2005–06 Scottish Cup

2005–06 Scottish Cup
Country Scotland
Defending champions Celtic
Champions Heart of Midlothian
Runners-up Gretna
Matches played 60
Goals scored 189 (3.15 per match)

The 2005–06 Scottish Cup was the 121st season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition, also known for sponsorship reasons as the Tennent's Scottish Cup. The Cup was won by SPL club Heart of Midlothian who defeated Second Division side Gretna on penalties after a 1–1 draw in the final. Hearts became the first non-Old Firm club to win the Cup since they themselves won it in 1997–98. Gretna earned a place in the UEFA Cup with Hearts having already qualified for the Champions League via the SPL.

A major shock occurred in the third round when First Division side Clyde defeated Cup holders Celtic 2–1. Rangers were knocked out of at the fourth round stage, losing 3–0 at home to Hibernian. East of Scotland League club Spartans reached the fourth round before eventually losing to St Mirren after a replay.

Calendar

Round First match date Fixtures Clubs
Original Replays
First Round 19 November 2005 8 1
Second Round 10 December 2005 10 0 → 32
Third Round 7 January 2006 16 3 32 → 16
Fourth Round 4 February 2006 8 6 16 → 8
Quarter-finals 25 February 2006 4 1 8 → 4
Semi-finals 1 April 2006 2 0 4 → 2
Final 16 May 2006 1 0 2 → 1

First round

Home team Score Away team
Alloa Athletic 9 – 0 Selkirk
Stenhousemuir 3 – 2 East Stirlingshire
Cowdenbeath 0 – 3 Greenock Morton
Dumbarton 4 – 1 Forres Mechanics
Spartans 1 – 0 Berwick Rangers
Stirling Albion 2 – 1 Elgin City
Partick Thistle 1 – 1 Albion Rovers
Preston Athletic 2 – 6 Gretna

Replay

Home team Score Away team
Albion Rovers 1 – 3 Partick Thistle

Second round

Home team Score Away team
Alloa Athletic 1 – 0 Montrose
Arbroath 1 – 0 Dumbarton
Ayr United 3 – 2 Greenock Morton
East Fife 0 – 3 Peterhead
Gretna 6 – 1 Cove Rangers
Lossiemouth 0 – 5 Spartans
Queen's Park 2 – 0 Raith Rovers
Stenhousemuir 1 – 4 Partick Thistle
Stirling Albion 1 – 0 Inverurie Loco Works
Threave Rovers 0 – 4 Forfar Athletic

Third round

Home team Score Away team
Clyde 2 – 1 Celtic
Dundee 2 – 0 Stranraer
Alloa Athletic 1 – 1 Livingston
Dundee United 2 – 3 Aberdeen
Dunfermline Athletic 3 – 4 Airdrie United
Falkirk 2 – 1 Brechin City
Heart of Midlothian 2 – 1 Kilmarnock
Hibernian 6 – 0 Arbroath
Inverness CT 1 – 1 Ayr United
Queen of the South 1 – 1 Hamilton Academical
Rangers 5 – 0 Peterhead
Ross County 5 – 0 Forfar Athletic
Spartans 3 – 2 Queen's Park
St Johnstone 0 – 1 Gretna
St Mirren 3 – 0 Motherwell
Stirling Albion 0 – 1 Partick Thistle

Replays

Home team Score Away team
Hamilton Academical 1 – 0 Queen of the South
Ayr United 0 – 2 Inverness CT
Livingston 1 – 2 Alloa Athletic

Fourth round

Airdrie United 1 – 1 Dundee
McLaren  59' Deasley  21'
Clyde 0 – 0 Gretna
Falkirk 1 – 1 Ross County
McBreen  79' Cowin  17'
Heart of Midlothian 3 – 0 Aberdeen
Pospisil  21'
Elliot  34'
Pressley  45' (pen.)
Rangers 0 – 3 Hibernian
O'Connor  50'
Sproule  59'
Killen  78'
Spartans 0 – 0 St Mirren

Replays

Alloa Athletic 0 – 3 Hamilton Academical
McLaughlin  13'
Neil  19' (pen.)
Ferguson  87'
Dundee 2 – 0 Airdrie United
Deasley  8'
Lynch  71'
Gretna 4 – 0 Clyde
Grady  25', 70', 82'
Deuchar  89'
Ross County 0 – 1 Falkirk
Gow  63'
St Mirren 3 – 0 Spartans
Sutton  12'
Adam  27'
Maxwell  68'
Partick Thistle 1 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(4 – 2 pen.)		 Inverness CT

Quarter-finals

Falkirk 1 – 5 Hibernian
McBreen  70' Report Riordan  9'
O'Connor  67'
Sproule  74'
Caldwell  77'
Fletcher  88'
Attendance: 6,259
Gretna 1 – 0 St Mirren
Deuchar  73' Report
Attendance: 2,850
Hamilton Academical 0 – 0 Dundee
Report
Attendance: 4,486[1]
Heart of Midlothian 2 – 1 Partick Thistle
Jankauskas  6'
Cesnauskis  63'		 Report Roberts  75'
Attendance: 16,365

Replay

Dundee 3 – 2 (a.e.t.) Hamilton Academical
Mann  56'
Lynch  68'
Craig  91'		 Report Juanjo  75'
Keogh  82'
Attendance: 7,460[1]

Semi-finals

Gretna 3 – 0 Dundee
Deuchar  45'
McGuffie  58' (pen.)
Smith  82' (o.g.)		 Report
Attendance: 14,179
Referee: Calum Murray
Hibernian 0 – 4 Heart of Midlothian
Report Hartley  28', 59', 88' (pen.)
Jankauskas  81'
Attendance: 43,180
Referee: Stuart Dougal

Final

Heart of Midlothian 1–1 (a.e.t.) Gretna
Skacel  39' Report McGuffie  76'
Penalties
4–2
Attendance: 51,23

References

  1. 1 2 "Accies in the Quarter Final". Hamilton Academical F.C. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
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