1979 Scottish Cup Final
Encyclopedia
The 1979 Scottish Cup
Final was contested between Rangers
and Hibernian
. After goalless draws in the initial match and the first replay, Rangers won the Cup by winning 3–2 after extra time in the second replay.
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HIBERNIAN:
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GK
Jim McArthur
DF
Ally Brazil
DF
George Stewart
DF
Jackie McNamara
DF
Arthur Duncan
MF
Bobby Hutchinson
MF
Des Bremner
MF
Ralph Callachan
MF
Tony Higgins
FW
Ally McLeod
FW
Colin Campbell
Substitutes:
MF
Gordon Rae
Manager:
Eddie Turnbull
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HIBERNIAN:
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GK
Jim McArthur
DF
Ally Brazil
DF
George Stewart
DF
Jackie McNamara
DF
Arthur Duncan
MF
Des Bremner
MF
Gordon Rae
MF
Ralph Callachan
MF
Tony Higgins
FW
Ally McLeod
FW
Colin Campbell
Substitutes:
FW
Steve Brown
Manager:
Eddie Turnbull
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HIBERNIAN:
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GK
Jim McArthur
DF
Ally Brazil
DF
George Stewart
DF
Jackie McNamara
DF
Arthur Duncan
MF
Des Bremner
MF
Gordon Rae
MF
Ralph Callachan
MF
Tony Higgins
FW
Ally McLeod
FW
Colin Campbell
Substitutes:
MF
Bobby Hutchinson
FW
Steve Brown
Manager:
Eddie Turnbull
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,, commonly known as the Scottish Cup or the William Hill Scottish Cup for sponsorship purposes, is the main national cup competition in Scottish football. It is a knockout cup competition run by and named after the Scottish Football Association.The...
Final was contested between Rangers
Rangers F.C.
Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...
and Hibernian
Hibernian F.C.
Hibernian Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Leith, in the north of Edinburgh. They are one of two Scottish Premier League clubs in the city, the other being their Edinburgh derby rivals, Hearts...
. After goalless draws in the initial match and the first replay, Rangers won the Cup by winning 3–2 after extra time in the second replay.
Match details
Teams
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| GK | Peter McCloy Peter McCloy Peter McCloy is a retired football goalkeeper who played for Motherwell and Rangers. He was a member of the Rangers team which won the 1972 Cup Winners Cup, and was Rangers' first-choice goalkeeper for most of his 16-year spell at the club despite competition from players such as Gerhardt Neef and... |
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| DF | Sandy Jardine |
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| DF | Colin Jackson Colin Jackson (footballer) Colin MacDonald Jackson is a former Scottish assocation footballer who played predominantly for Rangers and the Scotland national team.-Career:... |
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| DF | Derek Johnstone Derek Johnstone Derek Joseph Johnstone is a former Scottish association footballer.Johnstone played mainly for Rangers during his career. He also had a spell at Chelsea and a brief stint in management with Partick Thistle. He mainly played as a striker but could also perform in central defence, and in midfield... |
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| DF | Ally Dawson Ally Dawson Alastair Dawson is a retired Scottish professional football defender who spent most of his career at Rangers.-Playing career:... |
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| MF | Tommy McLean Tommy McLean Thomas "Tommy" McLean is a Scottish former professional footballer who played for Kilmarnock and Rangers.... |
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| MF | Bobby Russell Bobby Russell (footballer) Robert "Bobby" Russell is a Scottish former professional football player who is best known for his time with Rangers.-Career:... |
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| MF | Alex MacDonald |
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| MF | Davie Cooper Davie Cooper David "Davie" Cooper was a professional football player. He was a Scotland international and played as a left winger.... |
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| FW | Derek Parlane Derek Parlane Derek Parlane was a former professional football striker who played for Rangers for 10 years, from 1970 until 1980.... |
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| FW | Gordon Smith |
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| MF | Alex Miller Alex Miller Alex Miller is a Scottish association football coach and former player. As a player, he had a 15 year career with Rangers. As a manager, he won the 1991 Scottish League Cup with Hibernian... |
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| Manager: | ||||
| John Greig John Greig John Greig MBE is a Scottish former professional football player who, despite his boyhood allegiance to hometown team Heart of Midlothian, spent his entire career in Glasgow with Rangers as a player, manager and director.Greig was voted "The Greatest Ever Ranger" in 1999 by the Rangers supporters... |
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Jim McArthurJim McArthur
Jim McArthur is a Scottish former association football goalkeeper, who played for Hibernian for the majority of his career, appearing in over 200 Scottish Football League games for the club...
