Drybrough Cup

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The early 1970s saw the authorities begin to move away from their long-standing opposition to sponsorship. But they embraced commercialism only tentatively, refusing to allow companies to lend their name to existing tournaments. As a result those companies prepared to put some money into the game had to set up their own tournaments, of which the Drybrough Cup was one - the first sponsored competition exclusive to Scottish clubs.

The competition was established in 1971, a year after the similar Watney Cup had been introduced in England and was open to the clubs which scored the most League goals in the preceding season - the top four from the then two existing divisions - with the draw seeded so that top division clubs couldn't clash in the opening round.

It was played before the start of the traditional season and all competitions were done and dusted inside a week. There was none of the giant-killing associated with the Watney Cup (where Halifax Town knocked out the Manchester United of Best, Law and Charlton and the competition was won by Colchester United!) as all four top league sides - Aberdeen, Airdrieonians, Celtic and St Johnstone won their ties on Saturday July 31st 1971 and the Dons and the Celts triumphed in midweek semi-finals to clash at Pittodrie in the Final on August 7th.

This was an open, attractive match watched by around 25,000 which Aberdeen won 2-1 thanks to goals from a Joe Harper spot-kick and Davie Robb. John Hughes scored for Celtic.

Although ostensibly for an equal number of first and second division sides, unsurprisingly the two promoted teams - Partick Thistle and East Fife - were among the lower division's leading scorers. So, in reality there were six 1st Division sides taking part. The two lower league sides - Dumbarton and Arbroath - went on to win promotion in 1971-72.

The initial tournament was judged a success. Each entrant was guaranteed a minimum of £1,000 (a tidy sum for some clubs) out of the £25,000 pot the sponsors put up for grabs. Significantly though, even at this stage, Celtic were reluctant entrants. They felt it was a needless addition to the calendar and they had a point. In England the Watney Cup was played for by the highest scorers EXCLUDING teams who qualified for Europe or won promotion.

In 72-73 the four lower sides were again eliminated immediately but the competition was still a success - a total of 67,000 watched the opening round. The Final was scheduled for Hampden - probably in anticipation of an Old Firm clash - but it was an all-green affair as Celtic bested Aberdeen 3-2 in front of 40,000 at Parkhead in the semis while Hibernian crushed a full-strength Rangers (nine of the Cup-Winners Cup winning team plus Colin Jackson and Andy Penman) 3-0 before a crowd of 27,111.

But the competition had powerful detractors. None more so than Jock Stein who made his view quite clear in the match programme for the Aberdeen game: "I am one of those who are not really enamoured of this kind of cup-tie football at this time of year."

This could be construed as biting the hand that feeds you, except that Celtic, at that time, were well-enough fed as it was!

The Final was a thrilling affair where Celtic came back from two down at the interval to take the game to extra time before Hibernian triumphed 5-3. While the attendance of 49,462 was nowhere near filling Hampden, it wasn't a bad figure for the first week of August.

At the start of 1973-74 the four top division sides - all playing at home - won once again, thhoough Raith Rovers came close to an upset by taking Dundee to extra time. Attendances, other than at Dens Park, were pretty decent too. In the last four Celtic cruised past Dundee 4-0 with 26,000 inside Parkhead while at Easter Road, Hibs and Rangers again contested a Final spot. 28,089 saw the holders edge through 2-1 after extra time.

For the second successive season the Final was a Hibernian-Celtic affair. This time though it was a much poorer game as Hibernian retained the trophy in front of 49,204 thanks to the only goal of the game from Alan Gordon in extra time.

In 1974-75 it was as you were as the four top sides all won. And while there may have been a falling away in support from the Old Firm, interest was still strong elsewhere. This writer was one of the 13,272 in attendance at Easter Road to watch Hibernian beat Kilmarnock 2-1 on the unfeasibly early date for a football game of July 27th.

Once again the nearest thing to an upset was Dundee scraping through after extra time - this time against Queen of the South. Extra time was also required at Dens Park in the last four before Celtic won through to the Final while Rangers finally won at Easter Road, beating Hibs 3-2.

The first Old Firm final attracted 57,558 to Hampden to see an exciting encounter which left the teams deadlocked 2-2 after 120 minutes. Celtic finally got their hands on the trophy winning the penalty shoot-out 4-2.

