1971–72 Scottish Cup

1971–72 Scottish Cup
Country Scotland
Champions Celtic
Runners-up Hibernian

The 1971–72 Scottish Cup was the 87th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Celtic who defeated Hibernian in the final.[1]

First round

Home team Score Away team
Burntisland Shipyard 2 – 0 Coldstream
Elgin City 2 – 0 Stenhousemuir
Gala Fairydean 1 – 5 Queen of the South
Queen’s Park 2 – 1 East Stirlingshire
St Cuthbert Wanderers 0 – 3 Brechin City

Second round

Home team Score Away team
Albion Rovers 3 – 2 Queen’s Park
Burntisland Shipyard 1 – 4 Elgin City
Forfar Athletic 2 – 2 Stranraer
Huntly 0 – 2 Hamilton Academical
Inverness Thistle 3 – 4 Inverness Caledonian
Queen of the South 0 – 0 Berwick Rangers
Raith Rovers 2 – 1 Brechin City
Stirling Albion 1 – 2 Alloa Athletic

Replays

Home team Score Away team
Stranraer 1 – 2 Forfar Athletic
Berwick Rangers 0 – 1 Queen of the South

Third round

Home team Score Away team
Dundee 3 – 0 Queen of the South
Arbroath 1 – 3 Airdrieonians
Celtic 5 – 0 Albion Rovers
Clyde 0 – 1 Ayr United
Clydebank 1 – 1 East Fife
Dumbarton 3 – 1 Hamilton Academical
Dundee United 0 – 4 Aberdeen
Elgin City 3 – 1 Inverness Caledonian
Falkirk 2 – 2 Rangers
Forfar Athletic 0 – 1 St Mirren
Hearts 2 – 0 St Johnstone
Kilmarnock 5 – 1 Alloa Athletic
Greenock Morton 1 – 0 Cowdenbeath
Motherwell 2 – 0 Montrose
Partick Thistle 0 – 2 Hibernian
Raith Rovers 2 – 0 Dunfermline Athletic

Replays

Home team Score Away team
East Fife 0 – 1 Clydebank
Rangers 2 – 0 Falkirk

Fourth round

Home team Score Away team
Aberdeen 1 – 0 Greenock Morton
Ayr United 0 – 0 Motherwell
Celtic 4 – 0 Dundee
Dumbarton 0 – 3 Raith Rovers
Elgin City 1 – 4 Kilmarnock
Hearts 4 – 0 Clydebank
Hibernian 2 – 0 Airdrieonians
St Mirren 1 – 4 Rangers

Replays

Home team Score Away team
Motherwell 2 – 1 Ayr United

Quarter-finals

Home team Score Away team
Celtic 1 – 1 Hearts
Hibernian 2 – 0 Aberdeen
Motherwell 2 – 2 Rangers
Raith Rovers 1 – 3 Kilmarnock

Replays

Home team Score Away team
Hearts 0 – 1 Celtic
Rangers 4 – 2 Motherwell

Semi-finals

12 April 1972
Celtic 3 – 1 Kilmarnock

Attendance: 48,398

15 April 1972
Hibernian 1 – 1 Rangers

Attendance: 75,884

Replays


25 April 1972
Hibernian 2 – 0 Rangers

Attendance: 67,547

Final

6 May 1972
Celtic 6 – 1 Hibernian
Dixie Deans (3)
Lou Macari (2)
Billy McNeill
Report (page 4) Alan Gordon
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 106,102
Referee: A MacKenzie

Teams

CELTIC:
GK Scotland Evan Williams
DF Scotland Jim Craig
DF Scotland Billy McNeill
DF Scotland George Connelly
DF Scotland Jim Brogan
MF Scotland Jimmy Johnstone
MF Scotland Kenny Dalglish
MF Scotland Bobby Murdoch
MF Scotland Tommy Callaghan
FW Scotland Lou Macari
FW Scotland Dixie Deans
Substitutes:
?
Manager:
Scotland Jock Stein
HIBERNIAN:
GK Scotland Jim Herriot
DF Scotland John Brownlie
DF Scotland Jim Black
DF Scotland John Blackley
DF Scotland Erich Schaedler
MF Scotland Alex Edwards
MF Scotland Pat Stanton
MF Scotland John Hazel
MF Scotland Arthur Duncan  ?'
FWScotland Jimmy O'Rourke
FW Scotland Alan Gordon
Substitutes:
MF Scotland Bertie Auld  ?'
Manager:
Scotland Eddie Turnbull

References

  1. "Celtic 6-1 Hibernian, Scottish Cup". thecelticwiki. Retrieved 28 August 2014.

See also

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