1996–97 Scottish League Cup
Tournament details | |
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Country | Scotland |
Final positions | |
Champions | Rangers |
Runner-up | Heart of Midlothian |
The 1996–97 Scottish League Cup was the 51st staging of Scotland's second most prestigious football knockout competition, also known for sponsorship reasons as the Coca-Cola Cup.
The competition was won by Rangers, who defeated Heart of Midlothian 4–3 in the final, played at Celtic Park.
First round
[edit]Home team | Score | Away team |
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Albion Rovers | 4–0 | Arbroath |
Ayr United | 5–2 | Livingston |
Brechin City | 3–0 | Montrose |
Clyde | 1–0 | Inverness CT [aet] |
Cowdenbeath | 1–2 | Forfar Athletic |
East Stirlingshire | 1–3 | Alloa Athletic |
Queen's Park | 3–1 | Ross County [aet] |
Stranraer | 2–0 | Queen of the South |
Second round
[edit]Home team | Score | Away team |
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Clyde | 1–3 | Celtic |
Clydebank | 0–3 | Rangers |
Heart of Midlothian | (p)1–1 | Stenhousemuir |
Stranraer | 1–2 | Dunfermline Athletic |
Airdrieonians | 3–2 | Raith Rovers |
Brechin City | 0–2 | Hibernian |
Dundee | 2–1 | Dumbarton |
East Fife | 1–5 | St Johnstone |
Falkirk | 2–3 | Albion Rovers |
Kilmarnock | 0–1 | Ayr United |
Morton | (p)1–1 | Hamilton Academical |
Motherwell | 0–0(p) | Alloa Athletic |
Partick Thistle | 3–0 | Forfar Athletic |
Queen's Park | 0–2 | Aberdeen |
St Mirren | 4–0 | Berwick Rangers |
Stirling Albion | 1–2 | Dundee United |
Third round
[edit]Home team | Score | Away team |
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Alloa Athletic | 1–5 | Celtic |
Dunfermline Athletic | 3–1 | St Mirren |
Rangers | 3–1 | Ayr United |
Albion Rovers | 0–2 | Hibernian |
Dundee United | 2–2(p) | Dundee |
Morton | 3–7 | Aberdeen |
Partick Thistle | 1–0 | Airdrieonians |
St Johnstone | 1–3 (a.e.t.) | Heart of Midlothian |
Quarter-finals
[edit]Dunfermline Athletic | 2–0 | Partick Thistle |
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Bingham 60' Britton 79' | Report |
East End Park, Dunfermline
Attendance: 5,322
Dundee | 2–1 | Aberdeen |
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Paul Tosh 35' Jim Hamilton 89' | Report | Billy Dodds 72' (pen.) |
Dens Park, Dundee
Attendance: 8,650
Semi-finals
[edit]Dunfermline Athletic | 1–6 | Rangers |
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Moore 61' | Report | Laudrup 41', 69' McInnes 56' Andersen 63', 64' Albertz 82' |
Celtic Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 16,791
Hearts | 3–1 | Dundee |
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Beckford 20' Cameron 30' (pen.) Paille 60' | Jim Hamilton 73' |
Easter Road, Edinburgh
Attendance: 15,653
Final
[edit]Rangers | 4–3 | Hearts |
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McCoist 11', 27' Gascoigne 64', 66' | Report | Fulton 44' Robertson 59' Weir 88' |
Celtic Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 48,559
References
[edit]- Graham Hunter (1997). Martin Corteel (ed.). The Official Rangers Supporters' Book. Carlton Books. ISBN 1-85613-460-1.