2007–08 Scottish Cup

The 2007–08 Scottish Cup was the 123rd season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The winners were Rangers, who defeated Queen of the South in the final.

The 2007–08 tournament saw a change in structure for the tournament with the admission of 4 members of the Scottish Junior Football Association to the first round.

Calendar

First round

Edinburgh University were given a random bye to the 2nd round. This was because only three Scottish Junior Football Association clubs entered, due to Linlithgow Rose winning both the East League and the Scottish Junior Cup and there being no mechanism allowing for runners-up to enter.

Keith, Inverurie Loco Works, Annan Athletic and Threave Rovers all received automatic byes into the 2nd round, due to being respectively: Highland Football League winners and runners-up, East of Scotland Football League winners and South of Scotland Football League winners during 2006–07 season.

Brora Rangers v Cove Rangers

29 September 2007	Brora Rangers	0 – 5	Cove Rangers	Dudgeon Park, Brora
15:00			Reid  43' Watt  45'  63' Henderson  52' Whelan  83'	Referee: Roddy Cobb

Golspie Sutherland v Preston Athletic

29 September 2007	Golspie Sutherland	3 – 1	Preston Athletic	King George V Park, Golspie
15:00	Mackay  38' (pen.) Sutherland  52' MacLean  59'		Scott  88'	Referee: Graham Fraser

Coldstream v Dalbeattie Star

29 September 2007	Coldstream	0 – 4	Dalbeattie Star	Home Park, Coldstream
15:00			Steel  5' MacBeth  12' Parker  30'  87'	Referee: Neil McLennan

Glasgow University v Buckie Thistle

29 September 2007	Glasgow University	1 – 2	Buckie Thistle	Garscube Sports Complex, Glasgow
15:00	Shewan  76' (o.g.)		Bruce  31' Edmond  38'	Referee: Kevin Clancy

Wigtown & Bladnoch v Burntisland Shipyard

29 September 2007	Wigtown & Bladnoch	3 – 5	Burntisland Shipyard	Trammondford Park, Wigtown
15:00	White  37' (pen.)  86' Campbell  40'		Reed  15' Tillier  17' Doogan  59' (o.g.) Masson  63' Gray  67'	Referee: Des Roache

Civil Service Strollers v Selkirk

29 September 2007	Civil Service Strollers	1 – 2	Selkirk	Muirhouse, Edinburgh
15:00	Currie  78'		Livingston  35' Jackson  62'	Referee: Graham Chambers

Fort William v Spartans

29 September 2007	Fort William	0 – 6	Spartans	Claggan Park, Fort William
15:00			Preston  35'  65' King  44' O'Donnell  52' Beattie  76' MacLeod  78'	Referee: David Watt

Newton Stewart v Linlithgow Rose

29 September 2007	Newton Stewart	0 – 6	Linlithgow Rose	Blairmount Park, Newton Stewart
15:00			Carrigan  30' (pen.)  85' Heard  45'  88' McArthur  46' McSween  70'	Referee: Brian Templeton

Vale of Leithen v Gala Fairydean

29 September 2007	Vale of Leithen	3 – 1	Gala Fairydean	Caddon Park, Innerleithen
15:00	Somerville  6'  21' Mackale  38'		Greene  78' (pen.)	Referee: Raymond Whyte

Wick Academy v Deveronvale

29 September 2007	Wick Academy	0 – 5	Deveronvale	Harmsworth Park, Wick
15:00			McKenzie  17' Urquart  21' Ewen  30' Chisholm  75' Dolan  83'	Referee: Ross Hamill

Culter v Hawick Royal Albert

29 September 2007	Culter	7 – 0	Hawick Royal Albert	Crombie Park, Peterculter
15:00	Campbell  8' (o.g.) Mountford  26'  32'  69' Stewart  30' Chand  83'  87'			Referee: Alastair Mather

Rothes v Nairn County

29 September 2007	Rothes	1 – 4	Nairn County	Mackessack Park, Rothes
15:00	Duncan  76'		Barron  11' Mackintosh  56' Finnigan  61' Main  76'	Referee: Steven George

