Extended highlights of Falkirk v Celtic, and a look back at Saturday's action.
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02:00This is the third time in the league.
02:01And Haysem Hassan comes back in after an impressive second half against United.
02:06Murray, Negrin and Hu all drop to the bench.
02:08Jota not in the squad because of the surface.
02:25Here's Henderson.
02:29Here's Murrell.
02:31Good strength and holds up play.
02:35Volker looking to strike first here.
02:37A chance and a goal.
02:39What a start for Volker.
02:41And it's Ethan Ross who tucks it home.
02:45The ball comes in.
02:46It's Carter Vickers who lays it on a plate for Ethan Ross.
02:51An uncharacteristic error.
02:54And Ethan Ross, brilliant first touch actually.
02:57And finishes with the second.
02:59For a second goal of the season.
03:02Problem here though for Ryan Strain.
03:08Doesn't look good.
03:13Strain is a big part of this goal.
03:18Just as he delivers the cross there.
03:22It's obviously felt something.
03:24Not a pretty sight.
03:26For Ryan Strain and Volker.
03:29And the enforced change.
03:33Early on.
03:53Scales forwards.
03:55Durand in there.
03:56And he's got a chance here.
03:59And rattles the frame of the goal.
04:01Comes to Hassan.
04:03He'll try and bend one.
04:05That's a good stop from Bain.
04:10The ball over the top from Scales.
04:13Catches out the focal defence.
04:15And Camilo Durand has been so deadly.
04:17And he's only inches away.
04:20From finding the equaliser.
04:28He does get his head to it.
04:30But it comes for Ames.
04:32Against Donovan here.
04:34No names.
04:36He's got Barbrook.
04:37In support.
04:38Lovely bit of play.
04:41Can Volker find a second here.
04:43And the finish.
04:44From Murrell.
04:45Wasn't up to his.
04:46Recent standards.
04:51He's got brilliantly here.
04:52He's got brilliantly here.
04:54And Tanzer picked out Murrell.
04:58Hoping to at least test the keeper there.
05:07Tanzer steps away from Hassan.
05:09Giving him a taste of his own medicine there.
05:12Good pass though from Tanzer.
05:14And he's now out of position.
05:16And Celtic look to try and create something here.
05:19Looking for an equaliser.
05:20It's Osman.
05:21Up against Macmillan.
05:24Good challenge in the end.
05:26Out for a Celtic corner.
05:28And as Osman tried to bend that to the far corner.
05:31Mika Bauer to deliver.
05:40Scales is there.
05:42And Spencer in the way.
05:43It's not out of play.
05:44And Falkirk.
05:47Stripping to get it properly clear.
05:50Picked up by Hassan here.
05:53Swing it back in.
05:55And what a save from Bain.
05:56Great reactions.
05:59Scott Bain.
06:00Coming up with the goods again here.
06:02To Denai Duran.
06:04Yes it was straight at him.
06:05But he still has to react quickly.
06:08To palm it away.
06:10To preserve Falkirk's advantage.
06:20Osman, that's a good ball for MacGregor.
06:22Now Celtic can move forward.
06:23Into Duran it goes.
06:25They're giving him room for the shot.
06:27Bain just scoops it away.
06:31Again.
06:32Bain had to look lively.
06:34Celtic.
06:36Threatening.
06:37And Duran.
06:38He's just given so much space to.
06:40Have a pop.
06:45Duran couldn't keep it.
06:48Spencer spins.
06:52Falkirk can come forward here.
06:55Held up by Murrell.
07:04No Tanzer.
07:05No Tanzer.
07:07James.
07:09Back to Tanzer.
07:10It's a lovely ball.
07:10Scott Tanzer with the chance.
07:12And a goal.
07:13What a strike from Scott Tanzer.
07:15And Falkirk.
07:16And Falkirk double the advantage.
07:19A quite superb.
07:21Incisive move.
07:22From Falkirk.
07:24And there.
07:25Two goals to the good.
07:29Well Martin O'Neill will not like the way his defence were cut open.
07:35Down that left-hand side of Falkirk.
