1971–72 Scottish Cup

1971–72 Scottish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Final positions
Champions	Celtic
Runners-up	Hibernian

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]

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

12 April 1972

Celtic	3–1	Kilmarnock

Attendance: 48,398

15 April 1972

Hibernian	1–1	Rangers

Attendance: 75,884

Replays

25 April 1972

Hibernian	2–0	Rangers

Attendance: 67,547

Final

6 May 1972

Celtic	6–1	Hibernian
Dixie Deans (3) Lou Macari (2) Billy McNeill	Report (page 4)	Alan Gordon

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 106,102

Referee: Alistair McKenzie

Teams


CELTIC:
GK		Evan Williams
DF		Jim Craig
DF		Billy McNeill
DF		George Connelly
DF		Jim Brogan
MF		Jimmy Johnstone
MF		Kenny Dalglish
MF		Bobby Murdoch
MF		Tommy Callaghan
FW		Lou Macari
FW		Dixie Deans
Substitutes:
?
Manager:
Jock Stein


HIBERNIAN:
GK	Jim Herriot
DF	John Brownlie
DF	Jim Black
DF	John Blackley
DF	Erich Schaedler
MF	Alex Edwards
MF	Pat Stanton
MF	John Hazel
MF	Arthur Duncan	?'
FW	Jimmy O'Rourke
FW	Alan Gordon
Substitutes:
MF	Bertie Auld	?'
Manager:
Eddie Turnbull

References

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

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 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 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

1971–72 in Scottish football
« 1970–71 1972–73 »
Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
Domestic cups	Final League Cup Final Drybrough Cup Junior Cup
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup Final UEFA Cup Texaco Cup
Related to national team	Results Euro 1972 qualifying (Group 5) British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Ayr United Celtic Clyde Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic East Fife Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers St. Johnstone
Division Two	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clydebank Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Montrose Queen of the South Queen's Park Raith Rovers St. Mirren Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

1971–72 in European football (UEFA)
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Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '71 '72 Finland '71 '72 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '71 '72 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '71 '72 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Soviet Union '71 '72 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '71 '72

First round

Second round

Replays

Third round

Replays

Fourth round

Replays

Quarter-finals

Replays

Semi-finals

Replays

Final

Teams

References

See also