The first half of this final was a rather flat affair with no goals and precious little action to report. Both sets of players and even the fans (no doubt nursing a few hangovers) appeared to be out of sorts in the opening period. Aberdeen had a chance cleared off the line from a corner kick and late on in the first half David Preece pulled off a magnificent save to deny the hosts a certain half time lead.

The second half didn't get much better as both teams struggled to make the breakthrough with David Preece on fine form when Bradford had a sniff at goal. There was a sense of inevitability as the game went to a penalty shoot out and it was David Preece who stole the headlines to cap a good performance. The Dons keeper saved the first Bradford spot kick from Ben Muirhead and Bird, Hinds, Clark, Hart and Sheerin kept their nerve to give the Dons a 5-4 victory to cheer the large contingent of Dons supporters in the stadium.