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once again, Celtic have come

2:06

up trumps just when they needed to.

2:10

It's agony for killing in front of us.

2:12

It's an Aberdeen twice in

2:14

fact of the day, all

2:16

thanks to type of men penalties, but

2:19

it's just to not fight the way it went.

2:22

And it seems to want us Celtic

2:24

instead, and we'll be in

2:26

the finish top battle

2:29

once again. Potentially

2:31

to slow double. 20,

2:34

football to come before that is

2:37

a reality, but the

2:39

main thing for Celtic this afternoon is

2:41

that they will be back at Hamden

2:43

on the 21st of May to play

2:45

either Rangers or Hearts, or

2:47

finishes here after 120 minutes,

2:49

3-3, but Celtic win 6-5 on penalties. This

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3:02

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3:10

most incredible semi-final, the most

3:12

incredible drama right to the

3:15

end. I've just seen pictures

3:17

of Peter Leven congratulating

3:19

his players because they've put in a

3:21

terrific performance today part, but in the

3:23

end Celtic got the job done, but

3:25

what a scrap it was. Unbelievable

3:28

scrap. I've seen everything in games, but

3:30

I've never seen as much action

3:33

and almost big, big talking

3:35

points as this game. What

3:37

an incredible. Joe Hart had

3:39

two chances to save. I thought down to the

3:41

right-hand side, to an under him, he missed the

3:43

penalty, and then he comes up with a

3:45

big save at the end. It was a good save actually

3:47

down to his left-hand side. Maybe a

3:50

stronger side. I

3:53

think it was a decent enough penalty, it was

3:55

right in the corner, and Joe read it. I

4:00

loved the game, it was brilliant

4:02

from everybody, everybody without the first

4:04

give it 100% Aberdeen,

4:07

you know, they were magnificent, I think

4:10

Molly will agree with that and there's

4:12

always going to be some teams disappointed,

4:14

Celtic getting through to another final of

4:17

course that's the end goal for them,

4:19

how they get there will be a

4:21

talking point maybe, can't defend

4:25

and that's the big issue for them at this

4:27

moment in time Absolutely

4:30

everything will be done, yeah This

4:33

has been a classic Scottish top semi-final

4:35

It has, you know, it's been unexpected,

4:37

let's put it that way Kenny you

4:41

know, what Aberdeen gave to the semi-final

4:43

was just immense, they looked down and out

4:45

in the second half but somehow, you

4:47

know, they managed to find something deep down

4:51

to keep them going and they kept going and they

4:53

made it so difficult for Celtic, you know, they were

4:55

never going to lie

4:57

down and make it an easy, which could

4:59

have easily happened where Celtic would just

5:01

dominate the ball as they did in the

5:03

second half but to come back, you

5:06

know, and constantly make it

5:08

difficult for Celtic yeah, Celtic didn't

5:11

defend perfectly well but, you know,

5:13

the substitutions were key

5:15

to it I think Hoilet coming

5:17

on with the quality that he's got, the

5:20

delivery of the ball that he put

5:22

in from two of the goals what

5:25

was superb and the fact that, you

5:27

know, you've got to dig deep in your resources you're

5:30

down here, you've got 9,000 fans, Celtic have

5:32

got the majority of the fans you

5:35

know, you get the lead, you go behind, you've got to

5:37

fight your way back you've got to

5:39

find the resources from somewhere and they did

5:41

that and fair leaving can be more than

5:44

proud, them players down there, you know, even

5:46

in defeat can be very,

5:48

very happy with upcoming spots Celtic obviously

5:50

has a delighted team, getting them to

5:52

our country another final but

5:54

Aberdeen can take a huge amount Out

5:57

of this game, believe me. The

6:00

Iraqis fun that later in the

6:02

fools of this of the mind

6:04

a real horses holiday and a

6:06

little while food policy to come

6:08

from Dundee United against a nice

6:10

is indeed a to can all

6:12

be secure the championship title of

6:14

this afternoon. System box Who thought

6:16

penalty shootout party with this a

6:18

gut feeling from. the

6:21

goalkeeper when you have their is

6:23

a not so hard in a

6:25

field city wasn't planned he was

6:27

it is original as one of.

6:30

His lungs are you to what are you

6:32

do, the list or on are you did

6:34

It was at the end of the game

6:36

and I replied no no real moved to

6:38

come off as a facility so. I

6:46

don't know how he got away with

6:48

it. Is going away from our perspective

6:50

is a really hard and around of

6:52

the very very happy this woman hand

6:54

with the look back and resist cause

6:56

of freedom make a positive move that

6:58

so many other I know. Maybe

7:01

nobody else one or maybe for

7:03

the harmed of would let them

7:05

do their job is using the

7:07

vessel I was is in. Fans

7:09

All the things that Brendan Rodgers

7:11

will be concerned about. with excitement

7:13

I don't plan on getting some

7:15

really huge fan and also just

7:17

lost an Sms. a small start.

7:19

again yeah they didn't play well

7:21

in the first half. was an

7:23

operating also very very and pans

7:25

optimal. Stopping them for depositors prove

7:27

he did sort of at a

7:29

half. feminazi dominated if the game then

7:31

for the next thirty five minutes or

7:33

so i'm not for the i lived

7:35

in aberdeen back into when i looked

7:38

as if during a good position to

7:40

go on and won the game on

7:42

that gusto to defend the great rest

7:44

soon as it's to soon asked could

7:46

interpret of a model he could see

7:48

that aberdeen through and confidence and sioux

7:50

falls apart post your first one i

7:52

think it was a really good frozen

7:54

and somebody committed by for the second

7:56

one i saw sell it could have

7:58

dealt with an m you stop

8:00

the cross, you don't allow how he'll come

8:02

in on his right foot. When you've seen

8:04

it happen already, you just push

8:06

him down the line. Then you've got to

8:08

talk to the full back or look at

8:10

the full back and how he's defending and

8:12

then the midfielders got to come across and

8:14

kill that space. But don't let him come

8:16

in where he's effective on his right foot

8:18

and put two great balls you've got to

8:20

see into the back post. But then you've

8:22

got to defend the back post and defend

8:24

it well. Whether that's Joe Hart again coming

8:26

for it or scale is getting this position

8:28

right. He did put Nodoski on

8:31

to almost give them a bit more strength. And

8:33

that didn't, but the ball in took the three

8:36

center backs out of it, really at the end

8:38

of the day and that. But it was a

8:40

great comeback from Aberdeen. I couldn't see it happening.

8:43

We were kind of almost shaking

8:45

our head and just believed that Aberdeen could come

8:48

back into it in that second half. And then

8:50

they had other chances. Yeah. And even at the

8:52

end of extra time I'm saying, and I did

8:54

ask, well, the question would Aberdeen be happy to

8:56

go to a penalty shoot at that point in

8:59

time to get back into and get the

9:01

penalty shootout was really, really

9:04

brave of them from that. And

9:08

then of course the penalty should be a

9:10

disappointment for them. But they'll take huge amount

9:12

of this. Yeah, it's a great attitude that

9:14

they've shown. You come here to Hamden and

9:16

it's a big occasion. The season

9:18

has not went the way that you'd hoped from

9:20

an Aberdeen point of view. You get

9:22

the chance to get yourself into a

9:25

final. Look, they were going to

9:27

go tamely in the second half, but they

9:29

somehow managed to turn that round and make

9:31

a hugely exciting game. First half,

9:33

very good. Second half, not so good

9:35

for Aberdeen. And then towards the end

9:37

of that second half, it was brilliant. A brilliant

9:40

football in England. Extra time,

9:42

fantastic. Watch extra time as

9:44

well. And then culminated with

9:47

a penalty shootout, which keeps you in the edge.

9:49

He always does, doesn't he? My, my,

9:51

when you see a goalkeeper coming up to take it, when

9:53

he doesn't have to come up to take it, Then

9:55

I think that are just about kind of

9:57

a pitch to cap on. Open

10:00

ended up at all and watch look

10:02

any of the absolutely magnificent says use

10:04

it watched us at home the fungible

10:06

here and always have listened ends up

10:08

a bell and just gonna zola I

10:11

suppose I have causes listened and is

10:13

often an old. Enjoy the recently that

10:15

must have guys I'm just thinking well

10:17

he obviously hughes disappointed but ah but

10:19

he meant about know the great because

10:21

only one thing I was thinking about

10:23

was a mistake language Mcdonalds ticket sales

10:25

it back into the far far they

10:28

see mates doug imo A.to get back.

10:30

Into the game. Great resolve Replace him

10:32

many times a season. Really the products

10:34

and a lack of leadership in the

10:36

Aberdeen side with a sword everything set

10:38

a new module. Want to see this

10:40

afternoon? Yeah you know nothing nicer You

10:42

want to see is my physio of

10:44

am As as that resolves you know

10:46

for the upcoming to the bases that

10:48

you'd you don't leave it in the

10:50

dressing room that you. It makes

10:52

you the did you know as you're going

10:55

to come away from the game, away from

10:57

the semifinal been defeated and you're not a

10:59

good as I don't think of of income

11:01

haven't it exists in the south Them and

11:03

Mr Oswalt with as this and that to

11:05

the could saying oh that is or says

11:07

that to them Honest in must have. To

11:10

take this game and to penalty you

11:13

To summarize her uniform a position where

11:15

they looked as though the was going

11:17

out to take it to the very

11:19

last said you know family take and

11:21

visa. You

11:24

know beyond defies has taken a and to

11:26

the is oh a position where as as

11:28

as as as as you know if you

11:30

finish it one of these shows up penalty

11:32

say so and as as hop make him

11:34

you know when you see phillips from a

11:36

lot because it was a decent penalty pot

11:39

and was brutal penalties and nine at the

11:41

phone, the back of the net and and

11:43

them the last must be your time to

11:45

on her as well as a comes on

11:47

sobbed on and and and he started his

11:49

career. Tough to have that sort of com

11:51

i ng and. over i'm little bit as

11:53

as is on board that done a big

11:55

don't have a moment in this game probably

11:58

was pound the called at aberdeen hard when

12:00

Carter Vickers and

12:04

was it Duke? I'm trying to think who it was.

12:06

I think it was Hoylet. Yeah,

12:08

well, Joss, you know, they played guys of the

12:10

actual foul from the Aberdeen player

12:13

on the Celtic player, but not the Manchester.

12:15

And that's why, that's what the foul was

12:17

given for, wasn't it? Yes. Yes,

12:20

I don't have any doubt that had

12:22

that infringement not taken place, Aberdeen would

12:24

have had a penalty, but Don Robertson

12:26

had seen a previous infringement on Alva

12:29

Sir Johnson, but I'd certainly not seen

12:31

any replay of that. I'm sure that

12:33

will come to light just shortly. Guys, stay

12:36

with us, we'll hear from both managers. First

12:38

up, let's hear from the man that scored

12:40

Celtic's third goal today and

12:42

scored an absolutely wonderful penalty. Matt O'Reilly

12:44

has been speaking with Tyrone Smith. Matt,

12:47

huge congratulations. You got the job done in

12:50

the end. How have you summed up? Yeah,

12:53

lots of relief to be honest. A

12:56

lot of emotion as well, I think, you know, there's

13:00

a lot of good chances towards the end, you know, a lot of

13:02

crosses that kind of just went between our legs and, you know,

13:04

sometimes you think it's just not going to fool for you, but

13:07

I don't know, I had every faith in our story in that

13:09

penalty shoot and thankfully we got

13:11

it done. You must have thought when you scored

13:13

that fantastic goal, that must have been it, but

13:15

you just couldn't shake Aberdeen off. No,

13:18

fair play to them. I thought they were actually really, really good today. I

13:21

think they won a lot of second balls, we could have been better in that

13:23

regard. Pitch did dry up a little

13:25

bit, so I think those second balls were a little bit hard to control

13:27

at times. But, saying that, I think we had enough

13:29

chances to kill the game. And

13:32

yeah, I still think we deserve to win today. Talk to

13:34

me about what the nerves were like and that penalty suited. I

13:38

can't speak for everyone to be honest, I think. We

13:40

were just trying to encourage each other,

13:42

stay positive and kind of just trust in each other. I

13:44

think we did that. Lin Kams,

13:46

you know, trust each other, we're a really

13:48

tight group and I think that kind of shows in

13:51

the way we play usually, and also off the pitch, like behind

13:53

the scenes, we're really, really tight. So, I think that makes a

13:55

difference in those moments. It's all about

13:57

getting through and you've done that. Can

13:59

you start dreaming? Yeah, I'm not going to

14:02

get ahead of ourselves to be honest, I'm going to

14:04

give you the boronata as a game at a time

14:07

kind of thing. We'll

14:09

enjoy this win. Definitely could

14:11

have been, I don't know, could have had

14:13

a lot more control than we did so a lot to improve

14:15

on to be honest but drop

14:17

down just a bit. Congratulations

14:19

to me and congratulations to the BBC

14:21

Scotland Scottish, Gas Scottish Cup man of

14:23

the match. Congratulations. Yeah, yet

14:26

again Matt O'Reilly part showing his

14:28

class this afternoon. He's a special,

14:30

special player. We will get post-match

14:32

reaction from Brendan Rodgers. What

14:35

are you expecting to hear from him? Sorry, I

14:37

missed a question. Ah, so just what are

14:39

you expecting to hear from the Celtic manager?

