| Match Pictures | Matches: 1985 – 1986 |
Trivia
- Game played at Ibrox Park on a Friday night; Match played with extra time.
- Game played on a Friday night as the Scottish Cup final between Aberdeen and Hearts was the next day at Hampden.
- Celtic sold their full allocation for this game and were allocated the Broomloan stand, half the main stand and the west enclosure.
- Massive interest after Graeme Souness takes over at Ibrox as player manager, however Rangers did not sell their allocation and stadium was short of capacity.
- Scotland’s 22 man squad for the Mexico world cup was announced and Celts’ Roy Aitken and Paul McStay are named in it. Murdo MacLeod is named on stand by but Mo Johnston is controversially left out
- Pat Bonner was away on Irish international duty and Derek Whyte was missing.
- Rangers bid of £650,000 for Richard Gough was knocked back by United. Gough is voted as Scottish players’ player of the year.
Review
Teams
Rangers:
Walker Burns Munro McKinon McPherson Dawson Fraser McCoist McMinn Cooper Subs: Nisbet D Ferguson
Scorers: McCoist 9, 76, 98
Celtic:
Latchford Grant McGrain Aitken McGugan MacLeod McClair P McStay Johnston Burns McGhee Subs: W McStay McInally
Scorers: McClair 42 Johnston 84
Referee: D Hope
Attendance: 40,741
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
