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1974 Scottish League Cup final

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1974 Scottish League Cup final
Event1974–75 Scottish League Cup
Date26 October 1974
VenueHampden Park, Glasgow
RefereeJohn Gordon (Newport-on-Tay)
Attendance53,848
1973
1975

The 1974 Scottish League Cup final was played on 26 October 1974 and was the final of the 29th Scottish League Cup competition. It was contested by Hibernian and Celtic. Celtic won the match 6–3, with John "Dixie" Deans and Joe Harper scoring hat-tricks for each side.[1][2] Jimmy Johnstone, Steve Murray and Paul Wilson scored Celtic's other goals.

Match details

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Hibernian3–6Celtic
Harper Report Deans
Johnstone
Murray
Wilson
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 53,848
HIBERNIAN:
GK 1 ScotlandJim McArthur
DF 2 ScotlandJohn Brownlie downward-facing red arrow
MF 3 ScotlandDes Bremner
DF 4 ScotlandPat Stanton
DF 5 ScotlandDerek Spalding
DF 6 ScotlandJohn Blackley
MF 7 ScotlandAlex Edwards
MF 8 ScotlandAlex Cropley
FW 9 ScotlandJoe Harper
MF 10 ScotlandIain Munro
MF 11 ScotlandArthur Duncan downward-facing red arrow
Substitutes:
DF ? ScotlandBobby Smith upward-facing green arrow
DF ? ScotlandWillie Murray upward-facing green arrow
Manager:
ScotlandEddie Turnbull
CELTIC:
GK 1 ScotlandAlly Hunter
DF 2 ScotlandDanny McGrain
DF 3 ScotlandJim Brogan
MF 4 ScotlandSteve Murray
DF 5 ScotlandBilly McNeill
DF 6 ScotlandPat McCluskey
MF 7 ScotlandJimmy Johnstone
FW 8 ScotlandKenny Dalglish
FW 9 ScotlandJohn "Dixie" Deans
MF 10 ScotlandHarry Hood
MF 11 ScotlandPaul Wilson
Substitutes:
FW 12 ScotlandBobby Lennox
DF 14 ScotlandRoddie MacDonald
Manager:
ScotlandJock Stein

Media coverage

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In Scotland highlights of the final were shown on BBC One Scotland on their Sportsreel programme in the evening and also on STV and Grampian Television on the former's Scotsport programme the following day.

See also

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Other League Cup finals played between the same clubs:

References

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  1. ^ Harper hit sour note with fans, Edinburgh Evening News, 8 November 2008. Accessed 26 April 2009. 2009-05-05.
  2. ^ "The elite players who scored cup final hat-tricks". The Scotsman. 31 October 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
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