Liam Kelly's father collapses after Kilmarnock's Scottish League Cup final victory over Celtic The Killie players - unaware of what had transpired - cavorted in front of their ecstatic fans while the medics administered CPR which continued for all of 20 minutes before Mr Kelly was borne off on a wheeled stretcher up the tunnel. When Kelly's team-mates reached the dressing room they were stunned to learn of the unwelcome drama that had overtaken the 22-year-old who joined the club in 2009 after being released as a youth by MK Dons. Some turned immediately to social networking to express their concern. On Twitter Pascali wrote: "All my prayers and thoughts r for Liams dad." The Inverness Caledonian Thistle defender Chris Hogg added: "Just heard about Liam Kelly's dad after game hope he OK. What a weekend. Unbelievable. Congrats to Killie and thoughts with Liam and his family. It was a sombre end to a day on which Kilmarnock had exceeded the expectations of all, except perhaps Kenny Shiels. One certainty about this final was that a Northern Irish manager would be in charge of the winners, but few would have bet on the successful man being Shiels and those who did were granted odds of 8-1 against, which did not seem especially generous before the game. Nor did the bookies" estimates appear to be unfounded even when the game reached its later stages, by which point Kilmarnock had begun to look leggy as a consequence of their efforts on the capacious Hampden pitch. Moreover, but for Cammy Bell's outstanding performance, Celtic would probably have prevailed in some comfort. Neil Lennon's players spent the first 10 minutes battering their opponents and they should have been ahead inside the opening five when Mahamadou Sissoko abandoned his senses and rolled an infield pass straight in front of Gary Hooper. The Celtic forward had all the time and space he required to skip past Bell and finish into an empty net. Instead, he went for a quick shot which drew the first significant block from Bell. The Ayrshire goalkeeper had bought his side time and by the quarter hour they had bedded in sufficiently to win two successive corner kicks. That encouragement was countered by the loss of Danny Buijs to a calf injury. He was replaced by Lee Johnson, who was to play a crucial role in the lead-up to the winning goal, a prospect that remained distant as Celtic continued to dominate and Bell had to dive low to his left to tip a header from Anthony Strokes away at the base of the post. Lennon, though, had detected a need to make adjustments and he switched James Forrest to the left flank, with the other three Celtic midfielders shuffling right so that Scott Brown took Forrest's place on the opposite wing. As the interval approached Kilmarnock's clearance from a Stokes" cutback was met by Brown with a venomous shot from 25 yards which Bell diverted narrowly over the top with the tip of his gloves. As Kilmarnock frequently conceded possession in important areas it seemed inevitable that they must sustain damage, but there was still time in the first half for them to remind their fancied opponents that a goalless game is replete with risk when an error by Kelvin Wilson allowed Garry Hay to feed Paul Heffernan for an attempt that was well blocked by Fraser Forster. The second half was largely a reprise of the first until Celtic paid for their inability to find the net seven minutes from time. Garry Hay - the first Kilmarnock player to appear in three Scottish League Cup finals - was involved twice, first probing Celtic's centre and then switching play to the left on the return ball. Johnson exploited the unexpected discovery of space ahead of him with a sprint and cross that found Van Tornhout - on his 28th birthday - unmarked for a close range header to beat Forster and stun the capacity crowd. Celtic's furious response forced Bell into another brace of marvellous saves, from Stokes and Kris Commons, and they were enraged when Stokes went down in a challenge from Michael Nelson for what seemed a sure penalty kick until Willie Collum booked the Celtic striker for diving. That controversy - and Kilmarnock's extraordinary achievement - were set to fill all available headline space, but the life or death drama that was enacted at the final whistle imposed, for the second time at a weekend football match, a sobering and unwelcome perspective on the action that had seemed to matter most. Celtic (4-4-2): Forster; Matthews, Rogne (Ki Sung-Yeung 56), Wilson, Mulgrew; Forrest, Brown, Wanyama, Ledley (Commons 86); Stokes, Hooper (Samaras 79). Subs: Zaluska (g), Cha Du Ri. Booked: Stokes. Kilmarnock (4-3-1-2): Bell; Fowler, Nelson, Sissoko Kroca 86), Gordon; Buijs (Johnson 20), Kelly, Hay; Shiels; Heffernan, Harkins (Van Tornhout 73). Subs: Leteheren (g), Dayton. Booked: Kelly, Johnson. Referee: W Collum