Robsmacked; Jambos KO Celts then eye an Old Firm double.

Jam-tastic John Robertson rocketed Hearts into the last four of the Coca-Cola Cup last night then roared: Give us a rematch with Rangers.

The Tynescastle legend struck an extra-time belter to dump Celtic in a titanic capital struggle.

.Now strike star Robbo wants Walter Smith's champs in the semis to get revenge for Saturday's Ibrox shame game.

The Scotland star said " Maybe we're better coming up against Rangers again to prove we can cope with them when we've got a full team on the park "Given our track record in cup competitions recently we could do with avoiding the so-called lesser teams That was a tremendous win for us "We had four men out who are big big players for us but the guy's who came in did us proud.

"Young players like Gary Naysmith showed we have the quality here to do well."

Hearts boss Jim Jefferies admitted he was proud as punch at the way his side responded to the battering they've taken over the Ibrox Four affair.Jeff beefed up his defence with a last-gasp loan swoop for Wimbledon defender Andy Thorn who was a standout at the back.

And the Jambos chief said "We came to put the record straight tonight - and this has lifted the whole mood at the club 'Every one of the boys gave it their best and I couldn't have asked for more "And that was just like Robbo coming up with the goods again I've got to admire the boys at the back as well, especially Andy Thorn for coming up at the last minute " Gobsmacked Thorn admitted "It was a nice game to come into - easy and played at a nice slow pace! But it's not about me it's about the team and the lads are really buzzing after that result Saturday's game and what happened was a bad one for the club and the gaffer told us all how important It was to put it right "Now I can't wait to see what Edinburgh is like of an evening!"

Taken from the Daily Record