:00:07. > :00:18.COMMENTATOR: This could be something quite sensational. Right out of the
:00:19. > :00:30.top drawer. Outstanding. It's an absolute beauty. Oh, yes!
:00:31. > :00:42.Unbelievable. What a finish. Right here, right now. This is history.
:00:43. > :00:45.Good evening. It's been a big day when it comes to the history of
:00:46. > :00:50.Scottish football. It's been a big night when it comes to the here and
:00:51. > :00:55.now of Scottish football. Highlights of the Premiership play-off final
:00:56. > :00:59.coming your way. With us in the studio Steven Thompson and the
:01:00. > :01:06.Championship Manager of the Season, Jim Duffy. Straight to the action.
:01:07. > :01:14.Dundee United versus Hamilton Academical. Commentary from Willie
:01:15. > :01:18.Millar and Liam McLeod. Commonwealth a stunning day. Dundee United,
:01:19. > :01:23.Premiership Hamilton Academical. A two match shoot-out for the final
:01:24. > :01:27.place in next season's top-flight. United have overcome two hurdles
:01:28. > :01:32.already to get here. Accies just delighted to be here after saving
:01:33. > :01:37.their skins from automatic relegation against United's
:01:38. > :01:41.neighbours at the weekend. Ray McKinnon sticks for his side that
:01:42. > :01:46.won through at Falkirk. Murray has a goal a game record in this season's
:01:47. > :01:52.play-off. Dixon's first ghoel almost five years, three from time, took
:01:53. > :02:03.them to this stage. Andreu took Accies up in 2014. Will he send them
:02:04. > :02:08.down in 2017? Forced change, his skipper will miss both ties through
:02:09. > :02:17.suspension. It's the team that beat Dundee in convincing fashion in
:02:18. > :02:26.Lanarkshire at the weekend. Bingham, Skondras and Imrie were all on
:02:27. > :02:30.scoresheet. There will be a minute's silence in memory of those who lost
:02:31. > :02:35.their lives, those who are still missing and those affected by the
:02:36. > :02:57.horrendous events in Manchester on Monday evening.
:02:58. > :03:19.Part of the Hamilton team that came back to the Premiership. Steven
:03:20. > :03:27.McLean is in charge of tonight's first-leg. A terrific night. Aened
:03:28. > :03:31.woerful night for a game of football. What a game of football
:03:32. > :03:38.this could be. Dundee United looking to come back into the top-flight at
:03:39. > :03:43.the first time of asking. An Accies side desperate to avoid the drop.
:03:44. > :03:47.Here come United already. Positive start. Willie Millar watching this
:03:48. > :03:52.alongside me. They will want a good start. They didn't start well last
:03:53. > :03:56.week in the second-leg at Falkirk? No, you have the home advantage.
:03:57. > :03:59.Obviously, you want to get the home fans on your side. They've turned
:04:00. > :04:03.out in numbers here. They will be looking for a positive start
:04:04. > :04:06.tonight. An early goal would be absolutely fantasticing for them as
:04:07. > :04:12.they'll look to come back to top tier status. Dundee United have the
:04:13. > :04:18.best home record of all in the Championship. Crawford knocks the
:04:19. > :04:22.ball in. Durnan clears. Flood's touch is heavy. Crawford. Here's
:04:23. > :04:38.Imrie. Helped send his old club, Inverness,
:04:39. > :04:53.down with a penalty 3-0. On easy street. Donati, replaces Devlin in
:04:54. > :05:00.the side. Skondras, here's McKinnon. There is an offside flag. Edjenguele
:05:01. > :05:03.on the stretch. Good defending, ultimately, isn't it, early signs
:05:04. > :05:10.that Hamilton mean to stay up in the top tier. It's a good cross in. No
:05:11. > :05:17.doubt about the offside. They look dead and buried against Falkirk on
:05:18. > :05:25.Fridayle Simon Murray evaded the defence to level the tie. It came
:05:26. > :05:29.after a fabulous first-leg here, a week past Tuesday, 2-2 draw. Twice
:05:30. > :05:39.United led. Twice they were pegged back. They got the job done.
