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00:00mccloud thank you very much good afternoon season 2025 26 has been one of the most memorable in the
00:09modern era of scottish football as two storied celtic icons go head to head at hampden
00:17the revered martin o'neill a three-time scottish cup winner during his glittering five-year spell
00:24at the turn of the century a week on from completing an activist apology that even harry houdini would
00:31have dropped his cat to as he goes up against his former trusted lieutenant neil lennon
00:36an eight-time winner during his spells as player captain and manager of celtic as he dares second
00:43tiered and fairman athletic to dream history loyalty legacy the scottish cup's been lifted
00:52by lower league sides three times before most recently hiberni in a decade ago and lennon and
00:59his powers overcome massive odds and emulate alan stubbs hips the east five team of 1938 and that
01:07of queens park in 1893 clad the trophy in black and white and take it back to the kingdom for
01:14the
01:14first time since they won it themselves in 1968 or will it be a record extending 43rd time for celtic
01:22who have won it in eight of the last 15 seasons though they were beaten on penalties by aberdeen
01:28and here a goal
01:39james forrest has won this competition seven times before and can go level with bobby lennox and
01:44winners medals in this tournament today celtic's most decorated player comes in for just a ninth
01:50start of the season he's in for sebastian tenecte from the side that started the dramatic win over
01:55hearts last week johnston and mcgregor will be keen to atone for their failed spot kicks in last
02:00year's shootout defeat mcgregor looking for a seventh winner's medal himself my dad got 17 games
02:07without a goal before he opened the scoring in the semis against st minan he now has eight in his
02:13last six
02:19nine of the pars starters began the semifinal but young john todd comes into the team and the
02:24managed penalty took them here in the shootout tasha and ackley both also starts at the expense of
02:31ahmadi and kane who have to make do with the bench the todd brothers dad andy came on as a
02:35sub against celtic and
02:36they're defeating the 2004 final as henrik larsen's last celtic goal sealed the trophy aston oxborough is back in goal
02:48having had to go back to his pain at club motherwell a couple of times recently
02:52he's had to wait a while but 45 year old stephen mcclain takes charge of his second scottish cup final
02:5810 years on from his only other appearance as hip speed rangers and he will be assisted on fire by
03:04matthew mcdermid
03:09celtic looking for a 14th league and scottish cup double after that remarkable end to their premiership
03:15campaign seven days ago as the elite froth hearts just minutes away from letting the trophy slip
03:24calvin morrison missed that guilt-edged opportunity right at the start of the semi win over falkirk
03:29he made things a lot easier for them and for neil lennon that day their promotion hopes were ended eight
03:35days ago as they succumb to partick thistle and mary hill in the playoff semis
03:39and they've overcome no fewer than three top flight sites they get here as they look to create history
03:45themselves and win it for the third time almost 60 years on from their second
04:00just about ready to go with the 141st scottish cup final
04:07on the 26th of april 1961 a certain jockstein led dunferman to one of their greatest days
04:13against the club he would lead to the greatest prize of them all just six years later
04:18dave thompson and charlie dixon writing their names into the pars history books with the goals
04:23in a 2-0 replayed final victory against a celtic side that featured future lisbon lions mcneil clark
04:31hughes and chalmers this fixture is a rich history in this competition
04:39celtic 62nd cup final in this tournament confirmed in sixth and first since 2007
04:46they've lost three of them including that year and they've all been to today's opponents
04:50last won it against hearts in 68 and given what we've seen this season
04:56which has been just incredible across the board we rule absolutely nothing out james mcfadden
05:03absolutely you can't rule anything out confirming i've had to beat some tough opposition to get here
05:08it's a different proposition obviously facing celtic just coming off the back of winning the
05:12league title but they'll have belief that they can go and cause some problems and if they get their
05:17opportunities then they'll have to make sure they take them you mentioned calum morrison big chance in
