1971–72 Scottish League Cup

Country

Scotland

Defending champions

Rangers

Champions

Partick Thistle

Runners-up

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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hibernian	6	5	1	0	14	3	+11	11
Kilmarnock	6	2	1	3	7	9	-2	5
Dundee United	6	2	1	3	9	13	-4	5
Motherwell	6	1	1	4	7	12	-5	3

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Falkirk	6	4	1	1	12	6	+6	9
Dundee	6	3	2	1	10	5	+5	8
Aberdeen	6	3	1	2	11	7	+4	7
Clyde	6	0	0	6	2	17	-15	0

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
St Johnstone	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	7
Heart of Midlothian	6	3	0	3	12	6	+6	6
Airdrieonians	6	3	0	3	7	9	-2	6
Dunfermline Athletic	6	2	1	3	4	9	-5	5

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Celtic	6	5	0	1	13	2	+11	10
Rangers	6	4	0	2	11	5	+6	8
Morton	6	2	1	3	4	5	-1	5
Ayr United	6	0	1	5	2	18	-16	1

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Clydebank	6	4	2	0	17	9	+8	10
Queen's Park	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	6
Cowdenbeath	6	1	2	3	8	10	-2	4
Berwick Rangers	6	1	2	3	7	13	-6	4

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Stirling Albion	6	5	1	0	14	7	+7	11
Queen of the South	6	3	0	3	9	8	+1	6
Stenhousemuir	6	2	0	4	9	13	-4	4
Dumbarton	6	1	1	4	8	12	-4	3

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Partick Thistle	6	4	2	0	18	6	+12	10
Arbroath	6	2	2	2	11	11	0	6
Raith Rovers	6	1	3	2	5	13	-8	5
East Fife	6	0	3	3	7	11	-4	3

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
St Mirren	6	4	0	2	10	5	+5	8
Montrose	6	2	2	2	10	10	0	6
Stranraer	6	2	1	3	9	11	-2	5
Albion Rovers	6	2	1	3	5	8	-3	5

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Alloa Athletic	4	1	3	0	5	2	+3	5
Forfar Athletic	4	1	2	1	7	5	+2	4
East Stirlingshire	4	1	2	1	9	10	-1	4
Brechin City	4	1	2	1	6	8	-2	4
Hamilton Academical	4	1	1	2	9	11	-2	3

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
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 Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Partick Thistle	4–1	Alloa Athletic	6 September 1971

Second Leg

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date	Agg
Alloa Athletic	1–1	Partick Thistle	8 September 1971	2–5

Quarter-finals

First Leg

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
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 Team	Score	Away Team	Date	Agg
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 Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Celtic	3–0	St Mirren	6 October 1971
Partick Thistle	2–0	Falkirk	4 October 1971

Final

Main article: 1971 Scottish League Cup Final

Partick Thistle v Celtic

23 October 1971

Partick Thistle	4–1	Celtic
Rae 10' Lawrie 15' McQuade 28' Bone 37'		Dalglish 70'

Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 62,470


PARTICK THISTLE:
GK	1	Alan Rough
DF	2	John Hansen
DF	3	Alex Forsyth
MF	4	Ronnie Glavin
DF	5	Jackie Campbell
DF	6	Hugh Strachan
MF	7	Denis McQuade
FW	8	Frank Coulston
FW	9	Jimmy Bone
MF	10	Alex Rae
MF	11	Bobby Lawrie
Substitutes:
MF	?	Johnny Gibson
Manager:
Davie McParland


CELTIC:
GK	1	Evan Williams
DF	2	David Hay
DF	3	Tommy Gemmell
MF	4	Bobby Murdoch
MF	5	George Connelly
DF	6	Jim Brogan
MF	7	Jimmy Johnstone
FW	8	Kenny Dalglish
MF	9	Harry Hood
MF	10	Tommy Callaghan
FW	11	Lou Macari
Substitutes:
DF	?	Jim Craig
Manager:
Jock Stein

References

General

"Scottish League Cup 1971–1972 : Results". Statto. Retrieved 6 February 2012.

Specific

Scottish League Cup

Seasons	1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Finals	1947 (April) 1947 (October) 1949 (March) 1949 (October) 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1969 (April) 1969 (October) 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1978 1979 (March) 1979 (December) 1980 1981 1982 1984 (March) 1984 (October) 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 (March) 2016 (November)

Finals

Seasons in Scottish football

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1971–72 in Scottish football

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Domestic leagues	Football League First Division Second Division Highland League

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Junior Cup

European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup

Related to national team	Results Euro 1972 qualifying (Group 5) British Home Championship

Club seasons

First Division	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Ayr United Celtic Clyde Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic East Fife Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers St. Johnstone

Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clydebank Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Montrose Queen of the South Queen's Park Raith Rovers St. Mirren Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

1971–72 in European football (UEFA)

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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '71 '72 England Estonia '71 '72 Faroe Islands '71 '72 Finland '71 '72 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '71 '72 Israel Italy Latvia '71 '72 Lithuania '71 '72 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '71 '72 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '71 '72 Spain Sweden '71 '72 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '71 '72 Finland '71 '72 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '71 '72 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '71 '72 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '71 '72 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia

League cups	England Scotland

UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup

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