1956 Scottish Cup final

1956 Scottish Cup Final
Event	1955–56 Scottish Cup
Date	21 April 1956
Venue	Hampden Park, Glasgow
Referee	Bobby Davidson
Attendance	132,840
	← 1955 1957 →

The 1956 Scottish Cup Final in association football was played on 21 April 1956 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 71st staging of the Scottish Cup. Hearts and Celtic contested the match. The match was won 3-1 by Hearts.

Final

21 April 1956

Heart of Midlothian	3 – 1	Celtic
Crawford File:Soccerball shade.svg 20', 48' Conn File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'	Report	Haughney File:Soccerball shade.svg 55'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 132,840

Referee: Bobby Davidson (Airdrie)

Teams


HEARTS :
GK	Scotland Willie Duff
RB	Scotland Bobby Kirk
LB	Scotland Tam McKenzie
RH	Scotland Dave Mackay
CH	Scotland Freddie Glidden (Captain)
LH	Scotland John Cumming
OR	Scotland Alex Young
IR	Scotland Alfie Conn
CF	Scotland Willie Bauld
IL	Scotland Jimmy Wardhaugh
OL	Scotland Ian Crawford
Manager:
Scotland Tommy Walker


CELTIC:
GK	Scotland Dick Beattie
RB	Scotland Frank Meechan
LB	Republic of Ireland Sean Fallon (Captain)
RH	Scotland Eric Smith
CH	Scotland Bobby Evans
LH	Northern Ireland Bertie Peacock
OR	Scotland Willie Craig
IR	Scotland Mike Haughney
CF	Scotland Neil Mochan
IL	Scotland Willie Fernie
OL	Northern Ireland Charlie Tully
Manager:
Scotland Jimmy McGrory

External links

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