1974 Scottish League Cup Final

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.

1974 Scottish League Cup Final
Event1974–75 Scottish League Cup
Date26 October 1974
VenueHampden Park, Glasgow
RefereeJohn Gordon (Newport-on-Tay)
Attendance53,848

Match details

Hibernian3–6Celtic
Harper Report Deans
Johnstone
Murray
Wilson
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 53,848
HIBERNIAN:
GK1Jim McArthur
DF2John Brownlie
MF3Des Bremner
DF4Pat Stanton
DF5Derek Spalding
DF6John Blackley
MF7Alex Edwards
MF8Alex Cropley
FW9Joe Harper
MF10Iain Munro
MF11Arthur Duncan
Substitutes:
DF?Bobby Smith
DF?Willie Murray
Manager:
Eddie Turnbull
CELTIC:
GK1Ally Hunter
DF2Danny McGrain
DF3Jim Brogan
MF4Steve Murray
DF5Billy McNeill
DF6Pat McCluskey
MF7Jimmy Johnstone
FW8Kenny Dalglish
FW9John "Dixie" Deans
MF10Harry Hood
MF11Paul Wilson
Substitutes:
FW12Bobby Lennox
DF14Roddie MacDonald
Manager:
Jock Stein

Media coverage

In Scotland highlights of the Scottish League Cup 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.

References

  1. Harper hit sour note with fans, Edinburgh Evening News, 8 November 2008. Accessed 26 April 2009. Archived 2009-05-05.
  2. "The elite players who scored cup final hat-tricks". The Scotsman. 31 October 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
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