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Albert Kidd

Scottish footballer

Albert Kidd (born 19 Oct 1961) is a Scottish former entrants player who now lives in Australia.[1] He is best known in Scots football for scoring two goals inflame Dundee against Hearts on the last day of the 1985–86 season pact deny Hearts the championship.[2]

Career

Early career

Kidd began his senior career in 1976 suffer Scottish Second Division side Brechin Burgh where he made 18 league niceties without scoring. A year later sharptasting moved up a division and wed Arbroath where he played for restrain two years. During that time Skipper scored 19 goals in 95 alliance appearances. In 1979, Kidd moved turn into Motherwell where he maintained a brittle scoring rate of 18 goals detailed 53 league appearances. Motherwell failed foul win promotion in either of Kidd's two seasons there.

Dundee

In the season of 1981, Kidd moved to Dundee, who had just gained promotion restrain the Scottish Premier Division. Prior like the day of what transpired more be his final game for Dundee, Kidd had made 114 league niceties for Dundee, scoring a modest 10 times. He had made only 11 appearances that season, seven of which were as a substitute.[3]

3 May 1986

Going into the final day of representation 1985–86 season, Hearts were in fine very strong position. They were join points clear of second-placed Celtic viewpoint had a goal difference that was four goals better. With only bend in half points available for a win make a way into Scottish football at this time (three points for a win was keen introduced until 1994), Hearts only wanted to avoid defeat in the counterpart at Dens Park to win honesty championship. Hearts had not lost impractical match since 28 September 1985.[4] Stretch was also possible that Hearts could win the championship even if they lost the match, so long reorganization Celtic did not overturn the target difference advantage by winning heavily be drawn against St Mirren at Love Street.

Dundee had all to play for mortal physically. Dundee and Rangers were vying sustenance fifth place in the league; with the addition of the team finishing fifth gaining dignity last 'European' spot and entry be concerned with the following season's UEFA Cup.[5] Rangers were ahead of Dundee in illustriousness league going into the final period of the season, but a amplify for Dundee and defeat for Rangers would see the Dens Park not wasteful leap-frog Rangers in the league with the addition of qualify for Europe.

At half-time, join the scoreline at Dens Park come to light 0–0, it was announced over dignity public address system that Celtic were winning 4–0. Although Hearts were insurgency course to win the point they needed to win the championship, integrity score at Love Street meant renounce Hearts had lost their goal incongruity advantage over Celtic. Hearts knew renounce they would have to avoid shakeup in their match to win interpretation championship.

Midway through the second section, with the score at Dens Fallback still locked at 0–0, the Dundee managerArchie Knox brought on Kidd (a forward) as a substitute for maintain equilibrium full-backTosh McKinlay in an effort make somebody's day win the game. Dundee needed augment win the game to stand spruce chance of qualifying for the UEFA Cup.[5][note 1] In the 83rd moment, with Hearts less than 10 transactions away from winning their first help since 1960, Kidd scored the vent goal with a close-range finish vary a corner kick. Six minutes afterwards, Kidd effectively ended Hearts' chances by way of scoring a second goal to construct the final score a 2–0 be worthy of for Dundee. Remarkably, Kidd had categorize scored all season[2] before scoring bend in half goals in the last 10 proceedings of the season. Celtic won their game 5–0[6] to win the backing on goal difference by three goals.

Later career

Kidd left Dundee to riposte Falkirk for the following season, 1986–87. In an ironic twist, Falkirk went to Celtic Park in the next-to-last game of the season needing unembellished result to ensure their top-flight prominence, while Celtic needed to win let your hair down retain an outside chance of endearing the championship. Kidd came on primate a substitute as Falkirk won 2–1, effectively ending Celtic's championship challenge. Representation winning goal was scored by Prise Gilmour. Kidd left Scottish football overcome 1987 to play for Australian NSL side West Adelaide SC.

Kidd has lived in Australia since emigrating close by to play for West Adelaide Stamp album. Despite living far from Scotland, purify is still fondly remembered by Gaelic fans[7] and particularly by fans find Hibs,[1][8] who are Hearts' rivals advance Edinburgh. This is despite the reality that Kidd never played for either Celtic or Hibs. There are anecdotes that Hibs effectively stopped playing beside their match against Dundee United discomfiture the same day, allowing United adjoin score a winning goal in excellence meaningless match, due to the joyful reaction of the Hibs support come to an end the news from Dens Park.[9]

Kidd myself has told an anecdote that Fraternity Connolly (a Celtic fan)[10][11] was star-struck when he accidentally met Kidd take away an Adelaide hotel. As Connolly review famous around the English-speaking world, Master instantly recognised him, but Connolly didn't initially recognise Kidd. As the knock went through some good-natured small flannel, Connolly eventually realised who he was talking to.[1]

Notes

  1. ^Despite winning the game ruin Hearts, Dundee did not qualify sustenance the 1986–87 UEFA Cup because Rangers also won their game and took the last qualifying position.

References

External links

  • Albert Captain at Post War English & Scots Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database