:00:11. > :00:14.This could be something quite sensational! Right out of the top
:00:15. > :00:20.drawer. He is outstanding, the shot is an
:00:21. > :00:30.absolute beauty. What a finish, right here, right
:00:31. > :00:48.now, this is history. Welcome to Sportscene. It is the
:00:49. > :00:53.final day of the domestic season, the Premiership lay-off second leg.
:00:54. > :00:56.With us tonight, dreaming of the beach after another solid campaign,
:00:57. > :01:03.Stephen Thompson and Michael Stewart. After the first leg
:01:04. > :01:07.finished 0-0, but I very much in the balance, Hamilton Accademical with
:01:08. > :01:10.the home advantage, but Dundee United with a large hopeful
:01:11. > :01:13.travelling support, a place in the Premiership next season at stake.
:01:14. > :01:18.Commentary from Willie Miller and Liam McLeod.
:01:19. > :01:23.The final act of the domestic season, and what a game we have
:01:24. > :01:28.here, with the stakes as high as they have been since the talk it off
:01:29. > :01:32.with the League Cup last July. Thursday's first leg saw plenty of
:01:33. > :01:38.action and talking points, but no goals, no such luxury for the
:01:39. > :01:45.players today. The Accies have been savaged by injury and suspension,
:01:46. > :01:51.McKinnon banned, the captain misses out. Gillespie starts his 200th game
:01:52. > :01:58.for the club, and Docherty's impressive cameo at Tannadice sees
:01:59. > :02:03.him staff. Dougie Imrie has made it. Unsurprisingly, come what isn't even
:02:04. > :02:13.here, let alone the pitch, after his show of petulance on Thursday. Can
:02:14. > :02:19.they unlock the door to the Premiership? Simon Murray does play
:02:20. > :02:25.after the club appealed against that yellow card, the second one, which
:02:26. > :02:29.resulted in the red for simulation. The experienced Craig Thomson is in
:02:30. > :02:32.charge, he was the referee in the second leg two years ago as
:02:33. > :02:39.Motherwell completed their demolition job of Rangers. A match
:02:40. > :02:45.of huge significance, the landscape of Scottish football's top-flight
:02:46. > :02:49.will be completed this afternoon. Someone has to win, no away goal
:02:50. > :02:58.rule in the play-offs, extra time and penalties if needed. Hamilton
:02:59. > :03:03.battling to avoid the drop, United battling for a quickfire return to
:03:04. > :03:07.where they feel they belong. It is all to play for this afternoon, very
:03:08. > :03:14.tight game at Tannadice, nothing in it really. The quality in that game
:03:15. > :03:18.not so good, but certainly it had its moments and talking points. They
:03:19. > :03:24.are looking for better quality today, but both teams desperate to
:03:25. > :03:31.either stay or be promoted into the top division.
:03:32. > :03:37.Interesting to see how united approach the opening stages of this
:03:38. > :03:42.match. Slow out of the traps in the last couple of games in the
:03:43. > :03:55.play-offs, but they have the game's first corner here. Backed by an
:03:56. > :03:56.impressive away support, United fans have packed the end behind Remi
:03:57. > :04:20.Matthews. Andreu got a touch onto it, the
:04:21. > :04:27.goalkeeper has somehow kept it out. It looked as though it wasn't a
:04:28. > :04:33.particularly good corner kick, but Andreu at the near post definitely
:04:34. > :04:40.gets plenty on it. The second corner in quick succession, and it is close
:04:41. > :04:48.that time for Edjenguele. United have turned up the heat early on.
:04:49. > :04:56.That is not ideal from Willo Flood, and there goes been, perhaps Accies'
:04:57. > :05:01.best chance on Thursday. Willo Flood heaves acai relief. He does, and
:05:02. > :05:06.experienced player they're giving possession away. Big doing extremely
:05:07. > :05:12.well, taking on three players, Crawford with the strike. Catches it
:05:13. > :05:20.well enough, but it is not far enough away from the goalkeeper.
:05:21. > :05:29.Mikkelsen's flick, and here is Simon Murray. Adjudged to have dived twice
:05:30. > :05:35.at Tannadice. A couple of chances in quick succession, Mikkelsen with the
:05:36. > :05:41.flick on, but not a great finish, the quality again lacking.
:05:42. > :05:51.Mikkelsen again flicking on for Murray, and what can he do with it
:05:52. > :05:58.this time? It was Tony Andreu blocked by Skondras, this has been a
:05:59. > :06:33.really good start by Dundee United, 12 minutes in. Spittal, through to
:06:34. > :06:36.Matthews. It has been a high tempo start for the visitors, and Simon
:06:37. > :06:37.Murray again running in behind the defence, setting up for
:06:38. > :06:40.Andreu, who again has had too many Hamilton defenders back there.