St Cuthbert Wanderers v Pollok

29 September 2007	St Cuthbert Wanderers	2 – 6	Pollok	St Mary's Park, Kirkcudbright
15:00	Chambers 64' McGeown (O.G) 66'		Downs 8'  52' Dingwall 16'  87' McGeown 69' Waddell 90+2'	Referee: Martin Sproule

Girvan v Forres Mechanics

29 September 2007	Girvan	2 – 0	Forres Mechanics	Hamilton Park, Girvan
15:00	Mitchell  2' Moffat  71'			Referee: Richard Gough

Lossiemouth v Whitehill Welfare

29 September 2007	Lossiemouth	1 – 3	Whitehill Welfare	Grant Park, Lossiemouth
15:00	Wood  70'		Calvery  18'  47' Doig  55'	Referee: Morag Pirie

Clachnacuddin v Edinburgh City

29 September 2007	Clachnacuddin	2 – 2	Edinburgh City	Grant Street Park, Inverness
15:00	Duncanson  47' Lawrie  80' (pen.)		MacNana  22' Gair  33'	Referee: Matt Northcroft

Source: ESPN Soccernet

Replays

Edinburgh City v Clachnacuddin

6 October 2007	Edinburgh City	1 – 0	Clachnacuddin	Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh
15:00	Dougie Gair  43'			Referee: Matt Northcroft

Huntly v Fraserburgh

27 October 2007	Huntly	2 – 0	Fraserburgh	Christie Park, Huntly
15:00	Bruce Cormie  54' Gary McGowan  63'			Referee: Neil Watters

Source: ESPN Soccernet

Second round

Whitehill Welfare v Golspie Sutherland

27 October 2007	Whitehill Welfare	6 – 1	Golspie Sutherland	Ferguson Park, Rosewell, Midlothian
15:00	Swanson  5' Johnston 6'  36' Kidd  12' Doig  51' (pen.) Gormley  52'		Keveran  50'	Attendance: 200 Referee: K Graham

Buckie Thistle v Nairn County

27 October 2007	Buckie Thistle	4 – 1	Nairn County	Victoria Park, Buckie
15:00	Matheson  10' Mackinnon  14' Edmond  77' Macrae  82'		McDonald  80'	Attendance: 532 Referee: N Watters

Edinburgh City v East Stirlingshire

27 October 2007	Edinburgh City	1 – 2	East Stirlingshire	Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh
15:00	Gair  58'		Savage  71' Simpson  83'	Attendance: 188 Referee: F McDermot

Cove Rangers v Keith

27 October 2007	Cove Rangers	3 – 0	Keith	Allan Park, Aberdeen
15:00	Watson  15'  77' Coutts  53'			Attendance: 317 Referee: P Rafferty

Edinburgh University v Deveronvale

27 October 2007	Edinburgh University	3 – 1	Deveronvale	East Peffermill
15:00	Friif  24'  49' Woods  90'		McKenzie  39'	Attendance: 350 Referee: R Main

Linlithgow Rose v Spartans

27 October 2007	Linlithgow Rose	4 – 1	Spartans	Prestonfield
15:00	Bradley  22' Donnolly  60' Tyrell  78' Hogg  79'		MacLeod  54' (pen.)	Attendance: 1,600 Referee: S Nicholls

Montrose v Pollok

27 October 2007	Montrose	2 – 2	Pollok	Links Park, Montrose
15:00	Rogers  53' Baird  70'		Downs  44' Turnbull  85'	Attendance: 945 Referee: S McLean

Forfar Athletic v Dumbarton

27 October 2007	Forfar Athletic	1 – 1	Dumbarton	Station Park, Forfar
15:00	Chris MacKey  46'		Brian McPhee  52'	Attendance: 382 Referee: J McKendrick

Inverurie Loco Works v East Fife

27 October 2007	Inverurie Loco Works	0 – 2	East Fife	Harlaw Park, Inverurie
15:00			Tweed  55' Cameron  77'	Attendance: 770 Referee: S McDonald

