1996 Scottish League Cup final

Football match

Event

1996–97 Scottish League Cup

Rangers	Heart of Midlothian

4	3

Date

24 November 1996

Venue

Hugh Dallas (Motherwell)

Attendance

48,559

← 1995 1997 →

The 1996 Scottish League Cup final was a football match played at Celtic Park, Glasgow, on 24 November 1996. It was the final of the 51st Scottish League Cup competition. The final was contested by Rangers and Heart of Midlothian, who had also been the participants in the 1996 Scottish Cup Final in May of that year.

Rangers won the match 4–3 thanks to two goals each by Ally McCoist and Paul Gascoigne; Steve Fulton, John Robertson and David Weir scored for Hearts.

Match details

24 November 1996

Rangers	4–3	Heart of Midlothian
McCoist 11', 27' Gascoigne 64', 66'	Report	Fulton 44' Robertson 59' Weir 90'

Celtic Park, GlasgowAttendance: 48,559Referee: Hugh Dallas (Motherwell)


GK	1	Andy Goram
DF	2	Alec Cleland	46'
DF	3	Craig Moore
DF	4	Richard Gough (c)
DF	5	Gordan Petrić
DF	6	Joachim Björklund
MF	7	Charlie Miller
MF	8	Paul Gascoigne
FW	9	Ally McCoist
MF	10	Jörg Albertz
FW	11	Brian Laudrup
Substitutes:
DF	12	David Robertson	46'
GK	13	Theo Snelders
FW	14	Peter van Vossen
Manager:
Walter Smith


GK	1	Gilles Rousset
DF	2	David Weir
DF	3	Neil Pointon
MF	4	Gary Mackay
DF	5	Paul Ritchie
DF	6	Pasquale Bruno
MF	7	Stéphane Paille	78'
MF	8	Steve Fulton
FW	9	John Robertson
MF	10	Colin Cameron
MF	11	Neil McCann
Substitutes:
MF	12	Jeremy Goss
FW	13	Darren Beckford	78'
DF	14	Allan McManus
Manager:
Jim Jefferies

References

"Laudrup shatters Hearts". The Independent. 19 May 1996. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
"Twenty years on: Is this the greatest League Cup final ever?". The Scotsman. 26 November 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2017.

External links

Soccerbase Archived 6 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine

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