1980–81 Scottish League Cup Explained

1980–81 Scottish League Cup
Defending Champions:	Dundee United
Winners:	Dundee United
Second:	Dundee
Scoring Leader:	Paul Sturrock (9)
Prev Season:	1979–80
Next Season:	1981–82

The 1980–81 Scottish League Cup was the thirty-fifth season of Scotland's second football knockout competition. The competition was won by Dundee United for a second successive season, who defeated Dundee in the Final.

First round

First leg

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	1–2		13 August 1980
	2–5		13 August 1980
	1–0		13 August 1980
	1–0		13 August 1980
	3–2		13 August 1980
	0–2		13 August 1980

Second leg

width=175	Home Team	width=20	Score	width=175	Away Team	width= 125	Date	width= 75	Agg
	0–1		20 August 1980	0–2
	0–0		20 August 1980	2–0
	4–0		20 August 1980	9–2
	0–4		19 August 1980	0–5
	0–2		20 August 1980	2–5
	0–2		20 August 1980	2–3

Second round

First leg

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	8–1		27 August 1980
	1–2		26 August 1980
	0–2		27 August 1980
	0–0		27 August 1980
	0–1		27 August 1980
	2–0		26 August 1980
	4–0		27 August 1980
	0–2		27 August 1980
	5–1		27 August 1980
	2–1		27 August 1980
	0–0		27 August 1980
	1–2		27 August 1980
	3–1		27 August 1980
	1–2		27 August 1980
	0–0		27 August 1980
	1–0		27 August 1980

Second leg

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	0–3		30 August 1980	0–5
	1–0		30 August 1980	3–1
	0–4		30 August 1980	1–12
	6–1^[1]		30 August 1980	6–2
	2–1		30 August 1980	2–1
	2–1		30 August 1980	4–2
	1–4		30 August 1980	1–8
	1–2		30 August 1980	1–2
	1–1		30 August 1980	3–1
	1–3		30 August 1980	2–5
	6–1		30 August 1980	6–1
	1–1		30 August 1980	2–4
	1–1^[2]		30 August 1980	2–1
	3–1		30 August 1980	5–1
	5–0		30 August 1980	7–1
	0–2		30 August 1980	1–7

Third round

First leg

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	0–2		3 September 1980
	0–0		3 September 1980
	1–3		22 September 1980
	2–3		3 September 1980
	2–1		3 September 1980
	2–0		3 September 1980
	0–1		3 September 1980
	1–0		3 September 1980

Second leg

width=175	Home Team	width=50	Score	width=175	Away Team	width= 125	Date	width= 75	Agg
	3–1		24 September 1980	3–2
	4–0		24 September 1980	7–2
	4–1		24 September 1980	7–2
	1–0		24 September 1980	2–0
	4–2		24 September 1980	5–4
	2–1		24 September 1980	4–1
	0–0^[3] ^[4]		24 September 1980	0–0
	0–0		24 September 1980	0–2

Quarter-finals

First leg

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	2–2		8 October 1980
	2–1		8 October 1980
	0–0		8 October 1980
	0–1		8 October 1980

Second leg

width=175	Home Team	width=20	Score	width=175	Away Team	width= 125	Date	width= 75	Agg
	0–1		29 October 1980	0–1
	2–1^[5]		20 October 1980	3–1
	4–1		29 October 1980	5–3
	0–2^[6]		22 October 1980	2–4

Semi-finals

First leg

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	1–1		5 November 1980
	1–1		12 November 1980

Second leg

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	0–3		19 November 1980	1–4
	3–2		19 November 1980	4–3

Final

See main article: 1980 Scottish League Cup Final.

References

General

• Web site: Scottish League Cup 1980–1981 : Results . 11 February 2012 . Statto . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062431/http://www.statto.com/football/stats/scotland/league-cup/1980-1981/results . 4 March 2016 . dead . dmy-all .

Specific

Notes and References

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