Selkirk v Dalbeattie Star

27 October 2007	Selkirk	0 – 2	Dalbeattie Star	Yarrow Park, Selkirk
15:00			Redpath  29'  38'	Attendance: 157 Referee: Brian Colvin

Albion Rovers v Burntisland Shipyard

27 October 2007	Albion Rovers	8 – 0	Burntisland Shipyard	Cliftonhill, Coatbridge
15:00	Hunter  6'  22'  44'  47' Adams  5' Gemmell  46' Martin  75' Walker  88'			Attendance: 265 Referee: G Salmond

Culter v Vale of Leithen

27 October 2007	Culter	2 – 1	Vale of Leithen	Crombie Park, Aberdeen
15:00	Farma  32' Cadger  86'		Somerville  84'	Attendance: 500 Referee: S Creighton

Girvan v Stranraer

27 October 2007	Girvan	1 – 2	Stranraer	Hamilton Park, Girvan
15:00	Mitchell  71'		Tade  41' Keogh  88' (pen.)	Attendance: 410 Referee: A Boyd

Arbroath v Elgin City

27 October 2007	Arbroath	5 – 0	Elgin City	Gayfield Park, Arbroath
15:00	Webster  3' Scott  27'  71' Watson  51' Sellars  89'			Attendance: 583 Referee: C Charleston

Threave Rovers v Stenhousemuir

27 October 2007	Threave Rovers	1 – 0	Stenhousemuir	Meadow Park, Castle Douglas
15:00	Stenton  19'			Attendance: 300 Referee: T Robertson

Annan Athletic v Huntly

27 October 2007	Annan Athletic	2 – 5	Huntly	Galabank Park, Annan
15:00	Jack  4' (pen.) Hill  45'		Gauld  14'  30' Cormie  56' Morrison  66'  72'	Attendance: 243 Referee: G Hilland

Source: ESPN Soccernet

Replays

Pollok v Montrose

3 November 2007	Pollok	0 – 1	Montrose	Newlandsfield Park, Glasgow
15:00	Dobbins  53'			Attendance: 1,873 Referee: Stevie McLean

Dumbarton v Forfar Athletic

6 November 2007	Dumbarton	3 – 0	Forfar Athletic	Strathclyde Homes Stadium, Dumbarton
19:45	Campbell  21' Henderson  38' McFarlane  47'			Attendance: 310 Referee: Euan Norris

Source: ESPN Soccernet

Third round

Albion Rovers v East Stirlingshire

24 November 2007	Albion Rovers	1 – 5	East Stirlingshire	Cliftonhill Stadium, Coatbridge
15:00	Gemmell  75' Donald  45'		Kelly  20' (pen.) Ure  35' Savage  45' Brand  69' Donaldson  88'	Attendance: 425 Referee: Frank McDermott

Dumbarton v Berwick Rangers

24 November 2007	Dumbarton	2 – 0	Berwick Rangers	Strathclyde Homes Stadium, Dumbarton
15:00	MacFarlane  5' McPhee  36'			Attendance: 524 Referee: Colin Brown

Culter v Huntly

24 November 2007	Culter	1 – 3	Huntly	Crombie Park, Peterculter
15:00	Mountford  18'		Cormie  22'  38' McWilliam  60'	Attendance: 975 Referee: Willie Hornby

Brechin City v East Fife

24 November 2007	Brechin City	1 – 1	East Fife	Glebe Park, Brechin
15:00	Callaghan  74' (pen.)		Smart  44' Fotheringham  66', 83'	Attendance: 652 Referee: Scott MacDonald

Stranraer v Stirling Albion

24 November 2007	Stranraer	0 – 6	Stirling Albion	Stair Park, Stranraer
15:00	McKinstry  59'		Aitken  15' (pen.)  81' McKenna  20' Cramb  44' Walker  48'  68'	Attendance: 326 Referee: Stevie O'Reilly

Clyde v Montrose

24 November 2007	Clyde	2 – 0	Montrose	Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld
15:00	Arbuckle  8' Imrie  90'			Attendance: 821 Referee: Craig MacKay

Cove Rangers v Edinburgh University

24 November 2007	Cove Rangers	1 – 0	Edinburgh University	Allan Park, Cove Bay
15:00	McKibben  90'			Attendance: 480 Referee: Thomas Robertson

