To get involved use My Sport. (Not all contributions can be used)
By David Sharp
1715: Flippin' 'eck! Great Scot! Lawks-a-lawdy! Good golly Miss Molly! It was goals galore this afternoon!
Last-gasp specialists Celtic kept going all the way to the final whistle again and leapfrogged rivals Rangers into pole position at the top of the SPL table.
Hamilton, like Icarus, were punished for flying too close to the sun and effervescent Falkirk brought Billy Reid's rookies crashing down to earth with a good old-fashioned gubbing. Bairns' bairn Scott Arfield caught the eye with a great double.
And there were some rip-snorting goals at Tannadice and Inverness too. United's Craig Conway has a right-foot like a wrecking ball.
Thanks for all your chat. Bye for now!
1711: "Home wins all round today. Wouldnt have predicted that. Thank goodness ah wisnae betting, eh?" madscot125 on My Sport Join the debate on My Sport
It's a mug's game madscot. Especially where the SPL is concerned...
1708: "After such a promising start in the SPL it's all gone pear-shaped. The Old Firm keep sneaking wins while the rest of the league take points off each other. KillieJimbo SOFBTRC on My Sport Join the debate on My Sport
C'mon now Jimbo, it's not so bad...
1704: "Three games, three wins and three clean sheets. Great 7 days for United, and through playing good football as well." zippy27 on My Sport Join the debate on My Sport
Well, zippy, they do say good things come in threes! Well done United. After a slow start Craig Levein appears to have roused his troops from their early season reverie.
1702: I missed a goal! Ironically, and hilariously (see 1455),Trent McClenahan came off the bench to score a surreal, freak consolation goal for Hamilton Accies. His cross-cum-shot fooled Falkirk keeper Olejnik at his near post. Everyone thought Olejnik had palmed the ball out for a corner. I think he thought he had too! Brilliant! Sorry Hamilton fans!
1658: Celtic have now gone 16 games in a row unbeaten against the hapless Dons.
1656: And the reigning SPL Champions go top of the table by dint of scoring more goals than Rangers (who play Hibs at Easter Road tomorrow).
1654: FULL-TIME Celtic 3-2 Aberdeen. Ref Eddie Smith toots the final whistle in the fifth minute of added time. Wow! A breathless finish to a ding-dong thriller of epic proportions. Celtic snatch three points from the jaws of a draw.
1650: Darren Mackie spurns a gold-embossed invitation to grab a sensational equaliser. Kerr threads the ball through the eye of the Celtic defence and Mackie goes one-on-one with Boruc. He slides the ball past the Celtic keeper but it drifts agonisingly wide. What a chance!
1649: FULL TIME Motherwell 2-1 St Mirren; Falkirk 4-1 Hamilton Accies; Inverness CT 3-1 Kilmarnock; Dundee United 3-0 Hearts.
1648: Goal! Celtic 3-2 Aberdeen. Disaster for Aberdeen. Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink pounces on a calamitous error in the Dons defence to nab what surely must be a late winner for Celtic. McGeady's cross bobs about like a hot potato almost on the goal-line and with no takers from Aberdeen, the big Dutchman squeezes it between the posts.
1645: Apologies if you're feeling neglected on My Sport! I've been soooooo busy keeping up with today's goalfest that I've barely been able to check out your erudite insights...
1643: Arfield's goal is the 18th of a crackpot afternoon of footballing action!
1641: Goal! Falkirk 4-0 Hamilton Accies. David Graham pays for a clumsy challenge on substitute Gerard Aafjes. Penalty to Falkirk. The Bairns are now officially horsing Hamilton. Scott Arfield slots the spot-kick past Cerny. Game over.
1638: Goal! Inverness CT 3-1 Kilmarnock. Meanwhile Inverness have stretched their lead over ten-man Killie as Ian Black grabs a third. He rose majestically to head home a corner from Iain Vigurs
1636: Goal! Celtic 2-2 Aberdeen. Strachan's inspired reshuffle pays off straight away. Scott McDonald nods the ball home at the back post after McGeady's cross is left by the entire Aberdeen defence.
Langfield and his defence seemed transfixed by McGeady's cross there, as if it had just arrived from another planet. Subsequently it rendered them statue-like and the diminutive Aussie ghosted in to draw his side level. We're in for a barnstorming finish now!
