FOOTBALL Live

Sunday August 30, 2009 Finished Easter Road

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Hibernian
    • Celtic
    • 90+5 Long one into Nish, knocked on to Bamba who takes a heavy touch and shoots but poor, weak and at Boruc. Final whistle, Celtic hold on to the win!
    • 90+4 A long one is pumped in, seems to come off a defender's head, Boruc scrambles across but cannot keep it in. Goal-kick anyway - ref said it was headed on by Nish.
    • 90+3 Boruc booked for time-wasting.
    • 90+2 Corner to Hibs, Rankin swings it dangerously in but Boruc tips away. Still in play, put in for Bamba but he was offside.
    • 90+1 Last-chance saloon for Hibs as Wotherspoon is in, he drills it into the box and Bamba is in there but behind him and it ricochets in the box and Boruc gets a touch and hacked away!
    • 90' Killen clearly dives over Hogg's challenge, the ref waves play on but does not book Killen. Again.
    • 89' Caddis fouls Rankin around 35 yards out, taken quickly wide to Wotherspoon who plays in a good cross but Flood heads clear. Rankin loses the ball, Brown plays it through to Samaras, he is in but too wide and Brown is yelping for it but Samaras goes it alone and plays it straight at Stack who blocks. Brown is annoyed.
    • 88' Celtic take the corner short but manage to give it away. Not for long though, Hibs can barely string two passes together. Bamba barges into Caddis from behind on the right wing, needless free-kick and a booking.
    • 87' Celtic counter and Killen has it on the edge of the box, he hammers a dipping shot towards the top left but Stack palms it over!
    • 86' Loovens gives away a free-kick on the edge of the Hibs box, the hosts take it quick, Rankin is on the edge of the area but drives it weak and low at Boruc.
    • 85' I win a tenner, off myself, as the Hoops run the clock down. There are still at least six minutes left though chaps!
    • 84' Celtic win a corner down the left. Tenner says they take it short.
    • 82' Celtic are doing quite well now to kill the pace of the game and keep ball.
    • 81' Boruc hoofs it clear, Bamba climbs all over him and Celtic have a free-kick.
    • 80' Samaras gets a shed-load of space on the left but the ball in is a bit poor and Hibs clear.
    • 79' CELTIC SUB: N'Guemo off for Caddis.
    • 78' Nish on the edge of the box, takes a sweet touch to drag the ball back and clip a curling shot in that goes just wide of the far post!
    • 77' Rankin with the corner and Riordan flies in but a decent stop from Boruc.
    • 76' HIBS SUB: Stokes comes off for big Colin Nish.
    • 75' Riordan on the right is challenged by Hinkel and the ball comes off the German, but no, it seems it came off Riordan as the ref points for a goal kick.
    • 74' No consistency from the ref as Killen goes down claiming a free-kick but he waves him up. So if that was a dive why was he not booked?
    • 73' Celtic have to be careful, they give the ball away and Stokes almost gets in and they cannot afford to do that.
    • 71' Throw to Celtic on the right with Caldwell advanced for some reason.
    • 70' Hibs really are sensing something here as Rankin tries to get in down the right, no support though and Celtic clear.
    • 69' CELTIC SUB: Flood and Killen on for Maloney and McDonald.
    • 68' Samaras on the left wins a corner.
    • 67' HIBS SUB: Byrne on for McCormak.
    • 66' McBride booked for clipping Brown.
    • 65' Wotherspoon gets it 25 yards out on the right AND HE SPANKS OVER A DIPPING HALF VOLLEY TO THE TOP LEFT BUT AN INCREDIBLE SAVE BY BORUC OFF THE INSIDE OF THE POST AND AWAY! What a stop! That was a brilliant shot by the youngster, rising high and dipping into the top corner but the Pole somehow flew across to trip that.
    • 64' Hibs on the front foot now after that sending off, Celtic have to hold out for almost half an hour.
    • 62' Bit of a mess on the edge of the Celtic box but McGeady breaks and Hanlon brings him down, that is going to be at least a booking but Hanlon claps the referee's decision because he has shown McGeady a yellow card for diving, his second and he is off!
    • 61' HIBS SUB: Cregg comes off for Zemmama.
    • 59' The free-kick is swung by McBride into the box, Riordan with a flick on AND BAMBA MUST SCORE BUT HE SLICES THE FINISH WIDE OF THE FAR POST! Oh dear, bad miss.
    • 58' N'Guemo sees yellow for a brutish trip in the middle of the park.
    • 57' Stokes goes down in the box after an excellent Hinkel tackle, the fans roar and Stokes looks almost embarrassed as he only slipped and did not even appeal.
