2017–18 Scottish Cup

2017–18 William Hill Scottish Cup
Country	Scotland
Teams	91
Defending champions	Celtic
Champions	Celtic
Runners-up	Motherwell
Matches played	96
Goals scored	340 (3.54 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Rory McAllister; (7 goals)[1]
	← 2016–17 2018–19 → All statistics correct as of 19 May 2018.

The 2017–18 Scottish Cup was the 133rd season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The tournament was sponsored by bookmaker William Hill in what was the seventh season of a nine-year partnership, after contract negotiations saw the initial five-year contract extended for an additional four years in October 2015.[2]

The defending champions were Celtic who won the 2017 Scottish Cup Final on 27 May 2017.[3]

Calendar

The calendar for the 2017–18 Scottish Cup qualifying rounds, as announced by Scottish Football Association.[4]

Round	Main date	Number of fixtures	Clubs	New Entries
Preliminary round 1	12 August 2017	3	91 → 88	15
Preliminary round 2	2 September 2017	6	88 → 82	None
First round	23 September 2017	18	82 → 64	30
Second round	14 October 2017	16	64 → 48	14
Third round	18 November 2017	16	48 → 32	16
Fourth round	20 January 2018	16	32 → 16	16
Fifth round	10 February 2018	8	16 → 8	None
Quarter-finals	3 March 2018	4	8 → 4	None
Semi-finals	14 & 15 April 2018	2	4 → 2	None
Final	19 May 2018	1	2 → 1	None

Preliminary rounds

The draw for the preliminary rounds took place on Monday, 10 July 2017 at Hampden Park and was made by Scotland internationals Gemma Fay and Ifeoma Dieke.[5]

15 clubs were involved in the draw, of which nine received a bye to the second preliminary round, while the other six entered the first preliminary round. The teams competing in these rounds were made up of teams from the East of Scotland Football League (5), South of Scotland Football League (3), North Caledonian Football League (1), Scottish Junior Football Association (4) and the Scottish Amateur Football Association (2). Glenafton Athletic took part in the Scottish Cup for the first time after winning the 2016–17 West of Scotland Super League Premier Division and the 2016–17 Scottish Junior Cup.

There were three parts to the draw. The first part determined which nine clubs, from the 11 eligible, received a bye to the second preliminary round. The two clubs which did not receive a bye into the second preliminary round entered the first preliminary round. Three ties were then drawn in the first preliminary round to be played on Saturday, 12 August 2017. The final part of the draw saw six ties drawn in the second preliminary round to be played on Saturday, 2 September 2017. Wigtown & Bladnoch were in the draw when it was first announced, but withdrew from the competition before the date of the draw.[6]

Draw

Clubs with a valid club licence at the date of the draw are eligible for a bye to the second preliminary round.[6] Teams in Bold advanced to the first round.

Clubs eligible for a bye	Clubs participating in the first preliminary round draw
Banks O’Dee Burntisland Shipyard Coldstream Girvan Glasgow University Golspie Sutherland Linlithgow Rose Newton Stewart Preston Athletic St Cuthbert Wanderers Threave Rovers	Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale ^{(2016–17 EoSFL winners)} Glenafton Athletic ^{(2016–17 West Super League and Junior Cup winners)} Kelty Hearts ^{(2016–17 East Superleague winners)} Colville Park ^{(2016–17 Scottish Amateur Cup winners)}

The following teams received a bye to the Second Preliminary Round: Banks O’Dee, Coldstream, Girvan, Glasgow University, Golspie Sutherland, Linlithgow Rose, Preston Athletic, St Cuthbert Wanderers and Threave Rovers.[5]

Matches

12 August 2017	Kelty Hearts	0–1	Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale	Kelty
14:30		Report	Muir 90'	Stadium: New Central Park Referee: David Munro

12 August 2017	Glenafton Athletic	6–0	Newton Stewart	New Cumnock
15:00	Dallas 6', 42' (pen.) Gray 13' Marlow 54' McAusland 68' McChesney 76'	Report		Stadium: Loch Park Referee: Stephen Brown

12 August 2017	Burntisland Shipyard	0–7	Colville Park	Burntisland
15:00		Report	McGloughlin 2', 24' Craig 55', 78', 90' Murray 63' Miller 84'	Stadium: Recreation Park Referee: Craig Wilson

Matches

2 September 2017	Banks O’Dee	2–1	Linlithgow Rose	Aberdeen
15:00	Henderson 20' Watt 60'	Report	Allan 61' (o.g.)	Stadium: Spain Park Referee: David Dickinson

