1961–62 Scottish Cup

1961–62 Scottish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Final positions
Champions	Rangers
Runners-up	St Mirren

The 1961–62 Scottish Cup was the 77th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Rangers who defeated St Mirren in the final.

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Celtic	5 – 1	Cowdenbeath
Dunfermline Athletic	5 – 1	Forfar Athletic
East Fife	3 – 1	Gala Fairydean
Falkirk	1 – 2	Rangers
Motherwell	4 – 0	Dundee United
Partick Thistle	2 – 2	Hibernian
Aberdeen	5 – 2	Airdrieonians
Arbroath	2 – 1	Peterhead
Ayr United	3 – 4	Clyde
Berwick Rangers	2 – 6	Third Lanark
Eyemouth United	1 – 3	Montrose
Hamilton Academical	3 – 1	Elgin City
Raith Rovers	1 – 1	Queen's Park

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Hibernian	2 – 3	Partick Thistle
Queen's Park	1 – 4	Raith Rovers

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Alloa Athletic	1 – 2	Raith Rovers
Brechin City	1 – 6	Kilmarnock
Clyde	2 – 2	Aberdeen
Dumbarton	2 – 3	Ross County
Dundee	0 – 1	St Mirren
Dunfermline Athletic	9 – 0	Wigtown & Bladnoch
East Fife	1 – 0	Albion Rovers
Hamilton Academical	0 – 2	Third Lanark
Inverness Caledonian	3 – 0	East Stirlingshire
Greenock Morton	1 – 3	Celtic
Motherwell	4 – 0	St Johnstone
Queen of the South	0 – 2	Stenhousemuir
Rangers	6 – 0	Arbroath
Stirling Albion	3 – 1	Partick Thistle
Stranraer	0 – 0	Montrose
Vale of Leithen	0 – 5	Hearts

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	10 – 3	Clyde
Montrose	0 – 1	Stranraer

Third round

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	2 – 2	Rangers
Dunfermline Athletic	0 – 0	Stenhousemuir
Kilmarnock	7 – 0	Ross County
Raith Rovers	1 – 1	St Mirren
Stirling Albion	4 – 1	East Fife
Stranraer	1 – 3	Motherwell
Third Lanark	6 – 1	Inverness Caledonian
Hearts	3 – 4	Celtic

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Stenhousemuir	0 – 3	Dunfermline Athletic
Rangers	5 – 1	Aberdeen
St Mirren	4 – 0	Raith Rovers

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Celtic	4 – 4	Third Lanark
Kilmarnock	2 – 4	Rangers
St Mirren	1 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic
Stirling Albion	0 – 6	Motherwell

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Third Lanark	0 – 4	Celtic

Semi-finals

31 March 1962

Rangers	3–1	Motherwell

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 84,321

31 March 1962

St Mirren	3–1	Celtic

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 59,278

Final

21 April 1962

Rangers	2–0	St Mirren
Brand Wilson	Report (Page 3)

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 127,940

Referee: Tiny Wharton

Teams


RANGERS:
GK	Billy Ritchie
RB	Bobby Shearer
LB	Eric Caldow
RH	Harold Davis
CH	Ronnie McKinnon
LH	Jim Baxter
RW	Willie Henderson
IR	Ian McMillan
CF	Jimmy Millar
IL	Ralph Brand
LW	Davie Wilson
Manager:
Scot Symon


ST MIRREN:
GK	Bobby Williamson
RB	Bobby Campbell
LB	John Wilson
RH	Rab Stewart
CH	Jim Clunie
LH	George McLean
RW	Tommy Henderson
IR	Tommy Bryceland
CF	Don Kerrigan
IL	Willie Fernie
LW	Þór Beck
Manager:
Bobby Flavell

External links

Video highlights from official Pathé News archive

Scottish Cup
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 1899–1900 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 1914–1919 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 1939–1946 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 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 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
Finals	1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915–1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940–1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
List of finals Winning managers Scottish Qualifying Cup

1961–62 in European football (UEFA)
« 1960–61 1962–63 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '61 '62 England Faroe Islands '61 '62 Finland '61 '62 France East Germany West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '61 '62 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '61 '62 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '61 '62 Spain Sweden '61 '62 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania '61 Austria Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '61 '62 Finland '61 '62 France East Germany West Germany Greece Iceland '61 '62 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '61 '62 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Soviet Union '61 '62 Spain Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '60–'61 '61–'63

1961–62 in Scottish football
« 1960–61 1962–63 »
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 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Related to national team	Results 1962 World Cup qualifying (Group 8) British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Celtic Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers Raith Rovers St. Johnstone St. Mirren Stirling Albion Third Lanark
Division Two	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clyde Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Fife East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Montrose Queen of the South Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stranraer

First round

Replays

Second round

Replays

Third round

Replays

Quarter-finals

Replays

Semi-finals

Final

Teams

See also

External links