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1959 Scottish League Cup Final
The 1959 Scottish League Cup Final was a Association football, football match played on 24 October 1959 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 14th Scottish League Cup competition. The final was contested by Heart of Midlothian F.C., Hearts, who had won the 1958 Scottish League Cup Final, previous year's final, and Third Lanark A.C., Third Lanark. Third Lanark led 1–0 at half time thanks to an early goal by Joe McInnes (footballer), Joe McInnes, but Hearts turned things around and won 2–1 to retain the cup thanks to second half goals by Johnny Hamilton (footballer born 1935), Johnny Hamilton and Alex Young (footballer born 1937), Alex Young.Third Lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1959–60 Scottish League Cup
The 1959–60 Scottish League Cup was the fourteenth season of Scotland's second Association football, football knockout competition. The competition was won by Heart of Midlothian F.C., Heart of Midlothian for a second successive season, after they defeated Third Lanark A.C., Third Lanark 2–1 in 1959 Scottish League Cup Final, the final. Hearts would later go on to become the only Scottish club outside the Old Firm to win a Double (association football)#League .26 League Cup Double, League and League Cup double. First round Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8 Group 9 Supplementary Round First Leg Second Leg Quarter-finals First Leg Second Leg Semi-finals Final References General * Specific {{DEFAULTSORT:1959-60 in Scottish Football 1959–60 in Scottish football, League Cup Scottish League Cup seasons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Thomson (footballer Born 1936)
George Matthewson Thomson (19 October 1936 – July 2007) was a Scottish professional footballer who played for Heart of Midlothian, Everton and Brentford as a utility player. He was capped by Scotland at schoolboy and U23 levels and made two appearances for the Scottish League XI. Career Heart of Midlothian Thomson began his career with Edinburgh City and joined Scottish League club Heart of Midlothian in April 1953. He had to wait until February 1957 to make his debut, which came in a 1–1 First Division draw with Falkirk. He went on to make six further appearances during the 1956–57 season and was thereafter a regular in the team until his departure in November 1960. He was a fixture in Hearts' 1957–58 and 1959–60 First Division title-winning teams and featured as an ever-present in the latter triumph. He also played in both the 1958 and 1959 Scottish League Cup-winning campaigns. Thomson made 161 appearances and scored 17 goals during three-and-a-half ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Cunningham (footballer Born 1938)
William Livingstone Cunningham (born 11 July 1938) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a wing half for St Mirren, Third Lanark, Barnsley and Stirling Albion. He played in the 1959 Scottish League Cup Final The 1959 Scottish League Cup Final was a Association football, football match played on 24 October 1959 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 14th Scottish League Cup competition. The final was contested by Heart of Midlothian F.C. ... which Third Lanark lost to Heart of Midlothian. The Glasgow Herald, 26 October 1959 References External links * 1938 births[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George McCallum
George McCallum may refer to: * George McCallum (footballer) (1935–2022), Scottish association footballer * George McCallum (sprinter) (born 1963), Scottish athletics competitor {{hndis, McCallum, George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Reilly (footballer)
James G. Reilly (born 9 May 1957) is the second drummer for the Northern Ireland based punk band Stiff Little Fingers, with whom he played from 1979 to 1981. He played on the LPs '' Nobody's Heroes'', '' Go for It'' and ''Hanx''. In 1981, he moved to the United States, where he played in two bands, Red Rockers, followed by The Raindogs. In the late 1980s, he lived in Boston and worked as a band manager. He has since moved back to Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort .... For a time in 2004, he played in SLF tribute band Little Fingers, and later led Jim Reilly's Alternative Soldiers, after which he played in a new band called The Dead Handsomes. In July 2013, he and Henry Cluney, also formerly of Stiff Little Fingers, began playing live together unde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Brown (footballer Born 1935)
John Thomas Brown (2 April 1935 – 9 April 2000) was a Scottish footballer, who played for Hibernian, Third Lanark, Tranmere and Hartlepools United Hartlepool United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. They were founded in 1908 as Har .... References External links John Thomas Brown FitbaStats * 1935 births 2000 deaths Footballers from Edinburgh Men's association football fullbacks Scottish men's footballers Hibernian F.C. players Third Lanark A.C. players Tranmere Rovers F.C. players Hartlepool United F.C. players Scarborough F.C. players Scottish Football League players English Football League players {{Scotland-footy-defender-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Lewis (Scottish Footballer)
