1981 Scottish Cup final

1981 Scottish Cup Final
Event	1980–81 Scottish Cup
Date	9 May 1981
Venue	Hampden Park, Glasgow
Referee	Ian Foote
Attendance	53,346
Replay
Date	12 May 1981
Venue	Hampden Park, Glasgow
Referee	Ian Foote
Attendance	43,099

The 1981 Scottish Cup Final was played on 9 May 1981 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 96th Scottish Cup. Rangers and Dundee United contested the match. The first match, saw Dundee United start strongly, but fail to score. Rangers had the chance to win the match when they won a penalty at the end of normal time, but Ian Redford's effort was saved by Hamish McAlpine. After a period of extra time the match finished goalless.^[1] The replay took place on 12 May 1981, Rangers ran out easy winners, beating Dundee United, whose players appeared not to have recovered from the first match, 4–1.^[2]

This was the last Final contested with a replay; beginning in the subsequent year, extra time and penalty shootouts were used to determine the winner on the same day.

Match details

9 May 1981

Rangers	0 – 0	Dundee United
	Report (page 19)

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 53,346

Referee: Ian Foote

Teams


RANGERS:
GK	Jim Stewart
DF	Sandy Jardine
DF	Gregor Stevens
DF	Tom Forsyth
DF	Ally Dawson
MF	Tommy McLean
MF	Bobby Russell
MF	Jim Bett
MF	Ian Redford
MF	Willie Johnston	?'
FW	Colin McAdam		?'
Substitutes:
MF	Davie Cooper		?'
FW	John MacDonald	?'
Manager:
John Greig


DUNDEE UNITED:
GK	Hamish McAlpine
DF	John Holt
DF	Paul Hegarty
DF	David Narey
DF	Frank Kopel
MF	Eamonn Bannon
MF	Billy Kirkwood
MF	Iain Phillip	?'
MF	Ralph Milne		?'
FW	Davie Dodds
FW	Paul Sturrock
Substitutes:
DF	Derek Stark	?'
FW	Willie Pettigrew		?'
Manager:
Jim McLean

Replay

12 May 1981

Rangers	4 – 1	Dundee United
Cooper 10' Russell 20' MacDonald 28', 77'	Report (page 24)	Davie Dodds 22'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 43,099

Referee: Ian Foote

Teams


RANGERS:
GK		Jim Stewart
DF		Sandy Jardine
DF		Gregor Stevens
DF		Tom Forsyth
DF		Ally Dawson
MF		Bobby Russell
MF		Ian Redford
MF		Jim Bett
MF		Davie Cooper
MF		Derek Johnstone
FW		John MacDonald
Substitutes:
MF		Tommy McLean (unused)
FW		Colin McAdam (unused)
Manager:
John Greig


DUNDEE UNITED:
GK	Hamish McAlpine
DF	John Holt
DF	Paul Hegarty
DF	David Narey
DF	Frank Kopel
MF	Eamonn Bannon
MF	Billy Kirkwood
MF	Iain Phillip	?'
MF	Ralph Milne
FW	Davie Dodds
FW	Paul Sturrock
Substitutes:
DF	Derek Stark	?'
FW	Willie Pettigrew
Manager:
Jim McLean

References

^ Robertson, Forrest H. C. (2014). How The Cup Was Won. The Scottish Cup Finals Story. Kirkcaldy: PM Publications. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-9534682-7-0.
^ Robertson, Forrest H. C. (2014). How The Cup Was Won. The Scottish Cup Finals Story. Kirkcaldy: PM Publications. p. 84. ISBN 978-0-9534682-7-0.

External links

[FRobertson1-1] Robertson, Forrest H. C. (2014). How The Cup Was Won. The Scottish Cup Finals Story. Kirkcaldy: PM Publications. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-9534682-7-0.

[FRobertson2-2] Robertson, Forrest H. C. (2014). How The Cup Was Won. The Scottish Cup Finals Story. Kirkcaldy: PM Publications. p. 84. ISBN 978-0-9534682-7-0.

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