Scottish League Cup 1957/58

Scottish League Cup 1957/58
Association	Scottish FA
First edition	1946/47
Teams	37
Game mode	Knockout system
Title holder	Celtic Glasgow (2nd title)
Record winner	East Fife FC (3 wins)
Website	spfl.co.uk

The Scottish League Cup was played for the 12th time in 1957/58 . The Scottish Football League Cup, which was played among the participants of the Scottish Football League , began on August 10, 1957 and ended with the final on October 19, 1957 in Hampden Park in Glasgow . As defending champion, Celtic Glasgow started the competition that had prevailed against Partick Thistle in the previous year's final . In this year's final, Celtic met the Rangers at the Old Firm . The Bhoys reached the league cup final for the second time in a row and overall. The Rangers reached the final for the fourth time after 1947 , 1949 and 1952 . Both clubs faced each other in a final for the first time in 30 years. The final went down in history as Hampden in the Sun with a 7-1 final win by the Bhoys in Green . To this day it represents the record victory and defeat of the two rivals, as well as the record victory in a cup final in Great Britain . The TV broadcast was ended prematurely during the game. The rest of the footage of the game wasn't released until 1990. The photo of Dick Beattie in which he shows seven fingers became famous. In the Scottish Championship , Celtic was third in the table, the Rangers runner-up behind Heart of Midlothian .

"What's the time?", "Its Seven past Niven !"

- Celtic fans

Group stage

Group 1

The matches took place between August 10 and September 1, 1957.

	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Aberdeen FC	6th	6th	0	0	22:12	12
2.	FC Falkirk	6th	2	1	3	13:11	05
3.	Motherwell FC	6th	2	0	4th	11:17	04th
4th	Queen of the South	6th	1	1	4th	8:14	03

1st matchday
Aberdeen FC	5: 1	Queen of the South
Motherwell FC	1: 4	FC Falkirk
2nd matchday
FC Falkirk	3: 4	Aberdeen FC
Queen of the South	3-0	Motherwell FC
3rd matchday
FC Falkirk	3-0	Queen of the South
Motherwell FC	2: 3	Aberdeen FC
4th matchday
FC Falkirk	1: 3	Motherwell FC
Queen of the South	2: 3	Aberdeen FC
5th matchday
Aberdeen FC	2: 1	FC Falkirk
Motherwell FC	2: 1	Queen of the South
6th matchday
Aberdeen FC	5: 3	Motherwell FC
Queen of the South	1: 1	FC Falkirk

Group 2

The matches took place between August 10 and September 1, 1957.

	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Glasgow Rangers	6th	4th	0	2	18:10	8th
2.	Raith Rovers	6th	4th	0	2	16:10	8th
3.	FC St. Mirren	6th	3	0	3	5:14	6th
4th	Partick Thistle	6th	1	0	5	4: 9	2

1st matchday
Raith Rovers	1-0	Partick Thistle
Glasgow Rangers	6-0	FC St. Mirren
2nd matchday
Partick Thistle	0: 1	Glasgow Rangers
FC St. Mirren	1-0	Raith Rovers
3rd matchday
Glasgow Rangers	4: 3	Raith Rovers
FC St. Mirren	1-0	Partick Thistle
4th matchday
Partick Thistle	1: 4	Raith Rovers
FC St. Mirren	0: 4	Glasgow Rangers
5th matchday
Raith Rovers	4: 1	FC St. Mirren
Glasgow Rangers	0: 3	Partick Thistle
6th matchday
Partick Thistle	0: 2	FC St. Mirren
Raith Rovers	4: 3	Glasgow Rangers

Group 3

The matches took place between August 10 and September 1, 1957.

	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Celtic Glasgow	6th	5	0	1	18: 8	10
2.	Hibernian Edinburgh	6th	3	1	2	15:10	07th
3.	Airdrieonians FC	6th	3	0	3	20:13	06th
4th	East Fife FC	6th	0	1	5	6:28	01

1st matchday
Celtic Glasgow	3: 2	Airdrieonians FC
Hibernian Edinburgh	4-0	East Fife FC
2nd matchday
Airdrieonians FC	4: 1	Hibernian Edinburgh
East Fife FC	1: 4	Celtic Glasgow
3rd matchday
East Fife FC	1: 3	Airdrieonians FC
Hibernian Edinburgh	3: 1	Celtic Glasgow
4th matchday
Airdrieonians FC	1: 2	Celtic Glasgow
East Fife FC	2: 2	Hibernian Edinburgh
5th matchday
Celtic Glasgow	6: 1	East Fife FC
Hibernian Edinburgh	5: 1	Airdrieonians FC
6th matchday
Airdrieonians FC	9: 1	East Fife FC
Celtic Glasgow	2-0	Hibernian Edinburgh

Group 4

The matches took place between August 10 and September 1, 1957.

