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1990–91 Tennent's Sixes
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Venue(s)	Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, Glasgow
Dates	20 and 21 January 1991
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Heart of Midlothian
Runner-up	Motherwell
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
Goals scored	143 (6.22 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	(8) John Colquhoun, Graham Harvey
	← 1989–90 1991–92 →

The 1991 Tennents' Sixes was the eighth staging of the indoor 6-a-side football tournament. It was held at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC) in Glasgow on 20 and 21 January.

Clubs from the 1990–91 Scottish Premier Division season competed, except Rangers who were replaced by First Division side Airdrieonains. The two group winners and runners-up qualified to the semi-finals; in the final Hearts beat Motherwell 5–2 to win their second Sixes title (a year after Edinburgh rivals Hibernian won the tournament).

Group 1

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Motherwell	5–0	St Johnstone	20 January 1991
Motherwell	4–3	Hibernian	20 January 1991
Dundee United	6–2	Motherwell	20 January 1991
Motherwell	2–0	Celtic	20 January 1991
St Johnstone	2–0	Hibernian	20 January 1991
St Johnstone	2–2 ^[2]	Dundee United	20 January 1991
St Johnstone	5–5 ^[3]	Celtic	20 January 1991
Hibernian	4–2	Dundee United	20 January 1991
Hibernian	4–3	Celtic	20 January 1991
Celtic	4–1	Dundee United	20 January 1991

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Airdrieonians	5–4	Heart of Midlothian	20 January 1991
Heart of Midlothian	6–1	St Mirren	20 January 1991
Heart of Midlothian	4–2	Dunfermline Athletic	20 January 1991
Heart of Midlothian	6–1	Aberdeen	20 January 1991
St Mirren	6–5	Airdrieonians	20 January 1991
Airdrieonians	5–5 ^[4]	Dunfermline Athletic	20 January 1991
Airdrieonians	2–2 ^[5]	Aberdeen	20 January 1991
St Mirren	3–1	Dunfermline Athletic	20 January 1991
Aberdeen	1–1 ^[6]	St Mirren	20 January 1991
Dunfermline Athletic	3–2	Aberdeen	20 January 1991

21 January 1991

Heart of Midlothian	3 – 3	St Johnstone

21 January 1991

Motherwell	5 – 3	Airdrieonians

Hearts beat Motherwell to win the tournament again.^[7]^[8] Joe Jordan was the respective winning manager of Hearts.^[9]

21 January 1991

Heart of Midlothian	5 - 2	Motherwell
Colquhoun McKinlay Wright

Attendance: 5200

A breakdown of the prize money from the tournament sponsors.^[10]

Prize money	Amount
Tournament participation	£12,000
Losing semi-finalists	£1,000
Losing finalists	£2,000
Tournament winners	£4,000
Various goalscoring targets (shared out to appropriate clubs)	£10,000

SFA introduced a rule change. A team must keep a minimum of two players instead of one in opposition half. It was to encourage more goals being scored.^[11]
Elgin City (Highland League Cup holders) played St Patrick's ( Scotland Amateur Cup holders) in an exhibition match.^[12]^[13]

^ "Happy Hearts have six appeal". Press and Journal. 22 January 1991. Retrieved 9 April 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ St Johnstone win 4–3 on penalties
^ St Johnstone win 4–3 on penalties
^ Airdrie win 4–3 on penalties
^ Airdrie win 3–1 on penalties
^ Aberdeen win 4–3 on penalties
^ "Hearts come up trumps". Evening Express. 22 January 1991. Retrieved 9 April 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Sixes: Hibs' loss is Hearts' gain". The Scotsman. 22 January 1991. Retrieved 9 April 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Hampden glory road a three-lane affair". The Scotsman. 23 January 1991. Retrieved 9 April 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "SIX OF THE BEST!". Lennox Herald. 19 January 1991. Retrieved 9 April 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "TENNENTS SIXES Dons name strong squad for sixes competition". Press and Journal. 19 January 1991. Retrieved 9 April 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Dons set for Six appeal". Evening Express. 14 January 1991. Retrieved 9 April 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "It's all set sixes of the best". Press and Journal. 14 January 1991. Retrieved 9 April 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.