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That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.
Goal!! Celtic have scored with Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink putting it in the back of the net.
James McArthur goes into the referee's book for unsporting behaviour.
Aiden McGeady is being taken off, Pat McCourt has come on in his place.
Hamilton are replacing Grant Evans with Trent McClenahan.
Scott McDonald is replaced by Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink.
Shunsuke Nakamura is replaced by Koki Mizuno.
Stuart Mills is being taken off, Derek Asamoah has come on in his place.
Goal!! Celtic have scored with Georgios Samaras putting it in the back of the net.
The second half is under way with the score currently at 2 v 0.
The ref has blown his whistle for half time.
Goal!! Celtic have scored with Aiden McGeady putting it in the back of the net.
Goal!! Georgios Samaras scores for Celtic.
The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.
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Celtic extended their lead at the top of the SPL table to six points with a 4-0 thrashing of Hamilton Academical. First-half goals by Georgios Samaras and Aiden McGeady put the home team two ahead at the interval. Further goals by Samaras and substitute Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink in the second half added to their lead as Celtic handed out a four-goal hammering to the visitors. It took the home team only five minutes to take the lead with Samaras cleverly chipping his shot over the keeper after Andreas Hinkel's pass reached him. Hamilton tried to respond by Joel Thomas pulled his shot wide from 20 yards. McGeady's pass found Scott Brown, whose curling shot had Sean Murdoch scrambling across his line to save. Celtic went further ahead when Shunsuke Nakamura's superb reverse pass put McGeady clear and the winger slipped his shot low past Murdoch. There was a real danger at this point that Hamilton would collapse, but Murdoch made a superb save at the feet of McGeady after Samaras' pass had beaten the offside trap. Somehow, Hamilton managed to hang on until the interval without suffering any more damage. Early in the second half a rampaging run by Samaras ended with a cut-back to Scott McDonald, who was only denied a goal by Mark McLaughlin throwing himself in the way of the striker's shot. Hamilton briefly threatened with Thomas' header, but Artur Boruc made a magnificent save. McGeady's shot was then held by the keeper before Celtic added a third. Samaras picked the ball up on the left, before driving into the box and angling his shot beyond the keeper. The visitors came close to reducing the deficit but McLaughlin's header, from James Gibson's corner came back off the bar. Vennegoor of Hesselink broke his long goal drought when he forced the ball over the line from close range after a brilliant run and cross by Hinkel.
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