2005 Scottish Cup Final

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.

2005 Scottish Cup Final
Event2004–05 Scottish Cup
Date28 May 2005
VenueHampden Park, Glasgow
RefereeJohn Rowbotham
Attendance50,635

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

CelticRoundDundee United
Home teamScoreAway teamCeltic scorer(s)Home teamScoreAway teamDundee United scorer(s)
Celtic2 – 1RangersSutton  37'
Hartson  77'
Round Three[5]Gretna3 – 4Dundee UnitedRobson  4'
Kerr  7'
Wilson  21' (pen.)
Crawford  56'
Dunfermline Athletic0 – 3CelticHartson  8'  43'
Sutton  10'
Round FourQueen of the South0 – 3Dundee UnitedMcIntyre  13'
Wilson  24'  39'
Clyde0 – 5CelticVarga  40'  68'
Thompson  48' (pen.)
Petrov  60'
Bellamy  72'
Quarter-finalsDundee United4 – 1AberdeenArchibald  19'
Grady  29'  47'
Crawford  41'
Hearts1 – 2CelticSutton  3'
Bellamy  49'
Semi-finalsDundee United2 – 1HibernianMcIntyre  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

Celtic1–0Dundee United
Thompson  11' Report
Attendance: 50,635
Referee: John Rowbotham
CELTIC:
GK20 Robert Douglas
DF17 Didier Agathe
DF6 Bobo Baldé
DF23 Stanislav Varga
DF4 Jackie McNamara
MF19 Stiliyan Petrov
MF18 Neil Lennon
MF8 Alan Thompson 86'
FW9 Chris Sutton
FW47 Craig Bellamy
FW10 John Hartson 73'
Substitutes:
GK22 David Marshall
DF5 Joos Valgaeren 73'
MF14 Paul Lambert
MF46 Aiden McGeady 86'
FW37 Craig Beattie
Manager:
Martin O'Neill
DUNDEE UNITED:
GK1 Tony Bullock
DF2 Mark Wilson
DF23 Paul Ritchie
DF39 Garry Kenneth
DF5 Alan Archibald
MF7 Mark Kerr
MF4 Derek McInnes 76'
MF8 Grant Brebner 83'
MF11 Barry Robson
CF19 Stephen Crawford 83'
CF20 Jason Scotland
Substitutes:
GK47 Nick Colgan
DF3 David McCracken
MF12 Stuart Duff 83'
FW16 James Grady 83'
FW9 Collin Samuel 76'
Manager:
Gordon Chisholm

References

  1. Forsyth, Roddy (15 March 2005). "McCall pays price for hitting rock bottom". The Telegraph. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  2. "Inverness CT 0-1 Dundee Utd". BBC Sport Football. BBC. 21 May 2005. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  3. "Motherwell 2-1 Celtic". BBC Sport Football. BBC. 22 May 2005. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  4. "Celtic 1-0 Dundee United". BBC Sport Football. BBC. 28 May 2005. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  5. SPL teams received a bye to the third round.
  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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