2006 Scottish Cup final explained

2006 Scottish Cup Final
Event:	2005–06 Scottish Cup
Team1:	Heart of Midlothian
Team1score:	1
Team2:	Gretna
Team2score:	1
Details:	Heart of Midlothian won 4 – 2 on penalties
Date:	13 May 2006
Stadium:	Hampden Park
City:	Glasgow
Referee:	Dougie McDonald
Attendance:	51,232
Previous:	2005
Next:	2007

The 2006 Scottish Cup Final was played on 13 May 2006^[1] at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 120th Scottish Cup. The final was contested by Heart of Midlothian (Hearts), who beat Hibernian 4–0 in the semi-final,^[2] and Gretna, who beat Dundee 3–0.^[3]

Hearts had previously reached the final 13 times, winning six. Gretna, who were only admitted to the Scottish Football League in 2002, having previously competed in non-League English football, had never reached the final. Gretna became the first team from the third tier of Scottish football to reach a Scottish Cup Final.

The cup holders were Celtic, who had beaten Dundee United 1–0 to win the previous final,^[4] but they were knocked out in the third round by First Division club Clyde who beat them 2–1.

Hearts won the match 4–2 on penalties after the match had ended in a 1–1 draw after extra time.

Match details

GK 1 Craig Gordon DF 2 Robbie Neilson DF 4 Steven Pressley (c) DF 29 Ibrahim Tall DF 3 MF 18 MF 36 MF 10 MF 8 CF 12 CF 9 Edgaras Jankauskas Substitutes: GK 13 Steve Banks DF 20 Christophe Berra MF 28 MF 16 FW 21 Manager: Valdas Ivanauskas

GK 1 Alan Main DF 2 DF 5 Derek Townsley DF 6 Chris Innes (c) DF 8 Ryan McGuffie MF 3 MF 4 MF 7 John O'Neil MF 11 Gavin Skelton CF 10 James Grady CF 9 Substitutes: GK 17 David Mathieson DF 12 MF 16 Niall Henderson FW 14 FW 15 Matthew Berkeley Manager: Rowan Alexander

Road to the final

Heart of Midlothian	Round	Gretna
Home team	Score	Away team	Hearts scorers	Home team	Score	Away team	Gretna scorer(s)
	Round One	Preston Athletic	2 – 6	Gretna
Round Two	Gretna	6 – 1	Cove Rangers
Hearts	2 – 0	Kilmarnock		Round Three^[5]	St Johnstone	0 – 1	Gretna
Hearts	3 – 0	Aberdeen		Round Four	Clyde	0 – 0	Gretna
			Replay	Gretna	4 – 0	Clyde
Hearts	2 – 1	Partick Thistle		Quarter-finals	Gretna	1 – 0	St Mirren
Hibernian	0 – 4	Hearts		Semi-finals	Gretna	3 – 0	Dundee

External links

• Hearts vs Gretna

Notes and References

1. Web site: Scottish Cup Fixtures . 2008-04-04 . . 5 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305033057/http://www.espnfc.com/scoreboard?league=sco.tennents&date=20060513&refresh=0&cc=5739 . dead .
2. Web site: Hibernian 0–4 Hearts . . 2006-04-02 . 2008-04-04.
3. Web site: Gretna 3–0 Dundee . BBC Sport . 2006-04-01 . 2008-04-04.
4. Web site: Celtic 1–0 Dundee United . 2005-05-25 . 2008-04-04 . BBC Sport.
5. All SPL teams received a bye to the third round. Gretna were outside the top two divisions and were therefore entered into the first round draw.