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The 1983 Scottish Cup
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,, commonly known as the Scottish Cup or the William Hill Scottish Cup for sponsorship purposes, is the main national cup competition in Scottish football. It is a knockout cup competition run by and named after the Scottish Football Association.The...

Final was played on May 21, 1983 at Hampden Park

Hampden Park

Hampden Park is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland. The 52,063 capacity venue serves as the national stadium of football in Scotland...

in Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

and was the final of the 108th Scottish Cup. Aberdeen and Rangers contested the match, Aberdeen won the match 1–0, thanks to Eric Black

Eric Black

Eric Black is a former professional football player who played for Aberdeen and Metz. He played in attack. He won 2 international caps for Scotland. He was caretaker manager at Birmingham City following the departure of Steve Bruce. He is currently caretaker manager at Sunderland A.F.C...

's extra time goal.

Match details


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	ABERDEEN:
GK		Jim Leighton Jim Leighton James "Jim" Leighton MBE is a Scottish former football goalkeeper. Among the clubs he played for are Aberdeen , Manchester United, Arsenal, Dundee and Hibernian.-Club:...
DF		Doug Rougvie Doug Rougvie Douglas 'Doug' Rougvie is a retired Scottish international footballer who played mainly for Aberdeen and Chelsea.-Aberdeen:...
DF		Alex McLeish Alex McLeish Alexander "Alex" McLeish , is a Scottish former professional footballer and manager, who is currently managing English Premier League club Aston Villa...
DF		Willie Miller Willie Miller William Ferguson Miller, MBE is a former professional football player who made a club record 558 league appearances for Aberdeen. He is currently the club's Director of Football...
DF		John McMaster
MF		Gordon Strachan Gordon Strachan Gordon David Strachan OBE is a Scottish football manager and former player. He is currently without a club, having last managed Middlesbrough. Strachan played for Dundee, Aberdeen, Manchester United, Leeds United and Coventry City, as well as the Scotland national team. Prior to Middlesbrough,...
MF		Neale Cooper
MF		Neil Simpson Neil Simpson Neil Alexander Simpson is a former Scottish international footballer known for his time with Aberdeen F.C.....
MF		Peter Weir Peter Weir (footballer) Peter Russell Weir is a former Scotland international footballer known for his time with club team Aberdeen F.C..-Playing career:...
FW		Eric Black Eric Black Eric Black is a former professional football player who played for Aberdeen and Metz. He played in attack. He won 2 international caps for Scotland. He was caretaker manager at Birmingham City following the departure of Steve Bruce. He is currently caretaker manager at Sunderland A.F.C...
FW		Mark McGhee Mark McGhee Mark Edward McGhee is a former Scottish professional football player. McGhee started his career at Greenock Morton in 1975 and spent spells at clubs including Newcastle United, Aberdeen, Hamburg, Celtic, IK Brage and Reading...
Substitutes:
MF		Andy Watson
FW		John Hewitt John Hewitt (footballer) John Hewitt, , is a Scottish former footballer and manager, who spent the majority of his playing career with Aberdeen F.C., but also had spells with Celtic and St. Mirren among others...
Manager:
Alex Ferguson Alex Ferguson Sir Alexander Chapman "Alex" Ferguson, CBE is a Scottish association football manager and former player, currently managing Manchester United, where he has been in charge since 1986...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> RANGERS: | GK

Peter McCloy

Peter McCloy is a retired football goalkeeper who played for Motherwell and Rangers. He was a member of the Rangers team which won the 1972 Cup Winners Cup, and was Rangers' first-choice goalkeeper for most of his 16-year spell at the club despite competition from players such as Gerhardt Neef and...

Ally Dawson

Alastair Dawson is a retired Scottish professional football defender who spent most of his career at Rangers.-Playing career:...

Dave McPherson DF

Craig Paterson

Craig Paterson is a Scottish former football player, who currently works as a pundit for BBC Radio Scotland and Sportscene....

John McClelland MF

Bobby Russell

Bobby Russell (footballer)

Robert "Bobby" Russell is a Scottish former professional football player who is best known for his time with Rangers.-Career:...

Dave MacKinnon MF

Jim Bett

James "Jim" Bett is a Scottish former professional footballer, who predominantly played for Aberdeen. He played in central or left midfield....

Davie Cooper

David "Davie" Cooper was a professional football player. He was a Scotland international and played as a left winger....

Sandy Clark

Alexander "Sandy" Clark is a former professional football player and currently a pundit for BBC Scotland. He was a centre forward....

John MacDonald

John MacDonald (footballer)

John MacDonald is a former Scottish footballer who played as a striker for Rangers between 1978 and 1986 before moving to Barnsley. He made 230 appearances for Rangers, scoring 77 goals, and won the 1981 Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup in 1982 and 1984. He now works for amateur club...

Substitutes: MF

Billy Davies

William McIntosh "Billy" Davies is a Glasgow-born Scottish football manager, noted for his achievement in the Football League Championship with East Midlands Rivals Derby County and Nottingham Forest and Preston North End which has led him to be described, in 2011, as "probably the best manager at...

Gordon Dalziel

Gordon Dalziel is a Scottish former footballer, ex-manager of Ayr United, Raith Rovers and Glenafton Athletic.-Career:...

Manager:

John Greig

John Greig MBE is a Scottish former professional football player who, despite his boyhood allegiance to hometown team Heart of Midlothian, spent his entire career in Glasgow with Rangers as a player, manager and director.Greig was voted "The Greatest Ever Ranger" in 1999 by the Rangers supporters...

Road to the final

Aberdeen Aberdeen F.C. Aberdeen Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Aberdeen...				\|Round	\|Rangers Rangers F.C. Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...
Home team	Score	Away team	Aberdeen scorer(s)	\|Round	Home team	Score	Away team	Rangers scorer(s)
Aberdeen	1 – 0	Celtic Celtic F.C. Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...	Peter Weir Peter Weir (footballer) Peter Russell Weir is a former Scotland international footballer known for his time with club team Aberdeen F.C..-Playing career:...	Semi-finals	Rangers	1 – 1	St. Mirren St. Mirren F.C. St Mirren Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Paisley, Renfrewshire who play in the Scottish Premier League, having been promoted from the First Division in 2005–06.St...	unknown
Aberdeen	1 – 0			Replay	Rangers	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	St. Mirren	unknown

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