Scottish League Cup 1965/66

Scottish League Cup 1965/66
Association	Scottish FA
First edition	1946/47
Game mode	Knockout system
Title holder	Celtic Glasgow (3rd title)
Record winner	Glasgow Rangers (6 wins)
Website	spfl.co.uk

The Scottish League Cup was played for the 20th time in 1965/66 . The Scottish Football League Cup, which was played among the participants of the Scottish Football League , began on August 14, 1965 and ended with the final on October 23, 1965 in Hampden Park in Glasgow . As the defending champion, the Glasgow Rangers started the competition who had prevailed against Celtic in the Old Firm in the previous year's final . In this year's final, the Rangers and Celtic met again . The Rangers reached the final for the third year in a row, and for the ninth overall time since 1947 . For Celtic it was the second final in a row and the fourth overall since 1957 . Both clubs faced each other for the second time in the final after 1958 and 1965 . Celtic won the final 2-1. It was the third league cup triumph for Celtic since 1957. In the 1965/66 season , Celtic won the Scottish championship for the 21st time in the club's history . In the cup final , both teams were also from Glasgow over, it could Rangers this decision at the crucial replay for yourself. As a champion, Celtic took part in the European Champions Cup in the following season . The Rangers took part in the European Cup Winners' Cup. As Lisbon Lions , Celtic became the first British team to win the European Cup in the final against Inter Milan . The Rangers lost in the final against Bayern Munich .

Group stage

Group 1

The matches took place between August 14th and September 4th 1965.

	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Celtic Glasgow	6th	4th	0	2	11: 7	8th
2.	Motherwell FC	6th	3	0	3	9:11	6th
3.	Dundee FC	6th	2	1	3	7: 7	5
4th	Dundee United	6th	2	1	3	9:11	5

1st matchday
Dundee United	2: 1	Celtic Glasgow
Motherwell FC	1-0	Dundee FC
2nd matchday
Celtic Glasgow	1-0	Motherwell FC
Dundee FC	0-0	Dundee United
3rd matchday
Celtic Glasgow	0: 2	Dundee FC
Dundee United	4: 1	Motherwell FC
4th matchday
Celtic Glasgow	3-0	Dundee United
Dundee FC	1: 2	Motherwell FC
5th matchday
Dundee United	1: 3	Dundee FC
Motherwell FC	2: 3	Celtic Glasgow
6th matchday
Dundee FC	1: 3	Celtic Glasgow
Motherwell FC	3: 2	Dundee United

Group 2

The matches took place between August 14th and September 4th 1965.

	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Glasgow Rangers	6th	4th	0	2	13: 7	8th
2.	Heart of Midlothian	6th	3	1	2	10: 7	7th
3.	Aberdeen FC	6th	3	2	3	7: 8	7th
4th	Clyde FC	6th	1	0	5	5:13	2

1st matchday
Clyde FC	1: 2	Aberdeen FC
Heart of Midlothian	4: 2	Glasgow Rangers
2nd matchday
Aberdeen FC	1: 1	Heart of Midlothian
Glasgow Rangers	3-0	Clyde FC
3rd matchday
Aberdeen FC	2-0	Glasgow Rangers
Heart of Midlothian	1: 2	Clyde FC
4th matchday
Aberdeen FC	2-0	Clyde FC
Glasgow Rangers	1-0	Heart of Midlothian
5th matchday
Clyde FC	1: 3	Glasgow Rangers
Heart of Midlothian	2-0	Aberdeen FC
6th matchday
Clyde FC	1: 2	Heart of Midlothian
Glasgow Rangers	4-0	Aberdeen FC

Group 3

The matches took place between August 14th and September 4th 1965.

	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	FC Kilmarnock	6th	5	0	1	11: 3	10
2.	Dunfermline Athletic	6th	3	1	2	14: 9	07th
3.	St. Johnstone FC	6th	3	0	3	7:10	06th
4th	Partick Thistle	6th	0	1	5	3:13	01

1st matchday
Partick Thistle	0-0	Dunfermline Athletic
St. Johnstone FC	0: 1	FC Kilmarnock
2nd matchday
Dunfermline Athletic	5: 1	St. Johnstone FC
FC Kilmarnock	2-0	Partick Thistle
3rd matchday
Dunfermline Athletic	1: 3	FC Kilmarnock
Partick Thistle	0: 1	St. Johnstone FC
4th matchday
Dunfermline Athletic	6: 2	Partick Thistle
FC Kilmarnock	3-0	St. Johnstone FC
5th matchday
Partick Thistle	1: 2	FC Kilmarnock
St. Johnstone FC	3: 1	Dunfermline Athletic
6th matchday
FC Kilmarnock	0: 1	Dunfermline Athletic
St. Johnstone FC	2-0	Partick Thistle

Group 4

The matches took place between August 14th and September 4th 1965.