14:41

We'll get his reaction shortly. No, I think

14:43

we'll hear that he picked out

14:46

all the positives, absolutely positive. He'll give

14:48

Aberdeen great credit. I would assume

14:50

you have to on

14:52

a day like this and he'll be

14:54

then looking forward to the final. You

14:57

know, that's what he's got to, for them it's getting

14:59

through to a final. You know, it doesn't matter, we've

15:02

all been there. He could, through

15:04

the semi-final, they're always difficult games. That's the

15:06

game you don't want to go out in a

15:08

semi-final. Nobody remembers the semi-finals, it's all about the

15:10

final. So he's got that to look forward. It

15:12

keeps the momentum going for him. Even

15:15

though it was a tough, tough game today. I

15:17

was just saying to Wully there. The goals in

15:19

this game today, apart from the McDonald's mistake, they

15:21

were brilliant goals. Brilliant goals, every single

15:23

one of them. You know, the Forest comes

15:26

on, what a substitution. He'd be maybe picking up

15:28

on that. Brendan Rodgers, that

15:30

he put on a substitution that almost

15:32

from the second kick was worked and

15:35

it was a brilliant goal. Matt

15:37

O'Reilly's goal, really good goal from Celtic's

15:40

perspective. And then when you look at

15:43

Aberdeen, the two goals at the back post, well,

15:45

the Forest goal was a magnificent goal from them,

15:47

from Mayorski. So

15:49

all in all, this game had

15:51

everything. So he'll pick up on

15:53

the excitement, the fans. It

15:56

was great. I

15:58

can't remember a game that had... so much key

16:01

points, talking points, not just the goals

16:03

but the penalty call was a

16:06

big one, the block

16:08

that Carter Vickers had when Joe Hart

16:10

dropped the ball, even

16:12

when we entered the penalty shootout. That penalty

16:14

was nuts, when I saw Joe Hart stepping

16:16

up, it's one of these games actually that

16:19

was exhausting to watch, wasn't it? We

16:21

were in a goalkeeper getting trapped. Oops.

16:25

Guys, you teed up nicer there, Pat. Let's

16:27

hear, even an instant impact when you come

16:29

on, let's hear from James Wallace. James,

16:32

he's congratulations. Have you ever been

16:34

involved in a game like that? Well, no, honestly, no.

16:36

I think when I came on and scored, I thought

16:38

we'd seen it out and have been through the one,

16:40

but my first player Aberdeen, they kept coming back and

16:42

then, as I said, we got ourselves in front again

16:45

in extra time, but I think

16:47

it shows a lot about the team and the

16:49

players that stepped up and had a penalty at

16:51

the end as well, which takes massive pressure and

16:53

my first player to win. And

16:55

in fact, you made coming off the bench and scoring

16:57

that fantastic goal. I guess at that point you maybe

16:59

thought you'd killed Aberreen off, there was another moment you

17:01

must have thought you killed Aberreen off, but you just couldn't

17:03

shake them off. Yeah, no, I think we had a couple

17:05

of chances at 2-1 to make it 3-1. It's

17:08

the same at 3-2, but with another couple of chances,

17:10

we just couldn't see that, couldn't see

17:13

out and get that second goal, which I think we'd

17:15

have finished them off, but as I said, the first

17:18

player Aberdeen, they dug in and I

17:20

think both teams

17:23

today have done really well and done themselves

17:25

well. It's just about getting through, isn't it, and you've

17:27

done that? Yeah, I know, and then, as you said,

17:30

it's a different one, it shows, the penalty shootout, the

17:33

players penalties were really good, really calming, and I think

17:35

that takes a lot in the last time I've seen

17:37

them as well. James, congratulations today.

17:39

Cheers. A fair play to James

17:42

Forrest here, really paying a lot of credit

17:44

to Aberdeen. As

17:46

a player, Willy, how long

17:48

does it take to get the disappointment

17:50

out of your system and start looking

17:52

back on the positives of which there were

17:54

many today because they're now going to some key games

17:56

in the league? Yeah, I mean, I think the shot

17:58

is a bit of a challenge. afternoon from an Aberdeen

18:00

point of view, I don't

18:03

think the disappointment will linger

18:05

long. I really don't because they'll know

18:07

themselves that they've put in a really

18:09

good performance here. And if they can

18:11

repeat that type of performance that

18:13

would be witnessed this afternoon, then there's

18:15

a lot of optimism. It's just

18:18

that they haven't been able to do that

18:20

for the majority of the season. Now they've

18:22

went out there, they'll be disappointed, absolutely, because

18:24

it was a chance to get to a

18:26

final. But they'll know that

18:28

they've done, and the relationship with the fans

18:30

was good today as well Kenny, they

18:33

were involved, the fans loved it, the

18:35

players had that relationship with them, they were

18:38

applauding the fans. So I think

18:40

it's done them a world of good, to be perfectly

18:42

honest. And although they've went out, it's done them more

18:44

good than harm, I can

18:46

suggest. I don't think that they'll be disappointed

18:48

and it'll have an effect going into the

18:51

last five games of the season. I don't

18:53

see that at all other than it being

18:55

a positive effect. Well does Peter Levan have

18:57

a role to play with

18:59

the first team now going forward with this

19:02

new manager? Well that's a question. It's supposed

19:04

to be that the new manager

19:06

is bringing in his own two assistants as

19:08

well. So it might not be with the first

19:10

team, it might be at a lower level, but

19:12

we don't know. Well I saw something this week,

19:15

Willy, saying that he would, as you correctly say,

19:17

he's bringing in his own assistant, but saying that

19:19

Peter Levan would be involved with

19:21

the first team, we'd had a role there, which

19:23

is actually fantastic to hear because he thoroughly deserves

19:25

that, doesn't he? Oh yeah, I

19:27

mean he's came in at a very difficult

19:29

time, you know, when Barry went and he

19:31

had two games I think it was, was

19:33

it? Two games he had initially and then

19:36

that team manager for Down South came

19:38

up and he had his 10 game

19:40

spell, or 12 game spell, whatever it

19:42

was. I'm just trying to raise it

19:44

from my mind. And

19:47

then he's taken over and you

19:49

know, whether he was reluctant to take it in

19:51

the first place or not, he's taken it over,

19:54

he's stepped to play it, he's

19:56

came to the assistance of the club,

19:58

a really difficult time. And

20:01

he's been brilliant for it. It hasn't

20:03

been outstanding performances, but it's been

20:05

very solid, good performances. The

20:07

players look as though they know what they're doing.

20:09

They look as though there's a good team spirit

20:12

within them as well. They've got a few results.

20:14

Apart from today, obviously, three goals.

20:16

But in the league campaign, they've

20:18

been pretty

20:21

good defensively as well. So he's turned that

20:23

round. Listen, he's done a fantastic job. He

20:25

deserves all the praise that

20:28

is going to come his way. I'm hoping that there's

20:30

a lot of praise. And that should

20:32

translate into a strong position within the

20:34

club going forward. Whether it be first-team

20:37

level or whether it be an important

20:39

level below that, I think he's done

20:41

enough to earn that. Let's

20:43

hear from him now. Peter Leven has been speaking with

20:45

Tyler Unsmouth. Peter, just give us your

20:48

emotions after that. I'm proud. I

20:50

thought the boys gave everything. It's

20:53

a sickening at the end, obviously, a lot. Penalties are a bit of a

20:55

lottery. But I'm really proud how the

20:57

thought went. Total teams were Celtic. Yeah, time is the

20:59

second half. We had to suffer a lot of

21:02

burden with a low block and stuff. But I

21:04

thought after that, and showed a bad character, I've

21:06

had enough chances. And again, just

21:08

going more. I mean, the players gave

21:10

you absolutely every last drop today. I mean, you

21:12

had some guys that looked like they could hardly

21:15

walk taking the penalty kicks. I

21:17

mean, they gave you everything, but it doesn't make it any

21:19

less disappointing, does it? No, not at all. And obviously, if

21:21

you see the penalties too, I'm glad you're setting up and

21:23

taking a penalty. I'm proud of them doing that as well.

21:26

But now overall, I thought they were really good. They gave

21:28

everything. I just said that to them. That's the

21:31

benchmark to end the season now. What

21:33

were you thinking about the penalty shootout? Because it

21:36

summed up the match, really, in the way it ebbed and flowed.

21:39

No, I've been practising them yesterday. But obviously, you

21:41

can't replicate the fans and the pressure. But do you

21:43

know what? Anybody that steps up and takes a

21:45

penalty, I'm proud of. So, yeah,

21:47

just got it ended that way. You

21:49

had chances, obviously, during the game. There's also a

21:51

couple of controversial kind of VAR moments. What was your

21:54

take on both of them? Yeah,

21:56

but good chances. Esther, two, and then Junior, second

21:58

half as well. I thought it

22:00

was a penalty and they did say it was

22:03

a penalty if it wasn't a foul before it

22:05

but I've not seen it back. They did

22:08

say that it's disappointing. You've

22:10

talked about how that set the bar now for the rest

22:12

of the season. The challenge I guess is to make sure

22:14

there's no hangover from this for the next crucial five games.

22:16

No, definitely said that to them. Get

22:19

your heads up and proud of them but we've got a retraction

22:21

of cover and we're back in Monday to go again. Peter,

22:23

thanks a lot. Thank you. Even

22:26

there saying he's proud. Actually

22:28

everyone involved in that game today

22:31

should be really, really proud. Again,

22:33

they will remember. It's

22:35

an afternoon I think we will all

22:37

remember. A special day for Scottish football.

22:39

Yeah, a special day for the game.

22:42

Obviously proud but gutted in the same

22:44

instance. You're walking away from Hamden

22:46

here knowing that you put it up to Seldig especially

22:48

in the first half. Obviously they

22:51

hung in there in the second half but

22:53

the response then near the end of the game

22:55

is the key part and

22:57

the extra time for

22:59

any manager. You've got

23:02

a group of players there that goes to the

23:04

well and brings something special out of it. That's

23:07

the key. That will put you in

23:09

a great stead for the remaining games. Listen,

23:12

he's a young manager. I

23:17

just like the way that he even behaves

23:19

himself on the sideline. He

23:21

seems to the players to

23:23

almost respect him and respond to

23:25

him. That's

23:28

what you're looking for for young Scottish

23:30

managers. He seems to speak well. He

23:32

doesn't over elaborate when you speak and

23:34

ask him questions. He

23:37

gets to the point and he says what he thinks. I

23:40

like that in them. I hope

23:42

he goes on if he can get a career

23:44

with Aberdeen with the first team but if he

23:46

goes on and maybe gets

23:48

a job of his own and develop that. I

23:50

think it's done his CV

23:53

no harm whatsoever coming in and

23:55

taking charge of the club and

23:57

the team. If you've

23:59

watched the... how he's worked and how he's managed

24:01

to get a response out of these players then I

24:04

think it's only going to do him really well

24:06

going forward. Whichever way he wants to go, whether

24:08

he wants to see a coach or whether he

24:10

wants to be a manager, that's his decision.