2 September 2017	Glasgow University	1–1	Threave Rovers	Airdrie
15:00	Thomson	Report	Soltys	Stadium: Excelsior Stadium Referee: Scott Millar

2 September 2017	Colville Park	5–0	Preston Athletic	Glasgow
15:00	Craig (2) Cusack (2) Clearie	Report		Stadium: New Tinto Park Referee: Scott Lambie

2 September 2017	Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale	4–0	Coldstream	Edinburgh
15:00	Devlin (2) O'Donnell Brown	Report		Stadium: Saughton Enclosure Referee: Chris Graham

2 September 2017	Glenafton Athletic	6–1	Golspie Sutherland	New Cumnock
15:00	Dallas (4) McKernon McCann	Report	McAusland (o.g.)	Stadium: Loch Park Referee: Tony Fullerton

2 September 2017	St Cuthbert Wanderers	3–5	Girvan	Kirkcudbright
15:00	Donley Dougan Cannon	Report	Patterson (pen.) Cameron Mitchell Reilly (2)	Stadium: St Mary's Park Referee: Lloyd Wilson

Replay

9 September 2017	Threave Rovers	2–1	Glasgow University	Castle Douglas
15:00	Soltys (2)	Report	Thompson (pen.)	Stadium: Meadow Park Referee: Stephen Brown

First round

The first round took place on the weekend of 23 September 2017. Along with the six winners from the second preliminary round, there were 30 new entries at this stage, 14 from the Lowland Football League and 16 from the Highland Football League.[6]

Draw

The draw for the first round was made at 5:30 pm on 2 September 2017 at the Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie and was made by Davie Hay, representing defending champions Celtic and Donnie Fergusson from hosts Glasgow University.[7]

Teams in Italics were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the second round.

Lowland Football League	Highland Football League	Other
BSC Glasgow Civil Service Strollers Cumbernauld Colts Dalbeattie Star Edinburgh University Edusport Academy Gala Fairydean Rovers Gretna 2008 Hawick Royal Albert Selkirk Spartans Stirling University Vale of Leithen Whitehill Welfare	Brora Rangers Clachnacuddin Deveronvale Formartine United Forres Mechanics Fort William Fraserburgh Huntly Inverurie Loco Works Keith Lossiemouth Nairn County Rothes Strathspey Thistle Turriff United Wick Academy	East of Scotland teams Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale South of Scotland teams Threave Rovers SJFA teams Banks O'Dee Girvan Glenafton Athletic SAFA teams Colville Park

Matches

22 September 2017	Spartans	3–0	Vale of Leithen	Edinburgh
19:45	Dishington 28', 64' Stevenson 89'	Report		Stadium: Ainslie Park Attendance: 192 Referee: Connor Ashwood

23 September 2017	Wick Academy	2–2	Stirling University	Wick
15:00	Mackay 67' 90'	Report	Geddes 58' McCafferty 75'	Stadium: Harmsworth Park Referee: Harry Bruce

23 September 2017	Selkirk	4–0	Gretna 2008	Selkirk
15:00	Baxter 18' Hopkinson 80', 82' Chalmers 87'	Report		Stadium: Yarrow Park Referee: Stewart Luke

23 September 2017	Edusport Academy	1–1	Rothes	Annan
15:00	Higgins 49'	Report	Gillespie 52' (pen.)	Stadium: Galabank Referee: Garry Doherty

23 September 2017	Banks O'Dee	4–0	Huntly	Aberdeen
15:00	Watt 12', 23' Winton 32' Philipson 55'	Report		Stadium: Spain Park Referee: Liam Duncan

23 September 2017	Gala Fairydean Rovers	0–2	Keith	Galashiels
15:00		Report	Brownie 31' Whelan 38'	Stadium: Netherdale Referee: Ryan Oliver

23 September 2017	Fraserburgh	2–1	Forres Mechanics	Fraserburgh
15:00	Combe 71' Campbell 90'		Duncanson 20'	Stadium: Bellslea Park Referee: Peter Stuart

23 September 2017	Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale	3–2	Inverurie Loco Works	Edinburgh
15:00	McCabe 24' Wringe 28' Nhamburo 89'	Report	Laing 41' Gordon 84'	Stadium: Saughton Enclosure Referee: Chris Gentles

