Matches: 1973 – 1974 | Match Pictures: 1973-74 | League Cup |
This season again – for the second year running – saw teams seeded with Groups composed of 2 First Division and 2 Second Division teams. The Winner and Runners Up from the Group Stage would progress to a Second Round where the teams would play each other Home and Away. Group 9 was a group of 5 teams which played 4 matches before a play off.
Also applying this season
- Two substitutes were allowed during the game
- The offside rule as used in the Drybrough Cup was applied – one could only be offside beyond the 18 yard line extended to the touch lines.
Celtic were in Group 1
| Celtic |
2- 1 | Arbroath |
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| Ranger |
3 – 1 |
Falkirk |
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| Arbroath |
1 – 2 |
Rangers |
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| Falkirk |
0 – 2 |
Celtic |
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| Arbroath |
3 – 1 |
Falkirk |
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| Rangers |
1 – 2 |
Celtic |
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| Celtic | 2 – 1 |
Falkirk | Link |
| Rangers |
3 – 0 |
Arbroath |
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| Celtic |
1 – 3 |
Rangers |
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| Falkirk |
2 – 3 | Arbroath |
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| Arbroath |
1 – 3 |
Celtic |
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| Falkirk |
1 – 5 |
Rangers |
Final Group table
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| Rangers | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 10 |
| Celtic | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 10 |
| Arbroath | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 4 |
| Falkirk | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -12 | 0 |
Group Qualifiers
| Group | Team | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Rangers | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 10 |
| Celtic | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 10 | |
| 2 | Hibernian | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 10 |
| Dumbarton | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | |
| 3 | Dundee | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 10 |
| St Johnstone | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 7 | |
| 4 | Motherwell | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 7 |
| Aberdeen | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 | |
| 5 | Kilmarnock | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 8 |
| East Stirling | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 7 | |
| 6 | Stirling Albion | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 8 |
| Raith Rovers | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 7 | |
| 7 | Airdrie | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 10 |
| Clyde | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 8 | |
| 8 | St Mirren | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 9 |
| Dunfermiline | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 7 | |
| 9 | Albion Rovers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 5 |
| Forfar | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 |
Alloa and Albion Rovers were in a Group of 5 teams which played 4 games
These two teams played off against two other Group Runners Up.
Supplementary Round:
| Team | Aggregate | Team | Home | Away |
| Albion Rovers |
1-0 | East Stirling | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| Clyde |
7-1 | Forfar | 4-0 | 3-1 |
Second Round: (Group Stage winners first)
| Team | Team | Home | Away | Agg. | Replay | |
| Stirling Albion |
v | Aberdeen | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-6 | |
| Airdrie |
v | Albion Rovers | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-4 | |
| St Mirren |
v | Clyde | 0-1 | 4-5 | 4-6 | |
| Dundee | v | Dunfermiline | 3-2 | 2-2 | 5-4 | |
| Hibernian | v | Raith Rovers | 3-2 | 2-0 | 5-2 | |
| Motherwell | v | Celtic | 1-2 | 1-0 | 2-2(aet) | 2-3 |
| Rangers | v | Dumbarton | 6-0 | 2-1 | 7-1 | |
| Kilmarnock | v | St Johnstone |
0-1 | 3-1 | 3-2 (aet) |
Quarter Finals
| Team | Agg. | Team | 1st Leg | 2nd Leg | Playoff |
| Albion Rovers |
4-5 | Kilmarnock |
2-0 | 2-5 | |
| Celtic |
3-2 | Aberdeen |
3-2 | 0-0 | |
| Dundee |
3-2 | Clyde |
1-0 | 2-2 | |
| Rangers |
2-0 | Hibernian |
2-0 | 0-0 |
Semi Finals:
| Team | Team | |
| Celtic |
3-1 | Rangers |
| Dundee | 1-0 | Kilmarnock |
Final:
Played at Hampden Park, 15th December, 1973.
Celtic 0 – 1 Dundee
Winners League Cup 1973-74 Dundee