1960–61 Scottish Cup

1960–61 Scottish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Final positions
Champions	Dunfermline Athletic
Runners-up	Celtic

The 1960–61 Scottish Cup was the 76th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Dunfermline Athletic who defeated Celtic in the replayed final.

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Alloa Athletic	5 – 4	East Stirlingshire
Berwick Rangers	1 – 4	Dunfermline Athletic
Clyde	0 – 2	Hibernian
Deveronvale	1 – 0	Stirling Albion
Elgin City	2 – 2	Airdrieonians
Falkirk	1 – 3	Celtic
Hearts	9 – 0	Tarff Rovers
Keith	1 – 2	East Fife
Montrose	3 – 1	Albion Rovers
Peebles Rovers	4 – 2	Gala Fairydean
Queen of the South	1 – 1	St Johnstone
Queen's Park	2 – 3	Arbroath
Third Lanark	2 – 0	Stenhousemuir

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Airdrieonians	2 – 0	Elgin City
St Johnstone	1 – 2	Queen of the South

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	4 – 2	Deveronvale
Alloa Athletic	2 – 0	Dumbarton
Ayr United	0 – 0	Airdrieonians
Brechin City	5 – 3	Duns
Buckie Thistle	0 – 2	Raith Rovers
Celtic	6 – 0	Montrose
Cowdenbeath	1 – 4	Motherwell
Dundee	1 – 5	Rangers
Dundee United	0 – 1	St Mirren
East Fife	1 – 3	Partick Thistle
Forfar Athletic	2 – 0	Greenock Morton
Hibernian	15 – 1	Peebles Rovers
Kilmarnock	1 – 2	Hearts
Queen of the South	0 – 2	Hamilton Academical
Stranraer	1 – 3	Dunfermline Athletic
Third Lanark	5 – 2	Arbroath

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Airdrieonians	3 – 1	Ayr United

Third round

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	3 – 6	Dunfermline Athletic
Alloa Athletic	2 – 1	Forfar Athletic
Brechin City	0 – 3	Airdrieonians
Hamilton Academical	0 – 4	Hibernian
Motherwell	2 – 2	Rangers
Partick Thistle	1 – 2	Hearts
Raith Rovers	1 – 4	Celtic
St Mirren	3 – 3	Third Lanark

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Rangers	2 – 5	Motherwell
Third Lanark	0 – 8	St Mirren

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Celtic	1 – 1	Hibernian
Dunfermline Athletic	4 – 0	Alloa Athletic
Hearts	0 – 1	St Mirren
Motherwell	0 – 1	Airdrieonians

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Hibernian	0 – 1	Celtic

Semi-finals

1 April 1961

Celtic	4–0	Airdrieonians

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 72,612

1 April 1961

Dunfermline Athletic	0–0	St Mirren

Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh

Attendance: 31,930

Replay

5 April 1961^[1]

Dunfermline Athletic	1–0	St Mirren

Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh

Attendance: 16,741

Final

22 April 1961

Dunfermline Athletic	0–0	Celtic

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 113,618

Referee: Hugh Philips

Teams


DUNFERMLINE ATHLETIC:
GK		Eddie Connachan
RB		Cammie Fraser
LB		Willie Cunningham
RH		Ron Mailer
CH		Jackie Williamson
LH		George Miller
RW		George Peebles
IR		Alex Smith
CF		Charlie Dickson
IL		Dan McLindon
LW		Harry Melrose
Manager:
Jock Stein


CELTIC:
GK		Frank Haffey
RB		Duncan MacKay
LB		Jim Kennedy
RH		Paddy Crerand
CH		Billy McNeill
LH		John Clark
RW		Charlie Gallagher
IR		Willie Fernie
CF		John Hughes
IL		Stevie Chalmers
LW		Alex Byrne
Manager:
Jimmy McGrory

Replay

26 April 1961

Dunfermline Athletic	2–0	Celtic
Dave Thomson Charlie Dickson

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 87,866

Referee: Hugh Philips

Teams


DUNFERMLINE ATHLETIC:
GK		Eddie Connachan
RB		Cammie Fraser
LB		Willie Cunningham
RH		Ron Mailer
CH		George Miller
LH		John Sweeney
RW		George Peebles
IR		Alex Smith
CF		Dave Thomson
IL		Charlie Dickson
LW		Harry Melrose
Manager:
Jock Stein


CELTIC:
GK		Frank Haffey
RB		Duncan MacKay
LB		Willie O'Neill
RH		Paddy Crerand
CH		Billy McNeill
LH		John Clark
RW		Charlie Gallagher
IR		Willie Fernie
CF		John Hughes
IL		Stevie Chalmers
LW		Alex Byrne
Manager:
Jimmy McGrory

References

^ 1961: Dunfermline 1 St Mirren 0 | Memorable Match #17, Dunfermline Athletic FC

External links

Video highlights from official Pathé News archive

Scottish Cup
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League cups	England Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Cup Winners' Cup (Final) Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final) Balkans Cup Mitropa Cup

1960–61 in Scottish football
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Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
Domestic cups	Final League Cup Final Junior Cup
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup (Final) Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Related to national team	Results 1962 World Cup qualifying (Group 8) British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Ayr United Celtic Clyde Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers Raith Rovers St. Johnstone St. Mirren Third Lanark
Division Two	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Fife East Stirlingshire Falkirk Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Montrose Queen of the South Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

Celtic F.C. matches
Scottish Cup finals	1889 1892 1893 1894 1899 1900 1901 1902 1904 1907 1908 1909 1911 1912 1914 1923 1925 1926 1927 1928 1931 1933 1937 1951 1954 1955 1956 1961 1963 1965 1966 1967 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1977 1980 1984 1985 1988 1989 1990 1995 1999 2001 2002 2004 2005 2007 2011 2013 2017 2018 2019 2020 2023 2024 2025
Scottish League Cup finals	1956 1957 1964 1965 1966 1967 1969 (April) 1969 (October) 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1978 1982 1984 (March) 1986 1990 1994 1997 2000 2001 2003 2006 2009 2011 2012 2015 2016 (November) 2017 2018 2019 2021 (December) 2023 (February) 2024
SFL Championship Play-offs	1905
European Cup finals	1967 1970
UEFA Cup final	2003
Intercontinental Cup	1967
Other matches	1888 Glasgow Exhibition Cup final 1901 Glasgow International Exhibition Cup final 1902 British League Cup final 1938 Empire Exhibition Trophy final Coronation Cup final (1953) CNE Cup of Champions (1968) 1971 Ibrox disaster Dubai Champions Cup (1986, 1989) Rangers 2–2 Celtic (1987) 2007 MLS All-Star Game Lincoln Red Imps 1–0 Celtic (2016)

First round

Replays

Second round

Replays

Third round

Replays

Quarter-finals

Replays

Semi-finals

Replay

Final

Replay

See also

References

External links