1978 Scottish Cup Final

Aberdeen FC and Rangers FC teams line up before the 1978 Scottish Cup Final.

Event

1977–78 Scottish Cup

Rangers	Aberdeen

2	1

Date

6 May 1978

Venue

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Referee

Brian McGinlay

Attendance

61,563

The 1978 Scottish Cup Final was played on 6 May 1978 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 93rd Scottish Cup. Aberdeen and Rangers contested the match, Rangers won the match 2–1 with a flying header from Alex MacDonald and a second from Derek Johnstone in the second half.

Match details

Rangers v Aberdeen

6 May 1978

Rangers	2 – 1	Aberdeen
Alex MacDonald 35' Derek Johnstone 57'	Report (page 16)	Steve Ritchie 85'

Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 61,563
Referee: Brian McGinlay


RANGERS:
GK	Peter McCloy
DF	Sandy Jardine
DF	Colin Jackson
DF	John Greig
DF	Tom Forsyth
MF	Tommy McLean
MF	Bobby Russell
MF	Alex MacDonald
MF	Davie Cooper	?'
FW	Derek Johnstone
FW	Gordon Smith
Substitutes:
MF	Kenny Watson	?'
Manager:
Jock Wallace


ABERDEEN:
GK	Bobby Clark
DF	Stuart Kennedy
DF	Willie Miller
DF	Willie Garner
DF	Steve Ritchie
MF	Ian Fleming	?'
MF	Dom Sullivan
MF	John McMaster
MF	Duncan Davidson
FW	Drew Jarvie
FW	Joe Harper
Substitutes:
MF	Ian Scanlon	?'
Manager:
Billy McNeill

References

Scottish Cup
Seasons	1873–74 1874–75 1875–76 1876–77 1877–78 1878–79 1879–80 1880–81 1881–82 1882–83 1883–84 1884–85 1885–86 1886–87 1887–88 1888–89 1889–90 1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18
Finals	1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
List of finals Winning managers

Aberdeen F.C. matches
Scottish Cup Finals	1937 1947 1953 1954 1959 1967 1970 1978 1982 1983 1984 1986 1990 1993 2000 2017
Scottish League Cup Finals	1947 (April) 1955 1976 1979 (March) 1979 (December) 1985 1987 1988 1989 1992 1995 2000 2014 2016 (November)
European Cup Winners' Cup Final	1983
European Super Cup	1983

Rangers F.C. matches
Scottish Cup Finals	1877 1879 1894 1897 1898 1899 1903 1904 1905 1909 1921 1922 1928 1929 1930 1932 1934 1935 1936 1948 1949 1950 1953 1960 1962 1963 1964 1966 1969 1971 1973 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1989 1992 1993 1994 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2008 2009 2016
Scottish League Cup Finals	1947 (April) 1949 (March) 1951 1957 1960 1961 1963 1964 1965 1966 1970 1975 1978 1979 (March) 1981 1982 1984 (March) 1984 (October) 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1992 1993 1996 1998 2002 2003 2005 2008 2009 2010 2011
Scottish Challenge Cup Finals	2014 2016
European Cup Winners' Cup Finals	1961 1967 1972
UEFA Cup Final	2008
European Super Cup	1972 (unofficial)
Other matches	Berwick Rangers 1–0 Rangers (1967) Rangers 2–2 Celtic (1987)

1977–78 in Scottish football
« 1976–77 1978–79 »
Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Junior Cup
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup
Related to national team	Results World Cup 1978 qualifying (Group 7) 1978 FIFA World Cup British Home Championship
Club seasons
Premier Division	Aberdeen Ayr United Celtic Clydebank Dundee United Hibernian Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers St. Mirren
First Division	Airdrieonians Alloa Athletic Arbroath Dundee Dumbarton East Fife Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Kilmarnock Montrose Morton Queen of the South St. Johnstone Stirling Albion
Second Division	Albion Rovers Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clyde Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Athletic East Stirlingshire Falkirk Forfar Athletic Meadowbank Thistle Raith Rovers Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stranraer

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