05:21the early in the game against folker he wondered if that was going to come back and bite them it
05:26didn't
05:26they managed to get the job done and you look at how they've set up oakley booth's come in
05:30he's doing a man-to-man job and calum mcgregor and the felon are trying to get that man-to
05:35-man
05:35place on
05:38use forest
05:41trademark run it's a useful ball in as well which is dealt with by john todd
05:49and that might well set something up for the cars here with
05:54andy todd over on that far side it's in a fabulous season
06:00morrison's touch lets him down and made it easy for trusty though
06:03yeah it did and i just wonder if the pass from oakley booth was
06:07a bit of serpher going for morrison over the top the time he's run brilliantly
06:10there was space for him to run into
06:13there's you know good from preferment they're under a little bit of pressure good cross in
06:18from james forest they managed to win it back and drive forward and mount a counter-attack
06:22that didn't come to anything but showing that they're moving this game and the intention is
06:28to be solid defensively and look to try and catch seldy on the break if they can
06:33get close to strällen and Jordan has not given up
06:38as we know
06:45it's his last game in a cell, Dickshire
06:54there's a quite remarkable goal drought he went on from january until that fortuitous
06:58opener against St Mirren in the semis here
07:00Yeah, I mean, fortuitous
07:02but characteristic of Dyson Maida
07:04is that he goes and puts pressure on opposition
07:07and you know
07:08makes them panic, but the run he's been on since
07:10then has been quite incredible
07:12I think that he has been without doubt
07:14the catalyst for Celtic to go on
07:16and go on that run and eventually
07:18go on and win the championship, without a doubt
07:20for me
07:23Here foul on Morrison
07:27It's pretty simple, Celtic
07:28don't win the league without those Dyson Maida
07:30goals, as I said earlier
07:32eight in his last six games
07:35and that's made
07:36all the difference
07:39they hadn't been taught of the league since
07:40September
07:42His goals, but also his attitude, his application
07:45that work rate, that energy
07:47that he shows, he's certainly inspired
07:49his teammates round about him
07:51and got the rewards of being
07:52the man that's more often than not
07:54put the ball in the back of the net
07:55in the big moments
07:59Migran over there
08:01Maida could be coming up against him
08:03in the World Cup
08:03with Japan and Sweden's group
08:06the Netherlands in there too
08:16Mullen losing out to Yang
08:19breaks kindly for Nouradine Abdoulaye
08:22and hopefully Booth
08:29Long ball by Fraser
08:32Johnston underneath it
08:44Salah was under a little bit of pressure there
08:46it's Morrison trying to dance his way through
08:48looking for a free kick
08:49that he's not getting
09:03Jan from Ygrin
09:14Jan again
09:20this is where Dunferman will have to be so rigid
09:23but Engel's found a little pocket of space there
09:25and
09:26Chilo Ka-Mullen
09:27forced to put it behind for the first corner of the final
09:30yeah you're spot on I think
09:31when Celtic get into those areas
09:33they have
09:33runners
09:34they've got players that can
09:35see the pass
09:36and play the pass
09:37and that's where Dunferman have to be switched on
09:39a test for
09:41every single Dunferman player
09:42but
09:43in particularly that back three
09:44because he will be dragged all over the place
09:53are the angles to take
09:54return from injury
09:55at just the right time for Celtic
09:57at the end of the season
10:00Okspra
10:01punches it away
10:04Forrest
10:05on his left foot
10:06he caught it pretty well considering
10:10yeah he does well
10:11to work the space
10:12James Forrest
10:12straight at Aston Okspra
10:26he gritted well
10:27here's McGregor
10:28and Maida's on his bike ahead of him
10:30and he's got goal side
10:31was that a foul?
10:33Stephen McLean doesn't think so right now
10:35oh it's a big call
10:40great movement from Maida
10:41Cam McGregor getting free
10:43Tasha and Okleboud
10:45lovely weighted pass
10:48just gets the wrong side of John Todd
10:56there's no suggestion
10:57that this is going to be
10:59a stoppage in fact
11:02there is now
11:04but they're happy with the decision here
11:07it's a good run by
11:08Aston Maida
11:09and that's what John Todd
11:10will be so keen to avoid
11:12this afternoon
11:13yeah I mean he does go
11:16to put his arm across him
11:18I think that's the right call
11:22that's the right call
11:23from the referee
11:24it's a dangerous game though
11:26isn't it?
