2012 Scottish Youth Cup final

2012 Scottish Youth Cup final 2011–12 Scottish Youth Cup Celtic 8 Queen of the South 0 23 April 2012 Hampden Park Glasgow Dylan McGeouch Brian Colvin 3,707 2011 2013 The 2012 Scottish Youth Cup final was the final match of the 2011–12 Scottish Youth Cup, the 28th season of the Scottish Youth Cup. It was played by the U19 sides of Celtic and Queen of the South. Route to the Final 2011–12 Scottish Youth Cup Celtic Round Opposition Score Third Round Kilmarnock 5–0 Fourth Round Dunfermline Athletic 5–0 Quarter-final Aberdeen 4–1 Semi-final St Mirren 4–1 Celtic entered the competition in the Third Round where they came up against fellow SPL club Kilmarnock. Two early goals from Paul George and Callum McGregor set the tone for the match with a double from captain Jackson Irvine and a late strike from John Herron completing the scoring. Celtic then beat Dunfermline by the same scoreline in the fourth round of the cup. This time goals from Irvine, Atajic, Chalmers, Twardzik and Watt ensured their progression into the Quarter-Final stage where they came up against Aberdeen. Two goals from Filip Twardzik, as well as solitary goals from striker Tony Watt and John Heron saw off the challenge from the Dons'. In the semi-final, Celtic came from behind to book their place in their third consecutive Youth Cup Final. Two goals from Tony Watt and single strikes from John Heron and Filip Twardzik saw Celtic record a 4–1 victory over the Paisley outfit. This victory came at a cost, as top scorer Tony Watt was sent off after picking up two yellow cards, and thus missed the Youth Cup Final. Queen of the South Round Opposition Score South Group St Cuthbert Wanderers 7–1 Third Round Berwick Rangers 3–2 Fourth Round Greenock Morton 3–2 Quarter-final Ayr United 2–1 Semi-final Dundee United 5–4 Queen of the South made it to the final of the Youth Cup for the second time in their youth team's history. They overcame a South Group game first, beating St Cuthbert Wanderers 7–1 in their first game of the competition. Queen's were then drawn away to Berwick Rangers, and despite going a goal down came back to win 3–2 and book a place in the Quarter Finals against Greenock Morton. Again, drawn away at Cappielow they beat their opposition by the same scoreline, with the aide of extra time. They booked their place in the semi-finals of the youth cup seeing off rivals Ayr United 2–1 at Palmerston Park. After their initial semi-final against Dundee United was called off, it was re-arranged a week before the final itself in a game which had everything. Dundee United took the lead when Ryan Gauld latched onto a through ball before clinically slotting past the on-coming Queen's goalkeeper. Patrick Slattery equalised scoring direct from a corner, however Gauld regained United's lead with a brilliant curling finish from the edge of the box. Just after half-time Lewis Todd drew Queen's level with a fine drive from the edge of the box, before a double from Robert Thompson saw United take a 4–2 lead. However, two goals in the last ten minutes meant that the game would go into extra-time. First, Slattery grabbed his second of the game, before captain Scott Hooper converted a penalty with five minutes to go. Striker Gavin Reilly scored the winning goal, tapping in a cut-back from winger Dean Smith to send Queen's to their first final since 1986. Match details 23 April 2012 19:30 Celtic 8–0 Report Report Queen of the South Twardzik 1Irvine 27McGeouch 42 68McGregor 43 pen. 73 85 pen.Herron 67 Hampden Park, Glasgow 3,707 Brian Colvin _celtic1011h _celtic1011h _celtic1011h _por10h _celtic1011h FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF ffffff ffffff Celtic _whiteshoulders 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF FFFFFF 0000FF Queen of the South GK 1SCO Robbie ThomsonRB 2ENG Darnell FisherLB 3SCO Joseph ChalmersMF 4AUS Jackson Irvine (c)DF 5SCO Curtis JonesDF 6SCO Marcus FraserMF 7SCO John HerronMF 8SCO Callum McGregorFW 9SCO Liam Gormley 69FW 10SCO Dylan McGeouch 73FW 11CZE Filip Twardzik 37Substitutes:GK 13ITA Leonardo FasanDF 12ENG Louis KyddMF 14SCO Michael MillerFW 15ENG James Alabi 37FW 16BIH Bahrudin Atajic 73Manager:SCO John Kennedy GK 1ENG Jim AtkinsonRB 2SCO Dean CrozierCB 3SCO Craig NeillCB 4SCO Sean WilkinsonLB 5SCO Scott Hooper (c) 75CM 6SCO Patrick SlatteryCM 7SCO Shaun Handling 75LM 8SCO Lewis ToddRM 9SCO Liam Park 60FW 10SCO Gavin ReillyFW 11SCO Dean SmithSubstitutes:GK 12SCO Euan DrysdaleDF 14SCO Joe YoungMF 15SCO Ross Gray 75MF 16SCO Josh Simpson 75FW 17SCO Robert Vallance 60Manager:ENG Stuart Rome Match officials Assistant referees: Gavin Harris and David McGeachie Fourth official: Colin StevenMatch rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Five named substitutes Maximum of three substitutions 5 Category:Scottish Youth Cup finals Scottish Youth Cup Final 2012 Scottish Youth Cup 2012 Category:April 2012 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:Football matches in Glasgow Category:Football finals in Scotland Category:2011–12 in European youth football Category:2010s in Glasgow