2006 Scottish League Cup final explained

2006 Scottish League Cup final
Event:2005–06 Scottish League Cup
Team1:Dunfermline Athletic
Team1score:0
Team2:Celtic
Team2score:3
Date:19 March 2006
Stadium:Hampden Park
City:Glasgow
Referee:Stuart Dougal
Attendance:50,090
Previous:2005
Next:2007

The 2006 Scottish League Cup final was a football match played on 19 March 2006 at Hampden Park in Glasgow. It was the final match of the 2005–06 Scottish League Cup and the 59th Scottish League Cup final. The final was contested by Dunfermline Athletic and Celtic. Celtic won the match 3–0, thanks to goals from Maciej Zurawski, Shaun Maloney and Dion Dublin.

The Celtic team all wore the number 7 on their shorts in honour of former player Jimmy Johnstone, who had died a week earlier.

Road to the final

See also: 2005–06 Scottish League Cup.

width=50% valign=topCeltic
Home team Score Away team
Round 3[1] Celtic2 – 1Falkirk
Quarter-finalCeltic2 – 0Rangers
Semi-finalMotherwell1 – 2Celtic
width=50% valign=topDunfermline Athletic
Home team Score Away team
Round 2Gretna0 – 1Dunfermline
Round 3Kilmarnock3 – 4Dunfermline
Quarter-finalDunfermline3 – 0Hibernian
Semi-finalDunfermline1 – 0Livingston

Match details

DUNFERMLINE ATHLETIC:
GK 1 Allan McGregor
RB 2 Greg Shields (c)
CB 3 Scott Wilson
CB 19 Aaron Labonte
LB 25
RM 23
CM 8 Gary Mason
CM 6 Scott Thomson
LM 26
AM 10
CF 9 Mark Burchill
Substitutes:
GK 20 Bryn Halliwell
DF 18 Andy Tod
MF 11
MF 14
FW 7
Manager:
Jim Leishman
CELTIC :
GK 1 Artur Boruc
RB 2
CB 44 Stephen McManus
CB 6
LB 33 Ross Wallace
RM 25
CM 18 Neil Lennon (c)
CM 16
LM 29
AM 19 Stiliyan Petrov
CF 7 Maciej Żurawski
Substitutes:
GK 22 David Marshall
DF 23 Stanislav Varga
MF 11 Stephen Pearson
MF 8
FW 9
Manager:
Gordon Strachan

Notes and References

  1. [Scottish Premier League|SPL]