:06:41. > :06:43.They needed to get that right, and Andrei is trying to get something to
:06:44. > :06:45.work for himself. The movement is good, Andreu working from ADP
:06:46. > :07:01.opposition, Mikkelsen a threat there, too. Whyte Dundee United
:07:02. > :07:10.managed just four wins away from home this season. Paul Dixon shoots
:07:11. > :07:14.from just outside the centre circle, he is doing well to even hit target
:07:15. > :07:29.from Blair. Adventurous, perhaps. Definitely, from the full-back.
:07:30. > :07:44.Templeton is brought down by Durnan in a circle fashion. It is scrappy,
:07:45. > :07:50.Imrie taking one there. The referee has been called into action again,
:07:51. > :07:56.it is a little scrappy, this game. I don't see Spittal doing anything
:07:57. > :08:03.illegal there, perhaps he is just a little bit tender around the ribs.
:08:04. > :08:07.He is getting on with it. Ali Crawford has this free kick for
:08:08. > :08:14.Hamilton. They haven't really managed to get into any kind of a
:08:15. > :08:20.stride. Edjenguele just turned 30 last week, he is being warned by
:08:21. > :08:29.Craig Thomson. Yes, using his arms again. I don't think it is going to
:08:30. > :08:34.stop him, though. It just dipped too late for Crawford. That is a really
:08:35. > :08:42.tight angle. To beat Cammy Bell from that angle. You felt that the
:08:43. > :08:46.goalkeeper had it covered, it was off target anyway. This is what
:08:47. > :09:03.Craig Thomson wasn't happy with, Edjenguele and God -- Gog ic.
:09:04. > :09:08.Edjenguele once again up against Gogic.
:09:09. > :09:18.Hamilton defenders trying to get act to their posts. There goes Willo
:09:19. > :09:29.Flood. Telfer quickly closed down by
:09:30. > :09:35.Redmond, and now it is Ali Crawford, and it has spilled out, but it stays
:09:36. > :09:43.out. They have burst into life, and doing well to save it, but to send
:09:44. > :09:46.it back into the danger area, that is never the right place to go. The
:09:47. > :09:51.goalkeeper has got to try to deal with it better, but he had a little
:09:52. > :10:10.assistance there. Good defending eventually. Yes, it was.
:10:11. > :10:24.Spittal into the danger area, and Accies clear through Templeton.
:10:25. > :10:34.Spittal made his run in behind Dougie Imrie, but he is offside. The
:10:35. > :10:40.shouts go up for a penalty here, but you know, it is players going
:10:41. > :10:51.forward, it is physical contact. No sign of the opening goal in this tie
:10:52. > :10:55.as yet, 0-0 at Tannadice, 0-0 here. Closing on the half-hour mark, it is
:10:56. > :11:10.as tight as we expected it to be. Here is Gillespie. Proofed away by
:11:11. > :11:15.Edjenguele. That was a foul by Flood on Gillespie. Willo Flood barges
:11:16. > :11:21.into him, I'd think there is any doubt that there is a free kick.
:11:22. > :11:27.Very good position, one should test the Dundee United defence. Nervy
:11:28. > :11:31.times for the fans at the other end of the stadium. The opportunity for
:11:32. > :11:42.Redmond to swing this in an top of United. What a save from Bell.
:11:43. > :11:45.Docherty elects to keep it in play. Cammy Bell, that is a terrific piece
:11:46. > :11:53.of goalkeeping, because it looked all the way 1-0 Accies there. Good
:11:54. > :12:01.opportunity, but excellent saving from the United keeper.
:12:02. > :12:22.McMann. He had to get rid of that, Bingham was behind him. And now it
:12:23. > :12:27.is Spittal. Andreu to Telfer, this is promising for United, and it is
:12:28. > :12:30.tipped over by Matthews. It is a good job the goalkeeper is in top
:12:31. > :12:38.form right now, because that looked like it was sailing into the net. He
:12:39. > :12:42.had to adjust his feet to get his hands to it, the cross coming in,
:12:43. > :12:46.having a swipe at it. It is coming off his shin, maybe it took a little
:12:47. > :12:50.deflection before it reached him, but the goalkeeper Matthews
:12:51. > :12:57.definitely an instinctive touch there, over the bar. Almost a
:12:58. > :13:02.heartbreaker they're for Scott McMann. Dundee United's fourth
:13:03. > :13:08.corner. Edjenguele went down, this is Mikkelsen. Really tight in that
:13:09. > :13:14.box as the cross came in from the corner. Bodies going in, a little
:13:15. > :13:18.bit of tagging and pulling, it is going on all the time. Mikkelsen
:13:19. > :13:28.eventually getting an opportunity, but hooks it over the bar.
