Scottish League Cup 1967/68

Scottish League Cup 1967/68
Association	Scottish FA
First edition	1946/47
Game mode	Knockout system
Title holder	Celtic Glasgow (5th title)
Record winner	Glasgow Rangers (6 wins)
Website	spfl.co.uk

The Scottish League Cup was played for the 22nd time in 1967/68 . The Scottish Football League Cup, which was played among the participants of the Scottish Football League , began on August 12, 1967 and ended with the final on October 28, 1967 in Hampden Park in Glasgow . As defending champion, Celtic Glasgow started the competition that had prevailed against the Glasgow Rangers at the Old Firm in the previous year's final . In this year's final, Celtic met against FC Dundee . For Celtic it was the fourth consecutive final since 1965 and the 6th overall since 1957 . The Dees from Dundee reached the final of the League Cup for the third time in the club's history after 1952 and 1953 . The two finals in the 1950s were won against FC Kilmarnock and Glasgow Rangers. The Bhoys won this year's final 5-3. It was the fifth league cup triumph for Celtic since 1957. In the 1967/68 season , Celtic won the championship for the 23rd time in the club's history . Cup winner was Dunfermline Athletic . Due to the victory in the championship, Celtic took part in the European Cup in the following season . The Dees remained without European Cup participation. Celtic reached the quarterfinals in which the club lost to eventual winners AC Milan .

Group stage

Group 1

The matches took place between August 12 and September 2, 1967.

	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	FC Kilmarnock	6th	3	2	1	11: 5	8th
2.	Dunfermline Athletic	6th	2	2	2	11:12	6th
3.	FC Airdrieonians	6th	2	1	3	7: 8	5
4th	Partick Thistle	6th	2	1	3	6:10	5

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

Group 2

The matches took place between August 12 and September 2, 1967.

	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Celtic Glasgow	6th	5	1	0	14: 4	11
2.	Glasgow Rangers	6th	3	2	1	10: 5	08th
3.	Dundee United	6th	1	1	4th	7: 8	03
4th	Aberdeen FC	6th	0	2	4th	5:19	02

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

Group 3

The matches took place between August 12 and September 2, 1967.

	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Dundee FC	6th	5	1	0	14: 6	11
2.	Hibernian Edinburgh	6th	3	1	2	9: 7	07th
3.	Motherwell FC	6th	1	1	4th	8:13	03
4th	Clyde FC	6th	1	1	4th	6:11	03

1st matchday
Dundee FC	0-0	Hibernian Edinburgh
Motherwell FC	2: 2	Clyde FC
2nd matchday
Clyde FC	1: 2	Dundee FC
Hibernian Edinburgh	3: 1	Motherwell FC
3rd matchday
Dundee FC	2: 1	Motherwell FC
Hibernian Edinburgh	3: 1	Clyde FC
4th matchday
Clyde FC	2: 1	Motherwell FC
Hibernian Edinburgh	2: 4	Dundee FC
5th matchday
Dundee FC	1-0	Clyde FC
Motherwell FC	2: 1	Hibernian Edinburgh
6th matchday
Clyde FC	0: 2	Hibernian Edinburgh
Motherwell FC	2: 5	Dundee FC

Group 4

The matches took place between August 12 and September 2, 1967.

	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	St. Johnstone FC	6th	4th	1	1	10: 5	9
2.	Heart of Midlothian	6th	4th	0	2	13: 7	8th
3.	Stirling Albion	6th	2	1	3	6: 8	5
4th	FC Falkirk	6th	0	2	4th	2:11	2

1st matchday
FC Falkirk	0: 2	Stirling Albion
Heart of Midlothian	1: 2	St. Johnstone FC
2nd matchday
St. Johnstone FC	0-0	FC Falkirk
Stirling Albion	0: 1	Heart of Midlothian
3rd matchday
FC Falkirk	0: 2	Heart of Midlothian
St. Johnstone FC	2: 1	Stirling Albion
4th matchday
St. Johnstone FC	3: 2	Heart of Midlothian
Stirling Albion	1: 1	FC Falkirk
5th matchday
FC Falkirk	0: 3	St. Johnstone FC
Heart of Midlothian	4: 1	Stirling Albion
6th matchday
Heart of Midlothian	3: 1	FC Falkirk
Stirling Albion	1-0	St. Johnstone FC

Group 5

The matches took place between August 12 and September 2, 1967.

	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Ayr United	6th	5	0	1	12: 5	10
2.	FC St. Mirren	6th	3	1	2	11: 9	07th
3.	Berwick Rangers	6th	2	1	3	8: 9	05
4th	FC Stranraer	6th	1	0	5	4:12	02

1st matchday
FC St. Mirren	2: 2	Berwick Rangers
FC Stranraer	1: 4	Ayr United
2nd matchday
Ayr United	2-0	FC St. Mirren
Berwick Rangers	2-0	FC Stranraer
3rd matchday
Berwick Rangers	2: 1	Ayr United
FC Stranraer	1: 3	FC St. Mirren
4th matchday
Ayr United	1-0	FC Stranraer
Berwick Rangers	1: 3	FC St. Mirren
5th matchday
FC St. Mirren	1: 2	Ayr United
FC Stranraer	1-0	Berwick Rangers
6th matchday
Ayr United	2: 1	Berwick Rangers
FC St. Mirren	2: 1	FC Stranraer

Group 6

The matches took place between August 12 and September 2, 1967.

