1962–63 Scottish Cup

1962–63 Scottish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Final positions
Champions	Rangers
Runners-up	Celtic

The 1962–63 Scottish Cup was the 78th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Rangers who defeated Celtic in the replayed final. The first round tie between Airdrie and Stranraer is notable for having been rearranged no fewer than 33 times due to inclement weather during the winter of 1962–63 in the United Kingdom.^[1]^[2]

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Airdrieonians	3 – 0	Stranraer
St Johnstone	1 – 0	Stenhousemuir
Partick Thistle	3 – 2	Greenock Morton
Falkirk	0 – 2	Celtic
Dundee United	3 – 0	Albion Rovers
East Stirlingshire	2 – 0	Stirling Albion
Gala Fairydean	4 – 0	Keith
Arbroath	2 – 0	Dumbarton
East Fife	5 – 0	Edinburgh University
Forfar Athletic	1 – 3	Hearts
Inverness Caledonian	1 – 5	Dundee
Inverness Thistle	0 – 2	Queen of the South
Raith Rovers	2 – 0	Eyemouth United

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Airdrieonians	0 – 6	Rangers
St Johnstone	1 – 2	Aberdeen
Cowdenbeath	2 – 3	Dunfermline Athletic
Celtic	3 – 1	Hearts
East Stirlingshire	1 – 0	Motherwell
Partick Thistle	1 – 1	Arbroath
Dundee	8 – 0	Montrose
East Fife	1 – 1	Third Lanark
Ayr United	1 – 2	Dundee United
Berwick Rangers	1 – 3	St Mirren
Brechin City	0 – 2	Hibernian
Gala Fairydean	1 – 1	Duns
Hamilton Academical	1 – 1	Nairn County
Kilmarnock	0 – 0	Queen of the South
Queen's Park	5 – 1	Alloa Athletic
Raith Rovers	3 – 2	Clyde

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Arbroath	2 – 2	Partick Thistle
Duns	1 – 2	Gala Fairydean
Queen of the South	1 – 0	Kilmarnock
Third Lanark	2 – 0	East Fife
Nairn County	1 – 2	Hamilton Academical

Second Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Arbroath	2 – 3	Partick Thistle

Third round

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	4 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic
Queen of the South	3 – 0	Hamilton Academical
Rangers	7 – 2	East Stirlingshire
St Mirren	1 – 1	Partick Thistle
Dundee	1 – 0	Hibernian
Celtic	6 – 0	Gala Fairydean
Third Lanark	0 – 1	Raith Rovers
Queen's Park	1 – 1	Dundee United

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Partick Thistle	0 – 1	St Mirren
Dundee United	3 – 1	Queen's Park

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Dundee	1 – 1	Rangers
Raith Rovers	2 – 1	Aberdeen
St Mirren	0 – 1	Celtic
Dundee United	1 – 1	Queen of the South

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Queen of the South	1 – 1	Dundee United
Rangers	3 – 2	Dundee

Second Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Dundee United	4 – 0	Queen of the South

Semi-finals

13 April 1963

Celtic	5–2	Raith Rovers

Ibrox Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 35,681

13 April 1963

Rangers	5–2	Dundee United

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 56,391

Final

4 May 1963

Rangers	1–1	Celtic
Ralph Brand		Bobby Murdoch

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 129,643

Referee: Tiny Wharton

Teams


RANGERS:
GK		Billy Ritchie
RB		Bobby Shearer
LB		David Provan
RH		John Greig
CH		Ronnie McKinnon
LH		Jim Baxter
RW		Willie Henderson
IR		George McLean
CF		Jimmy Millar
IL		Ralph Brand
LW		Davie Wilson
Manager:
Scot Symon


CELTIC:
GK		Frank Haffey
RB		Duncan MacKay
LB		Jim Kennedy
RH		John McNamee
CH		Billy McNeill
LH		Billy Price
RW		Jimmy Johnstone
IR		Bobby Murdoch
CF		John Hughes
IL		John Divers
LW		Frank Brogan
Manager:
Jimmy McGrory

Replay

15 May 1963

Rangers	3–0	Celtic
Ralph Brand Davie Wilson

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 120,273

Referee: Tiny Wharton

Teams


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


CELTIC:
GK		Frank Haffey
RB		Duncan MacKay
LB		Jim Kennedy
RH		John McNamee
CH		Billy McNeill
LH		Billy Price
RW		Bobby Craig
IR		Bobby Murdoch
CF		John Divers
IL		Stevie Chalmers
LW		John Hughes
Manager:
Jimmy McGrory

References

^ "Ayr cup switch appeal is rejected". BBC Sport. BBC. 15 December 2008.
^ "War, weather and working weeks: the previous times football has been halted in England". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 March 2020.

External links

Video highlights (colour) from official Pathé News archive (first match)
Video clip of the final (black and white) by Pathé News (replay)

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

Rangers F.C. matches
Scottish Cup Finals	1877 1879 1894 1897 1898 1899 1903 1904 1905 1909 1921 1922 1928 1929 1930 1932 1934 1935 1936 1948 1949 1950 1953 1960 1962 1963 1964 1966 1969 1971 1973 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1989 1992 1993 1994 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2008 2009 2016 2022 2024
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SFL Championship Play-offs	1891 1905
Scottish Challenge Cup Finals	2014 2016
European Cup Winners' Cup Finals	1961 1967 1972
UEFA Europa League Finals	2008 2022
European Super Cup	1972 (unofficial)
Other matches	1901 Glasgow International Exhibition Cup Final 1902 British League Cup Final 1946 Southern League Cup 1946 Victory Cup Berwick Rangers 1–0 Rangers (1967) 1971 Ibrox disaster Rangers 2–2 Celtic (1987) Dubai Champions Cup (1987) Progrès Niederkorn 2–0 Rangers (2017)

First round

Second round

Replays

Second Replays

Third round

Replays

Quarter-finals

Replays

Second Replays

Semi-finals

Final

Replay

See also

References

External links