Drybrough Cup

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Drybrough Cup
Founded1971
Folded1980
CountryScotland
Number of teams8
Most championships Hibernian
Aberdeen (2 times)

The Drybrough Cup was a Scottish annual football tournament. It was held from 1971 until 1974, and was revived from 1979 to 1980. It was open to the four highest-scoring teams from Division 1, and the four highest-scoring teams from Division 2. The format allowed the tournament to have three rounds: first round, semi-final and final. The tournament was held in the week preceding the commencement of the league season. [1]

The tournament was conceived because the Scottish Football Association would not permit existing competitions to have a title sponsor. [2] The Drybrough brewery got around this regulation by inventing a new competition bearing their name. [2]

In the 1972, 1973 and 1974 Drybrough Cups, an experimental version of the offside law was operated. [3] In the 1979 final, Davie Cooper scored what is regarded by many Rangers fans as one of the best goals ever scored in an Old Firm match. [4]

Finals summaries

YearCrowdMatch
WinnerScoreRunner-up
1971–72 [5] 25,000 Aberdeen 2–1 Celtic
1972–73 [6] 49,462 Hibernian 5–3 (aet) Celtic
1973–74 [7] 49,204 Hibernian 1–0 (aet) Celtic
1974–75 [8] 57,558 Celtic 2–2 (4–2p) Rangers
1979–80 [9] 40,609 Rangers 3–1 Celtic
1980–81 [10] [11] 6,994 Aberdeen 2–1 St Mirren

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  6. Summer Cup is worth another run, The Scotsman, 7 August 1972, via The Celtic Wiki
  7. Last-gasp Hibs grab the cup, Evening Times, 5 August 1973, via The Celtic Wiki
  8. Drybrough tonic from 'Old Firm', Evening Times, 5 August 1974, via The Celtic Wiki
  9. Sparkling Jardine, Sunday Mail, 5 August 1979, via The Celtic Wiki
  10. Drybrough Cup, StMirren.info
  11. Cowan is Dons' new Stevie wonder, The Glasgow Herald, 4 August 1980