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That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.
Goal!! Celtic have scored with Aiden McGeady putting it in the back of the net.
Scott Brown is replaced by Darren O'Dea.
Shaun Maloney takes the place of Georgios Samaras for Celtic.
David Graham is being taken off, Joel Thomas has come on in his place.
Goal!! Celtic have scored with Scott McDonald putting it in the back of the net.
The referee has booked Alex Neil.
The second half is under way with the score currently at 2 v 0.
Hamilton are replacing Derek Lyle with Stephen Ettien.
Chris Swailes is being taken off, Mark Corcoran has come on in his place.
Half time whistle is blown by S Conroy
The referee has booked Gary Caldwell.
Goal!! Celtic have scored with Georgios Samaras putting it in the back of the net.
Goal!! Celtic have scored with Shunsuke Nakamura putting it in the back of the net.
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink is being taken off, Georgios Samaras has come on in his place.
It's 3pm on Saturday, October 4th, the match has kicked off.
Celtic ran in four goals against hapless Hamilton to go back to the top of the table. Two first-half goals by Shunsuke Nakamura and Georgios Samaras were enough to set the home team on the road to victory. Further second-half goals from Scott McDonald and Aiden McGeady emphasised the home team's dominance over the newly-promoted side. Hamilton even missed a penalty late on to complete their miserable afternoon. The only sour note for Celtic was Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink limping off after only two minutes. His substitute Samaras saw his header blocked on the line by keeper Tomas Cerny before Celtic went ahead. McGeady's sweeping cross from the right eluded David Elebert at the back post and Nakamura controlled the ball with his thigh before volleying high into the net. McDonald struck the post before Celtic added to their lead. The Aussie striker found Nakamura wide on the left and his square pass was side-footed home by Samaras from ten yards for his tenth goal of the season. It looked all over for the visitors even at this stage though they briefly rallied midway through the second half when James McArthur drilled his shot wide. Celtic squandered a number of chances before McDonald used his strength to hold off Martin Canning and the striker rolled the ball home from six yards. Hamilton were thrown a lifeline when Gary Caldwell was adjudged to have pulled down James McCarthy as he advanced into the box. It looked a harsh decision but it did not matter anyway as Artur Boruc pulled off a superb save from McArthur's spot-kick and then parried away his follow-up header. There was still time for substitute Shaun Maloney to skip past Simon Mensing and Canning on the by-line before cutting the ball back for McGeady to place his shot into the corner of the goal.
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