:13:29. > :13:40.It is just the second corner of the second leg. As ever, it is Ali
:13:41. > :13:42.Crawford who sends it in. They are going to get another opportunity,
:13:43. > :13:47.the final minute of the first half here. The United defence really need
:13:48. > :13:55.to concentrate, they have lost a late goal in a match that is so
:13:56. > :14:00.finely poised. You never know, it could be a one goal game, a one goal
:14:01. > :14:16.tie. Header by Spittal. WHISTLE
:14:17. > :14:22.Craig Thomson has seen enough, it hasn't been the best first half, to
:14:23. > :14:24.say the least. Both teams have had big opportunities, and both
:14:25. > :14:30.goalkeepers have had big saves in that first half. The stakes are so,
:14:31. > :14:39.Sohaib, there is much tension in the air, but at half-time, it is 0-0.
:14:40. > :14:44.This is Hamilton's third straight season in the top flight, they
:14:45. > :14:50.haven't managed more than that since before the Second World War. United
:14:51. > :14:59.haven't spent more than one season at SAD the top flight since the
:15:00. > :15:03.1950s. -- outside the top flight. Dougie Imrie looking to make a
:15:04. > :15:08.positive start to the second leg of this play-off final.
:15:09. > :15:27.That is clever by Spittal. He get it back from Flood.
:15:28. > :15:33.Mikkelsen. Here is Dixon. Couldn't resist it.
:15:34. > :15:44.Matthews hoeds on. Sticky gloves. Good technique here
:15:45. > :15:47.from Dixon. He times it well, he doesn't have unfortunately for him
:15:48. > :15:53.have enough power on it but straight at the goalkeeper. Longridge who
:15:54. > :16:01.played against Hibernian will replace David Templeton. He will not
:16:02. > :16:04.be having the final say in Accies season, despite having a big say in
:16:05. > :16:15.the closing weeks of the Premiership campaign.
:16:16. > :16:23.Crawford. Eventually between the two of them,
:16:24. > :16:28.managed to clear their lines. Doherty and Gillespie who has space
:16:29. > :16:39.to operate in. Nice play. Crawford. It is Bingham. That is a
:16:40. > :16:47.really good ball. The centre-back, having to be in the right spot at
:16:48. > :16:48.the right time. He certainly did that identifies the danger, binge
:16:49. > :16:55.hall down. Long wing who is just on. hall down. Long wing who is just on.
:16:56. > :17:03.-- Longridge who is just on. Bingham was close to it. Imrie and
:17:04. > :17:08.Bell. Here is Crawford. And Redmond over the bar, that is a bullet
:17:09. > :17:13.dodged by Dundee United United. Fabulous goalkeeping, isn't it, from
:17:14. > :17:19.Bell, Imrie does everything right. It is a tight angle, but, Dundee
:17:20. > :17:26.United goalkeeper has to sniff out the danger, close that angle down.
:17:27. > :17:34.Fabulous save. Good close control by Crawford.
:17:35. > :17:39.Crawford has rediscovered his form in the last month or two.
:17:40. > :17:45.Here he goes. Looking for Longridge. He is going
:17:46. > :17:52.to get there. Bingham arrived in the middle. It is
:17:53. > :17:58.Imrie. United getting it away, but this is much better performance in
:17:59. > :18:07.the second half from the hosts. Here is Doherty. Oh, what a goal!
:18:08. > :18:12.What a goal by Greg Doherty! And that might just save Hamilton
:18:13. > :18:16.Accies's skin. It has McGinn them the advantage in the play-off final.
:18:17. > :18:20.A magnificent strike from the midfielder, with the right foot. He
:18:21. > :18:24.has picked his spot. Heads got a little bit of room outside the box,
:18:25. > :18:29.a lot of work to be done there though, pulls the trigger and it
:18:30. > :18:35.whizzes by Bell and goes to nestle in the back of the net. Great strike
:18:36. > :18:40.from him. A bit of deflection. Bell unsited I would suggest. But its
:18:41. > :18:46.advantage Hamilton. It is just Doherty's second goal of the season
:18:47. > :18:51.but it is utterly priceless. It has broken the deadlock, and moves
:18:52. > :18:59.Accies that bit closer to Premiership football next season.
