1971 Scottish League Cup Final

1971 Scottish League Cup Final
Event	1971–72 Scottish League Cup
Date	23 October 1971
Venue	Hampden Park, Glasgow
Referee	W.J. Mullan (Dalkeith)
Attendance	62,470
	← 1970 1972 →

The 1971 Scottish League Cup Final was played on 23 October 1971 and was the final of the 26th Scottish League Cup competition. Newly promoted Partick Thistle beat Celtic, who had played in the European Cup final in 1970, in a major upset.^[1] Sam Leitch, a presenter of BBC sports show Grandstand, previewed the game by saying that:^[2]

In Scotland, it's League Cup final day at Hampden Park, where Celtic meet Partick Thistle, who have no chance.

Thistle went 4–0 up inside 37 minutes, causing the reported crowd of 62,470 to allegedly be swelled by many thousands of Rangers fans who were keen to see their Old Firm rivals be humiliated.^[2] Kenny Dalglish pulled a goal back for Celtic in the second half, but Thistle held on to win 4–1.^[2]

Match details[]

23 October 1971

Partick Thistle	4–1	Celtic
Rae 10' Lawrie 15' McQuade 28' Bone 37'	Report (page 4)	Dalglish 70'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 62,470


PARTICK THISTLE:
GK	1	Alan Rough
DF	2	John Hansen
DF	3	Alex Forsyth
MF	4	Ronnie Glavin
DF	5	Jackie Campbell
DF	6	Hugh Strachan
MF	7	Denis McQuade
FW	8	Frank Coulston
FW	9	Jimmy Bone
MF	10	Alex Rae
MF	11	Bobby Lawrie
Substitutes:
MF	?	Johnny Gibson
Manager:
Davie McParland


CELTIC:
GK	1	Evan Williams
DF	2	David Hay
DF	3	Tommy Gemmell
MF	4	Bobby Murdoch
MF	5	George Connelly
DF	6	Jim Brogan
MF	7	Jimmy Johnstone
FW	8	Kenny Dalglish
MF	9	Harry Hood
MF	10	Tommy Callaghan
FW	11	Lou Macari
Substitutes:
DF	?	Jim Craig
Manager:
Jock Stein

References[]

^ Partick up for the cup, BBC Sport, 20 March 2002.
^ ^a ^b ^c The day Hansen and Thistle were a thorn in Celtic's side, The Daily Telegraph, 26 October 2006.

External links[]

[1] Partick up for the cup, BBC Sport, 20 March 2002.

[telegraph-2] The day Hansen and Thistle were a thorn in Celtic's side, The Daily Telegraph, 26 October 2006.

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