1983 Scottish Cup Final
# 1983 Scottish Cup Final

The 1983 Scottish Cup Final was played on 21 May 1983 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 108th Scottish Cup. Aberdeen and Rangers contested the match, Aberdeen won the match 1–0, thanks to Eric Black's extra time goal. Aberdeen had already won the Cup Winners' Cup ten days earlier, making the Scottish Cup their second trophy of the season.

## Match details

| Aberdeen | Rangers |
| - | - |

ABERDEEN: :

| GK | Jim Leighton |
| - | - |
| DF | Doug Rougvie | ?' |
| DF | Alex McLeish |
| DF | Willie Miller |
| DF | John McMaster |
| MF | Gordon Strachan |
| MF | Neale Cooper |
| MF | Neil Simpson |
| MF | Peter Weir | | ?' |
| FW | Eric Black |
| FW | Mark McGhee |
| Substitutes: ||||
| MF | Andy Watson | ?' |
| FW | John Hewitt | | ?' |
| Manager: ||||
| Alex Ferguson ||||

RANGERS: :

| GK | Peter McCloy |
| - | - |
| DF | Ally Dawson |
| DF | Dave McPherson |
| DF | Craig Paterson |
| DF | John McClelland |
| MF | Bobby Russell |
| MF | Dave MacKinnon |
| MF | Jim Bett |
| MF | Davie Cooper | 1' |
| FW | Sandy Clark |
| FW | John MacDonald | | 2' |
| Substitutes: ||||
| MF | Billy Davies | 1' |
| FW | Gordon Dalziel | | 2' |
| Manager: ||||
| John Greig ||||

## Road to the final

| Aberdeen | Aberdeen | Aberdeen | Aberdeen | Round | Rangers | Rangers | Rangers | Rangers |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Home team | Score | Away team | Aberdeen scorer(s) | Round | Home team | Score | Away team | Rangers scorer(s) |
| Aberdeen | 1 – 0 | Celtic | Peter Weir 65' | Semi-finals | Rangers | 1 – 1 | St Mirren | unknown |
| Aberdeen | 1 – 0 | Celtic | Peter Weir 65' | Replay | Rangers | 1 – 0 (a.e.t.) | St Mirren | unknown |

## Media Coverage

In Scotland the Scottish Cup Final was shown live on BBC One Scotland on their Sportscene programme and also on STV and Grampian Television on Scotsport. Live radio commentary was on BBC Radio Scotland

