Daily Record from Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland • 39

Wednesday January T819S5 TENNENTS SCOTTISH CUP dumps Well KILMARNOCK 2 MOTHERWELL flash of genius ORTON 2 PK 1 (After extra time) ByGARYKEOWN Marko rajamaki saved Cup skins at Capplelow last night And he promised: ready to pull off a shock at Kilmar-nockin the next round give them a good The 74th minute goal dragged bis side back from the dead in a nail-biting replay And in extra time Jim halmers failed to hold a cross from Paul Blair and Derek Lilley forced the ball home Ross Caven had ven Hie lead i nine minutes chipping the ball over stranded Davie Wylie from 40 yards ButRaiamaki provided a lifeline By RODGER BAiLUE Dead-ball ace Tom Black earned basement battlers Kilmarnock three precious points last night And the two first-half goals blew away slim title hopes at wind-swept Rugby Park The storm too often turned this game into a soccer comedy but Well laughing at the end Nerves The win lifted Killie into eighth place in the table and pushed troubled Dundee United into the drop zone double was made up of an eighth-minute free kick and a penalty three minutes from half time The left back has only missed ONE penalty in eight years and had to have nerves of steel to maintain that record last night after Krivokapic fouled Henry in the area The ball blew off the spot FOUR times and at the fifth attempt Black fired it past keeper Scott Howie He said later: thought it would never settle want to make too big a hole for it with my boot in case it help me score was a vital win for Killie boss Alex Totten paid tribute to Black saying: showed great composure at the penalty wind spoiled the game for both teams but it was a smashing three points for Well manager Alex McLeish said: disappointed with the result but not the display keep trying to play good Black had struck first after Howie was short with a clearance Jamie Dolan fouled Robert Connor and Black lined up to take the free kick but there was a delay as Davies broke too quickly from the wall It deter Black who lashed the ball low into the net Motherwell put enough pressure on Kilmarnock in the second half Pushed They frantically claimed a penalty near the end when Kirk claimed he had been pushed but were denied Four players were yellow-carded Connor and Mitchell and Rab Shannon and Kirk of Motherwell Killie have been linked with strikers recently but as long as they have Black in this scoring form they need one! KILMARNOCK Lekovic MacPherson Black Reilly Whitworth Anderson Mitchell Henry Brown Connor McKee Subs-Williamson Maskrey Mel drum (g) MOTHERWELL -Howie Shannon McKispon Krivokapic Martin McCart Lambert Dolan Coyne Kirk Davies Subs McGrillen McSkinunlng Woods (g) RKFEREB-K Clark Paisley By JOHN DOCHERTY Brian Hamilton last night told the HIbs boo-boys: Give me all the stick you like Hamilton faces a torrid reception when he runs out in Edinburgh derby wearing a Hearts strip after five years at Easter Road The man who played in 22 Capital clashes without a win as a Hibee swapped camps in a shock deal earlier this mon tit And he says: know I could get pelters but just get on with the job a professional and you expect stick from fans after you leave their club ready for anything they throw at Cauldron Since his move from Easter Road to Tynecastle the 27-year-old midfield star has been a big success helping Hearts beat Motherwell and Dundee United as well as draw with Celtic He has a 100 per cent success rate in thi Edinburgh derbies But on both occasions he was playing for HIBS who beat Hearts 1-0 at Tynecastle and 2-1 at Easter Road Tynecastle will be a cauldron tonight with both sides gunning for a place in Europe Grasp Hamilton said: win for Hearts would take us to only two points behind Hibs and quietly confident we can do just He has no regrets about his move across the city a club like Hearts tome in got to gitasp the chance of a fresh challenge gaffer Tommy McLean has been brilliant as has Eamonn Bannott who I worked with at Hibs feel Hearts are going places and I want to be part of the ball just inside the box and flashing a drive past Chalmers were denied a penalty by ref George Clyde when Steve McCahill handled Kevin header at the end of the first half But caretaker coach David Hunter joked afterwards: worry about Europe TOM TOM DRUMS Kilmarnock defender Tom Black banged out a goal-den double to stun Motherwell last night CLYDE TWO GOOD FALKIRK 1 PARTICK TH 3 By JOHN DOCHERTY Scottish Cup 2nd round replay -Morton 2 Park 1 (aet 90 mins 1-1) Premier League -Falkirk 1 Parti ck Th 3 Kilmarnock 2 Motherwell 0 Div 2 Clyde 2 Stirling Albion 0 English Cup 3rd round replays Carlisle 1 Sunderland 3 Leeds 5 Walsall 2 (aet 90mins 2-2) Middlesbrough 1 Swansea 2 Watford 2 Scarborough 0 Endsleigh Div 2 Cambridge 2 Cardiff 0 Premier Reserve League Dundee Utd 1 Celtic 0 OFF: Bell's Div 3 -Arbroath Forfar Stirling Montrose (waterlogged pitches) Auto Windscreens Shield Wigan Crewe HOMER LEAGUE 0 AH Ranjsrt 2214 3 41 1147 712 2 817 33 22 I I 5 14 3133 £3 113 124 2131 21 1 4 I 21 31 23 I 18824 S3 (88m 3 I 24 33 23 7 I 22 35 22 4 111 21 Mil CLYDE 2 STIRLING A 0 JOHN DICKSON used wind-power to net a double for Clyde and blow out Albion Clyde battened down the hatches against the on-coming Broadwood gale snuffing out first half attack With the gale behind him Dickson broke the deadlock in 68 minutes driving home a Wind-assisted shot And he harnessed die elements 15 minutes later blastifog a 25-yard drive to seal the victory past Parks from close in Thistle wrapped up an excellent work with a third goal in the 71st minute Foster beat McQueen and passed to Craig who set up ex-Bairn Derek McWilliams to calmly side-foot the ball past Parks from 12 yards Three players were booked Oliver and Clark of Falkirk and Foster Falkirk Parks Hamilton McQUeen Oliver Clark Rice May McDonald Cramb Fulton McKenzie- Subs: Henderson Johnston La moot (g) Par tick Thistle Walker Dinnie Pittman Watson Walsh Turner Fosfer'Craig' McWilliams Chamley Taylor Subs: Cameron Milne Cairns (g) Referee Young Clarkston FIRED-UP Thistle blew the Premier relegation dogfight wide open last night The bottom club notched only their second away win of the season thanks to a killer display at Brockville Two goals in a frantic 10-minute spell dumped a Falkirk side which is now being dragged into the basement battle Boss Jim Jefferies read he riot act to his players 'or 40 minuses after the final whittle you defend like hat it knocks the heart jut of the he said simply go on had beaten Tony Parks And from the flag kick by Chic Chamley Dinnie nipped in smartly to score with a left-foot flick Falkirk levelled in 57 minutes McQueen saw his drive canon off a Thistle defender and the ball fell perfectly at the feet of Scott McKenzie who hit a 25-yard rocket past Walker Four minutes later Thistfe were back in alsh set it up with a briljiaht cross and ex-fi Carts stri Wayne Foster was all on his own to head the ball playing in that way But it was all smiles in the away dressing-room Keeper Nicky Walker celebrating his first win in Thistle colours said: make or break but if we had lost and gone 12 points behind Falkirk it would have made life even John lads went ahead in 32 minutes Alan Dinnie scorer of an own goal in thei3-l defeat af Aberdeen on Saturday getou target at the tiraq Scott McKenzie was forced into conceding a comer after Albert Craig.