	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	FC Kilmarnock	6th	3	3	0	12: 6	9
2.	Heart of Midlothian	6th	2	3	1	17: 9	7th
3.	Dundee FC	6th	1	3	2	11:13	5
4th	FC Queen's Park	6th	0	3	3	8:20	3

1st matchday
FC Kilmarnock	2: 1	Heart of Midlothian
FC Queen's Park	2: 5	Dundee FC
2nd matchday
Dundee FC	0: 3	FC Kilmarnock
Heart of Midlothian	9: 2	FC Queen's Park
3rd matchday
Dundee FC	2: 2	Heart of Midlothian
FC Kilmarnock	3: 1	FC Queen's Park
4th matchday
Dundee FC	1: 1	FC Queen's Park
Heart of Midlothian	1: 1	FC Kilmarnock
5th matchday
FC Kilmarnock	1: 1	Dundee FC
FC Queen's Park	0-0	Heart of Midlothian
6th matchday
Heart of Midlothian	4: 2	Dundee FC
FC Queen's Park	2: 2	FC Kilmarnock

Group 5

The matches took place between August 10 and September 1, 1957.

	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Clyde FC	6th	6th	0	0	38: 4	12
2.	Dundee United	6th	3	0	3	13:19	06th
3.	Dumbarton FC	6th	2	0	4th	18:21	04th
4th	FC Stranraer	6th	1	0	5	8:33	02

1st matchday
Dundee United	1: 4	Clyde FC
FC Stranraer	3: 1	Dumbarton FC
2nd matchday
Clyde FC	10-0	FC Stranraer
Dumbarton FC	2: 4	Dundee United
3rd matchday
Clyde FC	7: 1	Dumbarton FC
FC Stranraer	2: 4	Dundee United
4th matchday
Clyde FC	8: 1	Dundee United
Dumbarton FC	10: 3	FC Stranraer
5th matchday
Dundee United	0: 3	Dumbarton FC
FC Stranraer	0: 5	Clyde FC
6th matchday
Dumbarton FC	1: 4	Clyde FC
Dundee United	3-0	FC Stranraer

Group 6

The matches took place between August 10 and September 1, 1957.

	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Brechin City	6th	3	1	2	18:12	7th
2.	Dunfermline Athletic	6th	3	1	2	14:10	7th
3.	Ayr United	6th	3	1	2	14:14	7th
4th	Cowdenbeath FC	6th	0	3	3	8:18	3

1st matchday
Brechin City	5: 2	Ayr United
Dunfermline Athletic	1: 1	Cowdenbeath FC
2nd matchday
Ayr United	4: 1	Dunfermline Athletic
Cowdenbeath FC	1: 1	Brechin City
3rd matchday
Brechin City	2: 1	Dunfermline Athletic
Cowdenbeath FC	1: 1	Ayr United
4th matchday
Ayr United	4: 2	Brechin City
Cowdenbeath FC	2: 5	Dunfermline Athletic
5th matchday
Brechin City	7: 1	Cowdenbeath FC
Dunfermline Athletic	3-0	Ayr United
6th matchday
Ayr United	3: 2	Cowdenbeath FC
Dunfermline Athletic	3: 1	Brechin City

Group 7

The matches took place between August 10 and September 1, 1957.

	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Third Lanark	6th	4th	2	0	13: 6	10
2.	Greenock Morton	6th	3	1	2	15:12	07th
3.	FC Stenhousemuir	6th	2	1	3	14:15	05
4th	Stirling Albion	6th	1	0	5	2:11	02

1st matchday
Greenock Morton	0: 1	Stirling Albion
FC Stenhousemuir	3: 3	Third Lanark
2nd matchday
Stirling Albion	0: 1	FC Stenhousemuir
Third Lanark	1-0	Greenock Morton
3rd matchday
Greenock Morton	7: 5	FC Stenhousemuir
Third Lanark	2-0	Stirling Albion
4th matchday
Stirling Albion	1: 3	Greenock Morton
Third Lanark	3-0	FC Stenhousemuir
5th matchday
Greenock Morton	3: 3	Third Lanark
FC Stenhousemuir	4-0	Stirling Albion
6th matchday
FC Stenhousemuir	1: 2	Greenock Morton
Stirling Albion	0: 1	Third Lanark

Group 8

The matches took place between August 10 and September 1, 1957.

