1969 Scottish League Cup Final (April)

The 1968–69 Scottish League Cup Final was played on 5 April 1969 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 23rd Scottish League Cup competition. The final was contested by Hibernian and Celtic. Celtic won a one-sided match by 6–2, with Bobby Lennox scoring a hat-trick.[1] Bertie Auld, Jim Craig and Willie Wallace scored Celtic's other goals, while Jimmy O'Rourke and Eric Stevenson scored for Hibs.

1969 Scottish League Cup Final
Event1968–69 Scottish League Cup
Hibernian Celtic
2 6
Date5 April 1969
VenueHampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance74,240

The Final was originally scheduled for 28 October 1968, but was postponed until April because a fire destroyed part of the south stand at Hampden Park.[2]

Match details
Hibernian2–6Celtic
O'Rourke
Stevenson 		Lennox
Auld
Craig
Wallace
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 74,240
HIBERNIAN:
GKThomson Allan
RBChris Shevlane
LBJoe Davis
RHPat Stanton
CHJohn Madsen
LHJohn Blackley
RWPeter Marinello
IFPat Quinn
CFPeter Cormack
IFJimmy O'Rourke
LWEric Stevenson
Substitutes:
IFWillie Hunter
Manager:
Bob Shankly
CELTIC:
GKJohn Fallon
FBJim Craig
FBTommy Gemmell 45'
RHBobby Murdoch
CHBilly McNeill
LHJim Brogan
RWJimmy Johnstone
IFWillie Wallace
CFStevie Chalmers
IFBertie Auld
LWBobby Lennox
Substitutes:
LHJohn Clark 45'
Manager:
Jock Stein

References
  1. "The elite players who scored cup final hat-tricks". The Scotsman. 31 October 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  2. Robertson & Ross, p. 129.
Sources
  • Robertson, Forrest; Ross, David. The First 100 Years of Hampden. First Press Publishing. ISBN 1-901603-18-0.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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