:05:40. > :05:57.A lot is made of the momentum that the Championship team has coming
:05:58. > :06:01.into this final and perhaps the Premiership side are on a bit of a
:06:02. > :06:07.downer. What is your take on it? I think it works both ways. Hamilton,
:06:08. > :06:10.yeah, if he they hadn't got a magnificent result against Dundee it
:06:11. > :06:13.could be a negative. To find your scoring touch at that stage of the
:06:14. > :06:17.season, you know, has got to give them huge confidence coming into
:06:18. > :06:20.this game. United I think have constitutered their way to this
:06:21. > :06:26.stage, haven't they? It's all to play for. I think, pretty evenly
:06:27. > :06:30.matched teams. I think it is who performs over the two legs is going
:06:31. > :06:35.to stay up. United will obviously be desperate to get back into the top
:06:36. > :06:39.tier. They believe that they belong. Ali Crawford will take the free-kick
:06:40. > :06:45.here. For Imrie. Asking a lot of Imrie there. I think the elbow was
:06:46. > :06:52.up a little bit there, no doubt about that. Imrie, whether you are
:06:53. > :06:57.judging that to, as Imrie running into the elbow or deliberately
:06:58. > :07:02.putting the elbow into the players flaws. Steven McLean thinks it was
:07:03. > :07:08.an accident. It could go either way that one. Dougie Imrie taking a sore
:07:09. > :07:17.one there. The elbow is definitely up.
:07:18. > :07:23.That will be a United corner. All countried credit to Mikkelsen there
:07:24. > :07:27.for winning it. That is probably the best case scenario for him out of
:07:28. > :07:31.that? Absolutely. The movement is good. Drifted to a position that is
:07:32. > :07:38.difficult to mark. He's got up well enough. He's won the corner, I think
:07:39. > :07:40.that's the important thing. Spittal came through the ranks at Queen's
:07:41. > :07:52.Park. Not the worst delivery either, is
:07:53. > :07:58.it? Edjenguele was up. Durnan there, too. Hamilton survive. Kuate has
:07:59. > :08:04.given that to Bingham. He's on his bike. Waiting for support to arrive.
:08:05. > :08:10.Three are getting into the middle for him. If he can find one of them,
:08:11. > :08:15.Redmond was there. He's got to do better, hasn't he, I think, Redmond.
:08:16. > :08:21.A great cross, excellent run there from the winger. You know, Redmond's
:08:22. > :08:23.in. He's got to get a better touch on it. Bingham does well. Takes a
:08:24. > :08:40.deflection. He misses it. Mikkelsen. He's got it through to
:08:41. > :08:46.Andreu. Nicked away from him by McMann.
:08:47. > :08:52.Now, that's going to come all the way through to Bingham. A big
:08:53. > :08:56.chance. Bell is equal to it. It's a good save, but Bingham should do
:08:57. > :09:02.better than that. I mean, it's a fabulous run from the striker, in
:09:03. > :09:11.behind Edjenguele. Good save from Bell, absolutely. It should have
:09:12. > :09:12.nestled in the back of the net. Mikkelsen is doing that so well
:09:13. > :09:29.tonight. Spittal. Skondras. Advantage here for Hamilton
:09:30. > :09:38.Academical. There goes Dougie Imrie. He looks in the mood tonight.
:09:39. > :09:46.Friday night's hero, Dixon. Space for Murray. So much space, in
:09:47. > :09:50.attacking areas, as well. Simon Murray. That's a good effort. His
:09:51. > :09:54.movement is excellent, out towards the touchline, the left hand side,
:09:55. > :09:59.and then really positive, setting it up for the strike. United trying to
:10:00. > :10:13.keep the pressure on here. The Arabs in the stand, behind the
:10:14. > :10:20.goal, shielding their eyes from the sunshine. That's a let down. The
:10:21. > :10:23.movement is pretty good, I think, from Andreu. He sees the
:10:24. > :10:37.opportunity, runs round the face of it. Not a good outcome, that's for
:10:38. > :10:41.sure. It's only one 0-0 draw between these two since 1997. We are
:10:42. > :10:47.expecting goals. Spittal does get on to it. He's run into trouble. He's
:10:48. > :10:58.run into Skondras. Flood is there, as he normally is. Terrifically
:10:59. > :11:02.worked by United. Here's Dixon. An early delivery. Mikkelsen's there.
:11:03. > :11:08.The goalkeeper holds on for dear life. He gets away with it. Good
:11:09. > :11:15.fortune there for Hamilton. Excellent play. The referee trying
:11:16. > :11:18.to calm things down. Spittal, down the left hand side. Dixon, good
:11:19. > :11:27.cross into the box. That could have ended up in the back of the net.