07:41Tanzer for Ames.
07:43And then a wonderful ball back into Tanzer who had continued his run.
07:46And arrows it low.
07:48Pass Sam Johnston.
07:51For his second goal of the season.
07:55And Falkirk have put themselves in a brilliant position.
08:10It's Melnicks for the long throw-in.
08:13Flicked on dangerously.
08:15It's got in, hasn't it?
08:17It has.
08:22Incredibly.
08:23Falkirk with a three-goal lead on Celtic.
08:32Oh, I didn't know too much about that, Jacob Murrell.
08:39Oh, it comes off his hand.
08:41I think that'll be chopped off.
08:45And Liklsen waiting for the instruction from Kevin Clancy.
08:52Yeah, it's a handball.
08:55Always looked that way.
08:59And Murrell denied.
09:09She's looking for a way back into this game.
09:12It's Hassan for Donovan.
09:14And Bean just claws it over his own crossbar.
09:24And Khabar.
09:26To deliver.
09:28Scales is there again.
09:30And pushed away by Bain.
09:34Bauer with another opportunity to cross.
09:37Spencer this time.
09:39Celtic are flying pressure for the first time really in the second half.
09:43It's James Forrest who sees his way to go blocked this time by Bain.
09:52Another corner from Bauer all the way through.
09:55Big chance for McGregor.
09:58Oh, he looks to the heavens.
10:01Blazing off target.
10:05He fell for him so kindly.
10:09Probably wants that on his left foot, ideally, but nonetheless.
10:13Got it finished from there.
10:29Here's James Forrest.
10:33Tierney finds Forrest once more.
10:35Oh, little dummy.
10:36James Forrest.
10:38Beaming the save.
10:38And again.
10:40To keep out Forrest and Negan in quick succession.
10:48Hassan sends it back in.
10:50Hooley's it back.
10:51Henderson in the way this time.
10:59And Scales brings down Ethan Ross.
11:02And that will be a booking for the Celtic centre-back.
11:07Nowhere near the ball.
11:11Well, you can hear the chants of Scotland's number one
11:14from the Falkert fans.
11:17And Scott Bain is putting up a really good argument
11:19that that should be the case
11:21with his performance this afternoon.
11:41James Forrest taking on Allen.
11:45He's a ball into the box, but cleared away by Nielsen.
11:48McLeod with his first involvement.
11:51McGregor now helping it on to Donovan.
11:53Out to Hassan.
11:56See if they need a goal on fast.
11:59Hassan provide it here.
12:01It's a good delivery.
12:02It's over Hoot.
12:03Ken Bain gets a crucial touch.
12:06As Forrest forced that across goal.
12:17Ascetic fans trying to urge their side on.
12:22As Negrin swings it in deep.
12:24Away by.
12:25Faudry comes out to Bauer.
12:27He's going to try his luck.
12:28And Bain again across the Pusher-wide.
12:32It's a good strike from Bauer.
12:34And Bain would have seen it pretty late.
12:44Forrest.
12:46Back to Negrin.
12:50Falkert fans want the final whistle.
12:54And there they have it.
12:56A momentous win for John McGlynn and Falkert.
13:00Over the league leaders and champions.
13:04It's a first victory over Celtic.
13:07Since March 2007.
13:09And it is thoroughly deserved.
13:11From a Falkert side.
13:14Who to a man.
13:15Were quite magnificent this afternoon.
13:18Ethan Ross.
13:19Giving them the perfect start.
13:22And Scott Tanzer.
13:24Doubling that advantage before half time.
13:27Celtic just couldn't come up with an answer.
13:29But that was in large part down to that man.
13:32Scott Bain.
13:33With surely a man of the match performance.
13:36And maybe he's earned the Scotland number one jersey.
13:39For the upcoming internationals.
13:42For Celtic.
13:43It is just a second defeat of the season.
13:46A first away from home.
13:49And further questions will be asked about them.
13:52And their performance.
13:54But this afternoon belongs to Falkert.
13:57A fourth win on the bounce.
13:59And the end.
14:01A long wait.
