Scottish Cup: Celtic go through to the final

Celtic booked their place in the Scottish Cup final with a 3-0 victory over First Division Ayr United.

Sat, 23 Mar, 2002 - 20:00

Celtic booked their place in the Scottish Cup final with a 3-0 victory over First Division Ayr United.

Henrik Larsson opened the scoring shortly after half-time and the win was completed with a double from substitute Alan Thompson.

Scottish Cup result:

Celtic 3-0 Ayr United

Larsson 49

Thompson 80, 88

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