1988–89 Scottish League Cup

1988–89 Scottish League Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Defending champions	Rangers
Final positions
Champions	Rangers
Runner-up	Aberdeen
	← 1987–88 1989–90 →

The 1988–89 Scottish League Cup was the forty-third season of Scotland's second football knockout competition. The competition was won by Rangers, who defeated Aberdeen in the Final.

First round

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Alloa Athletic	2–4	Stirling Albion	10 August 1988
Brechin City	3–1	Montrose	10 August 1988
Cowdenbeath	0–0^[1]^[2]	Albion Rovers	10 August 1988
East Stirlingshire	0–1	Arbroath	11 August 1988
Queen's Park	1–2	Stranraer	10 August 1988
Stenhousemuir	3–0	Berwick Rangers	10 August 1988

Second round

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Aberdeen	4–0	Arbroath	17 August 1988
Airdrieonians	0–1	Motherwell	17 August 1988
Albion Rovers	2–4	Hamilton Academical	16 August 1988
Brechin City	0–2	Morton	17 August 1988
Celtic	4–1	Ayr United	17 August 1988
Clyde	0–3	Rangers	17 August 1988
Clydebank	2–0	Stenhousemuir	17 August 1988
Dumbarton	1–3^[1]	St Mirren	16 August 1988
Dundee	5–1	Queen of the South	17 August 1988
East Fife	1–1^[1]^[3]	Dunfermline Athletic	17 August 1988
Falkirk	1–1^[1]^[4]	Raith Rovers	17 August 1988
Heart of Midlothian	5–0	St Johnstone	17 August 1988
Hibernian	4–0	Stranraer	17 August 1988
Kilmarnock	1–0	Forfar Athletic	17 August 1988
Meadowbank Thistle	2–1	Stirling Albion	16 August 1988
Partick Thistle	0–2	Dundee United	16 August 1988

Third round

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Celtic	7–2	Hamilton Academical	24 August 1988
Dundee	2–1	Falkirk	24 August 1988
Dunfermline Athletic	2–1	Motherwell	24 August 1988
Morton	1–2	Aberdeen	23 August 1988
Hibernian	1–0	Kilmarnock	23 August 1988
Meadowbank Thistle	0–2	Heart of Midlothian	23 August 1988
Rangers	6–0	Clydebank	24 August 1988
St Mirren	1–3	Dundee United	24 August 1988

Quarter-finals

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Dundee United	2–0	Celtic	31 August 1988
Dunfermline Athletic	1–4	Heart of Midlothian	31 August 1988
Hibernian	1–2^[1]	Aberdeen	31 August 1988
Rangers	4–1	Dundee	31 August 1988

Semi-finals

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Aberdeen	2–0	Dundee United	20 September 1988
Rangers	3–0	Heart of Midlothian	21 September 1988

Final

23 October 1988

Aberdeen	2–3	Rangers
Dodds		McCoist Ferguson

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 72,122

Referee: George Smith

Teams


ABERDEEN :
GK	Theo Snelders
RB	Stewart McKimmie
CB	Alex McLeish
CB	Willie Miller (c)
LB	David Robertson
RM	Bobby Connor
CM	Neil Simpson	1'
CM	Jim Bett
LM	John Hewitt
CF	Charlie Nicholas
CF	Davie Dodds
Substitutes:
DF	Brian Irvine	1'
Managers:
Alex Smith Jocky Scott


RANGERS :
GK		Chris Woods
RB		Gary Stevens
CB		Richard Gough
CB		Terry Butcher (c)
LB		John Brown
RM		Davie Cooper
CM		Ian Ferguson
CM		Ray Wilkins
LM		Mark Walters
CF		Ally McCoist
CF		Kevin Drinkell
Manager:
Graeme Souness

References

General

"Scottish League Cup 1988–1989 : Results". Statto. Retrieved 25 February 2012.

Specific

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e After Extra Time
^ Albion Rovers F.C. won 4–3 on penalties
^ Dunfermline Athletic F.C. won 4–3 on penalties
^ FalkirkF.C. won 9–8 on penalties

[aet-1] After Extra Time

[arw4op-2] Albion Rovers F.C. won 4–3 on penalties

[daw4op-3] Dunfermline Athletic F.C. won 4–3 on penalties

[fw9op-4] FalkirkF.C. won 9–8 on penalties

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