The 2011 Scottish Youth Cup Final was the final match of the

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, the 27th season of the

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. It was played by the U19 sides of

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rivals

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and Rangers.

Route to the Final

Celtic

entered the competition in the third round. They began their campaign against

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winning 6–1 at

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, thanks to goals from Patrik Twardzik, Callum Bagshaw, Callum McGregor, Stephen O'Donnell and Liam Gormley (2). Celtic then played

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again at

. Goals by James Keatings, Callum McGregor, Filip Twardzik, Patrik Twardzik and Liam Gormley gave ''The Bhoys'' a comfortable 5–1 win. In the quarter final, Celtic played

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again taking place at

. It took Celtic until the 43rd minute to break the deadlock through James Keatings, the other goals came from Filip Twardzik, Liam Gormley and Bahrudin Atajić therefore Celtic ran out 4–0 winners. Celtic then took on

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in the semi-finals, yet another home match, however, this time the match took place at

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with Celtic running out 3-0 winners courtesy of goals from Filip Twardzik and James Keatings (2). This Youth Cup final was the 15th in Celtic's history. They had won 10 of them prior to this final, the last in

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, which means Celtic are the most successful team in the history of the tournament.

Rangers

Rangers entered the competition in the third round. They began their campaign against

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emphatically winning 13–0 at

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, thanks to goals from Max Wright (4), Kal Naismith (4), Rhys McCabe (3), Robbie Crawford and Darren Cole. Rangers then played

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again at

. Goals by Kane Hemmings (2) (1st pen.), and Max Wright gave ''The Gers'' a 3-2 win. In the quarter final, Rangers played

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, this time it was an away match, taking place at

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. Rangers eventually won 6-2 after being 2-1 down at half-time, scorers for Rangers were Andy Mitchell (2), Kal Naismith, Kyle McAusland, Rhys McCabe and

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. Rangers then took on Hibernian in the semi-finals, another home match, however, this time the match took place at Ibrox with Rangers running out narrow 1-0 winners courtesy of a goal from Chris Hegarty. This Youth Cup final was the 13th in Rangers' history. They had won 5 of them prior to this final, the last in

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, which means Rangers are the second-most successful team in the history of the tournament.

Match details

References

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