1990 Scottish Cup Final

1990 Scottish Cup Final
Event 1989–90 Scottish Cup
(after extra time)
(Aberdeen won 9–8 on penalties)
Date 12 May 1990
Venue Hampden Park, Glasgow
Referee George Smith
Attendance 60,493

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.

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 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.

Route to the final

AberdeenRoundCeltic
Home team Score Away team Aberdeen scorer(s)Home team Score Away team Celtic scorer(s)
Partick Thistle2 – 6AberdeenVan der Ark
Mason
Grant
Robertson
Round Three[1]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

12 May 1990
Aberdeen 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(9–8 pen.)
Celtic
Report
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 60,493
Referee: George Smith
ABERDEEN:
GK Netherlands Theo Snelders
DF Scotland Stewart McKimmie
DF Scotland Alex McLeish
DF Scotland Brian Irvine
DF Scotland David Robertson
MFEngland Paul Mason  105'
MF Scotland Brian Grant
MF Scotland Jim Bett
FW Scotland Bobby Connor
FW Scotland Charlie Nicholas
FW Netherlands Hans Gillhaus
Substitutes:
DF Scotland Graham Watson  105'
MF Scotland Eoin Jess
Manager:
Scotland Alex Smith
CELTIC:
GK Republic of Ireland Pat Bonner
DF Poland Dariusz Wdowczyk
DF England Paul Elliott
DF Scotland Derek Whyte
DF Northern Ireland Anton Rogan
MFScotland Billy Stark  90'
MF Scotland Peter Grant
MF Scotland Paul McStay
FW Scotland Joe Miller
FW Scotland Andy Walker  100'
FW Poland Dariusz Dziekanowski
Substitutes:
MF Scotland Mike Galloway  90'
FW Republic of Ireland Tommy Coyne  100'
Manager:
Scotland Billy McNeill

References

  1. Premier Division teams received a bye to the third round.
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