Ally BrazilAlly Brazil
Ally Brazil is a Scottish former association football player, who played over 200 league games for Hibernian. He played in all three games of the marathon 1979 Scottish Cup Final, which Hibs lost in extra time of the second replay. His son, Alan Brazil, plays for Berwick Rangers as a...
George Stewart Jackie McNamaraJackie McNamara, Sr.
Jackie McNamara is a retired Scottish professional footballer who played for Cumbernauld United, Celtic, Hibernian and Greenock Morton. His son – Jackie McNamara, Jr...
Arthur DuncanArthur Duncan (footballer)
Arthur Duncan is a retired Scottish football player, who was capped six times by Scotland and currently holds the record for the most number of league appearances for Hibernian....
Bobby HutchinsonBobby Hutchinson
Bobby Hutchinson is a Scottish former professional football player.-References:*, Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database....
Des BremnerDes Bremner
Desmond George Bremner is a Scottish former professional football midfielder. He made more than 600 league appearances for clubs in both Scotland and England, was a member of Aston Villa's European Cup-winning team of 1982, and was capped for the Scotland national team.Born in Aberchirder,...
Ralph CallachanRalph Callachan
Ralph Callachan is a Scottish former association football player, who played for the three modern senior clubs in Edinburgh; Hearts, Hibs and Meadowbank Thistle. He played in Scottish Cup finals for both Hearts and Hibs, but both were lost to...
Tony HigginsTony Higgins
Anthony Higgins is a Scottish former professional association football player.-Club career:During his career Higgins played for Hibernian, Partick Thistle, Greenock Morton and Stranraer...
Ally McLeod Colin CampbellColin Campbell (footballer)
Colin Campbell is a Scottish former footballer who played as a midfielder.-Career:Campbell began his football career at amateur level in the Outer Hebrides, making his debut for the Benbecula team aged just ten....
Gordon RaeGordon Rae
Gordon Rae is a retired Scottish association football player, who played mainly as a defender for Hibernian, Partick Thistle, Hamilton Academical and Meadowbank Thistle. He also played sometimes as a centre forward, scoring over 50 goals in the Scottish Football League in his career.Rae signed for...
Eddie TurnbullEddie Turnbull
Edward Hunter Turnbull was a Scottish professional football player and manager.During the late 1940s and 1950s he was one of the Famous Five, the noted Hibernian forward line, along with Gordon Smith, Bobby Johnstone, Lawrie Reilly, and Willie Ormond...
Replay
----Teams
| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> | RANGERS: | |||
| GK | Peter McCloy Peter McCloy Peter McCloy is a retired football goalkeeper who played for Motherwell and Rangers. He was a member of the Rangers team which won the 1972 Cup Winners Cup, and was Rangers' first-choice goalkeeper for most of his 16-year spell at the club despite competition from players such as Gerhardt Neef and... |
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| DF | Sandy Jardine |
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| DF | Colin Jackson Colin Jackson (footballer) Colin MacDonald Jackson is a former Scottish assocation footballer who played predominantly for Rangers and the Scotland national team.-Career:... |
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| DF | Derek Johnstone Derek Johnstone Derek Joseph Johnstone is a former Scottish association footballer.Johnstone played mainly for Rangers during his career. He also had a spell at Chelsea and a brief stint in management with Partick Thistle. He mainly played as a striker but could also perform in central defence, and in midfield... |
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| DF | Ally Dawson Ally Dawson Alastair Dawson is a retired Scottish professional football defender who spent most of his career at Rangers.-Playing career:... |
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| MF | Tommy McLean Tommy McLean Thomas "Tommy" McLean is a Scottish former professional footballer who played for Kilmarnock and Rangers.... |
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| MF | Bobby Russell Bobby Russell (footballer) Robert "Bobby" Russell is a Scottish former professional football player who is best known for his time with Rangers.-Career:... |
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| MF | Alex MacDonald |
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| MF | Davie Cooper Davie Cooper David "Davie" Cooper was a professional football player. He was a Scotland international and played as a left winger.... |
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| FW | Derek Parlane Derek Parlane Derek Parlane was a former professional football striker who played for Rangers for 10 years, from 1970 until 1980.... |
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| FW | Gordon Smith |
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| Substitutes: | ||||
| MF | Alex Miller Alex Miller Alex Miller is a Scottish association football coach and former player. As a player, he had a 15 year career with Rangers. As a manager, he won the 1991 Scottish League Cup with Hibernian... |
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| Manager: | ||||
| John Greig John Greig John Greig MBE is a Scottish former professional football player who, despite his boyhood allegiance to hometown team Heart of Midlothian, spent his entire career in Glasgow with Rangers as a player, manager and director.Greig was voted "The Greatest Ever Ranger" in 1999 by the Rangers supporters... |
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Jim McArthurJim McArthur
Jim McArthur is a Scottish former association football goalkeeper, who played for Hibernian for the majority of his career, appearing in over 200 Scottish Football League games for the club...
