1980 Scottish Cup Final
Encyclopedia
The 1980 Scottish Cup Final was played on 10 May 1980 at Hampden Park
in Glasgow
and was the final of the 95th Scottish Cup
competition. Old Firm
rivals Celtic
and Rangers
contested the match, which Celtic won 1–0 after extra time. Rioting after the end of the match, involving both sets of supporters, resulted in the sale of alcohol being banned at sporting events in Scotland.
, as Aberdeen
had won the Scottish league championship. Celtic had finished above Rangers in the league, but Rangers went into the match as bookmakers' favourites because Celtic were missing Tom McAdam
, Roddie MacDonald
and Jim Casey
from their lineup due to injury.
Roy Aitken
and Mike Conroy
were drafted into the Celtic team as makeshift central defenders, but they were effective in nullifying the Rangers attack. There was not much incident in the game, which finished goalless after the regulation 90 minutes. This necessitated an extra time period of 30 minutes, during which Celtic scored the only and therefore winning goal of the match. Danny McGrain
took a shot that was well off target, but George McCluskey
redirected the ball past Peter McCloy
and into the goal.
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RANGERS:
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GK
Peter McCloy
DF
Sandy Jardine
DF
Colin Jackson
DF
Gregor Stevens
DF
Ally Dawson
MF
Bobby Russell
MF
Tom Forsyth
MF
Davie Cooper
FW
Derek Johnstone
FW
Gordon Smith
FW
John MacDonald
Substitutes:
DF
Alex Miller
FW
Tommy McLean
Manager:
John Greig
described in 2011 as the "most infamous case of disorder" in an Old Firm
match. Rival fans battled on the Hampden Park pitch and mounted police attempted to defuse the trouble, which was largely attributed to the excessive consumption of alcohol.
After winning the match, the Celtic players went to celebrate with their supporters, as was the normal practice. The SFA
had given both teams permission to parade the Scottish Cup trophy on the pitch after the match, as they had recently installed a 10 foot high perimeter fence around Hampden. A pitch invasion occurred when a crowd of Celtic supporters climbed over the perimeter fences and joined the celebrating players. An investigation by the SFA executive committee found that this initial pitch invasion, which was to cause the proceeding trouble, was "a spontaneous, if misguided, expression of joy."
One of the Celtic fans ran to the end of the stadium inhabited by some Rangers fans, who had stayed behind despite their team's defeat, and taunted them by kicking a ball into the goal at that end. In response to this, some Rangers fans crossed the perimeter fence to confront the Celtic fans. Bricks, bottles and cans were soon being thrown by both sets of supporters, along with fans using iron bars and wooden staves from terracing frames as weapons. The police had insufficient manpower inside the stadium to quell the disorder. Match commentator Archie MacPherson
described the riot as follows:
Both clubs were fined £20,000 after the events and more than 200 arrests were made in the Hampden area. The police blamed Celtic fans for the disorder, a position Rangers concurred with. Celtic blamed Strathclyde Police
for their handling of the riot. The vast majority of the police officers on duty were outside the ground after the match, to prevent any trouble in the streets surrounding Hampden Park. The police and the SFA had assumed that the perimeter fences would prevent fans from invading the pitch, but they were later described as being completely inadequate. Celtic also cited the underlying hostility between the two sets of fans, caused by the sectarianism in Glasgow
. Celtic chairman Desmond White argued the fact that Celtic fielded a mixture of Catholics and Protestants in their team, inferring that the problem was not caused by his club.
George Younger, the Secretary of State for Scotland
, blamed alcohol and the actions of the Celtic players for the riot. An Act of Parliament was passed that banned the sale of alcoholic beverage
s within Scottish sports grounds. The ban was partially lifted in 2007 by Cabinet Secretary for Justice Kenny MacAskill
, to allow the sale of alcohol at international rugby union
matches played at Murrayfield Stadium
. The Scottish Rugby Union
had lobbied the Scottish Parliament
for the law to be changed, as they believed that they had lost out on the right to host the 2003 Challenge Cup
Final due to it. Subsequent to the easing of the ban, Motherwell
chairman John Boyle called for it to be lifted entirely. Ahead of the 2011 Scottish League Cup Final
, it was reported by the Scotland On Sunday
that VIP hospitality packages could be purchased allowing "unlimited" consumption of alcohol at bars within Hampden Park. These transactions do not contravene the legislation because the sale of alcohol is still permitted in hospitality areas with no direct sight of the pitch.
