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Alan Stubbs

Alan Stubbs
Photography by Paul Cooper
Author
Tony Hodson
Published on
January 19 2022

Scottish Cup Final, May 21 2016

Rangers 2Hibernian 3

Miller (27), Halliday (64)

Stokes (3, 80), Gray (90+2)

Hibernian’s victory in the 2016 Scottish Cup final not only ended their 114-year wait to lift the trophy, but came against a rival who had triumphed on that occasion an impressive 33 times. It also came after they had successfully recovered from a losing position. At 2-1 down to Rangers with 30 minutes to play, Alan Stubbs’ team scored from two late set-pieces. Anthony Stokes, then on loan from Rangers' rivals Celtic, who Stubbs had once represented, scored their first; David Gray then recorded their winning goal.

Speaking exclusively to The Coaches’ Voice, the former Everton defender revisits the tactics that brought them that most memorable of successes. His opponent as Rangers manager that day, incidentally, was Mark Warburton.

Starting line-ups
RangersHibernian
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Rangers4-3-3
Hibernian3-5-2
25Wes Foderingham
25Conrad Logan
2James Tavernier
24Darren McGregor
4Rob Kiernan
4Paul Hanlon
27Danny Wilson
5Liam Fontaine
5Lee Wallace
2David Gray
16Andy Halliday
16Lewis Stevenson
23Jason Holt
10Dylan McGeouch
8Gedion Zelalem
8Fraser Fyvie
33Martyn Waghorn
18John McGinn
19Barrie McKay
35Jason Cummings
9Kenny Miller
28Anthony Stokes