Report After a goalless first half,
Kevin Gallacher opened the scoring for Dundee United a few minutes after halftime. Gallacher outpaced Celtic's
Roy Aitken to a ball which had been headed forward by
Eamonn Bannon and shot passed Celtic's goalkeeper
Allen McKnight, who was in the team due to an injury to Celtic's regular goalie
Packie Bonner. Shortly afterwards United failed to take the opportunity to increase their lead when Bannon missed two good opportunities. This proved costly when
Frank McAvennie equalised for Celtic. McAvennie then scored the winner with 50 seconds of play remaining. The defeat meant that United had now lost all five Scottish Cup finals that they had played in. The scoreline and pattern of the match was noted by reporter
Jim Traynor for being similar to the
1985 final when Celtic had also defeated United. Traynor suggested that for Dundee United the 1988 final was like a 're-run of a bad movie'.
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