Hampden Park
Hampden Park is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland. The 52,063 capacity venue serves as the national stadium of football in Scotland...
in Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
and was the final of the 95th Scottish Cup
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,, commonly known as the Scottish Cup or the William Hill Scottish Cup for sponsorship purposes, is the main national cup competition in Scottish football. It is a knockout cup competition run by and named after the Scottish Football Association.The...
competition. Old Firm
Old Firm
The Old Firm is a common collective name for the association football clubs Celtic and Rangers, both based in Glasgow, Scotland.The origin of the term is unclear. One theory has it that the expression derives from Celtic's first game in 1888, which was played against Rangers. However, author,...
rivals Celtic
Celtic F.C.
Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...
and Rangers
Rangers F.C.
Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...
contested the match, which Celtic won 1–0 after extra time. Rioting after the end of the match, involving both sets of supporters, resulted in the sale of alcohol being banned at sporting events in Scotland.
Match details
The match represented a last chance of success in the 1979–80 season for the traditionally dominant Old FirmOld Firm
The Old Firm is a common collective name for the association football clubs Celtic and Rangers, both based in Glasgow, Scotland.The origin of the term is unclear. One theory has it that the expression derives from Celtic's first game in 1888, which was played against Rangers. However, author,...
, as Aberdeen
Aberdeen F.C.
Aberdeen Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Aberdeen...
had won the Scottish league championship. Celtic had finished above Rangers in the league, but Rangers went into the match as bookmakers' favourites because Celtic were missing Tom McAdam
Tom McAdam
Tom McAdam is a Scottish former footballer who played as a defender for a number of British clubs, spending around half of his career with Celtic. His brother, Colin, was also a professional footballer, who played for Rangers at the same time as Tom was with Celtic.-External links:*...
, Roddie MacDonald
Roddie MacDonald
Roddie MacDonald is a Scottish former footballer, who played for Celtic, Hearts, Morton, Partick Thistle and Queen of the South.- External links :*, London Hearts Supporters' Club*, Neil Brown...
and Jim Casey
Jim Casey (footballer)
Jim Casey is a retired Scottish football midfielder. He spent eight seasons in Scotland and part of one season in the United States....
from their lineup due to injury.
Roy Aitken
Roy Aitken
Robert Sime "Roy" Aitken is a former footballer who went on to become a coach with clubs including Leeds United and Aston Villa. His position as a player was defence.Born in Irvine, Ayrshire, he grew up in Ardrossan...
and Mike Conroy
Mike Conroy (footballer born 1957)
Michael "Mike" Conroy is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played in the Scottish Premier Division with Celtic and Hibernian, before playing for several clubs in the Football League.He finished his career in Ireland with Cork City, who were managed by his...
were drafted into the Celtic team as makeshift central defenders, but they were effective in nullifying the Rangers attack. There was not much incident in the game, which finished goalless after the regulation 90 minutes. This necessitated an extra time period of 30 minutes, during which Celtic scored the only and therefore winning goal of the match. Danny McGrain
Danny McGrain
For the former Clyde F.C. footballer, see Danny McGrain Daniel Fergus "Danny" McGrain is a Scottish former professional footballer who played for Celtic F.C. in defence. He made 657 appearances scoring 8 goals...
took a shot that was well off target, but George McCluskey
George McCluskey
George McKinley Cassidy McCluskey is a Scottish former association football player for clubs including Celtic and Leeds United. He finished as the top scorer in the Scottish Football League Premier Division in the 1981–82 season....
redirected the ball past Peter McCloy
Peter McCloy
Peter McCloy is a retired football goalkeeper who played for Motherwell and Rangers. He was a member of the Rangers team which won the 1972 Cup Winners Cup, and was Rangers' first-choice goalkeeper for most of his 16-year spell at the club despite competition from players such as Gerhardt Neef and...
and into the goal.
