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.
The tournament was conceived because the Scottish Football Association would not permit existing competitions to have a title sponsor. The Drybrough brewery got around this regulation by inventing a new competition bearing their name.
In the 1972, 1973 and 1974 Drybrough Cups, an experimental version of the offside law was operated. In the 1979 final, Davie Cooper scored what is regarded by many Rangers fans as one of the best goals ever scored in an Old Firm match.
Finals summaries YearCrowdMatchWinnerScoreRunner-up1971–72Dandy Dons have struck it rich, Sunday Mail, 8 August 1971, via The Celtic Wiki25,000Aberdeen2–1Celtic1972–73Summer Cup is worth another run, The Scotsman, 7 August 1972, via The Celtic Wiki49,462Hibernian5–3 (aet)Celtic1973–74Last-gasp Hibs grab the cup, Evening Times, 5 August 1973, via The Celtic Wiki49,204Hibernian1–0 (aet)Celtic1974–75Drybrough tonic from 'Old Firm', Evening Times, 5 August 1974, via The Celtic Wiki57,558Celtic2–2 (4–2p)Rangers1979–80Sparkling Jardine, Sunday Mail, 5 August 1979, via The Celtic Wiki40,609Rangers3–1Celtic1980–81Drybrough Cup, StMirren.infoCowan is Dons' new Stevie wonder, The Glasgow Herald, 4 August 19806,994Aberdeen2–1St Mirren
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