Scottish Cup Roundup: Celtic Through After Denying Dundee Glory At The Last

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Celtic near it to nan past imaginable infinitesimal to support Scottish Cup hopes live earlier going connected to hit spirited Dundee 2-1 aft other clip astatine Parkhead.

The Taysiders person ne'er won astatine Celtic Park successful nan title and their past convention triumph successful nan eastbound extremity of Glasgow was successful 2001 but looked to beryllium connected their measurement to a historical occurrence erstwhile midfielder Ethan Hamilton thundered successful his first Dundee extremity successful nan 49th infinitesimal of nan fifth-round tie.

The location broadside toiled thereafter but pinch efficaciously nan past touch of nan crippled which went beyond nan 5 added minutes connected nan board, debutant Junior Adamu flicked successful a melodramatic leveller.

Substitute Sebastian Tounekti, who group up nan goal, fired Celtic successful beforehand early successful other clip and it was capable to return Martin O’Neill’s men into nan quarter-final draw, bringing immoderate overmuch needed positivity to nan nine this week.

Partick Thistle reached nan quarter-finals pinch an eventful 3-2 triumph complete Elgin astatine Borough Briggs. Robbie Crawford opened nan scoring for nan visitors aft 17 minutes only for Ryan Sargent to level from adjacent scope for nan League Two broadside pinch six minutes of nan first half remaining.

A infinitesimal earlier nan break erstwhile Celtic striker Tony Watt restored nan Championship promotion chasers’ lead from nan but Sargent drew nan fourth-tier broadside level erstwhile again successful nan 74th minute. The Jags responded pinch Ben Stanway scoring nan victor successful nan 80th minute.

A second-half double from Chris Kane took Championship outfit Dunfermline past League One bottommost broadside Kelty Hearts pinch a 2-0 triumph astatine East End Park.

Dundee United’s necktie against Spartans astatine Tannadice connected Saturday was called disconnected owed to a waterlogged transportation arsenic was nan scheduled precocious crippled betwixt Aberdeen and Motherwell, which was called disconnected connected Friday owed to a waterlogged transportation astatine Pittodrie. It is nan 2nd crippled Aberdeen person had to telephone disconnected this week.

“Following nan postponement of nan Celtic lucifer earlier this week, nan crushed unit and attraction teams astatine Pittodrie person been moving tirelessly to get nan transportation successful playable condition,” said nan nine successful a statement. “However, nan unprecedented and continuous rainfall has made it an almost intolerable task to repair nan problem area successful beforehand of nan Merkland goal.”

Rangers big Championship broadside Queen’s Park astatine Ibrox connected Sunday while Stenhousemuir return connected adjacent neighbours Falkirk. On Friday St Mirren needed extra-time to hit Airdrieonians 2-1 distant from home.