1996–97 Scottish Cup

1996–97 Scottish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Final positions
Champions	Kilmarnock
Runners-up	Falkirk

The 1996–97 Scottish Cup was the 112th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Kilmarnock who defeated Falkirk in the final.

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Huntly (HL)	1 – 1	Clyde (3)
Alloa Athletic (4)	3 – 1	Hawick Royal Albert (ESL)
Elgin City (HL)	0 – 3	Whitehill Welfare (ESL)
Albion Rovers (4)	0 – 0	Forfar Athletic (4)

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Clyde (3)	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Huntly (HL)
Forfar Athletic (4)	4 – 0	Albion Rovers (4)

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Berwick Rangers	2 – 1	Peterhead
Queen's Park	2 – 1	Gala Fairydean
Ayr United	0 – 2	Clyde
East Stirlingshire	4 – 3	Brora Rangers
Spartans	0 – 0	Arbroath
Whitehill Welfare	2 – 3	Queen of the South
Brechin City	2 – 1	Livingston
Cowdenbeath	1 – 0	Dumbarton
Forfar Athletic	0 – 1	Alloa Athletic
Ross County	3 – 0	Montrose
Stenhousemuir	1 – 2	Hamilton Academical
Stranraer	1 – 1	Inverness CT

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Arbroath	3 – 0	Spartans
Inverness CT	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) 4 – 3 (pen.)	Stranraer

Third round

Home team	Score	Away team
Hibernian	2 – 2	Aberdeen
Airdrieonians	1 – 4	Raith Rovers
Clydebank	0 – 5	Celtic
Arbroath	2 – 2	Greenock Morton
Clyde	3 – 1	St Mirren
Dundee	3 – 1	Queen of the South
Dunfermline Athletic	4 – 0	Ross County
Falkirk	1 – 1	Berwick Rangers
Hearts	5 – 0	Cowdenbeath
Inverness CT	1 – 3	Hamilton Academical
Kilmarnock	2 – 0	East Stirlingshire
Partick Thistle	0 – 2	Motherwell
Queen's Park	1 – 3	East Fife
Rangers	2 – 0	St Johnstone
Stirling Albion	0 – 2	Dundee United
Brechin City	3 – 0	Alloa Athletic

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) 3 – 5 (pen.)	Hibernian
Greenock Morton	4 – 0	Arbroath
Berwick Rangers	1 – 2	Falkirk

Fourth round

Home team	Score	Away team
Hibernian	1 – 1	Celtic
Hearts	1 – 1	Dundee United
Brechin City	1 – 2	Raith Rovers
Clyde	0 – 1	Kilmarnock
Falkirk	2 – 1	Dunfermline Athletic
Greenock Morton	2 – 2	Dundee
Motherwell	1 – 1	Hamilton Academical
Rangers	3 – 0	East Fife

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Dundee	0 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Greenock Morton
Celtic	2 – 0	Hibernian
Hamilton Academical	0 – 2	Motherwell
Dundee United	1 – 0	Hearts

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Dundee United	4 – 1	Motherwell
Falkirk	2 – 0	Raith Rovers
Greenock Morton	2 – 5	Kilmarnock
Celtic	2 – 0	Rangers

Semi-finals

12 April 1997

Celtic	1 – 1	Falkirk
Johnson 66'		James 82'

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 45,261

Referee: Willie Young

14 April 1997

Kilmarnock	0 – 0	Dundee United

Easter Road, Edinburgh

Attendance: 12,391

Referee: Jim McCluskey

Replays

22 April 1997

Kilmarnock	1 – 0	Dundee United
McIntyre 86'

Easter Road, Edinburgh

Attendance: 9,225

Referee: Jim McCluskey

23 April 1997

Celtic	0 – 1	Falkirk
		McGrillen 19'

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 35,879

Referee: Willie Young

Final

24 May 1997

Kilmarnock	1 – 0	Falkirk
Wright 20'

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 48,953

Referee: Hugh Dallas

Largest Wins

A list of the largest wins from the competition.


Score	Home Team	Away Team	Stage
0-5	Clydebank	Celtic	Third Round
5-0	Heart of Midlothian	Cowdenbeath	Third Round
4-0	Forfar Athletic	Albion Rovers	First Round (Replay)
4-0	Greenock Morton	Arbroath	Third Round (Replay)
4-1	Dundee United	Motherwell	Quarter Finals
2-5	Greenock Morton	Kilmarnock	Quarter Finals
1-4	Airdireonians	Raith Rovers	Third Round

References

Scottish Football League (1997). Tennent's Lager Scottish Football League Review 1997-98 (Paperback). Programme Publications. ISBN 0-9531528-1-2.

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1996–97 in Scottish football
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Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Final League Cup Final Challenge Cup Final Junior Cup
European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup
Related to national team	Results 1998 World Cup qualifying (Group 4)
Club seasons
Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Raith Rovers Rangers
First Division	Airdrieonians Clydebank Dundee East Fife Falkirk Greenock Morton Partick Thistle St. Johnstone St. Mirren Stirling Albion
Second Division	Ayr United Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clyde Dumbarton Hamilton Academical Livingston Queen of the South Stenhousemuir Stranraer
Third Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Cowdenbeath East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Inverness Caledonian Thistle Montrose Queen's Park Ross County

1996–97 in European football (UEFA)
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League cups	England Finland '96 '97 France Iceland '96 '97 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales
Supercups	England Germany
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