Turnbull 87
Missed Penalties
Meiklejohn pen miss 85
Match Information
Attendance: 41,663
Referee: J.M. Martin (Ladybank)
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
A battle of the giants a glorious, pulsating struggle of thrill after thrill, worthy of the reputations of the contestants. That was the fare served up at Pittodrie yesterday. Rangers just deserved to win, but they left the all-important counter late enough to keep the excitement up to sizzling point to the end. Four minutes from time Turnbull struck the blow that smashed Aberdeens Cup hopes. Fiddes hooked the ball over from the right. Smith, the Rangers centre, trapped it, held it for a moment, then pushed it along the ground to Turnbull. The Ranger took two strides and smashed the ball into the roof of the net. The remaining minutes of the game passed in a roar of Light Blues jubilation. The excited fans swarmed on the field and had to be cleared off by peevish constables. Aberdeen made only a half-hearted effort to pull the game out of the fire. They had shot their bolt after a long and gallant fight. Just a minute or so before Turnbulls goal, there occurred the other big sensation of the game a little drama in which Steve Smith doubled the roles of villain and hero. The Aberdeen goalkeeper fumbled a lob from Turnbull, and the ball went loose. As Jimmy Smith dived in pursuit, his yellow-jersey namesake tackled him low in approved Rugby style. Pheep went the whistle with Referee Martin pointing to the penalty spot. Meiklejohn took the kick, and to a gasp from 40,000 throats Smith saved. These were the highlights in a game that sparkled, but Aberdeen once again gave us, in their own inimitable fashion, those flashing interchanges of position among the forwards, carrying the attack to close quarters in bewildering style. Rangers forwards methods were direct and orthodox, but no less effective. There was little of the customary Cup-tie looseness about the play, but when Mills tired towards the end of the second half, the magic