:11:28. > :11:31.Hamilton have had a spring in their step this evening, away interest
:11:32. > :11:37.home, that they haven't really had all season. Oh, that's a sore one
:11:38. > :11:43.for Spittal. He somersaulted into the stand. Thankfully, he's OK. It
:11:44. > :11:45.was awkward, he was going into the back of him. He is trying to avoid
:11:46. > :12:08.the boards. A really difficult one. Poor ball, really. It's now with
:12:09. > :12:15.Dixon, and Murray. Space to operate in. Spittal, he just couldn't make
:12:16. > :12:22.the ball stick, initially. Great ball in. A shout for a penalty for a
:12:23. > :12:29.foul on Mikkelsen. It was McMann's challenge. Yeah. I think there is
:12:30. > :12:31.contact there, but you very rarely see a penalty given for contact as
:12:32. > :12:51.minimal as that. Found Crawford. We know what Ali
:12:52. > :12:57.Crawford is capable of. He certainly is. Not tonight. That is well off
:12:58. > :13:07.target. The thoughts going through his Head, but way off target. Now
:13:08. > :13:12.Murray. This is what he loves. What does Steven McLean make of that. He
:13:13. > :13:17.says dive. The first truly big call of this play-off final. It's a let
:13:18. > :13:23.off for Hamilton. It is a big call, isn't it? Simon Murray goes down too
:13:24. > :13:28.easily. A little brush. You don't go down. He's a strong boy. He's fast,
:13:29. > :13:32.he's quick. There's no doubt he's trying to get the advantage of the
:13:33. > :13:41.penalty. The referee is too cute for that and makes the right decision.
:13:42. > :13:49.Away from home is why they finished 11th. Signs they are beginning to
:13:50. > :13:51.click? Playing with a lot of confidence, I think, Hamilton. They
:13:52. > :13:55.are handling the situation extremely well. There's no doubt that
:13:56. > :14:03.Templeton has been brought down there. Again, diving into the
:14:04. > :14:07.challenge and giving Hamilton an opportunity, once again, to put them
:14:08. > :14:11.under pressure. Ali Crawford will hope the delivery is better than the
:14:12. > :14:21.last corner. Might fancy a pop. Redmond is over it. Hamilton fans
:14:22. > :14:27.trying to drive their team on. Eight minutes to half-time. This is the
:14:28. > :14:31.first-leg. It's Crawford. He is trying to outfox Bell at the
:14:32. > :14:35.near-post. Yeah. Not good enough. Not nearly good enough. He'll be
:14:36. > :14:37.disappointed with that finish. Got it over the wall well enough, it was
:14:38. > :15:00.well off target, again. Here's Donati for Accies. Crawford.
:15:01. > :15:08.Too many options there for Ali Crawford. Imrie is involved here.
:15:09. > :15:12.Crawford! It is worrying for Dundee United, Hamilton, in the wide areas,
:15:13. > :15:16.especially on the left, are getting plenty joy with Dougie Imrie?
:15:17. > :15:22.Absolutely. Too much, isn't it? He has to be closed down. It's a decent
:15:23. > :15:35.cross into the box. Ali Crawford. It can fall to one of his team-mates.
:15:36. > :15:41.Skondras has got it. Promising right at the end for Accies. They will get
:15:42. > :15:44.a corner in the last few seconds of the opening 45 minutes. Plenty of
:15:45. > :15:49.opportunities to put United under pressure from the corner, but the
:15:50. > :15:55.delivery hasn't been good enough. Taken short this time. The last
:15:56. > :16:01.action of the first half. There will be no time. No time for Accies to
:16:02. > :16:07.launch another assault on that United goal. Simon Murray going down
:16:08. > :16:11.in the box, under the challenge of Donati. Perhaps United's biggest
:16:12. > :16:14.shout of the evening. No penalty. Murray booked for diving. Bingham
:16:15. > :16:19.had the best chance of the first half. It fell midway through the
:16:20. > :16:24.opening 45 minutes. Mikkelsen has been a threat for United as well. We
:16:25. > :16:28.are no closer to finding out who will be the final team in next
:16:29. > :16:36.season's Premiership. Half-time at the first-leg, 0-0.
:16:37. > :16:43.45 minutes here at Tannadice. Then a high stakes shoot-out in Lanarkshire
:16:44. > :16:48.on Sunday afternoon. Dundee United might want to make hay in this
:16:49. > :16:55.second-half. They won just four Championship matches away from
:16:56. > :17:00.Tannadice. Accies only lost six of their home games this season.
:17:01. > :17:06.Season. Albeit they have lost two of their last three at New Douglas
:17:07. > :17:11.Park. They will fancy their chances on the synthetic surface there.
