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Celtic were first on the attack and Derek Stillie was well positioned to hold Chris Sutton's shot on the turn inside the first minute. Dunfermline fashioned a chance of their own a few minutes later when Craig Brewster won a free kick 25 yards out, and Gary Dempsey's effort curled just a foot or so wide. Celtic began to dominate possession and Barry Nicholson had to be alert to prevent Alan Thompson having a tap-in at the back post. A mix-up between Stillie and Andrius Skerla almost had calamitous results, but though Sutton went down under the defender's challenge, the referee saw nothing amiss. Thompson played a one-two with Sutton before side-footing the ball inches wide from the edge of the box. Dunfermline were let off the hook 10 minutes before half time when Celtic had a goal chalked off. Larsson picked up the ball on the right and got the better of Labonte before picking out the unmarked Petrov, who tapped into an empty net, only for the game to be brought back for an infringement by Larsson. Darren Young had a fierce drive deflected wide by Jackie McNamara, but from the resulting corner, Dunfermline took the lead. Skerla met Dempsey's delivery with a looping header that Marshall, under pressure from Derek Young, allowed to slip past him into the net.
A Dunfermline corner was cleared for Larsson to break free of Labonte and curl the ball past Stillie and in at the far post. Hampden erupted as the Celtic fans greeted Larsson's goal.
McNamara saw a powerful effort well saved by Stillie and Lee Bullen produced a goal-saving clearance with Larsson lurking as Celtic continued to press.
The inevitable happened after 71 minutes when Larsson turned Labonte on the edge of the box before tucking the ball past Stillie for what was to be his last ever goal for Celtic.
Thompson saw a goal-bound effort deflected over by Skerla but the third goal arrived in 84 minutes when Petrov slid the ball past Stillie.

Trivia

Henrik Larsson completed a fairytale ending to his Celtic career as he scored twice to help his side lift the Scottish Cup.

Teams

Dunfermline:-
Stillie, Darren Young, Skerla, Byrne (Tod 88), Mason (Grondin 82), Nicholson, Dempsey (Bullen 60), Derek Young, Labonte, Brewster, Crawford.

Subs Not Used:- Scott Thomson, Mehmet.

Goal:- Skerla 40.

Booked:- Brewster, Darren Young.


Celtic:-
Marshall, Varga, Balde, McNamara, Agathe, Lennon, Petrov, Pearson (Wallace 58), Thompson, Larsson, Sutton.

Subs Not Used:- McGovern, Lambert, Mjallby, Beattie.

Goals:- Larsson 58, Larsson 71, Petrov 83.

Booked:- Lennon.

Attendance:- 50,846

Referee:- S Dougal

Articles

• Match Report (BBC)
• Martin O'Neill Interview (BBC)
• Larsson's parting gift (BBC)
• Match Pictures