    • 56' Hibs break, Stokes has it but is on his own and surrounded by Celtic players. He does really well to hold it up and play a cross from wide that is put out for a Hibs throw.
    • 55' Maloney on the left drills in an inviting cross but just beyond Samaras sliding in at the far post and Hibs survive.
    • 54' N'Guemo gets in a bit of a pickle under pressure from Rankin and he could be in but Caldwell goes well to clear.
    • 53' Celtic counter, Samaras on the left, good cross but slide clear by Bamba. N'Guemo now has a crack but blocked and eventually a goal kick to the hosts.
    • 52' Rankin swings this one far post from the left and Hogg rises but heads on to the roof of the net.
    • 51' Riordan swings it in and it catches Boruc out, who staggers back to tip it behind for another corner.
    • 50' Good play by Stokes on the left to spin inside Loovens and Hinkel to win a corner. Taken short, Riordan cuts back and unleashes a superb shot that Boruc just tips over!
    • 49' All the way back with Stack as Celtic pressurise Hibs from the front.
    • 48' Riordan swings in the free-kick but Caldwell rises to head clear.
    • 47' Hinkel slides in late on Hanlon and sends him tumbling, it looked worse than it was and the ref rightly just warns him.
    • 46' Second half underway!!
    • - No changes at the break it seems as the sides come out for the second half...
    • - Celtic with 55 per cent of the ball, three shots on target to Hibs' none and seven off target to four.
    • 45+3 Half-time, Celtic lead 1-0 through that Samaras's first SPL goal since December. Really, it's been that long.
    • 45+2 Celtic knocking it about on the edge of the Hibs box but unable to find a way through to Brown goes wide and back to Fox but he loses out and Hibs clear.
    • 45+1 Three minutes added time being played.
    • 45' A break in the play as Cregg gets treatment, winded I think.
    • 44' Samaras heads the long punt on but McCormack clears. Back with Samaras though, on the left, he flicks it on to McDonald who tries a lob but gets it all wrong, well over.
    • 43' How do Hibs respond to that? By lumping it long, that's how. Foul on Loovens though, Celtic have a free-kick deep in their own half.
    • 41' N'Guemo wide right to Hinkel who digs out an excellent dipping cross AND SAMARAS LEAPS LIKE A SALMON TO POWER THE HEADER PAST STACK FOR 1-0! Great goal, but Bamba did not get tight enough on Samaras. Muted celebrations from the Greek - that's his first goal in donkey's.
    • 40' Celtic come forward through Hinkel on the right, he looks across to McGeady who is now on the left, good keep-ball.
    • 39' McGeady wide to McDonald, he crosses to Samaras but he gets the header all wrong, high and wide for a goal kick.
    • 38' Maloney to put this corner in from the left AND CALDWELL FLIES IN BUT PUTS IT OVER! Another superb chance from a corner from Celtic, their corner-takers are really giving their team-mates something to work with.
    • 37' Fox to take this again, his delivery this far has been excellent AND IT IS ANOTHER ONE ACROSS THE FACE OF GOAL AND MCDONALD AND LOOVENS BOTH MISS IT AND BAMBA BUMBLES IT BEHIND!
    • 36' McDonald pops up on the left, now McGeady on the right, he drills it low and McBride puts it behind for another corner on the right.
    • 35' Fox takes the free-kick and he sends it low TO SAMARAS but he misses the ball! Comedy.
    • 34' McGeady races away from Bamba who comes across him and tugs at his shirt, McGeady goes down, free-kick on the edge of the box on the right.
    • 33' Good defending by Caldwell to head away with Riordan ready to pounce. Corner, taken short, then swing in from the left but eventually back with Boruc.
    • 32' Maloney has the ball in the back of the net after a great flick on by Samaras but the flag is up for a push, which is very harsh as the lino was on the wrong side of the play to see that. He seemed to me to do nothing wrong.
    • 31' Brilliant skill by Riordan to turn Caldwell inside out but oh dear he air-kicks the attempted cross. Everyone sees the funny side of it, player and coach alike.
    • 30' Fox takes the corner but it is poor, really poor and Hibs clear with ease.
    • 29' Maloney jinks inside the full-back and swings over a testing cross that Hanlon flies in to head behind for a corner.
    • 28' McBride swings it in but Bamba is climbing all over the defenders and it is a free-kick to the Hoops.
    • 27' Loovens with a foul on the Hibs right, Bamba gets up for the free-kick.
    • 26' McGeady on the right but in slides Bamba to send it clear.
    • 25' Riordan gets the ball ahead of Loovens and spreads it wide to Rankin but a woeful cross up in the air and behind for a goal kick.