11:26it is absolutely
11:27he can't relax for a minute
11:29with Aston Maida
11:30timing the run's excellent
11:31he does everything right
11:32gets his body in front
11:34of John Todd
11:35maybe
11:36he's not strong enough
11:38in the challenge of contact
11:41for Maida
11:42but it is a big warning
11:45for them
11:45because normally
11:46it's when he's got space
11:47to run into
11:48that's when he causes the problem
11:49but it's a short pass
11:51making that move into the box
12:03he's had an excellent season
12:05and
12:06Jack Maia, Chiloco, and Mullen
12:08will be suitors
12:15Engels
12:19it's out of the weekend
12:20for the early goal
12:26Negrin
12:26no flag against Yang
12:31not quite work it to
12:33Dyson Maida
12:34but he's certainly flourished
12:36under Martin O'Neill
12:37as Yang
12:37he's
12:37at times
12:39he's looked a bit out of place
12:40at Celtic
12:41but
12:41under O'Neill
12:42initially in that interim spell
12:44in the autumn
12:44and then laterally
12:46this season
12:47he's proved
12:48to be a very important player
12:49for the Celtic side
12:50yeah he has
12:51and I think
12:54well that's a bit dodgy
12:56isn't it
12:56and Sidney Salo
12:57gets away with it
12:58Morrison was
12:59claiming it was over the line
13:04well once or twice
13:06Vilyami Sidney Salo
13:07was almost caught out
13:08against Hearts
13:08last week
13:10similar situations
13:12and that is fortunate
13:13that Celtic
13:14have been able to
13:15scramble that off the line
13:16yeah I mean
13:16it's really poor defending
13:17initially
13:19and a real mix-up
13:20but
13:21what you have to say is
13:23it's outstanding
13:24from Liam Scales
13:25to recognise the danger
13:27to get there
13:27and stop the ball
13:29from just creeping
13:29over the line
13:31poor defending
13:32at the start
13:32great defending
13:33in the end
13:47we'll get a little look
13:48back at how close
13:50that was
13:51to crossing the line
13:53there's
13:54yeah
13:54and chases
13:55he's not getting there though
13:57I mean
13:58it is really close
13:59to going over the line
14:00but again
14:01tell you Liam Scales
14:02this brilliantly
14:03home home for the ball
14:05Johnston
14:06it's in the Salo
14:09making a bit of a mess
14:10and look at this
14:11with Scales
14:15Morrison gets
14:16even just a tiny bit
14:18more on that
14:20yeah
14:20I have to say
14:21initially I did think
14:22it was more
14:23Sinasalo
14:24but I think
14:24Arsar Johnston
14:25has to deal with that
14:25much better
14:26he lets it bounce
14:27the ball doesn't skid
14:28through as much
14:29as he's maybe
14:29hoping for
14:30it looks like
14:31he's going to
14:31take control
14:32of the situation
14:34Sinasalo's
14:34caught in no man's land
14:36but
14:36Scales
14:37alert to go
14:38and snuff out of danger
14:56you should see as well
14:57you should see as well
14:57the Celtic players
14:58wearing black armbands
14:59in memory of Mike
15:00Galloway who
15:02sadly passed away
15:04last week
15:05cause of that
15:06story carried at
15:07hearts
15:09amongst others
15:14a lengthy spell
15:15at Celtic
15:16but it came
15:17in that period
15:18in the early
15:1990s
15:20mid 90s
15:20where
15:22silverware
15:22was hard to come by
15:23for this club
15:23certainly not the case
15:25these days
15:32Negren
15:35against Frazer
15:38he's
15:39Negren
15:40he's propped up
15:40here
15:43a lot of
15:44Benjamin Negren's goals
15:45have come from
15:46ones like that
15:46this season
15:48Winston
15:50quite expecting
15:51the return
15:52and then
15:52he's at
15:52behind
15:53yeah
15:53they have
15:54at the point
15:55Negren
15:56but he can't
15:56go for goal
15:57there for me
15:57he's got two
15:58options
15:58better placed
15:59inside him
16:00Arne Engel's
16:00one of them
16:01it's great play
16:02great run
16:02but we need
16:03chops back
16:04on to that
16:04left
16:04I know
16:05the temptation
16:06was there
16:06for him
16:07to have the
16:07shot
16:13it wasn't
16:14on
16:14too many
16:15bodies
16:15in front
16:16it used
16:22to be
16:22a pass
16:23square pass
16:24across the
16:25box
16:25his teammates
16:26in better
16:27positions
16:42there's been
16:43some return
16:43for Martin O'Neill
16:44who I think
16:44was enjoying
16:46coffee
16:47quiet cafe
16:48in London
16:49when he received
16:50the call
16:52Brendan Rodgers
16:53left the club
16:54when he always
16:54appointed the
16:55day after
16:58had they not
16:59won the league
17:00the decision
17:00not to just
17:01keep him in
17:01place for the
17:02rest of the
17:03season
17:03would have
17:04lied heavy
17:05on that
17:06on the club's
17:06board
17:07well I mean
17:08even though
17:08they did
17:09win the league
17:10fantastic
17:11results
17:12last seven
17:13games
17:13eight games
17:15it's still
17:16a mistake
17:17that they made
17:17but they managed
17:18to get away
17:19with it