:19:00. > :19:02.They have been better in the second half Hamilton, they have upped the
:19:03. > :19:06.tempo, a lot more belief in the game. The realisation you have to
:19:07. > :19:09.play on these occasion, you can't freeze, they haven't done that in
:19:10. > :19:11.the second half. The evidence of the second half they deserve to be in
:19:12. > :19:15.the league. the league.
:19:16. > :19:21.-- lead. Dundee have 24 minutes left. That is poor from hath ewes.
:19:22. > :19:27.It is with Tony Andreu. Chance for Spittal here.
:19:28. > :19:31.Well, Andreu might wonder if he might have done better with that.
:19:32. > :19:34.Before Spittal pull the trigger. He has got a bit sharper but I don't
:19:35. > :19:42.know what Matthews was thinking about. It is an awful clearance that
:19:43. > :19:48.gives Andreu the opportunity. Telfer's corner. The worst of the
:19:49. > :19:53.game. Here is Dillon. United have dug
:19:54. > :20:00.themselves out of a scrape already in these play off matches at fall
:20:01. > :20:05.Cork with where Falkirk where they trailed. Mikkelsen, Andreu.
:20:06. > :20:13.Hampton get away -- Hamilton get away with it. Hay do that. The more
:20:14. > :20:19.positive in their defending, the ball bobbling about. Not great
:20:20. > :20:23.quality from them. Andreu managing to get a pocket of space there and
:20:24. > :20:30.put the drive in, again good blocking.
:20:31. > :20:42.They are in trouble down there. There is Flood.
:20:43. > :20:48.And Tony Andreu. Advantage here Andreu was up ended. This is tell f
:20:49. > :20:55.get the backtracking by Crawford. He is such a good forward player but
:20:56. > :21:00.that was terrific. Good work rate. Yes, you are asked to do, Gillespie
:21:01. > :21:03.does it, very well, and you know, that is what is needed. You have got
:21:04. > :21:07.yourself in front. You have something to hold on to. You know,
:21:08. > :21:13.you really have to give it everything you have got. Murray
:21:14. > :21:19.flicks on, the goalkeeper will hold on and it will remain 1-0 with 20
:21:20. > :21:27.minutes to play. Again, it is so scrappy isn't it at the back post
:21:28. > :21:31.there, the referee not seeing the incident where Mark Durnan gets
:21:32. > :21:39.wrestled to the ground. Andreu back to Dillon.
:21:40. > :21:46.Mikkelsen trying desperately to control. He feels he was impeded. I
:21:47. > :21:48.don't think it was any real shout other than an optimistic one from
:21:49. > :22:06.Mikkelsen for that penalty. That is a so one for Longridge. That
:22:07. > :22:13.is a free kick to Hamilton as well. He has caught it, you know, it's a
:22:14. > :22:17.vicious swipe through the ball there from Dixon and caught Longridge in
:22:18. > :22:21.the calf. I don't think this is a penalty. You don't get penaltieses
:22:22. > :22:32.for being off balance I'm afraid. No, you don't.
:22:33. > :22:40.Hamilton free kick in dangerous territory. Redmond stands over it.
:22:41. > :22:46.Accies need to put this to bed, to save them the stress of the closing
:22:47. > :22:52.stains. Bingham is in and Bell holdses on, there was no flag
:22:53. > :22:55.against Bingham either. A claim here for a penalty. I don't think so, I
:22:56. > :23:05.think he is almost made contact with the United player himself.
:23:06. > :23:24.Halal -- Hamilton are showing a tenacity they haven't had in this
:23:25. > :23:30.season. They found it at the right time. This is Longridge. The goal
:23:31. > :23:36.scorer Doherty, meantime, it might be the end of his game. Looks as
:23:37. > :23:40.though he may have pulled a hamstring, he is certainly holding
:23:41. > :23:45.that area. Greg Doherty is done for the day. Quite fitting he has got
:23:46. > :23:49.the Accies's goal. He has been at the club since he was nine years of
:23:50. > :23:53.age. They have dug in throughout this
:23:54. > :23:58.game. Not great in the first half at all, I thought United were the
:23:59. > :24:01.better team. Started the game, you know, much more positively than the
:24:02. > :24:05.home side but second half has been all Hamilton and they seem to be
:24:06. > :24:09.coping with anything that United can throw at them, mind you, I don't
:24:10. > :24:10.think United have thrown enough at them, particularly in the second
:24:11. > :24:25.half. Murray is in behind. What can he do
:24:26. > :24:30.here? He goes to the outside and the right, and it's over.
:24:31. > :24:34.Again it is a simple ball, you know, doesn't deal with it, Murray is on
:24:35. > :24:38.to it like a flash, yes, it is on for the left foot, it has to be a
:24:39. > :24:41.left foot drive there, tries to get his right foot round it and put it
:24:42. > :24:45.towards goal. Always going to be difficult and can only manage to put
:24:46. > :24:55.it over the bar, but an opportunity and an opportunity that was wasted.
