Albert Kidd
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Albert Kidd | ||
| Date of birth | 19 October 1961 | ||
| Place of birth | Dundee, Scotland | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Carnoustie Panmure | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1976–1977 | Brechin City | 18 | (0) |
| 1977–1979 | Arbroath | 95 | (19) |
| 1979–1981 | Motherwell | 53 | (18) |
| 1981–1986 | Dundee | 115 | (12) |
| 1986–1987 | Falkirk | 15 | (0) |
| West Adelaide SC | 0 | (0) | |
| Total | 296 | (49) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Albert Kidd (born 19 October 1961) is a Scottish former football player who now lives in Australia. He is best known in Scottish football for scoring two goals for Dundee against Hearts on the final day of the 1985–86 season to deny Hearts the championship.
Kidd began his senior career in 1976 at Scottish Second Division side Brechin City where he made 18 league appearances without scoring. A year later he moved up a division and joined Arbroath where he played for over two years. During that time Kidd scored 19 goals in 95 league appearances. In 1979, Kidd moved to Motherwell where he maintained a decent scoring rate of 18 goals in 53 league appearances. Motherwell failed to win promotion in either of Kidd's two seasons there.
In the summer of 1981, Kidd moved to Dundee, who had just gained promotion to the Scottish Premier Division. Prior to the day of what transpired to be his final game for Dundee, Kidd had made 114 league appearances for Dundee, scoring a modest 10 times. He had made only 11 appearances that season, seven of which were as a substitute.
Going into the final day of the 1985–86 season, Hearts were in a very strong position. They were two points clear of second-placed Celtic and had a goal difference that was four goals better. With only two points available for a win in Scottish football at this time (three points for a win was not introduced until 1994), Hearts only needed to avoid defeat in the match at Dens Park to win the championship. Hearts had not lost any match since 28 September 1985. It was also possible that Hearts could win the championship even if they lost the match, so long as Celtic did not overturn the goal difference advantage by winning heavily against St Mirren at Love Street.
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