1989 Tennent's Sixes

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1988–89 Tennent's Sixes
CountryScotland
Dates22 and 23 January 1988
Championship venue Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, Glasgow
Teams10
Defending champions Dundee
Champions Rangers
Runners-up Motherwell
Matches played23
Goals scored90 (3.91 per match)
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.

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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 21 in the final to win their second Sixes title.

Group 1

TeamPldWLGFGAGDPts
Celtic 43112936
St Mirren 4319636
Hamilton Academical 42213764
Dundee 422813-54
Aberdeen 404714-70
Home TeamScoreAway TeamDate
Celtic 3–3 [1] Dundee 22 January 1989
Hamilton Academical 4–2 Aberdeen 22 January 1989
Dundee 2–1 St Mirren 22 January 1989
Celtic 2–1 Hamilton Academical 22 January 1989
St Mirren 3–1 Aberdeen 22 January 1989
Hamilton Academical 7–1 Dundee 22 January 1989
Celtic 5–2 Aberdeen 22 January 1989
St Mirren 2–1 Hamilton Academical 22 January 1989
Dundee 2–2 [2] Aberdeen 23 January 1989
St Mirren 1–0 Celtic 23 January 1989

Group 2

TeamPldWLGFGAGDPts
Motherwell 4319636
Rangers 4317616
Hibernian 4229814
Dundee United 41368-22
Heart of Midlothian 41347-32
Home TeamScoreAway TeamDate
Hibernian 3–1 Dundee United 22 January 1989
Heart of Midlothian 1–1 [3] Motherwell 22 January 1989
Rangers 2–2 [4] Dundee United 22 January 1989
Hibernian 2–2 [5] Heart of Midlothian 22 January 1989
Motherwell 2–1 Dundee United 22 January 1989
Rangers 2–1 Hibernian 22 January 1989
Dundee United 2–1 Heart of Midlothian 22 January 1989
Motherwell 3–1 Rangers 22 January 1989
Motherwell 3–3 [6] Hibernian 23 January 1989
Rangers 2–0 Heart of Midlothian 23 January 1989

Semi-finals

Rangers 3 – 1 Celtic

Motherwell 3 – 0 St Mirren

Final

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

Rangers 2 - 1 Motherwell
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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. "HERE FOR THE CHEER" . Daily Record . 24 January 1989. Retrieved 9 April 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. "Rangers take Sixes trophy" . The Scotsman . 24 January 1989. Retrieved 9 April 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. "Gers take honours in sell-out Tennent's sixes" . Dundee Courier . 24 January 1989. Retrieved 9 April 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. "TENNENTS SIXES Rangers, Keith take trophies" . Press and Journal . 24 January 1989. Retrieved 9 April 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. "Sixes slip creates doubt" . Press and Journal. 27 January 1989. Retrieved 9 April 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.