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1977–78 Scottish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Final positions
Champions	Rangers
Runner-up	Aberdeen
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The 1977–78 Scottish Cup was the 93rd staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Rangers who defeated Aberdeen in the final.

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Brechin City	2 – 0	Falkirk
Burntisland Shipyard	1 – 4	Berwick Rangers
Civil Service Strollers	4 – 3	Selkirk
Dunfermline Athletic	0 – 0	Clyde
Inverness Caledonian	5 – 0	Inverness Thistle
Raith Rovers	1 – 0	Stenhousemuir

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Clyde	0 – 3	Dunfermline Athletic

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Albion Rovers	1 – 0	Buckie Thistle
Berwick Rangers	6 – 0	Raith Rovers
Brechin City	1 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic
Inverness Caledonian	4 – 0	Civil Service Strollers
Meadowbank Thistle	2 – 1	East Stirlingshire
Peterhead	1 – 1	Cowdenbeath
Stranraer	0 – 1	Queen's Park
Vale of Leithen	4 – 1	Forfar Athletic

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Cowdenbeath	5 – 0	Peterhead

Third round

Home team	Score	Away team
St Johnstone	1 – 0	Brechin City
Stirling Albion	3 – 0	Clydebank
Aberdeen	2 – 0	Ayr United
Airdrieonians	2 – 3	Hearts
Celtic	7 – 1	Dundee
St Mirren	1 – 2	Kilmarnock
Albion Rovers	0 – 1	Greenock Morton
Partick Thistle	1 – 1	Cowdenbeath
Vale of Leithen	0 – 1	Queen's Park
Alloa Athletic	2 – 2	Dumbarton
Arbroath	0 – 4	Motherwell
Berwick Rangers	2 – 4	Rangers
Hamilton Academical	1 – 4	Dundee United
Hibernian	4 – 0	East Fife
Meadowbank Thistle	2 – 1	Inverness Caledonian
Queen of the South	2 – 2	Montrose

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Cowdenbeath	0 – 1	Partick Thistle
Dumbarton	2 – 1	Alloa Athletic
Montrose	1 – 3	Queen of the South

Fourth round

Home team	Score	Away team
Hibernian	0 – 0	Partick Thistle
Aberdeen	3 – 0	St Johnstone
Celtic	1 – 1	Kilmarnock
Dundee United	3 – 0	Queen of the South
Motherwell	1 – 3	Queen's Park
Dumbarton	1 – 1	Hearts
Greenock Morton	3 – 0	Meadowbank Thistle
Rangers	1 – 0	Stirling Albion

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Partick Thistle	2 – 1	Hibernian
Kilmarnock	1 – 0	Celtic
Hearts	0 – 1	Dumbarton

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	2 – 2	Greenock Morton
Dundee United	2 – 0	Queen's Park
Partick Thistle	2 – 1	Dumbarton
Rangers	4 – 1	Kilmarnock

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Greenock Morton	1 – 2	Aberdeen

Semi-finals

5 April 1978

Rangers	2–0	Dundee United

Hampden Park, GlasgowAttendance: 25,619

12 April 1978

Aberdeen	4–2	Partick Thistle
Fleming 32' 39' 77' Joe Harper 71' (pen.)		Melrose 64' 68'

Hampden Park, GlasgowAttendance: 12,282Referee: John Gordon

Final

Main article: 1978 Scottish Cup Final 6 May 1978

Rangers	2–1	Aberdeen
Alex MacDonald 35' Derek Johnstone 57'		Ritchie 85'

Hampden Park, GlasgowAttendance: 61,563Referee: Brian McGinlay

References

Strachan, Graeme. "Derek Johnstone: 1970 League Cup Final winner was the stuff of dreams". thecourier.co.uk. Retrieved 19 February 2024.

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First round

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Quarter-finals

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Final

See also

References