Partick Thistle v Ayr United

24 November 2007	Partick Thistle	2 – 1	Ayr United	Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00	Roberts  45' Buchanan  56'		Williams  19'	Attendance: 2,260 Referee: Douglas McDonald

Threave Rovers v Raith Rovers

24 November 2007	Threave Rovers	0 – 5	Raith Rovers	Meadow Park, Castle Douglas
15:00			Davidson  29' Carcary  62'  72' Hislop  77'  89'	Attendance: 629 Referee: John Underhill

Greenock Morton v Buckie Thistle

24 November 2007	Greenock Morton	3 – 2	Buckie Thistle	Cappielow Park, Greenock
15:00	Russell  21' McLaughlin  23' Templeman  90'		Macrae  45' Stewart  68'	Attendance: 1,833 Referee: Stephen Finnie

Linlithgow Rose v Dalbeattie Star

24 November 2007	Linlithgow Rose	1 – 0	Dalbeattie Star	Prestonfield, Linlithgow
15:00	McArthur  2'			Attendance: 1,519 Referee: George Salmond

Arbroath v Cowdenbeath

24 November 2007	Arbroath	0 – 1	Cowdenbeath	Gayfield Park, Arbroath
15:00	Tosh  13', 38'		Clarke  5' (pen.)	Attendance: 595 Referee: Alan Freeland

Ross County v Whitehill Welfare

24 November 2007	Ross County	4 – 0	Whitehill Welfare	Victoria Park, Dingwall
15:00	Shields  16'  56' Scott  43' Higgins  88'			Attendance: 1,208 Referee: Craig Charleston

Livingston v Alloa Athletic

24 November 2007	Livingston	4 – 0	Alloa Athletic	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00	Raliukonis  33' MacKay  57' (pen.)  66' Jacobs  63'			Attendance: 819 Referee: Iain Brines

Peterhead v Queen of the South

24 November 2007	Peterhead	0 – 5	Queen of the South	Balmoor Stadium, Peterhead
15:00			Dobbie  27'  89' O'Connor  44'  57' Burns  90'	Attendance: 695 Referee: Euan Norris

Airdrie United v Queen's Park

24 November 2007	Airdrie United	1 – 1	Queen's Park	New Broomfield, Airdrie
15:00	McKeown  57'		Ferry  70'	Attendance: 1,016 Referee: Chris Boyle

Source: ESPN Soccernet

Replays

Queen's Park v Airdrie United

24 November 2007	Queen's Park	2 – 4	Airdrie United	Hampden Park, Glasgow
15:00	Trouten  75' Ferry  90'		McDonald  15' Noble  17' Russell  97' Watt  109'	Attendance: 579 Referee: Chris Boyle

East Fife v Brechin City

24 November 2007	East Fife	1 – 2	Brechin City	Bayview Stadium, Methil
15:00	Cameron  25' (pen.)		Byers  20' King  83'	Attendance: 659 Referee: Scott MacDonald

Source: ESPN Soccernet

Fourth round

Celtic v Stirling Albion

12 January 2008	Celtic	3 – 0	Stirling Albion	Celtic Park, Glasgow
15:00	Vennegoor of Hesselink  37' McDonald  70' Nakamura  75'	Report		Attendance: 27,923 Referee: Euan Norris

St Mirren v Dumbarton

12 January 2008	St Mirren	3 – 0	Dumbarton	St Mirren Park, Paisley
15:00	Corcoran  17' Barron  38' Mehmet  70'	Report		Attendance: 2,828 Referee: Alan Muir

Falkirk v Aberdeen

12 January 2008	Falkirk	2 – 2	Aberdeen	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00	Barr  5' Riera  73'	Report	Smith  4' Lovell  10'	Attendance: 5,798 Referee: Michael McCurry

Hibernian v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

12 January 2008	Hibernian	3 – 0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Easter Road, Edinburgh
15:00	Shiels  5'  53'  84' Morais  36', 87'	Report	McGuire  85', 88'	Attendance: 12,578 Referee: Steve Conroy