:17:12. > :17:26.Evenly poised. United haven't started the
:17:27. > :17:29.second-half at all. Have they? It's an opportunity. As you say that,
:17:30. > :17:34.Simon Murray comes forward. Options right and left. He decided to go
:17:35. > :17:37.himself. He had Spittal right, Mikkelsen left, but he saw the
:17:38. > :17:42.headlines. That's the wrong decision, isn't it? You know, they
:17:43. > :17:49.won possession and murp ray's through. Great option, wonderful run
:17:50. > :17:54.for Spittal. He has to be played in. -- Murray.
:17:55. > :18:02.Only visiting team to win here this season was Hibernian. They won the
:18:03. > :18:06.second tier. It's come off Kuate. Here's Templeton. He gets a run at
:18:07. > :18:11.it. The goalkeeper looked like he gave that up. It is a corner. Almost
:18:12. > :18:15.sneaked in. Again, a misunderstanding. It's Kuate that
:18:16. > :18:22.heads it on to Templeton. He does really well to create a little
:18:23. > :18:33.opening. Takes a deflection. Bell with his heart in his mouth there.
:18:34. > :18:43.They exchange unpleasantries. I think he's been telt there. Yeah. He
:18:44. > :18:52.will be told by the referee, too. Danny Redmond will take this corner.
:18:53. > :18:55.Latched on to by Bell. As a defender, that's what you want to
:18:56. > :19:02.see from your keeper. Trying it get Murray away. Matthews is well
:19:03. > :19:14.outside his penalty area. United are up the pitch. That is Charlie
:19:15. > :19:18.Telfer, he's coming on. It looks as though Kuate and his engagement,
:19:19. > :19:22.shall we say, with his team-mate is about to cost him his place in the
:19:23. > :19:27.side. He generally hasn't been good, Liam. He has given away possession.
:19:28. > :19:33.He's been probably at the heart of everything bad. That is a good
:19:34. > :19:40.decision. You can understand Roy McKinnon's thinking. Off he comes.
:19:41. > :19:48.You can see what he makes of it. He is heading straight for the tunnel.
:19:49. > :19:51.He's not happy. You have to go over and shake hands with your team-mate.
:19:52. > :19:55.It puts the manager in a bad situation with that kind of
:19:56. > :20:01.attitude. As he goes directly up the tunnel. You can hear what the home
:20:02. > :20:06.fans think about that. Woeful behaviour from Wato Kuate. He hardly
:20:07. > :20:17.set it on fire here. He is giving it to the fans. I won't be surprised if
:20:18. > :20:23.you don't see Wato Kuate in a Dundee United shirt again. It's not a
:20:24. > :20:28.free-kick. At least nine out of ten for style there. Here is sigh mop
:20:29. > :20:37.Murray. Donati trying to close the door, and he does. United fans
:20:38. > :20:44.making a noise. They drive their team on. I think Skondras, you know,
:20:45. > :20:46.took a major dive. I think the referee probably got that wrong. I
:20:47. > :20:52.think he should have shown him a yellow card. Telfer. It's a United
:20:53. > :20:56.corner. Already the substitute has a positive impact on proceedings for
:20:57. > :21:00.the hosts. They have got to up the tempo, no doubt about that. United
:21:01. > :21:03.at home, they want to give something to this crowd. They need to get the
:21:04. > :21:08.crowd behind them they haven't had that. They haven't given them
:21:09. > :21:11.enough. That is the problem. I'm sure Roy McKinnon will be hoping as
:21:12. > :21:21.the game wears on they can get that crowd a little bit excited. Telfer
:21:22. > :21:25.takes. It's Mikkelsen. Spectacular save by Matthews. That's better.
:21:26. > :21:30.That has got this crowd off their seat. Mikkelsen, he does that so
:21:31. > :21:34.well. He gets himself into great position. Drifting off the defender.
:21:35. > :21:40.Very intelligent header towards the top corner. Matthews there with a
:21:41. > :21:44.fantastic save. Fairly relaxed in the stands. Some of them at least! I
:21:45. > :21:52.think if you are that age, if you are a little bit older I think
:21:53. > :21:56.you're more nervous. Murray, fair play to him. He has United right up
:21:57. > :22:01.deep into enemy territory. That's his game, isn't it? He chases
:22:02. > :22:04.everything. You know, it's an opportunity from one end of the park
:22:05. > :22:10.to another for United to put Hamilton under a bit of pressure.
:22:11. > :22:21.The semi-final hero, Paul Dixon, drying the ball. Late run by Durnan.
:22:22. > :22:26.He will get it back here. With Huge chance. It was a big one. The
:22:27. > :22:32.centre-back right enough that it falls to. He doesn't make the best
:22:33. > :22:36.of the opportunity. Leaning back a little bit. He's put under pressure.
