The 1989 Tennent's Sixes was the sixth staging of the Tennent's Sixes, an indoor six-a-side football tournament. It was held at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC) in Glasgow on 22 and 23 January 1989. Ten clubs took part, with the competition returning to two groups of five.
Rangers beat Motherwell 2–1 in the final to win the tournament for the second time. Davie Cooper and John Spencer scored for Rangers and Tommy Philliben scored for Motherwell.
Format The clubs were divided into two groups of five, with each playing the other four teams in its group. Two points were awarded for a win. Group matches level at the end of normal time were decided by penalty shoot-outs, with the shoot-out winner recorded as the match winner. The top two clubs in each group advanced to the semi-finals.
Group stage
Group 1
Team Pld W L GF GA GD Pts Celtic 4 3 1 12 9 +3 6 St Mirren 4 3 1 9 6 +3 6 Hamilton Academical 4 2 2 13 7 +6 4 Dundee 4 2 2 8 13 −5 4 Aberdeen 4 0 4 7 14 −7 0
Team Score Team Date Celtic 3–3Celtic won 4–3 on penalties Dundee 22 January 1989 Hamilton Academical 4–2 Aberdeen 22 January 1989 Dundee 2–1 St Mirren 22 January 1989 Celtic 2–1 Hamilton Academical 22 January 1989 St Mirren 3–1 Aberdeen 22 January 1989 Hamilton Academical 7–1 Dundee 22 January 1989 Celtic 5–2 Aberdeen 22 January 1989 St Mirren 2–1 Hamilton Academical 22 January 1989 Dundee 2–2Dundee won 4–2 on penalties Aberdeen 23 January 1989 St Mirren 1–0 Celtic 23 January 1989
Group 2
Team Pld W L GF GA GD Pts Motherwell 4 3 1 9 6 +3 6 Rangers 4 3 1 7 6 +1 6 Hibernian 4 2 2 9 8 +1 4 Dundee United 4 1 3 6 8 −2 2 Heart of Midlothian 4 1 3 4 7 −3 2
Team Score Team Date Hibernian 3–1 Dundee United 22 January 1989 Heart of Midlothian 1–1Hearts won 3–2 on penalties Motherwell 22 January 1989 Rangers 2–2Rangers won 5–4 on penalties Dundee United 22 January 1989 Hibernian 2–2Hibernian won 3–1 on penalties Heart of Midlothian 22 January 1989 Motherwell 2–1 Dundee United 22 January 1989 Rangers 2–1 Hibernian 22 January 1989 Dundee United 2–1 Heart of Midlothian 22 January 1989 Motherwell 3–1 Rangers 22 January 1989 Motherwell 3–3Motherwell won 4–2 on penalties Hibernian 23 January 1989 Rangers 2–0 Heart of Midlothian 23 January 1989
The group results and penalty shoot-out outcomes are also recorded by the Scottish Football Historical Archive.
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Team Score Team Date Rangers 3–1 Celtic 23 January 1989 Motherwell 3–0 St Mirren 23 January 1989
Final
Team Score Team Date Rangers 2–1 Motherwell 23 January 1989
Cooper and Spencer scored for Rangers, with Philliben scoring Motherwell's goal.
Prize money Each competing club received £12,000. Rangers received a further £4,000 as tournament winners and Motherwell received an additional £2,000 as runners-up. A separate £2,000 prize was available to the tournament's highest-scoring team.
Challenge match A challenge match was held before the final between Keith, holders of the Highland League Cup, and Coatbridge Amateurs, holders of the Scottish Amateur Cup. Keith won 3–1.
References
External links Tennent's Soccer Sixes at the Scottish Football Historical Archive 1989 tournament programme at The Celtic Wiki