1956 Scottish League Cup Final - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 1956 Scottish League Cup
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 27 October 1956 and replayed on 31 October 1956. Both matches were played 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 it was the final of the 11th Scottish League Cup competition. The final was contested by Celtic

Celtic F.C.

Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...

and Partick Thistle

Partick Thistle F.C.

Partick Thistle Football Club are a professional association football club from Glasgow. Despite their name, the club are based in the Maryhill area of the city, and have not played in Partick since 1908...

. The first match ended in a goalless draw, necessitating the reply. Celtic won the replay match 3–0, thanks to a goal by Bobby Collins

Bobby Collins

Robert Young "Bobby" Collins is a Scottish former football player, best known for his successful spells at Celtic, Everton and Leeds United...

and two goals by John McPhail

John McPhail

John McPhail was a Scottish international football player who spent his entire playing career with Celtic. On his retirement from playing football, he wrote for the Daily Record and The Celtic View...

Match details


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	CELTIC:
GK		Dick Beattie Dick Beattie Richard "Dick" Beattie , was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in both the Scottish and English football leagues...
FB		Mike Haughney Mike Haughney Mike Haughney is a Scottish former footballer, who played for Celtic and represented Scotland once.- External links :*, Neil Brown...
FB		Sean Fallon
RH		Bobby Evans Bobby Evans Robert "Bobby" Evans was a Scottish football player and manager, most notable for his time with Celtic....
CH		John Jack John Jack John Jack was a Scottish footballer, who played for Celtic and Greenock Morton.- External links :*, Neil Brown...
LH		Bertie Peacock Bertie Peacock John Robert "Bertie" Peacock, MBE was a Northern Ireland international footballer and manager who played for Celtic....
RW		Jimmy Walsh Jimmy Walsh (footballer born 1930) James "Jimmy" Walsh is a former professional footballer who played for Celtic and Leicester City as a forward. He was a prolific goalscorer and scored the winning goals in both the finals of the 1953 Coronation Cup as well as playing in the 1955 Scottish Cup Final for Celtic...
IF		Bobby Collins Bobby Collins Robert Young "Bobby" Collins is a Scottish former football player, best known for his successful spells at Celtic, Everton and Leeds United...
CF		John McPhail John McPhail John McPhail was a Scottish international football player who spent his entire playing career with Celtic. On his retirement from playing football, he wrote for the Daily Record and The Celtic View...
IF		Charlie Tully Charlie Tully Charles Patrick "Charlie" Tully was a famous footballer of Celtic Football Club.Tully was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. In 1944 he was struggling to break into a very strong Belfast Celtic team and in a bid to garner better match experience was sent on loan to Cliftonville F.C....
LW		Willie Fernie
Manager:
Jimmy McGrory Jimmy McGrory James Edward "Jimmy" McGrory was a Scottish football player and manager for Celtic who holds the record for most career goals in British football...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> PARTICK THISTLE : | GK

Tom Ledgerwood FB

Andy Kerr

Andy Kerr (footballer)

Andy Kerr was a Scottish association football player, who played for Partick Thistle, Manchester City, Kilmarnock, Sunderland, Aberdeen and Glentoran. He also won two caps for the Scotland national football team, both in 1955.- External links :*...

Bobby Gibb RH

Peter Collins CH

Jimmy Davidson LH

David Mathers

David Cochrane Mathers is a retired Scottish football left-half.He joined Partick Thistle from school in 1947 and turned professional two years later aged 17. He remained there until September 1959 joining Southern League team Headington United, which changed their name to Oxford United the...

Johnny McKenzie IF

George Smith CF

Joe Hogan IF

Alex Wright

Alex Wright (footballer born 1930)

Alex Wright was a Scottish football player and manager.Provisionally signed by Partick Thistle as a teenager and "farmed out" to Ayrshire Junior side Dalry Thistle, Wright signed full professional forms with Partick on Friday 28 January 1949 and made his debut the following day, exactly seven...

Tommy Ewing

Thomas Ewing was a Scottish professional footballer. He represented the Scottish Football League and was capped twice by Scotland....

Manager:

David Meiklejohn

David "Davie" Ditchburn Meiklejohn was a Scottish professional footballer most famous for his time with Scottish club Rangers.-Career:Born in Govan, Glasgow, Meiklejohn joined Rangers from junior club Maryhill F.C...

Replay


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	CELTIC:
GK		Dick Beattie Dick Beattie Richard "Dick" Beattie , was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in both the Scottish and English football leagues...
FB		Mike Haughney Mike Haughney Mike Haughney is a Scottish former footballer, who played for Celtic and represented Scotland once.- External links :*, Neil Brown...
FB		Sean Fallon
RH		Bobby Evans Bobby Evans Robert "Bobby" Evans was a Scottish football player and manager, most notable for his time with Celtic....
CH		John Jack John Jack John Jack was a Scottish footballer, who played for Celtic and Greenock Morton.- External links :*, Neil Brown...
LH		Bertie Peacock Bertie Peacock John Robert "Bertie" Peacock, MBE was a Northern Ireland international footballer and manager who played for Celtic....
RW		Jimmy Walsh Jimmy Walsh (footballer born 1930) James "Jimmy" Walsh is a former professional footballer who played for Celtic and Leicester City as a forward. He was a prolific goalscorer and scored the winning goals in both the finals of the 1953 Coronation Cup as well as playing in the 1955 Scottish Cup Final for Celtic...
IF		Bobby Collins Bobby Collins Robert Young "Bobby" Collins is a Scottish former football player, best known for his successful spells at Celtic, Everton and Leeds United...
CF		John McPhail John McPhail John McPhail was a Scottish international football player who spent his entire playing career with Celtic. On his retirement from playing football, he wrote for the Daily Record and The Celtic View...
IF		Charlie Tully Charlie Tully Charles Patrick "Charlie" Tully was a famous footballer of Celtic Football Club.Tully was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. In 1944 he was struggling to break into a very strong Belfast Celtic team and in a bid to garner better match experience was sent on loan to Cliftonville F.C....
LW		Willie Fernie
Manager:
Jimmy McGrory Jimmy McGrory James Edward "Jimmy" McGrory was a Scottish football player and manager for Celtic who holds the record for most career goals in British football...