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Celtic Tournaments - Drybrough Cup
Glasgow Celtic played 16 matches in the Drybrough cup between 1971/72 and 1980/81. A total of nine programmes were issued for all games. Qualification for the Drybrough cup depended on the number of goals scored in the previous season. Eight teams qualified each year. It was created by the Scottish Football League as a curtain raiser to the new season and to promote attacking football - something that Celtic has always done without inducement anyway. At a time when Football Sponsorship was a heavily debated subject, Drybrough & Co LTD sponsored the tournament making it the first ever sponsored football tournament exclusively for Scottish clubs. The Drybrough cup also allowed the SFL the opportunity to experiment with any new rules of the game. For example, in 1973/74 they experimented with a NO OFFSIDE rule and in another they introduced substitute boards! The introduction of the Premier Division in 1974 stopped the Drybrough cup temporarily. In 1979, it was reintroduced with the four highest goal-scoring Clubs in the Premier Division plus the two highest goal-scoring Clubs in the First and Second Divisions qualifying. Competition Years
First Game Sat July 31st 1971
Aberdeen, Airdrieonians, Celtic and St Johnstone win their ties
Celtic ??
Midweek semi-finals
Aberdeen and Celtic win
Final August 7th (Pittodrie)
Aberdeen 2-1 Celtic
(Harper, Robb, Hughes)
1972
The Final was a thrilling affair where Celtic came back from two down at the interval to take the game to extra time before Hibs triumphed 5-3. While the attendance of 49,462 was nowhere near filling Hampden, it was a reasonable attendance for the first week of August.
First Game
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The Final was a thrilling affair where Celtic came back from two down at the interval to take the game to extra time before Hibs triumphed 5-3. While the attendance of 49,462 was nowhere near filling Hampden, it was a reasonable attendance for the first week of August.
1973
First Game
The Four top division sides - all playing at home - won once again, though Raith Rovers came close to an upset by taking Dundee to extra time.
The Four top division sides - all playing at home - won once again, though Raith Rovers came close to an upset by taking Dundee to extra time.
Semi-Final (Parkhead)
Celtic 4-0 Dundee
Final (August) - Hampden
Celtic 0-1 Hibernian AET (Alan Gordon 119mins)
It would have been the first penalty shootout in domestic football, and Celtic's first since Dixie missed v Inter at Parkhead in May 72.
Pic shows Billy McNeill attempting to block a cross from Alan Gordon of Hibs. Gordon was a goal machine around that time; he was a Chartered Accountant by profession (looks like one, doesn't he?) and he'd already played for Hearts in his career. He was a brilliant header of the ball, and one of the best players never to play for Scotland. He was one of the few members of that Hibs team not to win a cap
1974
First Game (July 27th)
In 1974-75 it was as you were as the four top sides all won
Semi-Final
Dundee ?-? Celtic(Celtic win AET)
First Game (July 27th)
In 1974-75 it was as you were as the four top sides all won
Semi-Final
Dundee ?-? Celtic(Celtic win AET)
Final (Hampden)
Celtic 2-2 Rangers, Celtic win 6-4 on penalties
Connaghan, McCluskey, Brogan, Murray, McNeill, Callaghan, Johnstone, Dalglish, Hood (McNamara), Wilson, Lennox.
No Comeptition
No Comeptition
No Comeptition
No Comeptition
Celtic did not compete
Winners - Aberdeen