23 September 2017	Edinburgh University	2–1	Lossiemouth	Edinburgh
15:00	Yeoman 50' Guthrie 84'	Report	McRitchie 17'	Stadium: East Peffermill Referee: Scott Lambie

23 September 2017	Clachnacuddin	8–0	Fort William	Inverness
15:00	10', 12', 17', 30', 55', 65', 85', 88'	Report		Stadium: Grant Street Park Referee: Matthew MacDermid

23 September 2017	Glenafton Athletic	4–0	Threave Rovers	New Cumnock
15:00	McCann 7', 36' Andrew 60' Moore 80'	Report		Stadium: Loch Park Referee: Duncan Smith

23 September 2017	Brora Rangers	5–0	Girvan	Brora
15:00	31', 34', 37', 45', 65'	Report		Stadium: Dudgeon Park Referee: Alex Shepherd

23 September 2017	Nairn County	1–0	Whitehill Welfare	Nairn
15:00	MacRae 40'	Report		Stadium: Station Park Referee: Chris Fordyce

23 September 2017	Colville Park	2–1	Cumbernauld Colts	Glasgow
15:00	4', 17'	Report	Brown 21'	Stadium: New Tinto Park Referee: Chris McNab

23 September 2017	Deveronvale	3–1	Hawick Royal Albert	Banff
15:00	Scott 30', 79' Dunbar 69'	Report	Aitken 42' (o.g.)	Stadium: Princess Royal Park Referee: Dan McFarlane

23 September 2017	Formartine United	2–1	Turriff United	Pitmedden
15:00	Smith 33' McPhee 87'	Report	Miller 5'	Stadium: North Lodge Park Referee: Lorraine Watson

23 September 2017	Civil Service Strollers	2–1	Strathspey Thistle	Edinburgh
15:00	Stewart 56' 75'	Report	Hay 35'	Stadium: Christie Gillies Park Referee: Ross Hardie

24 September 2017	BSC Glasgow	1–0	Dalbeattie Star	Alloa
14:00	Redpath 67'	Report		Stadium: Recreation Park Referee: Kevin Graham

Replays

30 September 2017	Stirling University	1–0	Wick Academy	Falkirk
15:00	O'Brien 1'	Report		Stadium: Falkirk Stadium

30 September 2017	Rothes	1–3	Edusport Academy	Rothes
15:00	Moore 22'	Report	Babel 65' Zeghdane 79', 86'	Stadium: Mackessack Park Referee: Garry Doherty

Second round

The second round took place on the weekend of 14 October 2017. Along with the 18 winners from the first round, there were 14 new entries at this stage, two from the Lowland Football League, two from the Highland Football League and all 10 from League Two.[6]

Draw

The draw for the second round was made at 17:45 on 23 September 2017 at Ayr Racecourse. The draw was made by former England cricket captain Andrew Flintoff and former Ayr United striker James Grady.[8]

Teams in Italics were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the third round.

Scottish League Two	Lowland Football League	Highland Football League	Other
Annan Athletic Berwick Rangers Clyde Cowdenbeath Edinburgh City Elgin City Montrose Peterhead Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion	BSC Glasgow Civil Service Strollers East Kilbride East Stirlingshire Edinburgh University Edusport Academy Selkirk Spartans Stirling University	Brora Rangers Buckie Thistle Clachnacuddin Cove Rangers Deveronvale Formartine United Fraserburgh Keith Nairn County	East of Scotland teams Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale SJFA teams Banks O'Dee Glenafton Athletic SAFA teams Colville Park

Matches

13 October 2017	Edinburgh City	0–1	Stenhousemuir	Edinburgh
19:45		Report	Longworth 49'	Stadium: Ainslie Park Attendance: 286

14 October 2017	Banks O' Dee	2–0	Selkirk	Aberdeen
15:00	Watt 68' Whyte 75'	Report		Stadium: Spain Park Attendance: 200

14 October 2017	Peterhead	9–0	Colville Park	Peterhead
15:00	J Brown 14' Leitch 22' McAllister 36', 39', 45+5' (pen.), 74' (pen.), 90' Currie 58' (o.g.) S Brown 77'	Report		Stadium: Balmoor Stadium Attendance: 484

14 October 2017	Civil Service Strollers	0–5	Brora Rangers	Edinburgh
15:00		Report	Graham 35', 67' MacDonald 49' S Mackay 60' Brindle 90+2'	Stadium: Christie Gillies Park Attendance: 60

