Spring Cup

1975-76

 

See also

Main index

Club directory

 

Because the Scottish Football League season consisted of just 26 games in the 1st and 2nd Divisions in 1975-76, the Spring Cup was established to provide competition in March and April 1976.

There were seven groups of four with the top two in each plus the two best third placed sides qualifying for the last sixteen. Two rounds of two-leg matches produced the semi-finalists. Both semis and the final were one-offs,  played at neutral venues. Airdrieonians beat Clydebank 4-2 after extra time in the Firhill final but the attendance was only around 5,000. Indeed crowds were so poor that the competition was scrapped after just one season with teams in the two lower divisions playing each other three times to bring the number of league fixtures up to an acceptable level.

 

 

Group 1

 

Air

Bre

EF

Stran

Airdrieonians

X

Mar 6

2-1

Mar 27

1-0

Apr 10

6-2

Brechin City

Apr 3

1-1

X

Apr 10

1-1

Mar 13

4-0

East Fife

Mar13

3-0

Mar 20

2-0

X

Apr 3

4-2

Stranraer

Mar 20

0-1

Mar 27

2-2

Mar 6

1-0

X

 

 

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pts

Airdrieonians

East Fife

Brechin City

Stranraer

6

6

6

6

4

3

1

1

1

1

3

1

1

2

2

4

11

10

9

7

7

5

8

17

9

7

5

3

 

 

Group 2

 

Alloa

BR

Falk

Kilm

Alloa

X

Apr 10

2-0

Mar 6

3-1

Mar 27

2-2

Berwick Rangers

Mar 20

2-2

X

Mar 27

1-1

Mar 10

0-0

Falkirk

Apr 3

3-1

Mar 13

2-0

X

Apr 10

2-0

Kilmarnock

Mar 13

0-0

Apr 3

3-1

Mar 20

0-1

X

 

 

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pts

Falkirk

Alloa

Kilmarnock

Berwick Rangers

6

6

6

6

4

2

1

0

1

3

3

3

1

1

2

3

10

10

5

4

5

8

6

10

9

7

5

3

 

 

Group 3

 

Forf

MTh

PTh

StM

Forfar Athletic

X

Mar 20

3-3

Mar 13

0-1

Mar 27

0-1

Meadowbank Thistle

Apr 10

1-0

X

Mar 27

2-1

Mar 6

0-4

Partick Thistle

Apr 3

4-2

Mar 13

5-0

X

Apr 10

1-3

St Mirren

Mar 13

5-0

Apr 3

4-0

Mar 20

1-2

X

 

 

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pts

St Mirren

Partick Thistle

Meadowbank Thistle

Forfar Athletic

6

6

6

6

5

4

2

0

0

0

1

1

1

2

3

5

18

14

6

5

3

8

17

15

10

8

5

1

 

 

Group 4

 

AR

Arb

Dumb

Sten

Albion Rovers

X

Mar 20

1-0

Apr 7

1-2

Mar 13

1-0

Arbroath

Apr 10

3-2

X

Mar 13

0-1

Apr

0-1

Dumbarton

Mar 10

4-1

Mar 27

1-2

X

Apr 10

3-1

Stenhousemuir

Mar 27

2-3

Mar 6

0-2

Mar 20

2-1

X

 

 

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pts

Dumbarton

Arbroath

Albion Rovers

Stenhousemuir

6

6

6

6

4

3

3

2

0

0

0

0

2

3

3

4

12

7

9

6

7

6

11

10

8

6

6

4

 

 

Group 5

 

Cowd

Dunf

Ham

QP

Cowdenbeath

X

Mar 27

4-0

Mar 6

3-0

Apr 10

1-3

Dunfermline Athletic

Mar 13

1-0

X

Mar 20

1-2

Apr 3

2-1

Hamilton Academical

Apr 6

1-0

Apr 10

0-2

X

Mar 13

1-1

Queen’s Park

Mar 20

2-0

Mar 6

1-1

Mar 27

1-1

X

 

 

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pts

Queen’s Park

Dunfermline Athletic

Hamilton Academical

Cowdenbeath

6

6

6

6

2

3

2

2

3

1

2

0

1

2

2

4

9

7

5

8

6

8

8

7

7

7

6

4

 

 

Group 6

 

Clyde

Clbnk

QOS

RR

Clyde

X

Mar 6

1-3

Apr 10

1-0

Mar 20

2-2

Clydebank

Apr 3

3-0

X

Mar 20

4-0

Mar 13

1-2

Queen of the South

Mar 13

1-2

Mar 27

1-3

X

Apr 3

2-0

Raith Rovers

Mar 27

2-1

Apr 10

2-1

Mar 10

4-2

X

 

 

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pts

Raith Rovers

Clydebank

Clyde

Queen of the South

6

6

6

6

4

4

2

1

1

0

1

0

1

2

3

5

12

15

7

6

9

6

11

14

9

8

5

2

 

 

Group 7

 

ES

Mont

Mort

Stirl

East Stirlingshire

X

Apr 10

1-1

Mar 6

1-2

Mar 27

2-1

Montrose

Mar 20

3-0

X

Mar 27

1-4

Mar 31

3-2

Morton

Apr 7

1-0

Mar 13

2-4

X

Apr 10

1-1

Stirling Albion

Mar 13

0-0

Apr 3

2-3

Mar 20

0-1

X

 

 

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pts

Montrose

Morton

East Stirlingshire

Stirling Albion

6

6

6

6

4

4

1

0

1

1

2

2

1

1

3

4

15

11

4

6

11

7

8

10

9

9

4

2

 

 

First Round

1st Leg

14th April 1976

Arbroath 2-1 Falkirk   

Clydebank 4-1 Albion Rovers  

Dunfermline Athletic 4-2 Airdrieonians  

Montrose 3-1 Hamilton Academicals  

Morton 1-1 Queen's Park  

Partick Thistle 1-0 East Fife  

St Mirren 3-0 Alloa    

 

17th April 1976

Raith Rovers 2-2 Dumbarton  

 

 

2nd Leg

17th April 1976

Airdrie 3-0 Dunfermline Athletic  

Albion Rovers 2-0 Clydebank  

Alloa 1-4 St Mirren  

East Fife 2-0 Partick Thistle  

Falkirk 2-0 Arbroath  

Hamilton Academicals 6-3 Montrose  

Queen's Park 2-3 Morton  

 

19th April 1976

Dumbarton 4-0 Raith Rovers

 

Quarter-Final

1st Leg

21st April 1976

Clydebank 1-0 East Fife  

Dumbarton 4-2 Falkirk  

Hamilton Academical 0-4 Airdrieonians  

Morton 1-0 St Mirren  

 

2nd Leg

24th April 1976

Airdrieonians 5-0 Hamilton Academical  

East Fife 1-0 Clydebank aet  (Clydebank won on penalties)

Falkirk 1-2 Dumbarton  

St Mirren 0-1 Morton  

 

Semi-Final at neutral venues

28th April 1976

Airdrieonians 3-1 Morton

Clydebank 3-1 Dumbarton  

 

Final at Firhill Park, Glasgow

3rd May 1976

Airdrieonians 4-2 Clydebank  aet