1635: "It was highly unlikely that Kilmarnock would finish this game with 11 men." BBC Radio Scotland commentator Scott Davie
1634: In amongst that mad flurry of goals three red cards were brandished at St Mirren's Franco Miranda (straight red for an off-the-ball incident), Hearts' Eggert Jonsson and Killie's James Fowler.
1630: Celtic go 4-3-3 as striker Scott McDonald replaces midfielder Marc Crosas. Forgot to mention earlier amid the free-scoring hoo-ha that as soon as Mulgrew scored Aberdeen's second goal Strachan gave McGeady the nod to get stripped for action. The little winger is now in the thick of it as Celtic look to get back into this game.
1628: Eat my goal! Falkirk 3-0 Hamilton Accies. A left-foot beauty from Burton O'Brien. An absolute belter of a strike.
1626: I know it's all terribly exciting but can everyone please stop scoring! Can we have some kind of amnesty for, say, five minutes? I need a wee breather...
1625: Goal! Falkirk 2-0 Hamilton Accies. Superb solo effort from Scott Arfield. He waltzes past the flailing legs of three Accies players and buries a great right-foot shot low past Cerny.
1622: Goal! Celtic 1-2 Aberdeen. Shock scenes at Celtic Park! Charlie Mulgrew triples his goal tally for the season with a carbon copy of the free-kick he scored earlier in the season at Motherwell !!!
1620: I can't keep up with this! Help!
1619: Goal! Motherwell 2-1 St Mirren. Well take the lead!Bob Malcolm (a terrifying doppelganger for prize bozo Herc from the majestic telly series The Wire) scores on of the worst goals you'll ever see. St Mirren switch off at Stevie Hammell's corner, Malcolm steams in and the ball somehow ends up in the net. The ball ricochets off the giant chicken-drumstick-shaped thigh of Malcolm and bobbles over the line.
1618: It's raining goals, hallelujah!
1617: Goal! Dundee United 3-0 Hearts. A Scott Robertson header from six-yards puts United on easy street.
1616: Mulgrew returns to haunt the club that released him.
1614: Goal! Celtic 1-1 Aberdeen. The Dons draw level as former Celt Charlie Mulgrew's downward volley fizzes through Artur Boruc's legs. Game on! Great flick on from Lee Miller.
1611: Ettien's header is tipped onto the post by Robert Olejnek. Hamilton were millimetres away from an equaliser. Brilliant save to maintain the Bairns' slender advantage.
1608: Nakamura curls a free-kick round the Dons wall but Langfield falls to his right and smothers the ball easily. Not the Japanese dead-ball specialist's best effort there...
1607: Blimey! What a start to the second-half. There are goals flying in from all angles.
1606: Goal! Dundee United 2-0 Hearts. United double their lead through JonDaly. Hearts keeper Marian Kello was unlucky to see the ball squirm over the line after turning the striker's superb strike against the post.
1604: Goal! Motherwell 1-1 St Mirren. 'Well are right back in it thanks to John Sutton who meets Hammel's corner to fire home a header from close range. It's his fourth goal in four games. Not bad going! He's been an excellent signing for Mark McGhee.
1600: And we're off again!
1558: I need sustenance. Time for a caffeine injection and a bag of Buttons.
1556: Apparently the reason Kille players were so angry at the penalty decision was because they felt Barrowman hit the floor like a man walking a tightrope in a set of clogs.
1554: "Sounds like United deserved that, playing much better football today. If it wasn't for Hearts' 'keeper, the score could've been much higher in our favour." zippy27 on My Sport Join the debate on My Sport
1552: "It's been a fantastic game, but Dundee United are well worthy of their lead" BBC Radio Scotland pundit Brian Irvine
1550: Sad half-time news. One of the coolest guys of all time, Paul Newman, has died at the age of 83. The Hustler, Cool Hand Luke etc etc. He was a total dude. RIP.
1548: Half-time at Celtic Park. The home side lead by that solitary Vennegoor of Hesselink goal. However, Aberdeen have been lively in a pulsating opening 45.
1545: Half-time at Fir Park and the Falkirk Stadium.
1544: Half-time whistle goes at Tannadice. United lead 1-0 thanks to that Conway howitzer.
1542: Dundee United have adopted a shoot-on-sight policy and Morgaro Gomis sends a 30-yard drive thundering off the Hearts crossbar.