    • 24' Riordan gets down the left again and he skins Hinkel before swinging over a deadly low cross that flies across Boruc and he can only parry it but hacked away by Caldwell!
    • 23' Riordan to take this free-kick then, on the left-hand corner of the box. He swings in a brilliant curler that beats Boruc all ends up and flies inches wide! That shaved the post, fantastic effort.
    • 22' Only a yellow for McGeady, there were men getting back the ref says. Lucky boy.
    • 21' Another corner to Celtic on the right almost finds Samaras but Hibs clear this time. Cregg plays it to McBride now and he spots Riordan but plays it to McGeady BUT IT COMES OFF HIS THIGH AND RIORDAN IS IN AND MCGEADY BRINGS HIM DOWN! That could be a red card, he was through!
    • 19' Fox with the corner, superb cross to the far post on the edge of the six-yard box AND SAMARAS UNMARKED AND HE RATTLES THE HEADER AGAINST THE BAR! Stack totally beaten, Samaras should have scored!
    • 18' Bamba puts a low cross from McGeady behind for a corner and it could easily have gone into his own net, he had no idea where that was.
    • 17' McDonald tries to thread the ball through, half-cleared but Celtic come again, long for McDonald far post, he heads across goal but Bamba clears. N'Guemo could be in now but there is a foul on Hogg and Hibs have a free-kick.
    • 16' Maloney swings it low in the area but no-one gets a touch, not even a defender and McGeady has it on the right but his low cross is weak and cleared to touch.
    • 15' Cregg lunges in on Brown, over the ball and gets a yellow. Free-kick Celtic on the left.
    • 14' Rankin comes forward now but lashes a wild effort well over.
    • 13' Maloney is caught ball-watching and Hibs get in down the flank with Wotherspoon who swings in a cross that it put behind by Fox for a corner.
    • 12' Celtic are showing their true colours now, chasing everything and bullying Hibs in their own half, typified by Brown sliding in twice to challenge for loose balls.
    • 11' Samaras on the ball, he turns and cuts inside from the left, passes it on to McDonald who slips a neat ball wide to McGeady, who cuts on to his left and tries a curler but gets it all wrong and it flies wide of the far post.
    • 10' Rankin gets down the right and puts in a decent ball and Stokes is free but Loovens gets in just ahead of him to head clear! Would have been a free header otherwise.
    • 9' Good spell of pressure from Hibs, Celtic camped in their own half for the last minute or so.
    • 8' Hinkel gets in down the right and tries to swing a waist-high cross in but too close to Stack, who gathers easily.
    • 7' Scrappy opening with the onus on Celtic to play the football but they seem strangely subdued. Maybe it is too early on a Sunday morning for the lads.
    • 6' Bamba plays it forward to Wotherspoon who runs at Hinkel but the German challenges and wins the throw.
    • 4' Hibs seeing a fair bit of the ball, Bamba and Hogg playing it around at the back patiently.
    • 3' Hibs come forward but Loovens hoofs the ball clear and yells at his team-mates for stepping off Stokes. Cagey start from Celtic.
    • 2' Samaras is okay, John Hughes is angry about something though.
    • 1' Match underway! Celtic come forward, Samaras falls clutching his face after accidentally colliding with Wotherspoon's shoulder, McDonald gets in behind Hanlon but Hogg heads clear.
    • - Otherwise, Samaras comes in for the injured Fortune and Donati's last act in a Celtic shirt was his wonder-goal against Arsenal in the Champions League loss on Wednesday: he has since joined Bari.
    • - An interesting one then - it had been reported that Stephen McManus, the Celtic skipper, was to return after a knee injury but he is not even on the bench so make of that what you will. Ipswich are allegedly interested.
    • - Referee: D McDonald (Scotland)
    • - Celtic: Boruc, Hinkel, Caldwell, Loovens, Daniel Fox, Maloney, Scott Brown, N'Guemo, McGeady, Samaras, McDonald; Subs: Zaluska, Flood, Crosas, Killen, Thompson, O'Dea, Caddis
    • - Hibernian team: Stack, McCormack, Bamba, Hogg, Hanlon, Wotherspoon, Cregg, McBride, Rankin, Stokes, Riordan; Subs: Ma-Kalambay, Zemmama, Nish, Thicot, Stevenson, Benjelloun, Byrne
    • - John Hughes believes Hibernian should build a statue to Tony Mowbray as they prepare to welcome their old boss back to the club. MORE HERE!
    • - Celtic manager Tony Mowbray believes the Hibernian fans will almost be the only thing he will recognise when he returns to his former club.
    • - Welcome to our SPL match of the day, with Hibernian hosting title-challengers Celtic at Easter Road from 12:30 UK time!
  • Summary

