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The 1997 Scottish Cup
Scottish Cup
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.The...

Final was played on May 24, 1997 at Ibrox Stadium

Ibrox Stadium

Ibrox Stadium is a football stadium located on the south side of the River Clyde, on Edmiston Drive in the Ibrox district of Glasgow. It is the home ground of Scottish Premier League club Rangers and has an all-seated capacity of 51,082...

in Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

and was the final of the 112th Scottish Cup. Kilmarnock and Falkirk contested the match, Kilmarnock won the match 1–0, thanks to Paul Wright

Paul Wright (footballer)

Paul Hamilton Wright is a retired Scottish football player. He played for seven clubs in a fourteen-year career, beginning with Aberdeen in 1988. It was in the mid-to-late '90s, however, that he was at the peak of his career, firstly with St. Johnstone and then Kilmarnock. He was transferred from...

's goal.

Match details


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	KILMARNOCK:
GK		Dragoje Leković Dragoje Lekovic Dragoje Leković is a retired Serbian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.-Club career:Leković was born in Sivac, Serbia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia...
DF		Gus MacPherson Gus MacPherson Angus Ian MacPherson is a Scottish former football player and manager. MacPherson played for Kilmarnock for over a decade, making over 350 league appearances. After retiring as a player in 2003, he became manager of St. Mirren, a position he held until May 2010. MacPherson took St...
DF		Dylan Kerr Dylan Kerr Dylan Kerr is a Maltese-born English former professional footballer. He played as a defender, specifically a left-back. In September 2009 he became an assistant manager with South African club Mpumalanga Black Aces....
DF		Ray Montgomerie
DF		Kevin McGowne Kevin McGowne Kevin McGowne is a Scottish former professional footballer.Nicknamed "Big Kev", McGowne is a defender who began his career at St. Mirren in 1991...
MF		Mark Reilly Mark Reilly Mark Reilly is a former Scottish professional association football player, who played in over 450 league matches for . He was part of the side that won the 1997 Scottish Cup Final....
MF		David Bagan
MF		Alex Burke Alex Burke Alex Burke is a Scottish professional footballer who currently plays for Scottish First Division side Ayr United-Career:...
MF		Gary Holt
FW		Jim McIntyre
FW		Paul Wright Paul Wright (footballer) Paul Hamilton Wright is a retired Scottish football player. He played for seven clubs in a fourteen-year career, beginning with Aberdeen in 1988. It was in the mid-to-late '90s, however, that he was at the peak of his career, firstly with St. Johnstone and then Kilmarnock. He was transferred from...
Substitutes:
MF		Ally Mitchell Ally Mitchell Alistair Robert "Ally" Mitchell is a retired Scottish professional footballer. He was a versatile utility player who excelled in the attacking midfield position. He is nicknamed "Bully" and is 5'7" tall.-Playing career:...
MF		John Henry John Henry (footballer) John Henry is a Scottish former football player. During his career, Henry played for Clydebank, Kilmarnock, Falkirk, Airdrie, St. Johnstone, Queen of the South and Dumbarton. After retiring as a player, Henry joined the coaching staff of Partick Thistle.- External links :*, Neil Brown...
FW		Tommy Brown
Manager:
Bobby Williamson Bobby Williamson Robert "Bobby" Williamson is a former association footballer who is currently manager of the Uganda national football team. He previously managed Kilmarnock and Hibernian in the Scottish Premier League and Plymouth Argyle in the Football League Championship.-Playing career:As a player, Williamson...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> FALKIRK: | GK

Craig Nelson

Craig Nelson (footballer)

Craig Nelson is a Scottish professional football goalkeeper who currently plays for Brechin City of the Scottish Football League Second Division....

Jamie McGowan

Jamie McGowan is an English former professional football defender.-External links:...

Andy Seaton DF

Neil Oliver

Neil Oliver (footballer)

Neil Oliver is an English former footballer, who played for Berwick Rangers, Blackburn Rovers, Falkirk, Hamilton Academical, Clydebank and East Fife. He is currently the manager of amateur club Duns.- External links :...

Kevin James DF

Andy Gray

Andy Gray (footballer born 1964)

Andrew Arthur Gray is an English former footballer who played in the centre of midfield or as a striker during his career, before going into International management...

Scott MacKenzie

Scott MacKenzie (footballer)

Scott MacKenzie is a retired professional footballer. He is currently the Assistant manager at Second Division club Ayr United with former Falkirk team-mate Brian Reid.- External links :*http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player6/scottmckenzie.htm...

David Hagen

David James Hagen is a retired Scottish footballer.-Career:Hagen began his career with Rangers, where he played a handful of games, before moving to Hearts....

Kevin McAllister

Kevin McAllister is a former association football player. A winger, he began his professional career with Falkirk, with whom he spent 10 years over four separate spells. In between these spells he played for Chelsea and Hibernian...

Scott Crabbe

Scott Crabbe is a retired Scottish footballer.A veteran of many clubs, Crabbe started his career with Heart of Midlothian and made his debut for the club shortly after the team famously blew the Championship and Scottish Cup. A big Hearts fan, he started as a midfielder but the switch to striker...

Paul McGrillen

Paul McGrillen was a Scottish footballer who was playing as a striker for junior side Bathgate Thistle when his death was announced in July 2009.-Career:...

Substitutes: GK

Paul Mathers

Paul Mathers is a Scottish professional footballer and coach. He is currently the Goalkeeping Coach at Scottish Premier League side St Mirren...

Albert Craig

Albert Craig (footballer)

Albert Craig is a Scottish former footballer who played as a midfielder.-Career:Craig began his career with Dumbarton in 1981 and made over 150 appearances for the Sons over a five-year period. A move to Hamilton Academical in 1986 won him a move to Newcastle United just six months later but saw...

Gerhard Fellner Manager:

Alex Totten

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