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Watch Sportscene coverage from Paisley St Mirren v Celtic & Falkirk v Dunfermline in semi-finals on 18/19 April Nlundulu scores from spot after Crawford controversially penalised for handball & Young lashes in second before break Stanway pulls one back on hour mark Andrew Petrie FT: St Mirren 2-1 Partick Thistle A little more from Stephen Robinson on his match-winner: "I've watched Jake [Young] for a couple of years We got the opportunity to get him up and we knew it would take time for him to hit the ground. "But he's the most natural goalscorer we have. And for a club like St Mirren that's difficult to find. "He scores out of nothing, two great finishes, and when you're not on top of your game, good stirkers win games for you. " FT: St Mirren 2-1 Partick Thistle St Mirren manager Stephen Robinson tells BBC Scotland: "If you're going to win a Cup, you have to beat Celtic or Rangers at some stage - so why not. "There's a belief that we can do it. We need to be the best version of ourselves, that we haven't been in recent weeks. "We found a way to win tonight. We have an opportunity to go to Hampden which, for this football club, is incredible. "We've got injuries galore. Marcus Fraser is out for eight weeks, Mika Mandron is out for six or eight weeks and Kion Etete got injured in the warm-up - so we had no strikers to bring on. But we found a way. " St Mirren 2-1 Partick Thistle Player of the match Dan Nlundulu tells BBC Scotland: "We owe it to the fans at the moment. We knew how hard this game was going to be but at home we fancy ourselves. "[For Jake's goal] I was thinking of shooting! But then Jake started screaming. I put him quite wide, and it's a better finish than my pass. "In training, Jake does that all the time so I trusted him. "Scottish football is different. [VAR] makes it different. I've come from League One and we didn't have that. It can work against you and for you. I'm enjoying it, the fans are great and the club has been great to me. " FT: St Mirren 2-1 Partick Thistle St Mirren matchwinner Jake Young tells BBC Scotland: "We're going to have to play Celtic at some point. Just excited about tonight, happy to get to Hampden and looking forward to the challenge ahead. "I needed [those goals]. It's great to get the goals and it builds the confidence. I've still got a way to go to show my best, but it feels good to get a couple. Hopefully I can kick on and get a couple. " FT: St Mirren 2-1 Partick Thistle This video can not be played Nlundulu gives St Mirren lead with controversial penalty This video can not be played Young scores St Mirren's second against Thistle This video can not be played Stanway strike hauls Partick Thistle back into tie James Mc Fadden Former Scotland forward on BBC Sportscene I'm delighted at that tie because. .. they hate each other. Simple. It'll be a feisty tie. The fans will turn out in their numbers. It's always special when it's teams that don't normally play in the semis, I think it'll be a cracker. Kris Doolan Former Partick Thistle striker on Sportscene Both games will be brilliant. Dunfermline v Falkirk is the one that draws the attention because of the spectacle. Both sides are so well supported and they'll turn up in their numbers. That's the one I was hoping for. So to recap. . Celtic v St Mirren Dunfermline Athletic v Falkirk What do we make of that then? Let us know! Dunfermline will play bitter rivals Falkirk at Hampden, in a repeat of the 2009 Scottish Cup semi-final. That is quite the draw. Celtic are the first out the hat. .. and they'll play St Mirren! A repeat of the League Cup final. You know what that means. .. FT: St Mirren 2-1 Partick Thistle Remember, stick with us for the draw with Amy Canavan and Conrad Logan. That's right. That Conrad Logan. 2016 Conrad Logan. A safe pair of hands for the draw, eh? I said a safe pair of hands. Nothing? C'mon. I'm trying my hardest. Anyway. .. Dunfermline, Falkirk, Celtic and St Mirren. If your team are there, who are you after? Let us know by having your say on the action, over there on the left. Go on. Conrad Logan celebrates during the 2016 Cup Final FT: St Mirren 2-1 Partick Thistle Scott Allan Former Celtic midfielder on BBC Sportscene The most accomplished player on the park has been Stanway for Thistle. But he is not going to the semi-finals, so Nlundulu gets the man of the match for me for his role in the first half. Dan Nlundulu gets a cuddle from Alex Gogic St Mirren have done it again! They're going back to Hampden! Despite their league woes, Stephen Robinson's side are on their second Cup run of the season. The last one ended in silverware. Where will this journey take them? It's a goal from the spot from Dan Nlundulu - a questionable penalty to say the least - and a fine strike from Jake Young that have got them there. Ben Stanway did spark a Thistle surge but it fizzled out. St Mirren 2-1 Partick Thistle That could be that. Tony Watt pulls out the tricks on the left, and drills in a low cross to pick out Aidan Fitzpatrick. The