With another weekend of Scottish football nearly upon us, we bring you four of this weekends fixtures courtesy of a trawl through the archives on YouTube. Some classic games from the past to get you into the mood for the weekend.
Dundee United 1-1 Rangers
Goalkeeper Alan Main makes his debut for Dundee United. That season, 1985/86, Dundee United managed to draw 1-1 with Rangers three times. United would finish the season in third place, three points behind Hearts and eventual league champions Celtic.
Aberdeen 3-1 Falkirk
It’s October 1992 and Eoin Jess, Mixu Paatelainen and Scott Booth score the goals for Aberdeen, while Falkirk pulled on back through Scott Sloan. In one of the few season in which the Old Firm where split, it was Aberdeen who finished the league in second place between champions Rangers and Celtic. Falkirk where relegated, together with Airdrie.
Hearts 3-1 Celtic
The 1956 Scottish Cup final, featuring John Cumming, who sadly died earlier this month. The Hearts team on the day featured others legends such as Jimmy Wardhaugh (who played at inside left), Alex Young, Alfie Conn, Dave Mackay and Willie Bauld, the “King of Hearts”.
Hamilton 0-2 Hibernian
Russell Latapy, now with Falkirk scores twice to help Hibernian beat Hamilton 2-0 in April of 1999. Mixu Paatelainen, the current Hibs manager sets Latapy up for both goals. The win confirmed Hibernian’s promotion to the SPL, while Hamilton where relegated down to the Second division, from which they would be relegated to the Third division the following year.
The full fixture list for this weekend is:
Aberdeen v Falkirk Celtic v Hearts Dundee Utd v Rangers (12:30 KO) Hibernian v Hamilton St Mirren v Inverness CT
Motherwell take on Kilmarnock on Monday.
Related posts:
- The SPL Weekend Preview
- The Scottish Football Weekend Gala Roundup
- The Ballbag’s Scottish Football Four to Follow
- The Scottish Fitba Weekender
- Inside Left’s Weekend SPL Fixture Preview
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