1958–59 Scottish Cup

1958–59 Scottish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Final positions
Champions	St Mirren
Runners-up	Aberdeen

The 1958–59 Scottish Cup was the 74th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition.

The Cup was won by St Mirren who defeated Aberdeen in the final.^[1]

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	2 – 1	East Fife
Babcock & Wilcox	4 – 0	Forres Mechanics
Celtic	4 – 0	Albion Rovers
Cowdenbeath	2 – 2	Dunfermline Athletic
Dumbarton	4 – 0	Buckie Thistle
East Stirlingshire	1 – 1	Dundee United
Forfar Athletic	1 – 3	Rangers
Fraserburgh	1 – 0	Dundee
Peebles Rovers	2 – 0	Ross County
Queen of the South	1 – 3	Hearts
Raith Rovers	1 – 1	Hibernian
Stenhousemuir	5 – 2	Eyemouth United
Stranraer	3 – 2	Berwick Rangers

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Dundee United	0 – 0	East Stirlingshire
Dunfermline Athletic	4 – 1	Cowdenbeath
Hibernian	2 – 1	Raith Rovers

Second Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Dundee United	4 – 0	East Stirlingshire

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Celtic	1 – 1	Clyde
Aberdeen	3 – 0	Arbroath
Airdrieonians	2 – 7	Motherwell
Ayr United	3 – 0	Stranraer
Babcock & Wilcox	0 – 5	Greenock Morton
Brechin City	3 – 3	Alloa Athletic
Coldstream	0 – 4	Hamilton Academical
Dumbarton	2 – 8	Kilmarnock
Dundee United	0 – 4	Third Lanark
Fraserburgh	3 – 4	Stirling Albion
Hibernian	3 – 1	Falkirk
Montrose	0 – 1	Dunfermline Athletic
Rangers	3 – 2	Hearts
St Johnstone	3 – 1	Queen's Park
Stenhousemuir	1 – 3	Partick Thistle
St Mirren	10-0	Peebles Rovers

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Clyde	3 – 4	Celtic
Alloa Athletic	3 – 1	Brechin City

Third round

Home team	Score	Away team
Celtic	2 – 1	Rangers
Dunfermline Athletic	2 – 1	Ayr United
Hamilton Academical	0 – 5	Kilmarnock
Hibernian	4 – 1	Partick Thistle
St Johnstone	1 – 2	Aberdeen
St Mirren	3 – 2	Motherwell
Stirling Albion	3 – 1	Greenock Morton
Third Lanark	3 – 2	Alloa Athletic

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	3 – 1	Kilmarnock
St Mirren	2 – 1	Dunfermline Athletic
Stirling Albion	1 – 3	Celtic
Third Lanark	2 – 1	Hibernian

Semi-finals

4 April 1959

Aberdeen	1–1	Third Lanark
Norrie Davidson 15'		Tom Dick 2'

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 33,744

Referee: Willie Brittle

4 April 1959

St Mirren	4–0	Celtic

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 73,855

Replays

8 April 1959

Aberdeen	1–0	Third Lanark
Norrie Davidson 35'

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 16,000

Referee: Willie Brittle

Final

25 April 1959

St Mirren	3–1	Aberdeen
Bryceland 43' Miller 65' Baker 76'		Baird 89'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 108,591

Referee: Jack Mowat

References

^ "Skipper has a storybook finish". Sunday Dispatch. 26 April 1959. p. 16. Retrieved 2 November 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

Scottish Cup
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League cups	Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

1958–59 in Scottish football
« 1957–58 1959–60 »
Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
Domestic cups	Final League Cup Final Junior Cup
European competitions	European Cup
Related to national team	Results British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Celtic Clyde Dundee Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Queen of the South Rangers Raith Rovers St. Mirren Stirling Albion Third Lanark
Division Two	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Berwick Rangers Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Dundee United East Fife East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Montrose Queen's Park St. Johnstone Stenhousemuir Stranraer

First round

Replays

Second Replays

Second round

Replays

Third round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Replays

Final

See also

References