1971–72 Scottish Cup

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][2]

1971–72 Scottish Cup
CountryScotland
ChampionsCeltic
Runners-upHibernian

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

Celtic3–1Kilmarnock
Attendance: 48,398

Hibernian1–1Rangers
Attendance: 75,884

Replays


Hibernian2–0Rangers
Attendance: 67,547

Final

Celtic6–1Hibernian
Dixie Deans (3)
Lou Macari (2)
Billy McNeill
Report (page 4) Alan Gordon
Attendance: 106,102
Referee: Alistair McKenzie

Teams

CELTIC:
GKScotland Evan Williams
DFScotland Jim Craig
DFScotland Billy McNeill
DFScotland George Connelly
DFScotland Jim Brogan
MFScotland Jimmy Johnstone
MFScotland Kenny Dalglish
MFScotland Bobby Murdoch
MFScotland Tommy Callaghan
FWScotland Lou Macari
FWScotland Dixie Deans
Substitutes:
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Manager:
Scotland Jock Stein
HIBERNIAN:
GKScotland Jim Herriot
DFScotland John Brownlie
DFScotland Jim Black
DFScotland John Blackley
DFScotland Erich Schaedler
MFScotland Alex Edwards
MFScotland Pat Stanton
MFScotland John Hazel
MFScotland Arthur Duncandownward-facing red arrow ?'
FWScotland Jimmy O'Rourke
FWScotland Alan Gordon
Substitutes:
MFScotland Bertie Auldupward-facing green arrow ?'
Manager:
Scotland Eddie Turnbull

References

  1. "Celtic 6-1 Hibernian, Scottish Cup". thecelticwiki. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  2. "The elite players who scored cup final hat-tricks". The Scotsman. 31 October 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2017.

See also

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