1979 Scottish League Cup Final (March)

The 1978–79 Scottish League Cup
Scottish League Cup
The Scottish League Cup is a football competition open to all Scottish Football League and Scottish Premier League clubs. At present it is also known as the Scottish Communities League Cup owing to the sponsorship deal in place with the Scottish Government. In the past it has been sponsored by...

Final was played on 31 March 1979 and was the final of the 33rd Scottish League Cup competition. It was contested by Rangers

Rangers F.C.

Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...

and Aberdeen

Aberdeen F.C.

Aberdeen Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Aberdeen...

. Rangers won the match 2–1 thanks to goals

Goal (sport)

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by Colin Jackson

Colin Jackson (footballer)

Colin MacDonald Jackson is a former Scottish assocation footballer who played predominantly for Rangers and the Scotland national team.-Career:...

and Alex MacDonald.

Match details


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	RANGERS:
GK	1	Peter McCloy Peter McCloy Peter McCloy is a retired football goalkeeper who played for Motherwell and Rangers. He was a member of the Rangers team which won the 1972 Cup Winners Cup, and was Rangers' first-choice goalkeeper for most of his 16-year spell at the club despite competition from players such as Gerhardt Neef and...
DF	2	Sandy Jardine
DF	3	Ally Dawson Ally Dawson Alastair Dawson is a retired Scottish professional football defender who spent most of his career at Rangers.-Playing career:...
DF	4	Derek Johnstone Derek Johnstone Derek Joseph Johnstone is a former Scottish association footballer.Johnstone played mainly for Rangers during his career. He also had a spell at Chelsea and a brief stint in management with Partick Thistle. He mainly played as a striker but could also perform in central defence, and in midfield...
DF	5	Colin Jackson Colin Jackson (footballer) Colin MacDonald Jackson is a former Scottish assocation footballer who played predominantly for Rangers and the Scotland national team.-Career:...
MF	6	Alex MacDonald
MF	7	Tommy McLean Tommy McLean Thomas "Tommy" McLean is a Scottish former professional footballer who played for Kilmarnock and Rangers....
MF	8	Bobby Russell Bobby Russell (footballer) Robert "Bobby" Russell is a Scottish former professional football player who is best known for his time with Rangers.-Career:...
FW	9	Billy Urquhart Billy Urquhart Billy Urquhart is a former Scottish professional football player who is best known for his time with Caledonian....
FW	10	Gordon Smith
MF	11	Davie Cooper Davie Cooper David "Davie" Cooper was a professional football player. He was a Scotland international and played as a left winger....
Substitutes:
DF	12	Alex Miller Alex Miller Alex Miller is a Scottish association football coach and former player. As a player, he had a 15 year career with Rangers. As a manager, he won the 1991 Scottish League Cup with Hibernian...
FW	14	Derek Parlane Derek Parlane Derek Parlane was a former professional football striker who played for Rangers for 10 years, from 1970 until 1980....
Manager:
John Greig John Greig John Greig MBE is a Scottish former professional football player who, despite his boyhood allegiance to hometown team Heart of Midlothian, spent his entire career in Glasgow with Rangers as a player, manager and director.Greig was voted "The Greatest Ever Ranger" in 1999 by the Rangers supporters...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> ABERDEEN: | GK 1

Bobby Clark

Bobby Clark (footballer)

Robert "Bobby" Clark is a former Scottish football goalkeeper. Clark graduated from Jordanhill College in Glasgow, Scotland in 1967 with a degree in Physical Education.- Playing career :...

DF 2

Stuart Kennedy

Stuart Robert Kennedy is a former Scottish international football player, who also played as a right back for Falkirk and Aberdeen.-Club career:...

DF 3

Chic McLelland

Chic McLelland is a Scottish former football player and manager. He played for Aberdeen, Motherwell, Dundee and Montrose. After retiring as a player he joined the Montrose coaching staff and briefly served as co-manager of the team.- External links :*, Neil Brown...

MF 4

John McMaster DF 5

Doug Rougvie

Douglas 'Doug' Rougvie is a retired Scottish international footballer who played mainly for Aberdeen and Chelsea.-Aberdeen:...

DF 6

Willie Miller

William Ferguson Miller, MBE is a former professional football player who made a club record 558 league appearances for Aberdeen. He is currently the club's Director of Football...

MF 7

Gordon Strachan

Gordon David Strachan OBE is a Scottish football manager and former player. He is currently without a club, having last managed Middlesbrough. Strachan played for Dundee, Aberdeen, Manchester United, Leeds United and Coventry City, as well as the Scotland national team. Prior to Middlesbrough,...

FW 8

Steve Archibald

Steven Archibald is a former Scottish football player and manager.- Club career :He first came to prominence playing in midfield for Scottish First Division side Clyde, but was converted to striker when he signed for Aberdeen, forging a prolific partnership with Joe Harper...

FW 9

Joe Harper

Joe Harper (footballer)

Joseph Montgomery Harper is a Scottish former footballer, mainly remembered for his two spells with Aberdeen, during which he became the club's record goalscorer.-Club career:...

FW 10

Drew Jarvie

Andrew "Drew" Jarvie is a former Scottish footballer known mostly for his time with club team Aberdeen...

MF 11

Duncan Davidson

Duncan Davidson (footballer)

Duncan Davidson is a Scottish former football player.-Playing career:Duncan Davidson was born in Elgin, Moray in 1954. He signed for Aberdeen in 1973 from Lewis United. In 1981, he moved to the USA where he played for Tulsa Roughnecks and Toronto Blizzard...

Substitutes: DF 12

Alex McLeish

Alexander "Alex" McLeish , is a Scottish former professional footballer and manager, who is currently managing English Premier League club Aston Villa...

? 14 Manager:

Alex Ferguson

Sir Alexander Chapman "Alex" Ferguson, CBE is a Scottish association football manager and former player, currently managing Manchester United, where he has been in charge since 1986...

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