League Cup 1978-79

Matches: 19781979 | League Cup | 1978-79 Pictures

The format continued as the previous season without a Group Stage or seeding.

First Round

Team Agg. Team 1st Leg 2nd Leg
Alloa
5-1 Stirling Albion 4-1 1-0
Berwick Rangers 2-0 St Johnstone
2-0 0-0
Celtic 6-1 Dundee 3-1 3-0
Dumbarton 0-2 St Mirren
0-0 0-2
Montrose 5-0 Queen of the South 4-0 1-0
Rangers 4-0 Albion Rovers 3-0 1-0


Second Round

Team Agg. Team 1st Leg 2nd Leg Pen.
Airdrie 8-0 Dunfermiline 3-0 5-0
Ayr Utd 4-1 Stranraer
1-0 3-1
Berwick Rangers
2-8 St Mirren
1-3 1-5
Brechin City 1-6 Hibernian
0-3 1-3
Clyde 3-4 Motherwell 3-1 0-3
Cowdenbeath 3-4 Hamilton Accies. 3-2 0-2
Dundee Utd
2-4 Celtic 2-3 0-1
East Fife 0-2 Arbroath 0-1 0-1
Hearts 1-7 Morton 1-3 1-4
Kilmarnock 3-1 Alloa 2-0 1-1
Meadowbank Thistle 0-9 Aberdeen 0-5 0-4
Montrose 3-1 East Stirlingshire 1-1 2-0
Partick Thistle 3-3 Falkirk
1-1 2-2 pens.
Raith Rovers 4-2 Queen's Park 4-2 2-4 pens.
Rangers 7-1 Forfar 3-0 4-1
Stenhousmuir 2-4 Clydebank 1-0 1-4

Third Round

Team Agg. Team 1st Leg 2nd Leg
Arbroath
3-2 Airdrie 1-1 2-1
Celtic 4-2 Motherwell
0-1 4-1
Falkirk 5-3 Ayr Utd 4-2 1-1
Hamilton Accies 1-8 Aberdeen 0-1 1-7
Hibernian 2-1 Clydebank 1-0 1-1
Kilmarnock 4-5 Morton 2-0 2-5
Raith Rovers 4-5 Montrose 3-0 1-5
Rangers 3-2 St Mirren 3-2 0-0

Quarter Finals

Team Agg. Team 1st Leg 2nd Leg Pen.
Ayr Utd
4-6 Aberdeen 3-3 1-3
Montrose 2-4 Celtic
1-1 1-3
Morton 1-2 Hibernian 1-0 0-2
Rangers 3-1 Arbroath 1-0 2-1

Semi Finals

Team Agg. Team
Aberdeen 1-0 Hibernian
Rangers 3-2 Celtic

Final
Hampden Park, 31st March 1979.

Rangers 2 – 1 Aberdeen

Winners Scottish League Cup 1978-79: Rangers