1989 Tennent's Sixes Explained

1988–89 Tennent's Sixes
Country:Scotland
Dates:22 and 23 January 1988
Venue:Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, Glasgow
Num Teams:10
Defending Champions:Dundee
Winners:Rangers
Second:Motherwell
Matches:23
Goals:90
Prev Season:1987–88
Next Season:1989–90

The 1989 Tennents' Sixes was the sixth staging of the indoor 6-a-side football tournament. For the fourth time it was held at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC) in Glasgow on 22 and 23 January.

The format had been reverted to 2 groups of five as the number of Premier Division clubs had been reduced to 10 at the start of the 1988–89 season and all the clubs from the tier competed.

The two group winners and runners-up qualified to the semi-finals which included the Old Firm playing together and Rangers beat Motherwell 2 - 1 in the final to win their second Sixes title.

Group 1

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Celtic4 3 1 12 9 3 6
St Mirren4 3 1 9 6 3 6
Hamilton Academical4 2 2 13 7 6 4
Dundee4 2 2 8 13 -5 4
Aberdeen4 0 4 7 14 -7 0
width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth= 125Date
3–3 [1] 22 January 1989
4–2 22 January 1989
2–1 22 January 1989
2–1 22 January 1989
3–1 22 January 1989
7–1 22 January 1989
5–2 22 January 1989
2–1 22 January 1989
2–2 [2] 23 January 1989
1–0 23 January 1989

Group 2

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Motherwell4 3 1 9 6 3 6
Rangers4 3 1 7 6 1 6
Hibernian4 2 2 9 8 1 4
Dundee United4 1 3 6 8 -2 2
Heart of Midlothian4 1 3 4 7 -3 2
width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth= 125Date
3–1 22 January 1989
1–1 [3] 22 January 1989
2–2 [4] 22 January 1989
2–2 [5] 22 January 1989
2–1 22 January 1989
2–1 22 January 1989
2–1 22 January 1989
3–1 22 January 1989
3–3 [6] 23 January 1989
2–0 23 January 1989

Semi-finals

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Final

Rangers beat Motherwell to win the tournament again.[7] [8] [9]

Incidents and events

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Notes and References

  1. Celtic win 4–3 on penalties
  2. Dundee win 4–2 on penalties
  3. Hearts win 3–2 on penalties
  4. Rangers win 5–4 on penalties
  5. Hibernian win 3–1 on penalties
  6. Motherwell win 4–2 on penalties
  7. News: HERE FOR THE CHEER . . 24 January 1989 . 9 April 2023 . subscription . .
  8. News: Rangers take Sixes trophy . 24 January 1989 . . 9 April 2023 . subscription . British Newspaper Archive .
  9. News: Gers take honours in sell-out Tennent's sixes . . 24 January 1989 . 9 April 2023 . subscription . British Newspaper Archive .
  10. News: TENNENTS SIXES Rangers, Keith take trophies . . 24 January 1989 . 9 April 2023 . subscription . British Newspaper Archive .
  11. News: Sixes slip creates doubt . Press and Journal . 27 January 1989 . 9 April 2023 . subscription . British Newspaper Archive .