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Sportsound: Dunfermline Athletic v Aberdeen BBC Radio Scotland This video can not be played Sportsound: Dunfermline Athletic v Aberdeen BBC Radio Scotland Dunfermline take place in Sunday's semi-final draw Todd spanks Championship side into lead & Thomas nets either side of break Dunfermline fourth in second tier & knocked out Hibs in fourth round Holders Aberdeen ninth in Premiership Nick Mc Pheat FT: Dunfermline Athletic 3-0 Aberdeen Peter Leven has just given his post-match reaction. Let's just say he hasn't held back. .. FT: Dunfermline Athletic 3-0 Aberdeen Two-goal Dunfermline striker Olly Thomas tells BBC Scotland: "It's just surreal. To go to Hampden in the semi-finals is just something. "The atmosphere was amazing and absolutely pushed us to win that game. "They [Aberdeen] are in the Premiership, but these boys are well good enough to play in the Premiership. The boys have just got to dig deep and they did that tonight and it paid off. " Thomas thinks Dunfermline can now target Scottish Cup glory AND promotion. They were the first goals since Thomas joined on loan from Bristol City and, asked about his ambitions, he adds: "Just to break into the first team at Bristol and hopefully push through. It's only the start - I have to keep going. " Olly Thomas scored a double against Aberdeen FT: Dunfermline Athletic 3-0 Aberdeen Ian Mc Call Former Dunfermline player on BBC Sportsound I believe in data, I believe in analytics and I believe there's a place for sporting directors and directors of football. But this job [finding the next Aberdeen manager], I don't believe it's a particularly hard one because there are two managers in Scotland, the manager of Falkirk and the manager of Motherwell, that would go to Aberdeen and in my opinion would completely turn their club around. FT: Dunfermline Athletic 3-0 Aberdeen The final two semi spots will be taken by Rangers/Celtic and St Mirren/Partick Thistle. The Old Firm derby is first up tomorrow at 13: 00 GMT before League Cup holders St Mirren welcome second-tier Thistle, who will be aiming to match Dunfermline's feat. FT: Dunfermline Athletic 3-0 Aberdeen Dunfermline boss Neil Lennon tells Premier Sports: "It's beyond my wildest expectations, one of the best things I've done in football. "I felt we had a chance in the game, I've watched Aberdeen three or four times. We were very, very good, we were powerful, pacey on the counter, passed the ball well. "It's a great night for the club and people of Dunfermline. What I've got with this team, it's parelell with what I had with Hibs. "If they make the jump to the Premiership, I think they'll be alright because they can play. We've beaten Hibs, we've beaten Aberdeen. We know we can compete with the very best [in the country]. " FT: Dunfermline Athletic 3-0 Aberdeen Falkirk and Dunfermline will find out their last-four opponents live on the BBC tomorrow night. The draw will take place after St Mirren face Partick Thistle (19: 30 GMT) in the last of the quarter-final ties. FT: Dunfermline Athletic 3-0 Aberdeen Willie Miller Former Aberdeen captain on BBC Sportsound It looked as though Dunfermline were the Premiership side and Aberdeen were the lower-league side for a huge amount of that game. FT: Dunfermline Athletic 3-0 Aberdeen FT: Dunfermline Athletic 3-0 Aberdeen Tom English BBC Scotland chief sports writer Brilliant win for Neil Lennon’s Dunfermline. Aberdeen? A soft touch on and off the pitch. Dave Cormack is so susceptible to employing fast talkers who spend, and waste, loads of his and fans’ money. They need many things at Pittodrie - a bluffer detector among them. FT: Dunfermline Athletic 3-0 Aberdeen East End Park is absolutely bouncing and Neil Lennon is right in the thick of it. He's just done his trademark aeroplane celebration. You know the one. FT: Dunfermline Athletic 3-0 Aberdeen The last time Dunfermline made the Scottish Cup semis? 