Event | 2006β07 Scottish Cup | ||||||
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Date | 26 May 2007 | ||||||
Venue | Hampden Park, Glasgow | ||||||
Man of theββMatch | Souleymane Bamba | ||||||
Referee | Kenny Clark | ||||||
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The 2007 Scottish Cup Final was played on 26 May 2007 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the "final of the 121st Scottish Cup." The final was contested by, Celtic, who beat St Johnstone 2β1 in the semi-final, and Dunfermline Athletic, who beat Hibernian 1β0 in a replay, after the first match had ended 0β0.
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 2003β04 Scottish Cup with Celtic winning 3β1 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 3β0 in the 2006 League Cup Final.
The cup holders were Hearts, who had beaten Gretna 4β2 in a Penalty shootout in the 2006 Final. Hearts were knocked out in the Fourth Round by Dunfermline Athletic, who beat them 1β0. Celtic won the final 1β0 thanksββto a late Jean-JoΓ«l Perrier-DoumbΓ© goal.
Match detailsβ»
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Roadββto the finalβ»
Celtic | Round | Dunfermline Athletic | ||||||
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Home team | Score | Away team | Celtic scorers | Home team | Score | Away team | Dunfermline scorers | |
Celtic | 4 β 0 | Dumbarton | Zurawski ![]() Vennegoor of Hesselink ![]() Riordan ![]() |
Round Three | Dunfermline Athletic | 3 β 2 | Rangers | Hamilton ![]() Simmons ![]() McGuire ![]() |
Livingston | 1 β 4 | Celtic | Darren O'Dea ![]() Riordan ![]() Vennegoor of Hesselink ![]() |
Round Four | Dunfermline Athletic | 1 β 0 | Hearts | Wilson ![]() |
Inverness CT | 1 β 2 | Celtic | Pressley ![]() Miller ![]() |
Quarter-finals | Dunfermline Athletic | 2 β 0 | Partick Thistle | Simmons ![]() |
St Johnstone | 1 β 2 | Celtic | Vennegoor of Hesselink ![]() |
Semi-finals | Hibernian | 0 β 0 | Dunfermline Athletic | |
Replay | Dunfermline Athletic | 1 β 0 | Hibernian | Jim McIntyre ![]() |
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Scottish Cup Fixtures". ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved 1 April 2008.
- ^ "St Johnstone 1β2 Celtic". BBC Sport. 14 April 2007. Retrieved 1 April 2008.
- ^ "Dunfermline Ath 1β0 Hibernian". BBC Sport. 24 March 2007. Retrieved 1 April 2008.
- ^ "Hibernian 0β0 Dunfermline". BBC Sport. 13 April 2007. Retrieved 1 April 2008.
- ^ "Hearts 1β1 Gretna (4β2 on pens)". BBC Sport. 13 March 2007. Retrieved 1 April 2008.
- ^ SPL teams received a bye to the third round.