17:19you just think
17:20even another week
17:21to take them
17:22into the cup
17:23final
17:24could have
17:25been so
17:26different
17:28they were well
17:29beaten in the end
17:29by St. Merin
17:34he could still
17:35win the game
17:35but he certainly
17:36wouldn't have
17:36won it as
17:37comfortable
17:37as what he did
17:39Wilfred Nancey
17:40lost six of his
17:41eight matches
17:41in charge
17:44Jan for Tierney
17:47excellent ball
17:48across there
17:48no takers
17:49in the back
17:49post
17:59Tierney
17:59again
18:00Stephen Kenney
18:01talking about
18:02Tierney's
18:02fitness levels
18:03I think they have
18:04but not considerably
18:05I mean he's
18:06he's finishing
18:06a lot more matches
18:07than he was
18:07he was barely
18:08getting to 90 minutes
18:09the first half
18:10of the campaign
18:11if not longer
18:47I think
18:47at the start of the season
18:49it was
18:49we were told
18:50and he was
18:51probably told
18:51you couldn't
18:52only play
18:5260 minutes
18:53so your
18:54mindset is
18:55that you're
18:55playing 60 minutes
18:56and it's totally
18:57gone towards
18:58the end of the season
18:59even to remember
19:00it's
19:01horrendous time
19:01with injuries
19:02and it does
19:03take time
19:03to get back
19:04to your best
19:04but sometimes
19:05the best option
19:06is just to say
19:06go out and
19:07give us
19:07everything you've got
19:08and see how long
19:09you can last
19:09rather than telling
19:10him 60 minutes
19:11will make the change
19:12and it becomes
19:13a routine
19:14and you don't
19:14then
19:15you're not able
19:15to smash through
19:16that 60 minute
19:17barrier
19:17which he's
19:18clearly done
19:19towards the end
19:19of the season
19:20a huge benefit
19:21to him
19:22and also
19:23going into
19:24pre-season
19:24you expect him
19:26to come out
19:26of that
19:26stronger
19:27from next season
19:30left here
19:31with a broken
19:31jaw
19:33nine years
19:33ago
19:36in the
19:37Scottish Cup
19:37final
19:40narrow win
19:41over Aberdeen
19:42here
19:45he's back
19:45for the
19:45trophy lift
19:46right enough
19:48I think
19:49when you're
19:49looking for
19:50Morrison
19:50that's going
19:51to be
19:51a tactic
19:53Dunfermline
19:53will adopt
19:54throughout
19:55try and get
19:56Morrison in
19:57behind that
19:57Celtic defence
19:58which has
19:59looked
20:00uncomfortable
20:01at times
20:02this season
20:10Forrest
20:13that's for
20:14Tierney
20:15and now
20:15Yang
20:21Tierney
20:22again
20:23he's too deep
20:25with every minute
20:35and certainly
20:36keep Celtic
20:36out
20:37the more
20:37confidence
20:38they'll gain
20:39from that
20:39Yeah
20:40I mean
20:41it's an old
20:42cliche
20:42but it is
20:43tactic
20:43to have little
20:46goals
20:46and keep it
20:47nil-nil
20:48for the first
20:48ten
20:49then you move on
20:50to twenty
20:51twenty-five
20:52can you get a
20:53half-time
20:53team and not
20:54conceding
20:55these little
20:56goals and
20:57gains that you
20:57make in the
20:58game when you're
20:58the underdog
20:59and certainly
21:00the fans have
21:01nearly had the ball
21:03in the back of the
21:04net themselves
21:12and then
21:13for Johnston
21:20Johnston rolls it to
21:21Tierney
21:26he's famously scored
21:28from outside of the
21:29penalty area
21:29inside this stadium
21:31this season
21:33is Kieran Tierney
21:41not sure where he was
21:43going but
21:43Delay got in the
21:44way of it
21:48Yeah I think it is
21:50key for the
21:50Formula to
21:51have those goals
21:52and keep it tight
21:53but you need to
21:54remember as well
21:54Celtic
21:55it's got so many
21:56late goals
21:57it's not as though
21:58they'd be frustrated
21:59by it
22:00and it's a necessity
22:01that Celtic get
22:02an early goal
22:03of course it makes
22:03it life a lot
22:05more easier
22:05from the Celtic
22:07perspective
22:07but Furman have
22:08to be switched
22:10on
22:1190 plus
22:16and their late goals
22:17have been ridiculous
22:18this season
22:19Celtic
22:19and we know
22:21they're woven
22:21through the club's
22:22history
22:25even last week
22:27they left it
22:27so late
22:34from Johnston
22:35to be misjudged
22:36and Maida's in
22:36that's clever
22:37and that is
22:381-0 Celtic
22:48and if this is to be
22:50Dyson Maida's
22:51last game
22:51and a Celtic
22:52sharp
22:54another piece of
22:55silver
22:55where will be
22:56the perfect
22:57parting gift
22:581-0 Celtic
23:01I mean
23:02we give him praise
23:04Dyson Maida
23:05for how hard
23:06he works
23:07his speed
23:07he doesn't often
23:09get the praise
23:09for the composure
23:10that he's been shown
23:11in front of the goal
23:12of late
23:13the pass
23:14too much time
23:15from a development
23:15point of view
23:17high line
23:18John Todd
23:18just gets caught
23:19under it
23:19perfectly weighted pass
23:21but what an exquisite
23:22finish
