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1984 Scottish Cup Final

Event

Aberdeen	Celtic

2	1

(a.e.t.)

Date

19 May 1984

Venue

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Referee

Bob Valentine

Attendance

58,900

← 1983

1985 →

The 1984 Scottish Cup Final was played on 19 May 1984 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 99th Scottish Cup. The previous year's winners and defending champions in the match were Aberdeen who had beaten Rangers in the 1983 final. Aberdeen had beaten Dundee 2–0 in their semi-final to reach the final whereas Celtic had beaten St Mirren 2–1. The holders, Aberdeen and Celtic, contested the match; Aberdeen won the match 2–1, their goals were scored by Eric Black and Mark McGhee. This marked three consecutive Scottish Cup wins for Aberdeen.

Match details

19 May 1984

Aberdeen	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Celtic
Eric Black 23' Mark McGhee 98'	Report (page 15)	Paul McStay 86'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 58,900

Referee: Bob Valentine


ABERDEEN:
GK	Jim Leighton
DF	Stewart McKimmie
DF	Alex McLeish
DF	Willie Miller
DF	Doug Rougvie	?'
MF	Gordon Strachan
MF	Neale Cooper
MF	Neil Simpson
MF	Peter Weir		?'
FW	Eric Black
FW	Mark McGhee
Substitutes:
MF	Billy Stark	?'
MF	Dougie Bell		?'
Manager:
Alex Ferguson


CELTIC:
GK	Pat Bonner
DF	Danny McGrain
DF	Willie McStay
DF	Roy Aitken
DF	Mark Reid		?'
MF	Davie Provan
MF	Paul McStay	?'
MF	Murdo MacLeod
MF	Tommy Burns
FW	Brian McClair
FW	Frank McGarvey
Substitutes:
DF	Graeme Sinclair	?'
FW	Jim Melrose		?'
Manager:
David Hay

Road to the final

Aberdeen				Round	Celtic
Home team	Score	Away team	Aberdeen scorer(s)	Round	Home team	Score	Away team	Celtic scorer(s)
Aberdeen	2 – 0	Dundee	Ian Porteous 28' Gordon Strachan 89'	Semi-finals	Celtic	2 – 1	St Mirren	Brian McClair 29' Paul McStay 81'	'

References

v t e Scottish Cup
Seasons	1873–74 1874–75 1875–76 1876–77 1877–78 1878–79 1879–80 1880–81 1881–82 1882–83 1883–84 1884–85 1885–86 1886–87 1887–88 1888–89 1889–90 1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–1919 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–1946 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 1999–2000 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 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Finals	1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915–1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940–1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
List of finals Winning managers Scottish Qualifying Cup

v t e 1983–84 in Scottish football
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Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Junior Cup Tennent's Sixes
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup European Super Cup
Related to national team	Results Euro 1984 qualifying (Group 1) British Home Championship
Club seasons
Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Motherwell Rangers St. Johnstone St. Mirren
First Division	Airdrieonians Alloa Athletic Ayr United Brechin City Clyde Clydebank Dumbarton Falkirk Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock Meadowbank Thistle Morton Partick Thistle Raith Rovers
Second Division	Albion Rovers Arbroath Berwick Rangers Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Athletic East Fife East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Montrose Queen's Park Queen of the South Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

v t e Aberdeen F.C. matches
Scottish Cup Finals	1937 1947 1953 1954 1959 1967 1970 1978 1982 1983 1984 1986 1990 1993 2000 2017
Scottish League Cup Finals	1947 (April) 1955 1976 1979 (March) 1979 (December) 1985 1987 1988 1989 1992 1995 2000 2014 2016 (November) 2018 2023 (December)
European Cup Winners' Cup Final	1983
European Super Cup	1983
Other	1946 Southern League Cup 1951 Saint Mungo Cup Final

v t e Celtic F.C. matches
Scottish Cup Finals	1889 1892 1893 1894 1899 1900 1901 1902 1904 1907 1908 1909 1911 1912 1914 1923 1925 1926 1927 1928 1931 1933 1937 1951 1954 1955 1956 1961 1963 1965 1966 1967 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1977 1980 1984 1985 1988 1989 1990 1995 1999 2001 2002 2004 2005 2007 2011 2013 2017 2018 2019 2020 2023
Scottish League Cup Finals	1956 1957 1964 1965 1966 1967 1969 (April) 1969 (October) 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1978 1982 1984 (March) 1986 1990 1994 1997 2000 2001 2003 2006 2009 2011 2012 2015 2016 (November) 2017 2018 2019 2021 (December) 2023 (February)
SFL Championship Play-offs	1905
European Cup Finals	1967 1970
UEFA Cup Final	2003
Intercontinental Cup	1967
Other matches	1888 Glasgow Exhibition Cup Final 1901 Glasgow International Exhibition Cup Final 1902 British League Cup Final 1938 Empire Exhibition Trophy Final Coronation Cup Final (1953) CNE Cup of Champions (1968) 1971 Ibrox disaster Dubai Champions Cup (1986, 1989) Rangers 2–2 Celtic (1987) 2007 MLS All-Star Game Lincoln Red Imps 1–0 Celtic (2016)