Drybrough Cup

The Drybrough Cup was a Scottish annual football tournament. It was held from 1971 until 1974, and was revived from 1979 to 1980. It was open to the four highest-scoring teams from Division 1, and the four highest-scoring teams from Division 2. The format allowed the tournament to have three rounds: first round, semi-final and final. The tournament was held in the week preceding the commencement of the league season.[1]

Drybrough Cup
Founded1971
Folded1980
CountryScotland
Number of teams8
Most championshipsHibernian
Aberdeen (2 times)

The tournament was first conceived because the Scottish Football Association would not permit existing competitions to have a title sponsor.[2] The Drybrough brewery got around this regulation by inventing a new competition bearing their name.[2]

In the 1972, 1973 and 1974 Drybrough Cups, an experimental version of the offside law was operated.[3] In the 1979 final, Davie Cooper scored what is regarded as one of the best goals ever scored in an Old Firm match.[4]

Finals summaries
Year Crowd Match
Winner Score Runner-up
1971–72[5] 25,000 Aberdeen 2–1 Celtic
1972–73[6] 49,462 Hibernian 5–3 (aet) Celtic
1973–74[7] 49,204 Hibernian 1–0 (aet) Celtic
1974–75[8] 57,558 Celtic 2–2 (4–2p) Rangers
1979–80[9] 40,609 Rangers 3–1 Celtic
1980–81[10][11] 6,994 Aberdeen 2–1 St Mirren

References
  1. Drybrough Cup, Scottish Football Historical Archive
  2. Eddie Turnbull with Martin Hannan (29 June 2012). Having a Ball. Mainstream Publishing. ISBN 9781780574684.
  3. Russell, Grant (1 April 2011). "How the Scottish FA tried to revolutionise the offside law". www.sport.stv.tv. STV. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
  4. "NOW YOU KNOW: Super Cooper scored great 'keepy-up' goal". Evening Times. Herald & Times Group. 20 September 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
  5. Dandy Dons have struck it rich, Sunday Mail, 8 August 1971, via The Celtic Wiki
  6. Summer Cup is worth another run, The Scotsman, 7 August 1972, via The Celtic Wiki
  7. Last-gasp Hibs grab the cup, Evening Times, 5 August 1973, via The Celtic Wiki
  8. Drybrough tonic from 'Old Firm', Evening Times, 5 August 1974, via The Celtic Wiki
  9. Sparkling Jardine, Sunday Mail, 5 August 1979, via The Celtic Wiki
  10. Drybrough Cup, StMirren.info
  11. Cowan is Dons' new Stevie wonder, The Glasgow Herald, 4 August 1980
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