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Football tournament season
1978–79 Scottish League Cup Country Scotland Defending champions Rangers Champions Rangers Runners-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 [ ]
First Leg [ ]
Home Team
Score
Away Team
Date
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 [ ]
Home Team
Score
Away Team
Date
Agg
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 [ ]
First Leg [ ]
Home Team
Score
Away Team
Date
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 [ ]
Home Team
Score
Away Team
Date
Agg
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 [ ]
First Leg [ ]
Home Team
Score
Away Team
Date
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 [ ]
Home Team
Score
Away Team
Date
Agg
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 [ ]
First Leg [ ]
Home Team
Score
Away Team
Date
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 [ ]
Home Team
Score
Away Team
Date
Agg
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 [ ]
Home Team
Score
Away Team
Date
Aberdeen
1–0[1]
Hibernian
13 December 1978
Rangers
3–2[1]
Celtic
13 December 1978
Final [ ]
References [ ]
General [ ]
Specific [ ]
^ a b c d e After Extra Time
^ Falkirk F.C. won on penalties
^ Raith Rovers F.C. won on penalties
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