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Martin O’Neill will look his erstwhile skipper Neil Lennon successful nan Scottish Cup last aft Celtic booked their spot successful nan showpiece against Dunfermline pinch an eventful 6-2 extra-time triumph complete St Mirren.
A scary correction by Saints stand-in goalkeeper Ryan Mullen saw Daizen Maeda springiness nan Hoops a first-minute lead astatine Hampden and to adhd to nan Buddies’ woes nan errant number 2 picked up an wounded and had to beryllium replaced aft conscionable 14 minutes by 17-year-old debutant Grant Tamosevicius.
Right-back Anthony Ralston added a 2nd connected nan changeable of half-time, but St Mirren striker Mikael Mandron reduced nan shortage successful nan 53rd infinitesimal pinch a header and past took nan crippled to other clip pinch a deserved 90th-minute leveller.
Lennon affectional aft Dunfermline descend Falkirk successful shootout
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Neil Lennon dedicated Dunfermline’s melodramatic Scottish Cup semi-final triumph complete Falkirk to his precocious father, Gerry, aft nan 4-2 punishment shootout triumph astatine Hampden.
The lucifer did not really travel to life until nan 2nd half of other clip erstwhile Lucas Fyfe, Pars’ 17-year-old substitute, deed nan barroom earlier nan Falkirk substitute Henry Cartwright was sent disconnected aft picking up a 2nd yellowish card, for diving successful nan punishment area.
After 120 goalless minutes, The Dunfermline substitute Tashan Oakley-Boothe (pictured pinch Lennon) scored nan decisive punishment to return nan Championship side, who are trying to get up to nan Premiership done nan playoffs, to their first Scottish Cup last successful 19 years.
Asked astir his contiguous thoughts aft nan match, nan erstwhile Celtic skipper and head Lennon said: “I was reasoning astir my father. I mislaid him successful December. He would had loved this. So that was for him.
“He was nan biggest power successful my life, professionally and personally truthful he would person loved this. He would person been extracurricular pinch cigarette, Fedora, his stepping stick, telling everyone: ‘I told you.’
“He would person loved it. So I’m hoping nan family will return a spot of solace successful this today. It’s been difficult but he’s ever been pinch me. I consciousness calm erstwhile I deliberation astir him so. Again, it’s been a immense nonaccomplishment to me, but I consciousness him sometimes, you cognize what I mean?”
In nan shootout, Falkirk’s Brad Spencer deed a station and Liam Henderson had his punishment saved by Aston Oxborough, pinch Ben Parkinson and Filip Lissah scoring. Josh Cooper, Charlie Gilmour and Chris Hamilton each scored for Lennon’s broadside leaving Oakley-Boothe to occurrence successful nan winner. PA Media
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However, 2 goals from Kelechi Iheanacho, 1 either broadside of a onslaught from his chap substitute Luke Cowan, and a decorativeness from Benjamin Nygren successful a ruthless seven-minute spell successful nan first further play pulverised nan Paisley side.
Lennon’s Dunfermline broadside from nan Championship hit Falkirk 4-2 successful a punishment shootout connected Saturday and he will relish taking connected his erstwhile boss, nether whom he enjoyed occurrence astatine Leicester and Celtic, successful adjacent month’s final.
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