1997–98 Scottish Cup

1997–98 Scottish Cup
Country Scotland
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 (SSL) 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 (1)
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

Rangers (1) 0 – 0 Dundee (2)
Attendance: 40,309



Replay


Dundee (2) 1 – 2 Rangers (1)
Attendance: 12,418

Semi-finals

Falkirk 1 – 3 Hearts
McAllister  86' Adam  5', 90'
McCann  90'
Attendance: 31,587

{{football box |

|date = 5 April 1998
|team1 = Rangers
|score = 2 – 1
|team2 = Celtic
|goals1 = [[Crilly OH]  75'
Albertz  88' |goals2 = Burley  90' |stadium = Celtic Park, Glasgow[1] |referee = Jim McCluskey |attendance = 48,000}}

Final

Hearts 2 – 1 Rangers
Cameron  2' (pen.)
Adam  52'
Crilly OG goal
|stadium = Celtic Park, Glasgow
|referee = Willie Young
|attendance = 48,946}}

References

  1. Venue decided by coin flip with Hampden Park being redeveloped
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