2012 Scottish League Cup Final

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2012 Scottish League Cup Final
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The match programme cover.
Event 2011–12 Scottish League Cup
Date18 March 2012
Venue Hampden Park, Glasgow
Man of the Match Cammy Bell (Kilmarnock) [1]
Referee William Collum [2]
Attendance49,572 [1]
2011
2013

The 2012 Scottish League Cup Final was the 66th final of the Scottish League Cup. The final took place on 18 March 2012 at Hampden Park in Glasgow, in front of a crowd of 49,572. The clubs contesting the 2012 final were SPL clubs Celtic and Kilmarnock. The match was Celtic's twenty-ninth League Cup final, and Kilmarnock's sixth.

Contents

As both clubs had finished in the top five of last seasons Scottish Premier League, they entered the League Cup in the third round. Kilmarnock made a convincing start, defeating lower league opposition in third round and quarter-finals by comfortable margins, but had a much tougher test against Ayrshire rivals Ayr United in semi-finals, although they kept three consecutive clean sheets en route to the final. Celtic played no home games throughout the tournament with trips to Easter Road and Victoria Park followed by a 3–1 triumph in the semi-final at Hampden. Celtic entered the final as favourites, with Kilmarnock as underdogs.

Route to the final

Both Celtic and Kilmarnock were two of the five Scottish Premier League sides who entered the League Cup in the third round. [3]

Celtic

Round Opposition Score
Third round Ross County 2–0 (a)
Quarter-final Hibernian 4–1 (a)
Semi-final Falkirk 3–1 (n)

In the third round Celtic faced an away tie at Victoria Park against First Division team Ross County. Gary Hooper and a Scott Boyd own-goal gave Celtic a 2–0 victory. [4] In the next round Celtic faced fellow Scottish Premier League team Hibernian at Easter Road. Celtic came back from a goal behind to win 4–1 thanks to goals from Hooper, Anthony Stokes and a James Forrest brace. [5]

Celtic beat Falkirk 3–1 in the semi-final. A Scott Brown penalty and two goals from Stokes put Celtic into the final [6]

Kilmarnock

Round Opposition Score
Third round Queen of the South 5–0 (h)
Quarter-final East Fife 2–0 (h)
Semi-final Ayr United 1–0 (n)

In Kilmarnock's third round tie they were at home against First Division side Queen of the South at Rugby Park Stadium. Kilmarnock won 5–0 after a hat-trick from Paul Heffernan and goals from Gary Harkins and Ben Hutchinson. [7] Kilmarnock's next match was against Second Division side East Fife, again at home. They won 2–0 thanks to goals from Harkins and Mohamadou Sissoko. [8]

In the semi-final at the neutral Hampden Park Kilmarnock faced Ayshire rivals Ayr United. The match finished 0–0 after 90 minutes before Dean Shiels scored the winner in extra-time. [9]

Pre-match

Celtic had previously appeared in 28 League Cup finals, winning 15. Their most recent appearance was in the previous season when they lost 2–1 to Rangers. Their most recent victory was in the 2009 Scottish League Cup Final when they beat Rangers 2–0. [10] Kilmarnock had reached the final five times before without success. Their last previous appearance was in the 2007 Scottish League Cup Final when they lost 5–1 to Hibernian. [11]

In the build-up to the match Celtic were considered the favourites and Kilmarnock the underdogs. Celtic had the chance of winning the Treble and the League Cup was the first part of that. Kilmarock manager Kenny Shiels said that he thought Celtic deserved to win the Treble and that they were the best team in Scotland. However, he also felt that his side had the ability to match Celtic if they played to their full potential. [12]

Kilmarnock's first choice striker Paul Heffernan was a doubt before the match due to a groin strain, but took a painkilling injection to play. [13] Celtic defender Mikael Lustig was also a doubt with a groin injury. [14] While Kilmarnock defenders Ryan O'Leary and Manuel Pascali were both ruled out due to long-term injuries. [15] Kilmarnock's stand-in captain James Fowler said before the match that if they were victorious he wanted club captain Pascali to lift the trophy. [16]

Match

Report

Match statistics [17]
CelticKilmarnock
Goals scored01
Total shots128
Shots on target95
Ball possession53%47%
Corner kicks75
Fouls committed46
Yellow cards12
Red cards00

Early in the match Kilmarnock defender Mohamadou Sissoko's pass across the penalty area was intercepted by Gary Hooper. However, his shot was saved by goalkeeper Cammy Bell who came off his line quickly. Shortly after Dean Shiels shot narrowly wide from the edge of the area. [17] Around 30 minutes in Scott Brown made room for himself on the right before crossing for Anthony Stokes whose header was saved by Bell. [18] Shiels had another chance but his shot was saved by Fraser Forster. From the resulting corner Sissoko's header was cleared off the line by Stokes. Bell made another save when he tipped Brown's powerful shot from outside the box over the bar. Paul Heffernan was then played in on the right-hand side of the box but his shot was saved by Forster.

