League Cup 1975-76

Matches: 19751976 | League Cup | 1975-76 Pictures

The dreaded offside rule adjustment used the previous two seasons was dropped this season.

Celtic were in Group 3

Celtic
1 – 0
Aberdeen
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Dumbarton
2 – 1
Hearts
Aberdeen
2 – 0
Dumbarton
Hearts
2 – 0
Celtic
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Aberdeen
1 – 2
Hearts
Celtic
3 – 1
Dumbarton
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Celtic 3 – 1
Hearts
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Dumbarton
0 – 1
Aberdeen

Dumbarton
0 – 8
Celtic
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Hearts
1 – 0 Aberdeen

Aberdeen
0 – 2
Celtic Link
Hearts
6 – 2
Dumbarton

Final Group table

Team P W D L F A GD Pts
Celtic 6 5 0 1 17 4 +13 10
Hearts 6 4 0 2 13 8 +5 8
Aberdeen 6 2 0 4 6 6 -2 4
Dumbarton 6 1 0 5 5 21 -16 2

Group Qualifiers

Group Team W D L F A GD Pts
1 Rangers
4 2 0 18 5 +13 10
2 Hibernian 5 0 1 14 4 +10 10
3 Celtic 5 0 1 17 4 +13 10
4 Partick Thistle
6 0 0 17 6 +11 12
5 Queen of the South
3 1 2 7 6 +1 7
6 Montrose 3 2 1 11 6 +5 8
7 Clydebank 4 1 1 7 7 0 9
8 Stenhousemuir 3 2 1 7 7 0 8
9 Cowdenbeath 4 0 1 15 7 +8 8

Cowdenbeath were in a Group of 6 teams who played each other once
These two teams played off against two other Group Runners Up.

Supplementary Round:

Team Aggregate Team Home Away
Cowdenbeath
0-4 Clydebank 0-2 0-2

Quarter Finals

Team Agg. Team 1st Leg 2nd Leg
Hibernian
4-1 Montrose 1-0 3-1
Partick Thistle 4-1 Clydebank 4-0 0-1
Rangers 3-2 Queen of the South
1-0 2-2
Stenhousemuir 0-3 Celtic
0-2 0-1

Semi Finals:

Team Team
Celtic
1-0 Partick Thistle
Rangers 5-1 Montrose

Final:
Played at Hampden Park, 25th October, 1975.
Rangers 1 – 0 Celtic

Winners League Cup 1975-76 Rangers