1972–73 Scottish League Cup

September 2014 April 2026 1972–73 Scottish League Cup Scotland Hibernian Celtic 1971–72 1973–74 The 1972–73 Scottish League Cup was the twenty-seventh season of Scotland's second football knockout competition. The competition was won by Hibernian, who defeated Celtic in the Final. First round Group 1 main WDL Group 1 n 2 PAR Partick Thistle STR Stranraer GMO Morton COW Cowdenbeath 3 3 0 11 3 3 0 3 11 8 2 2 2 11 9 1 1 4 6 19 #cfc A A complete Home teamScoreAway teamDate Cowdenbeath 1–5 Partick Thistle 12 August 1972 Morton 1–5 Stranraer 12 August 1972 Partick Thistle 0–0 Morton 16 August 1972 Stranraer 3–0 Cowdenbeath 16 August 1972 Cowdenbeath 1–0 Morton 19 August 1972 Stranraer 0–2 Partick Thistle 19 August 1972 Cowdenbeath 0–2 Stranraer 23 August 1972 Morton 0–0 Partick Thistle 23 August 1972 Partick Thistle 2–2 Cowdenbeath 26 August 1972 Stranraer 1–3 Morton 26 August 1972 Morton 7–2 Cowdenbeath 30 August 1972 Partick Thistle 2–0 Stranraer 30 August 1972 Group 2 main WDL Group 2 n 2 ABD Aberdeen HIB Hibernian QOS Queen of the South QPA Queen's Park 5 0 1 19 5 5 0 1 14 8 2 0 4 5 13 0 0 6 4 16 #cfc A A complete Home teamScoreAway teamDate Hibernian 4–2 Queen's Park 12 August 1972 Queen of the South 0–4 Aberdeen 12 August 1972 Aberdeen 4–1 Hibernian 16 August 1972 Queen's Park 1–2 Queen of the South 16 August 1972 Aberdeen 5–1 Queen's Park 19 August 1972 Hibernian 3–0 Queen of the South 19 August 1972 Hibernian 2–1 Aberdeen 23 August 1972 Queen of the South 1–0 Queen's Park 23 August 1972 Aberdeen 2–1 Queen of the South 26 August 1972 Queen's Park 0–1 Hibernian 26 August 1972 Queen of the South 1–3 Hibernian 30 August 1972 Queen's Park 0–3 Aberdeen 30 August 1972 Group 3 main WDL Group 3 n 2 RAN Rangers AYR Ayr United STM St Mirren CLY Clydebank 5 0 1 16 6 3 0 3 12 6 2 1 3 12 15 1 1 4 6 19 #cfc A A complete Home teamScoreAway teamDate Ayr United 2–1 St Mirren 12 August 1972 Rangers 2–0 Clydebank 12 August 1972 Clydebank 1–0 Ayr United 16 August 1972 St Mirren 0–4 Rangers 16 August 1972 Rangers 2–1 Ayr United 19 August 1972 St Mirren 4–2 Clydebank 19 August 1972 Ayr United 5–0 Clydebank 23 August 1972 Rangers 1–4 St Mirren 23 August 1972 Clydebank 0–5 Rangers 26 August 1972 St Mirren 0–3 Ayr United 26 August 1972 Ayr United 1–2 Rangers 30 August 1972 Clydebank 3–3 St Mirren 30 August 1972 Group 4 main WDL Group 4 n 2 DNU Dundee United STE Stenhousemuir KIL Kilmarnock DNF Dunfermline Athletic 5 0 1 13 5 2 2 2 11 13 2 1 3 9 9 1 1 4 6 12 #cfc A A complete Home teamScoreAway teamDate Dundee United 2–0 Dunfermline Athletic 12 August 1972 Stenhousemuir 1–1 Kilmarnock 12 August 1972 Dunfermline Athletic 2–2 Stenhousemuir 16 August 1972 Kilmarnock 2–3 Dundee United 16 August 1972 Dundee United 5–0 Stenhousemuir 19 August 1972 Kilmarnock 2–1 Dunfermline Athletic 19 August 1972 Dundee United 2–1 Kilmarnock 23 August 1972 Stenhousemuir 5–2 Dunfermline Athletic 23 August 1972 Dunfermline