1985 Scottish League Cup final

1985 Scottish League Cup Final
Event	1985–86 Scottish League Cup
Date	27 October 1985
Venue	Hampden Park, Glasgow
Referee	Bob Valentine (Dundee)
Attendance	40,061
	← 1984 1986 →

The 1985 Scottish League Cup Final was played on 27 October 1985, at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 40th Scottish League Cup competition. The final was contested by Aberdeen and Hibernian. Aberdeen won the match 3–0 thanks to goals by Eric Black (2) and Billy Stark, giving Alex Ferguson his only Scottish League Cup trophy win.^[1]^[2]

Match details

27 October 1985

15:00

Aberdeen	3–0	Hibernian
Black Stark

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 40,061

Referee: George Smith


ABERDEEN:
GK	1	Jim Leighton
DF	2	Stewart McKimmie
DF	3	Brian Mitchell
MF	4	Billy Stark
DF	5	Alex McLeish
DF	6	Willie Miller
MF	7	Eric Black
MF	8	Neil Simpson
MF	9	Frank McDougall
MF	10	Neale Cooper
FW	11	John Hewitt
Substitutes:
?	?	Stevie Gray^[1]
?	?
Manager:
Alex Ferguson


HIBERNIAN:
GK	1	Alan Rough
DF	2	Alan Sneddon
MF	3	Iain Munro
DF	4	Ally Brazil	?'
DF	5	Mark Fulton
DF	6	Gordon Hunter
MF	7	Paul Kane
DF	8	Gordon Chisholm
FW	9	Steve Cowan
FW	10	Gordon Durie
MF	11	Joe McBride	?'
Substitutes:
MF	?	John Collins	?'
FW	?	Colin Harris	?'
Manager:
John Blackley

References

^ ^a ^b Former Dons winger Gray found dead at age of 42, The Scotsman, 22 September 2009. Accessed 25 September 2009. Archived 27 September 2009.
^ "Aberdeen 3–0 Hibernian". AFC Heritage Trust. Retrieved 24 October 2017.

External links

Soccerbase

[scotsman-1] Former Dons winger Gray found dead at age of 42, The Scotsman, 22 September 2009. Accessed 25 September 2009. Archived 27 September 2009.

[2] "Aberdeen 3–0 Hibernian". AFC Heritage Trust. Retrieved 24 October 2017.

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