	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Hamilton Academical	6th	4th	2	0	15: 5	10
2.	FC Arbroath	6th	3	1	2	10: 9	07th
3.	St. Johnstone FC	6th	2	0	4th	13:16	04th
4th	Albion Rovers	6th	1	1	4th	10:18	03

1st matchday
Albion Rovers	2: 4	St. Johnstone FC
FC Arbroath	1: 1	Hamilton Academical
2nd matchday
Hamilton Academical	3: 2	Albion Rovers
St. Johnstone FC	1: 2	FC Arbroath
3rd matchday
Albion Rovers	2-0	FC Arbroath
St. Johnstone FC	0: 3	Hamilton Academical
4th matchday
Hamilton Academical	3-0	FC Arbroath
St. Johnstone FC	6: 2	Albion Rovers
5th matchday
Albion Rovers	1: 1	Hamilton Academical
FC Arbroath	3: 1	St. Johnstone FC
6th matchday
FC Arbroath	4: 1	Albion Rovers
Hamilton Academical	4: 1	St. Johnstone FC

Group 9

The matches took place between August 10 and September 1, 1957.

	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Montrose FC	4th	3	0	1	11: 6	6th
2.	East Stirlingshire FC	4th	2	1	1	12: 7	5
3.	Alloa Athletic	4th	2	1	1	12: 8	5
4th	Forfar Athletic	4th	2	0	2	10:11	4th
5.	Berwick Rangers	4th	0	0	4th	5:18	0

1st matchday
Berwick Rangers	3: 5	Forfar Athletic
East Stirlingshire FC	3: 1	Montrose FC
2nd matchday
Alloa Athletic	3: 3	East Stirlingshire FC
Montrose FC	4: 1	Forfar Athletic
3rd matchday
Alloa Athletic	5-0	Berwick Rangers
Forfar Athletic	2: 1	East Stirlingshire FC
4th matchday
Berwick Rangers	1: 3	Montrose FC
Forfar Athletic	2: 3	Alloa Athletic
5th matchday
East Stirlingshire FC	5: 1	Berwick Rangers
Montrose FC	3: 1	Alloa Athletic

Supplementary Round

The extra round was held on September 2nd and 4th, 1957.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Montrose FC	1: 3	Hamilton Academical	1-0	0: 3

Quarter finals

The first leg was played on September 11, 1957. The second leg took place on September 14, 1957.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Aberdeen FC	3: 6	Clyde FC	1: 2	2: 4
Celtic Glasgow	9: 1	Third Lanark	6: 1	3-0
Hamilton Academical	2: 5	Brechin City	2: 4	0: 1
FC Kilmarnock	3: 4	Glasgow Rangers	2: 1	1: 3

Semifinals

The games were played on September 28, 1957.

	Result
Celtic Glasgow	4: 2	Clyde FC
Glasgow Rangers	4-0	Brechin City

final

Celtic Glasgow		Glasgow Rangers
	final October 19, 1957 in Glasgow ( Hampden Park ) Result: 7: 1 (2: 0) Spectators: 82,293 Referee: JA Mowat Match report
	Dick Beattie - John Donnelly , Sean Fallon , Bertie Peacock - Bobby Evans , Charlie Tully , Bobby Collins , Sammy Wilson - Willie Fernie , Billy McPhail , Neil Mochan Trainer: Jimmy McGrory	George Niven - Eric Caldow , Bobby Shearer , Ian McColl - Alex Scott , Sammy Baird , Harold Davis , Johnny Hubbard , Johnny Valentine - Billy Simpson , Max Murray Trainer: Scot Symon
	1-0 Sammy Wilson (23rd) 2-0 Neil Mochan (44th) 3-0 Billy McPhail (53rd) 4-1 Billy McPhail (69th) 5: 1 Neil Mochan (74th) 6-1 Billy McPhail (81st) 7-1 Willie Fernie (90th penalty)	3: 1 Billy Simpson (59th)

Web links

• official website
• Scottish League Cup 1957/58 at Statto.com