23:23from Dyson Maida
23:24no panic
23:25just pure composure
23:26lovely pass
23:28from Alistair Johnson
23:29you know
23:30he can over hit it
23:31because Maida
23:32will catch it
23:32and that finish there
23:35sublime
23:36from Dyson Maida
23:4117 games
23:43without a goal
23:44for Maida
23:46but he has exploded
23:48into life
23:48at just the right time
23:53his goals
23:54won Celtic
23:54the league
23:55and his goal
23:56here
23:57is them ahead
23:58in the Scottish Cup
23:59final
24:00and that is exactly
24:01what Neil Lennon
24:02did not want
24:03and I'm afraid
24:05John Todd's going to be
24:07reliving that
24:08when he goes to his bed
24:09tonight
24:09and as Dyson Fermin
24:10can turn this around
24:13it's tough for him
24:14because
24:14there's no pressure
24:16on the ball
24:16the line
24:17the holder line
24:18the defensive line
24:19so the space is in behind
24:20and then it favours
24:22Dyson Maida
24:22you can't over hit it
24:24he just gets caught
24:24under it
24:25it's not a howler
24:26from him
24:26he just misreads it
24:28you have to say
24:30the pass
24:30the run
24:31the finish
24:32absolutely outstanding
24:33from Dyson Maida
24:34and that's what he does
24:36these days
24:40he's not always
24:40at that composure
24:42it's always
24:43one of these strikers
24:44who
24:45the less time
24:45he has to think
24:46about it
24:46the better
24:47remember his one-on-one
24:49in the tail end
24:50of last year's final
24:51against Aberdeen
24:53which could have won
24:53the trophy for Celtic
24:55could have been so different
25:00I think
25:00some of the goals
25:01he's scored
25:02you even think
25:02in the fall
25:03but when he goes
25:03and puts pressure
25:04to win it back
25:05it's just such a composed finish
25:07from distance
25:08no panic
25:09good technique
25:11and that's something
25:12he's shown
25:13nice foot back
25:14by Engels
25:15gets it back
25:15from Maida
25:17Johnston on the stretch
25:19but it's with Forrest
25:19it's Johnston
25:22Lee Booth
25:24deals with it
25:25as does Fraser
25:26but
25:28this is looking ominous
25:29right now
25:29for the German Athletic
25:31you would have to say
25:31I mean
25:33you know
25:33the aim is
25:34clearly not to concede
25:35at any point
25:36but certainly early
25:37in the game
25:38and it's important
25:39for the fairman
25:40from their point of view
25:41that
25:43they don't go
25:43and get too excited
25:45and force it
25:46and try and rush it
25:47or feel sorry
25:48for themselves
25:48because if they do
25:50and let Celtic
25:51get into their rhythm
25:53then it could be
25:54a long afternoon
25:55for them
25:56I'm sure he would have
25:57told them that
25:58before the game
25:59that there is a
26:00high possibility
26:01Celtic are going to take the lead
26:02but you have to maintain
26:03your composure
26:04don't be too down by it
26:28the team that scores
26:29the first goal
26:30has only lost
26:30the Scottish Cup final
26:31four times out
26:32in the last 37
26:34last season of course
26:35the most recent example
26:37the Yang's in here
26:41and Oxford delighted
26:42that he's put it
26:43the wrong side of the post
26:54I think the offside flag
26:57was up as well
26:57it's a great play
26:58from Engels
26:59just backing in
27:00waiting for the run
27:01from Yang
27:02yeah
27:04I mean it is quite tight
27:06I have to say
27:06but
27:08that's the wrong option
27:09and the wrong execution
27:11from Yang
27:19from Yang
27:20but again
27:21it's another little
27:22sight up
27:23it was an Alfie
27:31Dorrington own goal
27:31at Celtic in front
27:32last season
27:33only other three times
27:35in the last 37
27:37Aberdeen against Celtic
27:39in 2017
27:41and Andrea Skerla
27:42for Dunfermline
27:43and then
27:43Jimmy Calder
27:44which side
27:451-0 up
27:45against Celtic
27:46he went on
27:46to win 3-1
27:49Marston's double
27:51Celtic took the lead
27:52against Rangers
27:52in 2002
27:53and lost that one
27:59more often than not
28:00the team that scores
28:01first
28:01lifts the trophy
28:29Austin Oxborough
28:30there
28:30was back at
28:31Motherwell
28:31last weekend
28:32part of their
28:33matchday sports
28:34we couldn't play
28:35in the playoff
28:36semi-final
28:37second leg
28:41last time by
28:42Keenan and Glenn
28:54as difficult as it
28:55needs to stick
28:56for the
28:56fairman
28:56he goes up there
28:57Calum
28:57Morrison backing
28:58into us
28:58and trust it
28:59can't get it
29:00under control
29:02seems to be
29:02waves of attack
29:03from Celtic
29:04at the minute
29:25there's not really
29:30there's not really much
29:34trying to stop
29:35stop at the source
29:37but
29:37Calum
29:37McGregor
29:38just getting
29:39clear it
29:39Oakley
29:40Booth
29:40throwing the strings
29:42in and around
29:42the box
29:43that's a good
29:44opportunity for
29:45Yang
30:03goes with it
30:04Oh, my God.
