1988 Tennent's Sixes

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1987–88 Tennent's Sixes
CountryScotland
Dates24 and 25 January 1988
Championship venue Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, Glasgow
Teams12
Defending champions Aberdeen
Champions Dundee
Runners-up Motherwell
Matches played19
Goals scored97 (5.11 per match)
1988–89

The 1988 Tennents' Sixes was the fifth staging of the indoor 6-a-side football tournament. For the third time it was held at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC) in Glasgow on 24 and 25 January.

Contents

There were 4 groups of 3, with 11 clubs drawn from the 1987–88 Scottish Premier Division season. Rangers did not participate and were replaced by English club Nottingham Forest.

The two group winners and runners-up qualified to the quarter-finals and Dundee beat Motherwell 32 in the final.

Group stage

Group 1

TeamPldWLGFGAGDPts
Dundee 22011474
Aberdeen 2115322
Morton 202413-90
Home TeamScoreAway TeamDate
Aberdeen 4–1 Morton 24 January 1988
Dundee 2–1 Aberdeen 24 January 1988
Dundee 9–3 Morton 24 January 1988

Group 2

TeamPldWLGFGAGDPts
Motherwell 2112022
St Mirren 21156-12
Heart of Midlothian 21145-12
Home TeamScoreAway TeamDate
Heart of Midlothian 0–0 [1] Motherwell 24 January 1988
Motherwell 3–2 St Mirren 24 January 1988
St Mirren 5–4 Heart of Midlothian 24 January 1988

Group 3

TeamPldWLGFGAGDPts
Hibernian 2116422
Dunfermline Athletic 2115502
Celtic 21168-22
Home TeamScoreAway TeamDate
Celtic 4–3 Dunfermline Athletic 24 January 1988
Hibernian 5–2 Celtic 24 January 1988
Dunfermline Athletic 2–1 Hibernian 24 January 1988

Group 4

TeamPldWLGFGAGDPts
Nottingham Forest 2205234
Dundee United 2117432
Falkirk 20228-60
Home TeamScoreAway TeamDate
Dundee United 6–1 Falkirk 24 January 1988
Nottingham Forest 2–1 Falkirk 24 January 1988
Nottingham Forest 3–1 Dundee United 24 January 1988

Quarter-finals

Dundee 4 – 3 Dundee United

Motherwell 2 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic

Hibernian 2 – 2 [2] St Mirren

Aberdeen 1 – 1 [3] Nottingham Forest

Semi-finals

Motherwell 4 – 2 St Mirren

Dundee 4 – 1 Aberdeen

Final

Dundee beat Motherwell to win the tournament for the first time. [4]

Dundee 3 - 2 Motherwell
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References

  1. Hearts win 3–1 on penalties
  2. St Mirren win 4–3 on penalties
  3. Aberdeen win 4–3 on penalties
  4. "Dundee six shooters win title" . Press and Journal . 26 January 1988. Retrieved 9 April 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "Drunk on success – how free-scoring Dundee won the Tennent's Sixes in 1988". The Courier . 25 January 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  6. "Sixes title and riches for 22-goal Dundeet" . The Scotsman . 26 January 1988. Retrieved 9 April 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.