Tournament details | |
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Country | Scotland |
Venue(s) | Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, Glasgow |
Dates | 20 and 21 January 1991 |
Teams | 10 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Heart of Midlothian |
Runner-up | Motherwell |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 23 |
Goals scored | 143 (6.22 per match) |
Top goal scorer(s) | (8) John Colquhoun, Graham Harvey [1] |
The 1991 Tennents' Sixes was the eighth staging of the indoor 6-a-side football tournament. It was held at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC) in Glasgow on 20 and 21 January.
Clubs from the 1990–91 Scottish Premier Division season competed, except Rangers who were replaced by First Division side Airdrieonains. The two group winners and runners-up qualified to the semi-finals; in the final Hearts beat Motherwell 5–2 to win their second Sixes title (a year after Edinburgh rivals Hibernian won the tournament).
Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Motherwell | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 6 |
St Johnstone | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 6 |
Hibernian | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 |
Dundee United | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 4 |
Celtic | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 |
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Motherwell | 5–0 | St Johnstone | 20 January 1991 |
Motherwell | 4–3 | Hibernian | 20 January 1991 |
Dundee United | 6–2 | Motherwell | 20 January 1991 |
Motherwell | 2–0 | Celtic | 20 January 1991 |
St Johnstone | 2–0 | Hibernian | 20 January 1991 |
St Johnstone | 2–2 [2] | Dundee United | 20 January 1991 |
St Johnstone | 5–5 [3] | Celtic | 20 January 1991 |
Hibernian | 4–2 | Dundee United | 20 January 1991 |
Hibernian | 4–3 | Celtic | 20 January 1991 |
Celtic | 4–1 | Dundee United | 20 January 1991 |
Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Heart of Midlothian | 4 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 6 |
Airdrieonians | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 6 |
St Mirren | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 13 | -2 | 4 |
Dunfermline Athletic | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 4 |
Aberdeen | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 2 |
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Airdrieonians | 5–4 | Heart of Midlothian | 20 January 1991 |
Heart of Midlothian | 6–1 | St Mirren | 20 January 1991 |
Heart of Midlothian | 4–2 | Dunfermline Athletic | 20 January 1991 |
Heart of Midlothian | 6–1 | Aberdeen | 20 January 1991 |
St Mirren | 6–5 | Airdrieonians | 20 January 1991 |
Airdrieonians | 5–5 [4] | Dunfermline Athletic | 20 January 1991 |
Airdrieonians | 2–2 [5] | Aberdeen | 20 January 1991 |
St Mirren | 3–1 | Dunfermline Athletic | 20 January 1991 |
Aberdeen | 1–1 [6] | St Mirren | 20 January 1991 |
Dunfermline Athletic | 3–2 | Aberdeen | 20 January 1991 |
Hearts beat Motherwell to win the tournament again. [7] [8] Joe Jordan was the respective winning manager of Hearts. [9]
Heart of Midlothian | 5 - 2 | Motherwell |
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Colquhoun McKinlay Wright |
A breakdown of the prize money from the tournament sponsors. [10]
Prize money | Amount |
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Tournament participation | £12,000 |
Losing semi-finalists | £1,000 |
Losing finalists | £2,000 |
Tournament winners | £4,000 |
Various goalscoring targets (shared out to appropriate clubs) | £10,000 |
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