14 October 2017	Deveronvale	0–2	Glenafton Athletic	Banff
15:00		Report	Andrew 87', 90+1'	Stadium: Princess Royal Park Attendance: 294

14 October 2017	Keith	0–3	Clyde	Keith
15:00		Report	Osadolor 47' Wright 72' Ramsay 79'	Stadium: Kynoch Park Attendance: 170

14 October 2017	Berwick Rangers	1–0	Annan Athletic	Berwick-upon-Tweed, England
15:00	Scullion 70'	Report		Stadium: Shielfield Park Attendance: 379

14 October 2017	Spartans	5–0	Clachnacuddin	Edinburgh
15:00	Atkinson 4' Greenhill 14', 33' Dishington 71', 89'	Report		Stadium: Ainslie Park Attendance: 209

14 October 2017	Stirling Albion	3–5	Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale	Stirling
15:00	D Smith 6' MacDonald 74' Davidson 82'	Report	Hare 10' Wringe 15', 47' Swanson 66' (pen.) Devlin 68'	Stadium: Forthbank Stadium Attendance: 521

14 October 2017	Elgin City	3–1	Edusport Academy	Elgin
15:00	Cameron 7' McHardy 88' Sutherland 90+3'	Report	Babel 89'	Stadium: Borough Briggs Attendance: 552

14 October 2017	Nairn County	1–2	Cove Rangers	Nairn
15:00	MacRae 73'	Report	Megginson 18' Masson 46'	Stadium: Station Park Attendance: 185

14 October 2017	Montrose	4–1	Stirling University	Montrose
15:00	Johnston 12', 20' Campbell 57' Fraser 78'	Report	O'Brien 35'	Stadium: Links Park Attendance: 503

14 October 2017	Cowdenbeath	0–1	East Kilbride	Cowdenbeath
15:00		Report	Winter 86'	Stadium: Central Park Attendance: 251

14 October 2017	Formartine United	4–0	East Stirlingshire	Pitmedden
15:00	Ferries 14' Barbour 15', 80' Macphee 82'	Report		Stadium: North Lodge Park Attendance: 180

14 October 2017	Buckie Thistle	6–2	BSC Glasgow	Buckie
15:00				Stadium: Victoria Park

14 October 2017	Edinburgh University	0–2	Fraserburgh	Edinburgh
15:00		Report	Barbour 8', 25'	Stadium: East Peffermill Attendance: 180

Third round

The third round took take place on the weekend of 18 November 2017. Along with the 16 winners from the first round, there were 16 new entries at this stage, all 10 from League One and six from the Championship.[6]

Draw

The draw for the third round was made at 5:45pm on Saturday 14 October 2017 at Links Park, Montrose. The draw was made by Archie Knox and Derek Sim, chairman of Links Park Community Trust.[9] The draw had to be re-done following a mix-up that lead to Brora Rangers being drawn twice. Of the 16 ties, 15 had already been drawn, including Glenafton Athletic-Queen of the South and Brora Rangers-Queen's Park, before the mistake was discovered. The Scottish Football Association claimed that the draw had to be re-done due to "a technical issue" in incident mirroring the 2016 quarter-final draw where when one of the balls containing the club names split open before it was pulled out.[10][11]

Teams in Bold advanced to the fourth round.

Scottish Championship	Scottish League One	Scottish League Two	Other
Brechin City Dumbarton Dunfermline Athletic Livingston Queen of the South St Mirren	Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United East Fife Forfar Athletic Queen's Park Raith Rovers Stranraer	Berwick Rangers Clyde Elgin City Montrose Peterhead Stenhousemuir	Lowland Football League East Kilbride Spartans Highland Football League Brora Rangers Buckie Thistle Cove Rangers Formartine United Fraserburgh East of Scotland teams Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale SJFA teams Banks O' Dee Glenafton Athletic

Matches

18 November 2017	Airdrieonians	2–3	Cove Rangers	Airdrie
15:00	McGregor 33' Hastie 49'		Milne 36', 89' Ross 86'	Stadium: Excelsior Stadium Attendance: 439 Referee: Steven Reid

18 November 2017	Arbroath	3–0	Berwick Rangers	Arbroath
15:00	Hamilton 16' McIntosh 36', 70'			Stadium: Gayfield Park Attendance: 536 Referee: Stephen Finnie

18 November 2017	Banks O'Dee	2–6	Ayr United	Aberdeen
15:00	Watt 9' (pen.), 26' (pen.)		Shankland 1', 37' McDaid 43', 45+1' Moore 63', 66'	Stadium: Spain Park Attendance: 469 Referee: Craig Napier