Teams
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| GK |  Peter LatchfordPeter Latchford Peter William Latchford is an English former football goalkeeper.Latchford started his career at West Bromwich Albion and signed for Celtic F.C. for £25,000 on 15 July 1975 after a spell on loan. He made over 270 appearances for Celtic in the late 1970s and early 1980s, winning 2 League... |
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| DF | Alan Sneddon Alan Sneddon Alan Sneddon is a Scottish former association football player, who played as a defender for Celtic, Hibernian, Motherwell and East Fife in the Scottish Football League.Sneddon won the 1980 Scottish Cup Final with Celtic... |
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| DF | Mike Conroy Mike Conroy (footballer born 1957) Michael "Mike" Conroy is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played in the Scottish Premier Division with Celtic and Hibernian, before playing for several clubs in the Football League.He finished his career in Ireland with Cork City, who were managed by his... |
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| DF | Roy Aitken Roy Aitken Robert Sime "Roy" Aitken is a former footballer who went on to become a coach with clubs including Leeds United and Aston Villa. His position as a player was defence.Born in Irvine, Ayrshire, he grew up in Ardrossan... |
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| DF | Danny McGrain Danny McGrain For the former Clyde F.C. footballer, see Danny McGrain Daniel Fergus "Danny" McGrain is a Scottish former professional footballer who played for Celtic F.C. in defence. He made 657 appearances scoring 8 goals... |
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| MF | Davie Provan David Provan (footballer born 1956) David "Davie" Alexander Provan is a former Scottish footballer.-Club career:During his career he played for Kilmarnock and Celtic. While playing for Celtic Provan won four Scottish Premier League medals, two Scottish Cup and one League Cup... |
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| MF | Murdo MacLeod Murdo MacLeod Murdo Davidson MacLeod is a Scottish former professional football player and manager. MacLeod, who played as a midfielder, made 20 appearances for Scotland and played in the 1990 World Cup Finals. He had a successful club career, mainly with Dumbarton, Celtic, Borussia Dortmund and Hibernian... |
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| MF | Tommy Burns |
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| MF | Johnny Doyle Johnny Doyle Johnny Doyle was a Scottish footballer who played as a winger. Born in Uddingston, Lanarkshire, Doyle started his senior career with Ayr United, whom he joined from juvenile side Viewpark in 1970.... |
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| FW | Frank McGarvey Frank McGarvey Frank McGarvey is a retired football player. Most notable for playing as a striker for Celtic and St. Mirren, he also played seven times for the Scotland national team.... |
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| FW | George McCluskey George McCluskey George McKinley Cassidy McCluskey is a Scottish former association football player for clubs including Celtic and Leeds United. He finished as the top scorer in the Scottish Football League Premier Division in the 1981–82 season.... |
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| MF | Bobby Lennox Bobby Lennox Robert "Bobby" Lennox, MBE is a former Scottish professional footballer who played for Celtic Football Club and was a member of their 1967 European Cup winning team known as the Lisbon Lions. He also earned ten international caps for his national team Scotland... |
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| MF | Vic Davidson Vic Davidson Victor "Vic" Davidson is a retired Scottish professional footballer. He played in midfield.Glasgow-born Davidson grew up in Calton and Bridgeton. He attended school at Sacred Heart R.C. In 1967, he signed as a schoolboy player with Celtic and was given his first-team debut in 1970... (unused) |
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| Manager: | ||||
| Billy McNeill Billy McNeill William "Billy" McNeill MBE is a former Scottish footballer and manager. He is best known for captaining Celtic to the European Cup triumph in 1967 and he later went on to manage the club. He is now the official Club Ambassador at Celtic.... |
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Peter McCloyPeter McCloy
Peter McCloy is a retired football goalkeeper who played for Motherwell and Rangers. He was a member of the Rangers team which won the 1972 Cup Winners Cup, and was Rangers' first-choice goalkeeper for most of his 16-year spell at the club despite competition from players such as Gerhardt Neef and...
Sandy Jardine Colin JacksonColin Jackson (footballer)
Colin MacDonald Jackson is a former Scottish assocation footballer who played predominantly for Rangers and the Scotland national team.-Career:...
Gregor StevensGregor Stevens
Gregor Stevens was a Scottish former professional footballer, who played during the 1970s and 1980s.Stevens started his career at Motherwell in 1974 and moved to England with Leicester City in 1979 for a fee of £165,000...
Ally DawsonAlly Dawson
Alastair Dawson is a retired Scottish professional football defender who spent most of his career at Rangers.-Playing career:...