After that the competition went into cold storage. Scottish football was restructured into three divisions at the end of the season, meaning two more League matches for the new Premier Division clubs. Coupled with the Old Firm's dislike it looked like the end.

But the Drybrough Cup made a brief comeback at the end of the decade. In 1979-80 it still held enough allure to encourage over 10,000 along to Rugby Park to see Rangers beat Kilmarnock in the last four before going on to record their only success in the tourney, defeating Celtic 3-1 in the Final in a match most memorable for a Davie Cooper goal when he received the ball on his chest with his back to goal, swivelled and flicked it past four Celtic defenders before scoring.

But this was a competition whose time had come and gone. Fittingly, the first winners were also the last as Aberdeen beat St Mirren 2-1 in the 1980-81 Final (the only one that the tourney's arch-opponents Celtic didn't feature in) at Hampden. But whereas the Dons first victory was celebrated, this triumph doesn't even merit a footnote as a recent history of the club states: "History shows 1980-81 to be a season in which the Dons had nothing to show in terms of silverware."

Winners
1971-72 Aberdeen 1972-73 Hibernian 1973-74 Hibernian 1974-75 Celtic	1975-1979 no competition 1979-80 Rangers 1980-81 Aberdeen

1971-72 Drybrough Cup First Round 31st July 1971 Airdrieonians (2) 2 (D Whiteford 7, Busby 41) Arbroath (0) 1 (Walker (76) Att 3,000 Airdrieonians: McKenzie, Jonquin, Caldwell, Menzies, Delaney, D Whiteford, J Whiteford, Goodwin, Busby, Jarvie, Wilson. Subs - Young and Gourlay Arbroath: Wilson, Milne, McKay, Cargill, Waddell, Walker, Sellars, Cant, Christianson, Payne, Robertson. Subs - Stewart and Gallagher Referee: J Callaghan (Glasgow) 31st July 1971 Celtic (2) 5 Hood (22, Dalglish (28, 67, 69, 75) Dumbarton (2) 2 (C Gallagher 8, Wilson 30) Att 22,000 Celtic: Williams, Craig, Brogan, Callaghan, Connelly, Hay, Dalglish, Davidson, Macari, Hood, Hughes. Sub - Quinn Dumbarton: Williams, McKay, Muir, Jenkins, Bolton, Graham, Coleman, C Gallagher, McCormack, Wilson, B Callagher. Sub - Paterson Referee: JRP Gordon (Newport) 31st July 1971 East Fife (0) 0 Aberdeen (1) 3 G Buchan (22), Harper ( ), Graham ( ) Att 5,500 East Fife: Gorman, Duncan, Clarke, Cairns, Martin, Borthwick, Miller, Thomson, Hughes, Finlayson (Honeyman), McPhee. Sub - Gallagher Aberdeen: Clark, Boel, Hermiston, Murray, Young, M Buchan, G Buchan, Robb, Harper, Willoughby, Graham. Subs - Taylor and Geoghan Referee: RH Davidson (Airdrie) 31st July 1971 St Johnstone (0) 2 Hall (87, 89) Partick Thistle (1) 1 Lawrie (42) Att 6,500 St Johnstone: Donaldson, Lambie, Coburn, Gordon, Rennie, Rooney, Aird, Hall, Connolly, McPhee, Pearson. Subs Robertson and Aitken Partick: Rough, Hansen, Glavin, Smith, Gray, Strachan, Lawrie, Coulston. Bone, A Rae, McQuade. Subs Dick and Forsyth Referee: AFJ Webster (Falkirk) Semi-final 4th August 1971 Airdrieonians (1) 1 Goodwin (44) Aberdeen (0) 4 Delaney (og 55), G Buchan ( ), Willoughby (81), Robb (83) Att Airdrieonians: McKenzie, Jonquin, Caldwell, Menzies, Delaney, D Whiteford, J Whiteford, Goodwin, Busby, Jarvie, Wilson. Subs - Young and Gourlay Aberdeen: Clark, Boel, Hermiston, Murray, Young, M Buchan, G Buchan (Forrest), Robb, Harper, Willoughby, Graham. Sub - Geoghan Referee: EH Pringle (Edinburgh) 4th August 1971 Celtic (0) 4 Dalglish (49, 52, 83), Macari (72) St Johnstone (1) 2 Aitken (43), Pearson (47) At Firhill Park, att 25,000 Celtic: Marshall, Craig, Brogan (Hood), Hay, McNeill, Connelly, Dalglish, Callaghan, Macari, Davidson, Hughes. Sub - Williams and Hood St Johnstone: Donaldson, Lambie, Coburn, Gordon (Pearson), Rennie, Rooney, Aird, Hall, Connolly, McPhee, Aitken. Sub - Robertson Final 7th August 1971 Aberdeen (1) 2 Robb (20), Harper (pen 63) Celtic (0) 1 Hughes (58) At Pittodrie Park,att 25,000 Aberdeen: Clark, Boel, Hermiston, Murray, Young, M Buchan, G Buchan, Robb, Harper, Willoughby, Graham. Sub - McMillan Celtic: Williams, Craig, Hay, Callaghan, McNeill, Connelly, Dalglish, Hood, Macari, Davidson (Johnstone), Hughes Referee: LMD Foote (Glasgow)	1972-73 Drybrough Cup First Round 29th July 1972 Aberdeen (1) 1 Harper (41) St Mirren (0) 0 Att 16,000 Aberdeen: Clark, Willoughby, Hermiston, Murray, Boel, Young, Miller, Robb, Harper, Jarvie, Taylor. Subs - Groghegan and Wilson St Mirren: Gilmour, Cleland, Munro, Millar, McQueen, Johntone, O'Neill, Blair, Storrie, McLeod, Prentice (Mckean). Sub - Stevenson Referee: JRP Gordon (Newport) 29th July 1972 Celtic (1) 2 Callaghan (3), McNeill (53) Dumbarton (1) 1 McCormack (33) Att 40,000 Celtic: Williams, Brogan, Watt (Wilson), Murdoch, McNeill, Connelly, Davidson, Deans, Macari, Dalglish, Callaghan. Dumbarton: Wigham, Jenkins, Wilkinson, Cushley, Bolton, Graham, Coleman, Gallagher, K Wilson, McCormack, D Wilson. Sub - Menzies Referee: EH Pringle (Edinburgh) 29th July 1972 Hibernian (1) 4 Hamilton (37), Stanton (37), Gordon (86), Duncan (88) Montrose (0) 0 Att 8,000 Hibernian: Herriot, Brownlie, Schaedler, Stanton, Black, McEwan, Hamilton, Edwards, Gordon, O'Rourke, Duncan. Subs - Hazel and Robertson Montrose: Whisker, Martin, Maxwell, Thomson, D'Arcy, Lowe, Livingstone, Hutchinson, Third, Johnston, Cramond. Subs - Woodcock and Collins Referee: R Gordon (Glasgow) 29th July 1972 Rangers (2) 3 Stein (1, 23), MacDonald (84) Stirling Albion (0) 1 McPhee (49) Att 25,000 Rangers: McCloy, Jardine, Mathieson, Greig, Jackson, Smith, McLean, Johnston, Stein, Conn (Penman), MacDonald. Sub - Neef Stirling: Young, McAleer, Hancock, Henderson, McCarry, Carr, McPhee, Duffin, Steel, Stevenson, Lawson. Subs - MacMillan, Christie Referee: RC Greenlees (Lochgelly) Semi-final 2nd August 1972 Att 40,000 Celtic (1) 3 Johnstone (30), Wilson (108), Callaghan (120) Aberdeen (1) 2 G Buchan 2 aet, 90 mins 1-1 Celtic: Williams, McGrain, Brogan, Murdoch, McNeill, Connelly, Johnstone, Dalglish, Deans (Wilson), Macari, Callaghan. Aberdeen: Clark, Willoughby, Hermiston, Murray, Boel, Young, Miller, Robb, Harper, Jarvie, Taylor (G Buchan). Referee: JW Paterson (Bothwell) Replacement: