2007 Scottish Cup final

2007 Scottish Cup Final
Event2006–07 Scottish Cup
Date26 May 2007
VenueHampden Park, Glasgow
Man of the MatchSouleymane Bamba
RefereeKenny Clark

The 2007 Scottish Cup Final was played on 26 May 2007[1] at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 121st Scottish Cup. The final was contested by Celtic, who beat St Johnstone 2–1 in the semi-final,[2] and Dunfermline Athletic, who beat Hibernian 1–0[3] in a replay, after the first match had ended 0–0.[4]

Celtic had reached the final 53 times and won on 34 of those occasions, Dunfermline had reached the final only 5 times, winning twice, the previous time being 1968. The two sides had last met in a Scottish Cup Final in the 2003–04 Scottish Cup with Celtic winning 3–1 on that occasion. In total they had met each other 4 times in cup finals (Celtic winning 3), the most recent being when Celtic won 3–0 in the 2006 League Cup Final.

The cup holders were Hearts, who had beaten Gretna 4–2 in a Penalty shootout in the 2006 Final.[5] Hearts were knocked out in the Fourth Round by Dunfermline Athletic, who beat them 1–0. Celtic won the final 1–0 thanks to a late Jean-Joël Perrier-Doumbé goal.

Match details

Celtic1–0Dunfermline Athletic
Perrier-Doumbé 84' Report
Attendance: 49,600
Referee: Kenny Clark
Celtic
Dunfermline Athletic
CELTIC :
GK 1 Artur Boruc
RB 24 Jean-Joël Perrier-Doumbé  36'
CB 44 Stephen McManus
CB 17 Steven Pressley  56'
LB 3 Lee Naylor
RM 25 Shunsuke Nakamura
CM 18 Neil Lennon (c)  66'
CM 11 Paul Hartley
LM 46 Aiden McGeady  32'
CF 9 Kenny Miller  56'
CF 10 Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink
Substitutes:
GK 47 Michael McGovern
DF 5 Gary Caldwell  66'
MF 56 Teddy Bjarnason
FW 37 Craig Beattie  56'
FW 14 Derek Riordan
Manager:
Gordon Strachan
DUNFERMLINE ATHLETIC:
GK 29 Dorus de Vries
RB 2 Greg Shields (c)
CB 3 Scott Wilson
CB 24 Souleymane Bamba
LB 11 Scott Muirhead
RM 12 Scott Morrison  72'
CM 4 Darren Young
CM 5 Jamie McCunnie
LM 16 Adam Hammill
CF 9 Mark Burchill  36'  89'
CF 10 Jim McIntyre  80'
Substitutes:
GK 1 Roddy McKenzie
DF 14 Phillip McGuire
MF 19 Iain Williamson  89'
FW 20 Jim Hamilton  80'
FW 25 Stephen Crawford  72'
Manager:
Stephen Kenny

Road to the final

Celtic Round Dunfermline Athletic
Home team Score Away team Celtic scorers Home team Score Away team Dunfermline scorers
Celtic 4 – 0 Dumbarton Zurawski 3', 9'
Vennegoor of Hesselink 43'
Riordan 69'
Round Three[6] Dunfermline Athletic 3 – 2 Rangers Hamilton 17'
Simmons 29'
McGuire 46'
Livingston 1 – 4 Celtic Darren O'Dea 30'
Riordan 45', 59'
Vennegoor of Hesselink 61'
Round Four Dunfermline Athletic 1 – 0 Hearts Wilson 90'
Inverness CT 1 – 2 Celtic Pressley 89'
Miller 90'+1'
Quarter-finals Dunfermline Athletic 2 – 0 Partick Thistle Simmons 4', 86'
St Johnstone 1 – 2 Celtic Vennegoor of Hesselink 13' (pen.), 54' Semi-finals Hibernian 0 – 0 Dunfermline Athletic
Replay Dunfermline Athletic 1 – 0 Hibernian Jim McIntyre 88'

References

  1. ^ "Scottish Cup Fixtures". ESPN Soccernet. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2008.
  2. ^ "St Johnstone 1–2 Celtic". BBC Sport. 14 April 2007. Retrieved 1 April 2008.
  3. ^ "Dunfermline Ath 1–0 Hibernian". BBC Sport. 24 March 2007. Retrieved 1 April 2008.
  4. ^ "Hibernian 0–0 Dunfermline". BBC Sport. 13 April 2007. Retrieved 1 April 2008.
  5. ^ "Hearts 1–1 Gretna (4–2 on pens)". BBC Sport. 13 March 2007. Retrieved 1 April 2008.
  6. ^ SPL teams received a bye to the third round.