William Lindsay Lewis (29 March 1931 – 12 November 2015) was a Scottish footballer who played mainly as a centre half for Morton (making over 100 appearances in all competitions) and Third Lanark (achieving a promotion to the top tier in 1956–57, playing on the losing side in the 1959 Scottish League Cup Final, helping the club to a third-place finish in the 1960–61 Scottish Division One campaign, and winning the Glasgow Cup in the 1962–63 season). The Glasgow Herald, 9 April 1963, via The Celtic Wiki He began his career – playing in a more attacking position – in junior football with |
Jocky Robertson
Jocky Robertson (21 May 1926 – 2004) was a Scottish footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Armadale Thistle, Third Lanark and Berwick Rangers despite being of notably short height. Early life Jocky Robertson was born in Edinburgh on 21 May 1926. He grew up on a council estate in the Prestonfield area of the city, and supported Heart of Midlothian. He sustained a serious injury to his hands while working in a cardboard box factory, but recovered sufficiently to resume playing as a goalkeeper. Playing career Robertson played in junior football for Armadale Thistle and represented the Scotland Junior international team. He joined Third Lanark in 1951 and after making his senior debut against Airdrieonians on 2 December 1951 went on to be their first-choice goalkeeper for the next twelve years. He was part of the Third Lanark team that reached the 1959 Scottish League Cup Final, losing 2–1 against Heart of Midlothian, and then finished third in the Scottish Football Lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Walker (footballer Born 1915)
Thomas Walker OBE (26 May 1915 – 11 January 1993) was a Scottish footballer, who played for Heart of Midlothian, Chelsea and the Scotland national team. He later managed Hearts and Raith Rovers before becoming a director of Hearts in his later years. Lauded for his Corinthian spirit and gentlemanly conduct, he is remembered as one of Hearts all-time greats.Cairney, P128 Walker has been described as the most influential man ever to be associated with Heart of Midlothian. Player Heart of Midlothian Born in Livingston, West Lothian, Walker had originally harboured an ambition to become a Church of Scotland minister, however his early footballing skills, which saw him recognised by Scotland at schoolboy level, ensured he was destined for a career on the pitch rather than in the pulpit. He played with local sides Berryburn Rangers, Livingston Violet and Broxburn Rangers before joining the Hearts ground staff aged 16 in February 1932. As Scottish clubs could not then officially s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Blackwood
Robert Rankin Blackwood (20 August 1934 – 25 June 1997) was a Scottish footballer, who played as a wing half in the English Football League and the Scottish Football League Career Born in Edinburgh, Blackwood began his career in Scottish non-league football for junior clubs including Milton House Amateurs, Merchiston Thistle and Kelty Rangers. He then made the move to the Scottish Football League to play for Hearts. He made 136 league appearances scoring 37 goals and was part of the successful team that won the Scottish First Division twice and the Scottish League Cup. He moved to English football in 1962 to play for Suffolk side Ipswich Town, who paid a transfer fee of £12,000. Three years at Town produced 12 goals in 62 appearances. He moved the short distance to Colchester United in 1965, making 105 league appearances. His Football League career ended in 1968, and Blackwood moved back to Scotland to play for Hawick Royal Albert. Blackwood died on 25 June 1997 aged 62. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Crawford (footballer)
Ian Crawford (14 July 1934 – 30 November 2007) was a Scottish football player and coach, who most prominently played for Heart of Midlothian in the late 1950s. He scored two goals as Hearts won the 1956 Scottish Cup Final, the club's first Scottish Cup win in 50 years. Crawford started his senior career with Hearts' Edinburgh derby rivals Hibernian, but did not make a league appearance for the Easter Road club, who enjoyed the services of the Famous Five at the time. After a spell with Hamilton Academical, Crawford joined Hearts in August 1954. He scored 58 goals in 127 league appearances as Hearts won two league championships and the Scottish Cup during his time at the club. He was transferred to West Ham United for £10,000 in July 1961, where he played alongside Bobby Moore under the management of Ron Greenwood. Crawford later said that it was Greenwood's encouragement that led him to go into coaching, and he served both Everton and Arsenal in that capacity. He also pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Smith (footballer Born 1924)
Gordon Smith (25 May 1924 – 7 August 2004) was a Scottish footballer. He is the only player to have won a Scottish league championship with three clubs: Hibernian, Heart of Midlothian, and Dundee. Smith also represented Scotland and the Scottish League XI. Club career Hibernian Born in Edinburgh, Smith spent most of his childhood in Montrose in Angus. He showed great footballing promise in his school days at Southesk and Montrose Academy, earning two Scottish schoolboy caps at aged 14. At the juvenile and junior level, he played for Bromford, Kirriemuir Harp (turning out a few times for junior sides Montrose Roselea and Kirriemuir Thistle) and Dundee North End. Smith scored an abundance of goals in his junior days, regularly netting a hat-trick and even as many as eight goals a match. On 14 April 1941, Smith played for a Scottish Junior select side against a Hearts and Hibs select to celebrate the opening of Lochee Harp's Beechwood Park, scoring a hat-trick. Afterw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |