1977–78 Scottish Cup

1977–78 Scottish Cup
Country Scotland
Champions Rangers
Runners-up Aberdeen

The 1977–78 Scottish Cup was the 93rd staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Rangers who defeated Aberdeen in the final.

First round

Home team Score Away team
Brechin City 2 – 0 Falkirk
Burntisland Shipyard 1 – 4 Berwick Rangers
Civil Service Strollers 4 – 3 Selkirk
Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 0 Clyde
Inverness Caledonian 5 – 0 Inverness Thistle
Raith Rovers 1 – 0 Stenhousemuir

Replays

Home team Score Away team
Clyde 0 – 3 Dunfermline Athletic

Second round

Home team Score Away team
Albion Rovers 1 – 0 Buckie Thistle
Berwick Rangers 6 – 0 Raith Rovers
Brechin City 1 – 0 Dunfermline Athletic
Inverness Caledonian 4 – 0 Civil Service Strollers
Meadowbank Thistle 2 – 1 East Stirlingshire
Peterhead 1 – 1 Cowdenbeath
Stranraer 0 – 1 Queen’s Park
Vale of Leithen 4 – 1 Forfar Athletic

Replays

Home team Score Away team
Cowdenbeath 5 – 0 Peterhead

Third round

Home team Score Away team
St Johnstone 1 – 0 Brechin City
Stirling Albion 3 – 0 Clydebank
Aberdeen 2 – 0 Ayr United
Airdrieonians 2 – 3 Hearts
Celtic 7 – 1 Dundee
St Mirren 1 – 2 Kilmarnock
Albion Rovers 0 – 1 Greenock Morton
Partick Thistle 1 – 1 Cowdenbeath
Vale of Leithen 0 – 1 Queen’s Park
Alloa Athletic 2 – 2 Dumbarton
Arbroath 0 – 4 Motherwell
Berwick Rangers 2 – 4 Rangers
Hamilton Academical 1 – 4 Dundee United
Hibernian 4 – 0 East Fife
Meadowbank Thistle 2 – 1 Inverness Caledonian
Queen of the South 2 – 2 Montrose

Replays

Home team Score Away team
Cowdenbeath 0 – 1 Partick Thistle
Dumbarton 2 – 1 Alloa Athletic
Montrose 1 – 3 Queen of the South

Fourth round

Home team Score Away team
Hibernian 0 – 0 Partick Thistle
Aberdeen 3 – 0 St Johnstone
Celtic 1 – 1 Kilmarnock
Dundee United 3 – 0 Queen of the South
Motherwell 1 – 3 Queen’s Park
Dumbarton 1 – 1 Hearts
Greenock Morton 3 – 0 Meadowbank Thistle
Rangers 1 – 0 Stirling Albion

Replays

Home team Score Away team
Partick Thistle 2 – 1 Hibernian
Kilmarnock 1 – 0 Celtic
Hearts 0 – 1 Dumbarton

Quarter-finals

Home team Score Away team
Aberdeen 2 – 2 Greenock Morton
Dundee United 2 – 0 Queen’s Park
Partick Thistle 2 – 1 Dumbarton
Rangers 4 – 1 Kilmarnock

Replays

Home team Score Away team
Greenock Morton 1 – 2 Aberdeen

Semi-finals

5 April 1978
Rangers 2 – 0 Dundee United
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 25,619

12 April 1978
Aberdeen 4 – 2 Partick Thistle
Ian Fleming  32'  39'  77'
Joe Harper  71' (pen.)
Jim Melrose  64'  68'
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 12,282
Referee: John Gordon

Final

6 May 1978
Rangers 2 – 1 Aberdeen
Alex MacDonald  35'
Derek Johnstone  57'
Steve Ritchie  85'
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 61,563
Referee: Brian McGinlay

See also

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