1983–84 Scottish League Cup

1983–84 Scottish League Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Defending champions	Celtic
Final positions
Champions	Rangers
Runner-up	Celtic
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)	Ally McCoist (9)
	← 1982–83 1984–85 →

The 1983–84 Scottish League Cup was the thirty-eighth season of Scotland's second football knockout competition. The competition was won by Rangers, who defeated Celtic in the Final.

First round

First Leg

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Albion Rovers	0–4	Queen of the South	13 August 1983
Arbroath	0–1	East Fife	13 August 1983
Berwick Rangers	2–0	Stranraer	13 August 1983
Forfar Athletic	1–0	Stenhousemuir	13 August 1983
Montrose	1–0	East Stirlingshire	13 August 1983
Stirling Albion	1–1	Cowdenbeath	15 August 1983

Second Leg

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date	Agg
Cowdenbeath	2–0	Stirling Albion	17 August 1983	3–1
East Fife	1–1	Arbroath	17 August 1983	2–1
East Stirlingshire	1–2	Montrose	17 August 1983	1–3
Queen of the South	2–1	Albion Rovers	17 August 1983	6–1
Stenhousemuir	2–2	Forfar Athletic	17 August 1983	2–3
Stranraer	1–1	Berwick Rangers	17 August 1983	1–3

Second round

First Leg

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Aberdeen	9–0	Raith Rovers	24 August 1983
Airdrieonians	2–0	Clyde	23 August 1983
Ayr United	1–2	Clydebank	23 August 1983
Brechin City	0–1	Celtic	23 August 1983
Cowdenbeath	1–0	Heart of Midlothian	24 August 1983
Dundee United	6–1	Dunfermline Ath	24 August 1983
East Fife	1–2	St Johnstone	24 August 1983
Falkirk	2–3	Alloa Athletic	24 August 1983
Hamilton Academical	2–1	Morton	24 August 1983
Hibernian	5–0	Dumbarton	24 August 1983
Meadowbank Thistle	2–1	Partick Thistle	24 August 1983
Montrose	1–3	Dundee	23 August 1983
Motherwell	2–0	Berwick Rangers	24 August 1983
Queen's Park	3–2	Kilmarnock	24 August 1983
Rangers	4–0	Queen of the South	24 August 1983
St Mirren	1–0	Forfar Athletic	24 August 1983

Second Leg

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date	Agg
Alloa Athletic	2–2	Falkirk	27 August 1983	5–4
Berwick Rangers	0–2	Motherwell	27 August 1983	0–4
Celtic	0–0	Brechin City	27 August 1983	1–0
Clyde	1–0	Airdrieonians	27 August 1983	1–2
Clydebank	1–0	Ayr United	27 August 1983	3–1
Dumbarton	1–2	Hibernian	27 August 1983	1–7
Dundee	4–1	Montrose	27 August 1983	7–2
Dunfermline Ath	0–2	Dundee United	27 August 1983	1–8
Forfar Athletic	2–2	St Mirren	27 August 1983	2–3
Heart of Midlothian	1–1^[1]^[2]	Cowdenbeath	27 August 1983	1–2
Kilmarnock	3–1	Queen's Park	27 August 1983	5–4
Morton	3–1	Hamilton Academical	27 August 1983	4–3
Partick Thistle	1–2	Meadowbank Thistle	27 August 1983	2–4
Queen of the South	1–4	Rangers	27 August 1983	1–8
Raith Rovers	0–3	Aberdeen	27 August 1983	0–12
St Johnstone	6–3	East Fife	27 August 1983	8–4

Third round

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Dundee United	6	5	1	0	20	5	+15	11
Motherwell	6	2	1	3	11	14	−3	5
Alloa Athletic	6	2	1	3	10	15	−5	5
Morton	6	1	1	4	7	14	−7	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Dundee United	5–0	Alloa Athletic	30 August 1983
Motherwell	3–0	Morton	31 August 1983
Alloa Athletic	1–2	Motherwell	7 September 1983
Morton	1–1	Dundee United	7 September 1983
Dundee United	4–2	Motherwell	5 October 1983
Morton	2–4	Alloa Athletic	5 October 1983
Dundee United	3–0	Morton	26 October 1983
Motherwell	2–2	Alloa Athletic	26 October 1983
Alloa Athletic	2–4	Dundee United	9 November 1983
Morton	4–2	Motherwell	9 November 1983
Alloa Athletic	1–0	Morton	30 November 1983
Motherwell	0–3	Dundee United	30 November 1983

