1997–98 Scottish Cup

1997–98 Scottish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Final positions
Champions	Heart of Midlothian
Runners-up	Rangers

The 1997–98 Scottish Cup was the 113th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Heart of Midlothian who defeated Rangers in the final.

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Fraserburgh (HL)	1 – 0	Clyde (3)
Cowdenbeath (4)	0 – 0	Montrose (4)
East Fife (3)	2 – 3	Stranraer (3)
Inverness CT (3)	3 – 1	Whitehill Welfare (ESL)

Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Montrose (4)	2 – 1	Cowdenbeath (4)

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Clydebank (3)	6 – 0	Montrose (4)
East Stirlingshire (4)	1 – 1	Edinburgh City (ESL)
Stenhousemuir (3)	4 – 0	Deveronvale (HL)
Stranraer (3)	2 – 1	Fraserburgh (HL)
Livingston (3)	2 – 1	Berwick Rangers (4)
Arbroath (4)	1 – 1	Queen of the South (3)
Annan Athletic (ESL)	3 – 1	Vale of Leithen (ESL)
Forfar Athletic (3)	1 – 2	Albion Rovers (4)
Inverness CT (3)	2 – 0	Queen's Park (4)
Lossiemouth (HL)	0 – 1	Dumbarton (4)
Peterhead (HL)	0 – 2	Alloa Athletic (4)
Ross County (4)	3 – 1	Brechin City (3)

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Edinburgh City (ESL)	0 – 0 (4 – 3 pen.)	East Stirlingshire (4)
Queen of the South (3)	4 – 0	Arbroath (4)

Third round

Home team	Score	Away team
Dundee (2)	4 – 2	St Mirren (2)
Airdrieonians (2)	2 – 2	Ross County (4)
Alloa Athletic (4)	0 – 3	Ayr United (2)
Celtic (1)	2 – 0	Greenock Morton (2)
Dumbarton (4)	1 – 1	Motherwell (1)
Dundee United (1)	1 – 0	Aberdeen (1)
Dunfermline Athletic (1)	7 – 2	Edinburgh City (ESL)
Hamilton Academical (2)	1 – 2	Rangers (1)
Hearts (1)	2 – 0	Clydebank (3)
Hibernian (1)	1 – 2	Raith Rovers (2)
Inverness CT (3)	8 – 1	Annan Athletic (ESL)
Livingston (3)	3 – 3	Albion Rovers (4)
Queen of the South (3)	1 – 3	Stirling Albion (2)
St Johnstone (1)	1 – 0	Partick Thistle (2)
Stenhousemuir (3)	1 – 3	Falkirk (2)
Stranraer (3)	0 – 2	Kilmarnock (1)

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Ross County (4)	1 – 0	Airdrieonians (2)
Albion Rovers (4)	0 – 0 (6 – 5 pen.)	Livingston (3)
Motherwell (1)	1 – 0	Dumbarton (4)

Fourth round

Home team	Score	Away team
Dunfermline Athletic (1)	1 – 2	Celtic (1)
Ayr United (2)	2 – 0	Kilmarnock (1)
Dundee United (1)	1 – 1	Inverness CT (3)
Hearts (1)	3 – 0	Albion Rovers (4)
Motherwell (1)	2 – 2	Rangers (1)
Raith Rovers (2)	1 – 3	Falkirk (2)
Ross County (4)	1 – 1	Dundee (2)
St Johnstone (1)	3 – 1	Stirling Albion (2)

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Inverness CT (3)	2 – 3	Dundee United (1)
Dundee (2)	3 – 0	Ross County (4)
Rangers (1)	3 – 0	Motherwell (1)

Quarter-finals

8 March 1998

Rangers (1)	0–0	Dundee (2)

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 40,309

Dundee United (1)	2–3	Celtic (1)

Tannadice Park, Dundee

Falkirk (2)	3–0	St Johnstone (1)

Brockville Park, Falkirk

Hearts (1)	4–1	Ayr United (2)

Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh

Replay

18 March 1998

Dundee (2)	1–2	Rangers (1)

Dens Park, Dundee

Attendance: 12,418

Semi-finals

4 April 1998

Falkirk	1–3	Hearts
McAllister 86'		Adam 5', 90' McCann 90'

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 31,587

5 April 1998

Rangers	2–1	Celtic
McCoist 75' Albertz 88'		Burley 90'

Celtic Park, Glasgow^[1]

Attendance: 48,000

Referee: Jim McCluskey

Final

16 May 1998

Hearts	2–1	Rangers
Cameron 2' (pen.) Adam 52'		McCoist 81'

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 48,946

Referee: Willie Young

Largest Wins

A list of the largest wins from the competition.


Score	Home Team	Away Team	Stage
8-1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Annan Athletic	Third Round
6-0	Clydebank	Montrose	Second Round
7-2	Dunfermline Athletic	Edinburgh City	Third Round

References

^ Venue decided by coin flip with Hampden Park being redeveloped

[CP_note-1] Venue decided by coin flip with Hampden Park being redeveloped

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1997–98 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 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Related to national team	Results 1998 World Cup qualifying (Group 4) 1998 World Cup
Club seasons
Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Rangers St Johnstone
First Division	Airdrieonians Ayr United Dundee Falkirk Greenock Morton Hamilton Academical Partick Thistle Raith Rovers St. Mirren Stirling Albion
Second Division	Brechin City Clyde Clydebank East Fife Forfar Athletic Inverness Caledonian Thistle Livingston Queen of the South Stenhousemuir Stranraer
Third Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Stirlingshire Montrose Queen's Park Ross County

1997–98 in European football (UEFA)
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League cups	England Finland '97 '98 France Germany Iceland '97 '98 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying rounds, Group stage, knockout stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup