The 2011 Scottish Cup Final was the 126th final of the

Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Scottish football's most prestigious knockout

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competition. The match took place at

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on 21 May 2011 and was played by

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clubs

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and

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. It was Celtic's 54th Scottish Cup final and Motherwell's seventh. Celtic won the title after they defeated Motherwell 3–0. The win was

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's first trophy as Celtic's manager.

Route to the final

Motherwell

entered the competition in the fourth round. They began their campaign against Dundee at

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and won 4–0 thanks to goals from John Sutton (2), Steve Jennings and Jamie Murphy. Motherwell then took on Stranraer at

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winning 2–0 thanks to goals from

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and John Sutton, In the quarter-final Motherwell took the journey back to Dundee to take on

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Tannadice Park Tannadice Park ( gd, Pàirc Thanachais), usually referred to as Tannadice, is a football stadium in Dundee, Scotland. It is the home ground of Dundee United F.C., who have played at Tannadice since the club was founded as Dundee Hibernian i ...

, the match ended in a 2–2 draw, with both of Motherwell's goals coming from Sutton. Motherwell were then comfortable 3–0 winners in the replay back at

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with goals from Murphy,

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and

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. In the semi-final, Motherwell took on

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again coming out 3–0 winners with goals from

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, Murphy and Sutton. Prior to this Scottish Cup final, Motherwell have won two Scottish Cups, the last of which was in

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Celtic

also entered the competition in the fourth round. They began their campaign against

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coming out 2–0 winners, with goals from

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and Scott Brown. Celtic then made the journey across

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to take on their

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rivals

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, the match ended in a 2–2 draw with Celtic's goals coming from Commons and Brown. Then in the replay Celtic were narrow 1–0 winners thanks to a goal from Mark Wilson. In the quarter-final, Celtic took the long journey to

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to take on

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. Celtic came out 2–1 winners, with both goals coming from

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. Celtic were then 4–0 comfortable winners in the semi-final at

against

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through goals from

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, Ledley, Commons from the penalty spot and

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.Aberdeen 0–4 Celtic
/ref> Prior to this Scottish Cup final, Celtic have won 34 Scottish Cups, making them the most successful team in the tournament's history. Their last success was in

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Match

Details

Media coverage

In the UK the Scottish Cup Final was shown live on

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on their

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programme and also on

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& Sky Sports HD2. Commentary of the match on radio was from

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References

External links

Official Site
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