2015 Scottish Cup final

April 2015 2015 Scottish Cup Final 200px Official programme cover 2014–15 Scottish Cup InvernessCaledonian Thistle 2 Falkirk 1 30 May 2015 Hampden Park Glasgow Willie Collum 37,149 2014 2016 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 Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Falkirk. Ten-man Inverness won the final 2–1 thanks to a late James Vincent goal.https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/may/31/inverness-caledonian-thistle-john-hughes-scottish-cup-falkirk Inverness CT’s John Hughes: it will be hard to repeat success of this season 30 May 2015 Guardian 3 June 2015 15 October 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191015123116/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/may/31/inverness-caledonian-thistle-john-hughes-scottish-cup-falkirk live 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 (in previous years this place would have gone to Falkirk as runners-up, as it had in 2009, but the rules were changed from 2015 onwards).http://www.uefa.org/about-uefa/executive-committee/news/newsid=1999120.html Strategic talks in Dubrovnik UEFA.org 20 September 2013 12 April 2024 20 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150920032254/http://www.uefa.org/about-uefa/executive-committee/news/newsid=1999120.html live Background It was Inverness' first appearance in the final, their best performances being reaching the semi-final in 2003 and 2004, losing to Dundee and Dunfermline Athletic respectively.Clark Graham Dundee book their trip to Europe https://www.theguardian.com/football/2003/apr/21/match.sport3 20 April 2015 The Guardian 21 April 2003Davie Scott Brewster gives Pars final push https://www.theguardian.com/football/2004/apr/21/match.sport2 20 April 2015 The Guardian 21 April 2004https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/32890071 John Hughes aims to boost Inverness following 27 May 2015 BBC Sport 28 May 2015 28 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150528093140/http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/32890071 live 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).Scotland - List of Cup Finals RSSSF https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/scotcuphist.html 20 April 2015 14 May 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190514174724/http://rsssf.com/tabless/scotcuphist.html live Route to the final 2014–15 Scottish Cup Inverness Caledonian Thistle RoundOppositionScore Fourth round St Mirren 1–1 Fourth Round Replay 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.Inverness CT 4-0 St Mirren https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/30275611 20 April 2015 BBC Sport 2 December 2014 22 October 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171022100652/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/30275611 live 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.Partick Thistle 1-2 Inverness CT https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/31071497 20 April 2015 BBC Sport 7 February 2015 6 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160306024539/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/31071497 live 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.Inverness CT 1-0 Raith Rovers https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/31670549 20 April 2015 BBC Sport 10 March 2015 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.Lindsay Clive Inverness CT 3-2 Celtic https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/32089585 20 April 2015 BBC Sport 19 April 2015 22 April 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190422101506/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/32089585 live Falkirk RoundOppositionScore 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.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/30156829 Falkirk 1–0 Cowdenbeath BBC Sport BBC 29 November 2014 29 November 2014 4 August 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210804204107/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/30156829 live They then took on Brechin City, winning 2–1 courtesy of goals from David McCracken and David Smith.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/31071450 Falkirk 2–1 Brechin BBC Sport BBC 7 February 2015 7 February 2015 23 April 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230423212516/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/31071450 live In the quarter-final Falkirk were drawn against Queen of the South. Craig Sibbald's goal sealed a 1–0 victory.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/31648387 Queen of the South 0–1 Falkirk BBC Sport BBC 6 March 2015 6 March 2015 30 July 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210730084954/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/31648387 live In the semi-final at Hampden Park on 18 April, Falkirk faced Hibernian. A late header from Sibbald sent Falkirk to their first Scottish Cup final since 2009.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/32089407 Hibernian 0–1 Falkirk BBC Sport BBC 18 April 2015 18 April 2015 12 November 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181112195506/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/32089407 live Pre-match The match was shown live on BBC Scotland and on Sky Sports.Live Scottish Football On TV http://www.live-footballontv.com/live-scottish-football-on-tv.html Live Football on TV 20 April 2015 16 March 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150316141707/http://www.live-footballontv.com/live-scottish-football-on-tv.html live 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 Watkins. Details 30 May 2015 15:00 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–1 Report Falkirk Watkins 38Vincent 86 Grant 80 Hampden Park, Glasgow 37,149 Willie Collumhttps://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/32722908 Scottish Cup final: Willie Collum to referee Inverness CT v Falkirk 13 May 2015 BBC Sport 28 May 2015 31 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150531185739/http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/32722908 live _redborder _ictfc1415h _redborder _redsides _hoops_blue 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF FF0000 Inverness CT _falkirk1516a _falkirk1516h FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF Falkirk GK 1 SCO Ryan Esson DF 3 SCO Graeme Shinnie (c)DF 14 NIR Daniel DevineDF 6 ENG Josh MeekingsDF 18 ENG Carl Tremarco 0 75MF 16 ENG Greg TanseyMF 8 ENG Ross DraperMF 15 ENG Marley Watkins 93MF 10 IRE Aaron Doran 78FW 22 SCO Ryan Christie 72FW 7 NGA Edward OfereSubstitutes:GK 31 SCO Cameron MackayMF 4 ENG James Vincent 72MF 11 SCO Nick Ross 93MF 17 ENG Lewis HornerMF 19 ENG Danny Williams 78MF 20 SCO Liam PolworthFW 25 EST Tarmo KinkManager:SCO John Hughes GK 1 SCO Jamie MacDonaldDF 2 SCO Kieran DuffieDF 5 SCO David McCracken (c)DF 14 SCO Peter GrantDF 19 ENG Luke LeahyMF 8 SCO Blair AlstonMF 6 WAL Will VaulksMF 7 ENG Tom Taiwo 77MF 10 SCO Craig SibbaldMF 9 SCO David Smith 63FW 33 SCO Rory Loy 95Substitutes:GK 12 SCO Graham BowmanDF 3 SCO Aaron MuirheadDF 15 SCO Liam DickMF 20 SCO Alex CooperMF 22 SCO Ryan BlairFW 28 SCO Botti Bia-Bi 63FW 36 ENG Taylor Morgan 95Manager:SCO 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 30em Scottish Cup Final 2015 2015 Scottish Cup Final 2015 Final Category:Falkirk F.C. matches Category:2010s in Glasgow Category:Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. matches Category:May 2015 sports events in the United Kingdom