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1978–79 Scottish Cup

The 1978–79 Scottish Cup was the 94th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Rangers who defeated Hibernian in the twice replayed final.

First round

Home teamScoreAway team
Dunfermline Athletic2 – 2Albion Rovers
Falkirk2 – 0Keith
Gala Fairydean1 – 3Cowdenbeath
Meadowbank Thistle1 – 1Inverness Caledonian
Threave Rovers0 – 2East Stirlingshire
Vale of Leithen1 – 4Forfar Athletic

Replays

Home teamScoreAway team
Albion Rovers2 – 3Dunfermline Athletic
Inverness Caledonian0 – 3Meadowbank Thistle

Second round

Home teamScoreAway team
Inverness Thistle0 – 4Falkirk
Forfar Athletic1 – 2Berwick Rangers
East Stirlingshire2 – 3Spartans
Cowdenbeath0 – 0Alloa Athletic
Peterhead2 – 3Queen's Park
East Fife2 – 1Brechin City
Meadowbank Thistle2 – 1Stenhousemuir
Stranraer1 – 1Dunfermline Athletic

Replays

Home teamScoreAway team
Dunfermline Athletic1 – 0Stranraer
Alloa Athletic2 – 0Cowdenbeath

Third round

Home teamScoreAway team
Dundee United0 – 2St Mirren
Dundee1 – 0Falkirk
Dumbarton1 – 0Alloa Athletic
Greenock Morton1 – 1St Johnstone
Stirling Albion0 – 2Partick Thistle
Ayr United4 – 0Queen of the South
Rangers3 – 1Motherwell
Clyde1 – 5Kilmarnock
Clydebank3 – 3Queen's Park
Meadowbank Thistle2 – 1Spartans
Montrose2 – 4Celtic
Dunfermline Athletic1 – 1Hibernian
Raith Rovers0 – 2Hearts
Arbroath0 – 1Airdrieonians
East Fife0 – 1Berwick Rangers
Hamilton Academical0 – 2Aberdeen

Replays

Home teamScoreAway team
St Johnstone2 – 4Greenock Morton
Hibernian2 – 0Dunfermline Athletic
Queen's Park0 – 1Clydebank

Fourth round

Home teamScoreAway team
Dundee4 – 1St Mirren
Hearts1 – 1Greenock Morton
Celtic3 – 0Berwick Rangers
Dumbarton3 – 1Clydebank
Partick Thistle3 – 0Airdrieonians
Aberdeen6 – 2Ayr United
Meadowbank Thistle0 – 6Hibernian
Rangers1 – 1Kilmarnock

Replays

Home teamScoreAway team
Greenock Morton0 – 1Hearts
Kilmarnock0 – 1Rangers

Quarter-finals

Home teamScoreAway team
Aberdeen1 – 1Celtic
Dumbarton0 – 1Partick Thistle
Hibernian2 – 1Hearts
Rangers6 – 3Dundee

Replay

Home teamScoreAway team
Celtic1 – 2Aberdeen

Semi-finals

McLeod

Replay

Final

Main article: 1979 Scottish Cup final

Replay

Second Replay

Duncan (o.g.) MacLeod

Events

Inverness Thistle's match against Falkirk became famous in Scotland because the game was postponed 29 times, It was originally supposed to be played on 6 January in Inverness at Kingsmills Park due to ice and snow, and was eventually played on 22 February once it was deemed suitable, where Falkirk won the game 4-0, and were eventually put out by Dundee 3 days later, though it was a few postponements short of beating the record of 33 games by Airdrieonians and Stranraer set 16 years earlier due to similar circumstances during the Winter of 1962–63 in the United Kingdom where football matches were called off due to snowstorms.

References

References

  1. (2019-11-27). "11+ Interesting and Funny Football Facts".
  2. Dart, James. (2006-03-21). "The most postponed game ever". The Guardian.
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