18 November 2017	Buckie Thistle	2–3	Brechin City	Buckie
15:00	McLeod 3', 43'		Sinclair 22' Layne 59', 86'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 295 Referee: Grant Irvine

18 November 2017	Clyde	0–2	East Fife	Cumbernauld
15:00			Smith 32' Page 67'	Stadium: Broadwood Stadium Attendance: 527 Referee: David Munro

18 November 2017	Dumbarton	1–0	Elgin City	Dumbarton
15:00	Carswell 24'			Stadium: Dumbarton Football Stadium Attendance: 491 Referee: Colin Steven

18 November 2017	East Kilbride	3–4	Albion Rovers	East Kilbride
15:00	McNeil 6', 63' Howie 90+3'		Howie 23' (o.g.) Fisher 47' Victoria 54' Trouten 61'	Stadium: K-Park Training Academy Attendance: 300 Referee: David Dickinson

18 November 2017	Formartine United	1–0	Forfar Athletic	Pitmedden
15:00	Crawford 15'			Stadium: North Lodge Park Attendance: 244 Referee: Mike Roncone

18 November 2017	Livingston	2–0	Glenafton Athletic	Livingston
15:00	Mackin 20', 61'			Stadium: Almondvale Stadium Attendance: 735 Referee: Alan Newlands

18 November 2017	Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale	1–7	St Mirren	Edinburgh
13:00	Wringe 47'		Morgan 4' Reilly 8', 32', 36', 42' Baird 17' C. Smith 24'	Stadium: Saughton Enclosure Attendance: 1,322 Referee: David Lowe

18 November 2017	Montrose	0–0	Queen of the South	Montrose
15:00				Stadium: Links Park Attendance: 512 Referee: John McKendrick

18 November 2017	Peterhead	3–0	Raith Rovers	Peterhead
15:00	J. Brown 55' McAllister 57', 85'			Stadium: Balmoor Stadium Attendance: 671 Referee: Mat Northcroft

18 November 2017	Queen's Park	1–4	Dunfermline Athletic	Glasgow
15:00	Galt 65'		Clark 48' Talbot 59' Ryan 78' McManus 89'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 1,179 Referee: Steven McLean

18 November 2017	Spartans	1–2	Fraserburgh	Edinburgh
15:00	Dishington 17'		Campbell 47' (pen.) Hay 89'	Stadium: Ainslie Park Attendance: 335 Referee: Lloyd Wilson

18 November 2017	Stenhousemuir	1–2	Alloa Athletic	Stenhousemuir
15:00	Paterson 27'		Malcolm 50', 67'	Stadium: Ochilview Park Attendance: Kevin Clancy Referee: 400

18 November 2017	Stranraer	0–1	Brora Rangers	Stranraer
15:00			S. Mackay 90+3'	Stadium: Stair Park Attendance: 440 Referee: Barry Cook

Replay

21 November 2017	Queen of the South	2–1	Montrose	Dumfries
19:45	Dobbie 24' Lyle 67'		Webster 43'	Stadium: Palmerston Park Attendance: 794 Referee: John McKendrick

Fourth round

The fourth round took place on the weekend of 20 January 2018. Along with the 16 winners from the third round, there were 16 new entries at this stage - the remaining four clubs from the Championship, and all 12 from the Premiership.[6]

Draw

The draw for the fourth round was made at 4:45pm on Monday, 20 November 2017. The draw was made by Doddie Weir and Colin Cameron.[12]

Teams in Bold advanced to the fifth round.

Scottish Premiership	Scottish Championship	Scottish League One	Scottish League Two	Highland Football League
Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers Ross County St Johnstone	Brechin City Dumbarton Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Greenock Morton Inverness Caledonian Thistle Livingston Queen of the South St Mirren	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United East Fife	Peterhead	Brora Rangers Cove Rangers Formartine United Fraserburgh

Matches

20 January 2018	Aberdeen	4–1	St Mirren	Aberdeen
12:15	Rooney 8' (pen.) Christie 18', 33' Mackay-Steven 47'	Report	Reilly 25'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 9,848 Referee: Don Robertson

20 January 2018	Alloa Athletic	0–2	Dundee United	Alloa
15:00		Report	Durnan 44' Lyng 62'	Stadium: Recreation Park Attendance: 1,615 Referee: Craig Charleston

