1961 Scottish League Cup final

Last updated

1961 Scottish League Cup final
Event 1961–62 Scottish League Cup
First match
Date28 October 1961
Venue Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance88,000
Replay
Date18 December 1961
Venue Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance47,500
1960
1962

The 1961 Scottish League Cup final was played on 28 October 1961 and replayed on 18 December 1961. Both matches were played at Hampden Park in Glasgow and it was the final of the 16th Scottish League Cup competition. The final was contested by Rangers and Heart of Midlothian. The first match ended in a 1–1 draw, necessitating the replay. Rangers won the replay match 3–1, thanks to goals by Ralph Brand, Ian McMillan and Jimmy Millar.

Contents

Match details

Rangers 1 – 1
AET
Heart of Midlothian
Millar Soccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svg(pen.) Cumming
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 88,000
RANGERS:
GK Billy Ritchie
FB Bobby Shearer
FB Eric Caldow
RH Harold Davis
CH Bill Paterson
LH Jim Baxter
RW Alex Scott
IF Ian McMillan
CF Jimmy Millar
IF Ralph Brand
LW Davie Wilson
Manager:
Scot Symon
HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN :
GK Gordon Marshall
FB Bobby Kirk
FB David Holt
RH John Cumming
CH Willie Polland
LH Billy Higgins
RW Danny Ferguson
IF Maurice Elliott
CF Willie Wallace
IF Alan Gordon
LW Johnny Hamilton
Manager:
Tommy Walker

Replay

Rangers 3–1 Heart of Midlothian
Millar Soccerball shade.svg
Brand Soccerball shade.svg
McMillan Soccerball shade.svg
Soccerball shade.svg Davidson
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 47,500
RANGERS:
GK Billy Ritchie
FB Bobby Shearer
FB Eric Caldow
RH Harold Davis
CH Doug Baillie
LH Jim Baxter
RW Alex Scott
IF Ian McMillan
CF Jimmy Millar
IF Ralph Brand
LW Davie Wilson
Manager:
Scot Symon
HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN :
GK Jim Cruickshank
FB Bobby Kirk
FB David Holt
RH John Cumming
CH Willie Polland
LH Billy Higgins
RW Danny Ferguson
IF Norrie Davidson
CF Willie Bauld
IF Bobby Blackwood
LW Johnny Hamilton
Manager:
Tommy Walker

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hampden Park</span> Association football stadium in Glasgow, Scotland

Hampden Park, often referred to as Hampden, is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland. The 51,866-capacity venue serves as the national stadium of football in Scotland. It is the normal home venue of the Scotland national football team and was the home of club side Queen's Park for over a century. Hampden regularly hosts the latter stages of the Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup competitions and has also been used for music concerts and other sporting events, such as when it was reconfigured as an athletics stadium for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Scottish football attendance records</span>

This article lists Scottish football attendance records under the categories listed below. The highest ever attendance for a UEFA competition match was in the 1969–70 European Cup semi-final at Hampden Park, Scotland's national stadium. A record 136,505 people attended the match between Celtic and Leeds United. The attendance of 149,415 for the Scotland vs. England international match of 1937 at Hampden Park is also a European record. The attendance of 147,365 for the 1937 Scottish Cup Final between Celtic and Aberdeen at Hampden Park is a European record for a club match. Rangers' record attendance of 118,567 at Ibrox is a British record for a league match.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1957 Scottish League Cup final</span> Football match

The 1957 Scottish League Cup final was the final match of the 1957–58 Scottish League Cup. The football match was played on 19 October 1957 at Hampden Park, in which Celtic beat rivals Rangers in a record 7–1 victory. The final was nicknamed "Hampden in the Sun", a phrase coined by Celtic supporters as the title of a terrace song. It has since been used in other songs, poems and a book about the game.

The 1927–28 Scottish Cup was the 50th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Rangers who defeated Celtic 4–0 in an Old Firm final; it was their first victory in the competition for 25 years – the last had been in 1903, with four defeats in finals since then.

The 1996 Scottish Cup Final sponsored by Tennents was played on 18 May 1996, at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 111th Scottish Cup. Rangers and Hearts contested the match, Rangers won the match 5–1, thanks to a Gordon Durie hat-trick and a Brian Laudrup brace.

The 1981 Scottish League Cup final was played on 28 November 1981, at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 36th Scottish League Cup competition. The final was contested by Dundee United and Rangers. Rangers won the match 2–1 thanks to goals by Davie Cooper and Ian Redford.

