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Q Alan Sheridan wants to know “Why were no programmes issued for the 1979 Scottish Cup Final replay/2nd replay & 1981 Scottish Cup Final replay, unlike the 1963 Scottish Cup Final replay or 1980 Scottish League Cup Final replay (I think!)? I have not been able to locate these programmes. Was it by chance whether a replay programme was issued or not.” A We asked Douglas Stevenson from D&D Programmes in Kilmarnock, Scotland's top programme shop and he told us "The only Scottish Cup Final replays which had programmes issued were those of 1948 (Rangers v Morton) and 1963 (Rangers v Celtic). The SFA's thinking was that a programme covered both the Final and any replay. There doesn't appear to be any particular reason why programmes were issued for the 1948 and 1963 replays and not for other post-war Finals which went to a second game like those in 1953, 1955, 1957, 1961, 1966, 1971, 1979 and 1981." Our own speculations here are that 1948 was the first post-war replay and that the SFA policy may have been instituted after that. In 1963 there was an unusally long gap (eleven days, rather than the customary four) between first and second games. Because of the dreadful winter that year there was a tremendous fixture backlog with both Finalists playing three League games between the Final and the replay. There would have been a need to bring supporters up to date and to make allowances for possible changes in the team line-ups. With regard to the League Cup, Douglas tells us "This was also apparently random. There WAS a replay programme for East Fife v Falkirk in 1947-48 but not for other replayed Finals like Celtic v Partick Thistle in the 1950s and Rangers v Hearts in the 1960s. In 1979-80 the first match between Dundee United and Aberdeen was at Hampden but the replay was moved to Dens Park and a four-page programme was issued for that." Incidentally, Douglas also
tells us that the 1980 League Cup Final replay issue costs
£75 and the 1963 Cup Final replay changes
hands for £45. And he has both of these in
stock! Our thanks to Douglas Stevenson for assistance with this reply. Q John Aitken asks: “When did Rangers last play Celtic at Celtic Park in the Scottish Cup? Please help settle an argument.” A Always happy
to settle arguments, John. It was March 7th 2004 in a
quarter-final tie won 1-0 by Celtic. If you mean before this
year then it was April 5th 1998 when Rangers won a semi-final
tie 2-1. From great games to the game's greats. If you have a query concerning Scottish football, this is the place to send it to. We'll answer as many as we can but regret that we cannot respond individually to requests. So bookmark this site and look in regularly as questions and answers are frequently updated.
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Q From Graeme Donnelly
(no relation) “How many times did Tom Donnelly play
for East Stirling and how many goals did he score for them?
Any other information you can find on the career of Tom Donnelly
would be useful." He was picked up by Motherwell where he made a name for
himself as a versatile midfielder, capable of playing both right
and left-half. Motherwell narrowly lost out to Hearts in the last four. Over 46,500
attended the two fixtures. His last goal was a penalty kick v Brechin on March 4th 1978
which was the only goal of the game. His final appearance was at
Station Park, Forfar in a 3-3 draw on Apr 29th 1978 which
helped East Stirling end the season unbeaten in their last seven
matches.
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