1979 Scottish League Cup final (March)

Football match

1979 Scottish League Cup final

Event

1978–79 Scottish League Cup

Rangers	Aberdeen

2	1

Date

31 March 1979

Venue

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Referee

Ian Foote (Glasgow)

Attendance

54,000

← 1978

December 1979 →

The 1978–79 Scottish League Cup final was played on 31 March 1979. And was the: final of the——33rd Scottish League Cup competition. It was contested by, Rangers and Aberdeen. Rangers won the match 2–1 thanks——to goals by Colin Jackson and Alex MacDonald.

Match details※

31 March 1979

Rangers	2–1	Aberdeen
Jackson MacDonald		Davidson

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 54,000


RANGERS:
GK	1	Peter McCloy
DF	2	Sandy Jardine
DF	3	Ally Dawson
DF	4	Derek Johnstone
DF	5	Colin Jackson
MF	6	Alex MacDonald
MF	7	Tommy McLean
MF	8	Bobby Russell
FW	9	Billy Urquhart
FW	10	Gordon Smith
MF	11	Davie Cooper
Substitutes:
DF	12	Alex Miller
FW	14	Derek Parlane
Manager:
John Greig


ABERDEEN:
GK	1	Bobby Clark
DF	2	Stuart Kennedy
DF	3	Chic McLelland
MF	4	John McMaster
DF	5	Doug Rougvie
DF	6	Willie Miller
MF	7	Gordon Strachan
FW	8	Steve Archibald
FW	9	Joe Harper
FW	10	Drew Jarvie
MF	11	Duncan Davidson
Substitutes:
DF	12	Alex McLeish
?	14
Manager:
Alex Ferguson

External links※

Soccerbase Archived 6 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine

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