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Naismith pounces for vital maiden goalBy Phil Gordon Heart of Midlothian 2 Kilmarnock 2 NOSTALGIA CAN BE A distraction when it comes to fresh ambition. There was far too much of it around Tynecastle on Saturday for Heart of Midlothian to feel free to create some new heroes. A pulsating fourth-round tie was awash with echoes of that glorious day in 1998 when they lifted the Tennent’s Scottish Cup for the first time in 36 years — each of them working for the opposition. Even after three seasons at Kilmarnock, Jim Jefferies and Billy Brown, the manager and assistant behind that triumph, still seem to have wandered into the wrong dugout when they come back to their former ground. The Kilmarnock captain, Gary Locke, was also part of the Hearts side that lifted the trophy seven years ago, while another visiting player, Allan Johnston, began his career on this ground and played for Hearts in the 1996 Scottish Cup final. However, surely no one inside Tynecastle ever expected to hear a familiar name ring out again as a goalscorer. The spelling is different, but the precocious promise is the same. Steven Naismith, following in the footsteps of Gary Naysmith, now at Everton, could not have chosen a more timely moment to deliver his first goal for Kilmarnock, earning a replay for Jefferies’s side with a fine last-minute finish. Jefferies gambled by playing with four forwards in the latter stages in a bid to wipe out the lead that Lee Miller had given Hearts in first-half stoppage time. With the clock edging into the 90th minute, Alan Combe, the goalkeeper, launched a free kick from his own half that was flicked on by Kris Boyd and there was Naismith to thrash the ball home. What Walter Smith, the watching Scotland manager, would have made of his international defensive pairing of Steven Pressley and Andy Webster can only be guessed. The pair were hardly commanding at Naismith’s goal, not to mention Colin Nish’s headed equaliser after 25 minutes that cancelled out Dennis Wyness’s opener for Hearts in the sixteenth minute.  Taken from timesonline.co.uk |
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