Scottish Cup Final 2012

The 2012 Scottish Cup Final will be the 127th final of the Scottish Cup, Scottish football’s most prestigious knockout association football competition. The match will take place at Hampden Park on 19 May 2012 and will be contested by the Edinburgh derby rivals, Hibernian (Hibs) and Heart of Midlothian (Hearts). It will be Hibs' 12^th Scottish Cup Final and Hearts' 14th. It is also the first time the clubs have met in a Scottish Cup Final since 1896.

As Scottish Premier League (SPL) clubs, Hibs and Hearts both entered the competition in the fourth round. Hibs won all four of their ties at the first attempt, defeating two other SPL clubs and two Scottish Football League clubs. After winning against a junior club in the fourth round, Hearts defeated three other SPL clubs to reach the final. Hearts needed replays to eliminate St Johnston and St Mirren, then beat cup holders and SPL champions Celtic in the semi-final.

Scottish Premier League club Hibernian (Hibs) entered the competition in the fourth round. They began their campaign against Second Division leaders Cowdenbeath at Central Park, which was suggested as a possible cup upset due to Hibs' poor league form. Cowdenbeath took the lead after just 15 seconds, but Hibs recovered to win 3–2. Hibs then took on fellow Scottish Premier League  club Kilmarnock at their home ground, Easter Road, having made several signings in January 2012. An early goal by Irish striker Eoin Doyle was enough to give Hibs a 1–0 win.

 In the quarter-final Hibs were drawn against the other senior club from Ayrshire, away to Ayr United. Again the match was tipped as a possible cup upset, as Ayr had beaten Hibs (after a replay) in the 2010-11 Scotish Cup competition. Hibs scored two early goals, however, and progressed to the semi-final with a 2–0 victory. In the semi-final, Hibs took on Aberdeen at Hampden Park. Garry O’Connor scored an early goal, but  Rory Fallon equalised for Aberdeen in the second half with a spectacular looping volley. Hibs won 2–1, however, thanks to a late winning goal by Leigh Griffiths.


Heart of Midlothian (Hearts), also a Scottish Premier League club, entered the competition in the fourth round. They began their campaign against Junior club Auchinleck Talbot at their home ground of Tynecastle Stadium. A late goal by Gordon Smith gave Hearts a 1–0 victory in a match they had been expected to win comfortably. Hearts then needed replays to beat Scottish Premier League opponents St Johnston and St Mirren in the fifth round and quarter final respectively.

In the replay of the tie against St. Johnstone, Hearts needed a penalty kick (converted by Jamie Hamill) to force a period of extra time , during which Marius Zaliukas scored the winning goal. Hearts progressed to the semi-final, where they had been drawn against cup holders and league champions Celtic. Hearts took the lead early in the second half, but Gary Hooper scored a late equaliser from an offside position. Within a few minutes, however, Hearts were awarded a penalty kick for handball. This opportunity was converted by Craig Beattie and gave Hearts a 2–1 victory.

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Event Details:

Scottish Cup Final

Date: Saturday May 19, 2012 (15:00)
Venue: Hampden Park, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Scottish Cup Final Football

Scotland has the second oldest national Football Association in the world (behind England's FA), and the trophy for the national cup, the Scottish Cup, is the oldest sporting trophy in the world. Scottish football club Rangers have won a world record 54 league titles. Scotland and Scottish football clubs hold many records for football attendances; A game known as "football" was played in Scotland as early as the 15th century: it was prohibited by the Football Act 1424 and although the law fell into disuse it was not repealed until 1906. There is evidence for schoolboys playing a "football" ball game in Aberdeen in 1633 (some references cite 1636) which is notable as an early allusion to what some have considered to be passing the ball.

Th"repercute pilam" (strike the ball again) in the original Latin. It is not certain that the ball was being struck between members of the same team. The original word translated as "goal" is "metum", literally meaning the "pillar at each end of the circus course" in a Roman chariot race. There is a reference to "get hold of the ball before [another player] does" (Praeripe illi pilam is posses agere) suggesting that handling of the ball was allowed. One sentence states in the original 1930 translation "Throw you against him" (Age, objice te illi). The Scottish Football Association (SFA) is the principal organising body for Scottish football. Members of the SFA include clubs in Scotland, affiliated national associations as well as local associations. It was formed in 1873, making it the World's second oldest national football association.

The SFA is responsible for the operation of the Scotland National Football Team, the annual Scottish Cup and several other duties important to the functioning of the game in Scotland. The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup commonly known as the Scottish Cup or the William Hill Scottish Cup for sponsorship purposes is the main national cup competition in Scottish football. It is a knockout cup competition run by and named after the Scottish Football Association. Scottish Cup Final Tickets are available at Ticket4Football.com for affordable precede word "pass" in the most recent translation is derived from "huc percute" (strike it here) and later

Scottish Cup Overview

The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup are commonly known as the Scottish Cup or the William Hill Scottish Cup for sponsorship purposes is the main national cup competition in Scottish football. It is a knockout cup competition run by and named after the Scottish Football Association. The Scottish Cup trophy is the oldest national trophy in the world. It was first held in 1873-74, with the first winners being Queen’s Park.
The competition is a Knockout one. Teams are drawn against each other randomly. The team who is drawn first from each tie is the home team. If the first match finishes in a draw, a reply is played at the stadium of the second team drawn. In the replay, if the scores are still level at full time, extra time is played and (if necessary) penalties are used to decide the winner of the tie. The final and semi-final do not have replays and are played to a finish. Extra time is played and penalties are used if necessary. Two finals (1990 and 206) have been decided by penalties.


Previously clubs in the Third and Second Division qualified automatically for the first round, along with four non-league teams each from the Scottish qualifying Cup (North) and (South) competitions. Clubs in the First Division and the Scottish Premier League had automatic byes to the third round. As with all domestic cup competitions in UEFA countries, the winners of the Scottish Cup qualify for the following season's UEFA Europa League (previously the UEFA Cup). If the winners have already qualified for the UEFA Champions League, the cup runners-up are awarded the Europa League place.

This has been quite a regular occurrence in Scotland, with either Rangers or Celtic often winning The Double, while Aberdeen also achieved that feat in 1984. Celtic, with a debutante Roy Kean in tow, also fell victim to Clyde, a side whose average age was 21, when they were beaten 2–1 at Broadwood Stadium in January 2006. On 10 April 2010, First Division club Ross County beat Celtic 2-0 to reach the final for the first time in their history.

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