The trophy was last won in 1982/83, and the 1997/98 season marked the end of a long wait.
Goals from Rieper, Larsson, and Burley clinched the victory as Ibrox was transformed into Green and White for the League Cup winners as the club celebrated some well-deserved success. It would also give Celtic the confidence to go on and win the league after a difficult start to the season.
Celtic: Gould, Boyd, Mahe, McNamara (Annoni 90), Rieper, Stubbs, Larsson, Burley, Thom (Donnelly 80), Wieghorst, Blinker (Lambert 88).
Goals: Rieper 21, Larsson 24, Burley 59 .
Dundee Utd: Dykstra, Skoldmark (McSwegan 57), Malpas, Pressley, Perry, Pedersen, Olofsson, Zetterlund, Winters, Easton, Bowman.
It was a huge result, especially with the memory of the League Cup defeat to Raith Rovers still fresh in the memory for so many. Jansen had taken a team that were seen as being ‘nearly men’, recruited well and had them playing in a fashion that pushed the club back where it belonged.
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