1543-and-a-half: Goal! Falkirk 1-0 Hamilton Accies. Slick move from Falkirk down the right. Michael Higdon sends a great cross into the box and Steve Lovell leaps athletically to prod the ball into an empty net from point-blank range.
1543: Goal! Inverness CT 2-1 Kilmarnock Barrowman tucks the spot-kick away. Great first-half comeback from Caley Thistle.
1542: Killie players are raging at the ref and it takes an age to take the penalty. Barrowman has the ball.
1540: Penalty for Inverness. Andy Barrowman is felled in the box.
1539: "Credit to Conway, he is a great player and that was a great strike" BBC Scotland pundit Brian Irvine
1538: Goal! Dundee United 1-0 Hearts. United break the deadlock at Tannadice courtesy of a 30-yard screamer from Craig Conway.
1534: "The half-time pies are here at Fir Park, but I only make it 32 minutes gone. I won't taste it anyway, as I'm suffering from a cold." BBC Radio Scotland commentator Liam McLeod
Thanks for that fascinating information Liam! I hope your taste buds return soon - I know how much you like yer tuck...
1532: That was hot-shot Mehmet's seventh goal of the season. Mehmet has only scored 14 goals in his three previous years at St Mirren. He must have inherited 'Billy's Boots' from the Roy of the Rovers comic strip character Billy Dane (they belonged to 'Dead-shot Keen' - Billy found them in his granny's loft I think). Anyone remember that? Classic stuff.
1530: Goal! Motherwell 0-1 St Mirren. The Buddies take the lead at Fir Park. Billy Mehmet fires St Mirren ahead.
1525: Darren Barr scythes Hamilton's James McCarthy as he jinks past the Falkirk defender into the box. The ref gives a free-kick on the edge of the box. Ooooh, that was a close one! I reckon McCarthy was chopped just inside the area.
1523: Today's game at the Falkirk Stadium has been described as 'rubbish' by BBC Scotland's Allan Preston.
1522: "He may be a central defender but Phil McGuire showed a strikers instinct there to lob the ball over Allan Combe." BBC commentator Scott Davie
1521: Goal! Inverness CT 1-1 Kilmarnock. The Highlanders hit back through Phil McGuire. Killie fail to clear Imrie's free-kick and McGuire lobs the ball over a stranded Alan Combe.
1520: Over at Celtic Park Zander Diamond's header is cleared off the goal-line by Marc Crosas.
1518: "Kilmarnock look a yard sharper than Inverness." BBC summariser Paul Hegarty
1515: Early advantage to Celtic. Aberdeen only have themselves to blame for some shambolic defending.
1514: Goal! Celtic 1-0 Aberdeen. Georgios Samaras embarks on a rampaging mazy run through the heart of the Dons defence. He is engulfed by red jerseys but they can't get the ball off the big Greek and when the it eventually breaks Scott Brown lays it on a plate for Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink to side-foot the ball beyond Jamie Langfield.
1512: Celtic skipper Stephen McManus clambers over the top of Darren Mackie and sprains his wrist. He leaves the field to get treatment.
1510: "This is 100mph stuff at Fir Park" BBC Radio Scotland commentator Liam McLeod
1509: Sean Dillon misses a great chance for Dundee United, but Marian Kello pulls off a terrific save with the goal gaping.
1507: "An absolute howler for Inverness but what a start for Jim Jefferies' side." BBC commentator Scott Davie
1506: Sammon scored early against Aberdeen in midweek. The Irishman is in a frisky vein of form.
1505: Dundee United striker Jon Daly sends a header against the post after a Craig Conway cross. A close shave for Hearts.
1504: Goal! Inverness CT 0-1 Kilmarnock. Conor Sammon grabs an early goal for Kilmarnock. A kerfuffle in the Caley Thistle box and Sammy Ford tees up Sammon who blasts the ball into the net.
1502: "Nice to see Aguiar back. Would love for Tullberg to get on and show glimpses of possibly being the striker we so desperately need as well. Should be a hard game today, but I'm confident we can come away with at least a point." licence on My Sport Join the debate on My Sport
1501: And we're off! Hold on to your bunnets!
1458: The teams have taken the field across the country.
