1993 Tennent's Sixes
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The 1993 Tennents' Sixes was the tenth and final staging of the indoor 6-a-side football tournament. It was held at the
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(SECC) in
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on 24 and 25 January. Clubs from the 1992-93 Premier Division season competed except
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and
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and the two group winners and runners-up qualified to the semi-finals and
Partick Thistle Partick Thistle Football Club are a professional association football, football club from Glasgow, Scotland and currently plays in the . Despite their name, the club are based at Firhill Stadium in the Maryhill area of the city, and have not ...
became the final Sixes winners beating
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4–3.


Group 1


Group 2


Semi-finals

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Final


Prize money

A breakdown of the prize money from the tournament sponsors.


Incidents and events

*
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of
Partick Thistle Partick Thistle Football Club are a professional association football, football club from Glasgow, Scotland and currently plays in the . Despite their name, the club are based at Firhill Stadium in the Maryhill area of the city, and have not ...
was voted Player of the Tournament. *
Darren Jackson Darren Jackson (born 25 July 1966) is a Scottish former professional footballer, who played predominantly as a forward. Jackson played for several clubs in Scotland and England, including Newcastle United, Dundee United, Hibernian, Celtic and ...
of Hibs' goal against
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was the 900th goal scored in the tournament's history. *
Tosh McKinlay Thomas Valley "Tosh" McKinlay (born 3 December 1964) is a Scottish former footballer. A fullback or wingback, he spent most of his career in Scotland playing for Dundee, Heart of Midlothian, Celtic and Kilmarnock. He also played for English club ...
of Hearts' goal against Airdrie was the 1000th goal scored in the tournament's history. He and
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(scorer of the 1st ever goal) were later presented with a special quaich each. * Partick Thistle's win over Motherwell at 7 6 was the equal highest scoring game in the competition's history. *
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(
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holders) played Vale of Leithen (from the EoSFL) in an
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. * Hibs exited the group stage in dubious fashion. Referee Bill Crombie penalized Hibs for time wasting in the
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match, despite Hibs being in possession of the ball with two players still in the opponents half. Celtic scored from it and as a result of that goal
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qualified at the expense of Hibs because of goal difference. *The 1993 edition brought the sponsors ''
Tennent Caledonian Tennent Caledonian is a brewing company based in Glasgow, Scotland. It was founded in 1740 on the bank of the Molendinar Burn by Hugh and Robert Tennent. It is owned by C&C Group plc, which purchased the Tennent Caledonian Breweries subsidia ...
's'' total investment to over £3,000,000 in the history of the tournament.


References


External links


Scottish Football Historical ArchiveTennent’s Sixes 1993: Video highlights, part one
at STV
Tennent's Sixes 1993: Video highlights, part two
at STV {{Tennent's Sixes 1992–93 in Scottish football Tennents' Sixes January 1993 sports events in the United Kingdom 1990s in Glasgow Football competitions in Glasgow