	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Hibernian Edinburgh	6th	5	0	1	15: 6	10
2.	FC Falkirk	6th	3	1	2	11:10	07th
3.	FC St. Mirren	6th	2	0	4th	5: 9	04th
4th	Greenock Morton	6th	1	1	4th	7:13	03

1st matchday
FC Falkirk	3: 1	Hibernian Edinburgh
FC St. Mirren	1: 2	Greenock Morton
2nd matchday
Hibernian Edinburgh	1-0	FC St. Mirren
Greenock Morton	1: 1	FC Falkirk
3rd matchday
FC Falkirk	0: 1	FC St. Mirren
Greenock Morton	2: 4	Hibernian Edinburgh
4th matchday
Hibernian Edinburgh	3: 1	FC Falkirk
Greenock Morton	0: 1	FC St. Mirren
5th matchday
FC Falkirk	3: 2	Greenock Morton
FC St. Mirren	0: 3	Hibernian Edinburgh
6th matchday
Hibernian Edinburgh	3-0	Greenock Morton
FC St. Mirren	2: 3	FC Falkirk

Group 5

The matches took place between August 14th and September 4th 1965.

	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Third Lanark	6th	3	2	1	13:10	8th
2.	Berwick Rangers	6th	2	2	2	16:10	6th
3.	Cowdenbeath FC	6th	2	2	2	7:11	6th
4th	Hamilton Academical	6th	0	4th	2	6:11	4th

1st matchday
Berwick Rangers	4: 1	Third Lanark
Cowdenbeath FC	1: 1	Hamilton Academical
2nd matchday
Hamilton Academical	1: 1	Berwick Rangers
Third Lanark	1: 1	Cowdenbeath FC
3rd matchday
Berwick Rangers	6: 1	Cowdenbeath FC
Hamilton Academical	2: 2	Third Lanark
4th matchday
Hamilton Academical	0: 1	Cowdenbeath FC
Third Lanark	3: 2	Berwick Rangers
5th matchday
Berwick Rangers	1: 1	Hamilton Academical
Cowdenbeath FC	0: 1	Third Lanark
6th matchday
Cowdenbeath FC	3: 2	Berwick Rangers
Third Lanark	5: 1	Hamilton Academical

Group 6

The matches took place between August 14th and September 4th 1965.

	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Raith Rovers	6th	4th	2	0	15: 7	10
2.	FC Queen's Park	6th	2	2	2	7:10	06th
3.	Stirling Albion	6th	2	0	4th	10:11	04th
4th	FC Arbroath	6th	1	2	3	11:15	04th

1st matchday
FC Queen's Park	2: 2	FC Arbroath
Raith Rovers	3: 1	Stirling Albion
2nd matchday
FC Arbroath	2: 2	Raith Rovers
Stirling Albion	0: 2	FC Queen's Park
3rd matchday
FC Arbroath	1: 3	Stirling Albion
FC Queen's Park	1: 1	Raith Rovers
4th matchday
FC Arbroath	3-0	FC Queen's Park
Stirling Albion	1: 2	Raith Rovers
5th matchday
FC Queen's Park	2: 1	Stirling Albion
Raith Rovers	4: 2	FC Arbroath
6th matchday
Raith Rovers	3-0	FC Queen's Park
Stirling Albion	4: 1	FC Arbroath

Group 7

The matches took place between August 14th and September 4th 1965.

	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	FC Airdrieonians	6th	5	0	1	22:13	10
2.	Albion Rovers	6th	2	2	2	12:12	06th
3.	Queen of the South	6th	1	2	3	8:12	04th
4th	FC Stranraer	6th	1	2	3	5:10	04th

1st matchday
Albion Rovers	1: 1	Queen of the South
FC Stranraer	1: 3	FC Airdrieonians
2nd matchday
FC Airdrieonians	6: 1	Albion Rovers
Queen of the South	1: 2	FC Stranraer
3rd matchday
FC Airdrieonians	5: 1	Queen of the South
FC Stranraer	0-0	Albion Rovers
4th matchday
FC Airdrieonians	3-0	FC Stranraer
Queen of the South	2-0	Albion Rovers
5th matchday
Albion Rovers	8: 2	FC Airdrieonians
FC Stranraer	1: 1	Queen of the South
6th matchday
Albion Rovers	2: 1	FC Stranraer
Queen of the South	2: 3	FC Airdrieonians

Group 8

The matches took place between August 14th and September 4th 1965.

