1972–73 Scottish Cup

1972–73 Scottish Cup
Country Scotland
Champions Rangers
Runner-up Celtic
← 1971–72 1973–74 →

The 1972–73 Scottish Cup was the 88th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Rangers who defeated Celtic in the final.

Contents

First round

Home team Score Away team
Babcock & Wilcox 0 – 2 Berwick Rangers
Brechin City 0 – 0 Clydebank
East Stirlingshire 1 – 0 Ross County
Ferranti Thistle 3 – 1 Duns
Montrose 2 – 0 Albion Rovers

Replays

Home team Score Away team
Clydebank 1 – 2 Brechin City

Second round

Home team Score Away team
Queen of the South 2 – 0 Forfar Athletic
Alloa Athletic 0 – 2 Berwick Rangers
Brechin City 0 – 0 East Stirlingshire
Brora Rangers 0 – 4 Hamilton Academical
Ferranti Thistle 2 – 2 Elgin City
Inverness Thistle 2 – 1 Queen’s Park
Stenhousemuir 0 – 0 Raith Rovers
Vale of Leithen 0 – 3 Montrose

Replays

Home team Score Away team
East Stirlingshire 1 – 2 Brechin City
Elgin City 2 – 1 Ferranti Thistle
Raith Rovers 3 – 0 Stenhousemuir

Third round

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

Replays

Home team Score Away team
Airdrieonians 3 – 1 Hearts
Arbroath 0 – 1 Stirling Albion
Montrose 4 – 2 Clyde
St. Johnstone 1 – 2 Stranraer

Fourth round

Home team Score Away team
Aberdeen 3 – 1 Falkirk
Ayr United 2 – 1 Stirling Albion
Dumbarton 2 – 2 Partick Thistle
Kilmarnock 0 – 1 Airdrieonians
Montrose 2 – 2 Hamilton Academical
Motherwell 0 – 4 Celtic
Rangers 1 – 1 Hibernian
Stranraer 2 – 9 Dundee

Replays

Home team Score Away team
Hamilton Academical 0 – 1 Greenock Morton
Hibernian 1 – 2 Rangers
Partick Thistle 3 – 1 Dumbarton

Quarter-finals

Home team Score Away team
Celtic 0 – 0 Aberdeen
Montrose 1 – 4 Dundee
Partick Thistle 1 – 5 Ayr United
Rangers 2 – 0 Airdrieonians

Replays

Home team Score Away team
Aberdeen 0 – 1 Celtic

Semi-finals

4 April 1973
 Rangers 2 – 0 Ayr United
Attendance: 51,815
7 April 1973
 Celtic 0 – 0 Dundee
Attendance: 55,428

Replays

11 April 1973
 Celtic 3 – 0 (a.e.t.) Dundee
Attendance: 47,384

Final

5 May 1973
 Rangers 3 – 2 Celtic Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 122,714
Referee: John Gordon
Alfie Conn
Tom Forsyth
Derek Parlane		 George Connelly (pen.)
Kenny Dalglish

Teams

RANGERS:
GK Peter McCloy
DF Sandy Jardine
DF John Greig
DF Tom Forsyth
DF Willie Mathieson
MF Tommy McLean
MF Alfie Conn
MF Alex MacDonald
MF Quinton Young
FW Derek Johnstone
FW Derek Parlane
Substitutes:
?
Manager:
Jock Wallace
CELTIC:
GK Ally Hunter
DF Danny McGrain
DF Billy McNeill
DF George Connelly
DF Jim Brogan  ?'
MF Jimmy Johnstone
MF David Hay
MF Bobby Murdoch
MF Tommy Callaghan
FW Kenny Dalglish
FW Dixie Deans
Substitutes:
MF Bobby Lennox  ?'
Manager:
Jock Stein

See also

Seasons
1873–74 · 1874–75 · 1875–76 · 1876–77 · 1877–78 · 1878–79 · 1879–80 · 1880–81 · 1881–82 · 1882–83 · 1883–84 · 1884–85 · 1885–86 · 1886–87 · 1887–88 · 1888–89 · 1889–90 · 1890–91 · 1891–92 · 1892–93 · 1893–94 · 1894–95 · 1895–96 · 1896–97 · 1897–98 · 1898–99 · 1899–00 · 1900–01 · 1901–02 · 1902–03 · 1903–04 · 1904–05 · 1905–06 · 1906–07 · 1907–08 · 1908–09 · 1909–10 · 1910–11 · 1911–12 · 1912–13 · 1913–14 · 1919–20 · 1920–21 · 1921–22 · 1922–23 · 1923–24 · 1924–25 · 1925–26 · 1926–27 · 1927–28 · 1928–29 · 1929–30 · 1930–31 · 1931–32 · 1932–33 · 1933–34 · 1934–35 · 1935–36 · 1936–37 · 1937–38 · 1938–39 · 1946–47 · 1947–48 · 1948–49 · 1949–50 · 1950–51 · 1951–52 · 1952–53 · 1953–54 · 1954–55 · 1955–56 · 1956–57 · 1957–58 · 1958–59 · 1959–60 · 1960–61 · 1961–62 · 1962–63 · 1963–64 · 1964–65 · 1965–66 · 1966–67 · 1967–68 · 1968–69 · 1969–70 · 1970–71 · 1971–72 · 1972–73 · 1973–74 · 1974–75 · 1975–76 · 1976–77 · 1977–78 · 1978–79 · 1979–80 · 1980–81 · 1981–82 · 1982–83 · 1983–84 · 1984–85 · 1985–86 · 1986–87 · 1987–88 · 1988–89 · 1989–90 · 1990–91 · 1991–92 · 1992–93 · 1993–94 · 1994–95 · 1995–96 · 1996–97 · 1997–98 · 1998–99 · 1999–00 · 2000–01 · 2001–02 · 2002–03 · 2003–04 · 2004–05 · 2005–06 · 2006–07 · 2007–08 · 2008–09 · 2009–10  · 2010–11  · 2011–12
Finals
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