The 1946–47

Scottish League Cup The Scottish League Cup (also known as the Viaplay Cup for sponsorship reasons) is a football competition open to all Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) clubs. First held in 1946–47, it is the oldest national League Cup in existen ...

was the inaugural staging of Scotland's second most prestigious

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knockout competition. The competition was won by

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, who defeated

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4–0 in the Final. The tournament became an annual competition in the Scottish football calendar with the return of regular football following the

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. The previous season, the unofficial 1945–46 Southern League Cup had been contested by teams across the country and proved popular; the final (also between Aberdeen and Rangers) attracted a crowd of crowd of 135,000 at

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). It was thus continued on those lines on an official basis from then on.

First round

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Quarter-finals

First leg

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Second leg

''Aberdeen won 4–2 on aggregate'' ---- ''Rangers won 3–2 on aggregate'' ---- ''Heart of Midlothian won 5–3 on aggregate'' ---- ''Hibernian won 5–4 on aggregate''

Semi-finals

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Final

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:1946-47 Scottish League Cup Scottish League Cup seasons League Cup