1958–59 Scottish League Cup Explained

1958–59 Scottish League Cup
Country:Scotland
Defending Champions:Celtic
Winners:Heart of Midlothian
Second:Partick Thistle
Prev Season:1957–58
Next Season:1959–60

The 1958–59 Scottish League Cup was the thirteenth season of Scotland's second football knockout competition. The competition was won by Heart of Midlothian, who defeated Partick Thistle in the Final.

First round

Group 1

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth= 125Date
3–0 9 August 1958
4–2 9 August 1958
3–0 13 August 1958
3–1 13 August 1958
1–3 16 August 1958
2–2 16 August 1958
2–1 23 August 1958
3–1 23 August 1958
6–0 27 August 1958
4–5 27 August 1958
3–1 30 August 1958
0–3 30 August 1958

Group 2

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3–4 9 August 1958
1–4 9 August 1958
3–3 13 August 1958
1–2 13 August 1958
2–3 16 August 1958
3–0 16 August 1958
2–0 23 August 1958
3–2 23 August 1958
1–2 27 August 1958
6–1 27 August 1958
3–1 30 August 1958
6–3 30 August 1958

Group 3

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2–3 9 August 1958
1–2 9 August 1958
1–2 13 August 1958
5–1 13 August 1958
2–5 16 August 1958
1–0 16 August 1958
4–0 23 August 1958
3–2 23 August 1958
2–3 27 August 1958
3–0 27 August 1958
2–0 30 August 1958
1–1 30 August 1958

Group 4

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3–2 9 August 1958
1–2 9 August 1958
1–2 13 August 1958
1–3 13 August 1958
5–1 16 August 1958
0–3 16 August 1958
0–2 23 August 1958
0–4 23 August 1958
4–2 27 August 1958
1–2 27 August 1958
1–1 30 August 1958
2–1 30 August 1958

Group 5

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth= 125Date
1–3 9 August 1958
3–2 9 August 1958
0–3 13 August 1958
6–1 13 August 1958
4–1 16 August 1958
1–0 16 August 1958
2–5 23 August 1958
5–2 23 August 1958
5–1 27 August 1958
1–3 27 August 1958
1–2 30 August 1958
5–2 30 August 1958

Group 6

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth= 125Date
2–1 9 August 1958
1–2 9 August 1958
1–3 13 August 1958
1–3 13 August 1958
1–4 16 August 1958
1–2 16 August 1958
5–3 23 August 1958
0–0 23 August 1958
6–1 27 August 1958
2–0 27 August 1958
2–1 30 August 1958
6–1 30 August 1958

Group 7

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth= 125Date
3–1 9 August 1958
3–3 9 August 1958
1–3 13 August 1958
2–1 13 August 1958
6–3 16 August 1958
5–2 16 August 1958
2–5 23 August 1958
0–3 23 August 1958
4–0 27 August 1958
3–1 27 August 1958
2–2 30 August 1958
0–1 30 August 1958

Group 8

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth= 125Date
3–1 9 August 1958
2–2 9 August 1958
7–1 13 August 1958
1–0 13 August 1958
4–0 16 August 1958
2–3 16 August 1958
3–1 23 August 1958
4–1 23 August 1958
2–0 27 August 1958
1–2 27 August 1958
1–1 30 August 1958
3–0 30 August 1958

Group 9

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0–5 9 August 1958
4–1 9 August 1958
0–4 13 August 1958
3–2 13 August 1958
1–2 16 August 1958
0–1 16 August 1958
4–1 23 August 1958
2–1 23 August 1958
3–4 27 August 1958
2–2 30 August 1958

Supplementary round

First leg

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3–4 1 September 1958

Second leg

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1–0 3 September 1958 5–3

Quarter-finals

First leg

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1–5 10 September 1958
2–0 10 September 1958
4–1 10 September 1958
2–1 10 September 1958

Second leg

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1–1 17 September 1958 2–3
1–8 17 September 1958 1–10
3–3 16 September 1958 4–7
3–1 17 September 1958 8–2

Semi-finals

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3–0 1 October 1958
2–1 1 October 1958

Final

See main article: 1958 Scottish League Cup Final.

References

General