1978–79 Scottish Cup


The 1978–79 Scottish Cup was the 94th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Rangers who defeated Hibernian in the twice replayed final.

Second round

Home teamScoreAway team
Inverness Thistle0 – 4Falkirk
Forfar Athletic1 – 2Berwick Rangers
East Stirlingshire2 – 3Spartans
Cowdenbeath0 – 0Alloa Athletic
Peterhead2 – 3Queen's Park
East Fife2 – 1Brechin City
Meadowbank Thistle2 – 1Stenhousemuir
Stranraer1 – 1Dunfermline Athletic

Semi-finals

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Replay

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Events

Inverness Thistle's match against Falkirk became famous in Scotland because the game was postponed 29 times, It was originally supposed to be played on 6 January in Inverness at Kingsmills Park due to ice and snow, and was eventually played on 22 February once it was deemed suitable, where Falkirk won the game 4-0, and were eventually put out by Dundee 3 days later, though it was a few postponements short of beating the record of 33 games by Airdrieonians and Stranraer set 16 years earlier due to similar circumstances during the Winter of 1962–63 in the United Kingdom where football matches were called off due to snowstorms.