Bobby RussellBobby Russell (footballer)
Robert "Bobby" Russell is a Scottish former professional football player who is best known for his time with Rangers.-Career:...
Tom ForsythTom Forsyth
Thomas "Tom" Forsyth is a former Scottish assocation footballer and manager who played for Motherwell and Rangers. He was born in Paisley, Scotland and moved to Stonehouse, Lanarkshire when he was 6 months old and still lives to this day.-Club:Forsyth started his career at Motherwell before being...
Davie CooperDavie Cooper
David "Davie" Cooper was a professional football player. He was a Scotland international and played as a left winger....
Derek JohnstoneDerek Johnstone
Derek Joseph Johnstone is a former Scottish association footballer.Johnstone played mainly for Rangers during his career. He also had a spell at Chelsea and a brief stint in management with Partick Thistle. He mainly played as a striker but could also perform in central defence, and in midfield...
Gordon Smith John MacDonaldJohn MacDonald (footballer)
John MacDonald is a former Scottish footballer who played as a striker for Rangers between 1978 and 1986 before moving to Barnsley. He made 230 appearances for Rangers, scoring 77 goals, and won the 1981 Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup in 1982 and 1984. He now works for amateur club...
Alex MillerAlex Miller
Alex Miller is a Scottish association football coach and former player. As a player, he had a 15 year career with Rangers. As a manager, he won the 1991 Scottish League Cup with Hibernian...
Tommy McLeanTommy McLean
Thomas "Tommy" McLean is a Scottish former professional footballer who played for Kilmarnock and Rangers....
John GreigJohn Greig
John Greig MBE is a Scottish former professional football player who, despite his boyhood allegiance to hometown team Heart of Midlothian, spent his entire career in Glasgow with Rangers as a player, manager and director.Greig was voted "The Greatest Ever Ranger" in 1999 by the Rangers supporters...
Riot
The match is also remembered for a riot that followed its conclusion, which BBC NewsBBC News
BBC News is the department of the British Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online...
described in 2011 as the "most infamous case of disorder" in an Old Firm
Old Firm
The Old Firm is a common collective name for the association football clubs Celtic and Rangers, both based in Glasgow, Scotland.The origin of the term is unclear. One theory has it that the expression derives from Celtic's first game in 1888, which was played against Rangers. However, author,...
match. Rival fans battled on the Hampden Park pitch and mounted police attempted to defuse the trouble, which was largely attributed to the excessive consumption of alcohol.
After winning the match, the Celtic players went to celebrate with their supporters, as was the normal practice. The SFA
Scottish Football Association
The Scottish Football Association is the governing body of football in Scotland and has the ultimate responsibility for the control and development of football in Scotland. Members of the SFA include clubs in Scotland, affiliated national associations as well as local associations...
had given both teams permission to parade the Scottish Cup trophy on the pitch after the match, as they had recently installed a 10 foot high perimeter fence around Hampden. A pitch invasion occurred when a crowd of Celtic supporters climbed over the perimeter fences and joined the celebrating players. An investigation by the SFA executive committee found that this initial pitch invasion, which was to cause the proceeding trouble, was "a spontaneous, if misguided, expression of joy."
One of the Celtic fans ran to the end of the stadium inhabited by some Rangers fans, who had stayed behind despite their team's defeat, and taunted them by kicking a ball into the goal at that end. In response to this, some Rangers fans crossed the perimeter fence to confront the Celtic fans. Bricks, bottles and cans were soon being thrown by both sets of supporters, along with fans using iron bars and wooden staves from terracing frames as weapons. The police had insufficient manpower inside the stadium to quell the disorder. Match commentator Archie MacPherson
Archie Macpherson
Archibald "Archie" Macpherson is a Scottish football commentator and author.He has been commentating on Scottish football, via both radio and television, for over four decades.- Early life :...
described the riot as follows:
Both clubs were fined £20,000 after the events and more than 200 arrests were made in the Hampden area. The police blamed Celtic fans for the disorder, a position Rangers concurred with. Celtic blamed Strathclyde Police
Strathclyde Police
Strathclyde Police is the territorial police force responsible for the Scottish council areas of Argyll and Bute, City of Glasgow, East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire and West...
for their handling of the riot. The vast majority of the police officers on duty were outside the ground after the match, to prevent any trouble in the streets surrounding Hampden Park. The police and the SFA had assumed that the perimeter fences would prevent fans from invading the pitch, but they were later described as being completely inadequate. Celtic also cited the underlying hostility between the two sets of fans, caused by the sectarianism in Glasgow
Sectarianism in Glasgow
Sectarianism in Glasgow takes the form of religious and political sectarian rivalry between Roman Catholics and Protestants. It is reinforced by the fierce rivalry between Celtic F.C. and Rangers F.C., the two Old Firm football clubs...
