2009 Scottish Cup final

February 2020 2009 Scottish Cup Final 2008–09 Scottish Cup Rangers 1 Falkirk 0 30 May 2009 Hampden Park Glasgow David Weir Craig Thomson 50,956 2008 2010 The 2009 Scottish Cup Final was the final of the 124th season of the main domestic football cup competition in Scotland, the Scottish Cup. The final was played at Hampden Park in Glasgow on 30 May 2009. The match was contested by Rangers, who were defending the trophy having won the 2008 final,https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/7416622.stm Queen of the South 2–3 Rangers 24 May 2009 BBC Sport 12 May 2009 12 October 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171012202837/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/7416622.stm live and Falkirk who last won the Cup in 1957.http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=274689 1957 Falkirk win Soccerbase 12 May 2009 29 March 2005 https://web.archive.org/web/20050329062609/http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=274689 live Falkirk were contesting a Scottish Cup final for only the fourth time in their history, while it was Rangers' 51st appearance (winning 32 times and losing 17, with one final (1909) resulting in the cup being withheld).https://www.theguardian.com/football/2007/mar/21/theknowledge.sport Why no one won the Scottish Cup in 1909 The Guardian 28 May 2009 London James Dart 21 March 2007 24 March 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070324132539/http://football.guardian.co.uk/theknowledge/story/0,,2038307,00.html live It was Rangers' second cup final of the season, having lost to Celtic in the League Cup Final on 15 March 2009.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/7941624.stm Celtic 2–0 Rangers 15 March 2009 BBC Sport 12 May 2009 19 March 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090319024654/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/7941624.stm live Route to the Final 2008–09 Scottish Cup Rangers Round Opposition Score Fourth round St Johnstone (a) 0–2 Fifth round Forfar Athletic (a) 0–4 Quarter-final Hamilton Academical (h) 5–1 Semi-final St Mirren (n) 3–0 Rangers first match of the 2008–09 Scottish Cup was away to Scottish First Division leaders St Johnstone. The match at McDiarmid Park was played on a Tuesday night due to BBC Sport Scotland's live coverage.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/7761999.stm Saints' cup game with Gers on BBC 2 December 2008 BBC Sport 15 May 2009 7 January 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090107225109/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/7761999.stm live An own goal from Saints defender Stuart McCaffrey gave Rangers the lead just before half-time and a late Nacho Novo strike with ten minutes left made the game safe.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/7823788.stm St Johnstone 0–2 Rangers BBC Sport 15 May 2009 13 January 2009 14 January 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090114114739/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/7823788.stm live The match against Scottish Third Division side Forfar Athletic was to be shown on Sky Sportshttp://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/football/cups/scottish-cup/2009/02/06/forfar-s-relief-as-sky-guarantee-82-500-jackpot-for-scottish-cup-game-with-rangers-86908-21101248/ Forfar's relief as Sky guarantee £82,500 jackpot for Scottish Cup game with Rangers 6 February 2009 Daily Record 28 May 2009 https://archive.today/20120730033843/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/football/cups/scottish-cup/2009/02/06/forfar-s-relief-as-sky-guarantee-82-500-jackpot-for-scottish-cup-game-with-rangers-86908-21101248/ 30 July 2012 live and was therefore originally planned as a lunchtime kick-off on Sunday 8 February but was postponed due to a frozen pitch,https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/7872230.stm Rangers angry over cup call-off 8 February 2009 BBC Sport 15 May 2009 11 February 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090211122408/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/7872230.stm live the game was rescheduled and played on Wednesday 18 February. Rangers took an early lead in the match thanks to a Saša Papac goal after only eight minutes but the team could not add to their advantage until after half-time. A Kenny Miller double and Aarón Ñíguez's first Rangers goal ensured the team's progress in a 4–0 win.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/7895077.stm Forfar 0–4 Rangers 18 February 2009 BBC Sport 15 May 2009 21 February 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090221075706/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/7895077.stm live The quarter-final was the first tie played at Ibrox by Rangers in the Scottish cup that season. The game ended in a convincing 5–1 win over Scottish Premier League side Hamilton Academical. The scoring was opened by Steven Whittaker before Hamilton's Rocco Quinn equalised. Rangers again took the lead through Kyle Lafferty before Aarón Ñíguez netted a retaken penalty as half time approached. Hamilton played most of the second half with 10 men due to injuries, goals after the break from Steven Davis and another from Kyle Lafferty completed the win.