    • 90+1 Last-chance saloon for Hibs as Wotherspoon is in, he drills it into the box and Bamba is in there but behind him and it ricochets in the box and Boruc gets a touch and hacked away!
    • 89' Caddis fouls Rankin around 35 yards out, taken quickly wide to Wotherspoon who plays in a good cross but Flood heads clear. Rankin loses the ball, Brown plays it through to Samaras, he is in but too wide and Brown is yelping for it but Samaras goes it alone and plays it straight at Stack who blocks. Brown is annoyed.
    • 87' Celtic counter and Killen has it on the edge of the box, he hammers a dipping shot towards the top left but Stack palms it over!
    • 78' Nish on the edge of the box, takes a sweet touch to drag the ball back and clip a curling shot in that goes just wide of the far post!
    • 77' Rankin with the corner and Riordan flies in but a decent stop from Boruc.
    • 65' Wotherspoon gets it 25 yards out on the right AND HE SPANKS OVER A DIPPING HALF VOLLEY TO THE TOP LEFT BUT AN INCREDIBLE SAVE BY BORUC OFF THE INSIDE OF THE POST AND AWAY! What a stop! That was a brilliant shot by the youngster, rising high and dipping into the top corner but the Pole somehow flew across to trip that.
    • 62' Bit of a mess on the edge of the Celtic box but McGeady breaks and Hanlon brings him down, that is going to be at least a booking but Hanlon claps the referee's decision because he has shown McGeady a yellow card for diving, his second and he is off!
    • 59' The free-kick is swung by McBride into the box, Riordan with a flick on AND BAMBA MUST SCORE BUT HE SLICES THE FINISH WIDE OF THE FAR POST! Oh dear, bad miss.
    • 51' Riordan swings it in and it catches Boruc out, who staggers back to tip it behind for another corner.
    • 50' Good play by Stokes on the left to spin inside Loovens and Hinkel to win a corner. Taken short, Riordan cuts back and unleashes a superb shot that Boruc just tips over!
    • 41' N'Guemo wide right to Hinkel who digs out an excellent dipping cross AND SAMARAS LEAPS LIKE A SALMON TO POWER THE HEADER PAST STACK FOR 1-0! Great goal, but Bamba did not get tight enough on Samaras. Muted celebrations from the Greek - that's his first goal in donkey's.
    • 38' Maloney to put this corner in from the left AND CALDWELL FLIES IN BUT PUTS IT OVER! Another superb chance from a corner from Celtic, their corner-takers are really giving their team-mates something to work with.
    • 37' Fox to take this again, his delivery this far has been excellent AND IT IS ANOTHER ONE ACROSS THE FACE OF GOAL AND MCDONALD AND LOOVENS BOTH MISS IT AND BAMBA BUMBLES IT BEHIND!
    • 32' Maloney has the ball in the back of the net after a great flick on by Samaras but the flag is up for a push, which is very harsh as the lino was on the wrong side of the play to see that. He seemed to me to do nothing wrong.
    • 24' Riordan gets down the left again and he skins Hinkel before swinging over a deadly low cross that flies across Boruc and he can only parry it but hacked away by Caldwell!
    • 23' Riordan to take this free-kick then, on the left-hand corner of the box. He swings in a brilliant curler that beats Boruc all ends up and flies inches wide! That shaved the post, fantastic effort.
    • 21' Another corner to Celtic on the right almost finds Samaras but Hibs clear this time. Cregg plays it to McBride now and he spots Riordan but plays it to McGeady BUT IT COMES OFF HIS THIGH AND RIORDAN IS IN AND MCGEADY BRINGS HIM DOWN! That could be a red card, he was through!
    • 19' Fox with the corner, superb cross to the far post on the edge of the six-yard box AND SAMARAS UNMARKED AND HE RATTLES THE HEADER AGAINST THE BAR! Stack totally beaten, Samaras should have scored!
    • - Welcome to our SPL match of the day, with Hibernian hosting title-challengers Celtic at Easter Road from 12:30 UK time!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Hibernian