24:13

But thankfully we had him at

24:15

the club and I think the

24:18

fans have got a huge debt of gratitude to

24:20

Peter Leven. Yeah, yeah. Listen, Kenny,

24:22

from Sally's perspective during the

24:24

final and I thought

24:27

at half time he must have said

24:29

something to them because he came out as

24:31

a better team. Much more

24:33

better passing but also created space

24:36

better for themselves. Aberdeen couldn't get close to

24:38

them at that point in time and

24:40

they dominated the game and that's what they've got to

24:43

do I think from the start

24:45

of the game. They're too inconsistent at that time

24:47

and inconsistent over the piece

24:49

when you look through the season. Maybe

24:51

it's a good half, maybe it's not so good

24:54

and the other half putting it together

24:56

for 90 minutes is the key for Celtic

24:58

but the defensive qualities they have

25:01

to think about those and they have

25:03

to improve that. They have enough players

25:05

and we've seen it, good quality players

25:08

that can go on hard teams and that's

25:10

the difference between them, probably most of the

25:12

other teams I think in this league but

25:15

they've made hard work today but they're true

25:17

to have final and that's what matters. Yeah,

25:19

and I can see pictures of Brendan Rodgers

25:21

speaking with our television colleagues who will bring

25:24

you some of that shortly on sports. A

25:26

huge relief they of course will place either

25:28

Rangers or Hearts at hand in on the

25:30

25th of May at the Scottish Cup Final

25:33

if it's anything like what we

25:35

witnessed today. You do not want to

25:37

miss that. Willy, we heard from Matt

25:39

O'Reilly I don't know what special talent

25:41

he is. He's a fantastic player, so

25:43

elegant, so cool, great to watch. Another

25:46

player that's been outstanding since he arrived

25:48

in Scottish Group was Bojan Miowski. You

25:50

just wonder can Aberdeen hang on to

25:52

him because Jimmy Philpene will be looking

25:55

at that performance today. He'll take great

25:57

heart from it but he will know

25:59

just how key Mielski is to the

26:01

Dons. He will, he will and if

26:04

he doesn't then I think

26:06

I could maybe tell him if he wanted to have

26:08

a conversation. I mean he's been key

26:10

to anything

26:12

that was good from an Aberdeen point of

26:14

view this season that's been about Mielski. Yeah,

26:16

he's went off the boil a little bit

26:19

in recent games but at the

26:21

same time he's had to

26:23

play a lone follow, he's not had too much

26:26

help in the goalscoring fronts

26:28

and he's managed to

26:31

turn very little service into

26:34

a fair amount of goals as well. Whether they can

26:36

hold on to him I don't know. I mean he's

26:38

contracted so they can hold on to him if they

26:40

want but if they get a big enough offer obviously

26:42

you've got to look at that, you've got to look

26:44

at the financial side of the game

26:46

as well and if that offer is big enough

26:48

then he'll certainly be on his way but he's

26:51

an international player as well now so he's starting

26:53

at that level. He's

26:55

certainly standing an Aberdeen shot and there's got

26:57

to be interest in him during the

27:01

summer. I'm hoping that he'll stay, I would like

27:03

to see him again. I think with

27:06

the new manager as well and hoping that

27:08

next season is going to be a much

27:10

better season for Aberdeen. It's got to be,

27:12

you know, one of our top clubs, it's

27:14

like Hibbs as well, it's got to be

27:16

a better season for Hibbs. These two clubs

27:18

have got to be up there challenging for

27:20

third spot and as far as

27:22

I'm concerned it'd be nice to

27:24

see that, it'd be nice to see that again Aberdeen. I

27:28

think it'd be brilliant for her game if we could see Hibbs shots

27:30

and Aberdeen challenging for that third spot

27:32

next season. Yeah, Brendan Rodgers

27:34

has just finished speaking with our

27:36

television colleagues. We'll bring that to

27:38

you shortly. Surely Aberdeen will kick

27:40

on from what has been a

27:42

terrific performance at the National Stadium

27:44

this afternoon part. It's been an

27:47

interesting season for Celtic. Brendan Rodgers

27:50

has seemed a bit rattled at

27:52

times but he has consistently said part

27:55

judge me at the end of the

27:57

season when it comes to the big

27:59

games. He delivers. Yeah,

28:01

he delivers and his team

28:03

delivers and that's what Celtic's

28:05

about. And you

28:07

know, he'll look back, he'll have learned a

28:10

lot probably about his players this season and

28:12

the club in general. He

28:14

needs to strengthen, he needs to get money to

28:16

strengthen. All of those things are up for

28:18

debate and discussion with the board

28:21

and whoever's going to pull

28:23

the strings, whether it's Derma Desmond or Peter Lawell

28:25

and the rest of the board, but he certainly

28:27

will have to do that. And he has to

28:29

be given the opportunity to do it

28:31

his way, nobody else's way, if

28:34

he's going to stay around here and he's going to

28:36

bring further success to this club. But

28:38

you know, he'll be a happy man. A couple

28:41

of finals, always a nice way to finish a

28:43

season, but he's been given a life line in

28:45

the last week of course with the league. Pressure

28:48

was on. I did say and I had

28:50

this sort of discussion with Tom and the

28:52

game at Ibrox that that point coming at

28:55

Ibrox was a good point at the end

28:57

of the day. What it does,

28:59

even though Rangers were celebrating maybe a bit at the end, they're

29:01

coming back from 2-0 down. And

29:03

the lightest day then when you wake up the

29:05

next day and you think, ah we've lost an

29:07

opportunity maybe to beat Selig at home

29:10

and Selig now in a driving seat.

29:12

And that's really what's happened, hasn't it?

29:14

In the last week, it's been an

29:16

incredible turnaround. Selig have still got to do

29:18

it. It'll be a bigger turnaround if Selig don't win the league now.

29:21

That's for sure. Yeah, they're in a poor position for

29:23

a double. Let's now hear from Brendan Rodgers. He's

29:25

been speaking with Jonathan Sutherland. Brendan,

29:28

I think I know the answer to this, but did

29:30

you enjoy that as much as we enjoyed it? No,

29:33

it was awful. I need to serve every session after that.

29:37

Oh my God, what a game for neutrals

29:40

watching. Absolutely. For great

29:42

spirit. And obviously credit both teams,

29:44

Aberdeen, been fantastic. Nothing to lose

29:47

but came and played really well.

29:50

We had to dig in after a slow

29:53

start but I'm just happy to be in the

29:55

final. It was a little frustration, Brendan,

29:58

the team. opportunities obviously

30:00

in normal time and then in the 120 minutes

30:02

that you didn't get

30:04

over the line before penalties. Yeah, yeah I think

30:06

we had the chances and we

30:09

just needed to be a little bit more care

30:11

with the ball to arrive into the spaces and

30:13

especially the third goal in the extra time that's

30:15

exactly what you need to

30:17

do and bring yourself up the pitch, shorten

30:19

the game, get into the spaces and make

30:21

them work and we

30:24

just couldn't see it through. What is going through

30:26

your mind right now because it must be incredible

30:28

being a manager on the touchline here at Hamden

30:30

Park when everything that we saw this afternoon is

30:32

going on. Yeah, I had

30:34

in my mind a flash of

30:36

Anton Rogan. Anton Rogan was a

30:39

player for Sealdy and bless

30:41

him he missed a penalty against

30:43

Aberdeen many years ago and I'm

30:45

thinking don't be the next Irishman

30:48

in that position please. So

30:51

but no I'm just really proud of the team

30:53

the supporters were brilliant for us and yeah

30:56

it brings us to another final. Yeah,

30:59

Brendan Rodgers there understandably in good

31:01

form there yet again he delivers

31:03

at the national stadium so just

31:05

final thoughts from yourselves there at

31:07

Hamden Park guys it's sometimes Scottish

31:10

football can take a bit of

31:12

a kicking but I wouldn't swap

31:14

it for anything and today

31:16

it showed just how

31:18

special it is. Yeah

31:21

very much so very very much so

31:23

and you know while the

31:25

quality attempts people might argue maybe the

31:27

quality isn't what it is when you

31:29

look down at England and so on but

31:31

the excitement the excitement from the players on

31:34

the pitch today was created was was brilliant

31:36

but also on the terrace and you know

31:39

everybody's invested in their

31:41

own team you know they don't come

31:43

here just because they've come from China

31:45

or from Norway or something for a

31:47

day out or a weekend out to

31:49

enjoy the occasion they believe in their

31:51

team Aberdeen supporters coming all the way

31:53

down here all the Celtic fans inside

31:55

the stadium desperate and that

31:57

adds to the excitement that's the adds

31:59

excitement of Scottish football and then

32:02

when you get the story

32:04

the way it played out today, it was

32:07

magnificent. We've been talking about this for

32:09

a long long time, even those the

32:12

semi-finals. I don't think there's too many

32:14

semi-finals that really I believe that both

32:16

teams can go away feeling

32:19

that they have done well. You know

32:21

and even in disappointment I know

32:23

in listening to Peter Leven there how proud he was,

32:26

the players performance and you

32:29

know and the fact that he can now

32:31

use that as a benchmark, he said that

32:33

himself I'm gonna use this as a benchmark

32:35

so you know the players themselves can look

32:37

at that performance and say look that's the

32:39

standard that we have got to produce not

32:41

just you know in a semi-final in

32:43

a one-off game it's week to week you're

32:45

capable of doing that. I've been saying

32:47

that all season that they've got quality

32:49

players out there they've now got to

32:51

do that in a consistent basis but

32:53

it's been a magnificent afternoon of football

32:55

for everybody here concerned. I would think

32:58

that nobody's gonna wait for this game

33:00

disappointed even the Aberdeen players I don't

33:02

think Aberdeen fans that beg your pardon

33:04

are gonna wait for this game disappointed

33:06

because they saw a real team out

33:08

there this afternoon. Yeah we'll get fan

33:10

reaction later in the program well done

33:12

to everyone involved there at the National

33:14

Stadium including our pundits Willie Miller

33:16

and Pat Bonner. So that's the

33:18

first of the Scottish Cup semi-finals

33:20

done and dusted Celtic booking their

33:23

place after a penalty shootout in

33:25

the Handling Showpiece on the 25th

33:27

of May they will face either

33:29

Rangers or Harts they meet tomorrow

33:32

as you'd expect full coverage on

33:34

sports. This Scottish football podcast from

33:36

BBC Radio Scotland. Oh

33:42

he's sharp alongside Jim Goodwin. There it

33:44

is! Sunday

33:47

United are back in the big time the

33:51

Scottish Premiership awaits Sunday United and

33:53

it's still late for the coaching

33:55

staff there is a pitched

33:57

invasion as well. all

34:00

along for the race. The

34:02

joy is tainted in bulk and

34:05

what a season it's been followed, Jim

34:07

Duffy. Yeah I mean congratulations Dundee United,

34:09

you know it's a fantastic achievement to

34:12

get back up. It's a very very

34:14

difficult leap to go of with some

34:16

good quality sides in it.

34:18

You know the pressure was on them from day

34:20

one and the managed to handle it all carried

34:23

to Jim and to Lee Sharpe, G

34:25

staff, absolutely thrilled for him. I just got a

34:27

slap in the head there from David Bowman. It's

34:29

going to first time over a slap from David,

34:31

usually it was on the pitch but again it

34:33

shows you what it means to the audience fans

34:35

here. They're on the pitch, they're more worried

34:37

about the mathematics, well they know job done.

34:39

You see Dundee and A people see her

34:41

Dundee, Darby. I think that's where they should

34:43

be. They're a premier league club, they're so

34:46

good about it and it's been fantastic to

34:48

see you know the celebrations here today at

34:50

Paradise. All the hugs for

34:52

the player, the selfies are being taken. Jim

34:55

Goodwood managed to get himself down the tunnel. There

34:58

was a few hugs along the way I can

35:00

tell you. Dundee United have done what they said

35:02

they had to do at the start of the

35:04

season and that was to get back into the

35:06

top right. The second in, Jim Chris

35:08

Mokray was the hero. It's finished in

35:11

Tanana. Partnership round Dundee

35:13

United won. Hear United now. On

35:16

digital radio, FM, online at

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BBC Sports Scotland, your smart

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speaker and BBC News sounds.

35:23

Next is Sports Sound

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from BBC Radio Scotland. Scottish

35:28

football lives here. You

35:35

can hear the celebrations going on at Tanana

35:37

Icepole, just give us a flavour of what's

35:39

happening there. Yeah the team

35:41

are now off the pitch, Gary. They've all

35:43

been guided away into the dressing room across

35:46

our right hand side. The pitch is swarming

35:48

with people. It's just been an excellent night.

35:50

I'm asking the supporters to leave the field

35:52

and play lots of people taking pictures of

35:54

selfies going on down there. They said the

35:57

team will not be coming back out this

35:59

afternoon. We've asked that all the

36:01

spectators now vacate the playing surface. Of

36:03

course, they will play all on the

36:05

last day of the season, Friday the

36:07

3rd of May against Barat Thistle. That's

36:09

when they will do their official celebration.

36:12

But certainly the sense of joy around this

36:14

part, Teddy, you can feel what it means

36:16

to these fans today. Yeah, we'll

36:19

be joined by a niceie fan shortly. We've had

36:21

many on throughout the season and there have been

36:23

various points where they weren't happy. They didn't think

36:25

Jim Goodwin and his players would get the job

36:27

done, but they have over the line. They've been

36:30

terrific in recent weeks. In the Championship

36:32

today, they are both 1's, Morten 2's

36:34

and DeNyted 1, Air United 0's, Sinfirma

36:37

0's, Queen's Park 0, Parcet Thistle

36:39

4, Air Drake 0's. DeNyted,

36:41

they are champions. Race over, Parcet Thistle,

36:43

Air Drake in the playoffs. It gets

36:45

really interesting. Both are relegated, but from

36:47

9th spot, Queen's Park, they're in the

36:49

relegation playoffs spot. 1-37 points. Inverness Cali

36:52

Thistle, 38, Air United, 42's, Sinfirma 43,

36:54

2 games left to go. Let's

37:01

then get into League 1. Edinburgh

37:03

City 1 and an Athletic 2. Falkert

37:06

2, Kelty Hart 2. Montrose

37:08

1, Hamilton-Aquis 2. Stilling-Albin 0, Queen

37:11

of the South 0. It's

37:13

a 5-30 start. Co-rangers are

37:15

home to Alva. So Falkert

37:17

champions unbeaten this season. Hamilton-Aquis,

37:20

Alva, Montrose currently occupy the

37:22

playoff spots, but Co-rangers will

37:24

have a say in that.

