Has anybody ever ( before or since this game ) seen a free kick hit like that by Davie Cooper ? Precision,power & accuracy....It went in like an arrow....What a player he was....No keeper could have saved that...We are still watching his goals many years after his passing....His name lives on...

Even as a Dons fan, have to say this was an amazing final. Jim Leighton still hasn't seen Cooper's free kick yet. One of the best strikes ever

One of the best cup finals ever, I read somewhere that Jim leighton said to Davie Cooper a couple of months after the game on Scotland duty, "I nearly got a hand to your free kick, and Davie replied, it must have been on the way back out" Class.

As a Celtic fan these skol finals between Rangers and Aberdeen in the late 80s were classic.

What a player Davie Cooper was

I remember watching that Cooper free kick smack the back of the net....and goin absolutely feckin mental!!!!! Sheer class

Davie Cooper was phenomenal

Fitting that Durranty got the winning penalty!!! He was immense that day!!!

A lifetime later, I can honestly say that this was the best game I ever went to. It was so tense that it seemed to go on for 5 hours! Incredible

I was at all 3 finals against Rangers 87, 88, 89. We got them finally thanks to Paul Mason in 89!! Great finals and great quality of football.

One my first matches I ever watched. Best memory of the game was davie coopers free kick and Robert Flecks equaliser. Mind my Dad nearly spilling his glass of beer right across the room when Fleck equalised. Brilliant game. Then they played them in 1988 and 89 as well. Classics.

Davie Cooper's penalty is the perfect penalty kick. No GK has a hope in hell in saving that.

best final i have ever seen . jim bett was class for us ,, oh the memories

Durrant LEGEND!!!!

Great posting mate. A brilliant Final with two gifted teams, and we edged it. Davy Cooper? A genius. Gone too early.

What an atmosphere :)! Have to acknowledge the composure of Bett with those penalties! Great final between two great sides and always happy to see the bears win!

THAT free kick from Cooper, but I think of this as 'The Durrant Final'. Instant give 'n' go and a great run & finish for the goal, not to mention the finale. Walter Smith knows it's a classic too, from his reaction :0)

Ian Durrant was top class this day and ran the show for Rangers. I was in the west terracing behind the goal for the penalty shootout. WE ARE THE PEOPLE 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇬🇧

I was at the game with some University friends as a 19-year old student. An absolutely great final but a disappointing result. I can remember all of the goals as if they were yesterday. I also recall being very surprised, though delighted, that McCoist missed that guided effort into the keeper’s top left corner as he was normally very clinical. Cooper and Durrant were always a threat in that game when on the ball. 36 years ago FFS!

What a game still remember it like it was yesterday,Even as an aberdeen fan you have to admire coopers freekick.

One of the best days of my life. Wish I was back there right now.

me and my dad were in The Family Section. Directly in line with Davies freekick. A memory that will last a lifetime.

What a player Cooper was

Sheer passion,drama and excitement, that game had all three in spades. Durrant was World Class that day,but Super Cooper took the headlines with "THAT" free kick. I can still hear the thud,the nanosecond of silence,then another thud as it hit the net then utter bedlam from the Bears. What a game!

Another late 80’s league cup classic between these two.

Nearly 30 years ago... god almighty. Remember watching this on tv in my grans house in Greenrigg St Provanmill when i was 14.

Man,Davie Cooper,Wrote the book’s other player’s read ❤️🙏🏼🔥⭐️ Peerless ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Top class game ...as a Tim I was a Don for the day..but hats off to the wee glesga team ...Cooper was class RIP....ma celtic scarf was tied to inbox Gates the day after he passed when I was there with my unwashed rangers mates 😆 to pay our respects..

Best game I've ever seen. Had everything!

Durranty was outstanding well done Gers 🇧🇲

remember watchin this final on the telly i was only 9, id been to hampden the year before and seen us beat hearts 3-0 to win the scottish cup, but watchin this i was in tears, was at the same final the year before and that was worse, but one of my best trips to hampden was the year after when we finally got our revenge on rangers.....STAND FREE

Fantastic goal by Super Cooper

16yrs of age , and this was my first Rangers game , my mum wouldn’t let me go before 😂😂😂.. i remember saying when i was 15 .. im going anyway , you can’t stop me ….. clipped round the ear , and she said , you go and see what happens , because i’ll find out …. put the fear of god in me ….. ah the good old days 😂😂😂

WHAT A FREE KICK!!!

My dad took me to this game when i was 12, my 1st game aswell Love you Dad

remember watching this game what a strike from cooper

Beautiful goal by cooper

Durrant, what a player

Cooper at 3-05 just oozed class

Jim Leighton was a cracking keeper. That was 2 really good sides

Copper's free-kick classic!!