14:02For victory over Celtic.
14:04And no wonder they're smiling from year to year.
14:07At the Falkert stadium.
14:09It finishes.
14:10Falkert 2.
14:11Celtic 0.
14:16Yeah it's taken a huge effort.
14:18A massive effort.
14:19Some shift that the players have put in there.
14:21And we've needed Scott Bain.
14:23He had the game of his life.
14:24He had so many saves there.
14:26So many.
14:26We were delighted.
14:27And it's a huge testament to everyone.
14:30The work rate.
14:30The effort.
14:31The commitment.
14:31The desire.
14:32The hunger to go extra for each one of them.
14:35In the first half I think Scott Bain had two really outstanding saves.
14:38And there might have been another very good save.
14:40But there wasn't so many as there was in the second half.
14:44That he's had to continuously produce.
14:47So a huge thank you to Scott Bain for the actual game he's had today.
14:52I think I got an early-ish save in the game.
14:55And it sort of settled me into the game.
14:58And a good save before half time.
15:01Dinan comes through.
15:02Managed to get over the bar around the post.
15:04I can't remember.
15:05But going out to the second half.
15:07I just felt really confident in the game.
15:09I felt confident in the players.
15:11In the game plan.
15:12And I knew that I would be called upon.
15:14But it just felt like one of those days where they weren't going to score.
15:17I've had a couple of them have done the United.
15:19And we can see the last minute.
15:20But today we managed to hang on.
15:23Yeah.
15:24Naturally disappointed.
15:24We lost the game.
15:26It was a tough old match for us obviously.
15:29But we conceded some poor goals from our viewpoint.
15:33And actually won so very, very early on in the game.
15:35But we created enough chances to have won three games.
15:38Yeah.
15:39If I can go on in the defensive side firstly.
15:41I think that's now one clean sheet in ten.
15:44And you look at the things today that happened as well.
15:47What do you think is going wrong there?
15:49No.
15:49I think that you're right.
15:51I think you can take a...
15:52I do believe that we should tighten up defensively.
15:55And I think that we should be looking at some clean sheets.
15:58We definitely...
15:58Today I thought we played some really decent stuff as well too on the surface.
16:03And I thought we'd create a lot of chances.
16:05We just didn't take one of them.
16:06In the bigger picture taken on your point, it's three wins in ten.
16:10Is that record satisfactory?
16:13When you're playing tough games in European football,
16:16then I think you have to take sometimes the opposition into consideration.
16:20You know, but it's a long season.
16:22It's a long season ahead.
16:24And we, this time last year, we were in our worst position.
16:32St. Johnson having to withstand some early Kilmarnock pressure.
16:36Checked your batty into Taylor Stephen.
16:42Robbie Dees will pick up for the home side.
16:47Dees looking for Hugel.
16:50And Toby Stewart, to the surprise and fury of the Kilmarnock fans.
16:56Has he handled that outside the area?
16:58Well, he...
17:01He does look out of his area there with the ball in his hands.
17:05Nick Walsh in VAR is replaying it.
17:08Nervous moments for St. Johnston.
17:10And the goalkeeper, Toby Stewart, is on loan from Portsmouth.
17:17And I think his game may be done after 13 minutes.
17:21Off he goes.
17:24Just the start that St. Johnston didn't want.
17:26And the manager, Simo Valakari, is having to turn to Ross Sinclair
17:30for his first appearance of the season for St. Johnston.
17:34In fact, the last time he played for St. Johnston
17:37was the 18th of May, 2025.
17:40Free kick, Kilmarnock.
17:43Greg Kilty over it.
17:45Well, it's poor.
17:46Kilty once again.
17:48Oh, the cue.
17:48Up here!
17:49Kilmarnock have the lead.
17:51Kyle McCarthy.
17:52The defender with his first goal for the club.
17:57And double trouble for St. Johnston.
18:00Down a man.
18:02Down an early goal.
18:05Well, initially, Kilty's effort was true,
18:07but at the second light of the cherry,
18:10although they were lining up,
18:11and it was Kyle McCarthy who got there.