37:26

They are kicking off. And

37:29

also Kelty Hart, they are

37:31

right in contention as well. In

37:33

League 2, Bonya Rose-Nell, Spartans 1.

37:36

Clyde 2, Stenhouse-Mure 2. Elgin

37:39

City 1, Peter Head 1. 4-4-2, East

37:41

5-1. Sternrard-Nell,

37:44

Dumbarton-Nell. So

37:46

looking at the league table, Stenhouse-Mure, they were

37:48

crown champions. What a season they have had.

37:51

Peter Head, Dumbarton, Spartans, they are all in

37:53

the playoff spots at the bottom. It is

37:55

so, so tight. Two

37:58

games left to go. bottom 32

38:01

points. Trun Ra 33, Bonnieri

38:03

Gros on 35 points.

38:06

They will of course, the bottom club

38:08

will of course play either Eastco

38:12

Bride or I'm still waiting just to

38:14

hear confirmation, Bucky Thistle, Bucky Thistle have

38:16

been confirmed as Highland League Champions. Well

38:18

done to them, it was a really

38:20

tense final day there. Three teams in

38:22

with a chance there but they got

38:24

the job done so Bucky Thistle will

38:27

play Eastco Bride and who will they

38:29

play in that playoff final? We'll

38:31

find out in the next couple

38:33

of weeks and in England today

38:36

full-time scores. Luton Town won Brentford

38:38

five, Sheffield United won Burnley four

38:40

and a 7th 30 start. Wills

38:43

at home too, asked a lots

38:45

of reaction to come. On digital

38:47

radio, online at BBC Scotland or

38:50

play BBC Radio Scotland Extra on

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your smart speaker or BBC sound.

38:55

No, Old Court sound.

38:57

Scottish football lives here. Welcome

39:06

back to Sports Sound on BBC Radio

39:08

Scotland with me, Kenny McIntyre. We've been

39:10

joined by John Robertson and Tom English.

39:12

Good evening to you both. Give me

39:14

one word, just one word to

39:17

sum up Scottish football today. Bonkers.

39:22

Well I've contributed about 1100 words,

39:24

probably too many but I would go

39:26

with exhilarating. It's

39:28

been tremendous, I mean my goodness

39:30

this is why we love Scottish

39:33

football. The semi-final was absolutely sensational,

39:35

second semi-final to come tomorrow and

39:37

we could hear in the background

39:39

there huge scenes of celebration at

39:42

Canada. Let's get some fan reaction

39:44

to that. Let's hear from the

39:46

United supporter Andrew Bailey. Greetings Andrew,

39:48

I know you're still at the

39:51

ground, huge celebrations today. The team

39:53

turning out in big numbers to get the team

39:55

over the line. Yeah, nearly

39:57

10,000 people at Canada today to see.

40:00

United managed just to win the game here

40:02

today. It was a bit of a tight

40:05

battling game against United to

40:07

be honest. But they

40:10

got the goal and they got the win and that's us

40:13

up. So that's excellent. Have

40:15

you always had faith Andrew in Jim Goodwin and

40:17

the squad to get the job done? I've

40:20

always had faith. Well, last time I spoke to you,

40:22

I said it could have been still a bit in

40:24

doubt to be fair, but they've done

40:26

the business in the last few games and they've

40:29

pulled it together and they've played well the last

40:31

three or four games that I've seen them all.

40:33

They've been really good. So it's a tight game

40:35

today. So you get the results, you've got to

40:37

give credit to the team and the players for

40:41

it. It's interesting John, isn't it? Because we've had

40:43

United fans on throughout the season and at various

40:45

points a lot of them didn't want Jim Goodwin.

40:48

They didn't think you could get this team over

40:50

the line. It's such a

40:52

hard league. You know, I've said that before. Such

40:54

a hard league that there's got to be dips

40:58

and high points. Just when

41:00

you think you've knocked it

41:02

off, you then start to

41:04

struggle. United have also had to, and

41:06

this is interesting, I'd like to ask the co-workers,

41:08

how he felt the coach was on it because

41:10

the pressure was on United. Look at the

41:13

last seven years, there's always been an outstanding

41:15

favorite in the team. You had Rangers, Hearts,

41:18

Hibbs, then United, then

41:20

Kilmarnock, then Dundee, then United

41:22

again. Next year it's got to

41:24

be bonkers because it's not going to be a favorite.

41:27

So you think it was pressure? When

41:29

United had that dip and they struggled

41:31

for a few or four games, was

41:34

that, do you think the fact of being heavy

41:36

favorites maybe held United back a little bit?

41:40

It's been pressure all season, I think, to

41:42

be honest. I mean that's the expectation. They had

41:44

a bit more, you know, they started

41:46

really well at the

41:49

beginning of the season and then they were

41:51

pretty poor November, December, I would say, and

41:53

then they've actually got better. Albeit

41:56

they were pretty hopeless Adrian

41:58

at home and then they were really poor. for the

42:00

way it did in Fermeline. Both

42:03

games were abysmal, but they came

42:05

back after that point, second

42:08

half performance at Thistlewood's really good. And

42:11

then that way we went up more to Nutterwood and

42:13

I thought they fought and they showed the character there

42:15

and it's coming together. Do

42:18

you think the squad as is is ready

42:20

to? No.

42:23

No, okay. No, it's not ready. I

42:26

mean, I think- Tell us a bit about that. I

42:28

mean, I think if you look at the 11

42:31

who have been playing the last few games there,

42:33

they're good enough players, but that's really

42:35

the depth we've got. I

42:38

mean, Chris Mockery came on and scored the goal today,

42:42

so that was excellent, but there's not really

42:44

the depth that's there and they're

42:46

gonna have to get a

42:48

number of players in to do that. Well,

42:51

because you've got to have options, and

42:54

you've got to have some choices from what

42:56

you need. Who have been

42:58

the pivotal players I see? Who have been the key

43:00

players for you? He's

43:02

been really good. Louis Maltz has been really good

43:04

with his goals. Kai Fosringham

43:06

has been excellent. He's

43:09

one of the academy players that's really come on

43:12

and made himself a key part of the team.

43:15

He's been very good. Craig Syvles, probably player of the

43:17

year I would say, as he was last year.

43:20

Always commit and worked really hard. Dokid,

43:24

he's been good, but he's sadly not been

43:26

set all the time. He was missing today. We

43:29

do not play quite as well when we're there. Goalkeepers

43:32

done well, so the recruitment's been good. I

43:35

can't argue with Jim Goodwin's

43:37

recruitment because we needed good

43:40

defense after shipping so many goals with

43:43

the terrible Morgru and Edwards last year.

43:46

We just downed tools and... Charlie's not like that.

43:49

Charlie downed tools. I mean... No,

43:51

come on. No way. He was terrible. He

43:55

didn't down tools. Listen, I clearly

43:57

find good on the background there. I went that I enjoyed it.

44:00

clear the issues? No, he

44:02

was terrible. I'm sorry but

44:04

he was finished last season, he should have stopped in

44:06

the summer. It was good the season

44:08

before but he was slow and it was terrible. Well

44:11

I remember Charlie being in the studio and with another

44:13

United Fan

44:15

on and he was brutally honest to him. Nobody

44:18

was talking about what was going on behind the

44:20

scenes. He was between the manager which was Jack

44:22

Ross at the time and some of the top

44:24

players, the big players, the personalities, perhaps a clash.

44:26

I think the players were dealing with a lot.

44:28

Yeah, we don't know the internet but there's a

44:30

difference. You don't know how it is but no,

44:33

they stuffed it up basically and obviously the

44:35

goalkeeper didn't help. So I

44:37

basically moved on from that and

44:40

we managed to get back up again

44:42

and you know there's a

44:44

bit of effort to take it on from

44:47

there. There's a difference between... The least we

44:49

remember about last season the better Kenny. Fair

44:51

play. There is a difference between not being

44:53

good enough anymore and

44:58

downing tools I think. But there is a

45:00

difference yes but when you watch them, I

45:02

mean you watch those games, I don't want

45:05

to reflect them. I saw them all

45:07

the time last season, they were incredible.

45:09

I got down. I focused on

45:11

the good team this season, put

45:13

in the fight and put in

45:16

the bowels and got us over

45:18

the line. And it's great. My pro-vers have given

45:20

us a great fight. They've

45:22

always been a bit too close and the like and it would have been

45:24

nice to be five points ahead and

45:26

I think they did relax them when it comes to you but

45:29

you know that's football isn't

45:31

it. Right let's focus on the positives

45:33

then. Was there one game, one

45:36

goal, one moment that you'll

45:38

look back on as being key this

45:41

season? One

45:45

game, one goal, one moment, let's

45:47

key it. I don't

45:49

know. I mean it's you know they started really well

45:52

and those five-nil wins they were great

45:54

but I think the battle for me

45:56

that's the winner way of Morton on

45:59

that on that clock. old wet night

46:01

where they fought a

46:03

bunch of hammer throws and managed to

46:05

do that. They don't

46:08

play football. I mean that

46:10

was the problem today. We played a bit too

46:12

like air. They like playing it in the air

46:14

and they like doing that and we didn't

46:16

pass the ball well enough today. Well,

46:18

Andrew, we got the regret in the end.

46:21

We welcome Frank Opinions on this programme. Enjoy

46:23

your night. A special day for Dundee United

46:25

fans. That's Dundee United supporter Andrew

46:27

Bailey there. We kicked off today

46:30

with the most incredible Scottish Cup

46:32

semi-final. Celtic feeding

46:34

Aberdeen 6-5 on penalties to

46:37

boot their place in next month's honour. It's

46:58

on it. Oh! It's here

47:01

for us. Shout out to the world. Good

47:04

ball game. Oh! A

47:07

Virginia level in the final minute of the

47:09

night game. Don't

47:11

worry, we'll show that if he

47:13

brings normal signs at all. Must

47:16

be for Wylie! It's

47:19

the second quarter on Dundee! And

47:23

the champions

47:26

of the Champions again at Aberdeen.

47:29

A summer of shooting at a

47:31

full penalty in Aberdeen 3. Celtic

47:34

free, what a game! What a game! Up

47:37

the stairs. Adamita score. We're

47:39

doing an image of a straight-up. Here comes the

47:41

score. We're going to have to go to the

47:43

game later. We've got a score with Boba. 1-2-3.

47:47

Score. And this is the

47:49

next one for Aberdeen. Score. Under

47:51

the body of Johar O'Reilly then. Steps

47:54

up here, left-witted. The Oh,

48:00

straight in the middle of the two-harp guys.

48:03

Right, good up from Bernardo! Oh,

48:05

got a close two for the 10. Oh, what a

48:07

big beer. Yeah, the race is

48:09

going down, isn't it? Having just heels

48:12

to keep that one out. Oh,

48:14

crap, I'm thinking VRA. Something against the

48:16

state, the full Sabah Team, so nothing

48:18

left, hooking. Oh, oh! Oh,

48:21

it's lost, man! It's

48:23

back to Celtic now. I couldn't get

48:25

the opportunity. You can believe it, two-harp.

48:28

Oh, my goodness. Oh,

48:44

my goodness. Oh,

48:46

it's just not free

48:49

anymore tonight. Absolutely

48:53

everything. From

48:57

goals to chances to

49:00

a night of penalty shoot-out where it's incredible. Goalkeepers

49:04

getting cramp. Goalkeepers

49:06

getting penalty. Yeah,

49:09

it's been going up, I mean. Just

49:12

when you think you've seen all of it. OK,

49:14

fellas, the Tron says score. They're

49:16

thinking about the wrong way. He got an

49:18

air, Robbie takes. Shite-mount.

49:21

Goal, something to the point here, Johan again. And

49:23

there is at least one more twist to come as he,

49:25

what's up, prepares to take this

49:27

sport kick. The push

49:29

to help the game from... Again, and he

49:31

has a really good penalty away to the

49:34

keeper's land. He will throw it to the

49:36

next man to stay in front for Abarghini.

49:38

Channel affords to miss. No

49:40

room for error now. Abarghini, the

49:42

three-one series, the score is

49:44

top final. Killian Phillips against

49:46

Johan of his 10th right.

