DEL STILL HAUNTED BY CUP HEARTACHE; SCOTTISH CUP.ST JOHNSTONE boss Derek McInnes Derek John McInnes (born 5 July, 1971 in Paisley, Renfrewshire) is a Scottish footballer currently playing for St. Johnstone. Early career He began his professional career in 1988 at Greenock Morton, where he played in 221 league games in seven seasons before moving to wants to erase the memory of last season's Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup[1], usually known as the Scottish Cup, is the national cup knockout competition in Scottish football. The trophy awarded to the winners has the distinction of being the oldest national trophy in the world. heartbreak by beating Rangers and going to Hampden for the third year on the trot. He admits his side's semi-final defeat by Gers on penalties still haunts him because he knows it was a golden chance to bring silverware back to Perth. Spot-kick misses by Jody Morris Jody Morris, (born 22 December 1978 in Hammersmith, London), is an English football midfielder. He is currently playing for Scunthorpe United, after leaving Millwall. He has previously played for Chelsea, Leeds United and Rotherham United. and Stevie Milne allowed Gers to creep into the final where they saw off Queen of the South. Saints meet the Ibrox side again on Tuesday night in the cup and McInnes believes his men can go one better against his old club. He said: "The game at Hampden still rankles because it was a missed opportunity. "It was a great chance to bring the Scottish Cup back to Perth for the first time in their history. "But we didn't and it has gone. The motivation is to get back there and have that chance again. "We want to get in to a final and win a tournament. When Owen Coyle was manager and we lost to Celtic in the semi-final people said it would be a while before we got back there. "But we achieved it the following year. "We've lost two semis - one of them 1-0 and the other on penalties - to both sides of the Old Firm and they've gone on to win it. "I'd love to get back to that stage and take the extra step. "I've always said we've got guys who can play in the SPL (1) (Systems Programming Language) The assembly language for the HP 3000 series. See assembly language for an SPL program example. (2) (Structured Programming Language) See structured programming. 1. . We have men who can go and give Rangers problems." |
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