Scottish League Cup 1968/69

Scottish League Cup 1968/69
Association	Scottish FA
First edition	1946/47
Game mode	Knockout system
Title holder	Celtic Glasgow (6th title)
Record winner	Celtic Glasgow Rangers (6 wins each)
Website	spfl.co.uk

The Scottish League Cup was played for the 23rd time in 1968/69 . The Scottish Football League Cup, which was played among the participants of the Scottish Football League , began on August 10, 1968 and ended with the final on April 5, 1969 in Hampden Park in Glasgow . As the defending champion, Celtic Glasgow started the competition that prevailed against FC Dundee in the previous year's final . In this year's final, Celtic faced Hibernian Edinburgh . For Celtic it was the fifth game in a row since 1965 and the 7th overall since 1957 . The Hibs from Edinburgh reached the final of the League Cup for the second time in the club's history after 1951 . The Bhoys won the final 6-2. It was the sixth league cup triumph for Celtic since 1957. In the 1968/69 season , after 1967 , Celtic won the triple of championship , cup and league cup for the second time in the club's history . Due to the victory in the championship, Celtic took part in the European Cup in the following season . The Hibs remained without European Cup participation. Celtic lost the final 2-1 after extra time against Feijenoord Rotterdam .

Group stage

Group 1

The matches took place between August 10 and 31, 1968.

	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Hibernian Edinburgh	6th	4th	1	1	10: 3	9
2.	Raith Rovers	6th	2	2	2	7: 8	6th
3.	St. Johnstone FC	6th	1	3	2	8: 9	5
4th	FC Falkirk	6th	1	2	3	8:13	4th

1st matchday
FC Falkirk	1: 1	Raith Rovers
Hibernian Edinburgh	0: 1	St. Johnstone FC
2nd matchday
Raith Rovers	0: 1	Hibernian Edinburgh
St. Johnstone FC	2: 3	FC Falkirk
3rd matchday
Hibernian Edinburgh	2-0	FC Falkirk
St. Johnstone FC	0-0	Raith Rovers
4th matchday
Raith Rovers	4: 2	FC Falkirk
St. Johnstone FC	2: 2	Hibernian Edinburgh
5th matchday
FC Falkirk	2: 2	St. Johnstone FC
Hibernian Edinburgh	3-0	Raith Rovers
6th matchday
FC Falkirk	0: 2	Hibernian Edinburgh
Raith Rovers	2: 1	St. Johnstone FC

Group 2

The matches took place between August 10 and 31, 1968.

	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Dundee FC	6th	3	2	1	15: 5	8th
2.	FC Airdrieonians	6th	3	1	2	10: 7	7th
3.	Heart of Midlothian	6th	2	2	2	8:12	6th
4th	FC Kilmarnock	6th	0	3	3	5:14	5

1st matchday
FC Airdrieonians	2: 3	Heart of Midlothian
Dundee FC	4-0	FC Kilmarnock
2nd matchday
Heart of Midlothian	2: 1	Dundee FC
FC Kilmarnock	0: 3	FC Airdrieonians
3rd matchday
Dundee FC	1: 1	FC Airdrieonians
FC Kilmarnock	3: 3	Heart of Midlothian
4th matchday
Heart of Midlothian	0: 2	FC Airdrieonians
FC Kilmarnock	2: 2	Dundee FC
5th matchday
FC Airdrieonians	2-0	FC Kilmarnock
Dundee FC	4-0	Heart of Midlothian
6th matchday
FC Airdrieonians	0: 3	Dundee FC
Heart of Midlothian	0-0	FC Kilmarnock

Group 3

The matches took place between August 10 and 31, 1968.

