1978–79 Scottish Cup

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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 team	Score	Away team
Dunfermline Athletic	2 – 2	Albion Rovers
Falkirk	2 – 0	Keith
Gala Fairydean	1 – 3	Cowdenbeath
Meadowbank Thistle	1 – 1	Inverness Caledonian
Threave Rovers	0 – 2	East Stirlingshire
Vale of Leithen	1 – 4	Forfar Athletic

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Albion Rovers	2 – 3	Dunfermline Athletic
Inverness Caledonian	0 – 3	Meadowbank Thistle

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Inverness Thistle	0 – 4	Falkirk
Forfar Athletic	1 – 2	Berwick Rangers
East Stirlingshire	2 – 3	Spartans
Cowdenbeath	0 – 0	Alloa Athletic
Peterhead	2 – 3	Queen’s Park
East Fife	2 – 1	Brechin City
Meadowbank Thistle	2 – 1	Stenhousemuir
Stranraer	1 – 1	Dunfermline Athletic

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Dunfermline Athletic	1 – 0	Stranraer
Alloa Athletic	2 – 0	Cowdenbeath

Third round

Home team	Score	Away team
Dundee United	0 – 2	St Mirren
Dundee	1 – 0	Falkirk
Dumbarton	1 – 0	Alloa Athletic
Greenock Morton	1 – 1	St Johnstone
Stirling Albion	0 – 2	Partick Thistle
Ayr United	4 – 0	Queen of the South
Rangers	3 – 1	Motherwell
Clyde	1 – 5	Kilmarnock
Clydebank	3 – 3	Queen’s Park
Meadowbank Thistle	2 – 1	Spartans
Montrose	2 – 4	Celtic
Dunfermline Athletic	1 – 1	Hibernian
Raith Rovers	0 – 2	Hearts
Arbroath	0 – 1	Airdrieonians
East Fife	0 – 1	Berwick Rangers
Hamilton Academical	0 – 2	Aberdeen

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
St Johnstone	2 – 4	Greenock Morton
Hibernian	2 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic
Queen’s Park	0 – 1	Clydebank

Fourth round

Home team	Score	Away team
Dundee	4 – 1	St Mirren
Hearts	1 – 1	Greenock Morton
Celtic	3 – 0	Berwick Rangers
Dumbarton	3 – 1	Clydebank
Partick Thistle	3 – 0	Airdrieonians
Aberdeen	6 – 2	Ayr United
Meadowbank Thistle	0 – 6	Hibernian
Rangers	1 – 1	Kilmarnock

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Greenock Morton	0 – 1	Hearts
Kilmarnock	0 – 1	Rangers

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	1 – 1	Celtic
Dumbarton	0 – 1	Partick Thistle
Hibernian	2 – 1	Hearts
Rangers	6 – 3	Dundee

Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Celtic	1 – 2	Aberdeen

Semi-finals

Partick Thistle v Rangers

4 April 1979

Partick Thistle	0 – 0	Rangers

Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 26,232

Hibernian v Aberdeen

11 April 1979

Hibernian	2 – 1	Aberdeen
Gordon Rae 37' Ally McLeod 43' (pen.)		Steve Archibald 28'

Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 9,387
Referee: Bob Valentine

Replay

Rangers v Partick Thistle

16 April 1979

Rangers	1 – 0	Partick Thistle

Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 32,300

Final

Main article: 1979 Scottish Cup Final

Rangers v Hibernian

12 May 1979

Rangers	0 – 0	Hibernian

Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 50,610
Referee: Brian McGinlay

Replay

Rangers v Hibernian

16 May 1979

Rangers	0 – 0	Hibernian

Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 33,504
Referee: Brian McGinlay

Second Replay

Rangers v Hibernian

28 May 1979

Rangers	3 – 2	Hibernian
Derek Johnstone Arthur Duncan (o.g.)		Tony Higgins Ally MacLeod

Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 30,602
Referee: Ian Foote

Events

The second round tie between Inverness Thistle and Falkirk was originally scheduled for 8 January 1979, but was postponed twenty-nine times due to inclement weather. The game was finally played on 22 February.^[1]

References

↑ "Postponed matches". http://www.footballsite.co.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2012. External link in |work= (help)

Scottish Cup

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List of finals Winning managers

1978–79 in Scottish football

« 1977–78 1979–80 »

Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Highland League

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Junior Cup

European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup

Related to national team	Results Euro 1980 qualifying (Group 2) British Home Championship

Club seasons

Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers St. Mirren

First Division	Airdrieonians Arbroath Ayr United Clyde Clydebank Dundee Dumbarton Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock Montrose Queen of the South Raith Rovers St. Johnstone Stirling Albion

Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Berwick Rangers Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Athletic East Fife East Stirlingshire Falkirk Forfar Athletic Meadowbank Thistle Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stranraer

1978–79 in European football (UEFA)

« 1977–78 1979–80 »

Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '78 '79 England Estonia '78 '79 Faroe Islands '78 '79 Finland '78 '79 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '78 '79 Israel Italy Latvia '78 '79 Lithuania '78 '79 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '78 '79 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '78 '79 Spain Sweden '78 '79 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '78 '79 Finland '78 '79 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '78 '79 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '78 '79 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia

League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland Switzerland

UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

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1978–79 Scottish Cup

First round

Replays

Second round

Replays

Third round

Replays

Fourth round

Replays

Quarter-finals

Replay

Semi-finals

Replay

Final

Replay

Second Replay

Events

See also

References