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1996 Scottish Cup final

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{{ infobox football match

| title = 1996 Scottish Cup Final

| image =

| event = 1995–96 Scottish Cup

| team1 = Rangers

| team1score = 5

| team2 = Heart of Midlothian

| team2score = 1

| details =

| date = 18 May 1996

| stadium = Hampden Park

| city = Glasgow

| man_of_the_match1a = Brian Laudrup

| man_of_the_match1atitle =

| man_of_the_match1b =

| man_of_the_match1btitle =

| referee = Hugh Dallas

| attendance =37,730

| weather =

| previous = 1995

| next = 1997

}}

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.{{cite news|url=http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/the-elite-players-who-scored-cup-final-hat-tricks-1-3589574|title=The elite players who scored cup final hat-tricks|newspaper=The Scotsman|date=31 October 2014|access-date=27 November 2017}}

Match summary

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/laudrup-shatters-hearts-1348182.html|title=Laudrup shatters Hearts|date= 19 May 1996|work=The Independent|access-date=8 December 2011}} Because of his two goals and overall performance, the final has since become known as the Laudrup Final.{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/football/spl/rangers/2009/05/28/rangers-legend-brian-laudrup-ready-to-return-for-scottish-cup-final-86908-21395357/|title=Rangers legend Brian Laudrup ready to return for Scottish Cup final|date= 28 May 2009|work=Scottish Daily Record|access-date=8 December 2011}}

The same teams would contest the 1996 Scottish League Cup Final in November, again won by Rangers,{{cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/teams/hearts/twenty-years-on-is-this-the-greatest-league-cup-final-ever-1-4301900|publisher=The Scotsman|title=Twenty years on: Is this the greatest League Cup final ever?|date=26 November 2016 |access-date=24 October 2017}} and would meet again in the 1998 Scottish Cup Final with Hearts the victors.{{Cite news |first=Calum |last=Philip |title=Scottish Cup Final: Stage of dramatic Hearts |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-scottish-cup-final-stage-of-dramatic-hearts-1158932.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-scottish-cup-final-stage-of-dramatic-hearts-1158932.html |archive-date=1 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=The Independent |location=London |date=17 May 1998 |access-date=24 October 2017}}{{cbignore}}

Match details

{{footballbox |

|date = 18 May 1996

|team1 = Rangers

|score = 5 – 1

|team2 = Heart of Midlothian

|report = [https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/laudrup-shatters-hearts-1348182.html Report]

|goals1 = Laudrup {{goal|37||50}}
Durie {{goal|66||80||85}}

|goals2 = Colquhoun {{goal|79}}

|stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow

|referee = Hugh Dallas

|attendance = 37,730 }}

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|valign="top" width="50%"|

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|colspan="4"|RANGERS:

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GK1{{flagicon|SCO}} Andy Goram
DF2{{flagicon|SCO}} Alex Cleland
DF3{{flagicon|SCO}} David Robertson
DF4{{flagicon|SCO}} Richard Gough (c)
DF5{{flagicon|SCO}} Alan McLaren
DF6{{flagicon|SCO}} John Brown
MF8{{flagicon|ENG}} Paul Gascoigne
MF9{{flagicon|SCO}} Ian Ferguson{{suboff|88}}
MF10{{flagicon|SCO}} Stuart McCall
FW7{{flagicon|SCO}} Gordon Durie
FW11{{flagicon|DEN}} Brian Laudrup
colspan=4|Substitutes:
DF{{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} Gordan Petrić
MF14{{flagicon|SCO}} Ian Durrant{{subon|88}}
FW{{flagicon|DEN}} Erik Bo Andersen
colspan=4|Manager:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Walter Smith

|valign="top" width="50%"|

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|colspan="4"|HEARTS:

width="25"|width="25"|
GK1{{flagicon|FRA}} Gilles Rousset
DF5{{flagicon|SCO}} Dave McPherson
DF4{{flagicon|SCO}} Allan McManus
DF6{{flagicon|ITA}} Pasquale Bruno{{suboff|58}}
DF3{{flagicon|SCO}} Paul Ritchie
DF11{{flagicon|ENG}} Neil Pointon
MF2{{flagicon|SCO}} Gary Locke (c){{suboff|8}}
MF8{{flagicon|SCO}} Gary Mackay
MF10{{flagicon|SCO}} Steve Fulton
FW7{{flagicon|SCO}} Allan Johnston
FW9{{flagicon|SCO}} John Colquhoun
colspan=4|Substitutes:
GK{{flagicon|SCO}} Myles Hogarth
FW15{{flagicon|SCO}} John Robertson{{subon|58}}
FW12{{flagicon|SCO}} Alan Lawrence{{subon|8}}
colspan=4|Manager:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Jim Jefferies

|}

References

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External links

  • [https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/news/laudrup-recalls-scottish-cup-memories/ Laudrup recalls]

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