EVERGREEN winger James Forrest is in from the start for Celtic’s Scottish Cup Final against Neil Lennon’s Dunfermline at Hampden this afternoon.
The most decorated player in the club’s history will get the opportunity to add another medal to his record haul of 27 major honours.
TEAM: Sinisalo; Johnston, Trusty, Scales, Tierney; Nygren, McGregor, Engels; Forrest, Maeda, Yang. Subs: Doohan, McCowan, Iheanacho, Osmand, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Tounekti, Saracchi, Murray and Ralston.
Earlier today, we asked how much you could remember about Celtic’s recent Hampden outings in the competition in CQN‘s bumper Cup Final Quiz to test your knowledge.
Now we repeat those questions and provide the answers.
SPOT ON…Auston Trusty strokes in Celtic’s second penalty-kick on their way to a 4-2 shoot-out win in the Scottish Cup quarter-final at Ibrox. (See Question 9.)
QUESTIONS:
1: Four of the players who figured in last season’s Cup Final against Aberdeen have left Celtic. Can you name them? Clue: One was on loan.
2: True or false: The failure against the Pittodrie side was Brendan Rodgers’ first defeat in the Scottish Cup?
3: Who scored Celtic’s goal last year?
4: Who was the Hoops matchwinner the previous year in the 1-0 triumph over Rangers?
5: Neil Lennon has led Dunfermline to wins over three Premiership teams on their way to the Cup Final. Can you name the beaten opposition?
6: Which Hoops forward scored Celtic’s first goal in the competition this season?
7: Who claimed Celtic’s 97th-minute stoppage-time equaliser against Dundee at Parkhead in February?
8: Which Celtic player scored in the first two rounds of this term’s Cup?
9: Can you name the four goalscorers in the Hoops’ 4-2 penalty-kick shoot-out at Ibrox in the quarter-finals?
10: Which Celt netted a double in the 6-2 extra-time win over St Mirren in last month’s semi-final?
HAMPDEN HERO…Adam Idah hammers the matchwinner past Jack Butland in Celtic’s triumph over the Ibrox club in the 2024 Scottish Cup Final. (See Question 4.)
ANSWERS:
1: Greg Taylor, Nicolas Kuhn, Adam Idah and Jeffrey Schlupp (returned to Crystal Palace after loan).
2: True.
3: Alfie Dorrington, own goal.
4: Adam Idah.
5: Hibs, Aberdeen and Falkirk.
6: Johnny Kenny v Auchinleck Talbot.
7: Junior Adamu.
8: Sebastian Tounekti, Auchinleck Talbot 2-0 and Dundee 2-1 (aet).
9: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Auston Trusty, Reo Hatate and Tomas Cvancara.
10: Kelechi Iheanacho.
Well done if you got ten out of ten. Go to the top of the class!
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