30:18Charlie Gilmore has barely got a kick in this game so far.
30:34I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
30:44I'm sorry.
30:47I'm sorry.
31:10Scales over the top, here's Yang against Chilocoa Mullen.
31:16Well, they found themselves in terrific positions either side of the penalty area, attacking areas.
31:23Yeah, I mean, that's a great little ball over the top from Scales, good run from Yang.
31:28Good execution once again from him, though.
31:43He's got to have a good think about this, Neil Lennon, because it feels right now that this cup final
31:48could get away from them pretty quickly.
31:51Yeah, it could, but it's difficult because Celtic are in their rhythm now, they're managing to get good territory in
31:58the round in the fairman box.
32:05From what the guys are gleaning down there, he's concerned that his team's a little bit too passive in this
32:10match.
32:11Do you agree with that?
32:12Yeah, I mean, I think it's tough because they're set up to go and try and particularly nullify Callum McGregor,
32:18get in control of the game.
32:20Uncle Boothie's going on McGregor to try and stop him, but they play it so quick and the movement's good.
32:26It's very difficult then to get close and really put some pressure on.
32:46Highlights of this cup final tonight, 7.15 on the BBC Scotland channel.
32:55And tomorrow off the ball from midday on BBC Radio Scotland.
33:02We've also got that playoff to come on Monday night, final domestic match of the season.
33:09It's evenly poised between St Mirren and Partick Thistle after the first leg at Firhill on Thursday at 1-1.
33:16It's live on the radio, highlights on the telly to come on Monday.
33:24Just a great example there, because Uncle Booth is going further forward, so Abdoulaye was the one that's then charged
33:32with going and stopping Callum McGregor.
33:34But there's a huge space, Arne Engles finds it, miss Callum McGregor, go to Engles who's got time to turn
33:39and drive forward.
33:40So it is difficult to confirm it to go and really get that pressure on and be aggressive.
33:48Maybe have an open move further up through the middle, bring that physicality to the attack.
34:00Always taking a chance with Maizan.
34:05Buzzing around you.
34:08Maizan, Maizan waiting in the middle here, and Yang's in there too.
34:11Here's Forrest, that's an excellent ball as well, drifting it in.
34:15A bit too high for Yang, Maizan going to the near post.
34:36This is as comfortable as Celtic have been in a game of football in a long time, I can remember.
34:45Survive that early opportunity for Callum Morrison, but Neil Lennon is very animated down there at the bottom of the
34:51picture, just out of view now.
34:55He's wanting them to try and get a press on and go and win the ball back, but it's very
35:00difficult.
35:00There you go, Neil Lennon's been playing more advanced.
35:03Finds the space, then it's Engles who's in space.
35:06Yang for Tierney.
35:10There it goes by John Tann.
35:16Half an hour in, Celtic with a 1-0 lead.
35:24Talking about how comfortable Celtic have been.
35:26They've not put together too many 90-minute performances this season, so it will give the Pars a little bit
35:33of hope, assuming they don't concede again during this tornado they're up against.
35:55It's a little bit of a little bit of a pitch, but it's a little bit of a pitch.
36:08for Morrison, I know he's made the run, Mac Todd stepped into the game,
36:12can he just drive and get his team up the pitch?
36:27Engels, fullside of Abdullahi, here's Yang,
36:31Engels gets it back.