:24:56. > :25:04.The Dundee United Chairman knows the situation. United can ill-afford
:25:05. > :25:09.another season in the second tier. They are steering -- staring down
:25:10. > :25:13.the barrel of that right now. Durnan has gone up as another
:25:14. > :25:19.striker. Mikkelsen, Murray. Matthews holds on. Straight to the goalkeeper
:25:20. > :25:24.unfortunately, and it is a direct root. Dunning finds himself up
:25:25. > :25:29.there. Good enough technique, keeps it low but again straight at the
:25:30. > :25:34.goalkeeper. #12 They are resigned to their fate.
:25:35. > :25:37.Regated at Dens Park a year ago, Dundee United. It is looking like
:25:38. > :25:41.Championship football for them again.
:25:42. > :25:44.It is a funny old game isn't it. It just takes one strike and they could
:25:45. > :25:50.find themselves back in it but the clock is against them. That's four
:25:51. > :25:59.sure. How much injury time. Are the officials adding on here? Waiting to
:26:00. > :26:03.hit the 909 then the board will go up. Three minutes have been added on
:26:04. > :26:09.at the end. United have three minutes to save themselves.
:26:10. > :26:15.Longridge has got involved with Paul Dixon.
:26:16. > :26:23.Right in front of United supporters and Craig Thompson has a situation
:26:24. > :26:26.here to defuse. Longridge, he has to take action against Longridge. He
:26:27. > :26:31.has the ball, he is not letting it go. There was a tussle with Paul
:26:32. > :26:35.Dixon who was the other player, then it become, you know, just a fracas
:26:36. > :26:41.down there on the touchline but the referee has to take some action, I
:26:42. > :26:47.think at least a booking here. Fraser and Dixon were trying to get
:26:48. > :26:50.the ball back off Longridge. He has the ball, he is not letting it go.
:26:51. > :26:53.There was a tussle with Paul Dixon who was the other player, then it
:26:54. > :26:55.become, you know, just a fracas down there on the touchline but the
:26:56. > :26:58.referee has to take some action, I think at least a booking here.
:26:59. > :27:01.Fraser and Dixon were trying to get the ball back off Longridge. It is a
:27:02. > :27:05.case of "It's my ball" I thought Dixon went in naughtily there.
:27:06. > :27:10.Again it is pulled in by Dixon. Mikkelsen, it is ambitious, it is
:27:11. > :27:15.weak and it is saved by Matthews and Dundee United, who haven't spent
:27:16. > :27:18.more than one season outside of the Premiership since the 1950s look as
:27:19. > :27:23.though they are staying there. It looks like it doesn't it. It is a
:27:24. > :27:31.mix, it has to be something special mix, it has to be something special
:27:32. > :27:37.-- Mikkelsen. Edjenguele. Hamilton fans hole their
:27:38. > :27:45.breath. The Dundee United fans biting their nails as well.
:27:46. > :27:55.Well into the final minute that was allotted at the end of the game by
:27:56. > :28:00.Craig Thompson. Redmond, all action today. Flood has
:28:01. > :28:05.managed to keep it in. We are into added time in added time. It is
:28:06. > :28:12.Mikkelsen. Matthews will hold on to that and that is just about that.
:28:13. > :28:17.You would think so. It is a weak effort from Mikkelsen. Mark Gannon
:28:18. > :28:25.desperate for that full-time whistle He will get it very soon.
:28:26. > :28:28.We are into added time in added time. It is Mikkelsen. Matthews will
:28:29. > :28:30.hold on to that and that is just about that.
:28:31. > :28:32.You would think so. It is a weak effort from Mikkelsen. Mark Gannon
:28:33. > :28:34.desperate for that full-time whistle He will get it very soon.
:28:35. > :28:36.They cry "We are staying up". That is exactly what they are doing.
:28:37. > :28:40.Dundee United are consigned to the Championship again. And Hamilton
:28:41. > :28:48.Academical, thanks to Greg Doherty's goal, are staying in the
:28:49. > :28:53.Premiership. Yet more odds defying football from Hamilton. Who feel at
:28:54. > :29:00.times they are hard done by by others.
