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1969 Scottish League Cup final (April)

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The 1968–69 Scottish League Cup final was played on 5 April 1969 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 23rd Scottish League Cup competition. The final was contested by Hibernian and Celtic. Celtic won a one-sided match by 6–2, with Bobby Lennox scoring a hat-trick.[1] Bertie Auld, Jim Craig and Willie Wallace scored Celtic's other goals, while Jimmy O'Rourke and Eric Stevenson scored for Hibs.

1969 Scottish League Cup final
Event1968–69 Scottish League Cup
Hibernian Celtic
2 6
Date5 April 1969
VenueHampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance74,240
← 1967

The final was originally scheduled for 28 October 1968, but was postponed until April because a fire destroyed part of the south stand at Hampden Park.[2]

Match details edit

Hibernian2–6Celtic
O'Rourke  
Stevenson  		 Lennox      
Auld  
Craig  
Wallace  
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 74,240
HIBERNIAN:
GK Thomson Allan
RB Chris Shevlane
LB Joe Davis
RH Pat Stanton
CH John Madsen
LH John Blackley
RW Peter Marinello
IF Pat Quinn
CF Peter Cormack
IF Jimmy O'Rourke
LW Eric Stevenson
Substitutes:
IF Willie Hunter
Manager:
Bob Shankly
CELTIC:
GK John Fallon
FB Jim Craig
FB Tommy Gemmell   45'
RH Bobby Murdoch
CH Billy McNeill
LH Jim Brogan
RW Jimmy Johnstone
IF Willie Wallace
CF Stevie Chalmers
IF Bertie Auld
LW Bobby Lennox
Substitutes:
LH John Clark   45'
Manager:
Jock Stein

See also edit

Other League Cup finals played between the same clubs:

References edit

  1. ^ "The elite players who scored cup final hat-tricks". The Scotsman. 31 October 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  2. ^ Robertson & Ross, p. 129.
Sources
  • Robertson, Forrest; Ross, David. The First 100 Years of Hampden. First Press Publishing. ISBN 1-901603-18-0.

External links edit

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