35. | |
my opinion I did. -- they did. Look how many players | :25:35. | :25:41. | |
were inside the box there. Almost ten within a six-yard box. It holds | :25:41. | :25:47. | |
up your argument. That happened a great deal of times during the game. | :25:47. | :25:53. | |
For me when we played Celtic we came out. We are not Barcelona. We | :25:53. | :25:58. | |
are not massively, massively better than Ayr United. I feel, maybe in | :25:58. | :26:04. | |
hindsight, it could have come out. When they came out they had a | :26:04. | :26:08. | |
chance. In injury time at the end of the game they came out and had | :26:08. | :26:11. | |
another chance. We're not the world's greatest team. You know, | :26:11. | :26:18. | |
they have to come out and get advice. Fantastic for you to take | :26:18. | :26:22. | |
Kilmarnock into the final. The icing on the cake must be your son | :26:22. | :26:26. | |
scores the winning goal. He is a player. In the team he's another | :26:26. | :26:32. | |
player. But, yes, inside me I think, he's my son, it's great he has the | :26:32. | :26:39. | |
goal. There's no press didge there. It doesn't matter who scores at | :26:39. | :26:44. | |
that prejudice there. It doesn't matter who scores at that stage. I | :26:44. | :26:51. | |
was pleased for the supporters, for the chairman. Were you thanking | :26:51. | :27:01. | |
somebody upstairs there? Yes. The chairman is overlooked for the | :27:01. | :27:05. | |
work he does. He works really hard for the club. Every decision is in | :27:05. | :27:09. | |
the best interest of the club. I'm really pleased to work for | :27:09. | :27:17. | |
Kilmarnock. Celtic are through to play | :27:17. | :27:22. | |
Kilmarnock. Here's Neil Lennon. It was maybe not all plain-sailing, | :27:22. | :27:25. | |
but the victory, you must be delighted to get into that final? | :27:25. | :27:31. | |
They are never plain-sailing. I am delighted for the team. 3-1, people | :27:31. | :27:35. | |
might say that they deserved better. Looking from our point of view we | :27:35. | :27:45. | |
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missed so many chances. We hit the bar twice. We hit the post. We | :27:45. | :27:51. | |
could have won the game more comfortably without playing at our | :27:51. | :27:55. | |
brilliant best. It is difficult semi-finals. In the best of | :27:55. | :27:59. | |
conditions we held up well today. I think it contributed for a good | :27:59. | :28:03. | |
game. One thing I will say about semi-finals here, is sometimes it | :28:03. | :28:08. | |
leaves a good atmosphere, such a big atmosphere. You have maybe | :28:08. | :28:14. | |
20,000 people missing, it lacks that bit of snap to the game. | :28:14. | :28:18. | |
stand behind you. Sometimes you cut a frustrated figure with the | :28:18. | :28:24. | |
figures N the end Anthony Stokes coming up trumps for you. Yes. He's | :28:24. | :28:29. | |
been working, we have worked with him on free-kicks. He puts too much | :28:29. | :28:34. | |
on them. That was definitely his range today. Thankfully he found | :28:34. | :28:40. | |
the precision and the quality to score. Anthony is in the right | :28:40. | :28:44. | |
place. I had a wee chat with him on Thursday. I said I wanted more from | :28:44. | :28:49. | |
him because his overall game has not been there. Anthony is always | :28:49. | :28:55. | |
going to score goals. We want to contribute more to the team. | :28:55. | :29:00. | |
don't want to miss the final, back in Hampden in seven weeks' time. It | :29:00. | :29:08. | |
is Kilmarnock against Celtic. That is on Sunday, 18th March. | :29:08. | :29:12. | |
Kenny said earlier on that must send out a positive message about | :29:12. | :29:16. | |
what the likes of Falkirk, just as an example, what they are doing t | :29:16. | :29:25. | |
type of players they are producing. For me, I am delighted. We are | :29:25. | :29:29. | |
always promoting Scottish football. I think as a nation we dwell too | :29:29. | :29:36. | |
much on the negative. There is a lot of positive about it. I have | :29:36. | :29:41. | |
seen some terrific young players in Celtic as well. There is a lot to | :29:41. | :29:43. | |
look forward to in Scottish football. We concentrate on the | :29:43. | :29:50. | |
negative all the time. The Celtic fans will probably throw things at | :29:50. | :29:55. | |
the TV saying speak about us. They did get the job done. It was a | :29:55. | :30:05. | |
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professional performance, wasn't To be fair, they have the weapon | :30:07. | :30:12. | |
free to win the match and they achieved that but Falkirk have the | :30:12. | :30:17. | |
weaponry for a very good game of football. It was more competitive | :30:17. | :30:21. | |
than yesterday and that is down to the approach and Howard Falkirk | :30:21. | :30:29. | |
applied themselves and how they wanted to attack at times. -- how | :30:29. | :30:33. | |
Falkirk applied themselves. They kept the ball up the pitch, compact, | :30:33. | :30:38. | |
intricate play. But Celtic have equality at the top of the pitch, | :30:38. | :30:41. | |
and that was a difference, the big difference. With Gary Hooper and | :30:41. | :30:45. | |
Anthony Stokes there, there will always be chances that are | :30:45. | :30:52. | |
converted and they did that. D Day Neil Lennon's point about a lack of | :30:52. | :30:57. | |
atmosphere of not working from their point of view? -- do you take | :30:57. | :31:04. | |
the point? Yes, we always play better in a good atmosphere. He | :31:04. | :31:07. | |
said they did not play at their brilliant best, which was | :31:07. | :31:16. | |
wonderfully one -- honest, but the two players up front will always | :31:16. | :31:20. | |
score and create chances. It ended up right in the end, with the right | :31:20. | :31:25. | |
final, that will be exciting. We do mention Falkirk for a number of | :31:25. | :31:30. | |
reasons. Like a lot of clubs in Scotland, Kilmarnock, St Mirren, | :31:30. | :31:35. | |
they take the ball down, and I think play the game in other right | :31:36. | :31:42. | |
way and an enjoyable way. It is good football if we all buy into it. | :31:42. | :31:51. | |
I was delighted to see that. If they do get into the SPL, then they | :31:51. | :31:55. | |
will be a real edition. I cannot lose the opportunity to talk about | :31:55. | :32:00. | |
Bolton. What about the Premier League? How things turned round | :32:00. | :32:03. | |
after a difficult spell? There is no doubt that it was a slow spell | :32:03. | :32:08. | |
and we know why, with 10 players injured. When your best players are | :32:08. | :32:12. | |
missing it is always difficult. We had a horrendous start in terms of | :32:12. | :32:20. | |
the fixture, playing five of the top six. And when you lose games, | :32:20. | :32:26. | |
confidence is King in football, and your players lose confidence bit by | :32:26. | :32:29. | |
bit. We had a good run before Christmas and we have to continue | :32:29. | :32:35. | |
that. We got a couple back from injury, which helped. And we will | :32:35. | :32:38. | |
get some transfers before the window closes on Tuesday so we have | :32:38. | :32:42. | |
a lot to look forward to for the second half of the season. It was | :32:42. | :32:45. | |
always going to be a season of tradition because of what we were | :32:45. | :32:49. | |
trying to do. We have to make sure that we cake on and do ourselves | :32:49. | :32:55. | |
justice. Good luck. It has been good to have your company. I am | :32:55. | :33:01. | |
back later tonight for my night shift at 10 o'clock on BBC Two. The | :33:01. | :33:07. | |
highlights of both the semi-finals. This weekend coming up it is all | :33:07. | :33:12. |