18:14Gennaro Daniels was in there as well.
18:16But it's the Irishman with the decisive header.
18:23And it's Alec to Danny Schmidt.
18:26It's an equaliser for the ten men.
18:29And it's another first for the club.
18:34Danny Schmidt, the German,
18:37gets his first goal in St. Johnston colours.
18:40From Ennis Alec's corner,
18:43and Kilmarnock will ask,
18:46where was the marking?
18:47Danny Schmidt won't mind.
18:49One apiece.
18:52Just thought the manager wanted.
18:56Well, Kilmarnock get back underway.
18:59Shocked by that equaliser.
19:02Stanger.
19:03To Robbie Dees.
19:06Well, Joe Hugo's done really well there.
19:08Excellent from Hugo.
19:10Promising for Kilmarnock.
19:12Wonderful!
19:13From Kilmarnock.
19:15Gennaro Daniels puts them back in front.
19:17A minute and 20 seconds after the St. Johnston equaliser.
19:23Fabulous football from Kilmarnock.
19:25What a move and what a goal for the man from Suriname.
19:32Well, he doesn't look all that happy, but this was football right out of the top drawer.
19:38Hugo did superbly well.
19:40And look at the finish here.
19:44The back heel from Gennaro Daniels to match the set-up play from Joe Hugo.
19:51It's brilliant from Kilmarnock, and what a half of football this has been.
19:56Still some defending for St. Johnston to do.
20:02And as Kilmarnock hesitates, well, Ennis Alic won't.
20:07Alic sees the run of Joel Cottrell.
20:10Danger here for Kilmarnock.
20:11It's Joel Cottrell!
20:12St. Johnston are level!
20:15It's the ten men who'll celebrate.
20:18And so will the goal scorer.
20:19Joel Cottrell's first for St. Johnston.
20:22And it levels this match up.
20:25Well, Kilmarnock just backed off and let Ennis Alic run.
20:30The delivery maybe takes a slight nick off Lowry, but on the chest and then right-footed.
20:36It's perfect from Cottrell.
20:38Wonderful composure.
20:40And St. Johnston will feel they deserve to be level.
20:44Brilliant goal.
20:50Langello played that to Hodge and he'll get it back now.
20:54Langello looking for the back post.
20:56Maswanese sliding.
20:58And he couldn't direct it goal-wards.
21:02He scored in his last three games against St. Mirren.
21:06He looked destined to do so there.
21:08Might have been offside anyway.
21:16Over the top looking for Palmer Holden.
21:18Ryan Carr is back there to head away.
21:23Calvin Ramsey.
21:24Under a bit of pressure.
21:25Oh, and he sells the pass.
21:26Ibrahim Saeed is in.
21:28One-on-one.
21:29Must be.
21:30Oh, brilliant save.
21:31Jacob Chapman.
21:33Oh, Motherwell.
21:35Have really struggled for confidence in front of goal.
21:38He scored a brilliant goal through the week against St. Johnston.
21:41You'd have backed him there.
21:43But Chapman comes out on top.
21:45Brilliant save from the Australian.
21:48Just goes to the edge of the box.
21:50Just goes to the edge of the box.
21:50Might break for Gertrude Reich.
21:52Who slams that just over the bar.
21:57It was fortuitous in the way it came to him.
22:01But almost a brilliant acrobatic finish from the Australian.
22:05Did well to actually chest that down.
22:11Hodge.
22:12Sparrow had to chase that one.
22:16Oh, and Sparrow's played a brilliant ball to Kanga.
22:18Who turns.
22:19Takes the touch.
22:20Tries to set up Saeed.
22:22Oh, it's just wide.
22:24Well, that looked destined for the back of the net from Saeed.
22:31Four goals already this season for the Nigerian.
22:36I wondered if Kanga was going to hit that.
22:38Unselfish play from the Swede.
22:42Saeed off target.
22:45He's somehow hooked that wide.
22:53And they will go in for the more direct approach.
22:55Charles Cook up against Fieldson.
22:57There's an appeal from Charles Cook and from the Motherwell fans of a handball here.