H McCallum (Renton) 2nd August 1972 Att 27,111 Hibernian (1) 3 Stanton (44), Gordon (49, 70) Rangers (0) 0 Hibernian: Herriot, Brownlie, Schaedler, Stanton, Black, Blackley, Edwards, Hazel, Gordon, Cropley, Duncan. Subs - O'Rourke Rangers: McCloy, Jardine, Mathieson, Greig, Jackson, Conn, McLean, Johnston, Stein, Penman, MacDonald Referee: JCB McRoberts (WIshaw) Final 5th August 1972 At Hampden Park, att 49,462 Hibernian (2) 5 Gordon 2 (4, 21), O'Rourke (56, 95), Duncan (118) Celtic (0) 3 McNeill (65), Johnstone 2 (77, 81) aet, 90 mins 3-3 Celtic: Williams, McGrain, Brogan, Murdoch, McNeill, Connelly, Johnstone, Deans (Wilson 57), Macari, Dalglish, Callaghan. Hibernian: Herriot, Brownlie, Schaedler, Stanton, Black, Blackley, Cropley, Hamilton (O'Rourke 88), Gordon, Hazel, Duncan Referee: W Mullan (Dalkeith)
1973-74 Drybrough Cup First Round 28th July 1973 Att 27,000 Celtic (3) 6 Dalglish (9), Lennox (23 pen, 42, 55, 85), McLaughlin (38) Dunfermline Athletic (0) 1 Nelson (73) Celtic: Hunter, McGrain, Hay (McCluskey 56), Murray, McNeill, Connelly, McLaughlin, Dalglish, Lennox, Callaghan (Hood 45),Lynch . Dunfermline: Arrol, Leishman, Wallace, Thomson, McNicholl, Kinninmonth, Sinclair, Scott, Mackie, Shaw, Gillespie (Nelson). Sub - Hughes Referee: JRP Gordon (Newport-on-Tay) 28th July 1973 Att 4,000 Dundee (0) 1 Selway (og 107) Raith Rovers (0) 0 aet, 90 mins 0-0 Dundee: Allan, Gemmell, Johnston, Wilson, Stewart, Robinson, Anderson, L Scott, Duncan, Semale, Strachan. Subs - Pringle and Strachan Raith: McDermott, W Brown, Hislop, Dempsey, Rogerson, Solway, Rice, Baker, Jack, Cooper, Duncan. Subs - Wallace and T Brown Referee: EH Pringle (Edinburgh) 28th July 1973 Att 12,000 Hibernian (0) 2 Munro (57), Duncan (75) St Mirren (0) 1 Third (61) Hibernian: McArthur, Bremner, Schaedler, Stanton, Black, Blackley, Duncan, Edwards, Gordon, Munro, Cropley. Subs - O'Rourke and Higgins St Mirren: Herriot, Mowbray, Clelland, Quinn, Johnston, Fitzpatrick, Miller, Third, McLeod, McKean. Subs - Dickson and Taylor Referee: RH Davidson (Airdrie) 28th July 1973 Att 26,000 Rangers (1) 3 Parlane (44, 69), Hamilton (89) Montrose (0) 0 Rangers: McCloy (Kennedy 73), Jardine, Mathieson, Greig (Hamilton 73), Jackson, Forsyth, McLean, Scott, Parlane, MacDonald, Young. Montrose: Whisker, Martin, Mercer, O'Donnell, Markland, Lowe, Guthrie, Livingstone, Finlayson, Hutchison, Crammond. Subs - D'Arcy and Johnstone Referee: E Thomson (Edinburgh) Semi-final 31st July 1973 Att: 26,000 Celtic (1) 4 McLaughlin (25, 50), Lynch (55), Lennox (60) Dundee (0) 0 Celtic: Hunter, McGrain, Brogan, Murray, McNeill, Connelly, McLaughlin (McCluskey), Dalglish (Hood), Lennox, Callaghan, Lynch. Dundee: Allan, Gemmell, Johnstone, Wilson, Stewart, Robinson, Semple, Ford, Duncan, J Scott, Lambie. Subs - Pringle and Anderson Referee: A Webster (Falkirk) 1st August 1973 Att 28,089 Hibernian (0) 2 Bremner (53, Higgins (102) Rangers (0) 1 Parlane (54) aet, 90 mins 1-1 Rangers: McCloy, Jardine, Mathieson, Greig, Johnstone, Forsyth, McLean, Scott, Parlane, MacDonald, Young. Subs - Denny and Hamilton Hibernian: McArthur, Bremner, Schaedler, Stanton, Black, Blackley, Duncan, Edwards, Gordon (Higgins), Munro, Cropley. Sub - Smith Referee: A Webster (Falkirk) Final 4th August 1973 at Hampden Park, att 49,204 Hibernian (0) 1 Gordon (119) Celtic (0) 0 aet, 90 mins 0-0 Celtic: Hunter, McGrain, Hay, Murray, McNeill, Connelly, McLaughlin (Brogan 76), Dalglish, Lennox, Callaghan, Lynch (Hood 63) Hibernian: Herriot, Bremner, Scaedler, Stanton, Black, Blackley, Edwards (Smith 45), Higgins, Gordon, Munro (Cropley), Duncan. Referee: A McKenzie (Larbert)	1974-75 Drybrough Cup First Round 27th July 1974 Att 15,000 Airdrieonians (0) 2 Whiteford (74) Connaghan og (77) Celtic (2) 4 Johnstone (19), Murray (26), Lennox (pen 58), Wilson (71) Airdrie: McWilliams, Jonquin, Lapsley, Menzies, Cowan, McCulloch, McCann, Whireford, McRoberts, Franchetti, Wilson (Reynolds). Sub: McKinlay Celtic: Connaghan, McCluskey, Brogan (McGrain), Murray, McNeill, Callaghan, Johnstone, Wilson, Hood, Davidson (McNamara), Lennox. Referee: JR Smith (Edinburgh) 27th July 1974 Att 13,272 Hibernian (1) 2 Duncan (15), Harper (71) Kilmarnock (0) 1 Fallis (84) Hibernian: McArthur, Brownlie, Schaedler, Stanton, Spalding, Blackley, Edwards, Munro, Harper, Cropley, Duncan. Subs - Bremner and Gordon Kilmarnock: Stewart, Maxwell, Robertson, McCulloch, Redman, McDicken, Cook, Fleming, Morrison, Sheed, Fallis. Subs - McSherry and Ferguson Referee: JRP Gordon (Newport-on-Tay) 27th July 1974 Att 5,000 Queen of the South (1) 2 Renton (38) Dundee (0) 3 Duncan 3 aet, 90 mins 2-2 Queens: Ball, Murray, McChesney, McLaren, Salton, Boyd, Miller, Renton, Reid, O'Hara, Donald. Subs - Hamilton and Bradley Dundee: Allan, Gemmell, Johnston, Philip, Stewart (Caldwell), Pringle, Ford, Robinson, Duncan, J Scott, Lambie. Sub - I Scott Referee: IMB Foote (Glasgow) 27th July 1974 Att 7,000 Stirling Albion (0) 0 Rangers (1) 2 Fyfe (30, 83) Stirling: Young, Jones, Robinson, Clark, Nicol, McAleer (Carr), Setterington, Steel, Lawson, Duffin, Murphy. Subs - McPhee Rangers: Kennedy, Mathieson, Jardine, Jackson, Denny, McLean, Hamilton, Parlane, O'Hara, Fyfe. Subs - Scott and Smith Referee: E Thomson (Edinburgh) Semi-final Wednesday 31st July 1974 Att 14,354 Dundee (0) 1 Hutchison (61) Celtic (0) 2 Deans (89), Brogan (101). aet, 90 mins 1-1 Dundee: Allan, Gemmell, Johnston, Ford, Stewart (Caldwell), Philip, I Scott, Robinson, Hutchinson, J Scott, J Wilson (Lambie). Celtic: Connaghan, McCluskey, Brogan, Murray, McNeill, Callaghan, Quinn, Johnstone, Hood (McLaughlin 90),Wilson (Deans 60), Lennox Referee: A McKenzie (Larbert) Wednesday 31st July 1974 Att 28,000 Hibernian (0) 2 Harper (62, 89) Rangers (2) 3 MacDonald (23), Parlane (35), Fyfe (58) Hibernian: McArthur, Brownlie, Schaedler, Stanton, Spalding, Blackley, Edwards, Munro (Higgins), Harper, Cropley, Duncan. Subs - Smith Rangers: Kennedy, Jardine, Mathieson, O'Hara (Johnstone), Jackson, Denny, McLean, Scott, Parlane, MacDonald, Fyfe. Subs - Young Referee: CH Hutton (Dunfermline) Final 3rd August 1974 at Hampden Park att 57,558 Celtic (1) 2 Murray (30), Wilson (93). Rangers (1) 2 Scorers: Scott (38), McCluskey (og 118) aet, 90 mins 1-1. Celtic won 4-2 on penalties Celtic: Connaghan, McCluskey, Brogan, Murray, McNeill, Callaghan, Johnstone, Dalglish, Hood (McNamara), Wilson, Lennox. Substitute - Deans Rangers: Kennedy, Jardine, Miller, Greig (Denny, Jackson, Johnstone, McLean, Scott, Parlane, Fyfe, MacDonald (Young) Referee: J.W. Paterson (Bothwell)
