Celtic set the seal on an incredible season with Scottish Cup triumph | OneFootball

Scottish Cup FinalSaturday, May 23, 2026Hampden Park, Glasgow

CELTIC…3(Maeda 18, Engels 35, Iheanacho 72)

DUNFERMLINE ATHLETIC…1(Cooper 79)

Martin O’Neill guided Celtic to a memorable league and cup double, with the Hoops securing the Scottish Cup in the sun at Hampden to add to the Premiership trophy they lifted last weekend.

The Hoops beat Dunfermline Athletic 3-1 thanks to goals from Daizen Maeda, Arne Engels and Kelechi Iheanacho to cap off an incredible season.

Celtic, full of confidence following their incredible Premiership triumph last weekend, started the game on the front foot, and James Forrest tested the Dunfermline goalkeeper with a shot after just five minutes.

However, three minutes later it was Neil Lennon’s side who almost took the lead. A long ball over the top of the defence was stabbed goalwards by Callum Morrison, and Liam Scales just managed to scramble the ball off the line.

And on 18 minutes, Martin O’Neill’s side took the lead. This time it was Celtic with a ball over the top of the defence, with Alistair Johnston playing a long pass for Daizen Maeda.

John Tod failed to clear the ball and it fell for Maeda, who coolly lobbed the keeper from the edge of the area to make it 1-0.

From that point on, it was one-way traffic for the remainer of the first-half, with Celtic constantly pressing forward.

But it took until the 35th minute before they doubled their lead, and it was another superb goal from outside the area.

Callum McGregor rolled the ball into the path of Arne Engels, and the Belgian midfielder fired in an unstoppable shot from 25 yards to make it 2-0.

Neil Lennon made three changes at half-time, and Dunfermline certainly posed more of an attacking, and physical threat as they looked to find a way into the match.

Celtic were forced to deal with several set-pieces, before Alfons Amade came close with a shot from the edge of the box which went just wide of the target.

The Hoops did have the ball in the net on 65 minutes when Yang set up Kelechi Iheanacho, but the South Korean winger was adjudged to be offside and the goal was ruled out.

However, the Nigerian striker was not to be denied a Hampden goal and he duly obliged in the 72nd minute.

Benjamin Nygren threaded a ball through the inside-right channel for Iheanacho, and he jinked his way past two defenders and the keeper before slotting the ball home to make it 3-0.

At that point, the Celtic supporters packed into Hampden knew they were going to be celebrating a Double success this season.

Dunfermline did manage to pull a goal back with 11 minutes remaining when Josh Cooper knocked the ball home from close range, but it was no more than a consolation for Neil Lennon’s side.

And the final whistle signalled scenes of jubilation around much of Hampden as the Celtic support celebrated another Double success, with Martin O’Neill’s name ringing round the National Stadium.