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2007 Scottish Cup final

The 2007 Scottish Cup Final was played on 26 May 2007^[1]atHampden ParkinGlasgow 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,^[2] and Dunfermline Athletic, who beat Hibernian 1–0^[3] in a replay, after the first match had ended 0–0.^[4]

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.^[5] 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 Jean-Joël Perrier-Doumbé goal.

Match details[edit]

Celtic	1–0	Dunfermline Athletic
Perrier-Doumbé 84'	Report

Attendance: 49,600

Referee: Kenny Clark

CELTIC : GK 1 Artur Boruc RB 24 Jean-Joël Perrier-Doumbé  36' CB 44 Stephen McManus CB 17 Steven Pressley  56' LB 3 Lee Naylor RM 25 Shunsuke Nakamura CM 18 Neil Lennon (c)  66' CM 11 Paul Hartley LM 46 Aiden McGeady  32' CF 9 Kenny Miller  56' CF 10 Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink Substitutes: GK 47 Michael McGovern DF 5 Gary Caldwell  66' MF 56 Teddy Bjarnason FW 37 Craig Beattie  56' FW 14 Derek Riordan Manager: Gordon Strachan

DUNFERMLINE ATHLETIC: GK 29 Dorus de Vries RB 2 Greg Shields (c) CB 3 Scott Wilson CB 24 Souleymane Bamba LB 11 Scott Muirhead RM 12 Scott Morrison  72' CM 4 Darren Young CM 5 Jamie McCunnie LM 16 Adam Hammill CF 9 Mark Burchill  36'  89' CF 10 Jim McIntyre  80' Substitutes: GK 1 Roddy McKenzie DF 14 Phillip McGuire MF 19 Iain Williamson  89' FW 20 Jim Hamilton  80' FW 25 Stephen Crawford  72' Manager: Stephen Kenny

Road to the final[edit]

Celtic				Round	Dunfermline Athletic
Home team	Score	Away team	Celtic scorers		Home team	Score	Away team	Dunfermline scorers
Celtic	4 – 0	Dumbarton	Zurawski 3', 9' Vennegoor of Hesselink 43' Riordan 69'	Round Three[6]	Dunfermline Athletic	3 – 2	Rangers	Hamilton 17' Simmons 29' McGuire 46'
Livingston	1 – 4	Celtic	Darren O'Dea 30' Riordan 45', 59' Vennegoor of Hesselink 61'	Round Four	Dunfermline Athletic	1 – 0	Hearts	Wilson 90'
Inverness CT	1 – 2	Celtic	Pressley 89' Miller 90'+1'	Quarter-finals	Dunfermline Athletic	2 – 0	Partick Thistle	Simmons 4', 86'
St Johnstone	1 – 2	Celtic	Vennegoor of Hesselink 13' (pen.), 54'	Semi-finals	Hibernian	0 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic
				Replay	Dunfermline Athletic	1 – 0	Hibernian	Jim McIntyre 88'

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External links[edit]

• 2007 Final

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