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Rangers	6	6	0	0	18	0	+18	12
Heart of Midlothian	6	2	2	2	9	9	0	6
Clydebank	6	1	2	3	6	14	−8	4
St Mirren	6	0	2	4	6	16	−10	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Rangers	4–0	Clydebank	31 August 1983
St Mirren	2–2	Heart of Midlothian	31 August 1983
Clydebank	2–0	St Mirren	7 September 1983
Heart of Midlothian	0–3	Rangers	7 September 1983
Heart of Midlothian	1–1	Clydebank	5 October 1983
Rangers	5–0	St Mirren	5 October 1983
Rangers	2–0	Heart of Midlothian	26 October 1983
St Mirren	3–3	Clydebank	26 October 1983
Clydebank	0–3	Rangers	9 November 1983
Heart of Midlothian	3–1	St Mirren	9 November 1983
Clydebank	0–3	Heart of Midlothian	30 November 1983
St Mirren	0–1	Rangers	30 November 1983

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Aberdeen	6	5	1	0	11	2	+9	11
Dundee	6	3	2	1	8	4	+4	8
Meadowbank Thistle	6	1	2	3	4	10	−6	4
St Johnstone	6	0	1	5	2	9	−7	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Aberdeen	4–0	Meadowbank Thistle	31 August 1983
Dundee	2–1	St Johnstone	31 August 1983
Meadowbank Thistle	0–1	Dundee	7 September 1983
St Johnstone	0–1	Aberdeen	7 September 1983
St Johnstone	1–2	Meadowbank Thistle	4 October 1983
Aberdeen	0–0	Dundee	5 October 1983
Dundee	1–1	Meadowbank Thistle	25 October 1983
Aberdeen	1–0	St Johnstone	26 October 1983
Meadowbank Thistle	1–3	Aberdeen	9 November 1983
St Johnstone	0–3	Dundee	9 November 1983
Dundee	1–2	Aberdeen	30 November 1983
Meadowbank Thistle	0–0	St Johnstone	30 November 1983

Group 4

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Celtic	6	3	3	0	13	3	+10	9
Kilmarnock	6	3	1	2	9	6	+3	7
Hibernian	6	2	2	2	7	9	−2	6
Airdrieonians	6	0	2	4	3	14	−11	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Airdrieonians	1–6	Celtic	31 August 1983
Hibernian	2–0	Kilmarnock	31 August 1983
Celtic	5–1	Hibernian	7 September 1983
Kilmarnock	3–0	Airdrieonians	7 September 1983
Celtic	1–1	Kilmarnock	5 October 1983
Hibernian	0–0	Airdrieonians	5 October 1983
Airdrieonians	1–2	Kilmarnock	26 October 1983
Hibernian	0–0	Celtic	26 October 1983
Celtic	0–0	Airdrieonians	9 November 1983
Kilmarnock	3–1	Hibernian	9 November 1983
Airdrieonians	1–3	Hibernian	30 November 1983
Kilmarnock	0–1	Celtic	30 November 1983

Semi-finals

First Leg

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Aberdeen	0–0	Celtic	22 February 1984
Dundee United	1–1	Rangers	14 February 1984

Second Leg

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date	Agg
Celtic	1–0	Aberdeen	10 March 1984	1–0
Rangers	2–0	Dundee United	22 February 1984	3–1

Final

25 March 1984

Rangers	3–2 (aet.)	Celtic
McCoist		McClair Reid pen.'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 66,369

Referee: Bob Valentine


RANGERS :
GK	Peter McCloy
RB	Jimmy Nicholl
LB	Ally Dawson
CB	John McClelland (c)
CB	Craig Paterson
RM	Davie Cooper
CM	Bobby Russell
CM	Dave McPherson
LM	John MacDonald	1'
CF	Sandy Clark	2'
CF	Ally McCoist
Substitutes:
MF	Hugh Burns	1'
FW	Colin McAdam	2'
Manager:
Jock Wallace Jr.


CELTIC :
GK	Packie Bonner
RB	Danny McGrain
CB	Tom McAdam
CB	Roy Aitken
CM	Murdo MacLeod
LM	Tommy Burns
RM	Davie Provan	1'
CM	Paul McStay (c)
LB	Mark Reid
CF	Frank McGarvey	2'
CF	Brian McClair
Substitutes:
DF	Graeme Sinclair	1'
FW	Jim Melrose	2'
Manager:
David Hay

References

General

"Scottish League Cup 1983–1984 : Results". Statto. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2012.

Specific

^ After Extra Time
^ Heart of Midlothian F.C. won 4–2 on penalties

[aet-1] After Extra Time

[homw4op-2] Heart of Midlothian F.C. won 4–2 on penalties

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