Athletic 0–1 Dundee United 26 August 1972 Kilmarnock 3–1 Stenhousemuir 26 August 1972 Dunfermline Athletic 1–0 Kilmarnock 30 August 1972 Stenhousemuir 2–0 Dundee United 30 August 1972 Group 5 main WDL Group 5 n 2 STJ St Johnstone FAL Falkirk RAI Raith Rovers MON Montrose 5 0 1 17 6 3 0 3 10 12 2 0 4 6 7 2 0 4 8 16 #cfc A A complete Home teamScoreAway teamDate Montrose 3–4 Falkirk 12 August 1972 St Johnstone 2–0 Raith Rovers 12 August 1972 Falkirk 1–2 St Johnstone 16 August 1972 Raith Rovers 1–2 Montrose 16 August 1972 Falkirk 1–0 Raith Rovers 19 August 1972 St Johnstone 4–1 Montrose 19 August 1972 Montrose 2–1 Raith Rovers 23 August 1972 St Johnstone 6–1 Falkirk 23 August 1972 Falkirk 3–0 Montrose 26 August 1972 Raith Rovers 3–0 St Johnstone 26 August 1972 Montrose 0–3 St Johnstone 30 August 1972 Raith Rovers 1–0 Falkirk 30 August 1972 Group 6 main WDL Group 6 n 2 AIR Airdrieonians DUM Dumbarton HOM Heart of Midlothian BER Berwick Rangers 3 2 1 9 7 2 2 2 9 7 1 3 2 6 5 1 3 2 5 10 #cfc A A complete Home teamScoreAway teamDate Airdrieonians 0–0 Berwick Rangers 12 August 1972 Dumbarton 1–0 Heart of Midlothian 12 August 1972 Berwick Rangers 1–0 Dumbarton 16 August 1972 Heart of Midlothian 0–0 Airdrieonians 16 August 1972 Berwick Rangers 1–1 Heart of Midlothian 19 August 1972 Dumbarton 4–1 Airdrieonians 19 August 1972 Airdrieonians 2–1 Heart of Midlothian 23 August 1972 Dumbarton 2–2 Berwick Rangers 23 August 1972 Berwick Rangers 1–4 Airdrieonians 26 August 1972 Heart of Midlothian 1–1 Dumbarton 26 August 1972 Airdrieonians 2–1 Dumbarton 30 August 1972 Heart of Midlothian 3–0 Berwick Rangers 30 August 1972 Group 7 main WDL Group 7 n 2 DND Dundee MOT Motherwell CLY Clyde EST East Stirlingshire 6 0 0 19 5 2 2 2 11 9 2 2 2 9 7 0 0 6 4 22 #cfc A A complete Home teamScoreAway teamDate Clyde 2–2 Motherwell 12 August 1972 East Stirlingshire 2–8 Dundee 12 August 1972 Dundee 2–1 Clyde 16 August 1972 Motherwell 1–0 East Stirlingshire 16 August 1972 Clyde 3–1 East Stirlingshire 19 August 1972 Motherwell 1–3 Dundee 19 August 1972 Clyde 0–1 Dundee 23 August 1972 East Stirlingshire 1–5 Motherwell 23 August 1972 Dundee 3–0 East Stirlingshire 26 August 1972 Motherwell 1–1 Clyde 26 August 1972 Dundee 2–1 Motherwell 30 August 1972 East Stirlingshire 0–2 Clyde 30 August 1972 Group 8 main WDL Group 8 n 2 CEL Celtic EFI East Fife STI Stirling Albion ARB Arbroath 4 2 0 18 6 2 2 2 7 8 2 1 3 4 10 1 1 4 9 14 #cfc A A complete Home teamScoreAway teamDate East Fife 2–1 Arbroath 12 August 1972 Stirling Albion 0–3 Celtic 12 August 1972 Arbroath 1–2 Stirling Albion 16 August 1972 Celtic 1–1 East Fife 16 August 1972 Arbroath 0–5 Celtic 19 August 1972 East Fife 0–0 Stirling Albion 19 August 1972 East Fife 2–3 Celtic 23 August 1972 Stirling Albion 2–1 Arbroath 23 August 1972 Arbroath 3–0 East Fife 26 August 1972 Celtic 3–0 Stirling Albion 26 August 1972 Celtic 3–3 Arbroath 28 August 1972 Stirling Albion 0–2 East Fife 30 August 1972 Group 9 main WDL