20 January 2018	Ayr United	4–1	Arbroath	Ayr
15:00	McDaid 9', 83' Shankland 58' Moore 90+3'	Report	McCord 79'	Stadium: Somerset Park Attendance: 1,151 Referee: Mike Roncone

20 January 2018	Celtic	5–0	Brechin City	Glasgow
15:00	Forrest 2' Sinclair 11' Ntcham 49' Boyata 56' Édouard 86'	Report		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 24,879 Referee: Steven McLean

20 January 2018	Dundee	2–2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Dundee
15:00	Leitch-Smith 47' O'Hara 64'	Report	Doran 16' Oakley 87'	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 3,507 Referee: Stephen Finnie

20 January 2018	Dunfermline Athletic	1–2	Greenock Morton	Dunfermline
15:00	McManus 57'	Report	Oliver 24' Quitongo 85'	Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 2,573 Referee: Alan Muir

20 January 2018	East Fife	0–1	Brora Rangers	Methil
15:00		Report	Williamson 12'	Stadium: Bayview Stadium Attendance: 685 Referee: David Munro

20 January 2018	Kilmarnock	1–0	Ross County	Kilmarnock
15:00	Erwin 88' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 3,595 Referee: Bobby Madden

20 January 2018	Motherwell	2–0	Hamilton Academical	Motherwell
15:00	McMann 4' (o.g.) Tanner 35' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,725 Referee: Craig Thomson

20 January 2018	Queen of the South	1–2	Partick Thistle	Dumfries
15:00	Fergusson 55'	Report	Sammon 42', 81'	Stadium: Palmerston Park Attendance: 2,338 Referee: Willie Collum

21 January 2018	Heart of Midlothian	1–0	Hibernian	Edinburgh
14:05	Cowie 87'	Report		Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 18,709 Referee: Kevin Clancy

23 January 2018	Livingston	0–1	Falkirk	Livingston
19:45		Report	Tumilty 90+3'	Stadium: Almondvale Attendance: 1,237 Referee: Alan Newlands

23 January 2018	Peterhead	2–3	Dumbarton	Peterhead
19:45	J. Brown 31' Robertson 83'	Report	Gallagher 12', 53' Russell 56'	Stadium: Balmoor Stadium Attendance: 691 Referee: Gavin Ross

29 January 2018	Albion Rovers	0–4	St Johnstone	Coatbridge
19:45		Report	Kane 3', 57', 70' McClean 51'	Stadium: Cliftonhill Attendance: 1,130 Referee: Mat Northcroft

30 January 2018	Formartine United	0–2	Cove Rangers	Pitmedden
20:00		Report	Stott 32' Megginson 68'	Stadium: North Lodge Park Attendance: 776 Referee: Gavin Duncan

31 January 2018	Fraserburgh	0–3	Rangers	Fraserburgh
19:30		Report	Windass 15' (pen.), 55', 67'	Stadium: Bellslea Park Referee: Greg Aitken

Replay

30 January 2018	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0–1	Dundee	Inverness
19:45		Report	Allan 47'	Stadium: Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 1,746 Referee: Stephen Finnie

Fifth round

The draw for the fifth round was made live on Sky Sports Football at Tynecastle Park following Heart of Midlothian's Edinburgh derby victory on Sunday, 21 January 2018. The draw was made by Amy MacDonald and David Weir.[13]

Draw

Teams in italics were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the quarter-finals.

Scottish Premiership	Scottish Championship	Scottish League One	Highland Football League
Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Heart of Midlothian Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers St Johnstone	Dumbarton Dundee United Falkirk Greenock Morton	Ayr United	Brora Rangers Cove Rangers

Matches

10 February 2018	Celtic	3–2	Partick Thistle	Glasgow
12:15	Forrest 3', 10', 54'	Report	Doolan 20' Sammon 84'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 24,191 Referee: Steven McLean

10 February 2018	Cove Rangers	1–3	Falkirk	Inverurie
15:00	Megginson 3'	Report	Jakubiak 2', 48' Sibbald 46'	Stadium: Harlaw Park Attendance: 1,687 Referee: Alan Muir

10 February 2018	Dundee	0–2	Motherwell	Dundee
15:00		Report	Tanner 30' Main 56'	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 4,663 Referee: Bobby Madden

10 February 2018	Greenock Morton	3–0	Dumbarton	Greenock
15:00	Ross 12' Iredale 49' McHugh 80'	Report		Stadium: Cappielow Attendance: 1,746 Referee: Craig Thomson