:29:01. > :29:07.Ray MacKinnon. Well, he has to go back to square one. He is a drawing
:29:08. > :29:13.board to go back to. But Martin Canning, who struggled when he
:29:14. > :29:18.replaced Alec Neil initially, has his finest moment as Hamilton
:29:19. > :29:21.manager. They have just completed their third
:29:22. > :29:26.straight season in the top flight. They haven't before today, managed
:29:27. > :29:31.more than that since before the Second World War, heartache for them
:29:32. > :29:38.and Dundee United. But a joyous end to the season for
:29:39. > :29:44.the Accies. It finished here, thanks to Greg Doherty's goal, a whatten
:29:45. > :29:51.who joined the club when he was a nine-year-old boy. A man. Accies
:29:52. > :29:55.one, Dundee nil It was 90 minutes when he had to make sure we won it.
:29:56. > :30:00.I thought over the piece we deserved to win it. We tried to play it, I am
:30:01. > :30:04.thankful we got the goal and we managed to hang on. It is something
:30:05. > :30:10.we haven't managed to do. Half of defence is out and we managed to
:30:11. > :30:14.keep a clean sheet. We have it has cost us points and put us in this
:30:15. > :30:21.position. Today we get a goal and manage to hang on. Really pleased
:30:22. > :30:25.today. We are going to be in the Premiership for a third consecutive
:30:26. > :30:30.year. Speechless. Look, as I have been trying all year to get his goal
:30:31. > :30:35.tally up. I am glad one dropped for me. This is a brilliant way to
:30:36. > :30:39.finish the season. Season. This season too many draw, I was playing
:30:40. > :30:44.deeper than usual, so I wasn't getting to get a chance on goal. I
:30:45. > :30:48.put my foot through and right in the bole Tom corner. In terms of a
:30:49. > :30:51.person to keep Hamilton in the Premiership you have be been here
:30:52. > :30:55.since an eight-year-old. You are 20. This club mean so much to you. I
:30:56. > :30:59.will be congratulateful to this club, no matter what happens, they
:31:00. > :31:02.have given me a chance, a platform to play in, racked up a number of
:31:03. > :31:06.appearances and in the Premier League as well. That is thank you to
:31:07. > :31:12.the coaching staff, everybody, I moan they have been fantastic to me.
:31:13. > :31:21.You know the first goal in these games is going to be big. He
:31:22. > :31:26.probably has more goals in him than he shows, because he strikes the
:31:27. > :31:33.ball well with both feet. You can relax now. Yes, we go again next
:31:34. > :31:39.year. You couldn't get any breaks in front of the goal today. They have
:31:40. > :31:42.scored a good goal, so it was an evenly contested game, but we ran
:31:43. > :31:49.out of steam in the first half, the legs had gone, the spark had gone,
:31:50. > :31:54.not making an excuse, it is just a fact, we didn't have the same level
:31:55. > :31:59.of intensity. And that was difficult, so we are all feeling
:32:00. > :32:04.flat now. Can you really are that moment when the ball hit the back of
:32:05. > :32:12.the net? I didn't know what to do, it is just pure joy. Magical moment
:32:13. > :32:19.for him, congratulations to Hamilton Accies in the Premiership next
:32:20. > :32:22.season. The Scottish Cup final was a thing of beauty yesterday, but this
:32:23. > :32:25.match was the opposite. It wasn't the best, it was the last game but
:32:26. > :32:31.one of the worst I have watched all season. United started OK, but then
:32:32. > :32:37.perhaps fatigue took its toll after having so many games, they just
:32:38. > :32:40.seemed to run out of energy. Hamilton won't care a jot at this
:32:41. > :32:46.point whether the game was good, bad or indifferent, it is the result
:32:47. > :32:52.that matters. There was a bit of anxiety surrounding it, but the goal
:32:53. > :32:57.was a very good goal, and settling a tie that is a huge prize of staying
:32:58. > :33:04.in the Premiership. How would you describe the nature of this match?
