1985 Scottish Cup Final

1985 Scottish Cup Final

Match programme cover
Event 1984–85 Scottish Cup
Date 18 May 1985
Venue Hampden Park, Glasgow
Referee Brian McGinlay
Attendance 60,346

The 1985 Scottish Cup Final was played on 18 May 1985 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 100th season of the Scottish Cup. The previous winners were Aberdeen, who had beaten Celtic in the 1984 final, but they were knocked out by Dundee United at the Semi-final stage. The Final was contested by Celtic and Dundee United. Celtic won the match 2–1, thanks to a free kick scored by Davie Provan and a late diving header from Frank McGarvey.

Match

Davie Provan lines up to score Celtic's equaliser from a free kick

The first half was a tame affair, with neither Pat Bonner or Hamish McAlpine been required to make a save of note. Dundee United opened the scoring on 53 minutes; Eamonn Bannon passed to David Dodds who controlled the ball whilst holding off a challenge, then slipped the ball to Stuart Beedie who fired a low shot past Bonner's left hand into the corner of the goal. Trailing to Dundee United, Celtic manager Davie Hay make a tactical change in the second half by pushing Roy Aitken forward from central defence into midfield. The move proved a success as Aitken's presence in midfield began to galvanise Celtic. A virtuoso free-kick from Davie Provan in 77 minutes equalised the earlier goal from Dundee Utd's Beedie, only the third occasion that a goal had been scored direct from a free-kick in a Scottish Cup Final. Five minutes from the end, a driving run and cross from down the right by Aitken set up a diving header from Frank McGarvey to win the game for Celtic.[1][2][3]

Roy Aitken, who had been sent off in the previous year's final, won the Man of the Match Award.[3]

Details

18 May 1985
Dundee United 1 – 2 Celtic
Stuart Beedie  55' Report (page 18) Davie Provan  77'
Frank McGarvey  84'
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 60,346
Referee: Brian McGinlay
DUNDEE UNITED:
GK 1Scotland Hamish McAlpine
DF 2Scotland Maurice Malpas
MF 3Scotland Stuart Beedie  78'
DF 4Scotland Richard Gough
DF 5Scotland Paul Hegarty
DF 6Scotland David Narey
MF 7Scotland Eamonn Bannon
MF 8Scotland Ralph Milne
MF 9Scotland Billy Kirkwood  39'
FW 10Scotland Paul Sturrock
FW 11Scotland Davie Dodds
Substitutes:
DF 12Scotland John Holt  78'
FW 14Scotland Tommy Coyne
Manager:
Scotland Jim McLean
CELTIC:
GK 1 Republic of Ireland Pat Bonner
DF 2 Scotland Willie McStay  73'
DF 3 Scotland Danny McGrain  85'
DF 4 Scotland Roy Aitken
DF 5 Scotland Tom McAdam
MF 6 Scotland Murdo MacLeod
MF 7 Scotland Davie Provan
MF 8 Scotland Paul McStay  75'
FW 9 Scotland Mo Johnston
MF 10 Scotland Tommy Burns  65'
FW 11 Scotland Frank McGarvey
Substitutes:
DF 12 Republic of Ireland Pierce O'Leary  75'
FW 13 Scotland Brian McClair  65'
Manager:
Scotland David Hay

Man of the Match:
Scotland Roy Aitken (Celtic)

Match officials

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Match replayed if scores still level.

References

  1. Davidson, Alan (18 May 1985). "Final touch from Frank". Evening Times Saturday Sport. pp. 1 & 3. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  2. Davidson, Alan (20 May 1985). "Hay's all star 50,000". Evening Times. p. 30. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  3. 1 2 Reynolds, Jim (20 May 1985). "Roy of Celtic marches forward for Cup glory". The Glasgow Herald. p. 17. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
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