1972 Scottish League Cup final

Football match

Event

1972–73 Scottish League Cup

Hibernian	Celtic

2	1

Date

9 December 1972

Venue

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Referee

Alastair MacKenzie (Larbert)

Attendance

71,696

← 1971 1973 →

The 1972 Scottish League Cup final was played on 9 December 1972 and was the final of the 27th Scottish League Cup competition. It was contested by Hibernian and Celtic. Hibs won the match 2–1, thanks to goals by Jimmy O'Rourke and Pat Stanton. This meant that Hibs won their first major national cup competition since the 1902 Scottish Cup, and it was their first cup win at Hampden Park.

Match details

9 December 1972

Hibernian	2–1	Celtic
Stanton 60' O'Rourke 66'		Dalglish 77'

Hampden Park, GlasgowAttendance: 71,696


HIBERNIAN:
GK	1	Jim Herriot
DF	2	John Brownlie
DF	3	Erich Schaedler
MF	4	Pat Stanton
DF	5	Jim Black
DF	6	John Blackley
MF	7	Alex Edwards
FW	8	Jimmy O'Rourke
FW	9	Alan Gordon
MF	10	Alex Cropley
MF	11	Arthur Duncan
Substitutes:
MF	?	Johnny Hamilton
Manager:
Eddie Turnbull


CELTIC:
GK	1	Evan Williams
DF	2	Danny McGrain
DF	3	Jim Brogan
DF	4	Pat McCluskey
DF	5	Billy McNeill
MF	6	David Hay
MF	7	Jimmy Johnstone
MF	8	George Connelly
FW	9	Kenny Dalglish
MF	10	Harry Hood
FW	11	Lou Macari
Substitutes:
MF	?	Tommy Callaghan
Manager:
Jock Stein

References

Classic match: Hibs 2, Celtic 1, December 9, 1972, Edinburgh Evening News, 26 January 2009. Accessed 1 May 2009. Archived 2009-05-05.

External links

Soccerbase Archived 30 March 2005 at the Wayback Machine
TheCelticWiki

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