1991–92 Scottish League Cup

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The 1991–92 Scottish League Cup was the 46th staging of Scotland's second most prestigious football knockout competition. The competition was sponsored by Skol and was also known as the Skol Cup.{{Cite web |url=http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/res/documents/SFL/SFLHandbook/Cup%20Finals.pdf |title=SFL League Cup Final Results 1946/47 – 2006/07 |access-date=22 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530094939/http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/res/documents/SFL/SFLHandbook/Cup%20Finals.pdf |archive-date=30 May 2008 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}

The competition was won by Hibs, who defeated Dunfermline Athletic 2–0 in the final at Hampden Park. This meant that Hibs won their first major trophy since winning the same competition in 1972. It marked a great turnaround in Hibs' fortunes since the summer of 1990, when the very existence of the club had been threatened by a takeover bid made by Wallace Mercer, who had intended to merge Hibs with Hearts. This period was later covered by an episode of the BBC documentary That Was The Team That Was, which revealed that Hibs player Murdo MacLeod had placed a bet on his team winning the cup.

First round

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Berwick Rangers

|0–1

|Dumbarton

Alloa Athletic

|(p)0 – 0

|Stranraer

East Fife

|2 – 2(p)

|East Stirlingshire

Queen of the South

|0–4

|Albion Rovers

Queen's Park

|4–2

|Stenhousemuir

Cowdenbeath

|1–0

|Arbroath

Second round

Third round

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Aberdeen

|0–1

|Airdrieonians

Dunfermline Athletic

|(p)1 – 1

|St Mirren

Ayr United

|2–0

|St Johnstone

Celtic

|3–1

|Raith Rovers

Dundee United

|1–0

|Falkirk

Hamilton Academical

|0–2

|Heart of Midlothian

Kilmarnock

|2–3

|Hibernian

Partick Thistle

|0–2

|Rangers

Quarter-final

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Heart of Midlothian

|0–1

|Rangers

Airdrieonians

|(p)0 – 0

|Celtic

Ayr United

|0–2

|Hibernian

Dunfermline Athletic

|3–1

|Dundee United

Semi-final

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|team1 = Dunfermline Athletic

|score = 1 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(3 – 2 pen.)

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|team2 =Airdrieonians

|goals1 = McWilliams {{goal||pen.}}

|goals2 = Coyle {{goal}}

|stadium = Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh

|referee = David Syme

|attendance = 10,662

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|team1 = Hibernian

|score = 1–0

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|team2 = Rangers

|goals1 = Wright {{goal|29}}

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|stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow

|referee =

|attendance = 40,901

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Final

{{main|1991 Scottish League Cup Final}}

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| |date = 27 October 1991

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|team1 = Hibernian

|score = 2–0

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|team2 = Dunfermline Athletic

|goals1 = McIntyre {{goal|49|pen.}}
Wright {{goal|86}}

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|stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow

|referee = Brian McGinlay

|attendance = 40,377

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References

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  • {{cite book |author=Jim Jeffrey |title=Hibernian Football Club Classic Matches |publisher=STADIA |pages=90–91 |isbn=978-0-7524-4452-9}}