1974 Scottish League Cup final
# 1974 Scottish League Cup final

The 1974 Scottish League Cup final was played on 26 October 1974 and was the final of the 29th Scottish League Cup competition. It was contested by Hibernian and Celtic. Celtic won the match 6–3, with John "Dixie" Deans and Joe Harper scoring hat-tricks for each side. Jimmy Johnstone, Steve Murray and Paul Wilson scored Celtic's other goals.

## Match details

HIBERNIAN: :

| GK | 1 | Jim McArthur |
| - | - | - |
| DF | 2 | John Brownlie |
| MF | 3 | Des Bremner |
| DF | 4 | Pat Stanton |
| DF | 5 | Derek Spalding |
| DF | 6 | John Blackley |
| MF | 7 | Alex Edwards |
| MF | 8 | Alex Cropley |
| FW | 9 | Joe Harper |
| MF | 10 | Iain Munro |
| MF | 11 | Arthur Duncan |
| Substitutes: ||||
| DF | ? | Bobby Smith |
| DF | ? | Willie Murray |
| Manager: ||||
| Eddie Turnbull ||||

CELTIC: :

| GK | 1 | Ally Hunter |
| - | - | - |
| DF | 2 | Danny McGrain |
| DF | 3 | Jim Brogan |
| MF | 4 | Steve Murray |
| DF | 5 | Billy McNeill |
| DF | 6 | Pat McCluskey |
| MF | 7 | Jimmy Johnstone |
| FW | 8 | Kenny Dalglish |
| FW | 9 | John "Dixie" Deans |
| MF | 10 | Harry Hood |
| MF | 11 | Paul Wilson |
| Substitutes: ||||
| FW | 12 | Bobby Lennox |
| DF | 14 | Roddie MacDonald |
| Manager: ||||
| Jock Stein ||||

## Media coverage

In Scotland highlights of the final were shown on BBC One Scotland on their Sportsreel programme in the evening and also on STV and Grampian Television on the former's Scotsport programme the following day.

