1984 Tennent's Sixes

Football tournament season

1983–84 Tennent's Sixes
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Venue(s)	Coasters Arena, Falkirk
Dates	16 and 17 January 1984
Teams	9
Final positions
Champions	Rangers
Runner-up	Dundee
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	55 (4.58 per match)
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The 1984 Tennents' Sixes was the first staging of the indoor 6-a-side football tournament taking place at Coasters Arena in Falkirk on 16 and 17 January and televised on BBC Scotland.

9 teams from the 1983–84 Scottish Premier Division season competed in the inaugural championship with Aberdeen absent and each club received £3000 for appearing.

The tournament had 3 group winners plus the best runners-up qualify to the semi-finals and Rangers beat Dundee in the final.

Group stage

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Rangers	2	2	0	5	2	3	4
St Johnstone	2	1	1	5	5	0	2
Hibernian	2	0	2	2	5	-3	0

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Rangers	3–2	St Johnstone	16 January 1984
Rangers	2–0	Hibernian	16 January 1984
St Johnstone	3–2	Hibernian	17 January 1984

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Dundee	2	2	0	8	2	6	4
Celtic	2	1	1	4	4	0	2
Heart of Midlothian	2	0	2	0	6	-6	0

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Dundee	4–2	Celtic	16 January 1984
Dundee	4–0	Heart of Midlothian	16 January 1984
Celtic	2–0	Heart of Midlothian	17 January 1984

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Dundee United	2	1	1	4	3	1	2
Motherwell	2	1	1	5	5	0	2
St Mirren	2	1	1	3	4	-1	2

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Dundee United	3–2	Motherwell	16 January 1984
St Mirren	^[1] 1–1	Dundee United	16 January 1984
Motherwell	3–2	St Mirren	17 January 1984

Semi-finals

17 January 1984

Rangers	2 – 1	Motherwell

Coasters Arena, Falkirk

17 January 1984

Dundee	4 – 2	Dundee United

Coasters Arena, Falkirk

Final

17 January 1984

15:00

Rangers	6 - 4	Dundee
Williamson Cooper Dawson Davies		Ferguson McKinlay Stephen

Coasters Arena, Falkirk

Prize money

A breakdown of prize money from the tournament sponsors.^[2]

Prize money	Amount
Tournament participation	£3,000
Losing semi-finalists	£1,000
Losing finalists	£1,500
Tournament winners	£2,000

Incidents and events

Falkirk played East Stirling for the Falkirk Herald Cup as pre tournament curtain raiser.^[3]
The Coasters trophy was decided between six amateur clubs.^[3]
Davie Cooper of Rangers' goal against St Johnstone was the tournament's first ever goal.^[4]
Jock Wallace Jr. installed Alex Totten as Rangers head coach for event.^[5]

References

^ St Mirren win 3-2 on penalties
^ "Rangers find Sixes to their liking". The Scotsman. 18 January 1984. Retrieved 9 April 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ ^a ^b "Sixes get underway". The Scotsman. 13 January 1984. Retrieved 9 April 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Penalty opens Sixes". The Scotsman. 17 January 1984. Retrieved 9 April 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Should the Tennent's Sixes return? Ex-players, managers and organisers look back fondly at the indoor footie extravaganzay". Daily Record. 13 November 2002. Retrieved 10 April 2023.