Heart of Midlothian v Motherwell

12 January 2008	Heart of Midlothian	2 – 2	Motherwell	Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh
15:00	Česnauskis  10' Velička  52'	Report	Porter  64'  78'	Attendance: 13,651 Referee: Stuart Dougal

Queen of the South v Linlithgow Rose

12 January 2008	Queen of the South	4 – 0	Linlithgow Rose	Palmerston Park, Dumfries
15:00	Dobbie  16' Thomson  22' O'Connor  40' McArthur  72' (o.g.)	Report		Attendance: 3,062 Referee: John Underhill

Greenock Morton v Gretna

12 January 2008	Greenock Morton	2 – 2	Gretna	Cappielow, Greenock
15:00	Finlayson  64' McAlister  75'	Report	Yantorno  13' Horwood  49'	Attendance: 2,848 Referee: Kenny Clark

Huntly v Dundee

15 January 2008	Huntly	1 – 3	Dundee	Christie Park, Huntly
19:45	Reid  77'	Report	McDonald  29' Malone  81' Daquin  90'	Attendance: 2,113 Referee: Craig MacKay

Livingston v Cowdenbeath

15 January 2008	Livingston	2 – 0	Cowdenbeath	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
19:45	Craig  4' McMenamin  31'	Report		Attendance: 830 Referee: Alan Freeland

St Johnstone v Raith Rovers

15 January 2008	St Johnstone	3 – 1	Raith Rovers	McDiarmid Park, Perth
19:45	Jackson  19' Milne  49' Sheerin  57' (pen.)	Report	Weir  80'	Attendance: 2,113 Referee: Stephen Finnie

Clyde v Dundee United

16 January 2008	Clyde	0 – 1	Dundee United	Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld
19:45		Report	Robson  57'	Attendance: 1,550 Referee: Charlie Richmond

Partick Thistle v Dunfermline Athletic

22 January 2008	Partick Thistle	2 – 1	Dunfermline Athletic	Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
19:45	Buchanan  68'  87'	Report	Wilson  49'	Attendance: 2,434 Referee: Scott MacDonald

Cove Rangers v Ross County

23 January 2008	Cove Rangers	2 – 4	Ross County	Allan Park, Aberdeen
19:45	Watt  63'  76' (pen.)	Report	Shields  10' Dowie  30' Boyd  33' Barrowman  40' (pen.)	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Stevie O'Reilly

Rangers v East Stirlingshire

23 January 2008	Rangers	6 – 0	East Stirlingshire	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
19:45	McCulloch  25'  50' Hutton  28' Boyd  30'  45'  62' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 34,024 Referee: Crawford Allan

Airdrie United v Kilmarnock

28 January 2008	Airdrie United	0 – 2	Kilmarnock	New Broomfield, Airdrie
19:45	Smith  78', 83'	Report	Hamill  25' Nish  37' (pen.)	Attendance: 3,258 Referee: Dougie McDonald

Source: ESPN Soccernet

Replays

Aberdeen v Falkirk

22 January 2008	Aberdeen	3 – 1	Falkirk	Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
19:45	Smith  19',  55' de Visscher  43'	Report	Barrett  61'	Attendance: 8,547 Referee: Iain Brines

Brechin City v Hamilton Academical

28 January 2008	Brechin City	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Hamilton Academical	Glebe Park, Brechin
19:45	King  48' Byers  112'	Report	McLaughlin  12'	Attendance: 696 Referee: S Nicholls

Motherwell v Heart of Midlothian

22 January 2008	Motherwell	1 – 0	Heart of Midlothian	Fir Park, Motherwell
19:45	McCormack  23' (pen.)			Attendance: 8,300 Referee: Stuart Dougal

Gretna v Greenock Morton

28 January 2008	Gretna	0 – 3	Greenock Morton	Palmerston Park, Dumfries
19:45	Weatherson  67'  70' Millar  78'	Report		Attendance: 1,167 Referee: Kenny Clark

Source: ESPN Soccernet

Fifth round

2 February 200812:00

Kilmarnock	1 – 5	Celtic
Jamie Hamill  66'		McDonald  22'  67' Caldwell  52' Vennegoor of Hesselink  58' Samaras  85'