Ally BrazilAlly Brazil
Ally Brazil is a Scottish former association football player, who played over 200 league games for Hibernian. He played in all three games of the marathon 1979 Scottish Cup Final, which Hibs lost in extra time of the second replay. His son, Alan Brazil, plays for Berwick Rangers as a...
George Stewart Jackie McNamaraJackie McNamara, Sr.
Jackie McNamara is a retired Scottish professional footballer who played for Cumbernauld United, Celtic, Hibernian and Greenock Morton. His son – Jackie McNamara, Jr...
Arthur DuncanArthur Duncan (footballer)
Arthur Duncan is a retired Scottish football player, who was capped six times by Scotland and currently holds the record for the most number of league appearances for Hibernian....
Des BremnerDes Bremner
Desmond George Bremner is a Scottish former professional football midfielder. He made more than 600 league appearances for clubs in both Scotland and England, was a member of Aston Villa's European Cup-winning team of 1982, and was capped for the Scotland national team.Born in Aberchirder,...
Gordon RaeGordon Rae
Gordon Rae is a retired Scottish association football player, who played mainly as a defender for Hibernian, Partick Thistle, Hamilton Academical and Meadowbank Thistle. He also played sometimes as a centre forward, scoring over 50 goals in the Scottish Football League in his career.Rae signed for...
Ralph CallachanRalph Callachan
Ralph Callachan is a Scottish former association football player, who played for the three modern senior clubs in Edinburgh; Hearts, Hibs and Meadowbank Thistle. He played in Scottish Cup finals for both Hearts and Hibs, but both were lost to...
Tony HigginsTony Higgins
Anthony Higgins is a Scottish former professional association football player.-Club career:During his career Higgins played for Hibernian, Partick Thistle, Greenock Morton and Stranraer...
Ally McLeod Colin CampbellColin Campbell (footballer)
Colin Campbell is a Scottish former footballer who played as a midfielder.-Career:Campbell began his football career at amateur level in the Outer Hebrides, making his debut for the Benbecula team aged just ten....
Steve Brown Eddie TurnbullEddie Turnbull
Edward Hunter Turnbull was a Scottish professional football player and manager.During the late 1940s and 1950s he was one of the Famous Five, the noted Hibernian forward line, along with Gordon Smith, Bobby Johnstone, Lawrie Reilly, and Willie Ormond...
