- 2007 Scottish Cup Final
The 2007
Scottish Cup Final was played on26 May 2007 [cite web |title=Scottish Cup Fixtures |url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/scoreboard?league=sco.tennents&date=20070526&refresh=0&cc=5739 |accessdate=2008-04-01 |publisher=ESPN Soccernet ] atHampden Park inGlasgow 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, [cite web |title=St Johnstone 1-2 Celtic |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/6550697.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |date=2007-04-14 |accessdate=2008-04-01 ] and Dunfermline Athletic, who beat Hibernian 1–0 [cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/6584541.stm |title=Dunfermline Ath 1-0 Hibernian |publisher=BBC Sport |date=2007-03-24 |accessdate=2008-04-01 ] in a replay, after the first match had ended 0–0. [cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/6550711.stm |title=Hibernian 0-0 Dunfermline |publisher=BBC Sport |date=2007-04-13 |accessdate=2008-04-01 ]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 [cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/4764967.stm |title=Hearts 1-1 Gretna (4-2 on pens) |date=2007-03-13 |accessdate=2008-04-01 |publisher=BBC Sport ] . 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 Perrier-Doumbé goal.Match details
footballbox
date =May 26 2007
time = 12:30
team1 = Celtic
score = 1 – 0
report = [http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/6684941.stm Report]
team2 = Dunfermline Athletic
goals1 = Perrier-Doumbé goal|84
goals2 =
stadium =Hampden Park ,Glasgow
referee =Kenny Clark
attendance = 49,600Road to the final
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