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/7926834.stm Rangers 5–1 Hamilton 8 March 2009 BBC Sport 15 May 2009 11 March 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090311023234/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/7926834.stm live The semi-final at Hampden Park was played against fellow Scottish Premier League side St Mirren. After just 75 seconds of the match Rangers were ahead through an Andrius Velička goal. Kris Boyd's 100th Rangers goal after 66 minutes made it 2–0 and a Kenny Miller goal twenty minutes from time saw Rangers through to their second successive final.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/8015679.stm Rangers 3–0 St Mirren 25 April 2009 BBC Sport 15 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090427185405/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/8015679.stm 27 April 2009 live Falkirk Round Opposition Score Fourth round Queen of the South (h) 4–2 Fifth round Heart of Midlothian (a) 0–1 Quarter-final Inverness CT (a) 0–1 Semi-final Dunfermline Athletic (n) 2–0 Falkirk's first Scottish Cup match of the season was against the runners-up from the previous season, Queen of the South. Falkirk took the lead after Craig Barr fouled Graham Barrett, Scott Arfield converted the penalty. Queen's equalised five minutes later through a deflected Barry Wilson strike to leave the score level at half-time. Despite a superb free kick by Bob Harris to give Queen of the South a 2–1 lead, Falkirk went on to score a further three goals to win 4–2. A Graham Barrett double and a second from Arfield.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/7819271.stm Falkirk 4–2 Queen of the South 10 January 2009 BBC Sport 15 May 2009 4 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110520/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/7819271.stm live The Bairns faced Scottish Premier League opposition in the next round in the shape of Heart of Midlothian. A Steve Lovell header after 59 minutes sent Hearts out of the Cup in a game which saw two red cards, one for each side. Heart's Marius Žaliūkas was sent-off after wrestling Carl Finnigan to the ground and Falkirk's Arfield was shown red for a second bookable offence.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/7872221.stm Hearts 0–1 Falkirk 7 February 2009 BBC Sport 15 May 2009 10 February 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090210031046/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/7872221.stm live A trip to the Highlands ensued for the quarter-final after Falkirk were drawn away to Inverness Caledonian Thistle. A victory was secured by a Carl Finnigan penalty after 31 minutes when Lionel Djebi-Zadi was sent off for grappling with the striker inside the penalty box.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/7926815.stm Inverness CT 0–1 Falkirk 7 March 2009 BBC Sport 15 May 2009 10 March 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090310154618/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/7926815.stm live The semi-final match against Dunfermline Athletic was played at Hampden Park despite the Scottish Football Association offering to change the match to a different venue.http://www.sportinglife.com/football/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/09/04/23/SOCCER_Falkirk_Nightlead.html Higdon flumoxed by Hampden choice Sportinglife 15 May 2009 5 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110605025051/http://www.sportinglife.com/football/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/09/04/23/SOCCER_Falkirk_Nightlead.html live Tam Scobbie opened the scoring when he knocked a Neil McCann free kick into the Pars goal with his shoulder early in the second half. The win was assured after Scott Arfield converted a penalty in the 89th minute, McCann had won the spot kick after being brought down by Dunfermline's Greg Ross.