1935–36 Scottish Cup

1935–36 Scottish Cup
Country Scotland
Champions Rangers
Runners-up Third Lanark

The 1935–36 Scottish Cup was the 58th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Rangers who defeated Third Lanark in the final.

First round

Matches played 25 January 1936.

Home team Score Away team
Aberdeen 4 – 0 Kings Park
Albion 7 – 0 Wigtown & Bladnoch
Arbroath 1 – 3 Motherwell
Ayr United 2 – 3 St Mirren
Bo'ness 1 – 3 Airdrie
Burntisland Shipyard 2 – 2 Dumbarton
Clyde 2 – 1 Forfar Athletic
Dundee 6 – 0 Babcock & Wilcox
Dundee United 2 – 2 Alloa
Dunfermline 6 – 2 Brechin
East Stirlingshire 2 – 5 Kilmarnock
Edinburgh City 2 – 3 Cowdenbeath
Elgin City 2 – 2 Chirnside United
Galston 5 – 3 Stranraer
King's Park 6 – 1 Wick Academy
Leith Athletic 3 – 3 Buckie Thistle
Montrose 0 – 2 Falkirk
Morton 11 – 1 Blairgowrie
Peebles Rovers 3 – 3 Dalbeattie Star
Queen of the South 2 – 0 Partick Thistle
Raith Rovers 2 – 4 St Johnstone
Rangers 3– 1 East Fife
Ross County 0 – 5 St Bernards
Stenhousemuir 1 – 0 Queen's Park
Third Lanark 2 – 0 Hearts
Vale Ocuba 1 – 3 Hibernian

Berwick Rangers were drawn to Celtic but worried that they would be unable to raise a team and the likelihood of difficult travel conditions decided to forfeit the tie and receive a payment of £120 from Celtic. In addition a friendly was arranged at Parkhead on 28 March between the teams with Celtic running out 6-0 winners.

Replays

Matches played between 29 January and 5 February 1936.

Home team Score Away team
Alloa 1 – 1 Dundee United
Buckie Thistle 1 – 2 Leith Athletic
Chirnside United 3 – 4 Elgin City
Dalbeattie Star 1 – 0 Peebles Rovers
Dumbarton 4 – 2 Burntisland Shipyard

Second replay

Match played 3 February 1936.

Home team Score Away team
Dundee United 2 – 1 Alloa

Second round

Matches played 8 February 1936.

Home team Score Away team
Aberdeen 6 – 0 Kings Park
Albion 1 – 3 Rangers
Celtic 1 – 2 St. Johnstone
Clyde 4 – 1 Hibernian
Cowdenbeath 5 – 3 Dundee United
Dalbeattie Star 0 – 1 St. Mirren
Dundee 2 – 1 Airdrie
Dunfermline 5 – 2 Galston
Elgin 0 – 3 Queen of the South
Falkirk 1 – 1 Kilmarnock
Morton 3 – 0 Stenhousemuir
Motherwell 3 – 0 St Bernards
Third Lanark 2 – 0 Leith Athletic

Replay

Match played 12 February 1936.

Home team Score Away team
Kilmarnock 1 – 2 Falkirk

Third round

Matches played 22 February 1936.

Home team Score Away team
Aberdeen 1 – 1 St Johnstone
Clyde 1 – 1 Dundee
Cowdenbeath 1 – 3 Motherwell
Morton 2 – 0 Queen of the South
St Mirren 1 – 2 Rangers
Third Lanark 8 – 0 Dumbarton

Replays

Matches played 26 February 1936.

Home team Score Away team
Dundee 0 – 3 Clyde
St Johnstone 0 – 1 Aberdeen

Quarter-finals

Matches played 7 March 1936.

Home team Score Away team
Aberdeen 0 – 1 Rangers
Clyde 3 – 2 Motherwell
Falkirk 5 – 0 Dunfermline
Morton 3 – 5 Third Lanark

Semi-finals

28 March 1936
Rangers 3 – 0 Clyde
David Meiklejohn
Bob McPhail
Main
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 56,243

28 March 1936
Third Lanark 3 – 1 Falkirk

Attendance: 47,796

Final

18 April 1936
Rangers 1 – 0 Third Lanark
Bob McPhail
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 88,859

See also