23:03You can't tell from the angle we have.
23:07But Don Robertson is certainly speaking to Steve McLean, the VAR.
23:11Oh, where does that hit Henry Fieldson?
23:15Well, the VAR are getting involved.
23:19And Don Robertson has pointed to the spot.
23:23After a lengthy delay, the St Mirren defender has been punished.
23:28It's been scrappy in this second half.
23:31But Henry Fieldson has just handed Motherwell the opportunity.
23:37What's he thinking there?
23:40Because Faddinger, from the spot, tucks it home.
23:44Jacob Chapman has such a good penalty record, but he wasn't going to stop that.
23:48Right in the corner from Motherwell's captain.
23:53Well, let's take a look at the Scottish Premiership table.
23:56After all of that action, Celtic still leads by four points at the top from Rangers, but have now played
24:02a game more than both them and Hearts.
24:05Falkirk up to fourth place above the two Dundee clubs after that magnificent win this afternoon.
24:12St Johnstone 7th, St Mirren 8th, Motherwell 9th, Aberdeen 10th, Kilmarnock 11th and Hibbs bottom of the table, but with
24:22a game in hand on Kelly.
24:25There was further drama this afternoon in the second of the Premier Sports Cup semi-finals at the National Stadium,
24:32where Hibernian came from behind to beat Hearts by two goals to one and book their place in next month's
24:39final against Rangers.
24:40Let's get some post-match reaction.
24:43In the first half, I really enjoyed how we played football, how we dominated the game on the ball, how
24:49we made sure that we created chances, gave Hearts a big problem in defence.
24:57And in the second half, and you know this before this is going to start, I really enjoyed the togetherness,
25:03the work rate, the energy, the desire.
25:06And that's so important, because in the match you will dominate maybe, what is it, 40 minutes, some part of
25:15the game.
25:15And then the rest is survival, and especially in these matches where it's sometimes electric.
25:22This can happen, and this is where we made a big step today.
25:26And also, I'm so happy for the staff, the players, because they worked so hard for this.
25:32And that's really important, and not only those two people, like the staff and the players, but also, for me,
25:39the fans who kept on supporting us.
25:42Not only during the match, but especially those matches where we didn't have the result like it was today.
25:48And that's really important to me, and that's what togetherness means to me.
25:52Really sore and disappointed, of course.
25:55Especially when you see the game going on, how the game was going on, and yeah, they didn't have to
26:02go this way, because we had control of the game when we started.
26:05I think it started with the moment that Thomas was injured, that's clear.
26:09And I think, and then afterwards, Kel, also in possession, especially with the profiles on the pitch, we had to
26:16go more from possession.
26:19Then it was much better, and then we dominated the game again, and then it's just a pity that they
26:23didn't get rewarded, because they had a lot of knocks already, mental and emotionally.
26:29Also today.
26:31And then you just hope that they get rewarded for fighting hard.
26:35And yeah, it's a pity, especially in such a game, of course.
26:39And the football doesn't stop here.
26:41It continues all week.
26:42The Scottish Football Roundup is available from tomorrow on the BBC Sport website.
26:47All the action from the lower leagues.
26:50The Scottish Football Podcast is available every weekday on BBC Sounds.
26:56The on-field action returns on Thursday.
26:59Both Celtic and Hearts involved in European competition.
27:03And that begins on BBC Radio Scotland on Thursday evening from half past five.
27:08And then Friday night, it's the championship returning with a huge game.
27:12The five derby as Wraith take on Dunferman in Kirkcaldy.
27:1725 past seven on air on the BBC Scotland channel on Friday evening.
27:21Well, that's all from us on Sports Scene this evening on the day that Falkirk beat Celtic for the first
27:29time in almost 20 years.
27:33The angels up in the clouds are jealous knowing we found something so out of the ordinary.
27:40You got me kissing the ground, ground, sanctuary.
27:45Try to be with your touch.
27:47Oh, God, return me to dust.
27:50The angels up in the clouds.
27:52We're jealous knowing we found.
27:54The angels up in the clouds.
27:55The angels up in the clouds.