49:51

Celtic, and it's the score

49:53

is top final! And Johan at

49:55

home for his penalty list for

49:57

Coquille. To

50:01

tonight, Kylian Phillips and

50:03

finally we have a winner in

50:06

one of the most incredible strong stops in

50:09

the world. You're the only

50:11

likely to witness the British is here

50:13

after 120 minutes. 33,

50:17

a Celtic win. 65,

50:20

one penalty. Only our

50:23

name. And

50:30

that is why we love Scottish football,

50:32

the most remarkable game. We'll get some

50:35

reaction from Celtic fans, some Aberdeen fans.

50:37

We'll get more thoughts from John Robertson

50:39

and Tom Ingersch. First of all, let's

50:41

hear from the Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers.

50:44

Brendan, what's your overriding emotion after that? Obviously,

50:50

so happy to be in the final. I think

50:52

it was a fantastic game for neutrals, obviously. We

50:57

didn't make a good start in the game and

51:00

Aberdeen scored a very good goal so we had to fight

51:02

our way back into it. And

51:05

then probably more so in the second half,

51:08

we started to take control of

51:10

the game and probably in

51:12

regulation time we should go on and

51:14

win it. But

51:17

give credit to both players, Aberdeen kept coming

51:19

back. They

51:21

played very, very well. My players showed a great

51:24

heart and a spirit to keep going and then

51:26

they showed a nerve at the end. And

51:28

that's what cup football is about. There's

51:31

nothing to lose. But I have

51:34

to be a winner and I think, oh guys, I'm so

51:36

happy for them that they've won now into another final. In

51:39

all your years in football, have you ever been

51:41

involved in a game like that? No, no, I

51:43

haven't. I don't think I've felt like that before.

51:47

I say to the players, never mind

51:49

coaching sessions. I have therapy sessions over

51:52

these next couple of days I think. But

51:55

I don't see any. It was a fantastic

51:57

spectacle. We

52:00

won't have that again

52:02

for a long time. The

52:05

well used football trope, it's a funny old

52:07

game. Especially how things can change because one

52:09

minute Joe hearts the villain and

52:12

then he becomes the hero. Yeah, yeah but

52:15

we've worked on penalties through the season and obviously

52:17

the boys in particular over these last couple of

52:19

days so we knew who was taking. Joe

52:21

was always going to be the fifth one. He's dragged his

52:23

a little bit more than they would have

52:26

liked but as you say he's always up

52:29

for the next one and obviously makes the save

52:31

which was... Which brought great

52:33

relief for us. Oh and he's sticking to the penalties

52:35

if he gets another one between now and the end of the season.

52:38

Well yeah, I think he'd certainly be keen

52:40

to take them but as I said we'd

52:42

make a record the boys and practice the

52:44

penalties and then it just means when we

52:46

get to the situation in the game we

52:49

know who those penalty takers will be. And

52:51

the top football you've touched on this, it's just about

52:54

getting through isn't it? And it's job

52:56

done in that front. Yeah, I think performance wise

52:58

there were some really good bits from us today.

53:01

Some bits were like I said we can defend it better,

53:05

we can keep the ball much better, we

53:08

had chances that we didn't quite take. But

53:10

you're absolutely right. It's about

53:12

getting to the final and 25th of May will

53:15

be a really special day here and we're in

53:17

that final so it makes me

53:19

really pleased. Brendan Weldon, today I'll let you go and have

53:21

a lie down. Thank

53:23

you. Thanks. We've been joined

53:25

by Celtic supporter Gary Gough. Good

53:27

evening to you Gary. Your thoughts

53:29

on today's performance, did you ever

53:31

feel fully confident? Not

53:35

really Kenny. Today's game can

53:37

thumbs up Celtic season to be honest. Up

53:40

and down all over the place. A

53:42

bag of n'hairs for three hours

53:44

nearly so my god. I've

53:47

got a thought. I look forward to them as well.

53:49

Yeah, I mean there's a lot to look forward to

53:51

of course. And we speak a lot about Brendan Rodgers

53:53

and this programme Gary and when it comes to the

53:55

big games he delivers. It

53:58

does Kenny. Obviously with that. quite a

54:00

few hiccups this season, but in the big games, I

54:02

mean, really we have turned up, and I think that's

54:04

probably duty has coaching and his

54:06

experience. But

54:09

no, it's to get to the final, I

54:11

think somebody said the other day he's never lost a Scottish Cup

54:13

game, Scottish Cup tie, so it's

54:15

self is incredible. So I was

54:18

hoping it's going to be

54:20

a tremendous season after

54:22

a pretty disappointing mid-term

54:25

form, as you say. Gary,

54:27

when I was leaving Hamden, it

54:31

was funny because there was lots of people still milling

54:33

about, but it was kind of quiet. I

54:36

think everyone was just exhausted. It

54:38

was that type of game, wasn't it? It was

54:41

just, it was a thriller. It was a privilege

54:43

to see it. Fair play to both sets of

54:45

players because they weren't at hammering

54:47

tongs. I mean, there was no

54:51

holding back from either set of

54:54

players. And Aberdeen, they

54:56

were behind twice in the game, they

54:58

were behind five times in the penalty

55:00

shootout. And it

55:02

was when they fell behind for the eighth time, that's

55:04

when they faltered and that's when Celtic won. It

55:07

was just some extraordinary stuff. It's

55:09

even more surprising to me that that Aberdeen squad just

55:12

give the equality, the possession, and the reach. I know,

55:14

it's amazing. It is amazing,

55:16

yeah. You know, they've gone toe to toe with

55:19

the best team in the country today. Now I know

55:21

Celtic's defensively were

55:24

a bit suspect at times. They gave up

55:26

a lot of chances. Brendan Rodgers mentioned that.

55:29

But Aberdeen, you know,

55:31

their position in the league table, some

55:34

of the performances this season have

55:36

been an embarrassment. But then you look at that

55:38

and you look at some of the qualities that

55:40

they have and the spirit and the character and

55:42

the physicality that they have today, you think, what's

55:44

happened for the rest of the season? You know,

55:47

where was that? There

55:49

was a team team. Yeah. I

55:51

mean, Willie's been saying that a lot, Jordan.

55:53

I really interesting your thoughts. We have there

55:55

Brendan Rodgers talking about Joe Hart stepping up

55:57

to a penalty. What

55:59

are your thoughts? and are you comfortable with

56:01

that? What does it say about outfield players?

56:03

Bizarrely, I've been involved in something similar

56:06

and included a goalkeeper, apparently.

56:09

Harts played Dundee in a League

56:11

Cup quarterfinal game. Denz Park finished

56:14

3-3 after 90 minutes, 4-4

56:16

after 120 minutes, and Joe Jordan was the manager

56:19

and he said, who wants to take a penalty?

56:22

And I was fine, yeah, I'll take one. John

56:25

Kehoeun took one. John Miller, yeah, I'll take

56:27

one. And David Hagen, he asked if it

56:29

was nobody else. And Henry Smith

56:31

said, I'll take one. And

56:33

Joe Jordan was looking at me and I went, well, he

56:35

does take them in training, one step, he just screws them

56:37

in the top corner. So if nobody else wants to take

56:39

one, fair play. So of course, the penalty

56:42

shoot started and Henry was up. He

56:44

didn't have to name when he just sent them

56:46

up. And it went 3-2. It

56:49

was 2-2 and then Henry saved the penalty. So

56:52

he then said, signaled he'll take the next one. And

56:54

I'm thinking, no, he's just, he'll be a bit excited

56:57

to just save the penalty. One step smashed

56:59

at the top left hand corner, but it hit the junction

57:01

of the barn post and come out. And

57:04

we ended up getting beat 5-4 on

57:06

penalty for Dundee. But the

57:09

bizarre thing that night was the Dundee keeper went

57:11

the wrong way for every single penalty. And

57:14

we hit the barn, we hit the post and we

57:16

got knocked out. So I understand why

57:18

you saw, he doesn't take one another great penalty and

57:20

he champs his league. So they are very good strikers

57:22

of the ball. But I don't think Joe has the

57:24

guarantee. I was sitting in the car driving

57:26

in from Inverness today and Royall ain't obtained a list

57:28

of all the carnage that was going on in the

57:30

radio. But even I,

57:32

Gary, as a neutral in this match,

57:35

not so much tomorrow, but as a neutral in this match

57:37

today, what were you thinking

57:39

about when Joe Hart signaled that he

57:41

was taking the last penalty? I

57:44

thought it was a really, really, really late April film joke,

57:46

do you want to say that? Were

57:48

you confident? Not really. And

57:52

you think Joe Hart's renowned for not being good at the

57:54

ball at his feet and I'm thinking he's taking a penalty.

57:57

And when he missed it, do you think this could

57:59

cost us? because I believe, listen, I've seen

58:01

nothing. I've just listened to it, I've got

58:03

all this carnage in my head of what's

58:05

going on. And

58:07

I'm thinking, it sounds like you should have saved

58:10

two penalties as well. And I'm

58:12

thinking, is this gonna be Aberdeen's day? You know the

58:14

scored in the last minute of normal time. The scored

58:16

in the last minute of the exit time. He was

58:19

unlucky with the Milne penalty. Too hot, but I've paralled

58:21

on. Just goes under him a bit. A couple under

58:23

him, you're thinking, well, you know, you'd obviously expect him,

58:25

you know he's like he's got a very good record

58:27

for saving penalties. Gary,

58:30

you talk about Johart. And like, you

58:32

know, that clutch of signings from Posto

58:34

Cogloo and Hart being one of them.

58:37

Some of them knock out successes, right?

58:39

But Hart, I

58:41

mean I love Johart, right? I love

58:43

his presence, I love his kind of

58:45

nice arrogance about him. His

58:48

leadership, he misses the

58:50

penalty today. And

58:52

yet he ends up the hero. You know,

58:54

Gary, this guy is, I think he's right

58:57

up there with Kyogo and Atatte, all of

58:59

those guys as a top, top

59:01

class signing for you guys. Oh, he's

59:03

been excellent, especially for the money we paid for him,

59:06

Tom. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The performances

59:08

over the last couple of years, it

59:10

has been slated by some, but I think he's going to get

59:12

you signed in like you said, not just on the pitch, or

59:14

the pitch, the guys that we've got. And

59:17

it's given a massive act, certainly to the police

59:19

him this summer. I think so. It's not just

59:22

his performances, it's his presence, isn't it? Yeah, yeah.

59:24

That's going to be what they're going to miss.

59:26

He's played for England. Yeah,

59:28

I mean, and when you look at when

59:30

he was younger, he's probably, he's a good

59:32

goalkeeper, but there'll still be critics out there

59:34

who think he should have achieved more.

59:37

But I think that's because of the club's hero. I think

59:39

he's his reputation guy. I don't know if

59:41

you agree with me. His reputation seemed to be tarnished by

59:43

Pwet Gardo, I think, and he's not good enough with the

59:45

ball at his feet. And that's just

59:47

a man. But that didn't detract from the fact is,

59:51

you know, I might still have slightly old

59:53

fashioned virtues that I was still far rather,

59:55

but my goalkeeper was good with his hands,

59:57

fast and good with his feet as a

59:59

bonus. I bet you're

1:00:02

talking about what Pep

1:00:04

Guardiola did and he fell out with Pep Guardiola. The

1:00:08

heart story is one

1:00:10

of incredible resilience and a renaissance

1:00:12

story which has had its culmination

1:00:15

in him arriving at Celtic. He

1:00:19

couldn't get a gig before

1:00:21

Postercogli trusted him. He was desperate

1:00:23

to find the club. He was

1:00:26

bouncing around with loan spells and

1:00:28

couldn't lock down a permanent gig. He was

1:00:30

a cannon freefall from Man City

1:00:32

for quite a number of years. Then

1:00:35

he arrives and he finds this incredible home

1:00:37

at Celtic. It's just a

1:00:39

fantastic finale to his career that I bet he

1:00:41

thought he was not going to get. I

1:00:44

spoke to him. He's one of the players that the club up

1:00:46

up for him. If you remember

1:00:48

the night when Postercogli started to win the

1:00:50

title at Tannenheim, he spoke really well that

1:00:52

night. It's journey, how much he was enjoying

1:00:55

life at Celtic. Looking ahead Gary,

1:00:57

Ranger Hearts the final on the

1:00:59

25th of May, any preference? Remember

1:01:03

who's sitting here Gary? Again,

1:01:07

somebody reminded me of the day that Hearts have never

1:01:09

beaten Rangers or Iprokes. I don't know

1:01:11

if that's true. No, put an Ibroke tomorrow.

1:01:13

I don't know about that. That's correct. No,

1:01:16

that's true unfortunately but it's going to happen

1:01:18

tomorrow Gary. I'm taking your choice

1:01:20

out of your hands. You're

1:01:24

getting Hearts in the final. Right, so if you get

1:01:26

Hearts in the final, are you confident now getting the

1:01:28

doubles? It's not been great. It's been an up and

1:01:30

down season. How has it been at Gary for Celtic

1:01:32

fans? One game at a time.

