1992 Tennent's Sixes

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1991-92 Tennent's Sixes
CountryScotland
Dates19 and 20 January 1992
Championship venue Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, Glasgow
Teams10
Defending champions Heart of Midlothian
Champions Celtic
Runners-up St Johnstone
Matches played23
Goals scored144 (6.26 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Iain Ferguson (11 goals) [1]
1992–93

The 1992 Tennents' Sixes was the ninth staging of the indoor 6-a-side football tournament. It was held at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC) in Glasgow on 19 and 20 January.

Contents

Clubs from the 1991–92 Premier Division season competed except Rangers and Aberdeen and the two group winners and runners-up qualified to the semi-finals and Celtic won their only Sixes title beating St Johnstone 42.

Group 1

TeamPldWLGFGAGDPts
Celtic 44017898
St Johnstone 431161156
Falkirk 422131304
Partick Thistle 413814-62
Dundee United 404917-80
Home TeamScoreAway TeamDate
Celtic 3–3 [2] St Johnstone 20 January 1992
Celtic 5–3 Falkirk 19 January 1992
Celtic 4–0 Partick Thistle 19 January 1992
Celtic 5–2 Dundee United 19 January 1992
St Johnstone 6–4 Falkirk 19 January 1992
St Johnstone 4–1 Partick Thistle 19 January 1992
St Johnstone 3–3 [3] Dundee United 19 January 1992
Falkirk 3–1 Partick Thistle 19 January 1992
Falkirk 3–1 Dundee United 19 January 1992
Partick Thistle 6–3 Dundee United 20 January 1992

Group 2

TeamPldWLGFGAGDPts
Heart of Midlothian 440186128
Motherwell 43113856
St Mirren 413913-42
Airdrieonians 4131015-52
Hibernian 413715-82
Home TeamScoreAway TeamDate
Heart of Midlothian 2–1 Motherwell 19 January 1992
Heart of Midlothian 3–2 St Mirren 19 January 1992
Heart of Midlothian 5–2 Airdrieonians 20 January 1992
Heart of Midlothian 8–1 Hibernian 19 January 1992
Motherwell 3–1 St Mirren 19 January 1992
Motherwell 5–3 Airdrieonians 19 January 1992
Motherwell 4–2 Hibernian 20 January 1992
Airdrieonians 5–3 St Mirren 19 January 1992
St Mirren 3–2 Hibernian 19 January 1992
Hibernian 2–0 Airdrieonians 19 January 1992

Semi-finals

Celtic 8 – 5 Motherwell

St Johnstone 3 – 2 Heart of Midlothian

Final

Celtic beat St Johnstone to win the tournament for the only time. [4] [5]

Celtic 4 - 2 St Johnstone
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References

  1. "Sixies set to carry on" . Daily Record . 22 January 1992. Retrieved 9 April 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. Celtic win 3–2 on penalties
  3. St Johnstone win 10–9 on penalties
  4. "FERGUSON TOP MARKSMAN AT SIXES" . Wishaw Press . 24 January 1992. Retrieved 9 April 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "Magic Miller" . Evening Express . 21 January 1992. Retrieved 9 April 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "Ross' sixes countdown" . Press and Journal . 14 January 1992. Retrieved 9 April 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.