Kilmarnock clinched the Scottish League Cup for the first time in their history with a 1-0 win over Celtic to end the Hoops’ hopes of a domestic treble yesterday.

In a hotly-contested final at Hampden, Kilmarnock had goalkeeper Cammy Bell to thank for making a string of saves from Gary Hooper, Anthony Stokes, Scott Brown and Victor Wanyama.

Kilmarnock had their chances as well with Dean Shiels in particular causing problems for the Celtic defence.

The match appeared to be heading for extra-time before substitute Dieter van Tornhout, who was celebrating his 27th birthday, popped up in the 84th minute to head Lee Johnson’s cross past Fraser Forster.

Kilmarnock were then saved by Bell again as he made a superb stop from substitute Georgios Samaras’ late strike.

“It’s amazing, I feel very emotional at the moment, brilliant, fantastic,” said Bell.

“It just shows how much commitment the boys had, we did it for the manager (Kenny Shiels). Everybody dreams but we are realistic. I think the boys were fantastic.

“I think we deserved to win, I had a few saves to make but you are going to have to against Celtic.”

Celtic, who also lost last year’s final to Rangers, were denied a stoppage time penalty after Stokes went down under a challenge from Michael Nelson as Kilmarnock clinched their first piece of silverware since their Scottish Cup win in 1997.

Scottish Premier League result: Hearts vs Hibernian 2-0.