:22:37. > :22:41.It's over the bar. He's got to keep that one under the crossbar and test
:22:42. > :22:47.the goalkeeper. He's got five goals this season, Mark Durnan.
:22:48. > :23:00.Donati. Longridge is just on, to Crawford. Slowed their passing game
:23:01. > :23:05.a little bit, Accies, in the last ten minutes or so. Bingham. Durnan
:23:06. > :23:19.under pressure. He didn't really know where Longridge was.
:23:20. > :23:29.Redmond. Oh, it's a lovely ball for Imrie. Well, well, he kicks the post
:23:30. > :23:35.in frustration. Yeah, probably felt he should have done better. It's a
:23:36. > :23:38.great cross into the back post. You know, Dillon has let it go. He's not
:23:39. > :23:44.aware that Imrie is coming in behind him. He should be. It's a difficult
:23:45. > :23:52.one for the winger to take. He's sliding all the way and just didn't
:23:53. > :24:00.make good enough contact. Wouldn't be the worst result in the world for
:24:01. > :24:05.Hamilton, 0-0 draw. At Now Douglas Park their results have been much,
:24:06. > :24:11.much better. Dixon was fouled a way up the park there. It was. A late
:24:12. > :24:13.challenge there from Redmond. Coming in late on Dixon. Nowhere near the
:24:14. > :24:29.ball. The referee spotted it. Durnan's won it. What a save that is
:24:30. > :24:35.from Matthews. I think there was a flag in any case. The keeper wasn't
:24:36. > :24:41.to know that. No. He looked very sharp in dealing with it. It was
:24:42. > :24:45.that type of looping header. Almost looping over the top of Matthews.
:24:46. > :24:51.He's got a long reach. He stretches out and gets a good first on it.
:24:52. > :24:58.Yeah, cracking save. It all breaks down for Hamilton this time. We go
:24:59. > :25:11.into the closing 15 minutes of this first-leg. Skondras.
:25:12. > :25:21.Docherty got into a good position. Longridge has nicked it off Dillon.
:25:22. > :25:25.Crawford! And another golden opportunity is spurned by Accies.
:25:26. > :25:30.Yeah. They've got more and more into the game and Longridge gets space
:25:31. > :25:40.here. He looks up. He sees Crawford at the back post. Right on to his
:25:41. > :25:47.foot. Both teams have missed terrific chances.
:25:48. > :25:56.It hasn't been a 0-0 snow or draw. Quality could be better at times.
:25:57. > :26:01.Both teams will feel they should have scored at times. Accies will
:26:02. > :26:06.feel they should have scored a couple. . There has been room, but
:26:07. > :26:12.the quality hasn't been there to find the back of the net. Spittal,
:26:13. > :26:16.Donati. Oh, Murray, was he tripped in the box there? Steven McLean had
:26:17. > :26:20.a long, hard think about it. It's going Hamilton's way. Yeah. You
:26:21. > :26:24.know, it's a big decision for the referee. He has made a movement
:26:25. > :26:30.towards the penalty spot. There is no doubt about that. Another yellow.
:26:31. > :26:34.Simon Murray's off. His other booking was for diving in the first
:26:35. > :26:39.half. Steven McLean has flashed another yellow in the face of Dundee
:26:40. > :26:44.United's flailoff hero, Simon Murray, who has been sent off and
:26:45. > :26:49.will now miss the second-leg. United without their top-scorer. Wow,
:26:50. > :26:54.that's a huge decision from Steven McLean. I think his assistant has
:26:55. > :26:58.helped him. I think there's a little bit of contact there. I don't think
:26:59. > :27:02.that Simon hurl Murray has went down without any con be tact whatsoever.
:27:03. > :27:06.He definitely gets a little touch on the ball. The boot comes through.
:27:07. > :27:11.It's a penalty. A penalty kick, without a doubt. Simon Murray goes
:27:12. > :27:18.off. He's their top-scorer in the play-off. Tony Andreu has won more
:27:19. > :27:24.overall. That is a major let off of massive proportions there for
:27:25. > :27:27.Hamilton Academical. McKinnon and his team are aggrieved by that. The
:27:28. > :27:30.referee has made a movement towards the penalty spot, there is no doubt
:27:31. > :27:40.about that. I think he thinks that it's a penalty. His assistant, who
:27:41. > :27:49.is staring at. He is ten yards away. Chambers on the George Fox side.