    Manager: John Hughes

    Starting line-up

    • G. Stack
    • D. McCormack Substitution Out (67′)
    • S. Bamba Yellow Card
    • C. Hogg
    • P. Hanlon
    • P. Cregg Yellow Card Substitution Out (62′)
    • K. McBride Yellow Card
    • D. Wotherspoon
    • J. Rankin
    • A. Stokes Substitution Out (77′)
    • D. Riordan

    Subs

    • C. Nish Substitution In77′
    • S. Thicot
    • M. Zemmama Substitution In62′
    • L. Stevenson
    • A. Benjelloun
    • Y. Makaba-Makalamby
    • K. Byrne Substitution In67′

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • Celtic

    Manager: Tony Mowbray

    Starting line-up

    • A. Boruc Yellow Card
    • A. Hinkel
    • G. Caldwell
    • G. Loovens
    • D. Fox
    • S. Brown
    • L. N'Guemo Yellow Card Substitution Out (79′)
    • A. McGeady Red Card
    • S. Maloney Substitution Out (70′)
    • G. Samaras Goal
    • S. McDonald Substitution Out (70′)

    Subs

    • C. Killen Substitution In70′
    • W. Flood Substitution In70′
    • D. O'Dea
    • M. Crosas
    • L. Zaluska
    • P. Caddis Substitution In79′
    • J. Thompson

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

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  1. Lafferty cheated, admitted the crime, done the time,­ aplogised for his wrong doing, McGeady fecking cheat,­ no crime, my Ar*e, wake up Cyclops and smell the­ @#$%e!!!

    From A, on Tue 1 Sep 9:31PM
  2. I'm English and an Aston Villa supporter, so­ I'm a neutral as far as Hibs v Celtic.
    I thought I­ would a read some of your Scottish footy pages for a­ change.
    It makes me sad that there is so much bigotry­ and hatred north of the border, either between the­ Scots towards the English or worse still..Scots against­ the Scots. Why bring religion, ancient history, the­ Pope, King Billy into it????? Football is a wonderfull­ game for all of us to enjoy, especially with a bit of­ healthy banter, but from what I have read on these­ pages it's far from healthy.

    From Troika, on Mon 31 Aug 11:41AM
  3. All you huns have no room too talk about cheating. Kyle­ lafferty? fakes ah headbutt and winks too the players­ on the bench?
    + yous are sayin we cheated our way too­ win against hibs? we were a man down and hibs still­ never beat us! so get in rooond yees and go get ah grip

    From catherinegrant10, on Sun 30 Aug 9:11PM
  4. Is this "Sunshine" (more like evil and­ darkness) for real? You're a biased ignorant idiot.­ I hope I meet you in Glasgow on a dark night. Hail­ Hail.

