1996 Scottish League Cup final

Football match
1996 Scottish League Cup final
Event1996–97 Scottish League Cup
Rangers Heart of Midlothian
4 3
Date24 November 1996
VenueCeltic Park, Glasgow
Man of the MatchPaul Gascoigne
RefereeHugh Dallas (Motherwell)
Attendance48,559
1995
1997

The 1996 Scottish League Cup final was a football match played at Celtic Park, Glasgow, on 24 November 1996. It was the final of the 51st Scottish League Cup competition. The final was contested by Rangers and Heart of Midlothian, who had also been the participants in the 1996 Scottish Cup Final in May of that year.[1]

Rangers won the match 4–3 thanks to two goals each by Ally McCoist and Paul Gascoigne; Steve Fulton, John Robertson and David Weir scored for Hearts.[2]

Match details

Rangers4–3Heart of Midlothian
McCoist 11', 27'
Gascoigne 64', 66'
Report Fulton 44'
Robertson 59'
Weir 90'
Attendance: 48,559
GK 1 Scotland Andy Goram
DF 2 Scotland Alec Cleland downward-facing red arrow 46'
DF 3 Australia Craig Moore Yellow card
DF 4 Scotland Richard Gough (c)
DF 5 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Gordan Petrić Yellow card
DF 6 Sweden Joachim Björklund Yellow card
MF 7 Scotland Charlie Miller Yellow card
MF 8 England Paul Gascoigne
FW 9 Scotland Ally McCoist
MF 10 Germany Jörg Albertz
FW 11 Denmark Brian Laudrup Yellow card
Substitutes:
DF 12 Scotland David Robertson upward-facing green arrow 46'
GK 13 Netherlands Theo Snelders
FW 14 Netherlands Peter van Vossen
Manager:
Scotland Walter Smith
GK 1 France Gilles Rousset
DF 2 Scotland David Weir
DF 3 England Neil Pointon
MF 4 Scotland Gary Mackay
DF 5 Scotland Paul Ritchie
DF 6 Italy Pasquale Bruno Yellow card
MF 7 France Stéphane Paille downward-facing red arrow 78'
MF 8 Scotland Steve Fulton
FW 9 Scotland John Robertson
MF 10 Scotland Colin Cameron
MF 11 Scotland Neil McCann
Substitutes:
MF 12 Wales Jeremy Goss
FW 13 England Darren Beckford upward-facing green arrow 78'
DF 14 Scotland Allan McManus
Manager:
Scotland Jim Jefferies

References

  1. ^ "Laudrup shatters Hearts". The Independent. 19 May 1996. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Twenty years on: Is this the greatest League Cup final ever?". The Scotsman. 26 November 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2017.

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