. Celtic chairman Desmond White argued the fact that Celtic fielded a mixture of Catholics and Protestants in their team, inferring that the problem was not caused by his club.
George Younger, the Secretary of State for Scotland
Secretary of State for Scotland
The Secretary of State for Scotland is the principal minister of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom with responsibilities for Scotland. He heads the Scotland Office , a government department based in London and Edinburgh. The post was created soon after the Union of the Crowns, but was...
, blamed alcohol and the actions of the Celtic players for the riot. An Act of Parliament was passed that banned the sale of alcoholic beverage
Alcoholic beverage
An alcoholic beverage is a drink containing ethanol, commonly known as alcohol. Alcoholic beverages are divided into three general classes: beers, wines, and spirits. They are legally consumed in most countries, and over 100 countries have laws regulating their production, sale, and consumption...
s within Scottish sports grounds. The ban was partially lifted in 2007 by Cabinet Secretary for Justice Kenny MacAskill
Kenny MacAskill
Kenneth "Kenny" Wright MacAskill is the Scottish Government's Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Scottish National Party Member of the Scottish Parliament for Edinburgh Eastern, formerly Edinburgh East and Musselburgh since 2007...
, to allow the sale of alcohol at international rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
matches played at Murrayfield Stadium
Murrayfield Stadium
Murrayfield Stadium is a sports stadium located in the west end of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Its all-seater capacity was recently reduced from 67,800 to 67,130 to incorporate the largest permanent "big screen" in the country though it still remains the largest stadium in Scotland and one...
. The Scottish Rugby Union
Scottish Rugby Union
The Scottish Rugby Union is the governing body of rugby union in Scotland. It is the second oldest Rugby Union, having been founded in 1873, as the Scottish Football Union.-History:...
had lobbied the Scottish Parliament
Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament is the devolved national, unicameral legislature of Scotland, located in the Holyrood area of the capital, Edinburgh. The Parliament, informally referred to as "Holyrood", is a democratically elected body comprising 129 members known as Members of the Scottish Parliament...
for the law to be changed, as they believed that they had lost out on the right to host the 2003 Challenge Cup
2003 Challenge Cup
The 2003 Challenge Cup final was held on Saturday 26 April 2003, at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, UK. The game was contested by Bradford Bulls and Leeds Rhinos.Referee: Russell Smith Attendance: 71,212...
Final due to it. Subsequent to the easing of the ban, Motherwell
Motherwell F.C.
Motherwell Football & Athletic Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire. The club compete in the Scottish Premier League and are one of only seven teams to have remained in this league since it was founded in 1998...
chairman John Boyle called for it to be lifted entirely. Ahead of the 2011 Scottish League Cup Final
2011 Scottish League Cup Final
The 2011 Scottish League Cup Final was the final match of the 2010–11 Scottish League Cup, the 64th season of the Scottish League Cup. It was played by Old Firm rivals Celtic and Rangers. Rangers won the trophy after extra time 2–1.-Celtic:...
, it was reported by the Scotland On Sunday
Scotland on Sunday
Scotland on Sunday is a Scottish Sunday newspaper, published in Edinburgh by The Scotsman Publications Ltd and consequently assuming the role of Sunday sister to its daily stablemate The Scotsman...
that VIP hospitality packages could be purchased allowing "unlimited" consumption of alcohol at bars within Hampden Park. These transactions do not contravene the legislation because the sale of alcohol is still permitted in hospitality areas with no direct sight of the pitch.
External links
- Celtic F.C. v Rangers F.C., Scottish Football AssociationScottish Football AssociationThe Scottish Football Association is the governing body of football in Scotland and has the ultimate responsibility for the control and development of football in Scotland. Members of the SFA include clubs in Scotland, affiliated national associations as well as local associations...
- ITV match coverage
- Archie MacPherson commentory