:27:50. > :27:52.It's a penalty. What a let off. You how important will this be. Come
:27:53. > :27:57.Sunday evening if Dundee United are still a Championship side they will
:27:58. > :28:07.look back to that and they will ask questions. Steven McLean, he had a
:28:08. > :28:11.little think about it. It looks as though he's been overruled by Graham
:28:12. > :28:17.Chambers. There is no doubt about. That you could see his body movement
:28:18. > :28:21.from Steven McLean towards the penalty spot. Andreu goes down.
:28:22. > :28:25.Free-kick. Docherty can't believe that.
:28:26. > :28:37.There's nothing in it, is there? You know, I think there's a little bit
:28:38. > :28:49.of sympathy there now for United. You praised Steven McLean earlier. .
:28:50. > :28:57.He should have went with his first call. A loop over. It came off an
:28:58. > :29:00.Accies' head. I'm sure the home fans will be hoping that the grievance
:29:01. > :29:05.that these players will be feeling out there will spur them on to
:29:06. > :29:14.something special tonight. Spittal will take, again. Out swinger. It's
:29:15. > :29:18.another corner. Listen to the roar from the Dundee United supporters
:29:19. > :29:26.now. Yeah. They are up for it, aren't they? They feel totally
:29:27. > :29:30.aggrieved. Rightly so. They are up for it. They're trying to inspire
:29:31. > :29:35.their team on to great things tonight.
:29:36. > :29:43.Scott McMann, the be Accies defender who brought down Simon Murray there,
:29:44. > :29:48.will also know it wasn't the right decision. He will know he got away
:29:49. > :29:51.with that. He and his team-mates prepare to defend this latest United
:29:52. > :30:15.set play. Eight to play. Of course, Hamilton have made all
:30:16. > :30:21.three changes. We might have a ten on ten situation coming up.
:30:22. > :30:32.Martin Canning hopeful that he will recover. Just six and a half left.
:30:33. > :30:35.Might be a case that he just gets put into a deep lying midfield
:30:36. > :30:48.position. He's not moving at all. He's struggling.
:30:49. > :31:04.Yellow for Alex Gogic. In it comes. Here's Flood. It's the Nicholson. He
:31:05. > :31:26.committed himself. -- Mikkelsen. What a great ball.
:31:27. > :31:32.That was the Louis Longridge. Less than five minutes left. Of this
:31:33. > :31:39.first left. Yes, and Hamilton have another player down. Knee in the
:31:40. > :31:46.back, I think, from Matthews. A fair bit of attention, too. So Mark
:31:47. > :31:53.Callan thinking the world is against him after getting the break and that
:31:54. > :32:03.penalty not being given. It's almost farcical. He just com move. Can't
:32:04. > :32:12.get himself back into an onside position. -- just can't move. The
:32:13. > :32:16.whistle blows for full-time and a highly, highly controversial first
:32:17. > :32:21.leg of this play-off final. Which is still very much in the balance. And
:32:22. > :32:28.it looks as though the decision to send Simon Murray off, a second
:32:29. > :32:32.bookable offence, the simulation. Certainly that cost Dundee United
:32:33. > :32:35.the chance to win this first leg. Hamilton were like the walking
:32:36. > :32:39.wounded at the end. Martin Canning will be the happy of the two
:32:40. > :32:43.managers going into Sunday's second leg in Lanarkshire. It finished here
:32:44. > :32:53.0-0. I understand that's part of
:32:54. > :32:56.football. Decisions go against you sometimes. But the referees have to
:32:57. > :33:00.get the decision to write because that could really have impacted on
:33:01. > :33:07.us. Down to ten men, effectively a penalty to go up, so just, yes, we
:33:08. > :33:11.are disappointed. I will give my players a lot of credit. They kept
:33:12. > :33:18.going, even ten men. They put Hamilton under pressure for that
:33:19. > :33:23.next five, ten minutes of the game. The game, it was probably a game of
:33:24. > :33:26.2/2 the game. I think Hamilton was likely the better team in the first
:33:27. > :33:34.half. We didn't get the -- get to grips with the ball. They were
:33:35. > :33:38.really diving forward and were impacting the game. He has walked
:33:39. > :33:43.off down the tunnel instead of coming over towards the bench. He's
:33:44. > :33:48.on a short-term contract at the moment. He has gestured to some of
:33:49. > :33:54.the fans on his way off. Has he played the last game for the club?
:33:55. > :33:59.Absolutely. What did you tell them? Nothing. I told my team how
:34:00. > :34:03.important is to recover quickly because the tie with him is still
:34:04. > :34:07.very much in the balance, so my focus is on my players, my good
:34:08. > :34:13.players, all united together, and they always -- they are desperate to
:34:14. > :34:19.win games. I guess it was a good game to watch, I imagine. Probably
:34:20. > :34:23.should have had one or two ahead. Second half as well, a couple of
:34:24. > :34:29.opportunities. Working in the back post. More chances decent in the
:34:30. > :34:33.game. The couple of opportunities in the box as well. But overall, I
:34:34. > :34:41.think it comes down to a one-off game.
