2008 Scottish Cup final

2008 Scottish Cup Final
Event2007–08 Scottish Cup
Queen of the South Rangers
2 3
Date24 May 2008
VenueHampden Park, Glasgow
Man of the MatchKris Boyd
RefereeStuart Dougal
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The 2008 Scottish Cup Final was a football match which took place at Hampden Park in Glasgow on 24 May 2008.[1] The match was the final of the 123rd Scottish Cup and was contested by Queen of the South and Rangers. Rangers won the match 3-2.

Queen of the South beat Aberdeen 4–3[2] in their semi-final, Rangers beat St Johnstone 4–3 on penalties after the match had ended 1–1 after extra time.[3]

First Division Queen of the South were contesting a Scottish Cup final for the first time in their history. The final was four weeks after the end of Queens' league season meaning the First Division side had not played a competitive game in that time.[2] This was Rangers' 50th appearance in the final, winning 31 times and losing 17, with one final (1909) resulting in the cup being withheld [4] It was Rangers' third cup final of the season, having won in the League Cup Final[5] and lost in the UEFA Cup Final.[6]

  1. ^ "Scottish Cup Fixtures". BBC Sport. 17 December 2009. Archived from the original on 19 December 2008. Retrieved 25 April 2008.
  2. ^ a b Club History Archived 2011-07-15 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "St Johnstone 1–1 Rangers". BBC Sport. 20 April 2008. Retrieved 28 May 2008.
  4. ^ Why no one won the Scottish Cup in 1909, The Guardian
  5. ^ "Dundee Utd 2–2 Rangers". BBC Sport. 16 March 2008. Retrieved 30 August 2008.
  6. ^ "Zenit St Petersburg 2–0 Rangers". BBC Sport. 14 May 2008. Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2008.