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[Review of the Year]
[Speakers: Kevin Geary, Martin Fookes, Paddy Feeny]
[BBC World Service]

[TRANSCRIBED BY BJW:]

[Speaker: Kevin Geary]

well ®let's turn our aøttention now to £north of the ¡border |
øwhere | al®though it was | £Celtic and Aber®deen | who øended up with the
¡trophies | the ®story was ®really about £Martin the | ®desperate
£luck of poor øHeart of Mid­lothian ||

[change of speaker: Martin Fookes]

yes they ¡did have some desperate øluck || they £lost the league
­championship || I øthink on the ®last day of the ®season when they
were ®beaten at Dun«dee | having had a £long unbeaten ­run | ®Celtic
by scoring ®four goals on the same ­day | £managed to øclinch | the
league ­championship | and £then | I think the ®heart had gone ®out
of £Hearts | by the _Scottish cup øfinal and they ølost | ®heavily | £three nil
to Aber­deen ||

[change of speaker: Kevin Geary]

well ®thank you very ømuch for that | ¬Martin | that's £football |
¦in the year 198£6 | but a®way from £football | the øyear's ®other ømajor
øsporting ¬gathering | was the _thirteenth ®Commonwealth øGames in ¬Edinburgh ||
the £Games have long ®striven to main®tain their ®feel of £international
¡harmony | through a øjoyous cele®bration of the de£lights of _friendly
compe®tition || øsadly ®this year £politics su¢cceeded in £tainting |
£one more i­deal || but øthose ¬athletes | left £free to com¡pete by their
øgovernments | still «managed | some ømemorable «moments | and there to
en«joy them | as £ever | was Paddy £Feeny | øPaddy your ­thoughts ||


[TRANSCRIBED BY GOK:]

[change of speaker: Kevin Geary]

well ®let's turn our a®ttention ønow | to ®north of the ¡border |
where al®though it was er | ®Celtic and Aber¥®deen | who øended
øup with the ®trophies | the ®story was ¡really aøbout øMartin |
the ð ®desperate «luck | of poor £Heart of Mid®lothian ||

[change of speaker: Martin Fookes]

yes they ®did have some ødesperate «luck | they £lost the
league ®championship || I øthink on the ølast _day of the
®season | when they were øbeaten at Dun_dee | having øhad a
®long unbeaten _run | øCeltic by øscoring ®four goals on the
øsame ­day | ømanaged to øclinch ð the øleague ­championship ||
and £then | I øthink the ®heart had gone ®out of «Hearts | by
the ð ®Scottish øcup _final | and they ølost £heavily 3-­0 |
to øAber­deen ||

[change of speaker: Kevin Geary]

well ®thank you very ømuch for «that øMartin | that's er ð
®football in the øyear ø198¬6 | but a¡way from øfootball | the
year's ¡other ømajor øsporting øgathering | was the ø13th
øCommonwealth «Games | in ¬Edinburgh || the £Games | have £long
®striven | to mainøtain their øfeel of øinternational ¡harmony |
through a £joyous cele®bration | of the de£lights of øfriendly
compe®tition || øsadly ¡this year | ¬politics | suc®ceeded in
£tainting | øone more i­deal || but £those «athletes | left
®free to com£pete | by their ¬governments | still £managed | some
ømemorable £moments | and øthere to en¬joy them | er ð as ¬ever |
was øPaddy ¬Feeny || £Paddy øyour ­thoughts ||