:34:42. > :34:48.And so all to play for. So many talking points. We will get through
:34:49. > :34:54.all of them in the next ten minutes. For a 0-0, not a bad game? Plenty of
:34:55. > :34:59.talking points. Not bad quality for that score. They have been slow to
:35:00. > :35:03.start in all their play-off games, Hamilton. They looked the better
:35:04. > :35:08.team for 60 minutes. Created the better chances. Did well to come
:35:09. > :35:12.back into it in the second half of the game. So much gnashing of teeth
:35:13. > :35:20.when we try to change anything in the Scottish league. They do bring
:35:21. > :35:23.something extra, though, don't they? Definitely a great introduction to
:35:24. > :35:28.the Scottish game, and then at top level to give teams the opportunity,
:35:29. > :35:34.and Hamilton and Dundee United went at it. Both teams gave 100%, gave it
:35:35. > :35:38.all to the game, but just that final bit of quality missing when the
:35:39. > :35:42.opportunities came across. We don't want to see these games defined by
:35:43. > :35:47.refereeing decisions, but Simon Murray, the talk of the town,
:35:48. > :35:59.basically, these two yellow cards. The first one was warranted for
:36:00. > :36:02.sure, wasn't it? Definitely. It was a dive. No contact. Only three yards
:36:03. > :36:05.from the ball. 13 yards from the goalkeeper. If he gets to the ball,
:36:06. > :36:11.you can go in himself. It seemed a ridiculous decision to dive for me.
:36:12. > :36:15.You don't want to see this. In the end, you know what comes afterwards.
:36:16. > :36:20.That was a clear dive. And it plays in the minds of the officials later
:36:21. > :36:26.on. Obviously. Then the second one comes in and this is not a dive,
:36:27. > :36:30.this is a definite penalty kick. The referee has a fantastic view. Graham
:36:31. > :36:35.Chambers. But for one reason or another, they contrived to give a
:36:36. > :36:41.second yellow card. So the assistant referee basically says, this isn't a
:36:42. > :36:45.penalty? I think he thinks it is. He's walking toward the penalty
:36:46. > :36:50.spot, going to give the blow for the penalty. Then they have a con flag
:36:51. > :36:54.of some sort. The flag comes up. I still think he thinks the referee
:36:55. > :36:58.will say this is a penalty. He's got his own view and his own view is
:36:59. > :37:03.very good. I don't think you should have changed his mind. His initial D
:37:04. > :37:07.-- his initial view was to give the penalty kick and I don't know why he
:37:08. > :37:11.let the assistant over all him, overall what was going through his
:37:12. > :37:18.mind. You were saying, why don't they have a discussion face-to-face,
:37:19. > :37:23.the referee and the assistant? He's the man in charge. He wanders over
:37:24. > :37:27.to the assistant and says, listen, are you 100% certain there was no
:37:28. > :37:33.contact? Because I believe it is a penalty. If he says, 100%, then fair
:37:34. > :37:38.enough. It would have taken a few seconds, and then at least he's
:37:39. > :37:42.taken that time. But just not the game for however many seconds, get
:37:43. > :37:46.the right decision, and inevitably, referees would make less bad
:37:47. > :37:56.decisions. There's no way Steven McLean can overall that. He gives
:37:57. > :37:59.you his 100% opinion if you ask for assistance and then you go with it.
