St Mirren Cup Final Appearances

16/05/1987 – Dundee Utd (N)

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Scottish Cup Final
16th May 1987
Hampden Park, Glasgow

St. Mirren 1-0 Dundee Utd

FERGUSON 111

ATT: 51,782

Referee: Kenny Hope

  • Following a tense match that stretched through extra time into 2 hours of play, Saints emerged victors from the so called “Family Final” thanks to a late Ian Ferguson goal.
  • Backed by 35,000 fans, Saints shrugged off the underdog tag against UEFA Cup finalists Utd, with manager Alex Smith tactically outwitting the legendary Jim McLean to deliver a priceless success for the club.
  • Match-winner Ferguson, scored in every round apart from the Quarter Final win at Starks Park, and his thunderous left foot half volley from close range following a great move involving Campbell Money, Billy Abercromby and both Hamilton’s, (Derek and Brian) was enough to win the cup.
  • This goal knocked the stuffing out of the Tannadice side following over 100 minutes of stalemate, and Saints almost added to the lead on numerous occasions, before the final whistle sounded to deliver the cup to Paisley for the third time.
  • Team captain for the day Billy Abercromby lifted the trophy, at the insistence of close friend and club captain Tony Fitzpatrick, who had been introduced as a sub after 88 minutes following a long period out with injury.

St. MirrenNoDundee Utd
Campbell Money1Billy Thomson
Tommy Wilson2John Holt
Derek Hamilton3John Clark
Billy Abercromby4Jim McInally
David Winnie5Maurice Malpas
Neil Cooper6David Narey
Frank McGarvey7Iain Ferguson 
Ian Ferguson8David Bowman
Kenny McDowall 749Eamonn Bannon
Brian Hamilton1076 Paul Sturrock
Paul Lambert 8811116 Ian Redford
Tony Fitzpatrick 8812116 Paul Hegarty
Ian Cameron 7414 76 Kevin Gallacher

1987 Scottish Cup Winning Team
Back Row, Left to R: Tony Fitzpatrick, Paul Lambert, Ian Cameron, David Winnie, Brian Hamilton, Campbell Money and Bobby Holmes (Physio)
Front Row: Frank McGarvey, Alex Smith (manager), Derek Hamilton, Billy Abercromby, Kenny McDowall, Neil Cooper, Tommy Wilson and Ian Ferguson

10/04/1926 – Celtic (N)

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Scottish Cup Final
10th April 1926
Hampden Park, Glasgow

St. Mirren 2-0 Celtic

McCRAE 3
HOWIESON 25

ATT: 98,620

Referee:

  • In-form Saints make no mistake in their 2nd Cup Final appearance, and beat Celtic to take the trophy to Paisley for the first ever time.
  • The prolific Davie McCrae gets Saints off to the perfect start when he rose above Shelvin in goal for Celtic to bullet a Jamie Thomson corner home after only a couple of minutes.
  • Saints doubled their lead just over 20 minutes later, when McCrae’s through pass was poked home by Jimmy Howieson following a scramble.
  • Captain Jock Bradford then kept Celtic at bay with a number of important saves, helped by one of the finest Saints full and half back line ups in the history of the club.
  • The official attendance of 98,620 was for paying customers only, and a record itself, but with complimentary tickets included the actual crowd was the first to ever exceed 100,000 in Scotland.

SAINTSNoCELTIC
Jock Bradford1Peter Shevlin
Andrew Findlay2Willie McStay
Willie Newbiggin3Hugh Hilley
Tom Morrison4Peter Wilson
Willie Summers5Jimmy McStay
William McDonald6John McFarlane
Mattha Morgan7Paddy Connolly
Allan Gebbie8Alec Thomson
David McCrae9Jimmy McGrory
Jimmy Howieson10Tommy McInally
Jamie Thomson11Willie Leitch

The 1926 winning team with officials: Back Row, L to R; Thomas Hart, George Riddell, Thomas Craig (all directors) and John Cochrane (manager and club secretary).
Middle row: WF Walker (director), Tom Morrison, Andrew Findlay, Jock Bradford (C), Willie Newbiggin, Willie McDonald and Andy Reid (Trainer)
Front Row: Mattha Morgan, Alan Gebbie, Davie McCrae, JR Hall (Chairman), Willie Summers, Jimmy Howieson and Jamie Thomson

The winners medal of JR Hall, club chairman

Saints captain Jock Bradford punches clear ahead of Willie Summers, with Celtic’s Jimmy McGrory challenging. Andrew Findlay is guarding the net with Tom Morrison in the background.

Fans queue to get into the ground. The match was a Scottish record attendance at the time.