Group 9 n 2 ALO Alloa Athletic ALB Albion Rovers FOR Forfar Athletic HAM Hamilton Academical BRE Brechin City 3 0 1 9 6 2 0 2 11 9 2 0 2 5 5 2 0 2 5 6 1 0 3 3 7 #cfc A A complete Home teamScoreAway teamDate Forfar Athletic 2–1 Alloa Athletic 12 August 1972 Hamilton Academical 1–0 Brechin City 12 August 1972 Alloa Athletic 4–3 Albion Rovers 16 August 1972 Brechin City 2–1 Forfar Athletic 16 August 1972 Albion Rovers 3–0 Brechin City 19 August 1972 Forfar Athletic 1–0 Hamilton Academical 19 August 1972 Hamilton Academical 4–3 Albion Rovers 22 August 1972 Brechin City 1–2 Alloa Athletic 23 August 1972 Albion Rovers 2–1 Forfar Athletic 26 August 1972 Alloa Athletic 2–0 Hamilton Academical 26 August 1972 Supplementary round First leg Home teamScoreAway teamDate Alloa Athletic 0–0 Ayr United 4 September 1972 Motherwell 4–1 Albion Rovers 4 September 1972 Second leg Home teamScoreAway teamDateAgg Albion Rovers 0–4 Motherwell 6 September 1972 1–8 Ayr United 0–1 Alloa Athletic 6 September 1972 0–1 2nd round First leg Home teamScoreAway teamDate Aberdeen 8–0 Falkirk 20 September 1972 Dumbarton 3–0 Dundee 20 September 1972 Dundee United 2–5 Hibernian 20 September 1972 East Fife 1–0 Partick Thistle 20 September 1972 Motherwell 0–1 Airdrieonians 20 September 1972 St Johnstone 2–0 Alloa Athletic 20 September 1972 Stenhousemuir 0–5 Rangers 20 September 1972 Stranraer 1–2 Celtic 20 September 1972 Second leg Home teamScoreAway teamDateAgg Airdrieonians 1–1 Motherwell 4 October 1972 2–1 Alloa Athletic 0–1 St Johnstone 3 October 1972 0–3 Celtic 5–2 Stranraer 4 October 1972 7–3 Dundee 4–0 Dumbarton 4 October 1972 4–3 Falkirk 3–2 Aberdeen 4 October 1972 3–10 Hibernian 0–0 Dundee United 4 October 1972 5–2 Partick Thistle 0–0 East Fife 4 October 1972 0–1 Rangers 1–2 Stenhousemuir 4 October 1972 6–2 Quarter-finals First leg Home teamScoreAway teamDate Aberdeen 3–0 East Fife 11 October 1972 Airdrieonians 2–6 Hibernian 11 October 1972 Dundee 1–0 Celtic 11 October 1972 Rangers 1–1 St Johnstone 11 October 1972 Second leg Home teamScoreAway teamDateAgg Celtic 3–2After Extra Time Dundee 1 November 1972 3–3 East Fife 1–4 Aberdeen 1 November 1972 1–7 Hibernian 4–1 Airdrieonians 1 November 1972 10–3 St Johnstone 0–2 Rangers 1 November 1972 1–3 Replay Home teamScoreAway teamDate Celtic 4–1 Dundee 20 November 1972 Semi-finals Ties Home teamScoreAway teamDate Hibernian 1–0 Rangers 22 November 1972 Celtic 3–2 Aberdeen 27 November 1972 Final 1972 Scottish League Cup Final 9 December 1972 Hibernian 2–1 Celtic Stanton 60 O'Rourke 66 Dalglish 77 Hampden Park, Glasgow 71,696 References General http://www.statto.com/football/stats/scotland/league-cup/1972-1973/results Scottish League Cup 1972–1973 : Results 6 February 2012 Statto https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060911/http://www.statto.com/football/stats/scotland/league-cup/1972-1973/results 4 March 2016 live dmy-all Specific Category:Scottish League Cup seasons League Cup Cup