2007 Scottish Cup final

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]

2007 Scottish Cup Final
Event2006–07 Scottish Cup
Date26 May 2007
VenueHampden Park, Glasgow
Man of the MatchSouleymane Bamba
RefereeKenny Clark
2006
2008

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   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

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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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