1983–84 Scottish League Cup Explained

1983–84 Scottish League Cup
Defending Champions:	Celtic
Winners:	Rangers
Second:	Celtic
Scoring Leader:	Ally McCoist (9)
Prev Season:	1982–83
Next Season:	1984–85

The 1983–84 Scottish League Cup was the 38th season of Scotland's second football knockout competition. The competition was won by Rangers, who defeated Celtic in the Final.

First round

First leg

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Albion Rovers (3)	0–4	Queen of the South (3)	13 August 1983
Arbroath (3)	0–1	East Fife (3)	13 August 1983
Berwick Rangers (3)	2–0	Stranraer (3)	13 August 1983
Forfar Athletic (3)	1–0	Stenhousemuir (3)	13 August 1983
Montrose (3)	1–0	East Stirlingshire (3)	13 August 1983
Stirling Albion (3)	1–1	Cowdenbeath (3)	15 August 1983

Second leg

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	2–0		17 August 1983	3–1
	1–1		17 August 1983	2–1
	1–2		17 August 1983	1–3
	2–1		17 August 1983	6–1
	2–2		17 August 1983	2–3
	1–1		17 August 1983	1–3

Second round

First leg

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Aberdeen (1)	9–0	Raith Rovers (2)	24 August 1983
Airdrieonians (2)	2–0	Clyde (2)	23 August 1983
Ayr United (2)	1–2	Clydebank (2)	23 August 1983
Brechin City (2)	0–1	Celtic (1)	23 August 1983
Cowdenbeath (3)	1–0	Heart of Midlothian (1)	24 August 1983
Dundee United (1)	6–1	Dunfermline Ath (3)	24 August 1983
East Fife (3)	1–2	St Johnstone (1)	24 August 1983
Falkirk (2)	2–3	Alloa Athletic (2)	24 August 1983
Hamilton Academical (2)	2–1	Morton (2)	24 August 1983
Hibernian (1)	5–0	Dumbarton (2)	24 August 1983
Meadowbank Thistle (2)	2–1	Partick Thistle (2)	24 August 1983
Montrose (2)	1–3	Dundee (1)	23 August 1983
Motherwell (1)	2–0	Berwick Rangers (3)	24 August 1983
Queen's Park (3)	3–2	Kilmarnock (2)	24 August 1983
Rangers (1)	4–0	Queen of the South (3)	24 August 1983
St Mirren (1)	1–0	Forfar Athletic (3)	24 August 1983

Second leg

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	2–2		27 August 1983	5–4
	0–2		27 August 1983	0–4
	0–0		27 August 1983	1–0
	1–0		27 August 1983	1–2
	1–0		27 August 1983	3–1
	1–2		27 August 1983	1–7
	4–1		27 August 1983	7–2
	0–2		27 August 1983	1–8
	2–2		27 August 1983	2–3
	1–1^[1] ^[2]		27 August 1983	1–2
	3–1		27 August 1983	5–4
	3–1		27 August 1983	4–3
	1–2		27 August 1983	2–4
	1–4		27 August 1983	1–8
	0–3		27 August 1983	0–12
	6–3		27 August 1983	8–4

Third round

Group 1

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	5–0		30 August 1983
	3–0		31 August 1983
	1–2		7 September 1983
	1–1		7 September 1983
	4–2		5 October 1983
	2–4		5 October 1983
	3–0		26 October 1983
	2–2		26 October 1983
	2–4		9 November 1983
	4–2		9 November 1983
	1–0		30 November 1983
	0–3		30 November 1983

Group 2

width=175	Home Team	width=20	Score	width=175	Away Team	width= 125	Date
	4–0		31 August 1983
	2–2		31 August 1983
	2–0		7 September 1983
	0–3		7 September 1983
	1–1		5 October 1983
	5–0		5 October 1983
	2–0		26 October 1983
	3–3		26 October 1983
	0–3		9 November 1983
	3–1		9 November 1983
	0–3		30 November 1983
	0–1		30 November 1983

Group 3

width=175	Home Team	width=20	Score	width=175	Away Team	width= 125	Date
	4–0		31 August 1983
	2–1		31 August 1983
	0–1		7 September 1983
	0–1		7 September 1983
	1–2		4 October 1983
	0–0		5 October 1983
	1–1		25 October 1983
	1–0		26 October 1983
	1–3		9 November 1983
	0–3		9 November 1983
	1–2		30 November 1983
	0–0		30 November 1983

Group 4

width=175	Home Team	width=20	Score	width=175	Away Team	width= 125	Date
	1–6		31 August 1983
	2–0		31 August 1983
	5–1		7 September 1983
	3–0		7 September 1983
	1–1		5 October 1983
	0–0		5 October 1983
	1–2		26 October 1983
	0–0		26 October 1983
	0–0		9 November 1983
	3–1		9 November 1983
	1–3		30 November 1983
	0–1		30 November 1983

Semi-finals

First leg

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	0–0		22 February 1984
	1–1		14 February 1984

Second leg

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	1–0		10 March 1984	1–0
	2–0		22 February 1984	3–1

Final

See main article: 1984 Scottish League Cup Final (March).

References

General

• Web site: Scottish League Cup 1983–1984 : Results . 16 February 2012 . Statto . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052940/http://www.statto.com/football/stats/scotland/league-cup/1983-1984/results . 4 March 2016 . dead . dmy-all .

Specific

Notes and References

1. After Extra Time
2. [Heart of Midlothian F.C.]