falkirk booked their place in the  scottish cup final with a smash and grab 1 0 win over hibernian at hampden park the dominant easter road side hit the post just before the break through fraser fyvie and again in the second half through fellow midfielder scott allan, with the bairns rarely threatening however, the hibees were stunned in the 74th minute when falkirk midfielder craig sibbald headed in a blair alston cross to set up a meeting on may 30 with either inverness or celtic craig sibbald finally breaks the deadlock for falkirk with a stooping header that left hibernian hearts broken  sibbald rises above his marker to direct his header towards goal in the heat of hampden park  sibbald salutes the travelling falkirk supporters after scoring the decisive goal in the 74th minute  the falkirk players celebrate taking the lead against hibernian in the scottish cup semi final at hampden park  hibernian (3 5 2): oxley; forster, hanlon, fontaine; mcgeouch, allan, robertson (dja djedje 80), fyvie, stevenson; el alagui, cummings (malonga 87) subs not used: craig, stanton, handling, cerny, dunsmore  booked: forster, allan  falkirk (4 3 3):macdonald; duffie, mccracken, grant, leahy; taiwo, vaulks, sibbald, smith; (bia bi 45), morgan (muirhead 77), alston  subs not used: bowman, dick, cooper, blair, o'hara  scorer: sibbald 74  booked: taiwo  referee: john beaton  it was sweet revenge for the bairns, who lost a seven goal thriller to the leith side at the same stage of the competition two years ago, and they will be looking to take the cup back to the town for the first time since 1957 for their part, hibs, last winners of the trophy in 1902, will wonder if that curse will ever be broken after a semi final in which they had bossed for long spells both managers were forced into changes for the all championship last four tie hibs midfielder scott robertson replaced martin boyle who is cup tied after playing for parent club dundee in the competition before his loan move to easter road falkirk manager peter houston had john baird and mark kerr cup tied and top scorer rory loy failed to recover from an ankle injury as captain david mccracken returned to defence with forward taylor morgan given a start hibernian manager alan stubbs (left) and falkirk manager peter houston shake hands before the match  the hibernian supporters can't quite believe their luck as fraser fyvie and scott allan both hit the woodwork  lewis stevenson misses from close range for hibernian on one of those afternoon's for alan stubbs' side  there wasn't much too cheer about for hibernian fans in a sparse hampden park crowd on saturday  falkirk went into the game undefeated in three league games against hibs this season, drawing two and winning one, but found themselves under pressure from the first whistle indeed, houston's side were lucky to escape going behind after only six minutes when dylan mcgeouch's fine cross from the right was directed toward his own goal by the foot of the stretching mccracken falkirk goalkeeper jamie macdonald chested it straight to the falling former falkirk striker farid el alagui but, while flat on the ground, he headed straight into the arms of the grateful bairns keeper the bairns hit back immediately midfielder will vaulks' long range drive was deflected past the post as hibs withstood a brief spell of pressure, with mccracken heading a sibbald corner just past the near post the tempo then subsided, as if both teams had surprised themselves with their early boldness hibs were the slicker but their final ball was lacking and so was their luck, it appeared two minutes from the break, after el alagui had hit the side netting, fyvie's low drive from around 30 yards beat macdonald luke leahy celebrates falkirk's win (left) as hibernian's scott robertson looks dejected at the final whistle  however, the ball bounced off the post and back to the keeper who, like the falkirk fans, again breathed a sigh of relief houston replaced david smith with botti biabi for the start of the second half but, in the 47th minute, it was alston who forced hibs keeper mark oxley to push his 25 yard shot round the post for a corner, which came to nothing the easter road men then dominated in the 64th minute, as they pinned falkirk back in their box again, mcgeouch got his legs tangled trying to execute a volley before lewis stevenson skied his close range shot high over the bar then allan brilliantly weaved his way into the falkirk penalty area before driving against the bar, with el alagui heading his corner over moments later but the hibees were stunned when falkirk took the lead there was little imminent danger when alston got past robertson down the right, but he whipped in a delightful cross and sibbald escaped the attention of mcgeouch to power a header past oxley reeling hibs threw everything forward in search of a leveller a paul hanlon tackle prevented biabi getting his shot away on the counter   falkirk cries for a penalty were dismissed by referee john beaton   before macdonald made a crucial save from el alagui at his near post falkirk then held out for the three minutes of added time to spark scenes of joy among players and fans at the final whistle
craig sibbald's falkirk fraser fyvie scott allan hibs inverness caledonian thistle celtic
craig sibbald's 74th minute header is enough to send falkirk through . fraser fyvie and scott allan both hit the post for hibs with the score at 0 0 . falkirk will play either inverness caledonian thistle or celtic on may 30 