Rugby Park, Kilmarnock

Attendance: 6,491

Referee: Iain Brines

2 February 200815:00

Aberdeen	1 – 0	Hamilton Academical
Diamond  62'

Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen

Attendance: 6,441

Referee: Dougie McDonald

2 February 200815:00

Greenock Morton	0 – 2	Queen of the South
		O'Connor  46' Stewart  87'

Cappielow, Greenock

Attendance: 3,506

Referee: Charlie Richmond

11 February 200819:45

Motherwell	1 – 2	Dundee
Smith  61'		McHale  49' Robertson  55' McDonald  75', 83' MacKenzie  64', 88'

Fir Park, Motherwell

Attendance: 5,733

Referee: Eddie Smith

12 February 200819:45

Ross County	0 – 1	St Johnstone
		Craig  14'

Victoria Park, Dingwall

Attendance: 2,385

Referee: William Collum

Replays

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12 February 200819:45

Partick Thistle	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (5 – 4 pen.)	Livingston
Twaddle  83'		Dorrans  41'

Firhill Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 2,554

Referee: Kenny Clark

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13 February 200819:45

Dundee United	0 – 1	St Mirren
		Dorman  48'

Tannadice Park, Dundee

Attendance: 3,723

Referee: Alan Freeland

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9 March 200815:00

Rangers	1 – 0	Hibernian
Burke  38'

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 33,837

Referee: Craig Thomson

Quarter-finals

8 March 200815:00

Queen of the South	2 – 0	Dundee
Dobbie  52' McCann  90'	Report

Palmerston Park, Dumfries

Attendance: 6,278

Referee: Michael McCurry

8 March 200815:00

St Johnstone	1 – 1	St Mirren
Craig  32' (pen.)	Report	Dorman  73'

McDiarmid Park, Perth

Attendance: 6,094

Referee: Douglas McDonald

9 March 200812:45

Aberdeen	1 – 1	Celtic
de Visscher  78'	Report	Vennegoor of Hesselink  90'

Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen

Attendance: 10,909

Referee: Charlie Richmond

19 March 200819:45

Rangers	1 – 1	Partick Thistle
Boyd  69'	Report	Gray  67'

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 36,724

Referee: Iain Brines

Replays

18 March 200819:45

St Mirren	1 – 3	St Johnstone
Mehmet  70' (pen.)	Report	Quinn  13' Jackson  20' MacDonald  28'

St Mirren Park, Paisley

Attendance: 4,596

Referee: Douglas McDonald

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18 March 200819:45

Celtic	0 – 1	Aberdeen
	Report	Mackie  69'

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 33,506

Referee: Charlie Richmond

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13 April 200815:00

Partick Thistle	0 – 2	Rangers
	Report	Novo  27' Burke  40'

Firhill Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 9,909

Referee: Iain Brines

Semi-finals

12 April 200812:15

Queen of the South	4 – 3	Aberdeen
Tosh  22' Burns  49' O'Connor  56' Stewart  60'	Report	Considine  36'  59' Nicholson  53'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 24,008

Referee: Kenny Clark

20 April 200815:00

St Johnstone	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (3 – 4 pen.)	Rangers
McBreen  93'	Report	Novo  102' (pen.)
Penalties
Sheerin Craig Milne Jackson Morris	3 – 4	Davis Whittaker Nacho Novo Hemdani Cousin

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 26,180

Referee: Douglas McDonald

Final

24 May 200815:00

Queen of the South	2 – 3	Rangers
Tosh  50' Thomson  52'	Report	Boyd  33'  71' Beasley  43'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 48,821

Referee: Stuart Dougal

Media coverage

• Domestically, both Sky Sports and BBC Sport Scotland broadcast selected live games, with both showing the final. Both also carry highlights of all games in every round.
• BBC Radio Scotland has exclusive domestic radio rights to the tournament.
• Through the SFA's international media partner IMG, the Scottish Cup is broadcast in various territories around the world. In Australia, for example, the Scottish Cup is currently available on Setanta Sports.