2011 Scottish Youth Cup Final

2011 Scottish Youth Cup Final
Event 2010–11 Scottish Youth Cup
Date 27 April 2011
Venue Hampden Park, Glasgow
Referee John Beaton
Attendance 9,427

The 2011 Scottish Youth Cup Final was the final match of the 2010–11 Scottish Youth Cup, the 27th season of the Scottish Youth Cup. It was played by the U19 sides of Old Firm rivals Celtic and Rangers.

Route to the Final

Celtic

Round Opposition Score
Third Round Dundee 6–1
Fourth Round Airdrie United 5–1
Quarter-final Stenhousemuir 4–0
Semi-final Livingston 3–0

Celtic entered the competition in the third round. They began their campaign against Dundee winning 6–1 at Lennoxtown, thanks to goals from Patrik Twardzik, Callum Bagshaw, Callum McGregor, Stephen O'Donnell and Liam Gormley (2).[1] Celtic then played Airdrie United again at Lennoxtown. Goals by James Keatings, Callum McGregor, Filip Twardzik, Patrik Twardzik and Liam Gormley gave The Bhoys a comfortable 5–1 win.[2] In the quarter final, Celtic played Stenhousemuir again taking place at Lennoxtown. It took Celtic until the 43rd minute to break the deadlock through James Keatings, the other goals came from Filip Twardzik, Liam Gormley and Bahrudin Atajić therefore Celtic ran out 4–0 winners.[3] Celtic then took on Livingston in the semi-finals, yet another home match, however, this time the match took place at Celtic Park with Celtic running out 3-0 winners courtesy of goals from Filip Twardzik and James Keatings (2).[4]

This Youth Cup final was the 15th in Celtic's history. They had won 10 of them prior to this final, the last in 2010, which means Celtic are the most successful team in the history of the tournament.

Rangers

Round Opposition Score
Third Round Deveronvale 13–0
Fourth Round Hamilton Academical 3–2
Quarter-final Ayr United 6–2
Semi-final Hibernian 1–0

Rangers entered the competition in the third round. They began their campaign against Deveronvale emphatically winning 13–0 at Murray Park, thanks to goals from Max Wright (4), Kal Naismith (4), Rhys McCabe (3), Robbie Crawford and Darren Cole.[5] Rangers then played Hamilton Academical again at Murray Park. Goals by Kane Hemmings (2) (1st pen.), and Max Wright gave The Gers a 3-2 win.[6] In the quarter final, Rangers played Ayr United, this time it was an away match, taking place at Somerset Park. Rangers eventually won 6-2 after being 2-1 down at half-time, scorers for Rangers were Andy Mitchell (2), Kal Naismith, Kyle McAusland, Rhys McCabe and Dylan McGeouch.[7] Rangers then took on Hibernian in the semi-finals, another home match, however, this time the match took place at Ibrox with Rangers running out narrow 1-0 winners courtesy of a goal from Chris Hegarty.[8]

This Youth Cup final was the 13th in Rangers' history. They had won 5 of them prior to this final, the last in 2008, which means Rangers are the second-most successful team in the history of the tournament.

Match details

27 April 2011
19:30
Celtic 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) Rangers
Spence  71'
Gormley  109'
Celtic FC
Rangers FC
BBC Sport
McCabe  87'
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 9,427
Referee: John Beaton
Celtic
Rangers
CELTIC:
GKAustralia Nick Feely
RB45Scotland Lewis Toshney
CB43 Scotland Kieran Brennan
CBEngland Matty Hughes (c)
LBScotland Stephen O'Donnell
RMScotland Callum Bagshaw
CMAustralia Jackson Irvine
CM53 Czech Republic Patrik Twardzik  107'
LM43 Scotland Greig Spence  82'
CF56Czech Republic Filip Twardzik
CFScotland Callum McGregor
Substitutes:
GKScotland Robbie Thomson
CFScotland Liam Gormley  107'
CF35Bosnia and Herzegovina Bahrudin Atajić  82'
DF42Scotland Marcus Fraser
CF57Scotland Islam Feruz
Manager:
Scotland Stephen Frail
RANGERS:
GK44Scotland Gary Inglis
RB56 Scotland Kyle McAusland
CB47Northern Ireland Chris Hegarty
CB45 Scotland Darren Cole
LB80 Scotland Robbie McIntyre
RM62Scotland Adam Hunter
CM71Scotland Gregor Fotheringham  50'
CM46 Scotland Gordon Dick
LM48England Kane Hemmings (c)
CF51 Scotland Rhys McCabe
CF52 Scotland Kal Naismith
Substitutes:
GK43Northern Ireland Wayne Drummond
MF50Northern Ireland Andrew Mitchell
MF54Poland Kamil Wiktorski
MF70Scotland Robbie Crawford  50'
DF63Scotland Ewan McNeil
Manager:
Scotland Billy Kirkwood

MATCH OFFICIALS

  • Referee: John Beaton
  • Assistant Referee 1: Gavin Duncan
  • Assistant Referee 2: Steven Reid
  • Fourth Official: Barry Cook

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

References

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