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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.

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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]

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Match

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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

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Attendance: 50,635
Referee: John Rowbotham
CELTIC:
GK20Scotland Rab Douglas
DF17France Didier Agathe
DF6Guinea Bobo Baldé
DF23Slovakia Stanislav VargaYellow card
DF4Scotland Jackie McNamara (c)
MF19Bulgaria Stiliyan Petrov
MF18Northern Ireland Neil Lennon
MF8England Alan Thompsondownward-facing red arrow 86'
FW9England Chris Sutton
FW47Wales Craig Bellamy
FW10Wales John Hartsondownward-facing red arrow 73'
Substitutes:
GK22Scotland David Marshall
DF5Belgium Joos Valgaerenupward-facing green arrow 73'
MF14Scotland Paul Lambert
MF46Republic of Ireland Aiden McGeadyupward-facing green arrow 86'
FW37Scotland Craig Beattie
Manager:
Northern Ireland Martin O'Neill
DUNDEE UNITED:
GK1England Tony Bullock
DF2Scotland Mark Wilson
DF23Scotland Paul RitchieYellow card
DF39Scotland Garry Kenneth
DF5Scotland Alan ArchibaldYellow card
MF7Scotland Mark Kerr
MF4Scotland Derek McInnes (c)downward-facing red arrow 76'
MF8Scotland Grant Brebnerdownward-facing red arrow 83'
MF11Scotland Barry RobsonYellow card
CF19Scotland Stephen Crawforddownward-facing red arrow 83'
CF20Trinidad and Tobago Jason Scotland
Substitutes:
GK47Republic of Ireland Nick Colgan
DF3Scotland David McCracken
MF12Scotland Stuart Duffupward-facing green arrow 83'
FW16Scotland James Gradyupward-facing green arrow 83'
FW9Trinidad and Tobago Collin Samuelupward-facing green arrow 76'
Manager:
Scotland Gordon Chisholm

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