1968 Scottish Cup Final

1968 Scottish Cup Final
Event	1967–68 Scottish Cup
Date	27 April 1968
Venue	Hampden Park, Glasgow
Referee	Willie Anderson
Attendance	56,366
	← 1967 1969 →

The 1968 Scottish Cup Final was played on 27 April 1968 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 83rd staging of the Scottish Cup. Dunfermline Athletic and Hearts contested the match. Dunfermline Athletic won the match 3–1 with goals from two goals from Pat Gardner and a goal from Ian Lister, Hearts got on the scoresheet through a John Lunn own goal.

The game was Dunfermline's second and most recent Scottish cup triumph.

In a thrilling and open game, Hearts had the bulk of the play in the first half but were unable to press home their advantage, so the first half finished goalless.^[1] In the second half Dunfermline came out strongly, attacking down the wings and troubling Hearts' defence. Dunfermline went ahead in the 56th minute with a goal from Gardner. Three minutes later Hearts goalkeeper Cruickshank pulled down Paton, Lister scored the penalty to make it 2-0.^[1] Five minutes later Hearts replaced Jensen with Moller, this paid dividends as soon after Moller's cross was deflected into the box by Dunfermline's Lunn to make it 2-1.^[1] However, Hearts' revival was short-lived as Gardner scored a spectacular goal in the 73rd minute to make it 3-1.^[1]

Final[]

27 April 1968

Dunfermline Athletic	3 – 1	Heart of Midlothian
Pat Gardner Ian Lister (pen.)	Report (Page 10)	John Lunn (o.g.)

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 56,366

Referee: Willie Anderson

Teams[]


DUNFERMLINE ATHLETIC:
GK		Bent Martin
DF		Willie Callaghan
DF
DF		Roy Barry
DF		John Lunn
MF		Ian Lister
MF		Tommy Callaghan
MF		Hugh Robertson
MF		Alex Edwards
FW		Pat Gardner
FW		Bert Paton
Substitutes:
?
Manager:
George Farm


HEARTS:
GK	Jim Cruickshank
DF	Ian Sneddon
DF	Alan Anderson
DF	Eddie Thomson
DF	Arthur Mann
MF	Roald Jensen	?'
MF	George Miller
MF	Jim Townsend
MF	Tommy Traynor
FW	Donald Ford
FW	Jim Irvine
Substitutes:
FW	Rene Moller	?'
Manager:
John Harvey

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Teamwork triumphs in final", Glasgow Herald, Glasgow, p. 10, 29 April 1968

External links[]

SFA report
Video highlights from official Pathé News archive

[report-1] "Teamwork triumphs in final", Glasgow Herald, Glasgow, p. 10, 29 April 1968

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