1975-1979 Drybrough Cup No competition
1979-80 Drybrough Cup First Round 28 July 1979 Att 4,480 Dundee United (2) 3 Kopel (19), Frye (27), Milne (62) Dunfermline Athletic (0) 0 Dundee United: Graham, Stewart, Kopel, Fleming, Stark, Phillip, Milne, Sturrock, Frye, Narey, Payne Dunfermline: Whyte, Rolland, Mercer, A Robertson, Borthwick, Thomson, McNaughton, R Robertson, Leonard, Sharp, Donnelly Referee: D Murdoch (Motherwell) 28 July 1979 Att Kilmarnock (0) 1 Street (66) Aberdeen (0) 0 Kilmarnock: McCulloch, McLean, Robertson, J Clark, P Clarke, McDicken, Gibson, Maxwell, Bourke, Mauchlen, Street. Subs - Brown, Welsh, Jardine, Doherty, McBride Aberdeen: Clark, Rougvie, Considine, Strachan, Garner, Miller, McGhee, Archibald, Sullivan, Jarvie (McLeish), Hamilton (Davidson). Subs - Leighton, McMaster and Cooper Referee: K Hope (Glasgow) 28 July 1979 Att 15,000 Rangers (1) 1 A MacDonald (29) Berwick Rangers (0) Rangers: McCloy, Jardine, Dawson, Richardson, Jackson, Watson (Smith), McLean (J MacDonald), Russell, Johnstone, A MacDonald, Cooper. Berwick: McLaren, Hancock, McLeod, Gregson, McKay, D Smith, Romaines, Georgeson, G Smith, Tait, Moves. Subs - I Smith and McLean Referee: R Cuthill (Edinburgh) 30 July 1979 Att:18,000 Celtic (3) 5 Aitken (9), Davidson (33), MacDonald (40), McCluskey (53, pen 71) Clydebank (0) 0 Celtic: Latchford, Sneddon, McGrain, Aitken, MacDonald, McAdam, Provan, (Lennox), Edvaldsson, McCluskey, MacLeod, Davidson (Mackie). Subs- Bonner, Conroy and Casey Clydebank: Gallacher, Hall, Abel, Fallon, McLaughlin, McCormack, Sweeney, Hoston, Miller (McIntyre), Given, Colgan (Ross). Subs - Kenny, Gervaise, Sharkey Referee: T White (Clarkston) Semi-final 1 August 1979 Att 21,000 Celtic (1) 3 Provan (27), Doyle (88), McCluskey (104) Dundee United (1) 2 Stewart (pen 44), Payne (79) aet, 90 mins 2-2 Celtic: Latchford, Sneddon, McGrain, Aitken, MacDonald (Burns), McAdam, Provan, Edvaldsson, McCluskey, MacLeod, Davidson (Doyle). Subs- Bonner, Conroy and Lennox Dundee United: Graham, Stewart, Kopel, Philip, Stark, Narey, Smith, Sturrock, Addison, Fleming, Payne. Subs - Dodds, Milne, Kirkwood and Ballantyne Referee: E Pringle (Edinburgh) 1 August 1979 Att 10,035 Kilmarnock (0) 0 Rangers (0) 2 J MacDonald (65, ) Kilmarnock: McCulloch, McLean, Robertson, J Clark, P Clarke, McDicken, Gibson, Maxwell, Bourke, Mauchlen, Street. Subs - Brown, Welsh, Jardine, Doherty, McBride Rangers: McCloy, Jardine, Dawson, Richardson, Jackson, Smith, McLean (J MacDonald), Russell, Johnstone, A MacDonald, Cooper. Subs - Watson, Miller, Parlane and Kennedy Referee: T Muirhead (Stenhousemuir) Final 