What a come back we made

COOPER LEGEND!!!

Remember it like yesterday , some shocking tackles there 👍👍

One of the best ever football games

Jesus christ, that Cooper free kick nearly took the goals with it.

My first final and what belter it was. Couldn’t find the supporters bus after the game and had to end up getting the train home very late!

Fantastic highlights - well put together. What a performance from Durrant in that match.

Fly high Super, sadly missed. 🇬🇧

remember this game well good old days.

Absolutely great match - Durrant looked a very good player. I like the look of the old Hampden with the open terraces and high floodlights.

what talent on show here ...nice vid m8 !

One of the first live matches I watched as a child I’m sure it was called the skol cup Davie Cooper was superb that day Aberdeen had such a good team then aswell I remember rangers had Nicky walker in goal and he wasn’t too clever

davie cooper's got a boot like a rocket a great legend of the cottish game r.i.p

Leighton had the cheek to dive for Cooper free kick

Durrant that game ❤

Ah, the 80's mullet.Its finest hour in my opinion.

An exocet from Cooper, I have not seen a purer strike. RIP legend.

Wee coop could certainly hit a ball, you could see even then the refs hated the bears

What a final

we beat Sheepie the next year too ...3-2 ...two great finals won by The Rangers !

Was at this game , my first ever final , some game 😂😂

Sure I heard Coopers free kick hit the net, and I was at the other end.

Was at the game , with the west winds crew ........good day

The lack of protection for Ian Durrant was horrific. Referees in Scotland encourage the hammer throwers.

Would love to have Durrant and Cooper in the present squad

If that goal net wasn't there thre ball from Cooper's strike will still be orbiting the earth..

TheRangers1872 - Any chance you could upload the 1988 Skol Cup Final where we beat Sheepie again, 3-2. Your uploads are superb - best channel on KZfaq, keep them coming mate.

Super Cooper you are missed so much

Imagine how much Ian Durrant would go for these days. Jesus Christ

We got you back in 89 with the Skoll cup

Offside Robert Fleck goal. Hadn't noticed that before. Nice shorts all round though, almost rude.

What a Player Durrant would have been if it weren't for that Thug Simpson. Bassa should have done time for that Assault. 😤😤

Still get to you after all those years huh? :))

I was at this match. Fun times. I must've been only 7 or 8.

The first time that a cup final in England or Scotland went to a penalty shoot out

At least we're a team.

Some say davie coopers free kick is still travelling

Wee durranty fkn class 💯💯🇬🇧🇬🇧

Games like this are proof that Scotland needs a Strong Aberdeen more than it needs a strong Celtic. Much as I hate Rangers - I can't deny they were excellent opponents back then.

Miller clearly kicks the ball away before for coopers free kick, just watch the ball & nothing else

best free kick ever WATP

only replays for huns?

Yes! lol. Was some game!!!!!!

Durrant/Fleck clearly offside at the 3rd hun goal.

pick it oot bandy!!

Best free kick ever and I don't support Rangers.

A don't know why' but football seemed better in those days 🤔🔴🇬🇧🔵

Once a ranger always a ranger .....watp

if the league was only rangers and aberdeen then aberdeen would stand a slight chance of winning. 4 times a season.

this is it, this one went to pens

these 2 cup finals before we won the 3rd was joke refereeing. No wonder we hated Gers so much! Miler takes the ball of mccoist and ref gives a foul. Granted it was class from Cooper but never a free kick! The next game Mcoist doves for equaliser against Miller AGAIN! and the ref points to the spot, thankfully we went on to win it 1 It was enough Gers financially doping to their wins but refs were a feckin joke against them

A drop ball, when's the last time you've seen that?

@chrispeeycritter What a ridiculous comment!Celtic are a way bigger club than aberdeen and traditionaly Celtic v Rangers have always been the match of the season in scotland.Aberdeen v rangers was arguably more important on the scottish callender in the very late 80s to the early 90s due to celtics decline. It is true that scottish football needs a strong aberdeen,but it also needs a strong celtic.It has been 19 years since aberdeen were good,far too long!

Season 87-88 Rangers 3-3 Aberdeen Season 88-89 Rangers 3-2 Aberdeen Season 89-90 Aberdeen 2-1 Rangers A hat-trick of Skol Cup finals for these two clubs.

Ref Bob Valentine, the same scrote that cost Rangers the 77 and 89 Scottish cup finals, a Rhat that is often overlooked in his hatred for Rangers. Still the good guys carried the day and justice was done !

ye can see its a rangers fan thats done this, all rangers highlights!!!lol

Gteat team gers!

Was Fergie still the manager of the Dons at this time?

Proper football....no fucks given.......Just one purpose.......Score goals