1990 Scottish Cup Final
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The 1990 Scottish Cup
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 played on May 12, 1990 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 115th Scottish Cup. The final was contested by Aberdeen
Aberdeen F.C.
Aberdeen Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Aberdeen...

 and 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...

. Aberdeen won the match 9–8 on penalties
Penalty shootout (football)
A penalty shoot-out, referred to as kicks from the penalty mark in the Laws of the Game, is the FIFA official term for a method used in association football to decide which team progresses to the next stage of a tournament following a tied game...

 after the match finished 0–0 following extra time.

Match details

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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> ABERDEEN:
GK   Theo Snelders
Theo Snelders
Theodorus Antonius Gerardus Snelders is a former Dutch footballer who played as a goalkeeper.-Career:...

DF   Stewart McKimmie
Stewart McKimmie
Stewart McKimmie is a Scottish former professional footballer, who predominantly played for home town club Aberdeen. He played in defence, primarily as a right-back, and also played for Dundee and Dundee United.-Career:...

DF   Alex McLeish
Alex McLeish
Alexander "Alex" McLeish , is a Scottish former professional footballer and manager, who is currently managing English Premier League club Aston Villa...

DF   Brian Irvine
Brian Irvine (footballer)
Brian Irvine is a former international footballer who played as a defender.-Career:Irvine began his career with Falkirk in 1983. After two years and nearly forty league appearances for the Bairns - where he played alongside his brother - Irvine moved to Aberdeen...

DF   David Robertson
David Robertson (footballer born 1968)
David Robertson is a retired Scottish footballer who played as a left back. Throughout his career, Robertson played for Aberdeen, Rangers, Leeds United and Montrose.- Playing career :...

MF   Paul Mason
Paul Mason (footballer)
Paul Mason is a former professional footballer. After being released by Everton FC as a schoolboy he had trials at Manchester City and Tranmere Rovers but rejected them. He was working as a labourer in Holland when he was spotted by FC Groningen scouts whilst playing for his local pub team...

 
MF   Brian Grant
Brian Grant (footballer)
Brian Grant is a Scottish former footballer who played as a midfielder.-Career:Grant began his career in the early 1980s with Stirling Albion before joining Alex Ferguson's Aberdeen in 1984, going on to win the Scottish Premier Division in his first season at Pittodrie...

MF   Jim Bett
Jim Bett
James "Jim" Bett is a Scottish former professional footballer, who predominantly played for Aberdeen. He played in central or left midfield....

FW   Bobby Connor
Bobby Connor
Robert James "Bobby" Connor is a Scottish retired professional footballer who played as an midfielder. During his playing career, Connor made nearly 600 appearances in the Scottish Football League, and earned four caps for the Scottish national side between 1986 and 1990...

FW   Charlie Nicholas
FW   Hans Gillhaus
Hans Gillhaus
Johannes "Hans" Paulus Gillhaus is a retired Dutch footballer who played primarily as a left-sided forward.During a 16-year professional career, he amassed Eredivisie totals of 348 games and 146 goals, mainly in representation of Den Bosch and PSV, also playing abroad in Scotland, Japan and...

Substitutes:
DF   Graham Watson 
MF   Eoin Jess
Eoin Jess
Eoin Jess is a former Scottish football player. He was capped 18 times by Scotland, scoring two goals.His career started at Aberdeen, helping the Dons to finish second in the Scottish Premier League in the 1993–94 season...

Manager:
  Alex Smith
style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> CELTIC: | GK Pat Bonner DF   Dariusz Wdowczyk DF   Paul Elliott DF   Derek Whyte
Derek Whyte
Derek Whyte is a former Scottish footballer who played for Celtic, Middlesbrough, Aberdeen and Partick Thistle. He also won twelve caps for Scotland during his 18 year playing career. He participated at Euro 92, Euro 96 and the 1998 FIFA World Cup.Whyte joined Celtic on 14 May 1985 as a 16 year...

DF   Anton Rogan
Anton Rogan
Anton Rogan is a former professional association football player. His playing career included spells at Lisburn Distillery, Celtic, Sunderland, Oxford United, Millwall and Blackpool.- Career :...

MF   Billy Stark
Billy Stark
Billy Stark is a Scottish football former player and coach. He is currently head coach of the Scotland national under-21 football team.- Player :...

  MF   Peter Grant
Peter Grant (footballer)
Peter Grant is a Scottish former footballer and was, until October 2007, manager of Norwich City. This was Grant's first role in management, but he had previously held coaching jobs at Bournemouth, West Ham United and West Bromwich Albion...

MF   Paul McStay
Paul McStay
Paul Michael Lyons McStay MBE, nicknamed the Maestro , is a former football player who spent his entire career with Scottish team Celtic F.C., making his debut in 1982 and retiring in 1997. He captained both Scotland and Celtic at all age levels...

FW   Joe Miller
Joe Miller (footballer)
Joseph "Joe" Miller is the current assistant manager at Dundalk FC. He is also a former Scottish footballer and a former manager of Scottish Football League club Clyde.-Playing career:...

FW   Andy Walker  FW   Dariusz Dziekanowski
Dariusz Dziekanowski
Dariusz Paweł Dziekanowski is a Polish football trainer and former player. He started his career at Polonia Warsaw, between 1973–79, throughout the youth set-up and into a very young first team, but went to ŁKS Łódź from 1979-83.Having not impressed the coach during his final season he moved to...