:33:05. > :33:09.Wasn't a great deal of structure or patterns of play from both sides,
:33:10. > :33:17.but I would agree that Hamilton deserved to stay up. There wasn't a
:33:18. > :33:22.huge amount of quality, but there were flashes of inspiration from Ali
:33:23. > :33:29.Crawford, we have spoken about that a lot, but is the one player who
:33:30. > :33:33.stood out today. Look at him in the space he finds himself in here when
:33:34. > :33:39.he takes the shot, no United players anywhere near him, he tries to cover
:33:40. > :33:48.it, and he just doesn't get enough on it, this is where he probably
:33:49. > :33:52.should have put it. He takes a very quick touch, again nobody near him,
:33:53. > :33:57.gets a really good shot, a fantastic save from Cammy Bell. It is the
:33:58. > :34:03.speed with which he manages to turn, and again you need to give the ball
:34:04. > :34:07.away in the midfield. Paul Dixon plays a vital role for United, Cammy
:34:08. > :34:13.Bell doesn't do that well, but look at what Dixon does to get back in
:34:14. > :34:16.and clear the danger. Ali Crawford was undoubtedly the one player far
:34:17. > :34:21.Hamilton who was involved in all of the moments, a bit of excitement,
:34:22. > :34:26.and you see here with the position he takes up, good, quick feet,
:34:27. > :34:31.awareness and he lays it off, and this is the moment that changes
:34:32. > :34:35.everything far Hamilton, again, Ali Crawford finds the space, good first
:34:36. > :34:41.touch, awareness to notice around him, and the second touch gives Gary
:34:42. > :34:44.Docherty the the chance. He gets enough pressure on it and it goes
:34:45. > :34:50.through his legs and clips the back of his calf as it goes through the
:34:51. > :34:55.bottom corner. In terms of Ali Crawford very briefly, he has been
:34:56. > :35:00.someone we have talked about getting moved to a bigger club, will they
:35:01. > :35:05.have to try to hang on to him again? There is no doubt he can play at a
:35:06. > :35:09.bigger club. He has to bring a performance level and a more
:35:10. > :35:13.consistent basis, but when he does play, no doubt he is a talent. And
:35:14. > :35:17.even without the consistency, he is a player that can step up and play
:35:18. > :35:21.at a high level. There is no question about that, but Greg
:35:22. > :35:27.Docherty who scored that wonderful goal, a lot of chat, he is somebody
:35:28. > :35:31.who complain further forward, he played deeper today, but potentially
:35:32. > :35:35.if Ali Crawford was to move on, they have a guy in Greg Docherty who is
:35:36. > :35:39.capable of scoring goals and creating things. It was a makeshift
:35:40. > :35:43.defence far Hamilton Accies, we should remember that, because early
:35:44. > :35:49.in the season, they had a habit of losing late goals, and that didn't
:35:50. > :35:54.happen today. You look at the number of points that Hamilton Accies drop
:35:55. > :35:58.through the season, Inverness losing a last-minute goal, against
:35:59. > :36:00.Motherwell here, and arguably with a stronger team. I'm sure Martin
:36:01. > :36:04.Canning would have said he has missed a number of first-team
:36:05. > :36:09.starters, but they keep conceding these last-minute goals that put in
:36:10. > :36:12.that position in the league, whereas today, the makeshift side have
:36:13. > :36:16.managed to see through. They didn't put them under enough pressure, they
:36:17. > :36:23.tried to rally late in the game, but until then they hadn't tested the
:36:24. > :36:28.defence that much. How poor was it? It was a surprise, given that they
:36:29. > :36:34.had some chance in the match, he should have taken that on his left,
:36:35. > :36:38.I would agree 100%. He should still get it on target even with the
:36:39. > :36:45.outside of his right. He is a player who has given it good form. This is
:36:46. > :36:48.a decent hit, any angle on it at all would be great, but it is straight
:36:49. > :36:54.down the keeper's thread, and it is too little, too late for United,
:36:55. > :36:57.they tried to rally but they didn't have enough energy legs or quality
:36:58. > :37:03.in that final third, and this was the last opportunity of the match, a
:37:04. > :37:09.desperate overhead kick. It was lacklustre, wasn't it? There was no
:37:10. > :37:13.question that Hamilton were the two legs that deserve to see it through.
:37:14. > :37:16.I think from Dundee United's perspective, you are not going to be
:37:17. > :37:21.given the status of Premiership club, they have to go out and earn
:37:22. > :37:26.it, and over the two legs, they'd do enough. The six games they needed to
:37:27. > :37:30.play, it isn't as if they have a lot of quality and reserve, numbers to
:37:31. > :37:33.bring in, they had to use the same players in almost every game, it is
:37:34. > :37:39.a massive disadvantage going into the match. A lot of grappling in
:37:40. > :37:45.this game, Durnan you mentioned. Is this the nature of these games,
:37:46. > :37:48.Durnan and Gogic, throughout the game, you could see it, nothing
:37:49. > :37:52.really happened. They were at it the whole match. Should so they have
:37:53. > :37:56.happened? Six of one and half a dozen of the other, I think. If the
:37:57. > :38:02.referee is going to take action, he has to take action in the very first
:38:03. > :38:06.instance that it happened. These could possibly be thought of as
:38:07. > :38:13.penalties, but they were all soft. Thompson was in a good position to
:38:14. > :38:17.see them. You look back to the start of the season when the sort of
:38:18. > :38:21.incident Louw being called all the time, from a manager's perspective,
:38:22. > :38:25.you want consistency, and it is amazing how the start of the season,
:38:26. > :38:29.everything is a penalty, but as it drifts away, through the season, but
:38:30. > :38:37.again, I go back to it, Hamilton are the team who deserved to win in
:38:38. > :38:41.extra time. A lot of able ask what Hamilton Accies bring to the top
:38:42. > :38:43.flight of Scottish football, they criticise the number of fans, the
:38:44. > :38:52.stadium, but ultimately they deserve to be there, don't they? All that is
:38:53. > :38:57.irrelevant, football is won out on the park, and whatever the arguments
:38:58. > :39:01.are for against, they deserve to get there and stay there on the park,
:39:02. > :39:03.they deserved to beat Hibernian in the play-offs, and the fact that
:39:04. > :39:08.they maintained their status proves that they deserve to be there right
:39:09. > :39:12.now. It was a gutsy performance in terms of exposing parts of the
:39:13. > :39:17.season, and Dundee United, how worrying for them financially in
:39:18. > :39:21.particular, they spend another season in the championship.
