1954 Scottish League Cup Final
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The 1954 Scottish League Cup
Final was played on 23 October 1954, at Hampden Park
in Glasgow
and was the final of the 9th Scottish League Cup competition. The final was contested by Heart of Midlothian
and Motherwell
. Hearts won the match 4–2, mainly thank to a hat-trick
by Willie Bauld
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MOTHERWELL :
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GK
Hastie Weir
FB
Willie Kilmarnock
FB
Willie McSeveney
RH
Charlie Cox
CH
Andy Paton
LH
Willie Redpath
RW
Jackie Hunter
IF
Charlie Aitken
CF
Alex Bain
IF
Wilson Humphries
LW
Archie Williams
Manager:
George Stevenson
Scottish League Cup
The Scottish League Cup is a football competition open to all Scottish Football League and Scottish Premier League clubs. At present it is also known as the Scottish Communities League Cup owing to the sponsorship deal in place with the Scottish Government. In the past it has been sponsored by...
Final was played on 23 October 1954, at Hampden Park
Hampden Park
Hampden Park is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland. The 52,063 capacity venue serves as the national stadium of football in Scotland...
in Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
and was the final of the 9th Scottish League Cup competition. The final was contested by Heart of Midlothian
Heart of Midlothian F.C.
Heart of Midlothian Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Gorgie, in the west of Edinburgh. They currently play in the Scottish Premier League and are one of the two principal clubs in the city, the other being Hibernian...
and Motherwell
Motherwell F.C.
Motherwell Football & Athletic Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire. The club compete in the Scottish Premier League and are one of only seven teams to have remained in this league since it was founded in 1998...
. Hearts won the match 4–2, mainly thank to a hat-trick
Hat-trick
A hat-trick or hat trick in sport is the achievement of a positive feat three times during a game, or other achievements based on threes. The term was first used in 1858 in cricket to describe HH Stephenson's feat of taking three wickets in three balls. A collection was held for Stephenson, and he...
by Willie Bauld
Willie Bauld
William "Willie" Russell Logan Gavin Chalmers Bauld was a footballer who played for Newtongrange Star, Heart of Midlothian, Edinburgh City and the Scotland national team.-Heart of Midlothian:...
.
Match details
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| GK | Willie Duff Willie Duff William "Willie" Duff was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.Born in Winchburgh, West Lothian, Duff grew up in western Edinburgh, attending Corstorphine Primary School and Boroughmuir High School... |
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| FB | Bobby Parker Bobby Parker (footballer born 1925) Bobby Parker was a Scottish football player. He played for Partick Thistle and Hearts.- External links :*, Neil Brown... |
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| FB | Tam McKenzie Tam McKenzie Thomas "Tam" McKenzie was a Scottish professional footballer who spent most of his career with Heart of Midlothian.... |
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| RH | Dave Mackay |
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| CH | Freddie Glidden Freddie Glidden Frederick "Freddie" Glidden is a retired Scottish professional footballer who spent most of his career with Heart of Midlothian.... |
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| LH | John Cumming John Cumming (footballer) John "Darkie" Cumming was a Scottish international footballer who spent his whole club career with Heart of Midlothian during which he made 612 appearances and scored 58 goals.... |
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| RW | Jim Souness |
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| IF | Alfie Conn Alfie Conn, Sr. Alfred "Alfie" Conn was a Scottish professional footballer, most commonly remembered as part of the Terrible Trio of the Heart of Midlothian side of the 1950s, along with Willie Bauld and Jimmy Wardhaugh... |
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| CF | Willie Bauld Willie Bauld William "Willie" Russell Logan Gavin Chalmers Bauld was a footballer who played for Newtongrange Star, Heart of Midlothian, Edinburgh City and the Scotland national team.-Heart of Midlothian:... |
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| IF | Jimmy Wardhaugh Jimmy Wardhaugh Jimmy Wardhaugh was a Scottish professional footballer, most fondly remembered as part of the Terrible Trio Heart of Midlothian forward line of the 1950s, alongside Willie Bauld and Alfie Conn... |
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| LW | Johnny Urquhart Johnny Urquhart Johnny Urquhart was a Scottish football player and administrator. He played for Hearts and Raith Rovers in the Scottish Football League. After retiring as a player in the early 1960s, Urquhart served Raith Rovers in several roles, including coach, scout, director, chairman and president.- External... |
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| Manager: | |||
| Tommy Walker |
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Hastie Weir Willie KilmarnockWillie Kilmarnock
Willie Kilmarnock was a Scottish football player who most notably captained Motherwell's 1952 Scottish Cup winning team. He also played for Airdrie and Irvine Meadow XI.- References :...
Willie McSeveney Charlie CoxCharlie Cox (footballer born 1926)
Charlie Cox was a Scottish football player. He played for Heart of Midlothian and Motherwell.Some reference books list Cox as having played once for Scotland, in a 3–0 defeat by France in 1948, but he never played international football.- External links :*, Neil Brown*, London Hearts...
Andy PatonAndy Paton
Andy Paton was a Scottish football player and manager. Paton played for Motherwell, Hamilton Academical and Scotland, and he later managed Hamilton....
Willie Redpath Jackie Hunter Charlie AitkenCharlie Aitken (footballer born 1932)
Charlie Aitken was a Scottish professional football player who spent his entire career with Motherwell, making 314 appearances in the Scottish Football League between 1950 and 1966....
Alex BainAlex Bain
Alex Bain was a former professional footballer, who played for teams in both Scotland & England. He scored two goals for in the extraordinary match between Charlton Athletic F.C. and Huddersfield Town F.C. that took place on 21 December 1957 at Charlton Athletic's home ground, The Valley...
Wilson HumphriesWilson Humphries
Wilson Humphries was a former Scotland international footballer who played as an inside forward.-Career:...
Archie WilliamsArchie Williams (footballer)
Archie Williams was a Scottish football player, who played for Hearts, Motherwell and Dunfermline.- External links :*, Neil Brown...
George StevensonGeorge Stevenson (footballer)
George Stevenson was a Scottish association football player and manager, primarily for Motherwell. As a player, he was part of the Motherwell side that won the league championship in 1932, and he made 573 appearances for the club in total. Stevenson was selected 12 times by the Scotland national...