1979–80 Scottish League Cup

1979–80 Scottish League Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Defending champions	Rangers
Final positions
Champions	Dundee United
Runner-up	Aberdeen
	← 1978–79 1980–81 →

The 1979–80 Scottish League Cup was the thirty-fourth season of Scotland's second football knockout competition. The competition was won by Dundee United, who defeated Aberdeen in the replayed Final.

First round

First Leg

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Aberdeen	4–0	Arbroath	15 August 1979
Dumbarton	1–1	St Johnstone	15 August 1979
East Stirlingshire	1–1	Albion Rovers	15 August 1979
Forfar Athletic	3–2	Berwick Rangers	15 August 1979
Kilmarnock	2–1	Alloa Athletic	15 August 1979
Stranraer	0–0	Dunfermline Ath	15 August 1979

Second Leg

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date	Agg
Albion Rovers	4–1	East Stirlingshire	27 August 1979	5–2
Alloa Athletic	1–1^[1]	Kilmarnock	22 August 1979	2–3
Arbroath	2–1	Aberdeen	22 August 1979	2–5
Berwick Rangers	2–2^[1]	Forfar Athletic	22 August 1979	4–5
Dunfermline Ath	2–4^[1]	Stranraer	22 August 1979	2–4
St Johnstone	3–2	Dumbarton	22 August 1979	4–3

Second round

First Leg

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Airdrieonians	2–1	Dundee United	29 August 1979
Ayr United	2–2	Heart of Midlothian	1 September 1979
Clyde	1–2	Rangers	29 August 1979
Clydebank	0–0	Hamilton Academical	29 August 1979
Cowdenbeath	1–4	Dundee	29 August 1979
Falkirk	1–2	Celtic	29 August 1979
Hibernian	2–1	Montrose	29 August 1979
Kilmarnock	2–0	Forfar Athletic	29 August 1979
Meadowbank Thistle	0–5	Aberdeen	29 August 1979
Motherwell	1–4	Queen's Park	29 August 1979
Partick Thistle	2–2	Albion Rovers	29 August 1979
Queen of the South	0–1	Morton	29 August 1979
Raith Rovers	1–0	East Fife	29 August 1979
St Johnstone	3–1	Stranraer	29 August 1979
Stenhousemuir	1–4	St Mirren	28 August 1979
Stirling Albion	3–1	Brechin City	29 August 1979

Second Leg

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date	Agg
Aberdeen	2–2	Meadowbank Thistle	1 September 1979	7–2
Albion Rovers	0–1	Partick Thistle	1 September 1979	2–3
Brechin City	0–1	Stirling Albion	1 September 1979	1–4
Celtic	4–1	Falkirk	1 September 1979	6–2
Dundee	3–1	Cowdenbeath	1 September 1979	7–2
Dundee United	2–0	Airdrieonians	1 September 1979	3–2
East Fife	0–2	Raith Rovers	1 September 1979	0–3
Forfar Athletic	1–1	Kilmarnock	1 September 1979	1–3
Hamilton Academical	1–0	Clydebank	2 September 1979	1–0
Heart of Midlothian	0–1	Ayr United	3 September 1979	2–3
Montrose	1–1	Hibernian	1 September 1979	2–3
Morton	4–0	Queen of the South	1 September 1979	5–0
Queen's Park	0–2	Motherwell	1 September 1979	4–3
Rangers	4–0	Clyde	1 September 1979	6–1
St Mirren	4–2	Stenhousemuir	1 September 1979	8–3
Stranraer	3–3	St Johnstone	1 September 1979	4–6

Third round

First Leg

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Aberdeen	3–1	Rangers	26 September 1979
Dundee	2–1	Ayr United	26 September 1979
Hamilton Academical	1–3	St Mirren	26 September 1979
Hibernian	1–2	Kilmarnock	26 September 1979
Partick Thistle	0–1	Morton	26 September 1979
Queen's Park	0–3	Dundee United	26 September 1979
Raith Rovers	1–1	St Johnstone	26 September 1979
Stirling Albion	1–2	Celtic	26 September 1979

