2015 Scottish Cup Final

Official programme cover

Event

2014–15 Scottish Cup

Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Falkirk

2	1

Date

30 May 2015

Venue

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Referee

Willie Collum

Attendance

37,149

The 2015 Scottish Cup Final was the 130th final of the Scottish Cup, the most prestigious knockout football competition in Scotland. The match took place at Hampden Park on 30 May 2015 and was contested by Falkirk and Inverness Caledonian Thistle. Ten-man Inverness won the final 2–1 thanks to a late James Vincent goal.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Inverness subsequently entered the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League in the Second qualifying round. As Inverness also finished 3rd in the 2014–15 Scottish Premiership, this enabled St Johnstone to claim the final 2015–16 UEFA Europa League slot.

Background

This was Falkirk's fifth Scottish Cup Final, having previously won twice (1913 against Raith Rovers and 1957 against Kilmarnock) and lost twice (1997 against Kilmarnock and 2009 against Rangers).^[4] It was Inverness' first appearance in the final,^[5] their best performances being reaching the semi-final in 2003 and 2004, losing to Dundee and Dunfermline Athletic respectively.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Route to the final

Falkirk

Round	Opposition	Score
Fourth Round	Cowdenbeath	1–0
Fifth Round	Brechin City	2–1
Quarter-final	Queen of the South	1–0
Semi-final	Hibernian	1–0

Falkirk, of the Scottish Championship, entered the competition in the Fourth Round. They began their campaign against Cowdenbeath at the Falkirk Stadium. Craig Sibbald scored the goal that sealed the Bairns' passage into the next round.^[9] They then took on Brechin City, winning 2–1, courtesy of goals from David McCracken and David Smith.^[10]

In the quarter-final Falkirk were drawn against Queen of the South. Craig Sibbald's goal sealed a 1–0 victory.^[11] In the semi-final at Hampden Park on 18 April, Falkirk faced Hibernian. A late header from Craig Sibbald sent Falkirk to their first Scottish Cup final since 2009.^[12]

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

Round	Opposition	Score
Fourth Round	St Mirren	1–1
Fourth Round Replay	St Mirren	4–0
Fifth Round	Partick Thistle	2–1
Quarter-final	Raith Rovers	1–0
Semi-final	Celtic	3–2 (a.e.t.)

Inverness, of the Scottish Premiership also entered the competition in the Fourth Round, coming from a goal down away at St Mirren to earn a replay which was comfortably won 4–0.^[13] In the Fifth Round, Caley eased their way past another Premiership side in Partick Thistle at Firhill, winning 2–1 to earn a berth in the quarter-finals.^[14] On this occasion they were given a home tie against Championship club Raith Rovers, who were dispatched by a single goal at the Caledonian Stadium.^[15]

This set up a semi-final with favourites Celtic at Hampden Park. Despite going into the tie as underdogs and falling behind to an early strike by Virgil van Dijk, Inverness stunned the Hoops by winning 3–2 after extra-time courtesy of a late David Raven goal to book their place in the final for the first time.^[5]

Pre-match

The match was shown live on BBC Scotland and on Sky Sports.^[16]

Match

Summary

Inverness took the lead in the 38th minute when Marley Watkins ran onto an Aaron Doran pass to round goalkeeper Jamie MacDonald and slot low into the net. Carl Tremarco was sent off for Inverness in the 75th minute for bringing down Blair Alston as the last man. Falkirk leveled the game with ten minutes to go when Peter Grant headed to the net at the back post after a free-kick by Blair Alston on the left of the penalty area. With four minutes to go Inverness got the winning goal when James Vincent finished from six yards out after the goalkeeper had parried out a low shot from Marley Watkins.

Details

Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Falkirk

30 May 2015
15:00

Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2–1	Falkirk
Watkins 38' Vincent 86'	Report	Grant 80'

Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 37,149
Referee: Willie Collum^[17]

Inverness CT

Falkirk


GK	1	Ryan Esson
DF	3	Graeme Shinnie
DF	14	Daniel Devine
DF	6	Josh Meekings
DF	18	Carl Tremarco	75'
MF	16	Greg Tansey
MF	8	Ross Draper
MF	15	Marley Watkins		93'
MF	10	Aaron Doran		78'
FW	22	Ryan Christie		72'
FW	7	Edward Ofere
Substitutes:
GK	31	Cameron Mackay
MF	4	James Vincent		72'
MF	11	Nick Ross		93'
MF	17	Lewis Horner
MF	19	Danny Williams		78'
MF	20	Liam Polworth
FW	25	Tarmo Kink
Manager:
John Hughes


GK	1	Jamie MacDonald
DF	2	Kieran Duffie
DF	5	David McCracken
DF	14	Peter Grant
DF	19	Luke Leahy
MF	8	Blair Alston
MF	6	Will Vaulks
MF	7	Tom Taiwo	77'
MF	10	Craig Sibbald
MF	9	David Smith		63'
FW	33	Rory Loy		95'
Substitutes:
GK	12	Graham Bowman
DF	3	Aaron Muirhead
DF	15	Liam Dick
MF	20	Alex Cooper
MF	22	Ryan Blair
FW	28	Botti Bia-Bi		63'
FW	36	Taylor Morgan		95'
Manager:
Peter Houston

Match rules

90 minutes
30 minutes of extra time if necessary
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
Seven named substitutes
Maximum of three substitutions

References

↑ "Inverness CT's John Hughes: it will be hard to repeat success of this season". Guardian. 30 May 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
↑ "Inverness 2-1 Falkirk: James Vincent strikes late to end Caley's wait for Scottish Cup". Daily Mail. 30 May 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
↑ "William Hill Scottish Cup Final RECAP: Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Falkirk". Daily Record. 30 May 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
↑ "Scotland - List of Cup Finals". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
1 2 Lindsay, Clive (19 April 2015). "Inverness CT 3-2 Celtic". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
↑ Clark, Graham (21 April 2003). "Dundee book their trip to Europe". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
↑ Davie, Scott (21 April 2004). "Brewster gives Pars final push". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
↑ "John Hughes aims to boost Inverness following". BBC Sport. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
↑ "Falkirk 1–0 Cowdenbeath". BBC Sport. BBC. 29 November 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
↑ "Falkirk 2–1 Brechin". BBC Sport. BBC. 7 February 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
↑ "Queen of the South 0–1 Falkirk". BBC Sport. BBC. 6 March 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
↑ "Hibernian 0–1 Falkirk". BBC Sport. BBC. 18 April 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
↑ "Inverness CT 4-0 St Mirren". BBC Sport. 2 December 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
↑ "Partick Thistle 1-2 Inverness CT". BBC Sport. 7 February 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
↑ "Inverness CT 1-0 Raith Rovers". BBC Sport. 10 March 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
↑ "Live Scottish Football On TV". Live Football on TV. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
↑ "Scottish Cup final: Willie Collum to referee Inverness CT v Falkirk". BBC Sport. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015.

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