1977–78 Scottish League Cup

The 1977–78 Scottish League Cup was the thirty-second season of Scotland's second football knockout competition. The competition was won by Rangers, who defeated Celtic in the Final.

1977–78 Scottish League Cup
Country Scotland
Defending championsAberdeen
ChampionsRangers
Runners-upCeltic

First round

First Leg
Home Team Score Away Team Date
Aberdeen3–1Airdrieonians17 August 1977
Alloa Athletic5–3Stranraer17 August 1977
Clydebank5–0East Fife17 August 1977
Dundee United5–0Albion Rovers17 August 1977
Hibernian1–2Queen of the South17 August 1977
Montrose1–3Dundee17 August 1977

Second Leg
Home Team Score Away Team Date Agg
Airdrieonians0–2Aberdeen24 August 19771–5
Albion Rovers1–5Dundee United23 August 19771–10
Dundee1–0Montrose24 August 19774–1
East Fife0–1Clydebank24 August 19770–6
Queen of the South0–0Hibernian24 August 19772–1
Stranraer3–0Alloa Athletic24 August 19776–5

Second round

First Leg
Home Team Score Away Team Date
Aberdeen5–0Cowdenbeath31 August 1977
Ayr United1–0Queen's Park30 August 1977
Celtic0–0Motherwell31 August 1977
Clyde0–0Dunfermline Ath29 August 1977
Clydebank0–0Stranraer31 August 1977
Dumbarton4–1Hamilton Academical31 August 1977
Dundee4–0Berwick Rangers31 August 1977
East Stirlingshire0–1Stirling Albion31 August 1977
Heart of Midlothian1–0Stenhousemuir29 August 1977
Kilmarnock0–0St Mirren31 August 1977
Meadowbank Thistle2–2Forfar Athletic31 August 1977
Morton0–0Falkirk31 August 1977
Partick Thistle0–0Dundee United31 August 1977
Queen of the South2–0Brechin City31 August 1977
Raith Rovers0–1Arbroath31 August 1977
Rangers3–1St Johnstone24 August 1977

Second Leg
Home Team Score Away Team Date Agg
Arbroath3–1Raith Rovers3 September 19774–1
Berwick Rangers1–1Dundee3 September 19771–5
Brechin City2–2Queen of the South3 September 19772–4
Cowdenbeath0–5Aberdeen3 September 19770–10
Dundee United1–0Partick Thistle3 September 19771–0
Dunfermline Ath2–1[1]Clyde3 September 19772–1
Falkirk2–3Morton3 September 19772–3
Forfar Athletic2–0Meadowbank Thistle3 September 19774–2
Hamilton Academical6–0Dumbarton3 September 19777–4
Motherwell2–4Celtic3 September 19772–4
Queen's Park1–0[1][2]Ayr United3 September 19771–1
St Johnstone0–3Rangers3 September 19771–6
St Mirren2–1Kilmarnock3 September 19772–1
Stenhousemuir0–5Heart of Midlothian3 September 19770–6
Stirling Albion0–0East Stirlingshire3 September 19771–0
Stranraer0–1Clydebank3 September 19770–1

Third round

First Leg
Home Team Score Away Team Date
Arbroath0–4Dundee United5 October 1977
Ayr United2–1Forfar Athletic5 October 1977
Dundee0–0Queen of the South5 October 1977
Dunfermline Ath2–0Clydebank5 October 1977
Hamilton Academical0–2St Mirren5 October 1977
Heart of Midlothian3–0Morton5 October 1977
Rangers6–1Aberdeen5 October 1977
Stirling Albion1–2Celtic5 October 1977

Second Leg
Home Team Score Away Team Date Agg
Aberdeen3–1Rangers26 October 19774–7
Celtic1–1Stirling Albion26 October 19773–2
Clydebank2–2Dunfermline Ath26 October 19772–4
Dundee United2–1Arbroath26 October 19776–1
Forfar Athletic3–1Ayr United26 October 19774–3
Morton2–0Heart of Midlothian26 October 19772–3
Queen of the South6–0Dundee26 October 19776–0
St Mirren1–2Hamilton Academical26 October 19773–2

Quarter-finals

First Leg
Home Team Score Away Team Date
Dundee United3–1Heart of Midlothian9 November 1977
Queen of the South3–3Forfar Athletic8 November 1977
Rangers3–1Dunfermline Ath9 November 1977
St Mirren1–3Celtic9 November 1977

Second Leg
Home Team Score Away Team Date Agg
Celtic2–0St Mirren16 November 19775–1
Dunfermline Ath1–3Rangers16 November 19772–6
Forfar Athletic1–0Queen of the South16 November 19774–3
Heart of Midlothian2–0[1][3]Dundee United16 November 19773–3

Semi-finals
Home Team Score Away Team Date
Celtic2–0Heart of Midlothian1 March 1978
Rangers5–2[1]Forfar Athletic27 February 1978

Final
Main article: 1978 Scottish League Cup Final
Rangers2–1 (a.e.t.)Celtic
Cooper
Smith 		Edvaldsson
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 60,168
RANGERS:
GK1Stewart Kennedy
DF2Sandy Jardine
DF3John Greig
DF4Tom Forsyth
DF5Colin Jackson
MF6Alex MacDonald
MF7Tommy McLean
MF8Johnny Hamilton
FW9Derek Johnstone
FW10Gordon Smith
MF11Davie Cooper
Substitutes:
DF?Alex Miller
FW?Derek Parlane
Manager:
Jock Wallace
CELTIC:
GK1Peter Latchford
DF2Alan Sneddon
DF3Andy Lynch
DF4Frank Munro
DF5Roddie MacDonald
MF6John Dowie
MF7Ronnie Glavin
MF8Johannes Edvaldsson
FW9George McCluskey
FW10Roy Aitken
MF11Tommy Burns
Substitutes:
MF?Paul Wilson
MF?Johnny Doyle
Manager:
Jock Stein

References

General
  • "Scottish League Cup 1977–1978 : Results". Statto. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2012.

Specific
  1. After Extra Time
  2. Ayr United F.C. won 4–2 on penalties
  3. Heart of Midlothian F.C. won 4–2 on penalties
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.