1978–79 Scottish League Cup
Appearance
Tournament details | |
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Country | ![]() |
Defending champions | Rangers |
Final positions | |
Champions | Rangers |
Runner-up | Aberdeen |
The 1978–79 Scottish League Cup was the thirty-third season of Scotland's second football knockout competition. The competition was won by Rangers, who defeated Aberdeen in the Final.
First round
[edit]First leg
[edit]Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Alloa Athletic | 4–1 | Stirling Albion | 16 August 1978 |
Berwick Rangers | 2–0 | St Johnstone | 16 August 1978 |
Celtic | 3–1 | Dundee | 16 August 1978 |
Dumbarton | 0–0 | St Mirren | 16 August 1978 |
Montrose | 4–0 | Queen of the South | 16 August 1978 |
Rangers | 3–0 | Albion Rovers | 16 August 1978 |
Second leg
[edit]Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date | Agg |
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Albion Rovers | 0–1 | Rangers | 23 August 1978 | 0–4 |
Dundee | 0–3 | Celtic | 23 August 1978 | 1–6 |
Queen of the South | 0–1 | Montrose | 23 August 1978 | 0–5 |
St Johnstone | 0–0 | Berwick Rangers | 23 August 1978 | 0–2 |
St Mirren | 2–0 | Dumbarton | 23 August 1978 | 2–0 |
Stirling Albion | 0–1 | Alloa Athletic | 23 August 1978 | 1–5 |
Second round
[edit]First leg
[edit]Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Airdrieonians | 3–0 | Dunfermline Ath | 30 August 1978 |
Ayr United | 1–0 | Stranraer | 30 August 1978 |
Berwick Rangers | 1–3 | St Mirren | 30 August 1978 |
Brechin City | 0–3 | Hibernian | 30 August 1978 |
Clyde | 3–1 | Motherwell | 30 August 1978 |
Cowdenbeath | 3–2 | Hamilton Academical | 30 August 1978 |
Dundee United | 2–3 | Celtic | 30 August 1978 |
East Fife | 0–1 | Arbroath | 30 August 1978 |
Heart of Midlothian | 1–3 | Morton | 30 August 1978 |
Kilmarnock | 2–0 | Alloa Athletic | 30 August 1978 |
Meadowbank Thistle | 0–5 | Aberdeen | 30 August 1978 |
Montrose | 1–1 | East Stirlingshire | 28 August 1978 |
Partick Thistle | 1–1 | Falkirk | 30 August 1978 |
Raith Rovers | 4–2 | Queen's Park | 30 August 1978 |
Rangers | 3–0 | Forfar Athletic | 30 August 1978 |
Stenhousemuir | 1–0 | Clydebank | 30 August 1978 |
Second leg
[edit]Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date | Agg |
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Aberdeen | 4–0 | Meadowbank Thistle | 2 September 1978 | 9–0 |
Alloa Athletic | 1–1 | Kilmarnock | 2 September 1978 | 1–3 |
Arbroath | 1–0 | East Fife | 2 September 1978 | 2–0 |
Celtic | 1–0 | Dundee United | 2 September 1978 | 4–2 |
Clydebank | 4–1 | Stenhousemuir | 2 September 1978 | 4–2 |
Dunfermline Ath | 0–5 | Airdrieonians | 2 September 1978 | 0–8 |
East Stirlingshire | 0–2[1] | Montrose | 2 September 1978 | 1–3 |
Falkirk | 2–2[1][2] | Partick Thistle | 2 September 1978 | 3–3 |
Forfar Athletic | 1–4 | Rangers | 2 September 1978 | 1–7 |
Morton | 4–1 | Heart of Midlothian | 2 September 1978 | 7–2 |
Hamilton Academical | 2–0 | Cowdenbeath | 2 September 1978 | 4–3 |
Hibernian | 3–1 | Brechin City | 2 September 1978 | 6–1 |
Motherwell | 3–0 | Clyde | 2 September 1978 | 4–3 |
Queen's Park | 4–2[1][3] | Raith Rovers | 2 September 1978 | 6–6 |
St Mirren | 5–1 | Berwick Rangers | 2 September 1978 | 8–2 |
Stranraer | 1–3 | Ayr United | 2 September 1978 | 1–4 |
Third round
[edit]First leg
[edit]Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Arbroath | 1–1 | Airdrieonians | 4 October 1978 |
Celtic | 0–1 | Motherwell | 4 October 1978 |
Falkirk | 0–2 | Ayr United | 4 October 1978 |
Hamilton Academical | 0–1 | Aberdeen | 4 October 1978 |
Hibernian | 1–0 | Clydebank | 4 October 1978 |
Kilmarnock | 2–0 | Morton | 4 October 1978 |
Raith Rovers | 3–0 | Montrose | 4 October 1978 |
Rangers | 3–2 | St Mirren | 4 October 1978 |
Second leg
[edit]Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date | Agg |
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Aberdeen | 7–1 | Hamilton Academical | 11 October 1978 | 8–1 |
Airdrieonians | 1–2 | Arbroath | 10 October 1978 | 2–3 |
Ayr United | 1–1 | Falkirk | 11 October 1978 | 3–1 |
Clydebank | 1–1 | Hibernian | 11 October 1978 | 1–2 |
Morton | 5–2 | Kilmarnock | 11 October 1978 | 5–4 |
Montrose | 5–1 | Raith Rovers | 11 October 1978 | 5–4 |
Motherwell | 1–4 | Celtic | 11 October 1978 | 2–4 |
St Mirren | 0–0 | Rangers | 11 October 1978 | 2–3 |
Quarter-finals
[edit]First leg
[edit]Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Ayr United | 3–3 | Aberdeen | 8 November 1978 |
Montrose | 1–1 | Celtic | 8 November 1978 |
Morton | 1–0 | Hibernian | 8 November 1978 |
Rangers | 1–0 | Arbroath | 8 November 1978 |
Second leg
[edit]Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date | Agg |
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Aberdeen | 3–1 | Ayr United | 15 November 1978 | 6–4 |
Arbroath | 1–2 | Rangers | 15 November 1978 | 1–3 |
Celtic | 3–1 | Montrose | 15 November 1978 | 4–2 |
Hibernian | 2–0 | Morton | 15 November 1978 | 2–1 |
Semi-finals
[edit]Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Aberdeen | 1–0[1] | Hibernian | 13 December 1978 |
Rangers | 3–2[1] | Celtic | 13 December 1978 |
Final
[edit]References
[edit]General
[edit]- "Scottish League Cup 1978–1979 : Results". Statto. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
Specific
[edit]- ^ a b c d e After Extra Time
- ^ Falkirk F.C. won on penalties
- ^ Raith Rovers F.C. won on penalties