4 August 1979 At Hampden Park, att 40,609 Rangers (2) 3 J MacDonald (13), Jardine (25), Cooper (78) Celtic (0) 1 Lennox (84) Rangers: McCloy, Miller, Dawson, Jardine, Jackson, Watson, Cooper (Smith), Russell (Johnstone), Parlane, Smith, A MacDonald, J MacDonald. Subs: Kennedy, MacKay and McLean Celtic: Latchford, Sneddon, McGrain, Aitken, MacDonald, McAdam, Provan, MacLeod, McCluskey (Lennox), Burns, Doyle. Subs: Bonner, Edvaldsson, Davidson and Conroy Referee: R B Ballantyne (Dundee)	1980-81 Drybrough Cup First Round 26 July 1980 Att 5,400 St Mirren (0) 2 Stark (47), Logan (69) Falkirk (0) 1 McRoberts (55) St Mirren: Thomson, Dunlop, Abercrombie, Richardson, Fulton, Copland, Stark, McCormack, Somner, Logan, Weir Falkirk: G Watson, Stevenson, Nicol, Oliver, Brown, Hay, Perry, D Watson, Spence, McRoberts, Leetion Referee: M Delaney (Cleland) 26 July 1980 Att 9,000 Aberdeen (2) 4 Scanlon (32, , ), Watson ( ) Airdrieonians (0) 1 McGuire Aberdeen: Leighton, Kennedy, Rougvie, Watson, McLeish, Miller, Strachan, McMaster, McGhee, Jarvie (Hewitt), Scanlon. Airdrieonians: McGarr, Veitch, Hamilton, McCulloch, March, Anderson, Walker, Clark, Russell, Gordon, McGuire Referee: D Ramsay (Edinburgh) 26 July 1980 Att 2,965 Morton (3) 4 Ritchie (5 pen), Thomson (13, 38), Tolmie (60) Albion Rovers (0) 2 Franchetti (70), Ross (82) Morton: Baines, Wilkie, Holmes, Orr, McLaughlin, McLaren, McNeill, Rooney, Thomson, Tolmie, Ritchie Albion: Balavage, Martin, Hamill, Meikle, Leishman, Main, Gillespie, Allan, Franchetti, Houston, Brand. Sub - Ross Referee: AG McFaull (Glasgow) 27 July 1980 Att 16,000 Celtic (0) 0 Ayr United (0) 1 Morris (87 mins) Celtic: Latchford, Sneddon, McGrain, Aitken, Conroy, MacLeod, Provan, Sullivan (Weir), McGarvey, MacLeod, McCluskey (Halpin) Ayr: Rennie, Shanks, Nicol, McSherry, McAllister, Fleeting, Frye, Love, Morris, Connor, Christie. Subs - Hendry and Cashmore Referee: E Pringle (Edinburgh) Semi-final 30 July 1980 Att 6,000 St Mirren (0) 2 Somner (pen 56), Logan (75) Ayr United (0) 1 Morris (55) St Mirren: Thomson, Dunlop, Abercrombie, Richardson, Fulton, Copland, Stark, McCormack, Somner, Logan, Weir Ayr: Rennie, Shanks, Nicol, McSherry, McAllister, Fleeting, Frye, Love, Morris, Connor, Christie K Hope (Glasgow) 30 July 1980 Att 4.068 Morton (1) 2 Thomson (42), Scott (89) Aberdeen (1) 4 Strachan (pen 10), Scanlon (79, ), McGhee ( ) aet, 90 mins 2-2 Morton: Baines, Wilkie, Holmes, Orr, McLaughlin, McLaren (Scott), McNeill, Rooney, Thomson, Tolmie, Ritchie. Sub - Hutchison Aberdeen: Leighton, Kennedy, Rougvie, Watson, McLeish, Miller, Strachan, McMaster, McGhee, Jarvie (Cowan), Scanlon. Sub - Bell Referee: DS Downie (Edinburgh) Final 2 August 1980 at Hampden Park, att 6,994 Aberdeen (0) 2 Jarvie (74), Cowan (83) St Mirren (0) 1 Somner (pen 68) Aberdeen: Leighton, Kennedy, McMaster, Watson, McLeish, Miller, Strachan, Bell (Hewitt), McGhee, Jarvie, Scanlon (Cowan) St Mirren: Thomson, Beckett, Abercrombie, Richardson, Fulton, Copland, Stark, McCormack, Somner (McDougall), Logan, Weir Referee: IMD Foote (Glasgow)