2009. The team they beat to get there? Aberdeen. They lost to Falkirk in the last four that year. Falkirk will be in the hat this time around, too. Dunfermline Athletic 3-0 Aberdeen Outstanding Dunfermline are going back to Hampden for a Scottish Cup semi-final for the first time in 17 years. A new low in Aberdeen's miserable season. Dunfermline Athletic 3-0 Aberdeen Toyosi Olusanya breaks into the Dunfermline box and slices a hopeless finish straight into the remaining Aberdeen fans. Sheesh. Dunfermline Athletic 3-0 Aberdeen That just sums up Aberdeen's night - and their season. Dylan Lobban attempts a backheel at his own corner flag and it hits Kevin Nisbet and goes behind for a Dunfermline corner. Dunfermline Athletic 3-0 Aberdeen Five minutes added. Dunfermline Athletic 3-0 Aberdeen Dunfermline win a corner on 90 minutes. Aberdeen are spent. Dunfermline Athletic 3-0 Aberdeen The home fans are belting out 'there's only one Neil Lennon' as we creep towards the 90. It's party time at East End Park. Dunfermline Athletic 3-0 Aberdeen Dunfermline almost scramble in a fourth as Andy Tod has a shot saved by Dimitar Mitov and the rebound is desperately hacked away by Aberdeen. Dunfermline Athletic 3-0 Aberdeen Someone is so disgusted they've even thrown their little red and white hat on to the pitch. .. Dunfermline Athletic 3-0 Aberdeen The camera pans to the Aberdeen away end and plenty of Dons are heading for the exit. They've seen enough. Can't blame them. Dunfermline's Olly Thomas scores to make it 2-0 Dunfermline Athletic eased past beleaguered Aberdeen to advance to their first Scottish Cup semi-final since 2009 with a dominant victory at East End Park. Neil Lennon's side would have fancied their chances against their top-flight opponents given the ongoing malaise at the managerless Pittodrie club, but the ease with which they breezed past them was remarkable. Matty Todd's thumping finish, riffled into the roof of the net, put the Scottish Championship hosts into an early lead that they never looked like surrendering. They doubled their advantage just over five minutes later when Olly Thomas' shot fortuitously rebounded off Dimitar Mitov and cannoned into the back of the net. There was seldom a moment in the opening 45 minutes that passed without ongoing boos from the Aberdeen travelling support as they looked destined to go another game without a win, and extend their horrendous run of results on the road. A two-goal lead at the interval flattered the holders but they rallied as the second 45 started. However, a superb, swift counter-attack allowed the hosts' Chris Kane to slide through a ball for Thomas to take in his stride and rattle in off the inside of the post to end any hopes of an Aberdeen revival. Dunfermline will find out their semi-final opponents when the draw takes place after Sunday's game between St Mirren and Partick Thistle (19: 30 GMT), live on BBC Scotland. Their last-minute winner against Hibs in the fourth round would be enough cup magic to keep a smile on the fans' faces but Dunfermline now return to Hampden for the first time in 17 years. Given they sit fourth in the Championship, this win will give them a huge boost as they continue their push for promotion. Lennon's side looked every bit equal, if not superior, to an Aberdeen squad that dwarves theirs in every metric possible - except form. Managerless, rudderless, void of confidence, and with only one win in eight, Aberdeen fans will be fearing the worst now. The Scottish Cup would have offered a potentially positive distraction to their Premiership woes but now it is all about avoiding the relegation play-off spot. Falkirk, Rangers, St Mirren and Hibernian lie in wait pre-split, a run of fixtures that finding any cause for optimism in there proves challenging. Likewise, pinpointing the Dons players who will be able to carry this side, and their team-mates, through a tricky relegation battle is similarly puzzling. After the opportunity to rate players has closed, the score displayed represents the average from all the submissions by BBC Sport users. Manager: Neil Lennon Formation: 4 - 3 - 3 Manager: Peter Leven Formation: 4 - 3 - 3 Manager: Neil Lennon Formation: 4 - 3 - 3 Manager: Peter Leven Formation: 4 - 3 - 3 Scottish Cup All competitions All competitions All competitions Copyright © 2026 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.