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1978–79 Scottish League Cup

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

First leg

Home TeamScoreAway TeamDate
Alloa Athletic4–1Stirling Albion16 August 1978
Berwick Rangers2–0St Johnstone16 August 1978
Celtic3–1Dundee16 August 1978
Dumbarton0–0St Mirren16 August 1978
Montrose4–0Queen of the South16 August 1978
Rangers3–0Albion Rovers16 August 1978

Second leg

Home TeamScoreAway TeamDateAgg
Albion Rovers0–1Rangers23 August 19780–4
Dundee0–3Celtic23 August 19781–6
Queen of the South0–1Montrose23 August 19780–5
St Johnstone0–0Berwick Rangers23 August 19780–2
St Mirren2–0Dumbarton23 August 19782–0
Stirling Albion0–1Alloa Athletic23 August 19781–5

Second round

First leg

Home TeamScoreAway TeamDate
Airdrieonians3–0Dunfermline Ath30 August 1978
Ayr United1–0Stranraer30 August 1978
Berwick Rangers1–3St Mirren30 August 1978
Brechin City0–3Hibernian30 August 1978
Clyde3–1Motherwell30 August 1978
Cowdenbeath3–2Hamilton Academical30 August 1978
Dundee United2–3Celtic30 August 1978
East Fife0–1Arbroath30 August 1978
Heart of Midlothian1–3Morton30 August 1978
Kilmarnock2–0Alloa Athletic30 August 1978
Meadowbank Thistle0–5Aberdeen30 August 1978
Montrose1–1East Stirlingshire28 August 1978
Partick Thistle1–1Falkirk30 August 1978
Raith Rovers4–2Queen's Park30 August 1978
Rangers3–0Forfar Athletic30 August 1978
Stenhousemuir1–0Clydebank30 August 1978

Second leg

Home TeamScoreAway TeamDateAgg
Aberdeen4–0Meadowbank Thistle2 September 19789–0
Alloa Athletic1–1Kilmarnock2 September 19781–3
Arbroath1–0East Fife2 September 19782–0
Celtic1–0Dundee United2 September 19784–2
Clydebank4–1Stenhousemuir2 September 19784–2
Dunfermline Ath0–5Airdrieonians2 September 19780–8
East Stirlingshire0–2Montrose2 September 19781–3
Falkirk2–2Partick Thistle2 September 19783–3
Forfar Athletic1–4Rangers2 September 19781–7
Morton4–1Heart of Midlothian2 September 19787–2
Hamilton Academical2–0Cowdenbeath2 September 19784–3
Hibernian3–1Brechin City2 September 19786–1
Motherwell3–0Clyde2 September 19784–3
Queen's Park4–2Raith Rovers2 September 19786–6
St Mirren5–1Berwick Rangers2 September 19788–2
Stranraer1–3Ayr United2 September 19781–4

Third round

First leg

Home TeamScoreAway TeamDate
Arbroath1–1Airdrieonians4 October 1978
Celtic0–1Motherwell4 October 1978
Falkirk0–2Ayr United4 October 1978
Hamilton Academical0–1Aberdeen4 October 1978
Hibernian1–0Clydebank4 October 1978
Kilmarnock2–0Morton4 October 1978
Raith Rovers3–0Montrose4 October 1978
Rangers3–2St Mirren4 October 1978

Second leg

Home TeamScoreAway TeamDateAgg
Aberdeen7–1Hamilton Academical11 October 19788–1
Airdrieonians1–2Arbroath10 October 19782–3
Ayr United1–1Falkirk11 October 19783–1
Clydebank1–1Hibernian11 October 19781–2
Morton5–2Kilmarnock11 October 19785–4
Montrose5–1Raith Rovers11 October 19785–4
Motherwell1–4Celtic11 October 19782–4
St Mirren0–0Rangers11 October 19782–3

Quarter-finals

First leg

Home TeamScoreAway TeamDate
Ayr United3–3Aberdeen8 November 1978
Montrose1–1Celtic8 November 1978
Morton1–0Hibernian8 November 1978
Rangers1–0Arbroath8 November 1978

Second leg

Home TeamScoreAway TeamDateAgg
Aberdeen3–1Ayr United15 November 19786–4
Arbroath1–2Rangers15 November 19781–3
Celtic3–1Montrose15 November 19784–2
Hibernian2–0Morton15 November 19782–1

Semi-finals

Home TeamScoreAway TeamDate
Aberdeen1–0Hibernian13 December 1978
Rangers3–2Celtic13 December 1978

Final

Main article: 1979 Scottish League Cup final (March)

  • Jackson
  • MacDonald

References

General

Specific

References

  1. After Extra Time
  2. [[Falkirk F.C.]] won on penalties
  3. [[Raith Rovers F.C.]] won on penalties
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