1996 Scottish Cup final

The 1996 Scottish Cup Final sponsored by Tennents was played on 18 May 1996, at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 111th Scottish Cup. Rangers and Hearts contested the match, Rangers won the match 5–1, thanks to a Gordon Durie hat-trick and a Brian Laudrup brace.[1]

1996 Scottish Cup Final
Event1995–96 Scottish Cup
Date18 May 1996
VenueHampden Park, Glasgow
Man of the MatchBrian Laudrup
RefereeHugh Dallas
Attendance37,730
1995
1997

Match summary

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In the first half Laudrup put Rangers ahead with a low right foot shot into the left corner of the net after a high pass through from Gordon Durie. The second goal came in the fiftieth minute when Laudrup hit a low left footed cross in from the right which Hearts' goalkeeper Gilles Rousset allowed to slip through his hands and under his legs and into the net at the near post. Durie then put Rangers three nil up after he volleyed home with the outside of his right foot after a left wing cross by Laudrup. Colquhoun then pulled a goal back for Hearts with eleven minutes remaining with a low shot, before Durie restored Rangers' three-goal lead a minute later with a right foot shot over the goalkeeper from a Laudrup pass. Durie then completed his hat-trick with a header again from a Laudrup cross from the right.[2] Because of his two goals and overall performance, the final has since become known as the Laudrup Final.[3]

The same teams would contest the 1996 Scottish League Cup Final in November, again won by Rangers,[4] and would meet again in the 1998 Scottish Cup Final with Hearts the victors.[5]

Match details

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Rangers5 – 1Heart of Midlothian
Laudrup   37', 50'
Durie   66', 80', 85'
Report Colquhoun   79'
Attendance: 37,730
Referee: Hugh Dallas
RANGERS:
GK 1   Andy Goram
DF 2   Alex Cleland
DF 3   David Robertson
DF 4   Richard Gough (c)
DF 5   Alan McLaren
DF 6   John Brown
MF 8   Paul Gascoigne
MF 9   Ian Ferguson   88'
MF 10   Stuart McCall
FW 7   Gordon Durie
FW 11   Brian Laudrup
Substitutes:
DF   Gordan Petrić
MF 14   Ian Durrant   88'
FW   Erik Bo Andersen
Manager:
  Walter Smith
HEARTS:
GK 1   Gilles Rousset
DF 5   Dave McPherson
DF 4   Allan McManus
DF 6   Pasquale Bruno   58'
DF 3   Paul Ritchie
DF 11   Neil Pointon
MF 2   Gary Locke (c)   8'
MF 8   Gary Mackay
MF 10   Steve Fulton
FW 7   Allan Johnston
FW 9   John Colquhoun
Substitutes:
GK   Myles Hogarth
FW 15   John Robertson   58'
FW 12   Alan Lawrence   8'
Manager:
  Jim Jefferies

References

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  1. ^ "The elite players who scored cup final hat-tricks". The Scotsman. 31 October 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Laudrup shatters Hearts". The Independent. 19 May 1996. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
  3. ^ "Rangers legend Brian Laudrup ready to return for Scottish Cup final". Scottish Daily Record. 28 May 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
  4. ^ "Twenty years on: Is this the greatest League Cup final ever?". The Scotsman. 26 November 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  5. ^ Philip, Calum (17 May 1998). "Scottish Cup Final: Stage of dramatic Hearts". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
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