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/8015682.stm Falkirk 2–0 Dunfermline 26 April 2009 BBC Sport 15 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090429201312/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/8015682.stm 29 April 2009 live Background Rangers went into the match as 32-time winners of the competition; they were the defending champions having won in 2008,https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/8072822.stm Rangers 1–0 Falkirk 30 May 2009 BBC Sport 30 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090531100912/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/8072822.stm 31 May 2009 live this was their 50th final overall. Falkirk won the cup in 1913http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=274463 1913 Final Soccerbase 16 December 2008 26 February 2005 https://web.archive.org/web/20050226183354/http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=274463 dead and 1957;http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=274689 1957 Final (R) Soccerbase 16 December 2008 29 March 2005 https://web.archive.org/web/20050329062609/http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=274689 live they reached the final in 1997 but lost.http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=355288 1997 Final Soccerbase 16 December 2008 17 June 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080617215646/http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=355288 dead Rangers had just won the Scottish Premier League to become Scottish championshttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_prem/8062744.stm Dundee United 0–3 Rangers 24 May 2009 BBC Sport 25 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090525163505/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/8062744.stm 25 May 2009 live and Falkirk had narrowly avoided relegation from the SPL;https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/8062736.stm Inverness CT 0–1 Falkirk 23 May 2009 BBC Sport 24 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090525155559/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/8062736.stm 25 May 2009 live both had done so in the last match of their respective league seasons. The two teams had met each other four times that season three league meetings which were all won by Rangershttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_prem/7548329.stm Falkirk 0–1 Rangers (league meeting 1) 9 August 2008 BBC Sport 4 July 2009 21 February 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090221025131/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_prem/7548329.stm livehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/7832201.stm Rangers 3–1 Falkirk (league meeting 2) 17 January 2009 BBC Sport 4 July 2009https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_prem/7980381.stm Falkirk 0–1 Rangers (league meeting 3) 5 April 2009 BBC Sport 4 July 2009 8 April 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090408073040/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_prem/7980381.stm live and a Scottish League Cup Semi-final which Rangers also won.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/7851386.stm Rangers 3–0 Falkirk 27 January 2009 BBC Sport 4 July 2009 29 January 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090129231217/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/7851386.stm live Falkirk had not beaten Rangers in any competition since an SPL meeting in December 2006,https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_prem/6196996.stm Falkirk 1–0 Rangers 3 December 2006 BBC Sport 4 July 2009 12 January 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070112005336/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_prem/6196996.stm live They had last met Rangers in the Scottish Cup in a 1998–99 Quarter-final which Rangers won 2–1, The last time they beat Rangers in a cup competition was in the 1994–95 League Cup, They had never previously met in a Cup Final. Pre-match Ticket allocation Rangers were allocated 24,890 tickets for the final, while Falkirk received 11,740 tickets with another 3,200 available if needed. Falkirk had originally wanted an allocation similar to Rangers. All Falkirk season ticket holders were guaranteed a seat for the final. SFA spokesman Rob Shorthouse told BBC Scotland at the end of April that it would be fair to both clubs and wanted to avoid unsold tickets being returned. Both semi-finals at Hampden were well below the 52,000 stadium capacity, with only 32,341 supporters watching Rangers beat St Mirren 3–0 in the first semi-final at Hampden, while 17,124 watched Falkirk's victory over Dunfermline 24 hours later.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/8022630.stm SFA mulls over cup final tickets 28 April 2009 BBC Sport 6 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090501182151/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/8022630.stm 1 May 2009 livehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/8033761.stm Scots Cup final tickets allocated 5 May 2009 BBC Sport 6 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090520093014/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/8033761.stm 20 May 2009 live On 27 May 2009, it was reported that Falkirk had failed to sell its originally allocation of tickets, only 12,200 to date, this meant that the club would be limited to 13,000 tickets in total. Meanwhile, Rangers were given an additional 3,000 tickets on top of there allocation which would now mean that the Glasgow club had a total of 28,000 for the