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2005 Scottish League Cup final

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2005 Scottish League Cup final
Davie Cooper (who played for both clubs) featured on the tickets for the final.
Event2004–05 Scottish League Cup
Date20 March 2005
VenueHampden Park, Glasgow
Man of the MatchSotirios Kyrgiakos
RefereeMike McCurry
Attendance50,182
2004
2006

The 2005 Scottish League Cup final was played on 20 March 2005 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 58th Scottish League Cup.

The final was contested by Rangers and Motherwell. Rangers won the match 5–1, with goals from Maurice Ross, Fernando Ricksen, Nacho Novo and a double from Sotirios Kyrgiakos.

The match was popularly known as "The Cooper Final",[1] in honour of Davie Cooper, who was a prominent player for both clubs. Cooper had died almost 10 years to the day before the 2005 League Cup final was played.

Match details

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Rangers5–1Motherwell
Ross 5'
Kyrgiakos 9', 86'
Ricksen 33'
Novo 48'
Report Partridge 13'
Attendance: 50,182
Referee: Mike McCurry
Rangers
Motherwell
RANGERS :
GK 25 Netherlands Ronald Waterreus
RB 21 Scotland Maurice Ross
CB 16 Greece Sotirios Kyrgiakos
CB 12 Scotland Robert Malcolm
LB 18 England Michael Ball
RM 2 Netherlands Fernando Ricksen (c)
CM 6 Scotland Barry Ferguson
CM 4 Belgium Thomas Buffel
LM 24 France Grégory Vignal downward-facing red arrow 79'
CF 9 Croatia Dado Pršo
CF 10 Spain Nacho Novo downward-facing red arrow 84'
Substitutes:
GK 30 Scotland Graeme Smith
DF 15 Georgia (country) Zurab Khizanishvili
MF 8 Scotland Alex Rae upward-facing green arrow 79'
MF 26 Denmark Peter Løvenkrands
FW 19 Scotland Steven Thompson upward-facing green arrow 84'
Manager:
Scotland Alex McLeish
MOTHERWELL:
GK 1 Scotland Gordon Marshall
RB 2 Scotland Martyn Corrigan
CB 5 Northern Ireland Stephen Craigan
CB 14 Wales David Partridge
LB 3 Scotland Steven Hammell
RM 17 Scotland Kevin McBride downward-facing red arrow 83'
CM 8 Scotland Scott Leitch (c)
CM 10 Scotland Phil O'Donnell
LM 18 Scotland Jim Paterson downward-facing red arrow 65'
CF 7 Australia Scott McDonald
CF 9 Republic of Ireland Richie Foran downward-facing red arrow 65'
Substitutes:
GK 15 Scotland Barry John Corr
DF 19 Scotland Paul Quinn upward-facing green arrow 83'
DF 24 Scotland Marc Fitzpatrick upward-facing green arrow 65'
MF 21 Scotland Shaun Fagan
FW 12 Scotland David Clarkson upward-facing green arrow 65'
Manager:
England Terry Butcher

Notes

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