1988 Scottish League Cup Final

Event

1988–89 Scottish League Cup

Aberdeen	Rangers

2	3

Date

23 October 1988

Venue

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Referee

George Smith

Attendance

72,122

The 1988 Scottish League Cup Final was played on 23 October 1988 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 43rd Scottish League Cup. The final was contested by Aberdeen and Rangers. Rangers won the match 3–2 thanks to goals from Ally McCoist and Ian Ferguson.

Match details

Aberdeen v Rangers

23 October 1988

Aberdeen	2–3	Rangers
Dodds		McCoist Ferguson

Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 72,122
Referee: George Smith

Teams


ABERDEEN :
GK	Theo Snelders
RB	Stewart McKimmie
CB	Alex McLeish
CB	Willie Miller (c)
LB	David Robertson
RM	Bobby Connor
CM	Neil Simpson	1'
CM	Jim Bett
LM	John Hewitt
CF	Charlie Nicholas
CF	Davie Dodds
Substitutes:
DF	Brian Irvine	1'
Managers:
Alex Smith Jocky Scott


RANGERS :
GK		Chris Woods
RB		Gary Stevens
CB		Richard Gough
CB		Terry Butcher (c)
LB		John Brown
RM		Mark Walters
CM		Ian Ferguson
CM		Ray Wilkins
LM		Davie Cooper
CF		Ally McCoist
CF		Kevin Drinkell
Manager:
Graeme Souness

Scottish League Cup

Seasons	1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

Finals	1947 (April) 1947 (October) 1949 (March) 1949 (October) 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1969 (April) 1969 (October) 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1978 1979 (March) 1979 (December) 1980 1981 1982 1984 (March) 1984 (October) 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Finals

Aberdeen F.C. matches

Scottish Cup Finals	1937 1947 1953 1954 1959 1967 1970 1978 1982 1983 1984 1986 1990 1993 2000

Scottish League Cup Finals	1947 (April) 1955 1976 1979 (March) 1979 (December) 1985 1987 1988 1989 1992 1995 2000 2014

European Cup Winners' Cup Final	1983

European Super Cup	1983

Other matches	Celtic 9–0 Aberdeen (2010)

Rangers F.C. matches

Scottish Cup Finals	1877 1879 1894 1897 1898 1899 1903 1904 1905 1909 1921 1922 1928 1929 1930 1932 1934 1935 1936 1948 1949 1950 1953 1960 1962 1963 1964 1966 1969 1971 1973 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1989 1992 1993 1994 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2008 2009

Scottish League Cup Finals	1947 (April) 1949 (March) 1951 1957 1960 1961 1963 1964 1965 1966 1970 1975 1978 1979 (March) 1981 1982 1984 (March) 1984 (October) 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1992 1993 1996 1998 2002 2003 2005 2008 2009 2010 2011

Scottish Challenge Cup Final	2014

European Cup Winners' Cup Finals	1961 1967 1972

UEFA Cup Final	2008

European Super Cup	1972 (unofficial)

Other matches	Berwick Rangers 1–0 Rangers (1967) Rangers 2–2 Celtic (1987)