1990 Scottish Cup Final

The 1990 Scottish Cup Final was the 105th final of the Scottish Cup, Scottish football's most prestigious knock-out association football competition. The match took place at Hampden Park on 12 May 1990 and was contested by Scottish Premier Division clubs Aberdeen and Celtic. It was Aberdeen's 13th and Celtic's 45th Scottish Cup Final. The clubs had previously met at the same stage of the tournament on five occasions. Celtic were the defending champions of the competition from the previous two seasons having defeated Rangers and Dundee United respectively.

1990 Scottish Cup Final
Event1989–90 Scottish Cup
(after extra time)
(Aberdeen won 9–8 on penalties)
Date12 May 1990
VenueHampden Park, Glasgow
RefereeGeorge Smith
Attendance60,493

As Scottish Premier Division clubs, Aberdeen and Celtic both entered the competition in the third round. Aberdeen won all of its four fixtures before the final on its first attempt whilst Celtic needed one replay to see off Premier Division club Dunfermline Athletic in the quarter-finals. Aberdeen knocked out Division One clubs Partick Thistle and Morton before defeating Premier Division clubs Heart of Midlothian and Dundee United before the final. Celtic also defeated two Division One clubs as well as Old Firm and Premier Division rivals Rangers in the fourth round.

The match was Celtic's 45th appearance in the final while it was Aberdeen's 13th. Both clubs had met in the final on five occasions beforehand in 1937, 1954, 1967, 1970 and 1984 with Celtic winning three over Aberdeen's two. Celtic had previously won the tournament 29 times whilst Aberdeen only six times, four coming in the previous nine seasons. Aberdeen were favourites to win the match on this occasion having finished well ahead of Celtic in the league, and having beaten the Glasgow side 3–1 at Parkhead a mere ten days earlier.[1]

Aberdeen won the match 9–8 on penalties after a 0–0 draw over 90 minutes of normal play and 30 minutes of extra-time. With the shoot-out poised at 3-4 Celtic bound striker Charlie Nicholas was required to score to send the shoot-out to Sudden Death. After a further 8 consecutive successful penalty kicks Celtic's Anton Rogan missed the penultimate kick, allowing Brian Irvine to win the tie and claim Aberdeen's seventh Scottish Cup victory.[2][3]

Route to the final

AberdeenRoundCeltic
Home teamScoreAway teamAberdeen scorer(s)Home teamScoreAway teamCeltic scorer(s)
Partick Thistle2 – 6AberdeenVan der Ark
Mason
Grant
Robertson
Round Three[4]Forfar Athletic1 – 2CelticMorris
Dziekanowski
Aberdeen2 – 1Greenock MortonGillhaus
Nicholas
Round FourCeltic1 – 0RangersCoyne
Aberdeen4 – 1HeartsBett  7'
McKimmie  71'
Irvine  75'
Nicholas  84'
Quarter-finalsDunfermline Athletic0 – 0CelticNone
ReplayCeltic3 – 0Dunfermline AthleticMcStay
Coyne
Miller
Aberdeen4 – 0Dundee UnitedIrvine
Gillhaus (o.g.) (o.g.)
Semi-finalsCeltic2 – 0ClydebankWalker

Match details

ABERDEEN:
GK Theo Snelders
DF Stewart McKimmie
DF Alex McLeish
DF Brian Irvine
DF David Robertson
MF Paul Mason 105'
MF Brian Grant
MF Jim Bett
FW Bobby Connor
FW Charlie Nicholas
FW Hans Gillhaus
Substitutes:
DF Graham Watson 105'
MF Eoin Jess
Manager:
Alex Smith
CELTIC:
GK Pat Bonner
DF Dariusz Wdowczyk
DF Paul Elliott
DF Derek Whyte
DF Anton Rogan
MF Billy Stark 90'
MF Peter Grant
MF Paul McStay
FW Joe Miller
FW Andy Walker 100'
FW Dariusz Dziekanowski
Substitutes:
MF Mike Galloway 90'
FW Tommy Coyne 100'
Manager:
Billy McNeill

References

  1. Potter, David; Jones, Phil H (2016). The History of the Scottish Cup the Story of every Season 1873-2016. Worthing: Pitch Publishing. p. 268. ISBN 978-1-78531-214-4.
  2. Traynor, James (14 May 1990). "Stagnant Celtic pay ultimate penalty. Snelders saves Rogan's kick and Irvine secures cup for Aberdeen". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  3. Don Morrison (13 May 1990). "Cheers and tears". Sunday Mail. The Celtic Wiki. Retrieved 27 October 2018 via The Celtic Wiki.
  4. Premier Division teams received a bye to the third round.
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