1455: So, how do you all think it's going to pan out today? Any bold predictions? Personally, I hope the brilliantly-named Trent McClenahan - who sounds like the high-school jock in a 1950s American high-school movie; like Trip Fontaine in The Virgin Suicides - comes off the Hamilton bench and makes his debut this afternoon.... Join the debate on My Sport
1452: Can 'Well keep their minds focused on the bread-and-butter world of league football? Naturally enough Wednesday's glamorous visit of Nancy will creep into their thoughts...but McGhee's side are currently languishing second bottom of the SPL table and need a win today. Not just for their league hopes, but also as a confidence boost for Europe...
1450: Team news from Fir Park: Gaffer Mark McGhee has Motherwell's forthcoming European fixture in mind as he makes three changes for the home clash with St Mirren.
Defender Stephen Craigan and midfielder Stephen Hughes, who both suffered knocks in the cup defeat to Hamilton on Wednesday, are left out ahead of Thursday's Uefa Cup first-round second leg against French outfit Nancy.
Marc Fitzpatrick and Steven McGarry come into the side in their place, with John Sutton replacing the banned Chris Porter.
St Mirren manager Gus MacPherson makes four changes as Scott Cuthbert, Dennis Wyness, Steven Robb and Andy Dorman come in for Will Haining, Hugh Murray, Jim Hamilton and Stephen McGinn.
1447: "Hi once again peeps. As usual the rollercoaster that is being a Motherwell has me biting my nails. Don't think I've got much left! Once again I've got a lot of faith in my team but I just wish they could defend a bit better and score more goals. Easy." madscot125 on My Sport Join the debate on My Sport
1445: Some team news filtering through from Tannadice: long-term absentee Bruno Aguiar and recent signing Mike Tullberg are on the bench for Hearts after recovering from injury. Danish striker Tullberg could make his debut.
Jon Daly and Willo Flood return to the Dundee United starting line-up in place of David Robertson and David Goodwillie.
1442: Gordon Strachan plumps for muscle up front in the gargantuan shape of Samaras and Vennegoor of Hesselink. Can the Dons ward off the two-headed colossi?
1437: Celtic v Aberdeen team news: As mentioned earlier, Aiden McGeady drops to the bench again as manager Gordon Strachan tinkers with his entire midfield.
The Republic of Ireland star, who excelled against Livingston in the Co-operative Insurance Cup tie in midweek, is replaced by Shaun Maloney wide on the left.
Shunsuke Nakamura, Scott Brown and Marc Crosas come in for Paul Caddis, Paul Hartley and Massimo Donati. Mark Wilson replaces Andreas Hinkel at right-back while striker Scott McDonald is back on the bench as Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink partners Georgios Samaras.
Jamie Langfield returns between the posts for Aberdeen at the expense of Bertrand Bossu, who conceded four goals against Kilmarnock in their League Cup tie on Wednesday night.
Manager Calderwood also drafts in Derek Young, Lee Mair and Stuart Duff at the expense of Gary McDonald, Sone Aluko and Charlie Mulgrew, who all start on the bench.
1435: Chick just offered to visit Gordon Strachan in his 'wee bubble world'! The Celtic manager replied that it was ok living in his bubble, although "a bit strange". What a bizarre exchange...
1433: The last time under-fire Aberdeen boss Jimmy Calderwood felt this much heat was a couple of months ago when he was topping up that legendary tan on his annual holiday to Death Valley.
Here's what he told BBC Radio Scotland's Chick Young a few minutes ago: "We are doing better than last season at this stage, when we had eight points from eight games and finished fourth. We're building a new team and not getting the results that people expect from us.
"It's a Celtic team on form, but we have come here, frustrated them and beat them a couple of times. We are not going to sit back. We have come here to win the game."
1431: The news from Celtic Park is that last season's double-player of the year Aiden McGeady will be warming his toosh on the bench again today. This is starting to get weird...I didn't see Wednesday's Co-op Cup romp over Livi but apparently the darting winger played an absolute blinder. What is going on there?
1430 BST: The computer responsible for the SPL fixture list has come up with a corker of a card today. Is it actually done by a computer? I'm picturing HAL from 2001: A Space Odyssey...or perhaps Mr Babbage from Family Fortunes?!
Are you sitting comfortably? OK, let the gibbering begin! Share all your rants and raves here as today's madcap action unfolds: Join the debate on My Sport
E-mail this to a friend 
Printable version 
Bookmark with:
What are these?