1971–72 Scottish League Cup

September 2014 April 2026 1971–72 Scottish League Cup Scotland Partick Thistle Celtic 1970–71 1972–73 The 1971–72 Scottish League Cup was the twenty-sixth season of Scotland's second football knockout competition. The competition was won by Partick Thistle, who defeated Celtic in the Final. First round Group 1 main WDL Group 1 n 2 HIB Hibernian KIL Kilmarnock DNU Dundee United MOT Motherwell 5 1 0 14 3 2 1 3 7 9 2 1 3 9 13 1 1 4 7 12 #cfc A complete Home teamScoreAway teamDate Dundee United 1–0 Kilmarnock 14 August 1971 Motherwell 0–3 Hibernian 14 August 1971 Hibernian 2–0 Dundee United 18 August 1971 Kilmarnock 2–1 Motherwell 18 August 1971 Dundee United 2–2 Motherwell 21 August 1971 Hibernian 3–1 Kilmarnock 21 August 1971 Dundee United 1–4 Hibernian 25 August 1971 Motherwell 2–0 Kilmarnock 25 August 1971 Hibernian 2–1 Motherwell 28 August 1971 Kilmarnock 4–2 Dundee United 28 August 1971 Kilmarnock 0–0 Hibernian 1 September 1971 Motherwell 1–3 Dundee United 1 September 1971 Group 2 main WDL Group 2 n 2 FAL Falkirk DND Dundee ABD Aberdeen CLY Clyde 4 1 1 12 6 3 2 1 10 5 3 1 2 11 7 0 0 6 2 17 #cfc A complete Home teamScoreAway teamDate Aberdeen 1–1 Dundee 14 August 1971 Falkirk 5–2 Clyde 14 August 1971 Clyde 0–2 Aberdeen 18 August 1971 Dundee 2–2 Falkirk 18 August 1971 Aberdeen 1–0 Falkirk 21 August 1971 Clyde 0–1 Dundee 21 August 1971 Aberdeen 5–0 Clyde 25 August 1971 Falkirk 1–0 Dundee 25 August 1971 Clyde 0–1 Falkirk 28 August 1971 Dundee 3–1 Aberdeen 28 August 1971 Dundee 3–0 Clyde 1 September 1971 Falkirk 3–1 Aberdeen 1 September 1971 Group 3 main WDL Group 3 n 2 STJ St Johnstone HOM Heart of Midlothian AIR Airdrieonians DNF Dunfermline Athletic 3 1 2 8 7 3 0 3 12 6 3 0 3 7 9 2 1 3 4 9 #cfc A complete Home teamScoreAway teamDate Dunfermline Athletic 2–1 Airdrieonians 14 August 1971 Heart of Midlothian 4–1 St Johnstone 14 August 1971 Airdrieonians 1–3 Heart of Midlothian 18 August 1971 St Johnstone 1–1 Dunfermline Athletic 18 August 1971 Airdrieonians 1–3 St Johnstone 21 August 1971 Dunfermline Athletic 1–0 Heart of Midlothian 21 August 1971 Dunfermline Athletic 0–2 St Johnstone 25 August 1971 Heart of Midlothian 1–2 Airdrieonians 25 August 1971 Airdrieonians 1–0 Dunfermline Athletic 28 August 1971 St Johnstone 1–0 Heart of Midlothian 28 August 1971 Heart of Midlothian 4–0 Dunfermline Athletic 1 September 1971 St Johnstone 0–1 Airdrieonians 1 September 1971 Group 4 main WDL Group 4 n 2 CEL Celtic RAN Rangers GMO Morton AYR Ayr United 5 0 1 13 2 4 0 2 11 5 2 1 3 4 5 0 1 5 2 18 #cfc A complete Home teamScoreAway teamDate Ayr United 1–1 Morton 14 August 1971 Celtic 2–0 Rangers 14 August 1971 Morton 0–1 Celtic 18 August 1971 Rangers 4–0 Ayr United 18 August 1971 Ayr United 0–3 Celtic 21 August 1971 Rangers 2–0 Morton 21 August 1971 Ayr United 0–4 Rangers 25 August 1971 Celtic 0–1 Morton 25 August 1971 Morton 2–0 Ayr United 28 August 1971 Rangers 0–3 Celtic 28 August 1971 Celtic 4–1 Ayr United 1 September 1971 Morton 0–1 Rangers 1 September 1971 Group 5 main WDL Group 5 n 2 CLY Clydebank QPA Queen's Park COW Cowdenbeath BER Berwick Rangers 4 2 0 17 9 2 2 2 8 8 1 2 3 8 10 1 2 3 7 13 #cfc A complete Home teamScoreAway teamDate Berwick Rangers 2–2 Clydebank 14 August 1971 Queen's Park 1–0 Cowdenbeath 14 August 1971 Clydebank 3–2 Queen's Park 18 August 1971 Cowdenbeath 2–2 Berwick Rangers 18 August 1971 Berwick Rangers 2–3 Queen's Park 21 August 1971 Clydebank 2–1 Cowdenbeath 21 August 1971 Berwick Rangers 0–1 Cowdenbeath 25 August 1971 Queen's Park 1–1 Clydebank 25 August 1971 Clydebank 5–0 Berwick Rangers 28 August 1971 Cowdenbeath 1–1 Queen's Park 28 August 1971 Cowdenbeath 3–4 Clydebank 1 September 1971 Queen's Park 0–1 Berwick Rangers 1 September 1971 Group 6 main WDL Group 6 n 2 STI Stirling Albion QOS Queen of the South STE Stenhousemuir DUM Dumbarton 5 1 0 14 7 3 0 3 9 8 2 0 4 9 13 1 1 4 8 12 #cfc A complete Home teamScoreAway teamDate Dumbarton 1–1 Stirling Albion 14 August 1971 Queen