1:01:34

Let me just think about it as a game next week. Never

1:01:36

mind the final. So yeah, I'll take Hearts. Hearts in the final.

1:01:39

I just thought I'd throw that in. I think you should always throw that in.

1:01:41

I think you should always throw that in. I think you should always throw that

1:01:43

in. I think you should always throw that in. I think you should always throw

1:01:45

that in. I think you should always throw that in. Hi, absolutely. Listen

1:01:51

Gary, thanks very much indeed for joining us

1:01:53

on sports. And that Celtic supporter Gary Gove

1:01:55

there. Let's now get the

1:01:57

Aberdeen perspective. We've been joined by Aberdeen supporter

1:01:59

Sarah B I

1:02:01

know you're on a supporters

1:02:03

bus on the way back

1:02:05

up the road from Handon. Describe to us

1:02:07

what it's like on there at the moment.

1:02:09

I'm guessing a mixture of disappointment and pride.

1:02:13

A mixture of vodka and wine canny. Good

1:02:20

start, Ollie. Yes, absolutely gutted.

1:02:23

I am very, very proud of

1:02:25

our team. I think we started

1:02:27

the game just brilliantly. We pushed Celtic

1:02:29

first 20 minutes that were my father

1:02:32

better team. Celtic

1:02:34

really felt akin to it. But

1:02:36

I mean, for a neutral towards that game today, it

1:02:39

must have been a fantastic game to watch. For

1:02:41

us as Aberdeen supporters, absolutely heartbreaking at the end.

1:02:45

You know, we put up a really good

1:02:47

show, probably one of the best semi-finals games

1:02:49

I've been to at Handon. But

1:02:52

again, I'm done by probably three penalties

1:02:54

that we should have had. Just

1:02:57

the three. Just

1:02:59

the three. I mean, three obvious

1:03:02

ones that would be watched on the bus.

1:03:05

Which is disappointing that that

1:03:07

let us down again. I

1:03:09

think I saw one, Carol. Okay, so

1:03:12

the handball. Yes, heels. Yes,

1:03:15

heels. Do you think that was just outside? No, no, not

1:03:17

a penalty. Just outside. Oh, it was. It

1:03:20

was outside the box, Carol, for a start. It's

1:03:23

feet were inside the box. Hand was outside

1:03:25

the box, Carol. It's hand was outside the

1:03:27

box. I don't know. The interesting

1:03:29

one, I've not seen a replay. The interesting

1:03:31

one for me is this

1:03:33

pushing out of Johnson ahead of what

1:03:35

would have been a definite penalty. Now,

1:03:38

I have seen. Right. Now,

1:03:40

it was difficult watching it in the stadium. But

1:03:42

since I've come back to the studio, I have seen it. In

1:03:46

the first, the foul that was

1:03:48

given against Aberdeen, I

1:03:51

think that's a very, very

1:03:54

marginal decision. And probably a very

1:03:56

tough decision on Aberdeen. If

1:03:58

you let that play on. definite foul by

1:04:01

Carter Vickers, therefore penalties. It's

1:04:03

a definite penalty by Carter Vickers. I

1:04:06

think that, Carol, I think that should,

1:04:09

that's a desperately tight column. Alistair

1:04:11

Johnson stays on the deck for

1:04:13

a while just to kind of, I think

1:04:15

he's desperately doing anything he can to

1:04:18

try and get the decision. But

1:04:21

wow, that's a very marginal call, that

1:04:23

one. Very marginal. Now they

1:04:25

did make it 3-3 subsequently. Yes,

1:04:28

3-3, but there was another

1:04:30

handball of the lines. I

1:04:33

can't remember who it was, I've only just

1:04:36

watched it once. But yeah, that's a

1:04:38

point. And when you get decisions like that going

1:04:40

against you, you know, when

1:04:42

we're in such a good fight and

1:04:44

you're deservedly taking the game deck for

1:04:46

time and penalties, you know, it's hard

1:04:49

to believe. But, you know, we can't, I can't swag

1:04:51

the guys off at all. They did a great job

1:04:54

today. I can't get over

1:04:56

how tenacious, how good

1:04:59

Aberdeen were, how

1:05:01

resilient Aberdeen were, the

1:05:04

quality of a lot of what they did. This

1:05:06

is a different animal to the Aberdeen that I

1:05:09

have seen for vast, vast parts of the season.

1:05:11

That's strange, Tom, because I've got a very good

1:05:13

friend who will be listening to this in Head

1:05:15

and Back in North Berwick, who's a big Aberdeen

1:05:17

fan. And as soon as I take

1:05:19

some of the same things, saying, I like to get Carol's

1:05:22

worth of business. Has that Aberdeen team

1:05:24

been hiding all season? Yeah. Because

1:05:26

they were terrific today. Terrific. And

1:05:28

that's, yeah, I mean, we've shown it in some of the European

1:05:30

games. And

1:05:32

you know, if we played like that in the league, we'd

1:05:34

be up top six. No question about

1:05:37

it. I don't

1:05:39

know where, I mean, as you say,

1:05:41

some great individual performances

1:05:44

today. I'll think about Hoylick.

1:05:46

I thought Hoylick was... God, what a difference

1:05:48

he made. It was unbelievable the difference he

1:05:50

made when off the bench. He

1:05:52

was brilliant. He was so, so good today. But

1:05:54

yeah, I don't know. I mean, you know,

1:05:56

we've just got to look forward now and hope

1:05:58

that our new manager... can get the same

1:06:01

kind of performances out of the team. Carol,

1:06:03

Carol speaking of manager, I must jump

1:06:05

in there for Tom, tell our Tom

1:06:07

to praise Neil Warnock for signing toilet.

1:06:10

LAUGHTER That's the only thing I'm

1:06:12

giving Neil Warnock. Well,

1:06:14

Carol, Carol, even a stopped clock

1:06:16

is rice twice a day. LAUGHTER

1:06:20

So we'll give Mr Warnock that one. Yeah,

1:06:23

we'll never get that one. He's not getting

1:06:25

anything else. He's not

1:06:27

getting anything from you or from me, Carol. I

1:06:30

mean, I look back at the three

1:06:32

goals that Aberdeen scored, but

1:06:35

also the chance like Gartemann. Oh,

1:06:38

Gartemann's chance, I know. Fine saved by

1:06:40

Hart. The highlight chance at the end

1:06:42

of normal time, a

1:06:44

soccer in extra time,

1:06:46

the penalty into... Like,

1:06:49

that's... There's so much happened

1:06:51

in this game, you forget big

1:06:54

incidents because there were six goals, there was all

1:06:56

these penalties, there was controversy, there was goalkeeper getting

1:06:58

a cramp I mean, it was just

1:07:00

insane. It was everything. Was it the best game you've been

1:07:02

to, Carol? Was that one of the best games... Was that

1:07:04

one of the best... I

1:07:06

know we had to take the result out of it, but in terms

1:07:08

of what you witnessed today, was that one of the most incredible games you've

1:07:11

ever been at? Yes, absolutely. I was

1:07:13

shaking all the way through it from

1:07:15

the scored. I mean, I along with

1:07:17

probably most Dawn fans thought today we

1:07:19

were going to come down here and

1:07:21

get married because that's always what

1:07:23

happens. We always just get

1:07:25

a final, a semi-final against Celtic

1:07:27

and we just get into

1:07:30

the bed. And we didn't

1:07:32

today, and it was just... You

1:07:34

know, the start that was hard,

1:07:36

it was just unbelievable. And everything

1:07:39

in it, go... Keep

1:07:41

it against, go for action. You know, I

1:07:43

mean, it's everything that you could possibly want

1:07:45

from a game. And I'm so proud of

1:07:47

the boys, I really am. I'm so proud

1:07:50

of them, and I think they should go

1:07:52

back up to do today and feel really,

1:07:54

really proud of what they did today. It's amazing, Carol,

1:07:56

though, because we're saying that, again, I listen

1:07:58

to this all the way down in the cup. It

1:08:00

was just bizarre. And one

1:08:03

of the biggest stories that I thought that we've

1:08:05

all missed, even Tom said, now you

1:08:07

forget about the big story, was the

1:08:09

Aberdeen standing captain to the Angus McDonald's, back

1:08:11

and all this. Again, yeah. He makes a

1:08:13

mistake. Aberdeen, by all accounts, I'm listening on

1:08:16

the radio, dominating the first half. He's comfortable.

1:08:18

Makes the young kid makes a horrendous mistake.

1:08:20

Yeah. And it looks like you think it

1:08:22

will go, that may come back to haunt

1:08:25

him. And then they make the substitute. And

1:08:27

then in the last minute of extra time, he

1:08:29

redeems himself by scoring the header. And you're

1:08:31

thinking, this can't get any more insane. And

1:08:33

then he's walking up to take a penalty.

1:08:35

And I'm going, no. No. And

1:08:38

he scores. He just scores by

1:08:40

all accounts. And you're thinking,

1:08:42

that probably encapsulated the whole game to him.

1:08:44

You've seen it live. Oh, yeah. That's another

1:08:46

story that we're all thinking about. Just tell

1:08:49

me, I mean, I'm, Carol, in real time,

1:08:51

I'm writing my stuff, right? Because you have

1:08:53

a tight deadline. You have to send it

1:08:55

over pretty quickly after the final whistle. And

1:08:58

my head is bursting. And Forrest

1:09:00

scores. And I'm thinking, OK, here's

1:09:03

my story, right? James Forrest, how

1:09:06

many wingers have Celtic signed

1:09:08

over the last 15 years? And he

1:09:11

made his debut for Celtic in 2010.

1:09:14

How many wingers? And how many years have we

1:09:16

said, oh, James Forrest, our Celtic founder, said, oh,

1:09:18

James Forrest is not as quick as he used

1:09:20

to be. You know,

1:09:22

maybe his time is up. And he comes on. He

1:09:24

scores a goal, a brilliant goal. And I'm

1:09:27

thinking, this guy is unreal. Like,

1:09:29

James Forrest, he's used infrequently

1:09:32

these days, but he

1:09:34

has been the most incredible servant for

1:09:36

Celtic. He's closing in on Billy

1:09:39

McNeil's and Bobby

1:09:41

Lennox's record of most trophies ever won by

1:09:44

a Celtic player. So, OK, James

1:09:46

Forrest, I'm just going to eulogize this

1:09:48

guy. He's just fantastic. And next

1:09:50

thing, bang. The narrative changes again.

1:09:53

It changes again. At the end, I

1:09:55

just said, right, I'm closing my laptop.