Second Leg

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date	Agg
Ayr United	0–1	Dundee	10 October 1979	1–3
Celtic	2–0	Stirling Albion	10 October 1979	4–1
Dundee United	2–1	Queen's Park	10 October 1979	5–1
Kilmarnock	2–1	Hibernian	10 October 1979	4–2
Morton	4–1	Partick Thistle	10 October 1979	5–1
Rangers	0–2	Aberdeen	10 October 1979	1–5
St Johnstone	1–3	Raith Rovers	10 October 1979	2–4
St Mirren	0–2^[1]^[2]	Hamilton Academical	10 October 1979	3–3

Quarter-finals

First Leg

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Aberdeen	3–2	Celtic	31 October 1979
Dundee United	0–0	Raith Rovers	31 October 1979
Hamilton Academical	3–1	Dundee	31 October 1979
Morton	3–2	Kilmarnock	31 October 1979

Second Leg

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date	Agg
Celtic	0–1	Aberdeen	24 November 1979	2–4
Dundee	1–0	Hamilton Academical	14 November 1979	2–3
Kilmarnock	3–2^[1]^[3]	Morton	24 November 1979	5–5
Raith Rovers	0–1	Dundee United	14 November 1979	0–1

Semi-finals

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Aberdeen	2–1	Morton	1 December 1979
Dundee United	6–2	Hamilton Academical	24 November 1979

Final

8 December 1979

Dundee United	0–0	Aberdeen

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 27,173


DUNDEE UNITED:
GK	1	Hamish McAlpine
DF	2	Derek Stark
DF	3	Frank Kopel
MF	4	Iain Phillip
DF	5	Paul Hegarty
DF	6	David Narey
MF	7	Eamonn Bannon
FW	8	Paul Sturrock
FW	9	Willie Pettigrew
MF	10	John Holt
MF	11	Graeme Payne
Substitutes:
MF	?	George Fleming
MF	?	Steve Murray
Manager:
Jim McLean


ABERDEEN:
GK	1	Bobby Clark
DF	2	Stuart Kennedy
DF	3	Doug Rougvie
DF	4	Alex McLeish
DF	5	Willie Garner
DF	6	Willie Miller
MF	7	Gordon Strachan
FW	8	Steve Archibald
FW	9	Mark McGhee
MF	10	John McMaster
MF	11	Ian Scanlon
Substitutes:
DF	?	Derek Hamilton
FW	?	Drew Jarvie
Manager:
Alex Ferguson

Replay

12 December 1979

Dundee United	3–0	Aberdeen
Pettigrew Pettigrew Sturrock

Dens Park, Dundee

Attendance: 28,933


DUNDEE UNITED:
GK	1	Hamish McAlpine
DF	2	Derek Stark
DF	3	Frank Kopel
MF	4	George Fleming
DF	5	Paul Hegarty
DF	6	David Narey
MF	7	Eamonn Bannon
FW	8	Paul Sturrock
FW	9	Willie Pettigrew
MF	10	John Holt
MF	11	Billy Kirkwood
Substitutes:
12	Iain Phillip
Graeme Payne
Manager:
Jim McLean


ABERDEEN:
GK	1	Bobby Clark
DF	2	Stuart Kennedy
DF	3	Doug Rougvie
DF	4	Alex McLeish
DF	5	Willie Garner
DF	6	Willie Miller
MF	7	Gordon Strachan
FW	8	Steve Archibald
FW	9	Mark McGhee
MF	10	John McMaster
MF	11	Ian Scanlon
Substitutes:
DF	?	Derek Hamilton
FW	?	Drew Jarvie
Manager:
Alex Ferguson

References

General

"Scottish League Cup 1979–1980 : Results". Statto. Retrieved 6 February 2012.

Specific

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e After Extra Time
^ Hamilton Academical won 4–2 on penalties
^ Morton won 5–4 on penalties

[aet-1] After Extra Time

[haw4op-2] Hamilton Academical won 4–2 on penalties

[mw5op-3] Morton won 5–4 on penalties

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