10 February 2018	Heart of Midlothian	3–0	St Johnstone	Edinburgh
15:00	Lafferty 7', 58' Mitchell 54'	Report		Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 12,393 Referee: Kevin Clancy

10 February 2018	Kilmarnock	4–0	Brora Rangers	Kilmarnock
15:00	Tshibola 42' Boyd 58' Brophy 76' O'Donnell 82'	Report		Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 4,278 Referee: Euan Anderson

11 February 2018	Ayr United	1–6	Rangers	Ayr
14:30	Forrest 11'	Report	Morelos 31', 72' Cummings 66' Windass 69', 81' Murphy 88'	Stadium: Somerset Park Attendance: 9,346 Referee: Nick Walsh

11 February 2018	Aberdeen	4–2	Dundee United	Aberdeen
16:30	Rooney 20' Mackay-Steven 27', 55' McLean 35'	Report	Stanton 34' McMullan 70'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 11,611 Referee: Willie Collum

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was made live on Sky Sports Football at Pittodrie Stadium following Aberdeen's tie against Dundee United on Sunday, 11 February 2018. The draw was made by Russell Anderson and Rachel Corsie.[14]

Draw

Teams in Bold advanced to the semi-finals.

Scottish Premiership	Scottish Championship
Aberdeen Celtic Heart of Midlothian Kilmarnock Motherwell Rangers	Falkirk Greenock Morton

Matches

3 March 2018	Celtic	3–0	Greenock Morton	Glasgow
12:30	Dembélé 62', 71' (pen.) Édouard 90'	Report		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 18,255 Referee: John Beaton

3 March 2018	Aberdeen	1–1	Kilmarnock	Aberdeen
15:00	Shinnie 9'	Report	Boyd 68' (pen.)	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 8,739 Referee: Steven McLean

4 March 2018	Motherwell	2–1	Heart of Midlothian	Motherwell
14:15	Main 7' McHugh 87'	Report	Lafferty 51' (pen.)	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 7,564 Referee: Andrew Dallas

4 March 2018	Rangers	4–1	Falkirk	Glasgow
16:15	Cummings 16', 21', 75' Muirhead 44' (o.g.)	Report	Muirhead 20'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 33,968 Referee: Craig Thomson

Replay

13 March 2018	Kilmarnock	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p)	Aberdeen	Kilmarnock
19:45	O'Donnell 96'	Report	McLean 103' (pen.)	Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 8,998 Referee: Steven McLean
	Penalties
	Erwin Brophy Taylor O'Donnell Kiltie		Shinnie McLean McGinn Stewart

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was made live on Sky Sports Football at Ibrox Stadium following Rangers' tie against Falkirk on Sunday, 4 March 2018. The draw was made by Neil Alexander and Gordon Reid.[15]

Draw

Teams in italics were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the final.

Scottish Premiership
Aberdeen Celtic Motherwell Rangers

Matches

14 April 2018	Motherwell	3–0	Aberdeen	Glasgow
12:15	Main 20', 66' Bowman 22'	Report		Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 18,470 Referee: Kevin Clancy

15 April 2018	Celtic	4–0	Rangers	Glasgow
14:30	Rogic 22' McGregor 38' Dembélé 52' (pen.) Ntcham 78' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 49,729 Referee: Bobby Madden

Final

19 May 2018

15:00

Celtic	2–0	Motherwell
McGregor 11' Ntcham 25'	Report

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 49,967

Referee: Kevin Clancy

Bracket

The following is the bracket which the Scottish Cup resembled. Numbers in parentheses next to the match score represent the results of a replay.

Fourth round 20–21 January 2018 30 January 2018 (replay)		Fifth round 10–11 February 2018		Quarter-finals 3–4 March 2018 13 March 2018 (replay)		Semi-finals 14–15 April 2018		Final 19 May 2018



Celtic	5

Brechin City	0
		Celtic	3

		Partick Thistle	2
Queen of the South	1

Partick Thistle	2
				Celtic	3

				Greenock Morton	0
Dunfermline Athletic	1

Greenock Morton	2
		Greenock Morton	3

		Dumbarton	0
Peterhead	2

Dumbarton	3
						Celtic	4

						Rangers	0
Ayr United	4

Arbroath	1
		Ayr United	1

		Rangers	6
Fraserburgh	0

Rangers	3
				Rangers	4

				Falkirk	1
Formartine United	0

Cove Rangers	2
		Cove Rangers	1

		Falkirk	3
Livingston	0

Falkirk	1
								Celtic	2

								Motherwell	0
Dundee	2 (1)

Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2 (0)
		Dundee	0

		Motherwell	2
Motherwell	2

Hamilton Academical	0
				Motherwell	2

				Heart of Midlothian	1
Heart of Midlothian	1

Hibernian	0
		Heart of Midlothian	3

		St Johnstone	0
Albion Rovers	0

St Johnstone	4
						Motherwell	3

						Aberdeen	0
Kilmarnock	1

Ross County	0
		Kilmarnock	4

		Brora Rangers	0
East Fife	0

Brora Rangers	1
				Kilmarnock	1 (1) (2)

				Aberdeen (a.e.t.)	1 (1) (3p)
Aberdeen	4

St Mirren	1
		Aberdeen	4

		Dundee United	2
Alloa Athletic	0

Dundee United	1

Media coverage

From round four onwards, selected matches from the Scottish Cup are broadcast live in the UK and Ireland by BBC Scotland and Sky Sports. BBC Scotland has the option to show one tie per round, with Sky Sports showing two ties per round with one replay; Sky Sports show both semi-finals live with one also on BBC Scotland, and both channels screen the final live.

The following matches are to be broadcast live on UK television:

Round	BBC Scotland	Sky Sports
Fourth Round	Aberdeen v St Mirren	Fraserburgh v Rangers Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian
Fifth Round	Celtic v Partick Thistle	Ayr United v Rangers Aberdeen v Dundee United
Quarter-finals	Motherwell v Heart of Midlothian	Celtic v Greenock Morton Rangers v Falkirk
Semi-finals	Motherwell v Aberdeen	Motherwell v Aberdeen Celtic v Rangers
Final	Celtic v Motherwell	Celtic v Motherwell

References

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"Celtic 2-1 Aberdeen: Brendan Rodgers' side win Scottish Cup and the domestic treble". 27 May 2017. Archived from the original on 15 April 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018 – via www.bbc.com.
"William Hill Scottish Cup 2017-18 dates confirmed". Scottish Football Association. 7 July 2017. Archived from the original on 2 December 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
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Stewart, Craig P (14 October 2017). "Scottish Cup: Another farce as draw has to be redone". The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 2 December 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
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[1] "2017–18 Scottish Cup - Top scorers". ESPN. Archived from the original on 12 December 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2018.

[2] "Bookmakers William Hill extend sponsorship of Scottish Cup". Sky Sports. 29 October 2015. Archived from the original on 25 November 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2017.

[3] "Celtic 2-1 Aberdeen: Brendan Rodgers' side win Scottish Cup and the domestic treble". 27 May 2017. Archived from the original on 15 April 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018 – via www.bbc.com.

[dates-4] "William Hill Scottish Cup 2017-18 dates confirmed". Scottish Football Association. 7 July 2017. Archived from the original on 2 December 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2017.

[prelimdraw-5] "William Hill Scottish Cup preliminary round draws". scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish Football Association. 10 July 2017. Archived from the original on 2 December 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2017.

[format-6] "2017-18 Scottish Cup Format Composition" (PDF). scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish Football Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 December 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2017.

[7] "Live coverage of the William Hill Scottish Cup First Round draw". Scottish FA. 2 September 2017. Archived from the original on 2 December 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2017.

[8] "Watch the draw for the Second Round of the William Hill Scottish Cup". Scottish FA. 23 September 2017. Archived from the original on 2 December 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2017.

[9] "William Hill Scottish Cup Third Round Draw 2017-18". Scottish FA. 14 October 2017. Archived from the original on 2 December 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2017.

[10] Stewart, Craig P (14 October 2017). "Scottish Cup: Another farce as draw has to be redone". The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 2 December 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2017.

[11] Scottish FA [@ScottishCup] (14 October 2017). "Scottish Cup draw" (Tweet). Retrieved 14 October 2017 – via Twitter.

[12] Scottish FA [@ScottishCup] (17 November 2017). "Scottish Cup draw" (Tweet). Retrieved 17 October 2017 – via Twitter.

[13] "Amy MacDonald and David Weir to present Fifth Round Draw". Scottish FA. 10 January 2018. Archived from the original on 2 December 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2018.

[14] "Russell Anderson and Rachel Corsie to present Sixth Round Draw". Scottish FA. 7 February 2018. Archived from the original on 2 December 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2018.

[15] @ScottishCup (2 March 2018). "Semi-Final Draw" (Tweet) – via Twitter.