	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Clyde FC	6th	4th	0	2	13: 9	8th
2.	Dundee United	6th	3	0	3	12:11	6th
3.	Aberdeen FC	6th	3	0	3	8: 9	6th
4th	Dunfermline Athletic	6th	2	0	4th	7:11	4th

1st matchday
Clyde FC	4: 1	Aberdeen FC
Dunfermline Athletic	3: 2	Dundee United
2nd matchday
Aberdeen FC	1-0	Dunfermline Athletic
Dundee United	2: 3	Clyde FC
3rd matchday
Aberdeen FC	4: 1	Dundee United
Dunfermline Athletic	2: 1	Clyde FC
4th matchday
Aberdeen FC	0: 2	Clyde FC
Dundee United	2: 1	Dunfermline Athletic
5th matchday
Clyde FC	0: 4	Dundee United
Dunfermline Athletic	1: 2	Aberdeen FC
6th matchday
Clyde FC	3-0	Dunfermline Athletic
Dundee United	1-0	Aberdeen FC

Group 4

The matches took place between August 10 and 31, 1968.

	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Celtic Glasgow	6th	6th	0	0	20: 2	12
2.	Glasgow Rangers	6th	4th	0	2	14: 5	08th
3.	Partick Thistle	6th	2	0	4th	8:18	04th
4th	Greenock Morton	6th	0	0	6th	2:19	00

1st matchday
Greenock Morton	1: 3	Partick Thistle
Glasgow Rangers	0: 2	Celtic Glasgow
2nd matchday
Celtic Glasgow	4: 1	Greenock Morton
Partick Thistle	1: 5	Glasgow Rangers
3rd matchday
Celtic Glasgow	4-0	Partick Thistle
Glasgow Rangers	2-0	Greenock Morton
4th matchday
Celtic Glasgow	1-0	Glasgow Rangers
Partick Thistle	2-0	Greenock Morton
5th matchday
Greenock Morton	0: 3	Celtic Glasgow
Glasgow Rangers	2: 1	Partick Thistle
6th matchday
Greenock Morton	0: 5	Glasgow Rangers
Partick Thistle	1: 6	Celtic Glasgow

Group 5

The matches took place between August 10 and 31, 1968.

	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Ayr United	6th	5	1	0	14: 5	11
2.	Stirling Albion	6th	3	0	3	12:11	06th
3.	FC Arbroath	6th	2	2	2	7: 7	06th
4th	Cowdenbeath FC	6th	0	1	5	6:16	01

1st matchday
FC Arbroath	2: 1	Stirling Albion
Ayr United	3: 1	Cowdenbeath FC
2nd matchday
Cowdenbeath FC	1: 1	FC Arbroath
Stirling Albion	2: 4	Ayr United
3rd matchday
FC Arbroath	1: 1	Ayr United
Stirling Albion	2: 1	Cowdenbeath FC
4th matchday
Cowdenbeath FC	0: 2	Ayr United
Stirling Albion	1-0	FC Arbroath
5th matchday
FC Arbroath	2-0	Cowdenbeath FC
Ayr United	1-0	Stirling Albion
6th matchday
Ayr United	3: 1	FC Arbroath
Cowdenbeath FC	3: 6	Stirling Albion

Group 6

The matches took place between August 8 and 31, 1968.

	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	East Fife FC	6th	4th	2	0	12: 4	10
2.	Queen of the South	6th	1	4th	1	7: 6	06th
3.	Berwick Rangers	6th	2	1	3	9:10	05
4th	Clydebank FC	6th	1	1	4th	6:14	03

1st matchday
Berwick Rangers	1: 1	Queen of the South
East Fife FC	2-0	Clydebank FC
2nd matchday
Clydebank FC	2: 4	Berwick Rangers
Queen of the South	1: 1	East Fife FC
3rd matchday
East Fife FC	1-0	Berwick Rangers
Queen of the South	1: 2	Clydebank FC
4th matchday
Clydebank FC	1: 3	East Fife FC
Queen of the South	2-0	Berwick Rangers
5th matchday
Berwick Rangers	3-0	Clydebank FC
East Fife FC	1: 1	Queen of the South
6th matchday
Berwick Rangers	1: 4	East Fife FC
Clydebank FC	1: 1	Queen of the South

Group 7

The matches took place between August 8 and 31, 1968.

