1971–72 Scottish Cup

1971–72 Scottish Cup
Country Scotland
Champions Celtic
Runner-up Hibernian
← 1970–71 1972–73 →

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.

Contents

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

15 April 1972
 Hibernian 2 – 0 Rangers
Attendance: 67,547

Final

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

Teams

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

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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