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
2006
2008

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

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

Road to the final

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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

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  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.
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