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1977/78 - Rangers 2-1 Celtic (aet)
Rangers win 2-1 after extra time

Rangers' Smith heads winner in extra-time.

The Ibrox side have won the League Cup on 25 occasions, Celtic 13 times. Few games between the two teams have been as close as the final in season 1977/78.

New signing Davie Cooper, who went on to win an incredible seven League Cups with Rangers, opened the scoring for (top-right) against a Celtic side that included Parkhead favourite Tommy Burns (pictured far left).

Johannes Edvaldsson levelled the tie, forcing the final into extra-time.

Gordon Smith (number 10 in bottom-right photo), in a successful first season since joining from Kilmarnock, headed the winner for Rangers with just a few minutes of the extra-time remaining.

Later that season, Rangers beat Aberdeen in the Scottish Cup final to complete another treble for Jock Wallace, having pipped the Dons for the league title.



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