1974 Scottish League Cup final explained

1974 Scottish League Cup final
Event:1974–75 Scottish League Cup
Team1:Hibernian
Team1score:3
Team2:Celtic
Team2score:6
Date:26 October 1974
Stadium:Hampden Park
City:Glasgow
Referee:John Gordon (Newport-on-Tay)
Attendance:53,848
Previous:1973
Next:1975

The 1974 Scottish League Cup final was played on 26 October 1974 and was the final of the 29th Scottish League Cup competition. It was contested by Hibernian and Celtic. Celtic won the match 6–3, with John "Dixie" Deans and Joe Harper scoring hat-tricks for each side.[1] [2] Jimmy Johnstone, Steve Murray and Paul Wilson scored Celtic's other goals.

Match details

HIBERNIAN:
GK 1Jim McArthur
DF 2
MF 3Des Bremner
DF 4Pat Stanton
DF 5Derek Spalding
DF 6John Blackley
MF 7Alex Edwards
MF 8Alex Cropley
FW 9Joe Harper
MF 10Iain Munro
MF 11
Substitutes:
DF ?
DF ?
Manager:
Eddie Turnbull
CELTIC:
GK 1Ally Hunter
DF 2Danny McGrain
DF 3Jim Brogan
MF 4Steve Murray
DF 5Billy McNeill
DF 6Pat McCluskey
MF 7Jimmy Johnstone
FW 8Kenny Dalglish
FW 9John "Dixie" Deans
MF 10Harry Hood
MF 11Paul Wilson
Substitutes:
FW 12Bobby Lennox
DF 14
Manager:
Jock Stein

Media coverage

In Scotland highlights of the final were shown on BBC One Scotland on their Sportsreel programme in the evening and also on STV and Grampian Television on the former's Scotsport programme the following day.

See also

Other League Cup finals played between the same clubs:

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://business.scotsman.com/top-stories/Harper-hit-sour-note-with.4674823.jp Harper hit sour note with fans
  2. News: The elite players who scored cup final hat-tricks. The Scotsman. 31 October 2014. 27 November 2017.