The 2006 Scottish Cup Final was played on 13 May 2006^[1] at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 120th Scottish Cup. The final was contested by Heart of Midlothian (Hearts), who beat Hibernian 4–0 in the semi-final,^[2] and Gretna, who beat Dundee 3–0.^[3]

Hearts had previously reached the final 13 times, winning six. Gretna, who were only admitted to the Scottish Football League in 2002, having previously competed in non-league English football, had never reached the final. Gretna became the first team from the third tier of Scottish football to reach a Scottish Cup Final.

The cup holders were Celtic, who had beaten Dundee United 1–0 to win the previous final^[4], but they were knocked out in the third round by First Division club Clyde who beat them 2–1.

Hearts won the match 4–2 on penalties after the match had ended in a 1–1 draw after extra time.

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Steven Pressley scores a penalty in the shootout

Hearts's parade with the trophy

[edit] Match details

13 May 2006 15:00	Heart of Midlothian	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (4 – 2 pen.)	Gretna	Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 51,232 Referee: D McDonald
	Skacel  39'	Report	McGuffie  76'

Hearts

Gretna

HEARTS : GK 1 Craig Gordon DF 2 Robbie Neilson DF 4 Steven Pressley (c) DF 29 Ibrahim Tall DF 3 Takis Fyssas MF 18 Deividas Cesnauskis 86' MF 36 Bruno Aguiar 72' MF 10 Paul Hartley MF 8 Rudi Skacel CF 12 Roman Bednar 70' CF 9 Edgaras Jankauskas Substitutes: GK 13 Steve Banks DF 20 Christophe Berra MF 28 Julien Brellier 72' MF 16 Saulius Mikoliunas 86' FW 21 Michal Pospíšil 70' Manager: Valdas Ivanauskas

GRETNA: GK 1 Alan Main DF 2 Mark Birch DF 5 Derek Townsley DF 6 Chris Innes (c) DF 8 Ryan McGuffie MF 3 David Nicholls 55' MF 4 Steve Tosh MF 7 John O'Neil MF 11 Gavin Skelton CF 10 James Grady CF 9 Kenny Deuchar 103' Substitutes: GK 17 David Mathieson DF 12 Jamie McQuilken 103' MF 16 Niall Henderson FW 14 David Graham 55' FW 15 Matthew Berkeley Manager: Rowan Alexander

[edit] Road to the final

Heart of Midlothian				Round	Gretna
Home team	Score	Away team	Hearts scorers		Home team	Score	Away team	Gretna scorer(s)
				Round One	Preston Athletic	2 – 6	Gretna	Grady  10'  17'  60' Townsley  19' Deuchar  61' Bingham  66'
				Round Two	Gretna	6 – 1	Cove Rangers	Grady  2'  77' Deuchar  14' Townsley  45' McGuffie  63' (pen.) Nicholls  82'
Hearts	2 – 0	Kilmarnock	Pressley  24' McAllister  75'	Round Three[5]	St Johnstone	0 – 1	Gretna	Steve Tosh  12'
Hearts	3 – 0	Aberdeen	Pospisil  21' Elliot  34' Pressley  45' (pen.)	Round Four	Clyde	0 – 0	Gretna
				Replay	Gretna	4 – 0	Clyde	Grady  25'  70'  82' Deuchar  89'
Hearts	2 – 1	Partick Thistle	Jankauskas  6' Cesnauskis  63'	Quarter-finals	Gretna	1 – 0	St. Mirren	Deuchar  73'
Hibernian	0 – 4	Hearts	Hartley  28',  59'  88' (pen.) Jankauskas  81'	Semi-finals	Gretna	3 – 0	Dundee	Deuchar  45' McGuffie  58' (pen.) Smith  82' (o.g.)

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