1959, scottish, league, final, football, match, played, october, 1959, hampden, park, glasgow, final, 14th, scottish, league, competition, final, contested, hearts, previous, year, final, third, lanark, third, lanark, half, time, thanks, early, goal, mcinnes, . The 1959 Scottish League Cup final was a football match played on 24 October 1959 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 14th Scottish League Cup competition The final was contested by Hearts who had won the previous year s final and Third Lanark Third Lanark led 1 0 at half time thanks to an early goal by Joe McInnes but Hearts turned things around and won 2 1 to retain the cup thanks to second half goals by Johnny Hamilton and Alex Young 1 2 3 Hearts later completed a League and League Cup double the only non Old Firm side to achieve such a double 1959 Scottish League Cup finalEvent1959 60 Scottish League CupHeart of Midlothian Third Lanark2 1Date24 October 1959VenueHampden Park GlasgowAttendance57 994 19581960 Match details Edit24 October 1959Heart of Midlothian2 1Third LanarkHamilton nbsp 57 Young nbsp 59 Report McInnes nbsp 2 Hampden Park GlasgowAttendance 57 994Referee Tom Wharton HEARTS GK Gordon MarshallFB Bobby KirkFB George ThomsonRH Andy BowmanCH John CummingLH Billy HigginsRW Gordon SmithIF Ian CrawfordCF Alex YoungIF Bobby BlackwoodLW Johnny HamiltonManager Tommy Walker THIRD LANARK GK Jocky RobertsonFB Billy LewisFB John BrownRH Jim ReillyCH George McCallumLH Willie CunninghamRW Joe McInnesIF Bobby CraigCF Dave HilleyIF Matt GrayLW Ian HilleyManager George YoungReferences Edit Third s Defence Strive Nobly But In Vain The Glasgow Herald 26 October 1959 Third Lanark brothers remember stuff of dreams playing with legendary club in 1959 League Cup final The Herald 17 October 2019 Digging up spuds before Final didn t do the trick for Mac The Sunday Post via PressReaderExternal links EditSoccerbase Archived 26 February 2005 at the Wayback Machine London Hearts Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1959 Scottish League Cup final amp oldid 1159083133, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