	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	FC Queen's Park	6th	4th	1	1	7: 3	9
2.	Hamilton Academical	6th	3	2	1	8: 5	8th
3.	Cowdenbeath FC	6th	2	1	3	5: 5	5
4th	Montrose FC	6th	1	0	5	6:13	2

1st matchday
Cowdenbeath FC	0: 2	FC Queen's Park
Montrose FC	2: 3	Hamilton Academical
2nd matchday
Hamilton Academical	0: 1	Cowdenbeath FC
FC Queen's Park	2: 1	Montrose FC
3rd matchday
Cowdenbeath FC	3-0	Montrose FC
Hamilton Academical	1-0	FC Queen's Park
4th matchday
Hamilton Academical	3: 1	Montrose FC
FC Queen's Park	1-0	Cowdenbeath FC
5th matchday
Cowdenbeath FC	0-0	Hamilton Academical
Montrose FC	0: 1	FC Queen's Park
6th matchday
Montrose FC	2: 1	Cowdenbeath FC
FC Queen's Park	1: 1	Hamilton Academical

Group 7

The matches took place between August 12 and September 2, 1967.

	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Greenock Morton	6th	6th	0	0	22: 6	12
2.	Queen of the South	6th	4th	0	2	15:13	08th
3.	Raith Rovers	6th	1	1	4th	10:15	03
4th	Dumbarton FC	6th	0	1	5	4:17	01

1st matchday
Queen of the South	0: 4	Greenock Morton
Raith Rovers	2-0	Dumbarton FC
2nd matchday
Dumbarton FC	1: 2	Queen of the South
Greenock Morton	3: 1	Raith Rovers
3rd matchday
Greenock Morton	6-0	Dumbarton FC
Raith Rovers	2: 5	Queen of the South
4th matchday
Dumbarton FC	1: 1	Raith Rovers
Greenock Morton	3: 2	Queen of the South
5th matchday
Queen of the South	3: 1	Dumbarton FC
Raith Rovers	2: 3	Greenock Morton
6th matchday
Dumbarton FC	1: 3	Greenock Morton
Queen of the South	3: 2	Raith Rovers

Group 8

The matches took place between August 12 and September 2, 1967.

	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	East Fife FC	6th	5	0	1	16: 7	10
2.	Albion Rovers	6th	3	1	2	14:11	07th
3.	FC Arbroath	6th	2	2	2	9:12	06th
4th	Alloa Athletic	6th	0	1	5	7:16	01

1st matchday
Albion Rovers	2: 4	East Fife FC
Alloa Athletic	1: 2	FC Arbroath
2nd matchday
FC Arbroath	1: 3	Albion Rovers
East Fife FC	3: 1	Alloa Athletic
3rd matchday
Alloa Athletic	1: 4	Albion Rovers
FC Arbroath	4: 3	East Fife FC
4th matchday
FC Arbroath	1: 1	Alloa Athletic
East Fife FC	1-0	Albion Rovers
5th matchday
Albion Rovers	1: 1	FC Arbroath
Alloa Athletic	0: 2	East Fife FC
6th matchday
Albion Rovers	4: 3	Alloa Athletic
East Fife FC	3-0	FC Arbroath

Group 9

The matches took place between August 12 and September 2, 1967.

	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Clydebank FC	4th	4th	0	0	7: 2	8th
2.	Brechin City	4th	3	0	1	8: 6	6th
3.	FC Stenhousemuir	4th	1	1	2	9:10	3
4th	Forfar Athletic	4th	1	0	3	7: 7	2
5.	East Stirlingshire FC	4th	0	1	3	4:10	1

1st matchday
Clydebank FC	2-0	Brechin City
Forfar Athletic	4-0	East Stirlingshire FC
2nd matchday
East Stirlingshire FC	0: 1	Clydebank FC
FC Stenhousemuir	3: 1	Forfar Athletic
3rd matchday
Brechin City	2: 1	East Stirlingshire FC
Clydebank FC	2: 1	FC Stenhousemuir
4th matchday
Brechin City	2: 1	Forfar Athletic
East Stirlingshire FC	3: 3	FC Stenhousemuir
5th matchday
Forfar Athletic	1: 2	Clydebank FC
FC Stenhousemuir	2: 4	Brechin City

Supplementary Round

The extra round was held on September 4th and 6th, 1967.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Ayr United	5: 3	Clydebank FC	1: 1	4: 2

Quarter finals

The first leg was played on September 13, the second leg on September 19 and 27, 1967.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Celtic Glasgow	8: 2	Ayr United	6: 2	2-0
East Fife FC	0: 5	Dundee FC	0: 1	0: 4
Greenock Morton	5: 3	FC Kilmarnock	3: 2	2: 1
FC Queen's Park	1: 8	St. Johnstone FC	0: 5	1: 3

Semifinals

The games were played on October 11, 1967 in Hampden Park in Glasgow.

	Result
Celtic Glasgow	7: 1	Greenock Morton
Dundee FC	3: 1	St. Johnstone FC

final

Dundee FC		Celtic Glasgow
	October 28, 1967 in Glasgow ( Hampden Park ) Result: 3: 5 (1: 2) Spectators: 66,660 Referee: RH Davidson Match report
	John Arroll - Bobby Wilson , George Stewart , Alex Stuart , Doug Houston - Steve Murray , Billy Campbell , Alex Bryce - Jim McLean , Sammy Wilson , George McLean Trainer: Bobby Ancell	Ronnie Simpson - Jim Craig , Billy McNeill , John Clark , Tommy Gemmell - Bobby Murdoch , Bertie Auld (46th Willie O'Neill ), Bobby Lennox - Willie Wallace , John Hughes , Stevie Chalmers Trainer: Jock Stein
	1: 2 George McLean (23rd) 2: 3 Jim McLean (77th) 3: 4 George McLean (84th)	0: 1 Stevie Chalmers (6th) 0: 2 John Hughes (10th) 1: 3 Stevie Chalmers (73rd) 2: 4 Bobby Lennox (79th) 3: 5 Willie Wallace (88th)

Web links

• official website
• Scottish League Cup 1967/68 at Statto.com