2010 Scottish Cup Final

2010 Scottish Cup Final
Event 2009–10 Scottish Cup
Dundee United Ross County
3 0
Date 15 May 2010
Venue Hampden Park, Glasgow
Man of the Match Craig Conway (Dundee United)
Referee Dougie McDonald
Attendance 47,122
Weather Sunny

The 2010 Scottish Cup Final was the 125th final of the Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition, the Scottish Cup. The match took place on 15 May 2010,[1] at Hampden Park, Glasgow and was contested by first time finalists Ross County and 1994 winners Dundee United. Craig Conway scored a brace as Dundee United ended a wait of 16 years to win the Scottish Cup for the second time in the club's history.[2]

Background

Dundee United had previously reached the Scottish Cup Final eight times, winning only one of them, while Ross County were making their first ever Scottish Cup final. Ross County join the list of lower division sides who have reached the final in the last five years, Gretna in 2006 and Queen of the South in 2008. Dundee United and Ross County had played each other only four times before, with United winning the last three. All of their encounters have been in the League Cup, Ross County won the first game at Victoria Park on 19 August 1998, 2–0 after extra time, their next encounter came almost exactly a year later on 18 August 1999 at Tannadice Park when United won 3–1. Eight years after their last encounter they meet again at Tannadice where United got a 2–1 win, they have played each other this season when United won 2–0 at Victoria Park.

Route to the final

Ross County

Round Opposition Score
Third round Berwick Rangers (h) 5–1
Fourth round Inverurie Loco Works (h) 4–0
Fifth round Stirling Albion (h) 9–0
Quarter-final Hibernian (a) 2–2
Replay Hibernian (h) 2–1
Semi-final Celtic (n) 0–2

Ross County entered in the third round, playing their first match against Third Division side Berwick Rangers. In rounds four and five, Ross County scored a total of thirteen goals, first against non-league Inverurie Loco Works, then facing Second Division side Stirling Albion. Their quarter-final match was their first against an SPL side, and they took Hibernian to a replay, which they won with a goal in the 90th minute. In their semi-final at Hampden, they faced Celtic and defeated them 2–0, booking their first appearance in the final of the Scottish Cup.

Dundee United

Round Opposition Score
Fourth round Partick Thistle (a) 0–2
Fifth round St Johnstone (a) 0–1
Quarter-final Rangers (a) 3–3
Quarter-final replay Rangers (h) 1–0
Semi-final Raith Rovers (n) 2–0

As a member of the SPL, Dundee United did not enter till the fourth round. Their fourth round game was against First Division side Partick Thistle and fifth round game was against SPL side St. Johnstone. In the quarter-final, United took the defending champions Rangers to a replay at Tannadice in which they won 1–0. In the semi-final they faced another First Division team in Raith Rovers, who they beat 2–0.

Ticketing

Dundee United sold more than 20,000 tickets for the match up to the end of April and have asked the Scottish Football Association for another 5,000 tickets. Ross County president Roy McGregor expects 20,000 supporters to attend the final, after they sold the initial allocation of 11,000 tickets in just three days. Another batch of 5,000 was received from the SFA and all expect to sell out.[3]

European qualification

The winner automatically qualifies for the play-off round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League. Because Dundee United had finished in a Europa League spot in the SPL, Ross County would only have qualified had they won the final. Since Dundee United won, the remaining Europa League spot was allocated to Motherwell, who finished fifth in the SPL.[4][5]

Team news and build-up

It was confirmed on 11 April 2010, that Dundee United's Paul Dixon would miss the final after he sustained a broken foot in the semi-final win over Raith Rovers.[6] Dundee United's Darren Dods also missed the final after being ruled out with a cartilage injury.[7]

Dundee United manager Peter Houston let former captain Lee Wilkie lead the team out for final. The defender was forced to retire at the age of 29 earlier in the season after being plagued by knee problems.[8]

On 5 May 2010, Ross County announced that they had abandoned plans for a training camp in Spain because of the latest volcanic ash cloud. They were due to fly from Glasgow but, with airport closures and the expected traveller backlog, the club decided to stay in Scotland and prepare for the final.[9]

Match

Details

15 May 2010
15:00
Dundee United 3 – 0 Ross County
Goodwillie  61'
Conway  75', 86' 		Report
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 47,122
Referee: Dougie McDonald
Dundee United
Ross County
GK 1 Slovakia Dušan Perniš
RB 2 Republic of Ireland Seán Dillon
CB 3 Scotland Andy Webster
CB 18 Scotland Garry Kenneth
LB 19 Switzerland Mihael Kovačević  83'
LM 6 Scotland Craig Conway
RM 14 Scotland Danny Swanson  74'
CM 15 Ghana Prince Buaben
CM 16 Senegal Morgaro Gomis
ST 9 Republic of Ireland Jon Daly
ST 25 Scotland David Goodwillie  78'
Substitutes:
GK 13 England Steve Banks
DF 27 Scotland Keith Watson  83'
MF 8 Scotland Scott Robertson  74'
MF 12 Scotland David Robertson  78'
ST 10 England Danny Cadamarteri
Manager:
Scotland Peter Houston
GK 1 Northern Ireland Michael McGovern
RB 2 Scotland Gary Miller
CB 5 Scotland Scott Boyd
CB 6 Scotland Alex Keddie
LB 3 Scotland Scott Morrison
RM 7 Scotland Michael Gardyne  77'
CM 4 Scotland Jimmy Scott  79'
CM 10 Scotland Richard Brittain
LM 11Scotland Iain Vigurs
ST 8Scotland Andrew Barrowman
ST 9 Scotland Steven Craig  52'
Substitutes:
GK 18 Scotland Joe Malin
DF 14Scotland Stuart Kettlewell
MF 15 Scotland Paul Lawson  52'
ST 12 Scotland Paul di Giacomo  77'
ST 16 Scotland Garry Wood  79'
Manager:
Scotland Derek Adams

MATCH OFFICIALS

  • Assistant referees:
    • Francis Andrews
  • Fourth official:

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Five named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.
Match statistics
Dundee United Ross County
Goals scored 3 0
Total shots 11 4
Shots on target 7 3
Ball possession 58% 42%
Corner kicks 4 2
Fouls committed 13 18
Yellow cards 2 2
Red cards 0 0

References

  1. ↑ "Scottish Cup Round Dates". Retrieved 18 April 2010.
  2. ↑ "Conway the cup hero at Hampden". ESPN Soccernet. 2010-05-15. Retrieved 2010-08-10.
  3. ↑ Spence, Jim (2010-04-29). "Scottish Cup finalists want more tickets". BBC Sport (BBC). Archived from the original on 3 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-06.
  4. ↑ Scotsman newspaper
  5. ↑ Harris, Andy (2010-04-21). "European qualifying clarity for cup final teams". BBC Sport (BBC). Archived from the original on 29 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-06.
  6. ↑ "Dundee United's Paul Dixon to miss Cup final". BBC Sport (BBC). 2010-04-13. Archived from the original on 16 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-06.
  7. ↑ "Darren Dods to miss Cup final for Dundee United". BBC Sport (BBC). 2010-05-07. Archived from the original on 12 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-12.
  8. ↑ "Lee Wilkie touched by Dundee United Cup final gesture". BBC Sport (BBC). 2010-05-12. Archived from the original on 15 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-12.
  9. ↑ McDaid, David (2010-05-05). "Ash ruins County's Cup final trip". BBC Sport (BBC). Archived from the original on 9 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-12.
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