1:09:58

I'll wait until this is over. And then I'll start rolling. right

1:10:01

you're right Tom just kept changing and changing

1:10:03

and changing I love the scenes there with

1:10:05

the goals we scored the second goal and

1:10:08

the third goal for Aberdeen the celebrations in

1:10:10

among the fans Carrol just briefly Carol

1:10:12

it was great to see the players go over the fans

1:10:17

embrace them just finding theirself Carrol you touched on

1:10:19

it there there seems to be a lot of

1:10:21

positivity about the new manager yeah

1:10:23

absolutely and you know I have to

1:10:26

give I mean I'm fair

1:10:29

I've not given Dave a lot of credit in

1:10:31

the past but I have to give the board

1:10:33

a lot of credit for getting over the line

1:10:36

you know I think we've got an

1:10:38

exciting manager at this point in the

1:10:41

West Coast media seems to kind of like you

1:10:44

know here we go here we go you

1:10:47

should say more tired Scottish managers

1:10:49

towards us oh hang on now

1:10:51

Carrol hang on let's

1:10:55

have Malkey McIver Carrol

1:10:59

that's wrong because that's the East Coast

1:11:01

jobless Michael Stewart over there I

1:11:03

blame him but I love him that was Michael Stewart

1:11:06

Carrol you can't blame the West Coast my fair fair

1:11:08

I was dying for him to be honest I could

1:11:10

have a good life Carrol you don't you don't have

1:11:12

to have a month just have a go at them

1:11:14

Trust me we'll be we'll happily that narrative

1:11:17

no I mean I think you know we've got a

1:11:20

we've got an exciting manager you know

1:11:22

we've looked outside the box we've got

1:11:24

somebody who's on a network trajectory we've

1:11:26

got somebody at a decent age we've

1:11:29

got somebody with no affiliation to anything

1:11:31

Scottish and you know I think

1:11:33

it's I think it's a good appointment time will

1:11:35

tell obviously but I think the fans will give

1:11:37

him time and I think he needs

1:11:39

time and I think he needs to be left

1:11:41

to manage his team absolutely

1:11:43

Carrol people need to kind of get out of

1:11:46

his way and let him go he's a builder

1:11:48

he's not going to do it instantly people need

1:11:50

to need to show patience fans need to show

1:11:52

patience with this guy um but

1:11:55

he must not as long as we can see as

1:11:57

long as we can see what he's doing yeah yeah

1:11:59

sure that there's a plan and you

1:12:01

know just we've had so many car

1:12:03

crashes over the last three years that

1:12:06

we need to be patient and

1:12:08

we need to give somebody something to build and

1:12:10

time to build something because I think if he

1:12:12

is given that I think he could build something

1:12:14

really special. Do you know what

1:12:16

Carol, I've got one disappointment tonight and

1:12:18

that's it we're not calling you an

1:12:20

hour further down the line because that

1:12:22

could be some phone call. Enjoy it,

1:12:25

enjoy it, we tiffle on the way

1:12:27

up the road Carol, thanks very much

1:12:29

indeed for joining us on sports and

1:12:31

Aberdeen supporter Carol and they're speaking really

1:12:33

really well. What a game that was

1:12:35

today, I think plays to everyone that

1:12:37

was involved, a classic, a game we

1:12:39

will never forget. Let's hope tomorrow reaches

1:12:41

the same level sports and back at

1:12:43

hand and tomorrow of course with Rangers

1:12:46

up against hearts. As

1:12:49

always exciting to

1:12:51

play a semi-final, to

1:12:54

be close to a final, to play

1:12:56

at Hamden, you're

1:13:07

two games away from trophies so

1:13:10

everybody's really excited. Hearts

1:13:12

are going to happen, they want

1:13:14

to be made close and

1:13:17

they eventually will turn the world into

1:13:19

New York and they

1:13:21

will continue to be the new ones. It's

1:13:23

a bit of a effort to play this perfect

1:13:26

game. It's just another game on the journey, yes

1:13:28

it gets you into a final and the next

1:13:30

step goes to win a trophy, it will be

1:13:32

a tough game, we're going to need it full

1:13:34

of confidence. We're

1:13:38

going to have to go to Hamden,

1:13:41

to end the season of silverware. Rangers

1:13:44

up towards this final, in the

1:13:46

semi-final, and already they're well alone.

1:13:49

We're going to have to go

1:13:51

to Hamden for the final. Hey

1:13:53

John, look at this sudden. For

1:13:57

the show, we've got to find out who is this. from

1:14:00

BBC Radio Scotland. In

1:14:30

it he tells the same film saying Tom English

1:14:32

didn't think there was a penalty in their wow Scottish

1:14:35

football. So Kevin

1:14:37

Smith, you said there was a penalty, it

1:14:39

was a fair kick. I didn't think there

1:14:41

was three penalties. No, so Kevin Smith, he

1:14:43

sent a picture of their Tom of

1:14:45

Scales handling the ball and he said outside

1:14:48

the box, question mark, you can have a

1:14:50

look there Tom, he'd see if I don't

1:14:52

know if that's how accurate that is but

1:14:54

that's what Nabardin fans clearly not happy that

1:14:56

that wasn't given but I'm assured... Still

1:14:59

images are useless, I never go with still

1:15:01

images. Someone phoned me and said it was

1:15:03

definitely outside the box. That was the

1:15:05

word that we got fed to us from people

1:15:08

who were watching it in the studio. It

1:15:11

was outside the box. If I look at it

1:15:13

again and look at it again tonight, if I

1:15:15

feel it was inside the box I'll say it

1:15:17

on social media, there's no problem there. Right, let's

1:15:19

have a look again at that. Join now by

1:15:21

Rangers reporter Scott Cameron and good evening to you

1:15:23

Scott. How are you feeling? It's been a pretty

1:15:25

dreadful few weeks for your club. Yeah,

1:15:28

it's been a challenging

1:15:30

week for Edward David

1:15:32

Rangers as their club. It's

1:15:35

been coming for

1:15:37

a few weeks to be honest with you.

1:15:40

The performance this century played perhaps at

1:15:42

the back end of February. We've

1:15:45

regressed steadily across that period of

1:15:47

time and basically over

1:15:49

the last week the wheels have completely

1:15:51

came off. We look at him showing

1:15:54

a confidence. Nobody

1:15:56

wants to take ownership. Nobody wants to

1:15:58

make the difficult. take

1:16:00

the difficult pass and I think there's a

1:16:02

lot of fear within the side. So

1:16:05

as we go into our semi-final

1:16:08

tomorrow, if I was Harts and

1:16:10

Stevie Naysmith, I would be smelling blood.

1:16:12

I think Rangers are there for

1:16:14

the taking tomorrow but this

1:16:16

is where the manager and the

1:16:20

players need to show that character. I

1:16:22

think they'll get all the backing from

1:16:25

the fans in the stadium. Yeah,

1:16:27

I know you're going to the game. I

1:16:30

just want to ask John Roberts on something

1:16:32

because Philippe come on has done really well

1:16:34

and I've spoken really well since he came

1:16:36

to Scotland but there was a lot of

1:16:38

criticism mid-week John for this post-match comments. A

1:16:40

lot of people saying he must have been

1:16:42

watching a different game. How difficult is it

1:16:44

as a manager striking the right balance when

1:16:46

speaking with the media after a bad result?

1:16:48

It's very difficult because you've got a lot

1:16:50

of emotions on you and someone sticks a

1:16:53

microphone in your face to say, deal

1:16:55

with it.

1:16:58

I love the guy. He's come, he's a breath

1:17:00

of fresh air, he speaks brilliantly, he handles

1:17:02

himself well, he looks very classy

1:17:05

but last week was the first time before the

1:17:07

Ross County game which Billy Dodds and I were

1:17:09

doing, he came out

1:17:11

with a statement which I thought, oh that's, that's,

1:17:14

I'm not sure about that when he said that he's made

1:17:16

three changes, he wanted to get minutes into players, he felt

1:17:19

he had to get minutes into players to help him get

1:17:21

over the line at the end of the season and I'm

1:17:23

thinking there's six matches to go. Now's not

1:17:25

the time, now's not the time to be

1:17:27

messing about and saying, right I'm going to

1:17:29

play these guys for 60-65 minutes and hopefully

1:17:31

they'll get the job done. Rangers

1:17:34

win their two games last week, they go clear. You

1:17:36

play your best team. If this is Walter Smith

1:17:39

out there, he's playing his best 11 players and

1:17:41

saying get the job, get, get two

1:17:43

nothing up, get three nothing up after an hour or 70

1:17:45

minutes, then I'll take you off and see the guys in

1:17:47

the minutes. They'll get the last 20 minutes and I'll make

1:17:49

sure that they go through Brett Walsam.

1:17:51

And I thought that's dangerous and it's

1:17:53

sort of enticing but Rangers last week

1:17:56

didn't appear to embrace that

1:17:58

they were in a title race and how vital they were. the

1:18:00

win was, Ross County embraced being

1:18:02

in a loving position. We are

1:18:04

fighting for our lives and we'll do all

1:18:06

we can. That's a mentality thing. Scott, what

1:18:08

are you saying from the stands? There have

1:18:10

been question marks and actual come to

1:18:12

Steven Naismann. He mentioned it this week. I thought

1:18:14

he gave a very, very good press conference. I

1:18:17

have to say we'll get that with the heart's

1:18:19

flange shortly. But what do you make

1:18:21

of the mentality of some of the players in your team right now?

1:18:25

I think what happens is I think

1:18:27

the players that have been there, your

1:18:29

Tavenirs, your Goldsons,

1:18:32

they've had a lot of second prizes. So

1:18:34

I always find as a Rangers fan that

1:18:36

they are the sort of lightning rod. Any

1:18:39

time there's a poor result, they are

1:18:41

the ones that always get the criticism,

1:18:43

which I think both players, their performances

1:18:46

haven't been great. I think across

1:18:49

the period, I think they have

1:18:51

shown leadership, but I think in

1:18:54

certain situations, they struggle

1:18:56

to handle when there's a level

1:18:58

of expectation, when

1:19:00

we're on the cusp of

1:19:02

going to the league, going five points

1:19:04

clear potentially if we had done the

1:19:07

job properly. So I think

1:19:09

there is leadership, but I

1:19:11

think there's a soft underbelly, if

1:19:13

that makes sense, a bit of

1:19:15

a weak mentality when there's a

1:19:18

level of expectation. The manager during

1:19:20

the week didn't speak for the

1:19:23

majority of the Rangers fans, but I

1:19:25

understand what he was doing. He

1:19:28

has a semi-final tomorrow and he

1:19:30

can't basically throw the players under

1:19:33

a bus. I think he's

1:19:36

in a position, he just has to get

1:19:38

to the summer with this group of players

1:19:40

and what happens over the next four or

1:19:43

five weeks will

1:19:45

happen. In the summer, there

1:19:47

will have to be, I think

1:19:51

some players have overstayed and

1:19:53

I think he's got big decisions to

1:19:55

make. Otherwise, I think in six months'

1:19:58

time, we could be in our I

1:20:01

change your mind in your situation, unfortunately. Yeah,

1:20:04

I agree with pretty much everything you're

1:20:06

saying, Scott. And I look at Clemo,

1:20:09

I look at the players, and I think the

1:20:12

big picture, I think he's done remarkably well

1:20:14

to get this squad of players into contention

1:20:16

for winning the league. Because

1:20:20

I think there's players in there that are just not

1:20:22

good enough. They're not made of the right stuff. Tanya,

1:20:25

Cantwell, Lawrence, Desers,

1:20:28

not good enough. Not good enough for Rangers

1:20:30

chasing a league title, to have Desers as

1:20:32

your main man. I know he's got a

1:20:34

fair number of goals, but when push comes

1:20:36

to shove, I don't think Desers has it.

1:20:39

And that's not an exhaustive list. I think there's

1:20:41

more to it. When the pressure comes on, as

1:20:43

Scott says, the pressure comes on, go

1:20:46

to Ross County and go to Dundee

1:20:48

and win, you put yourself in the

1:20:50

box seat to win

1:20:53

the league title, and

1:20:55

they falter. And it's weak mentality. Fair play

1:20:57

to Ross County. They

1:21:00

outbattled Rangers on the day. And

1:21:02

they outplayed Rangers. And

1:21:05

Dundee, I thought, were excellent the other night as well. Rangers

1:21:08

just not good enough. Mentality

1:21:10

not good enough. Because not many of

1:21:12

them have been over the course and won like

1:21:14

Celtic. They're not a team of winners. And

1:21:18

Clemont is trying to, you know, he

1:21:20

has dragged them to this point where

1:21:22

they could have won the league. But

1:21:25

I think they've blown it. And you

1:21:28

kind of understand that because

1:21:30

really, this Rangers squad, it's

1:21:32

not particularly good. But

1:21:35

they have done really well to almost overachieve,

1:21:37

I think, under Clemont. I'd like to see

1:21:39

Clemont, if he gets a few quid in

1:21:42

the summer, if he can move some out and

1:21:44

what types he brings in. And I bet you

1:21:46

there'll be tough boys that he'll be bringing in.

1:21:48

Yeah, the mentality will be right. Scott, how are

1:21:50

you feeling then about tomorrow? You're seeing heartful fans

1:21:53

see their chances. I

1:21:55

think it was a bit of nervousness where we've

1:21:57

got a decent record against hearts. across

1:22:00

recent years. But

1:22:03

I think the first goal tomorrow is vital.

1:22:05

I know it's very cliched, but I think

1:22:07

if Rangers score the first goal tomorrow, I

1:22:09

think we will go on and win the

1:22:11

game. If we don't score the first goal,

1:22:13

I think it could be

1:22:16

a difficult afternoon where the character that

1:22:18

I spoke about will have

1:22:20

to be shown in spades even more.

1:22:24

But hopefully we can get the job done.

1:22:26

I don't think there's a lot of changes

1:22:28

that he can make with regard to the

1:22:30

squad. So the players that are

1:22:32

there that were referenced there,

1:22:34

your can't wells and your big players

1:22:37

have to turn up. Whereas the last

1:22:39

two games, I think they've been hiding

1:22:41

the last two games in my opinion.

1:22:43

Scott, just finally, just a one-word answer.

1:22:45

I'm seeing a lot of memorabilia behind

1:22:47

you there, a lot of Rangers memorabilia,

1:22:49

which I'll leave me on a nice question to John Roberts.

1:22:52

I mean, I'm sure he knows what's coming. Who's your favourite

1:22:54

ever Rangers player? Well,

1:22:56

there's only one Super Ali. Well,

1:23:00

how do you do, Cooper? Are

1:23:02

you winning there? I've

1:23:05

had the pleasure of spending a

1:23:08

bit of time in Super Ali's

1:23:10

company and he's everything that you

1:23:12

would, you always say,

1:23:14

don't meet your heroes. But he

1:23:16

certainly lived up to everything that

1:23:18

I thought

1:23:21

he would be. And he's a top pundit. Now, this

1:23:23

is Scott. We'll leave him on. Thanks for joining us.