winger takes a touch but leans back as he hits it and the ball sails over. St Mirren 2-1 Partick Thistle Awwww Partick Thistle. A cross from the left comes to Ben Mac Pherson on the right, and he slices a half-volley that whizzes by the post. They're really knocking on the door but time is against them. St Mirren 2-1 Partick Thistle Scott Allan Former Celtic midfielder on BBC Sportscene Really positive play from Fitzpatrick. But it was a difficult angle and it would take an incredible finish for Diack to get that on target. St Mirren 2-1 Partick Thistle Almost the equaliser! Aidan Fitzpatrick skips by his man and fires a cross in. Ricco Diack gets his head to it, but the ball whistles just wide. Was that the chance? Five minutes additional time. St Mirren 2-1 Partick Thistle Ben Stanway tries one from distance but it hits one of his own players and deflects harmlessly behind. Most of the football is being played in the St Mirren half right now. Can Thistle find another route to goal? St Mirren 2-1 Partick Thistle Amy Canavan BBC Sport Scotland at SMi SA Stadium Real nail-biting scenes in the main stand. Nervy, nervy stuff. .. St Mirren 2-1 Partick Thistle A stan is an overzealous or obsessive fan, for the older generation This video can not be played Jake Young's goal proved vital for St Mirren against Partick Thistle St Mirren stay on course for a cup double - and a rematch with Celtic - after surviving a testing Partick Thistle fightback to move into the Scottish Cup semi-finals. A controversial Dan Nlundulu penalty and a Jake Young strike gave the League Cup winners a comfortable half-time lead. Ben Stanway gave the Championship side a lifeline with a stunning drive, but the top-tier hosts held on to end a five-game wait for a victory and reach their first Scottish Cup semi-final since 2021. Unable to extend their seven-game unbeaten run, second-tier Thistle's 22-year wait for a place in the last four continues. Stanway, who replaced cup-tied St Mirren midfielder Oisin Smyth in Thistle's starting line-up, and home counterpart Mark O'Hara had both been denied by a post in a blistering opening few minutes. The game burst into life again just after the hour mark when Keanu Baccus' cross struck Robbie Crawford's arm just inside the penalty box. It looked to have deflected off the Thistle midfielder's foot first, but after referee David Dickenson was sent to the monitor by the video assistant referee (VAR), a penalty was given. Nlundulu side-footed home and then set up the second after Phillips pounced on a slack Thistle pass inside their own half, setting up strike partner Young to drive home his second goal in two games past Josh Clarke. Considering the on-loan Celtic goalkeeper had also saved well from Declan John and Phillips, St Mirren deserved to be ahead at half-time. However, counterpart Shamal George immediately had to turn wide a shot from Alex Samuel as a fired up Thistle came out after the break. The pressure told when Stanway volleyed home from the edge of the penalty box from a corner, but St Mirren ground their way to a victory that means they join Celtic, Dunfermline Athletic and Falkirk in the semi-finals. This video can not be played Were Partick Thistle hard done-by with penalty? St Mirren's season has been on downward curve since that surprise 3-1 win over Celtic in December's League Cup final. Stephen Robinson's side will hope that another trip to Hampden, where they will face Celtic again, can be a turning point in the opposite direction. Third-bottom of the Premiership just three points above Kilmarnock in the relegation play-off spot after Tuesday's narrow league defeat away to Dundee United thanks to an own goal and penalty, they were desperately hoping for a stroke of luck. They got it, and only their fourth win in 16 outings, in the shape of a questionable penalty and a backs-to-the-wall effort in the closing stages. Thistle will be disappointed that their second-half effort did not produce what might have been a merited shot at victory in extra time, but Mark Wilson and his Glasgow side will be able to take some positives back into their promotion campaign. Now eight points behind leaders St Johnstone, albeit with a game in hand, they have work to do if they are to win the title and automatic promotion but will surely fancy their chances should they progress to the play-off final and another meeting with a Premiership side. It is back to league business, with St Mirren hosting Rangers next Sunday (12: 00 GMT) in the top flight and Thistle visiting Greenock Morton in the Championship live on BBC Scotland on Friday (19: 45). After the opportunity to rate players has closed, the score displayed represents the average from all the submissions by BBC Sport users. Manager: Stephen Robinson Formation: 3 - 5 - 2 Manager: Mark Wilson Formation: 4 - 3 - 3 Manager: Stephen Robinson Formation: 3 - 5 - 2 Manager: Mark Wilson Formation: 4 - 3 - 3 Scottish Cup All competitions All competitions All competitions Copyright © 2026 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.