Spring
Cup
1975-76
See also |
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 |
Group
1 |
Air |
Bre |
EF |
Stran |
Airdrieonians
|
X |
Mar 6 2-1 |
Mar 27 1-0 |
Apr 10 6-2 |
|
Apr 3 1-1 |
X |
Apr 10 1-1 |
Mar 13 4-0 |
|
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 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 |
|
Apr 3 3-1 |
Mar 13 2-0 |
X |
Apr 10 2-0 |
|
Mar
13 0-0 |
Apr 3 3-1 |
Mar 20 0-1 |
X |
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
Alloa 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 |
|
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 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 |
|
Mar 13 1-0 |
X |
Mar 20 1-2 |
Apr 3 2-1 |
|
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 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 |
|
Clbnk |
QOS |
RR |
|
X |
Mar 6 1-3 |
Apr 10 1-0 |
Mar 20 2-2 |
|
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 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 |
|
Mort |
Stirl |
|
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
|
Mar 13 0-0 |
Apr 3 2-3 |
Mar 20 0-1 |
X |
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
Montrose Morton Stirling
|
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 Clydebank
4-1 Montrose
3-1 Morton
1-1 Queen's Park Partick
Thistle 1-0 St
Mirren 3-0 Alloa 17th
April 1976 Raith
Rovers 2-2 Dumbarton 2nd
Leg 17th
April 1976 Airdrie
3-0 Albion
Rovers 2-0 Alloa
1-4 St Mirren Queen's
Park 2-3 Morton 19th
April 1976 Dumbarton
4-0 Raith Rovers |
Quarter-Final
1st
Leg 21st
April 1976 Clydebank
1-0 Dumbarton
4-2 Morton
1-0 St Mirren 2nd
Leg 24th
April 1976 Airdrieonians
5-0 East
Fife 1-0 Clydebank aet ( St
Mirren 0-1 Morton |
Semi-Final
at neutral venues 28th
April 1976 Airdrieonians
3-1 Morton |
Final
at 3rd
May 1976 Airdrieonians
4-2 Clydebank aet |