Substitutes: MF   Mike Galloway
Mike Galloway (footballer)
Mike Galloway is a retired football defender. He earned a single cap for the Scotland national football team in 1991.A player with an aggressive attitude to the game but with a skilful left foot...

  FW Tommy Coyne
Tommy Coyne
Thomas "Tommy" Coyne is a former international footballer who played for the Republic of Ireland team due to his Irish ancestry.- Club career :...

  Manager:   Billy McNeill
Billy McNeill
William "Billy" McNeill MBE is a former Scottish footballer and manager. He is best known for captaining Celtic to the European Cup triumph in 1967 and he later went on to manage the club. He is now the official Club Ambassador at Celtic....


Road to the final

Aberdeen
Aberdeen F.C.
Aberdeen Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Aberdeen...

|Round|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...

Home team Score Away team Aberdeen scorer(s) Home team Score Away team Celtic scorer(s)
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...

2 – 6 Aberdeen Van der Ark
Willem van der Ark
Willem van der Ark is a former Dutch football striker, who played for Aberdeen in the late 1980s and early 1990s...

 
Mason
Paul Mason (footballer)
Paul Mason is a former professional footballer. After being released by Everton FC as a schoolboy he had trials at Manchester City and Tranmere Rovers but rejected them. He was working as a labourer in Holland when he was spotted by FC Groningen scouts whilst playing for his local pub team...

 
Grant
Brian Grant (footballer)
Brian Grant is a Scottish former footballer who played as a midfielder.-Career:Grant began his career in the early 1980s with Stirling Albion before joining Alex Ferguson's Aberdeen in 1984, going on to win the Scottish Premier Division in his first season at Pittodrie...

 
Robertson
Craig Robertson
Craig Robertson is a Scottish former football player and coach.-Playing career:Craig Robertson was born in Dunfermline in 1963. He joined Raith Rovers in 1981, and stayed with the Kirkcaldy-based club until 1987, when he was signed by his home town club Dunfermline Athletic. After a year at...

 
Round Three Forfar Athletic
Forfar Athletic F.C.
Forfar Athletic Football Club are a Scottish semi-professional football club from the town of Forfar, Angus. They are members of the Scottish Football League and currently play in the Second Division...

1 – 2 Celtic unknown
Aberdeen 2 – 1 Greenock Morton
Greenock Morton F.C.
Greenock Morton Football Club are a Scottish professional football club, who currently play in the Scottish Football League First Division. The club was founded as Morton Football Club in 1874, making it one of the oldest senior Scottish clubs....

Gillhaus
Hans Gillhaus
Johannes "Hans" Paulus Gillhaus is a retired Dutch footballer who played primarily as a left-sided forward.During a 16-year professional career, he amassed Eredivisie totals of 348 games and 146 goals, mainly in representation of Den Bosch and PSV, also playing abroad in Scotland, Japan and...

 
Nicholas 
Round Four Celtic 1 – 0 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...

Tommy Coyne
Aberdeen 4 – 1 Hearts
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...

Bett
Jim Bett
James "Jim" Bett is a Scottish former professional footballer, who predominantly played for Aberdeen. He played in central or left midfield....

 
McKimmie
Stewart McKimmie
Stewart McKimmie is a Scottish former professional footballer, who predominantly played for home town club Aberdeen. He played in defence, primarily as a right-back, and also played for Dundee and Dundee United.-Career:...

 
Irvine
Brian Irvine (footballer)
Brian Irvine is a former international footballer who played as a defender.-Career:Irvine began his career with Falkirk in 1983. After two years and nearly forty league appearances for the Bairns - where he played alongside his brother - Irvine moved to Aberdeen...

 
Nicholas 
Quarter-finals Dunfermline Athletic
Dunfermline Athletic F.C.
Dunfermline Athletic Football Club are a Scottish football team based in Dunfermline, Fife, commonly known as just Dunfermline. They currently compete in the Scottish Premier League....

0 – 0 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...

None
Replay Celtic 3 – 0 Dunfermline Athletic unknown
Aberdeen 4 – 0 Dundee United
Dundee United F.C.
Dundee United Football Club is a Scottish professional football club located in the city of Dundee. Formed in 1909, originally as Dundee Hibernian, the club changed to the present name in 1923...

Irvine
Brian Irvine (footballer)
Brian Irvine is a former international footballer who played as a defender.-Career:Irvine began his career with Falkirk in 1983. After two years and nearly forty league appearances for the Bairns - where he played alongside his brother - Irvine moved to Aberdeen...

 
Gillhaus
Hans Gillhaus
Johannes "Hans" Paulus Gillhaus is a retired Dutch footballer who played primarily as a left-sided forward.During a 16-year professional career, he amassed Eredivisie totals of 348 games and 146 goals, mainly in representation of Den Bosch and PSV, also playing abroad in Scotland, Japan and...

  (o.g.
Own goal
An own net occurs in goal-scoring games when a player scores a goal that is registered against his or her own team. It is usually accidental, and may be a result of an attempt at defensive play that failed or was spoiled by opponents....

)
(o.g.
Own goal
An own net occurs in goal-scoring games when a player scores a goal that is registered against his or her own team. It is usually accidental, and may be a result of an attempt at defensive play that failed or was spoiled by opponents....

)
Semi-finals Celtic 2 – 0 Clydebank
Clydebank F.C.
Clydebank Football Club are a Scottish football club based in the town of Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, near Yoker. The present club, formed in 2003, is a member of the Scottish Junior Football Association, and currently plays in West Super League Premier Division...

Andy Walker
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