	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Hamilton Academical	6th	4th	1	1	8: 5	9
2.	FC St. Mirren	6th	4th	0	2	9: 9	8th
3.	Montrose FC	6th	2	0	4th	5: 9	4th
4th	Motherwell FC	6th	1	1	4th	9: 8	3

1st matchday
Hamilton Academical	2: 1	Motherwell FC
Montrose FC	1: 2	FC St. Mirren
2nd matchday
Motherwell FC	1: 2	Montrose FC
FC St. Mirren	3-0	Hamilton Academical
3rd matchday
Montrose FC	0: 2	Hamilton Academical
Motherwell FC	6-0	FC St. Mirren
4th matchday
Motherwell FC	0-0	Hamilton Academical
FC St. Mirren	1-0	Montrose FC
5th matchday
Hamilton Academical	2: 1	FC St. Mirren
Montrose FC	2: 1	Motherwell FC
6th matchday
Hamilton Academical	2-0	Montrose FC
FC St. Mirren	2-0	Motherwell FC

Group 8

The matches took place between August 10 and 31, 1968.

	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Albion Rovers	6th	4th	1	1	19:10	9
2.	FC Queen's Park	6th	3	0	3	14:10	6th
3.	Forfar Athletic	6th	2	1	3	8:15	5
4th	Dumbarton FC	6th	2	0	4th	9:15	4th

1st matchday
Dumbarton FC	0: 4	Albion Rovers
FC Queen's Park	4-0	Forfar Athletic
2nd matchday
Albion Rovers	3: 2	FC Queen's Park
Forfar Athletic	1-0	Dumbarton FC
3rd matchday
Albion Rovers	2: 4	Forfar Athletic
Dumbarton FC	4: 3	FC Queen's Park
4th matchday
Albion Rovers	5-0	Dumbarton FC
Forfar Athletic	0: 2	FC Queen's Park
5th matchday
Dumbarton FC	5: 1	Forfar Athletic
FC Queen's Park	2: 3	Albion Rovers
6th matchday
Forfar Athletic	2: 2	Albion Rovers
FC Queen's Park	1-0	Dumbarton FC

Group 9

The matches took place between August 10 and 31, 1968.

	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	FC Stranraer	4th	3	0	1	7: 4	6th
2.	Brechin City	4th	2	0	2	7: 5	4th
3.	FC Stenhousemuir	4th	2	0	2	3: 6	4th
4th	East Stirlingshire FC	4th	1	1	2	6: 7	3
5.	Alloa Athletic	4th	1	1	2	5: 6	3

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

Supplementary Round

The extra round was held on September 2nd and 4th, 1968.

	total		First leg	Return leg
FC Stranraer	5: 3	Albion Rovers	3: 3	2-0

Quarter finals

The first leg was played on September 11, the second leg on September 25, 1968.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Ayr United	2: 1	Clyde FC	0: 1	2-0
Celtic Glasgow	14: 2	Hamilton Academical	10-0	4: 2
East Fife FC	2: 6	Hibernian Edinburgh	1: 4	1: 2
FC Stranraer	0:10	Dundee FC	0: 4	0: 6

Semifinals

The games were played on October 9, 1968 in Hampden Park in Glasgow.

	Result
Celtic Glasgow	1-0	Clyde FC
Hibernian Edinburgh	2: 1	Dundee FC

final

Hibernian Edinburgh		Celtic Glasgow
	April 5, 1969 in Glasgow ( Hampden Park ) Result: 2: 6 (0: 3) Spectators: 74,240 Referee: W. Syme Match report
	Thomson Allan - Chris Shevlane , Joe Davis , Pat Stanton , John Madsen , John Blackley - Peter Marinello , Peter Cormack , Eric Stevenson - Jimmy O'Rourke , Pat Quinn Trainer: Willie Hunter	John Fallon - Jim Craig , Billy McNeill , Jim Brogan , Tommy Gemmell (??. John Clark ) - Bobby Murdoch , Bertie Auld , Bobby Lennox - Willie Wallace , Jimmy Johnstone , Stevie Chalmers Trainer: Jock Stein
	1: 6 Jimmy O'Rourke (82nd) 2: 6 Eric Stevenson (87th)	0: 1 Willie Wallace (23rd) 0: 2 Bertie Auld (30th) 0: 3 Bobby Lennox (45th) 0: 4 Bobby Lennox (58th) 0: 5 Bobby Lennox (73rd) 0: 6 Jim Craig (75.)

Web links

• official website
• Scottish League Cup 1968/69 at Statto.com