    From blazebuster65, on Sun 30 Aug 8:07PM
  5. why did the ref not book killen 4 diving not 1 but­ twice did not learn that at er n ord thompson 4 the­ huns must be something in the west win at all costs and­ to hell ith the rest of the spl lets hope the bigoted 2­ end up with hee haw in there groups in europe

    From James Rendall, on Sun 30 Aug 5:25PM
  6. Haha celtic you should blame the S.F.A you made your­ bed know lay in it ans shut up

    From lubov, on Sun 30 Aug 5:05PM
  7. Haha celtic you should blame the S.F.A you made your­ bed know lay in it ans shut up

    From lubov, on Sun 30 Aug 5:03PM
  8. 111.Good point well made.I assume that's why they­ keep singing the cry was no suspenders

    From margaretallan19, on Sun 30 Aug 4:49PM
  9. So bored o all the sectarian @#$% both sides spout.
    Its­ a game o fitba FFS.
    When yoos gonnae aw grow up .who­ gies a @#$% aboot yer queen or pope. Divide and conquer­ yoos aw been had ya dumb fcuks

    From Angus B, on Sun 30 Aug 4:49PM
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    cheatin wee dirty republican rat.. . he didnt even­ take the opportunity to hav a bath the mingin gett..­ maybe he was savin the water for samaras the boggin­ filthy beggar

    From Yin, on Sun 30 Aug 3:21PM
  11. Remember 1572 you proddy sewer rats.Remember king billy­ wis a poof and he only came over to England not­ Scotland and while you suck on it suck on this king­ billy dinae like the scots.Thats why their was Massacre­ at Glencoe and he sold you proddy numpties on going to­ South America and you all got mugged,hip hip­ hip.
    Anyway.........Three cheers for the Prince in the­ Black Velvet suit.

    From simon s, on Sun 30 Aug 3:14PM
  12. DOES LAFFERTY SPRING TO MIND FOR ALL YOU HUNS

    From THE HOOPS, on Sun 30 Aug 3:13PM
  13. HAIG WHAT ABOUT LAFFERTY LOL

    From THE HOOPS, on Sun 30 Aug 3:12PM
  14. Rangers players never cheat? Ho! Ho! Gordon Smith ( a­ Rangers man ) set this precedent.
    What about Laugherty­ cheating to get an opponent sent off. Well it's­ going to get interesting now. Who will be next? By the­ way Eduardo dived and won a penalty.
    I don't think­ McGeady was near the penalty area.

    From Stephen D, on Sun 30 Aug 3:11PM
  15. FOR ALL YOU HUNS THATS TALKING ABOUT MCGEADY, DOES­ LAFFERTY COME TO MIND,DID HE NOT CHEAT TO GET A PLAYER­ SENT OF.

    From THE HOOPS, on Sun 30 Aug 3:11PM
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    TIMS U ARE A DISEASE ON SCOTTISH FOOTBALL WITH YOUR­ DIVING CHEATING YA BUNCH A LOWLIFES. GET USED TO BEING­ 2ND YET AGAIN

    From n.haig123, on Sun 30 Aug 3:05PM
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    DIVIND CHEATING BARSTEWARD

    From n.haig123, on Sun 30 Aug 3:03PM
  18. Charge mcgeady with what? He was caught diving and got­ a red card from it, so he'll serve a game ban with­ it already. Plus, celtic weren't the ones moaning­ of eduardo and his 'penalty' it was the SFA­ chief executive, so everyone talking about­ 'irony' should take a step into reality. Fair­ enough if mcgeady got away with it after he dived, but­ he's been sent off and will serve his punishment,­ so get over it :s

    From bboyle15, on Sun 30 Aug 2:54PM
  19. Ive never been to Ireland nor am I a Catholic and I was­ born long after the famine or King silly
    Hail Hail!

    From kennyross1, on Sun 30 Aug 2:53PM
  20. ha ha ha i see all the scumgers are out on our celtic­ stories again

    go and get a life you nobodys

    From simonk, on Sun 30 Aug 2:48PM
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