2005 Scottish Cup Final

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2005 Scottish Cup Final
Event 2004–05 Scottish Cup
Date28 May 2005
Venue Hampden Park, Glasgow
Referee John Rowbotham
Attendance50,635
2004
2006

The 2005 Scottish Cup Final was played on 28 May 2005 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 120th Scottish Cup. The final was contested by Celtic and Dundee United. Celtic won the match with an eleventh-minute goal from Alan Thompson.

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Background

Dundee United had had a difficult season and had dismissed manager Ian McCall in March with the club facing being relegated from the Scottish Premier League, appointing his assistant Gordon Chisholm as his replacement, initially on an interim basis. [1] A week before the Scottish Cup final United went into their final league match against Inverness Caledonian Thistle knowing they needed a point to ensure they avoided relegation. Ultimately they avoided this fate, beating Inverness 1–0, while city rivals Dundee lost their match and were relegated. [2]

By contrast Celtic had gone into the final day of the league season as league leaders. With minutes to go Celtic looked set to be champions as they were leading Motherwell 1-0. However two late goals by Motherwell's Scott McDonald led to defeat for Celtic, which meant their arch-rivals Rangers emerged as champions. [3] The final would be the last match in charge of Celtic for manager Martin O'Neill who had announced he would be leaving the club at the end of the season. [4]

Road to the final

Celtic Round Dundee United
Home teamScoreAway teamCeltic scorer(s)Home teamScoreAway teamDundee United scorer(s)
Celtic2–1 Rangers Sutton Soccerball shade.svg 37'
Hartson Soccerball shade.svg 77'
Round Three [5] Gretna 3–4Dundee United Robson Soccerball shade.svg 4'
Kerr Soccerball shade.svg 7'
Wilson Soccerball shade.svg 21' (pen.)
Crawford Soccerball shade.svg 56'
Dunfermline Athletic 0–3Celtic Hartson Soccerball shade.svg 8', 43'
Sutton Soccerball shade.svg 10'
Round Four Queen of the South 0–3Dundee United McIntyre Soccerball shade.svg 13'
Wilson Soccerball shade.svg 24', 39'
Clyde 0–5Celtic Varga Soccerball shade.svg 40', 68'
Thompson Soccerball shade.svg 48' (pen.)
Petrov Soccerball shade.svg 60'
Bellamy Soccerball shade.svg 72'
Quarter-finalsDundee United4–1 Aberdeen Archibald Soccerball shade.svg 19'
Grady Soccerball shade.svg 29', 47'
Crawford Soccerball shade.svg 41'
Hearts 1–2Celtic Sutton Soccerball shade.svg 3'
Bellamy Soccerball shade.svg 49'
Semi-finalsDundee United2–1 Hibernian McIntyre Soccerball shade.svg 73'
Scotland Soccerball shade.svg 76'

Match

Summary

The match was decided after 11 minutes when Alan Thompson scored the only goal of the game from a free-kick which deflected off United defender Garry Kenneth. United had a chance to equalise shortly afterwards when a Jason Scotland cross was narrowly missed by Stevie Crawford. Thereafter Celtic dominated much of the match, but failed to add to their total. Celtic's best chance came when they were awarded a penalty, but Chris Sutton put the spot-kick over the bar. At the very end of the match United's Alan Archibald came close to equalising when his long range strike beat Celtic goalkeeper Rab Douglas, but it rebounded off the crossbar and shortly afterwards the final whistle was blown. [4] [6]

Match details

Celtic 1–0 Dundee United
Thompson Soccerball shade.svg 11' Report
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 50,635
Referee: John Rowbotham
CELTIC:
GK20 Flag of Scotland.svg Robert Douglas
DF17 Flag of France.svg Didier Agathe
DF6 Flag of Guinea.svg Bobo Baldé
DF23 Flag of Slovakia.svg Stanislav Varga Yellow card.svg
DF4 Flag of Scotland.svg Jackie McNamara
MF19 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Stiliyan Petrov
MF18 Ulster Banner.svg Neil Lennon
MF8 Flag of England.svg Alan Thompson Sub off.svg 86'
FW9 Flag of England.svg Chris Sutton
FW47 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Craig Bellamy
FW10 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg John Hartson Sub off.svg 73'
Substitutes:
GK22 Flag of Scotland.svg David Marshall
DF5 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Joos Valgaeren Sub on.svg 73'
MF14 Flag of Scotland.svg Paul Lambert
MF46 Flag of Ireland.svg Aiden McGeady Sub on.svg 86'
FW37 Flag of Scotland.svg Craig Beattie
Manager:
Ulster Banner.svg Martin O'Neill
DUNDEE UNITED:
GK1 Flag of England.svg Tony Bullock
DF2 Flag of Scotland.svg Mark Wilson
DF23 Flag of Scotland.svg Paul Ritchie Yellow card.svg
DF39 Flag of Scotland.svg Garry Kenneth
DF5 Flag of Scotland.svg Alan Archibald Yellow card.svg
MF7 Flag of Scotland.svg Mark Kerr
MF4 Flag of Scotland.svg Derek McInnes Sub off.svg 76'
MF8 Flag of Scotland.svg Grant Brebner Sub off.svg 83'
MF11 Flag of Scotland.svg Barry Robson Yellow card.svg
CF19 Flag of Scotland.svg Stephen Crawford Sub off.svg 83'
CF20 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Jason Scotland
Substitutes:
GK47 Flag of Ireland.svg Nick Colgan
DF3 Flag of Scotland.svg David McCracken
MF12 Flag of Scotland.svg Stuart Duff Sub on.svg 83'
FW16 Flag of Scotland.svg James Grady Sub on.svg 83'
FW9 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Collin Samuel Sub on.svg 76'
Manager:
Flag of Scotland.svg Gordon Chisholm

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