Dundee United end Ross County dream

by Tony Cuddihy , 15 May 2010

Dundee United are Scottish Cup champions after they beat minnows Ross County 3-0 at Hampden Park on Saturday afternoon.


The first 45 minutes were goalless, with the best opportunity of the half falling to David Goodwillie. However, the United striker failed to control Craig Conway's pass adequately and Alex Keddie recovered to tackle brilliantly.

Danny Swanson headed just wide from a cross by Morgaro Gomis in the 55th minute, but the greater class of Dundee United told just six minutes later.

A long ball forward by Gomis was inexplicably headed out by Michael McGovern into the path of Goodwillie, who chested the ball down 25 yards out before calmly lobbing the ball over McGovern.

Conway, the best player for United, made it 2-0 with a quarter of an hour left in the match. He latched on to a Goodwillie flick-on and outpaced Gary Miller before skipping past Keddie and slipping the ball underneath McGovern.

Substitute Garry Wood had a chance to reduce the arrears for Ross County but he scuffed his shot on goal after taking advantage of a mistake by Gomis.

Conway grabbed his second, and United's third, four minutes from time. Jon Daly flicked a throw-in into the path of Gomis, with the midfielder slipping the ball across for Conway to score on the half volley.

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1.
Man City
38
28
5
5
64
89
2.
Man Utd
38
28
5
5
56
89
3.
Arsenal
38
21
7
10
25
70
4.
Tottenham
38
20
9
9
25
69
5.
Newcastle
38
19
8
11
5
65
6.
Chelsea
38
18
10
10
19
64
7.
Everton
38
15
11
12
10
56
8.
Liverpool
38
14
10
14
7
52
9.
Fulham
38
14
10
14
-3
52
10.
West Brom
38
13
8
17
-7
47
11.
Swansea
38
12
11
15
-7
47
12.
Norwich
38
12
11
15
-14
47
13.
Sunderland
38
11
12
15
-1
45
14.
Stoke
38
11
12
15
-17
45
15.
Wigan
38
11
10
17
-20
43
16.
Aston Villa
38
7
17
14
-16
38
17.
QPR
38
10
7
21
-23
37
18.
Bolton
38
10
6
22
-31
36
19.
Blackburn
38
8
7
23
-30
31
20.
Wolverhampton
38
5
10
23
-43
25
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