The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
Scottish Cup by numbers
• 3 – Scottish Cup finals refereed by Willie Collum. The 40-year-old has previously ta ken charge of Celtic’s 2013 win over Hibs and the 2015 clash which saw Inverness beat Falkirk.
• 6 – Scottish Cups Neil Lennon has won as a Celtic player and manager. Craig Levein is still waiting to win his first major trophy.
• 7 – Goals scored by the cup’s top scorer this season so far, Queen of the South frontman Stephen Dobbie. In total, 337 have been scored.
• 8 – Domestic trophies won consecutively in a row by Celtic so far.
• 24 – Goals netted by both finalists on their way through the rounds. Hearts have run up 11 as they marched past Livingston, Partick Thistle (after a replay), Auchinleck Talbot and Inverness, while the Hoops have notched up 13 as Airdrie, St Johnstone, Hibernian and Aberdeen were all swiped aside.
• 38 – Scottish Cup triumphs Celtic have claimed. The Jambos have lifted the trophy on eight previous occasions.
• 20,200 – Each club’s official ticket allocation for the final.