of the South 3–2 Stenhousemuir 14 August 1971 Stenhousemuir 2–3 Dumbarton 18 August 1971 Stirling Albion 2–1 Queen of the South 18 August 1971 Queen of the South 1–0 Dumbarton 21 August 1971 Stenhousemuir 1–3 Stirling Albion 21 August 1971 Dumbarton 1–2 Stenhousemuir 25 August 1971 Queen of the South 1–2 Stirling Albion 25 August 1971 Stenhousemuir 1–0 Queen of the South 28 August 1971 Stirling Albion 3–2 Dumbarton 28 August 1971 Dumbarton 1–3 Queen of the South 1 September 1971 Stirling Albion 3–1 Stenhousemuir 1 September 1971 Group 7 main WDL Group 7 n 2 PAR Partick Thistle ARB Arbroath RAI Raith Rovers EFI East Fife 4 2 0 18 6 2 2 2 11 11 1 3 2 5 13 0 3 3 7 11 #cfc A complete Home teamScoreAway teamDate Partick Thistle 4–0 Arbroath 14 August 1971 Raith Rovers 2–1 East Fife 14 August 1971 Arbroath 4–0 Raith Rovers 18 August 1971 East Fife 2–3 Partick Thistle 18 August 1971 Arbroath 2–2 East Fife 21 August 1971 Raith Rovers 1–1 Partick Thistle 21 August 1971 Partick Thistle 1–1 East Fife 25 August 1971 Raith Rovers 1–1 Arbroath 25 August 1971 Arbroath 2–4 Partick Thistle 28 August 1971 East Fife 1–1 Raith Rovers 28 August 1971 East Fife 0–2 Arbroath 1 September 1971 Partick Thistle 5–0 Raith Rovers 1 September 1971 Group 8 main WDL Group 8 n 2 STM St Mirren MON Montrose STR Stranraer ALB Albion Rovers 4 0 2 10 5 2 2 2 10 10 2 1 3 9 11 2 1 3 5 8 #cfc A complete Home teamScoreAway teamDate Albion Rovers 2–1 Stranraer 14 August 1971 St Mirren 4–1 Montrose 14 August 1971 Montrose 1–1 Albion Rovers 18 August 1971 Stranraer 2–0 St Mirren 18 August 1971 Montrose 2–2 Stranraer 21 August 1971 St Mirren 1–0 Albion Rovers 21 August 1971 Albion Rovers 0–2 Montrose 25 August 1971 St Mirren 3–0 Stranraer 25 August 1971 Montrose 0–1 St Mirren 28 August 1971 Stranraer 2–0 Albion Rovers 28 August 1971 Albion Rovers 2–1 St Mirren 1 September 1971 Stranraer 2–4 Montrose 1 September 1971 Group 9 main WDL Group 9 n 2 ALO Alloa Athletic FOR Forfar Athletic EST East Stirlingshire BRE Brechin City HAM Hamilton Academical 1 3 0 5 2 1 2 1 7 5 1 2 1 9 10 1 2 1 6 8 1 1 2 9 11 #cfc A complete Home teamScoreAway teamDate Alloa Athletic 3–0 Hamilton Academical 14 August 1971 Forfar Athletic 2–2 East Stirlingshire 14 August 1971 East Stirlingshire 1–1 Alloa Athletic 18 August 1971 Hamilton Academical 2–2 Brechin City 18 August 1971 Alloa Athletic 1–1 Brechin City 21 August 1971 Hamilton Academical 1–4 Forfar Athletic 21 August 1971 Brechin City 1–4 East Stirlingshire 25 August 1971 Forfar Athletic 0–0 Alloa Athletic 25 August 1971 Brechin City 2–1 Forfar Athletic 28 August 1971 East Stirlingshire 2–6 Hamilton Academical 28 August 1971 Supplementary round First leg Home teamScoreAway teamDate Partick Thistle 4–1 Alloa Athletic 6 September 1971 Second leg Home teamScoreAway teamDateAgg Alloa Athletic 1–1 Partick Thistle 8 September 1971 2–5 Quarter-finals First leg Home teamScoreAway teamDate Clydebank 0–5 Celtic 8 September 1971 Falkirk 2–0 Hibernian 8 September 1971 St Johnstone 2–0 Partick Thistle 20 September 1971 St Mirren 2–0 Stirling Albion 8 September 1971 Second leg Home teamScoreAway teamDateAgg Celtic 6–2 Clydebank 22 September 1971 11–2 Hibernian 1–0 Falkirk 22 September 1971 1–2 Partick Thistle 5–1 St Johnstone 22 September 1971 5–3 Stirling Albion 0–3 St Mirren 22 September 1971 0–5 Semi-finals Home teamScoreAway teamDate Celtic 3–0 St Mirren 6 October 1971 Partick Thistle 2–0 Falkirk 4 October 1971 Final 1971 Scottish League Cup Final 23 October 1971 Partick Thistle 4–1 Celtic Rae 10 Lawrie 15 McQuade 28 Bone 37 Dalglish 70 Hampden Park, Glasgow 62,470 References General http://www.statto.com/football/stats/scotland/league-cup/1971-1972/results Scottish League Cup 1971–1972 : Results 6 February 2012 Statto https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061241/http://www.statto.com/football/stats/scotland/league-cup/1971-1972/results 4 March 2016 live dmy-all Specific Category:Scottish League Cup seasons League Cup Cup