:39:22. > :39:27.It is worrying without a shadow of a doubt. Next year's championship is
:39:28. > :39:32.going to be the of most even it has been for awhile. I think they will
:39:33. > :39:38.be hoping that Andrew Robertson is sold very quickly, they can get a
:39:39. > :39:41.fever that, but they will have to deal with the favourites tags next
:39:42. > :39:44.season, they will have to recruit well in the summer and come back
:39:45. > :39:49.stronger, and use that disappointment as fuel to win the
:39:50. > :39:52.league next year. In terms of that match, congratulations to Accies, in
:39:53. > :39:57.terms of the season overall, yesterday, huge moment in terms of
:39:58. > :40:04.Celtic capping the trouble. For you, what has been the highlight of this
:40:05. > :40:10.season for you? You can't look past Celtic and the treble, and yesterday
:40:11. > :40:18.was a fantastic game. It was finished off with a perfect moment,
:40:19. > :40:28.a last-minute winner for Tom Rogic. I didn't see it. I saw it. When you
:40:29. > :40:31.are talking about the season, the transformation between last season
:40:32. > :40:36.and this, to be undefeated, to win the cup final and a last-minute
:40:37. > :40:42.winner, that is the story for me. I will be more specific and go for
:40:43. > :40:46.goal. I am going to go for the goal scored by Celtic at St Johnstone.
:40:47. > :40:52.That was a thing of beauty. I went for the last one. He told you that
:40:53. > :40:57.earlier on! You are stealing his ideas and! It summed up Celtic's
:40:58. > :41:03.season in so many ways, doesn't it? Yes, God of the season. Stephen,
:41:04. > :41:07.Michael, it has been hugely enjoyable, let's do it again next
:41:08. > :41:10.season. That is it, the end of the season for Sportscene. Thank you so
:41:11. > :41:15.much for being with us all the way this season. Enjoy your summer, and
:41:16. > :41:19.we hope that next season the excitement levels get even higher
:41:20. > :41:40.and higher. From all others on the Sportscene team, it goodbye for now.
:41:41. > :41:45.# Than I've ever been lifted before # Than I've ever been lifted before
:41:46. > :41:53.# So keep it up, my desire # So keep it up, my desire
:41:54. > :41:58.more more
:41:59. > :42:02.# You know your love keeps on lifting me
:42:03. > :42:13.# Higher, higher and higher # Higher, higher and higher
:42:14. > :42:13.# I said your love keeps on lifting me
:42:14. > :42:18.# Higher and higher # Higher and higher
:42:19. > :42:23.# Once I was downhearted # Once I was downhearted
:42:24. > :42:24.# Disappointed # Disappointed
:42:25. > :42:27.# But then you # But then you
:42:28. > :42:33.# Came and it soon departed # Came and it soon departed
:42:34. > :42:38.# And you never saw this face again # And you never saw this face again
:42:39. > :42:48.lifting me lifting me
:42:49. > :42:51.# Higher, higher and higher # Your love keeps on lifting me
:42:52. > :42:58.higher and higher It's not bad, it's brilliant in
:42:59. > :43:19.fact. # I'm so glad
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:43:30. > :43:31.you you
:43:32. > :43:37.# I can stand up and face the world # I can stand up and face the world
:43:38. > :43:40.on lifting me on lifting me
:43:41. > :43:44.# Higher and higher # Higher and higher
:43:45. > :43:49.# And I said your love keeps on # And I said your love keeps on
:43:50. > :43:58.# Lifting me higher and higher # Lifting me higher and higher
:43:59. > :43:59.# I said, keeps on lifting me... COMMENTATOR: The season of their
:44:00. > :44:02.dreams.