final.http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/football/spl/rangers/2009/05/27/scottish-cup-final-tickets-boost-for-rangers-86908-21393399/ Scottish Cup final tickets boost for Rangers 27 May 2009 Daily Record 28 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20110610071513/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/football/spl/rangers/2009/05/27/scottish-cup-final-tickets-boost-for-rangers-86908-21393399/ 10 June 2011 livehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/8033761.stm Gers get extra cup final tickets 25 May 2009 BBC Sport 27 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090520093014/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/8033761.stm 20 May 2009 live Despite this, Falkirk supporters turned up in their droves to support their club, the official match attendance being recorded at 50,956. Gowans asked to lead out Falkirk As a mark of respect for a former Falkirk youth team player, Craig Gowans, who died in a tragic accident at the club's old training ground in July 2005,https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4663917.stm Footballer dies in freak accident BBC News 8 July 2005 28 May 2009 8 July 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150708041633/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4663917.stm live Bairns manager John Hughes asked Gowans' father, John, to lead out the team at Hampden Park.http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/scotland/article6176007.ece John Hughes wants Craig Gowans family to lead out team The Times 27 April 2009 28 May 2009 London Ronnie Esplin https://web.archive.org/web/20090508071037/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/scotland/article6176007.ece 8 May 2009 dead Match Team news Rangers were missing midfielder Kevin Thomson, who was ruled out until the following season after knee ligament damage sustained in November 2008, and defender Kirk Broadfoot due to a foot injury. There were fitness concerns over Pedro Mendes and Maurice Edu who were both suffering from thigh injuries. Falkirk were without on-loan midfielder Arnau Riera due to a suspension he picked up in the semi-final against Dunfermline Athletic, he since returned to parent club Sunderland only to be released on 28 May 2009.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/8072478.stm Yorke heads Sunderland clear-out BBC Sport 28 May 2008 1 January 2010 4 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090604004409/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/8072478.stm live Ex-Rangers players Steven Pressley and Neil McCann returned from suspension and injury respectively. Both players were missing from the final Scottish Premier League match of the season Match summary January 2011 Match details 30 May 2009 15:00 Rangers 1–0 Report Falkirk Novo 46 Hampden Park, Glasgow C Thomson 50,956 _Rangers 0809h _redhorizontal 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF FFFFFF 000000 Rangers_darkblueinsideshoulders _vneckred _darkblueinsideshoulders FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FF0000 FFFFFF Falkirk RANGERS: GK 25 SCO Neil AlexanderRB 28 SCO Steven Whittaker 41CB 3 SCO David Weir (c)CB 24 ALG Madjid BougherraLB 5 BIH Saša PapacRM 35 NIR Steven DavisCM 6 SCO Barry FergusonCM 12 SCO Lee McCullochLM 27 NIR Kyle Lafferty 88ST 9 SCO Kris Boyd 46ST 18 SCO Kenny Miller 85Substitutes:GK 1 SCO Allan McGregorDF 72 SCO Danny WilsonDF 23 SCO Christian Dailly 88 88MF 14 SCO Steven Naismith 85ST 10 ESP Nacho Novo 90+3 46Manager:SCO Walter SmithFALKIRK : GK 1 ESP Dani MalloRB 5 SCO Jackie McNamara 45CB 20 SCO Darren Barr (c) 74CB 14 NED Gerard AafjesLB 33 SCO Tam ScobbieCM 47 SCO Burton O'BrienCM 6 SCO Kevin McBride 74CM 4 IRL Patrick Cregg 74CM 16 Canada Scott ArfieldST 15ENG Steve LovellST 7SCO Neil McCann 74Substitutes:GK 17 AUT Bobby OlejnikDF 10SCO Steven PressleyMF 24 SCO Mark Stewart 74ST 21 ENG Carl Finnigan 90+1 74ST 11 ENG Michael Higdon 74Manager:SCO John Hughes MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Lawrence Kerrigan Willie Dishington Fourth official: Steve ConroyMATCH RULES 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if scores are level Penalty shootout if scores still level Five named substitutes Maximum of 3 substitutions Statistics Statistic Rangers FalkirkGoals scored 1 0Total shots 7 12Shots on target 4 1Ball possession 45% 55%Fouls committed 16 10Offsides 1 7Yellow cards 3 3Red cards 0 0 Source: BBC Sport, The Guardian Media coverage In the UK the 2009 Scottish Cup Final was shown live on BBC One Scotland, Sky Sports 2 and Sky Sports HD2. In Australia it was shown live on Setanta Sports. A highlights package of the Scottish Cup final was shown on BBC One Scotland at 2200 BST on the day of the match. References 30em External links Rangers vs Falkirk Association football Scotland 2009 Final Category:Falkirk F.C. matches Category:Rangers F.C. matches Category:2000s in Glasgow