2005 Scottish Cup final

2005 Scottish Cup Final
Event	2004–05 Scottish Cup
Date	28 May 2005
Venue	Hampden Park, Glasgow
Man of the Match	Craig Bellamy
Referee	John Rowbotham
Attendance	50,635
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Last updated April 09, 2025

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.

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

28 May 2005

15:00

Celtic	1–0	Dundee United
Thompson 11'	Report

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 50,635

Referee: John Rowbotham


CELTIC:
GK	20	Rab Douglas
DF	17	Didier Agathe
DF	6	Bobo Baldé
DF	23	Stanislav Varga
DF	4	Jackie McNamara (c)
MF	19	Stiliyan Petrov
MF	18	Neil Lennon
MF	8	Alan Thompson	86'
FW	9	Chris Sutton
FW	47	Craig Bellamy
FW	10	John Hartson	73'
Substitutes:
GK	22	David Marshall
DF	5	Joos Valgaeren	73'
MF	14	Paul Lambert
MF	46	Aiden McGeady	86'
FW	37	Craig Beattie
Manager:
Martin O'Neill


DUNDEE UNITED:
GK	1	Tony Bullock
DF	2	Mark Wilson
DF	23	Paul Ritchie
DF	39	Garry Kenneth
DF	5	Alan Archibald
MF	7	Mark Kerr
MF	4	Derek McInnes (c)	76'
MF	8	Grant Brebner	83'
MF	11	Barry Robson
CF	19	Stephen Crawford	83'
CF	20	Jason Scotland
Substitutes:
GK	47	Nick Colgan
DF	3	David McCracken
MF	12	Stuart Duff	83'
FW	16	James Grady	83'
FW	9	Collin Samuel	76'
Manager:
Gordon Chisholm

References

↑ Forsyth, Roddy (15 March 2005). "McCall pays price for hitting rock bottom". The Telegraph. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
↑ "Inverness CT 0-1 Dundee Utd". BBC Sport Football. BBC. 21 May 2005. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
↑ "Motherwell 2-1 Celtic". BBC Sport Football. BBC. 22 May 2005. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
1 2 "Celtic 1-0 Dundee United". BBC Sport Football. BBC. 28 May 2005. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
↑ SPL teams received a bye to the third round.
↑ Potter, David; Jones, Phil H. (2016). The History of the Scottish Cup The Story of Every Season 1873-2016. Worthing: Pitch Publishing. p. 309. ISBN 978-1-78531-214-4.

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[Telegraph150505-1] Forsyth, Roddy (15 March 2005). "McCall pays price for hitting rock bottom". The Telegraph. Retrieved 6 October 2019.

[ICT0-1DUFC-2] "Inverness CT 0-1 Dundee Utd". BBC Sport Football. BBC. 21 May 2005. Retrieved 6 October 2019.

[Well2-1Cel-3] "Motherwell 2-1 Celtic". BBC Sport Football. BBC. 22 May 2005. Retrieved 6 October 2019.

[BBCfinalrep-4] 1 2 "Celtic 1-0 Dundee United". BBC Sport Football. BBC. 28 May 2005. Retrieved 6 October 2019.

[bye-5] SPL teams received a bye to the third round.

[PotterJonesp309-6] Potter, David; Jones, Phil H. (2016). The History of the Scottish Cup The Story of Every Season 1873-2016. Worthing: Pitch Publishing. p. 309. ISBN 978-1-78531-214-4.

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