:38:00. > :38:03.My feeling was that he thought it was a penalty and then he stopped
:38:04. > :38:10.because of his assistant. He should have gone with what he thought was
:38:11. > :38:13.right at the time, I think. In terms of Hamilton and Accies, they were
:38:14. > :38:19.probably the better team, won't they? A game of two halves, but
:38:20. > :38:23.certainly in the first, Hamilton were the better side. They've got
:38:24. > :38:31.people here in knock back. You can see three players circled enter the
:38:32. > :38:36.box. A great run here. But he goes with the wrong foot. Yes, tries to
:38:37. > :38:42.flick it would be outside of his left foot and you are used to
:38:43. > :38:45.opening up your right foot. And then you see his team-mate give away the
:38:46. > :38:50.ball for the umpteenth time in the match, it has to be said. He
:38:51. > :38:56.realises where the danger is. He is squared to the ball and Binghams
:38:57. > :39:02.plays through. You've got to score those chances, though. A big
:39:03. > :39:12.character there showing all sorts of bad character this season here! Wato
:39:13. > :39:17.Kuate. It is as if he has been reading his own press since he's
:39:18. > :39:21.scored that wonderful goal against James Norton team. He gave the ball
:39:22. > :39:25.away on countless occasions, needlessly under no pressure at
:39:26. > :39:29.times. This is just another example of that. I thought it was a very
:39:30. > :39:34.poor performance from him and again you see ya, a heavy, heavy touch,
:39:35. > :39:42.and he was doing this in the match on Friday. -- you see a very heavy,
:39:43. > :39:46.heavy touch. Marc Tierney and has a go at him over lack of
:39:47. > :39:50.communication. They were arguing over lack of communication
:39:51. > :39:56.previously. This is when he just loses the plot. 'S petulant and
:39:57. > :40:01.arrogant and idiotic. And then to go off the pitch and mock your own
:40:02. > :40:06.supporters, another wee flash point, as he does here, going down the
:40:07. > :40:14.tunnel. -- he is petulant. There is no way they can accept that type of
:40:15. > :40:19.behaviour. No. Standing at the halfway line, waiting to go on, you
:40:20. > :40:22.go and shake his hand even if you're not happy. Players don't like
:40:23. > :40:26.substitution but you respect your team-mates. If you are unhappy you
:40:27. > :40:29.deal with it in the dressing room, but not in the stadium, with all the
:40:30. > :40:38.supporters, and then to have a go at the supporters as well. That was the
:40:39. > :40:43.stroke that broke the camel's back, really. You also had to feel sorry
:40:44. > :40:50.for Massimo Donati at the end is well. And Imrie. Because Hamilton
:40:51. > :40:58.looked like they were hanging on at the end. They were hanging on. Rainy
:40:59. > :41:02.into the rib cage here. He must be in absolute agony from that. I don't
:41:03. > :41:05.know if it's going to be a broken rib, but bruised ribs, it's very
:41:06. > :41:13.hard to continue with that. You thought this was a muscle strain.
:41:14. > :41:21.Groin strain. He was thrown into the pen with injury and I think just
:41:22. > :41:24.with the tension within the match, his muscles seized up. I think he
:41:25. > :41:29.could be available on Sunday if he gets rest over the two days. With
:41:30. > :41:35.Imrie it could be a different situation. What is your prediction
:41:36. > :41:37.for Sunday? I would suggest both players practice penalties over the
:41:38. > :41:41.next couple of days because they seem very evenly matched. But the
:41:42. > :41:46.thing with Dundee United, they seem to get stronger as the game goes on.
:41:47. > :41:53.They've got a great togetherness as they play. And just galvanise them a
:41:54. > :42:03.bit. Who is going to win? United, because that is where my heart is.
:42:04. > :42:06.OK, we will find out on Sunday. Live coverage that kicks off on 3pm, and
:42:07. > :42:10.then join us the highlights at 10:35pm on BBC One Scotland to see
:42:11. > :42:15.how it all unfolds. It's a busy weekend because on Saturday there is
:42:16. > :42:22.a Scottish Cup final. The waiting is over for Aberdeen!
:42:23. > :42:30.They are through to their first Scottish Cup final in 17 years!
:42:31. > :42:37.Brendan Rodgers, Celtic take another step towards the treble! They are in
:42:38. > :42:41.the Scottish Cup final! The Scottish Cup final, it is
:42:42. > :42:49.mouthwatering. We have live coverage of the match at 1:15pm with
:42:50. > :42:54.highlights at night at 10:05pm. Is there any way Celtic won't complete
:42:55. > :42:59.the trouble? They are the two best teams in the country. But Aberdeen,
:43:00. > :43:04.let's be honest, they need to have an off day. If both play at their
:43:05. > :43:09.best, Celtic are considerably better and then they will get the trophy
:43:10. > :43:14.and the trouble. I expect it to be Celtic. You've been saying it for
:43:15. > :43:18.weeks - it will be Celtic, won't it? What to Aberdeen need to do? They
:43:19. > :43:22.need to score first and they need to defend an awful lot better than they
:43:23. > :43:26.have been doing. Thank you very much to both of you. We will see how it
:43:27. > :43:31.goes in terms of the Scottish Cup final on Saturday. In terms of the
:43:32. > :43:36.Scottish Premiership final, it hangs in the balance. 0-0 tonight. We will
:43:37. > :43:38.see how it goes on Sunday. From all of us on the Sportscene team, for
:43:39. > :43:45.now, good night.