1991–92 Scottish League Cup Explained

1991–92 Skol Cup
Country:Scotland
Winners:Hibernian
Second:Dunfermline Athletic
Prev Season:1990–91
Next Season:1992–93

The 1991–92 Scottish League Cup was the 46th staging of Scotland's second most prestigious football knockout competition. The competition was sponsored by Skol and was also known as the Skol Cup.[1]

The competition was won by Hibs, who defeated Dunfermline Athletic 2–0 in the final at Hampden Park. This meant that Hibs won their first major trophy since winning the same competition in 1972. It marked a great turnaround in Hibs' fortunes since the summer of 1990, when the very existence of the club had been threatened by a takeover bid made by Wallace Mercer, who had intended to merge Hibs with Hearts. This period was later covered by an episode of the BBC documentary That Was The Team That Was, which revealed that Hibs player Murdo MacLeod had placed a bet on his team winning the cup.

First round

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Berwick Rangers0–1Dumbarton
Alloa Athletic(p)0 – 0Stranraer
East Fife2 – 2(p)East Stirlingshire
Queen of the South0–4Albion Rovers
Queen's Park4–2Stenhousemuir
Cowdenbeath1–0Arbroath

Second round

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Cowdenbeath0–1Kilmarnock
Clyde0–4Aberdeen
Dundee2–4Ayr United
Meadowbank Thistle0–2St Johnstone
Greenock Morton2–4Celtic
Brechin City3 – 3(p)St Mirren
Dumbarton1–2Airdrieonians
Dundee United3–2Montrose
Dunfermline Athletic4–1Alloa Athletic
Falkirk3–0East Stirlingshire
Hamilton Academical2–0Forfar Athletic
Heart of Midlothian3–0Clydebank
Partick Thistle2–0Albion Rovers
Raith Rovers4–1Motherwell
Rangers6–0Queen's Park
Stirling Albion0–3Hibernian

Third round

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Aberdeen0–1Airdrieonians
Dunfermline Athletic(p)1 – 1St Mirren
Ayr United2–0St Johnstone
Celtic3–1Raith Rovers
Dundee United1–0Falkirk
Hamilton Academical0–2Heart of Midlothian
Kilmarnock2–3Hibernian
Partick Thistle0–2Rangers

Quarter-final

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Heart of Midlothian0–1Rangers
Airdrieonians(p)0 – 0Celtic
Ayr United0–2Hibernian
Dunfermline Athletic3–1Dundee United

Semi-final

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Final

See main article: 1991 Scottish League Cup Final.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: SFL League Cup Final Results 1946/47 – 2006/07 . 22 June 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080530094939/http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/res/documents/SFL/SFLHandbook/Cup%20Finals.pdf . 30 May 2008 . dead . dmy-all .