1978 Scottish League Cup final explained

1978 Scottish League Cup final
Event:1977–78 Scottish League Cup
Team1:Rangers
Team1score:2
Team2:Celtic
Team2score:1
Date:18 March 1978
Stadium:Hampden Park
City:Glasgow
Referee:D. Syme
Attendance:60,168
Previous:1976
Next:March 1979

The 1978 Scottish League Cup final was played on 18 March 1978 and was the final of the 32nd Scottish League Cup competition. It was contested by the Old Firm derby rivals, Rangers and Celtic. Rangers won the match 2–1 after extra time thanks to goals by Davie Cooper and Gordon Smith.

Match details

RANGERS:
GK 1Stewart Kennedy
DF 2Sandy Jardine
DF 3John Greig
DF 4Tom Forsyth
DF 5Colin Jackson
MF 6Alex MacDonald
MF 7Tommy McLean
MF 8
FW 9Derek Johnstone
FW 10Gordon Smith
MF 11
Substitutes:
DF?
FW?
Manager:
Jock Wallace
CELTIC:
GK 1Peter Latchford
DF 2Alan Sneddon
DF 3
DF 4Frank Munro
DF 5Roddie MacDonald
MF 6John Dowie
MF 7
MF 8Jóhannes Eðvaldsson
FW 9George McCluskey
FW 10Roy Aitken
MF 11Tommy Burns
Substitutes:
MF ?
MF ?
Manager:
Jock Stein

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