2007 Scottish League Cup final

The 2007 Scottish League Cup final was played on 18 March 2007[1] at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the 60th Scottish League Cup final. The final was contested by Kilmarnock and Hibernian, who had never met before in a cup final. Hibernian won the match 5–1.

2007 Scottish League Cup final
Event2006–07 Scottish League Cup
Date18 March 2007
VenueHampden Park, Glasgow
Man of the MatchLewis Stevenson
RefereeDougie McDonald
Attendance52,000
2006
2008

Road to the final

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Victory parade, Easter Road

The previous year's winners were Celtic, who had beaten Dunfermline Athletic 3–0 in the 2006 final, but they were knocked out in the quarter-finals by Falkirk, who beat them 5–4 on penalties. With Dunfermline also being eliminated in the early rounds, it was the fourth successive year in which both of the previous year's finalists did not make it back to the final.

Rangers' shock 2–0 defeat by First Division club St Johnstone meant that neither Old Firm club featured in the semi-finals. Kilmarnock beat Falkirk 3–0[2] at Fir Park and Hibernian beat St Johnstone 3–1 after extra time[3] at Tynecastle in the semi-finals.

Kilmarnock

Home team Score Away team
Round 2[4] Queen of the South 1 – 2 (a.e.t.) Kilmarnock
Round 3 Kilmarnock 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) Livingston
Quarter-final Kilmarnock 3 – 2 Motherwell
Semi-final Kilmarnock 3 – 0 Falkirk

Hibernian

Home team Score Away team
Round 2[4] Hibernian 4 – 0 Peterhead
Round 3 Hibernian 6 – 0 Gretna
Quarter-final Hibernian 1 – 0 Hearts
Semi-final St Johnstone 1 – 3 (a.e.t.) Hibernian

Match details

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Kilmarnock1–5Hibernian
Greer   77' Report Jones   28'
Benjelloun   59', 85'
Fletcher   66', 87'
Attendance: 52,000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Kilmarnock
 
 
 
 
 
Hibernian
KILMARNOCK :
GK 1   Alan Combe
RB 6   Simon Ford
CB 5   Gordon Greer
CB 14   Frazer Wright
LB 3   Garry Hay (c)
RM 18   Paul di Giacomo   76'
CM 12   Allan Johnston
CM 2   James Fowler
LM 22   Peter Leven   57'
CF 9   Colin Nish
CF 7   Steven Naismith
Substitutes:
GK 13   Graeme Smith
DF 15   Grant Murray
DF 21   Ryan O'Leary
MF 8   Gary Locke   76'
FW 10   Gary Wales   57'
Manager:
  Jim Jefferies
HIBERNIAN:
GK 41   Andrew McNeil
RB 2   Steven Whittaker   90'
CB 15   Chris Hogg   90'
CB 5   Rob Jones (c)
LB 3   David Murphy
RM 17   Ivan Sproule   79'
CM 14   Guillaume Beuzelin
CM 7   Scott Brown
LM 26   Lewis Stevenson
CF 20   Steven Fletcher
CF 10   Abdessalam Benjelloun
Substitutes:
GK 1   Simon Brown
DF 12   Shelton Martis   90'
DF 25   Kevin McCann   90'
MF 6   Michael Stewart
MF 4   Merouane Zemmama   79'
Manager:
  John Collins

References

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  1. ^ "League Cup Fixtures". Soccernet. ESPN. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2008.
  2. ^ "Kilmarnock 3-0 Falkirk". BBC Sport. 30 January 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
  3. ^ "St Johnstone 1-3 Hibernian". BBC Sport. 31 January 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
  4. ^ a b SPL teams receive a bye to the second round; teams competing in Europe into the third.
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