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38:22if they're not going anywhere
38:24it's for Morrison
38:27a little bit unfortunate
38:28seems to be giving Trusty a bit of a hard time
38:30as Callum Morrison on the rare occasions
38:33they've managed to engage him
38:37yeah I mean he is a threat
38:40obviously Callum Morrison prefers to go on in behind
38:43but even those ones where
38:46it looks to be favouring Trusty
38:48he's managing to get himself in and cause enough of a problem
38:51but the issue for Dunferman is
38:53they can't spend too much time on the ball
38:55they're not able to get it
38:57under control in those positions
38:59Celtic recovery is good
39:01it's over the last maybe five or so minutes
39:03they've got nowhere near
39:05I mean they haven't been able to get anywhere near anyway
39:07but you see McGregor in a bit more space
39:09Engels is in a bit more space
39:12and imagine it having a big impact on that
39:15Dunferman, the lack of the Dunferman press
39:27Scarcely could Martin O'Neill have thought
39:2921 years on from his last Scottish Cup lift
39:32that he'd be back here
39:34in charge of the Celtic
39:36in the final of this tournament
39:41Wider's after it again
39:45Wider's after it again
39:46Wider's after it again
39:46Wider's after it again
39:47Wider's after it again
39:47Wider's after it again
39:47Wider's after it again
39:51Wider's after it again
39:51Wider's after it again
39:56Wider's after it again
40:00Wider's after it again
40:01Wider's after it again
40:02Wider's after it again
40:02Wider's after it again
40:04Wider's after it again
40:05Wider's after it again
40:07Wider's after it again
40:10Wider's after it again
40:14Again, in goes, oh, wonderful!
40:22A wonderful goal, fitting for the cup final.
40:28And Arne Engels might have won the trophy for Celtic already.
40:33Ten minutes shy of the break.
40:36Augsburg routed.
40:39They're just too much, Celtic midfield.
40:43Engels and McGregor in particular finding space, impacting the game.
40:47It's McGregor that steps in with a quick forward pass to Forrest,
40:50and then the space just opens up.
40:53Simple little pass here.
40:55Engels, we know how well he strikes the ball, there is a bit of movement in it.
40:58I think it starts going towards Oxborough.
41:01Some bodies in front of him.
41:05It's a good strike from Arne Engels.
41:09It's a time and space, you know, no one disappointed.
41:12There's no attempt to put pressure on the ball there.
41:17It's been really, really comfortable for Celtic in this first half.
41:25Celtic's record shining.
41:29He might have put this beyond Unferman Athletic.
41:32He's another one that's been pivotal for me in the turn of form for Celtic.
41:39Helping calm McGregor out.
41:40Not eye-catching stuff, but I think you notice Arne Engels what he brings to the team when he's not
41:44in it.
41:45Certainly we know he's more than capable of standing technique.
41:50I think he was a big loss for Celtic.
41:57He hasn't always convinced Belgium international off the back of that record,
42:03moved from Augsburg.
42:05As Jan comes forward.
42:07Here's Tierney.
42:12Yeah.
42:14Confirming her being tooled from pillar to toast here.
42:18Yeah.
42:18It's time and space.
42:19They've got an overrun.
42:20Outplayed.
42:21I think Tierney had a chance to get a shot away there.
42:24A little hesitation.
42:27Just makes the ball go outside them.
42:29But Arne Engels with the pass, and you're right, he has come in for criticism.
42:33Many Celtic players this season.
42:36I think most of it's down to the price tag.
42:39Most of it, he's still young.
42:41He's still improving.
42:44I think it's an important part in this title-winning team.
42:48Yeah, Johnston coming back.
42:50By them returning to form.
42:53Engels.
42:55It's falling into place for them.
42:59There were many, and there were many players in the game.
43:03Former players, former players considered Celtic legends who thought they had no chance of retaining the league title.
43:10They went on to do just that.
43:14They've been chasing for eight months.
43:24The last team to come from two goals down, and when the Scottish Cup final was Celtic.
43:29But that was back in 1931.
43:35So, as well as what looks like a vibrant Celtic side, they've also got history against them through the pars.
43:42It's all falling flat for them for that wonderful run to the final.
43:49They've knocked out Hebs, knocked out Aberdeen, knocked out Falker.
43:56Yeah, I know there's time left in the game, but it'd be a miracle for Deferman to win this game.
44:00Celtic are so comfortable, so dominant.
44:03You feel that there's still improvement even in the performance.
44:09First booking of the final goes to Charlie Gilmore.
44:12It was an unused sub in St Johnstone's League Cup final win in 2021.
44:19Didn't make the squad for the Scottish Cup final that season.
44:23Oh, my God!
44:34Forrest.
44:47A bit of respite for Deferman now.
44:51Andre Todd is brought to the ground by Trusty.
44:55Yeah, I think it's better, and I think it has to happen more often.