	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Alloa Athletic	6th	4th	0	2	10:10	8th
2.	Dumbarton FC	6th	3	0	3	15: 9	6th
3.	East Stirlingshire FC	6th	3	0	3	11:10	6th
4th	East Fife FC	6th	2	0	4th	13:20	4th

1st matchday
Alloa Athletic	3: 2	East Fife FC
Dumbarton FC	2: 1	East Stirlingshire FC
2nd matchday
East Fife FC	3: 2	Dumbarton FC
East Stirlingshire FC	1-0	Alloa Athletic
3rd matchday
Alloa Athletic	2: 1	Dumbarton FC
East Fife FC	4: 1	East Stirlingshire FC
4th matchday
East Fife FC	1: 2	Alloa Athletic
East Stirlingshire FC	1-0	Dumbarton FC
5th matchday
Alloa Athletic	2: 1	East Stirlingshire FC
Dumbarton FC	6: 1	East Fife FC
6th matchday
Dumbarton FC	4: 1	Alloa Athletic
East Stirlingshire FC	6: 2	East Fife FC

Group 9

The matches took place between August 14th and September 4th 1965.

	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Ayr United	4th	4th	0	0	14: 3	8th
2.	FC Stenhousemuir	4th	3	0	1	8: 7	6th
3.	Forfar Athletic	4th	1	0	3	6: 7	2
4th	Montrose FC	4th	1	0	3	4:12	2
5.	Brechin City	4th	1	0	3	1: 4	2

1st matchday
Ayr United	5: 2	FC Stenhousemuir
Forfar Athletic	4: 1	Montrose FC
2nd matchday
Montrose FC	2-0	Brechin City
FC Stenhousemuir	2: 1	Forfar Athletic
3rd matchday
Ayr United	5-0	Montrose FC
Brechin City	1-0	Forfar Athletic
4th matchday
Brechin City	0: 1	Ayr United
Montrose FC	1: 3	FC Stenhousemuir
5th matchday
Forfar Athletic	1: 3	Ayr United
FC Stenhousemuir	1-0	Brechin City

Supplementary Round

The extra round was held on September 6th and 8th, 1965.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Third Lanark	1: 3	Ayr United	1: 2	0: 1

Quarter finals

The first leg was played on September 15, the second leg on September 22, 1965.

	total		First leg	Return leg
FC Airdrieonians	1: 9	Glasgow Rangers	1: 5	0: 4
Alloa Athletic	2:13	Hibernian Edinburgh	0: 2	2:11
FC Kilmarnock	4: 2	Ayr United	2-0	2: 2
Raith Rovers	1:12	Celtic Glasgow	1: 8	0: 4

Semifinals

The games were played on October 4 and 6, 1965 in Hampden Park in Glasgow. The replay took place on October 18, 1965.

	Result
Celtic Glasgow	2: 2 a.d.	Hibernian Edinburgh
Glasgow Rangers	6: 4	FC Kilmarnock

Replay

	Result
Celtic Glasgow	4-0	Hibernian Edinburgh

final

Celtic Glasgow		Glasgow Rangers
	final 23 October 1965 in Glasgow ( Hampden Park ) Result: 2: 1 (2: 0) Spectators: 107,609 Referee: H. Phillips Match report
	Ronnie Simpson - Ian Young , Billy McNeill , Tommy Gemmell , Bobby Murdoch - John Clark , Jimmy Johnstone , Bobby Lennox , Charlie Gallagher - Joe McBride , John Hughes Trainer: Jock Stein	Billy Ritchie - Kai Johansen , David Provan , John Greig , Ronnie McKinnon - Wilson Wood , Willie Henderson , Davie Wilson - Alex Willoughby , Willie Johnston , Jim Forrest Trainer: Scot Symon
	1-0 John Hughes (18th penalty) 2-0 John Hughes (19th penalty)	2-1 Ian Young (84th own goal)

Web links

• official website
• Scottish League Cup 1965/66 at Statto.com