Ali59
Well-Known Member
Great details, I forgot we had so many moved fixtures that year.I remember looking up on our fixtures at end of season and what was been reported
League end date was 28th April
Scottish Cup Final was 12th May
But with the backlog of games not just us meant the League was extended
Original schedule for us from the outstanding games Scottish Cup Final and Home Internationals
May 2nd Motherwell away
May 5th Celtic home (Hampden)
May 7th Aberdeen home
May 12th Hibs SCF
May 14th Hibs away
May 16th Celtic away
May 18th Partick Home
Drawing with Hibs the SFL to postponed the 3 league game following midweek but then they hadto find dates taken in Home Internationals
May 21st Celtic away
May 23rd Partick Home
May 25th Hibs away
With Celtic game they looked a the previous Saturday taking into account Wales v Scotland and the Scottish Junior Cup Final at Hampden but it didn't happen
With Hibs game Hibs didn't want the Friday as they stated that a party from them were heading to Wembley for the England game the next day, travelling on the Friday
Throwing in the 2nd Scottish Cup Final replay meant a Thursday night game instead, guessing they didn't want to opt for the Wednesday as it was European Cup Final?
I think extra-time was added in the 1st game from 1980 and still level after 120 minutes it went to a replay SCF replays ended after 1987
Your are correct the final league game should have been on the 28th April v Hearts.
We ended up playing 9 games in May (I had the misfortune to be at all nine games).