1979–80 Scottish Cup Explained

1979–80 Scottish Cup
Country:Scotland
Winners:Celtic
Second:Rangers
Prev Season:1978–79
Next Season:1980–81

The 1979–80 Scottish Cup was the 95th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Celtic who defeated Rangers in the final. The match was marred by crowd trouble which resulted in violent clashes between rival fans and led to the current ban on alcohol at Scottish grounds.[1]

First round

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Annan Athletic1 – 3Stranraer
Cowdenbeath3 – 0Albion Rovers
East Stirlingshire1 – 1Brechin City
Queen of the South1 – 1Falkirk
Spartans1 – 2Forfar Athletic
Stenhousemuir4 – 2Queen's Park

Replays

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Falkirk0 – 4Queen of the South
Brechin City1 – 1East Stirlingshire

Second Replays

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Brechin City1 – 0East Stirlingshire

Second round

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Alloa Athletic1 – 0East Fife
Brechin City1 – 1Montrose
Buckie Thistle0 – 0Brora Rangers
Coldstream1 – 1Queen of the South
Cowdenbeath3 – 2Forfar Athletic
Stenhousemuir0 – 0Peterhead
Stranraer1 – 1Meadowbank Thistle
Threave Rovers2 – 3Keith

Replays

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Brora Rangers1 – 2Buckie Thistle
Meadowbank Thistle2 – 1Stranraer
Montrose3 – 4Brechin City
Peterhead2 – 0Stenhousemuir
Queen of the South4 – 0Coldstream

Third round

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Airdrieonians3 – 1St Johnstone
Alloa Athletic0 – 1Hearts
Dundee United5 – 1Dundee
Dunfermline Athletic2 – 0Buckie Thistle
Kilmarnock0 – 1Partick Thistle
Arbroath1 – 1Aberdeen
Berwick Rangers3 – 1Peterhead
Celtic2 – 1Raith Rovers
Clyde2 – 2Rangers
Clydebank1 – 1Stirling Albion
Dumbarton1 – 2Ayr United
Hamilton Academical2 – 3Keith
Meadowbank Thistle0 – 1Hibernian
Greenock Morton1 – 0Cowdenbeath
Queen of the South2 – 0Motherwell
St Mirren3 – 1Brechin City

Replays

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Aberdeen5 – 0Arbroath
Rangers2 – 0Clyde
Stirling Albion1 – 1Clydebank

Second Replays

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Clydebank0 – 1Stirling Albion

Fourth round

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Hibernian2 – 0Ayr United
Aberdeen8 – 0Airdrieonians
Celtic1 – 1St Mirren
Hearts2 – 0Stirling Albion
Keith1 – 2Berwick Rangers
Greenock Morton5 – 0Dunfermline Athletic
Queen of the South1 – 3Partick Thistle
Rangers1 – 0Dundee United

Replays

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St Mirren2 – 3Celtic

Quarter-finals

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Berwick Rangers0 – 0Hibernian
Celtic2 – 0Greenock Morton
Partick Thistle1 – 2Aberdeen
Rangers6 – 1Hearts

Replays

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Hibernian1 – 0Berwick Rangers

Semi-finals

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Final

See main article: 1980 Scottish Cup Final.

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_prem/7265902.stm BBC SPORT | Football | Scottish Premier | Boyle urges alcohol ban rethink

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