1981–82 Scottish Cup

1981–82 Scottish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Final positions
Champions	Aberdeen
Runners-up	Rangers

The 1981–82 Scottish Cup was the 97th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Aberdeen who defeated Rangers in the final.^[1]

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Civil Service Strollers	3 – 3	Cowdenbeath
Stenhousemuir	2 – 5	Berwick Rangers
Stirling Albion	1 – 2	Clyde
Fraserburgh	1 – 1	Clachnacuddin
Stranraer	1 – 1	East Fife
Arbroath	0 – 2	Meadowbank Thistle

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Clachnacuddin	3 – 2	Fraserburgh
Cowdenbeath	6 – 1	Civil Service Strollers
East Fife	4 – 1	Stranraer

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Albion Rovers	2 – 1	Clachnacuddin
Cowdenbeath	1 – 1	Gala Fairydean
Inverness Caledonian	1 – 3	Brechin City
Alloa Athletic	4 – 1	Hawick Royal Albert
Clyde	0 – 0	Berwick Rangers
Coldstream	0 – 2	Meadowbank Thistle
Montrose	0 – 0	Elgin City
East Fife	2 – 3	Forfar Athletic

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Gala Fairydean	3 – 2	Cowdenbeath
Berwick Rangers	1 – 3	Clyde
Elgin City	0 – 0	Montrose

Second Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Montrose	2 – 1	Elgin City

Third round

Home team	Score	Away team
Gala Fairydean	1 – 2	St Johnstone
Kilmarnock	1 – 0	Montrose
Rangers	6 – 2	Albion Rovers
Alloa Athletic	2 – 1	Ayr United
Brechin City	2 – 4	Dundee United
Clyde	2 – 2	Meadowbank Thistle
East Stirlingshire	1 – 4	Hearts
Partick Thistle	1 – 2	Dumbarton
Airdrieonians	1 – 2	Queen's Park
Celtic	4 – 0	Queen of the South
Clydebank	2 – 1	Dunfermline Athletic
Dundee	1 – 0	Raith Rovers
Hamilton Academical	0 – 0	Forfar Athletic
Hibernian	2 – 0	Falkirk
Motherwell	0 – 1	Aberdeen
St Mirren	2 – 1	Greenock Morton

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Meadowbank Thistle	4 – 2	Clyde
Forfar Athletic	3 – 2	Hamilton Academical

Fourth round

Home team	Score	Away team
Dundee	3 – 0	Meadowbank Thistle
Aberdeen	1 – 0	Celtic
Clydebank	0 – 2	St Mirren
Dundee United	1 – 1	Hibernian
Hearts	0 – 1	Forfar Athletic
Kilmarnock	3 – 1	St Johnstone
Queen's Park	2 – 0	Alloa Athletic
Rangers	4 – 0	Dumbarton

Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Hibernian	1 – 1	Dundee United

Second Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Dundee United	3 – 0	Hibernian

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	4 – 2	Kilmarnock
Queen's Park	1 – 2	Forfar Athletic
Rangers	2 – 0	Dundee
St Mirren	1 – 0	Dundee United

Semi-finals

3 April 1982

Aberdeen	1–1	St Mirren
Gordon Strachan 66' (pen.)		Frank McDougall 61'

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 16,782

Referee: Hugh Alexander

3 April 1982

Rangers	0–0	Forfar Athletic

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 15,878

Replays

7 April 1982

Aberdeen	3–2	St Mirren
Mark McGhee 6' Neil Simpson 35' Peter Weir 74'		Frank McAvennie 17' Doug Somner 56'

Dens Park, Dundee

Attendance: 15,633

Referee: Hugh Alexander

6 April 1982

Rangers	3–1	Forfar Athletic

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 11,864

Final

22 May 1982

Aberdeen	4–1 (a.e.t.)	Rangers
Alex McLeish 32' Mark McGhee 93' Gordon Strachan 103' Neale Cooper 110'		John MacDonald 15'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 53,788

Referee: Brian McGinlay

References

^ "Jack Ross on how Aberdeen legend Willie Miller's one-handed victory salute sparked his love affair with the Scottish Cup". heraldscotland.com. Retrieved 6 February 2024.

[1] "Jack Ross on how Aberdeen legend Willie Miller's one-handed victory salute sparked his love affair with the Scottish Cup". heraldscotland.com. Retrieved 6 February 2024.

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List of finals Winning managers Scottish Qualifying Cup

1981–82 in Scottish football
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Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Final League Cup Final Junior Cup
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup
Related to national team	Results World Cup 1982 qualifying (Group 6) British Home Championship 1982 World Cup
Club seasons
Premier Division	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Celtic Dundee Dundee United Hibernian Morton Partick Thistle Rangers St. Mirren
First Division	Ayr United Clydebank Dunfermline Athletic Dumbarton East Stirlingshire Falkirk Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Kilmarnock Motherwell Queen of the South Queen's Park Raith Rovers St. Johnstone
Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clyde Cowdenbeath East Fife Forfar Athletic Meadowbank Thistle Montrose Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

1981–82 in European football (UEFA)
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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '81 '82 England Faroe Islands '81 '82 Finland '81 '82 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '81 '82 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '81 '82 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '81 '82 Spain Sweden '81 '82 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '81 '82 Finland '81 '82 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '81 '82 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '81 '82 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Soviet Union '81 '82 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland
Super cups	Soviet Union '81
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '80–'81 '81–'83