1:23:26

Scott Cameron, Rangers reporter there. We're just about here from Hearts

1:23:28

fan. Just briefly, John, did you see that

1:23:30

stuff with the guys? There's a homage to all the

1:23:32

memorabilia. Do you see that piece? No. Do you want

1:23:34

to see the piece where the Hearts fan has got

1:23:36

just about every, he's got rooms dedicated to you.

1:23:39

Is this like an Alan Partridge type situation? I

1:23:41

mean, this guy, this guy is John Robertson Daft.

1:23:43

He's like a Super fan. No,

1:23:47

he's John Robertson Wright. Right.

1:23:50

Okay. Let's get some Hearts perspective on the game

1:23:52

tomorrow. Join the Heartsport of Liam Corbin. Greetings to

1:23:54

you, Liam. I know you're going to the game.

1:23:56

How are you feeling about it? I'm

1:23:58

all good. Let's start. which super Ali, come on,

1:24:01

he's a wreck, he's got nothing on Robbo. There

1:24:04

you are Robbo. There you go, that's a... The

1:24:07

class and quality is coming later on in the

1:24:09

show. Yeah, let him be rough with flyer there.

1:24:13

Yeah, he is loving that. I

1:24:16

mean, you must fancy it's what I was saying earlier

1:24:18

Liam, I thought you'd manage your sport really well this

1:24:20

week. Aye, I think. Look

1:24:23

at these games, you just

1:24:25

want your team to go and do a good account of

1:24:28

themselves. I think hearts have transformed

1:24:30

their seasons. They've been

1:24:32

unbelievable since around about November till now.

1:24:34

And you kind of want them to

1:24:36

go either one of the league

1:24:38

to peter out. Obviously the result today, near

1:24:41

enough guarantees is the European spot, which

1:24:44

was the season objective. But now you say

1:24:46

go and Robbo, tell me that. You

1:24:48

go and buy natural feet of hearts, it's

1:24:51

life changing. You'll be remembered for the rest

1:24:53

of your life. The seasons you'll never see

1:24:55

anywhere. I laughed watching the Aberdeen Celtic game

1:24:57

today, an absolute thriller. And the Celtic fans

1:24:59

were leaving as soon as they had hit

1:25:01

the back of the net. There was one

1:25:03

and done for the... The heart fans would

1:25:06

still be there Liam, eh? Exactly. Listen,

1:25:08

the old fun, you Liam will back me up,

1:25:10

the old fun get used to winning things. You

1:25:13

know, it's a funny amount of players that the heart's

1:25:15

got from the old fun teams that come to play

1:25:17

for us, the Kenny Blacks, the McPherson's and all these

1:25:19

guys. When they got

1:25:22

the Cup finals, nobody

1:25:24

understood what would happen if hearts won a trophy.

1:25:27

And the scenes when people say we've not beaten Rangers

1:25:29

at Hamden, that's true. But we did beat them at

1:25:32

Celtic Park and we got the Cup final. So

1:25:34

it's not unheard of hearts going to Glasgow and winning

1:25:36

and the Cup game against Rangers. But

1:25:38

the scenes, they don't do the open top bus. Celtic

1:25:41

Rangers have never done an open top bus, they can't

1:25:43

do it. That's the magic when hebs you won it,

1:25:45

when hearts won it, the magic

1:25:47

of going on the open top bus is

1:25:50

incredible. But, you know, Liam, I'm like you,

1:25:52

you know, we've got a good feeling about

1:25:54

tomorrow because history says Rangers, momentum at the

1:25:56

moment says hearts. But where we've

1:25:58

got to be cautious is we win. I went to

1:26:00

the I-Brocks a few couple of months ago

1:26:02

on the back of nine wins in a draw. And it's

1:26:04

probably the worst we've played all season and got

1:26:07

beat five now. So that will be in the back of

1:26:09

our heads going there. And I think on

1:26:11

the back of what Stephen Naismith said this week, that

1:26:13

there's gonna be a resilience to hearts going

1:26:15

there tomorrow to say, you know what? That ain't happening again.

1:26:17

That's what happened last time we went to a bit of

1:26:19

swagger. This happened to us. This ain't happening

1:26:22

again because, and I'm gonna throw one in

1:26:24

here, if, and I hope this is the case, that Stephen

1:26:26

Naismith goes on and wins the Scottish Cup.

1:26:28

I think he should be manager of the year.

1:26:30

He's got them to a League Cup semi-final. They're

1:26:33

in the Scottish City going and winning the

1:26:35

Scottish Cup. Looks like comfortably third place. And

1:26:38

it's his rookie managerial year. This

1:26:41

is a guy, remember, Stephen Naismith

1:26:43

has had one full season in

1:26:46

the Lowland League as a head coach.

1:26:49

And he's come in and done this

1:26:51

with heart. I'm saying if he goes on and wins it.

1:26:53

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. There's been a lot of flack, Liam.

1:26:58

I'm in there so left for yourself. Just tell us

1:27:01

the key things. What do you need? What do you want

1:27:03

to see tomorrow? We've got

1:27:05

to get at them, I think. We make them

1:27:07

uncomfortable. Look at the way Ross County done to

1:27:09

be a bit different because it's stifled them. But

1:27:11

if we can get a Vargas or Mackay for

1:27:13

this, get them on the ball and try and

1:27:15

get the ball to Shanklin, go

1:27:17

to an insuiter, don't look comfortable. You just got

1:27:19

to go put them under pressure and hope that

1:27:22

he can take a chance because he'll be the

1:27:24

difference tomorrow for me, Shanklin. He's world

1:27:26

class. There's no

1:27:28

doubt in my mind that hearts of the players

1:27:30

to win this game, it's just, do they have

1:27:32

the mentality? Yeah. Right, we'll get

1:27:34

your prediction in a minute. I know you'll love a

1:27:36

prediction. Thanks for joining us in Sports and Liam. Enjoy

1:27:39

the game. Full coverage on Sports and heart supporter, Liam

1:27:41

Corbett there. Now we're a bit late because of

1:27:44

the drama at hand and getting to events at

1:27:46

Tannerite. I think it's safe to say United are

1:27:48

champions. One new victory over

1:27:50

Air United today. We've got some reaction

1:27:52

from United fan, Andrew Bailey, Earl Arron.

1:27:54

Let's now hear from the United manager,

1:27:56

Jim Goodwin. I think it's a

1:27:58

real sense of relief. more than anything

1:28:00

else. I'll probably be able to enjoy

1:28:03

the moment a little bit more in a few hours time

1:28:05

when I get home and open a bottle

1:28:07

of red wine and I might go for a couple

1:28:09

of points tomorrow maybe with the family but I

1:28:12

mean most people will tell

1:28:14

you after a long hard competitive

1:28:16

season it is just that real

1:28:18

sense of relief that we've actually got

1:28:20

over the line. I know we spoke before the

1:28:23

game obviously mathematically it's still not done but a

1:28:25

huge goal difference makes the

1:28:27

win really significant. In terms of this

1:28:30

season Jim there's been a lot of weight on

1:28:32

your shoulders because there's a lot of expectation on

1:28:34

United this season. How do you feel you

1:28:36

and the players have coped with it because at times it

1:28:38

did look like there was wobbles there? I

1:28:41

have to commend the players and the staff

1:28:44

for the way that they did handle that

1:28:46

little mini blip if that's what you want

1:28:48

to call it. The first two quarters that

1:28:50

we played in our points return was exceptional.

1:28:53

The third quarter wasn't so

1:28:55

good and we had to try and play catch up then

1:28:57

in this last quarter of the games but we

1:29:00

haven't done anything I don't

1:29:02

think that will surprise anybody too much. I

1:29:05

know we were big favourites before the season

1:29:07

had kicked off. I think

1:29:09

there's one thing having the best squad of players

1:29:11

and people talk about the budget and what have

1:29:13

you. We've reduced the budget significantly I have to

1:29:15

say. Some of the numbers that get brandished about

1:29:18

are absolutely miles off it. The chief executive

1:29:20

worked tirelessly during the summer to get some

1:29:22

of those bigger earners out of the

1:29:24

club in the summer and then we brought players in

1:29:27

that have shown they can compete in this league. The

1:29:29

likes of Kevin Holt and Ross Stokarty and

1:29:32

Declan Gallacher who's already had a few

1:29:34

promotions in this league and we built

1:29:36

the squad capable of getting us out of the league.

1:29:38

It's not an easy league to get out of

1:29:40

whether your favourites are not, that brings

1:29:43

its own added pressure. I think the players in

1:29:45

particular deserve a huge amount of credit for being

1:29:47

able to handle that level of

1:29:49

expectation put on us from everybody outside.

1:29:52

What does the success look like next season

1:29:54

in the Premiership? Is it a

1:29:56

rebuild here in the summer that's required? We've

1:29:58

got a number of players out of the country. contract, we're going

1:30:00

to have those discussions with

1:30:03

those players in the coming weeks. But

1:30:06

look, I think it's great for Scottish football that

1:30:08

a club like Dundee United is back in the

1:30:11

Premier League. It's a club steeped in a rich

1:30:13

history. You can see here

1:30:15

today with the fanbase that's there. You

1:30:17

can't present here today, Jamie? I would

1:30:19

say probably even more. And they certainly

1:30:21

made themselves heard. So it's

1:30:24

a great day for

1:30:26

the club, for the people connected to the club,

1:30:28

the directors, the chairman in particular, financially

1:30:31

has put a huge amount

1:30:33

of money into the club and for very little return

1:30:35

has to be said. But the

1:30:38

Scottish Premier League is a stronger league with the

1:30:40

likes of Dundee United in it. And yeah, we have

1:30:42

got a big job in our hands in the

1:30:44

summer. We've got to recruit players now

1:30:46

that are capable of making that step up into

1:30:49

the league above. But we'll probably sit

1:30:51

down and talk about that on Monday. But

1:30:54

tonight and tomorrow certainly we'll enjoy this moment.

1:30:57

Well done to Jim Goodwin and to

1:30:59

all his players getting the job done.

1:31:01

Not easy as favourite. It's also well

1:31:04

done to Bucky Thistle winning the Highland

1:31:06

League. They will play East Colbride in

1:31:08

that playoff match. And then they of

1:31:10

course will face the side that finishes

1:31:12

bottom of League Two. It's currently Clyde,

1:31:14

but it is very, very tight. So

1:31:17

a minute or so left, guys. John,

1:31:19

your thoughts on tomorrow? Well,

1:31:21

I'm going with my heart. I

1:31:23

think momentum is your heart. Rangers

1:31:26

haven't been playing well. They're there. It won't be

1:31:28

easy, but of every faith in Stephen and the

1:31:31

last to get the result. Tom,

1:31:33

do you think we'll witness another

1:31:35

classic? Because that was one of

1:31:37

the special games this afternoon. Yeah.

1:31:40

Tomorrow's got all the ingredients, hasn't it? Because

1:31:42

Rangers are stuttering right now. Hearts

1:31:44

are in the good run of form and they'll fancy it.

1:31:46

Yeah, well hearts have to make it a classic. Like Aberdeen

1:31:49

made it a classic today because they turned up and they

1:31:51

did their thing. And hearts have to do that.

1:31:53

They have to put it up to Rangers. I think

1:31:55

the best of hearts can beat Rangers. This

1:31:58

Rangers, this faltering Absolutely.

1:32:00

I don't know, but I think it's

1:32:03

going to be good. Come on, you'll love a prediction. Come on.

1:32:06

But I'm terrible at them, Ken. You are, but...

1:32:09

Well, go for Rangers then, Tom. What's going on, Rangers? I

1:32:14

can't top that, Robert. I can't top that.

1:32:17

You know what? It's been great. I really enjoyed the

1:32:20

past. It's been a terrific day. A great day of

1:32:22

coverage throughout the day.

1:32:24

More tomorrow from Handon, the

1:32:26

second semi-final, Rangers against Hearts.

1:32:29

It should be another cracking match. Before that, join

1:32:32

Stuart and Tam with Off the Ball

1:32:34

from Midday. Thank you to John

1:32:36

Robertson and to Tom Inglis. Please

1:32:38

stay tuned to hear the Sports

1:32:40

on Jukebox across the next hour.

1:32:43

Some great stories. I've heard some

1:32:45

great stories and some great

1:32:47

tunes. Stay tuned for that. Well done

1:32:49

to everyone that was involved in

1:32:51

that semi-final today at Handon Park. They

1:32:54

gave us an incredible amount of drama.

1:32:56

A lot for Aberdeen fans to feel

1:32:58

positive about going ahead with next season.

1:33:00

When the new manager showed a real

1:33:02

character, a real grit today. As

1:33:04

for CEL to congratulations, will they face

1:33:06

Rangers, will they face Hearts? We'll find

1:33:09

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