The 2009 Scottish Cup Final was the final of the 124th season of the main domestic football cup competition in Scotland, the Scottish Cup. The final was played at Hampden Park in Glasgow on 30 May 2009. The match was contested by Rangers, who were defending the trophy having won the 2008 final, and Falkirk who last won the Cup in 1957.

The 1947–48 Scottish League Cup final was played on 25 October 1947 and replayed on 1 November 1947. It was the final of the second Scottish League Cup competition, and it was contested by East Fife and Falkirk. The first match was a goalless draw, necessitating a reply that East Fife won 4–1, mainly thanks to a hat-trick by Davie Duncan.

The 1956 Scottish League Cup final was played on 27 October 1956 and replayed on 31 October 1956. Both matches were played at Hampden Park in Glasgow and it was the final of the 11th Scottish League Cup competition. The final was contested by Celtic and Partick Thistle. The first match ended in a goalless draw, necessitating the reply. Celtic won the replay match 3–0, thanks to a goal by Bobby Collins and two goals by John McPhail.

The 1958 Scottish League Cup final was played on 25 October 1958 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and it was the final of the 13th Scottish League Cup competition. The final was contested by Hearts and Partick Thistle. Hearts won the match 5–1, thanks to goals by Willie Bauld, Johnny Hamilton and Jimmy Murray.

In association football, the 1964 Scottish League Cup final was played on 24 October 1964 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and it was the final of the 19th Scottish League Cup competition. The final was an Old Firm derby contested by Rangers and Celtic. Rangers won the match 2–1, with Jim Forrest scoring both of the Rangers goals. Jim Baxter was the Rangers captain that day, Jim Kennedy was the Celtic captain.

The 1965 Scottish League Cup final was played on 23 October 1965 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and it was the final of the 20th Scottish League Cup competition. The final was contested by the Old Firm rivals Rangers and Celtic for a second consecutive year. Celtic gained revenge for their defeat in the previous final, as they won the match 2–1 thanks to two goals by John "Yogi" Hughes.

The 1990–91 Scottish League Cup was the 45th staging of the Scotland's second most prestigious football knockout competition.

The 1961–62 Scottish League Cup was the sixteenth season of Scotland's second football knockout competition. The competition was won Rangers for a second successive season, who defeated in a replay Heart of Midlothian in the Final.

The 1879 Scottish Cup Final was the sixth final of the Scottish Cup and the final of the 1878–79 Scottish Cup, the most prestigious knockout football competition in Scotland. The match was played at Hampden Park in Crosshill on 19 April 1879 and was watched by a crowd of 6,000 spectators. The final was contested by the defending champions Vale of Leven and Rangers who had never won the cup.

Cathkin Park was a football ground in the Crosshill area of Glasgow, Scotland. It was the home ground of Third Lanark from their foundation in 1872 until they moved to New Cathkin Park in 1903. It also hosted Scottish Cup final matches and the Scotland national team.

The 2018–19 Scottish Cup was the 134th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The tournament was sponsored by bookmaker William Hill in what was the eighth season of a nine-year partnership, after contract negotiations saw the initial five-year contract extended for an additional four years in October 2015.

The Victory Cup was a one-off Scottish football competition held in 1946 to celebrate the end of World War II. It is an unofficial competition in statistical terms, taking place at the end of the 1945–46 season just before official competitions such as the Scottish Football League and the Scottish Cup resumed.

The Original Glasgow derby is the name for the old rivalry between crosstown Scottish football clubs Queen's Park and Rangers, both based in Glasgow. The two clubs, alongside Celtic, are two of the most successful in the Scottish Cup, and the rivalry between them was one of the more intense in the early years of Scottish football, before being overtaken by the Old Firm rivalry from the 1900s onwards. The highest Scottish Cup attendance figure for the fixture was recorded on 18 January 1930 at Hampden Park for the first round, when 95,722 fans attended. The two clubs met in the top flight for last time during 1957–58, the final season before Queen's Park's relegation. The club retained their amateur status from their foundation in 1867 until 2019, which meant it was extremely difficult to compete at the highest level and the intensity of the derby dramatically declined after 1958 as the Spiders never returned to the top tier.

The 2022 Scottish Cup Final was the 137th final of the Scottish Cup and the final of the 2021–22 Scottish Cup, the most prestigious knockout football competition in Scotland. The match was played on 21 May 2022 at Hampden Park, Glasgow. St Johnstone, the defending champions were defeated in Round Four. Glasgow Rangers beat Heart of Midlothian 2-0 in extra time.