1978 Scottish Cup final

1978 Scottish Cup Final
	Aberdeen FC and Rangers FC teams line up before the 1978 Scottish Cup Final.
Event	1977–78 Scottish Cup
Date	6 May 1978
Venue	Hampden Park, Glasgow
Referee	Brian McGinlay
Attendance	61,563

The 1978 Scottish Cup Final was played on 6 May 1978 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 93rd Scottish Cup. Aberdeen and Rangers contested the match, Rangers won the match 2–1 with a flying header from Alex MacDonald and a second from Derek Johnstone in the second half.

Match details

6 May 1978

Rangers	2 – 1	Aberdeen
Alex MacDonald 35' Derek Johnstone 57'	Report (page 16)	Steve Ritchie 85'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 61,563

Referee: Brian McGinlay


RANGERS:
GK	1	Peter McCloy
DF	2	Sandy Jardine
DF	5	Colin Jackson
DF	3	John Greig
DF	4	Tom Forsyth
MF	7	Tommy McLean
MF	8	Bobby Russell
MF	6	Alex MacDonald
MF	11	Davie Cooper	?'
FW	9	Derek Johnstone
FW	10	Gordon Smith
Substitutes:
MF	12	Kenny Watson	?'
Manager:
Jock Wallace


ABERDEEN:
GK	1	Bobby Clark
DF	2	Stuart Kennedy
DF	6	Willie Miller
DF	5	Willie Garner
DF	3	Steve Ritchie
MF	8	Ian Fleming	?'
MF	7	Dom Sullivan
MF	4	John McMaster
MF	11	Duncan Davidson
FW	10	Drew Jarvie
FW	9	Joe Harper
Substitutes:
MF	12	Ian Scanlon	?'
Manager:
Billy McNeill

Scottish Cup
Seasons	1873–74 1874–75 1875–76 1876–77 1877–78 1878–79 1879–80 1880–81 1881–82 1882–83 1883–84 1884–85 1885–86 1886–87 1887–88 1888–89 1889–90 1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–1919 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–1946 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
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List of finals Winning managers Scottish Qualifying Cup

Aberdeen F.C. matches
Scottish Cup finals	1937 1947 1953 1954 1959 1967 1970 1982 1983 1984 1986 1990 1993 2000 2017 2025
Scottish League Cup finals	1947 (April) 1955 1976 1979 (March) 1979 (December) 1985 1987 1988 1989 1992 1995 2000 2014 2016 (November) 2018 2023 (December)
European Cup Winners' Cup final	1983
European Super Cup	1983
Other	1946 Southern League Cup 1951 Saint Mungo Cup final

Rangers F.C. matches
Scottish Cup Finals	1877 1879 1894 1897 1898 1899 1903 1904 1905 1909 1921 1922 1928 1929 1930 1932 1934 1935 1936 1948 1949 1950 1953 1960 1962 1963 1964 1966 1969 1971 1973 1976 1977 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1989 1992 1993 1994 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2008 2009 2016 2022 2024
Scottish League Cup Finals	1947 (April) 1949 (March) 1951 1957 1960 1961 1963 1964 1965 1966 1970 1975 1978 1979 (March) 1981 1982 1984 (March) 1984 (October) 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1992 1993 1996 1998 2002 2003 2005 2008 2009 2010 2011 2019 2023 (February) 2023 (December) 2024
SFL Championship Play-offs	1891 1905
Scottish Challenge Cup Finals	2014 2016
European Cup Winners' Cup Finals	1961 1967 1972
UEFA Europa League Finals	2008 2022
European Super Cup	1972 (unofficial)
Other matches	1901 Glasgow International Exhibition Cup Final 1902 British League Cup Final 1946 Southern League Cup 1946 Victory Cup Berwick Rangers 1–0 Rangers (1967) 1971 Ibrox disaster Rangers 2–2 Celtic (1987) Dubai Champions Cup (1987) Progrès Niederkorn 2–0 Rangers (2017)

1977–78 in Scottish football
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Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup League Cup Final Junior Cup
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup Anglo-Scottish Cup
Related to national team	Results World Cup 1978 qualifying (Group 7) 1978 FIFA World Cup British Home Championship
Club seasons
Premier Division	Aberdeen Ayr United Celtic Clydebank Dundee United Hibernian Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers St. Mirren
First Division	Airdrieonians Alloa Athletic Arbroath Dundee Dumbarton East Fife Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Kilmarnock Montrose Morton Queen of the South St. Johnstone Stirling Albion
Second Division	Albion Rovers Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clyde Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Athletic East Stirlingshire Falkirk Forfar Athletic Meadowbank Thistle Raith Rovers Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stranraer

1978 Scottish Cup final

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