45:00Where Deferman striker, if it's Morris and Oakley Booth or Todd,
45:03they can get in and just take the pressure off.
45:06The problem they have is it's about 30 yards from their own goal.
45:08They need to get higher up the pitch.
45:12Easier said than done, I have to say.
45:24Is there a way back into this for Deferman?
45:30Those two are at it again.
45:51That was Engel's first goal, incidentally, since...
46:01That was Engel's first goal, incidentally, since...
46:03That's the place he's scored goals regularly at.
46:09That's the place he's scored goals regularly at.
46:10The Celtic have been here regularly down the years.
46:16That's the seventh of the season.
46:20That's the seventh of the season.
46:35It's a penalty last week was crucial, wasn't it, at that point?
46:38Because Hart's getting to half-time 1-0 up,
46:40then it could well be a very different outcome.
46:44Here's Yang.
46:47Tier 8.
46:49He's scuffed at that.
46:52He's annoyed because he had a couple waiting.
46:55Go, go, go!
47:07I think Neil Lennon was contemplating changes.
47:12But perhaps he's had a look at the clock and thought,
47:15maybe we'll just get to half-time and reorganise.
47:18The problem is Celtic will keep going.
47:24If it goes to three, it will be game over.
47:38Chris Cain is being spoken to down there, so...
47:46Also got Zach Rudd in, I think.
47:53We'll keep an eye on that.
47:56Yang for Negri,
47:57who might well have been played onside by John Todd there.
48:07Yeah, well, I know the Furman haven't really offered much,
48:11but they need a presence up front.
48:13They need someone that can get hold of the ball
48:16and take the pressure off.
48:18I'm not surprised it's Rudd or Cain.
48:21I'm surprised Chris Cain didn't start the game, to be honest with you,
48:24but I wonder if he's just carrying a little knock.
48:29I'm not surprised that Neil Lennon's looking.
48:32I know that people look and say they have to get closer to midfield
48:36and be more aggressive in the press, but they have to get hold of the ball.
48:38They have to get someone that can go and take the pressure off,
48:41be that physical presence up front.
48:50It's going to be one minute minimum off, added on at the end of the first half here.
49:08This is as dominant a performance as we've seen from a team in a Scottish Cup final.
49:15Well, certainly in recent years,
49:18New Celtic had a lot of possession last term, but Aberdeen had opportunities in the game.
49:27New Celtic are worth of 80% in the possession.
49:31Stakes at the moment.
49:36Much better from the former.
49:40I mean, if they get the next goal, James, then it's a different kettle of fish,
49:45but it's easier said than done.
49:46Well, as difficult as that looks from this point,
49:49the Ferman have to believe that getting a goal can change the game.
49:53And you don't know what the reaction's going to be, but they have to take part.
49:58I feel like, barring the chance for Karl and Morrison,
50:03they've not really taken part in this Cup final,
50:06and that will be the biggest disappointment from Neil Lennon.
50:12As I said, his players have been too passive.
50:15It can be difficult, but they just haven't got anywhere near Celtic.
50:21A great turn by Yang.
50:24It's a clever ball as well, and James Forrest goes into the net.
50:31He's only regretting he's not taking the ball with him.
50:34Yeah, that's brilliant from Yang.
50:35Little drop of the shoulder, Chilico Mullen buys it.
50:38Too easy.
50:39But that pass, outstanding for us probably.
50:44Just not alert to it initially.
50:46Bobby Fraser, you have to say, defends it well.
50:48That's excellent from Yang.
50:55It's half-time, and it is all Celtic.
50:59Martin O'Neill's team lead 2-0 at the break.
51:05Lovely finish from Dyson Maida opening the scoring.
51:10Which has been a dominant performance.
51:15Inside the club that's won it more than anyone else.
51:18Sane angles with a pile driver to make it 2.
51:22London Fernland have an absolute mountain to climb in the second half.
51:27We are expecting potentially a couple of changes by Neil Lennon at the interval.
51:34We saw Shea Kearney, Zach Rudden and Chris Kane all being put through their paces from the touchline as that
51:41first half wore on.
51:45But it has been, as I said James, as dominant a performance as we've seen from a team in a
51:50Scottish Cup final.
51:51Yeah, it has been a strong Celtic performance.
51:55They took their time to get into their rhythm, but once they found it, they have been absolutely dominant in
52:00this first half.
52:02And you feel that they are in the mood to go and get goals.
52:05And you expect them to go and really come out flying in the second half to try and make this
52:10a far more comfortable half of game for them.
52:15Celtic well on course for a league and Scottish Cup double.
52:19They lead Dunfermline Athletic 2-0 at half-time.