Shiels had a chance at the start of the second half, he ran through several players on the edge of the box before mis-hitting his shot very wide. Sissoko then had another header from a corner which was wide. Celtic began to take control of the match again with Stokes and Joe Ledley both having good opportunities. Bell had to make another save to deny Victor Wanyama from a corner. With around 15 minutes left of the match James Forrest and Heffernan both had good opportunities at either end of the park. Charlie Mulgrew dribbled into the penalty area but his shot was saved by Bell. [17] Kilmarnock's goal came with 6 minutes remaining. Ben Gordon ran down the left wing on the counter-attack and passed to Lee Johnson who crossed for his fellow substitute Dieter Van Tornhout to score the only goal of the game with a back post header. [18] Celtic pushed for an equaliser, Bell had to make a double save to keep out Celtic substitutes Kris Commons and Georgios Samaras. Celtic then had a penalty claim as Stokes went to ground after being tackled by Michael Nelson inside the area. However, referee Willie Collum booked him for diving. [17]

Details

Celtic 0–1 Kilmarnock
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Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 49,572
Referee: William Collum
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Celtic
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Kilmarnock
CELTIC:
GK1 Flag of England.svg Fraser Forster
RB2 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Adam Matthews
CB25 Flag of Norway.svg Thomas Rogne Sub off.svg 56'
CB6 Flag of England.svg Kelvin Wilson
LB21 Flag of Scotland.svg Charlie Mulgrew
RM49 Flag of Scotland.svg James Forrest
CM67 Flag of Kenya.svg Victor Wanyama
CM8 Flag of Scotland.svg Scott Brown (c)
LM15 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Joe Ledley Sub off.svg 86'
CF10 Flag of Ireland.svg Anthony Stokes Yellow card.svg 92'
CF88 Flag of England.svg Gary Hooper Sub off.svg 80'
Substitutes:
GK24 Flag of Poland.svg Łukasz Załuska
DF11 Flag of South Korea.svg Cha Du-Ri
MF18 Flag of South Korea.svg Ki Sung-Yueng Sub on.svg 56'
MF15 Flag of Scotland.svg Kris Commons Sub on.svg 86'
FW9 Flag of Greece.svg Georgios Samaras Sub on.svg 80'
Manager:
Ulster Banner.svg Neil Lennon
KILMARNOCK:
GK1 Flag of Scotland.svg Cammy Bell
RB4 Flag of Scotland.svg James Fowler (c)
CB88 Flag of France.svg Mohamadou Sissoko Sub off.svg 86'
CB6 Flag of England.svg Michael Nelson
LB19 Flag of England.svg Ben Gordon
RM8 Flag of Scotland.svg Liam Kelly Yellow card.svg 82'
CM9 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Danny Buijs Sub off.svg 20'
CM11 Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Harkins Sub off.svg 73'
LM3 Flag of Scotland.svg Garry Hay
AM20 Ulster Banner.svg Dean Shiels
CF14 Flag of Ireland.svg Paul Heffernan
Substitutes:
GK17 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Kyle Letheren
DF13 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Zdeněk Kroča Sub on.svg 86'
MF10 Flag of England.svg James Dayton
MF18 Flag of England.svg Lee Johnson Yellow card.svg 49'Sub on.svg 20'
FW27 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dieter Van Tornhout Sub on.svg 73'
Manager:
Ulster Banner.svg Kenny Shiels

MATCH OFFICIALS

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Five named substitutes
  • Maximum of three substitutions

Post-match

Kilmarnock goalkeeper Cammy Bell was named man of the match, Sky Sports said that he, "produced a series of top-drawer saves to deny the Bhoys". [1]

Shortly before Kilmarnock were due to celebrate lifting the cup Liam Kelly's father suffered a heart attack next to the Kilmarnock dugout and the player left the ground to go to hospital with him. [19] Kelly's father later died in hospital and his teammates, who had not been informed of the situation as they celebrated winning the trophy, were informed as they presented the trophy to the fans in an open-top bus parade. Several players commented that this news had taken a lot of the joy of winning the cup final away, and that because they were a close group of players they all felt the effect of Kelly's loss. [20]

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