Summary

  • Hamilton up to Premiership

  • Hibernian relegated to Championship

  • Accies win penalty shootout 4-3 after 2-2 agg

  • Hibs 0-2 Hamilton (Scotland) (Andreu)

  • Terry Butcher "My darkest day in football"

  1. Postpublished at 15:08 British Summer Time 25 May 2014

    So, two changes for Hamilton as they seek to pull over a major shock of Istanbul proportions: Jason Scotland in for Mikael Antoine Curier and Ali Crawford starts in place of James Keatings.

  2. Postpublished at 15:05 British Summer Time 25 May 2014

    Tom Watson: "Me & the boy will b over in the south stand with the Accies - the only seats left..."

  3. Postpublished at 15:02 British Summer Time 25 May 2014

    BBC Sportsound anchor Richard Gordon

    Press pass for play-off at Easter Road

    "Sorry Falkirk fans... Sportsound on with live commentary from 3pm."

  4. Postpublished at 15:00 British Summer Time 25 May 2014

    Hamilton picture from Easter RoadImage source, Hamilton Accies

    "Bottom tier will fill up with Accies fans..."

  5. Postpublished at 14:57 British Summer Time 25 May 2014

    Accies: Cuthbert, Gordon, Canning, Gillespie, Routledge, Crawford, Longridge, MacKinnon, Andreu, Garcia Tena, Scotland. Subs: Devlin, Keatings, Neil, Ryan, Kilday, Antoine Curier, Currie.

  6. Postpublished at 14:54 British Summer Time 25 May 2014

    Hibs: Williams, Maybury, Nelson, McGivern, Stevenson, Haynes, Robertson, Stanton, Craig, Cummings, Heffernan. Subs: Murdoch, Harris, Cairney, Collins, Jones, Forster, Thomson.

  7. Postpublished at 14:52 British Summer Time 25 May 2014

    Hibernian make one change to the side that won the first leg at New Douglas Park: Danny Haynes comes in for Alex Harris.

  8. Postpublished at 14:50 British Summer Time 25 May 2014

    Tom Watson: "Hibs will be fine so long as they don't A) try to defend their lead B) treat it like a cup final..."

    Are you heading to the game today Tomassi?

  9. Postpublished at 14:47 British Summer Time 25 May 2014

    Hibs boss Terry Butcher says two-goal hero Jason Cummings is desperate to repeat his first leg heroics when the sides lock horns this afternoon.

    "The way Jason goes about, you wouldn't spot a difference in him if he had just scored a hat-trick in a World Cup final or missed three chances in a World Cup final," said the former England captain. "He would be bubbly and bright no matter what.

    "It's impossible to keep his feet on the ground - his head is up in the clouds. But the other lads are pretty strong with him and don't let him go too far with it.

    "He has got a cockiness about him but I think it is a confidence in his own ability and when I see him go about his work, I always feel he will do something - and he generally does."

  10. Postpublished at 14:43 British Summer Time 25 May 2014

    Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard with the Champions League trophy in 2005Image source, PA

    Hamilton Accies boss Alex Neil wants his players to think the unthinkable...

    "I have reminded the boys of the games in the past where teams have come through adversity to win," he said. "Look at Liverpool in the Champions League final against AC Milan.

    "They were 3-0 down at half-time against a world-class team but managed to fight back and get their hands on that trophy.

    "That is just one example I will be pointing out to the lads - but the best model we can aim to copy is our own.

    "We had to have an eight-goal swing on the last day of the season to have any chance of beating Dundee to the title and did our part with that incredible 10-2 win over Morton.

    "Had Dundee slipped up against Dumbarton we'd have finished off the most incredible turnaround in football..."

  11. Postpublished at 14:38 British Summer Time 25 May 2014

    Are you heading to Easter Road for the return leg? Will Hibs do enough to secure their top-flight status or will the Accies pull off the mother of all comebacks?

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  12. Postpublished at 14:37 British Summer Time 25 May 2014

    SPLstats: "Hamilton have only ever recorded one away win v Hibs by a 3+ goal margin: that was a 5-2 success on their second ever visit back in 1908..."

  13. Postpublished at 14:36 British Summer Time 25 May 2014

    Terry Butcher's men, 2-0 up from the first leg, will aim to perform better at home than they did against Kilmarnock on the final day of the season.

    For Accies, manager Alex Neil has urged his troops to emulate Liverpool's dramatic Champions League final win in Istanbul in 2005, when they overcame a 3-0 deficit to beat a shell-shocked AC Milan side on penalties.

    Could lightning strike twice?

  14. Postpublished at 14:32 British Summer Time 25 May 2014

    Hibs celebrate one of Jason Cummings's two goals in the first leg of the Scottish Premiership play-off against Hamilton AcciesImage source, SNS

    Hibs fans may not be in a collective Zen-like state of bliss following the first leg of the Scottish Premiership play-off final.

    But Jason Cummings's double against Hamilton Accies has offered renewed hope that a tortuous campaign can end on a high note: top-flight safety.

    Good afternoon and welcome to our live text commentary of Hibs v Hamilton from Easter Road.