1977–78 Scottish Cup

1977–78 Scottish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Final positions
Champions	Rangers
Runner-up	Aberdeen
	← 1976–77 1978–79 →

The 1977–78 Scottish Cup was the 93rd staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Rangers who defeated Aberdeen in the final.^[1]

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Brechin City	2 – 0	Falkirk
Burntisland Shipyard	1 – 4	Berwick Rangers
Civil Service Strollers	4 – 3	Selkirk
Dunfermline Athletic	0 – 0	Clyde
Inverness Caledonian	5 – 0	Inverness Thistle
Raith Rovers	1 – 0	Stenhousemuir

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Clyde	0 – 3	Dunfermline Athletic

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Albion Rovers	1 – 0	Buckie Thistle
Berwick Rangers	6 – 0	Raith Rovers
Brechin City	1 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic
Inverness Caledonian	4 – 0	Civil Service Strollers
Meadowbank Thistle	2 – 1	East Stirlingshire
Peterhead	1 – 1	Cowdenbeath
Stranraer	0 – 1	Queen's Park
Vale of Leithen	4 – 1	Forfar Athletic

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Cowdenbeath	5 – 0	Peterhead

Third round

Home team	Score	Away team
St Johnstone	1 – 0	Brechin City
Stirling Albion	3 – 0	Clydebank
Aberdeen	2 – 0	Ayr United
Airdrieonians	2 – 3	Hearts
Celtic	7 – 1	Dundee
St Mirren	1 – 2	Kilmarnock
Albion Rovers	0 – 1	Greenock Morton
Partick Thistle	1 – 1	Cowdenbeath
Vale of Leithen	0 – 1	Queen's Park
Alloa Athletic	2 – 2	Dumbarton
Arbroath	0 – 4	Motherwell
Berwick Rangers	2 – 4	Rangers
Hamilton Academical	1 – 4	Dundee United
Hibernian	4 – 0	East Fife
Meadowbank Thistle	2 – 1	Inverness Caledonian
Queen of the South	2 – 2	Montrose

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Cowdenbeath	0 – 1	Partick Thistle
Dumbarton	2 – 1	Alloa Athletic
Montrose	1 – 3	Queen of the South

Fourth round

Home team	Score	Away team
Hibernian	0 – 0	Partick Thistle
Aberdeen	3 – 0	St Johnstone
Celtic	1 – 1	Kilmarnock
Dundee United	3 – 0	Queen of the South
Motherwell	1 – 3	Queen's Park
Dumbarton	1 – 1	Hearts
Greenock Morton	3 – 0	Meadowbank Thistle
Rangers	1 – 0	Stirling Albion

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Partick Thistle	2 – 1	Hibernian
Kilmarnock	1 – 0	Celtic
Hearts	0 – 1	Dumbarton

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	2 – 2	Greenock Morton
Dundee United	2 – 0	Queen's Park
Partick Thistle	2 – 1	Dumbarton
Rangers	4 – 1	Kilmarnock

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Greenock Morton	1 – 2	Aberdeen

Semi-finals

5 April 1978

Rangers	2–0	Dundee United

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 25,619

12 April 1978

Aberdeen	4–2	Partick Thistle
Fleming 32' 39' 77' Joe Harper 71' (pen.)		Melrose 64' 68'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 12,282

Referee: John Gordon

Final

6 May 1978

Rangers	2–1	Aberdeen
Alex MacDonald 35' Derek Johnstone 57'		Ritchie 85'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 61,563

Referee: Brian McGinlay

References

^ Strachan, Graeme. "Derek Johnstone: 1970 League Cup Final winner was the stuff of dreams". thecourier.co.uk. Retrieved 19 February 2024.

[1] Strachan, Graeme. "Derek Johnstone: 1970 League Cup Final winner was the stuff of dreams". thecourier.co.uk. Retrieved 19 February 2024.

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First round

Replays

Second round

Replays

Third round

Replays

Fourth round

Replays

Quarter-finals

Replays

Semi-finals

Final

See also

References