Second Replay
----Teams
| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> | RANGERS: | ||||
| GK | Peter McCloy Peter McCloy Peter McCloy is a retired football goalkeeper who played for Motherwell and Rangers. He was a member of the Rangers team which won the 1972 Cup Winners Cup, and was Rangers' first-choice goalkeeper for most of his 16-year spell at the club despite competition from players such as Gerhardt Neef and... |
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| DF | Sandy Jardine |
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| DF | Colin Jackson Colin Jackson (footballer) Colin MacDonald Jackson is a former Scottish assocation footballer who played predominantly for Rangers and the Scotland national team.-Career:... |
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| DF | Derek Johnstone Derek Johnstone Derek Joseph Johnstone is a former Scottish association footballer.Johnstone played mainly for Rangers during his career. He also had a spell at Chelsea and a brief stint in management with Partick Thistle. He mainly played as a striker but could also perform in central defence, and in midfield... |
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| DF | Ally Dawson Ally Dawson Alastair Dawson is a retired Scottish professional football defender who spent most of his career at Rangers.-Playing career:... |
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| MF | Tommy McLean Tommy McLean Thomas "Tommy" McLean is a Scottish former professional footballer who played for Kilmarnock and Rangers.... |
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| MF | Bobby Russell Bobby Russell (footballer) Robert "Bobby" Russell is a Scottish former professional football player who is best known for his time with Rangers.-Career:... |
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| MF | Kenny Watson |
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| MF | Alex MacDonald |
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| MF | Davie Cooper Davie Cooper David "Davie" Cooper was a professional football player. He was a Scotland international and played as a left winger.... |
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| FW | Derek Parlane Derek Parlane Derek Parlane was a former professional football striker who played for Rangers for 10 years, from 1970 until 1980.... |
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| Substitutes: | |||||
| MF | Alex Miller Alex Miller Alex Miller is a Scottish association football coach and former player. As a player, he had a 15 year career with Rangers. As a manager, he won the 1991 Scottish League Cup with Hibernian... |
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| FW | Gordon Smith |
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| Manager: | |||||
| John Greig John Greig John Greig MBE is a Scottish former professional football player who, despite his boyhood allegiance to hometown team Heart of Midlothian, spent his entire career in Glasgow with Rangers as a player, manager and director.Greig was voted "The Greatest Ever Ranger" in 1999 by the Rangers supporters... |
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Jim McArthurJim McArthur
Jim McArthur is a Scottish former association football goalkeeper, who played for Hibernian for the majority of his career, appearing in over 200 Scottish Football League games for the club...
Ally BrazilAlly Brazil
Ally Brazil is a Scottish former association football player, who played over 200 league games for Hibernian. He played in all three games of the marathon 1979 Scottish Cup Final, which Hibs lost in extra time of the second replay. His son, Alan Brazil, plays for Berwick Rangers as a...
George Stewart Jackie McNamaraJackie McNamara, Sr.
Jackie McNamara is a retired Scottish professional footballer who played for Cumbernauld United, Celtic, Hibernian and Greenock Morton. His son – Jackie McNamara, Jr...
Arthur DuncanArthur Duncan (footballer)
Arthur Duncan is a retired Scottish football player, who was capped six times by Scotland and currently holds the record for the most number of league appearances for Hibernian....
Des BremnerDes Bremner
Desmond George Bremner is a Scottish former professional football midfielder. He made more than 600 league appearances for clubs in both Scotland and England, was a member of Aston Villa's European Cup-winning team of 1982, and was capped for the Scotland national team.Born in Aberchirder,...
Gordon RaeGordon Rae
Gordon Rae is a retired Scottish association football player, who played mainly as a defender for Hibernian, Partick Thistle, Hamilton Academical and Meadowbank Thistle. He also played sometimes as a centre forward, scoring over 50 goals in the Scottish Football League in his career.Rae signed for...
Ralph CallachanRalph Callachan
Ralph Callachan is a Scottish former association football player, who played for the three modern senior clubs in Edinburgh; Hearts, Hibs and Meadowbank Thistle. He played in Scottish Cup finals for both Hearts and Hibs, but both were lost to...
Tony HigginsTony Higgins
Anthony Higgins is a Scottish former professional association football player.-Club career:During his career Higgins played for Hibernian, Partick Thistle, Greenock Morton and Stranraer...
Ally McLeod Colin CampbellColin Campbell (footballer)
Colin Campbell is a Scottish former footballer who played as a midfielder.-Career:Campbell began his football career at amateur level in the Outer Hebrides, making his debut for the Benbecula team aged just ten....
Bobby HutchinsonBobby Hutchinson
Bobby Hutchinson is a Scottish former professional football player.-References:*, Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database....
Steve Brown Eddie TurnbullEddie Turnbull
Edward Hunter Turnbull was a Scottish professional football player and manager.During the late 1940s and 1950s he was one of the Famous Five, the noted Hibernian forward line, along with Gordon Smith, Bobby Johnstone, Lawrie Reilly, and Willie Ormond...