2016–17 Scottish Cup

2016–17 William Hill Scottish Cup
Country  Scotland
Teams 93
Champions Celtic
Runners-up Aberdeen
Matches played 105
Goals scored 370 (3.52 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Wayne McIntosh &
David Gormley (8 goals)
All statistics correct as of 14 February 2017.

The 2016–17 Scottish Cup was the 132nd season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The tournament was sponsored by bookmaker William Hill in what was the sixth season of a nine-year partnership, after contract negotiations saw the initial five-year contract extended for an additional four years in October 2015.[1]

The defending champions were Hibernian, who defeated Rangers in the 2016 final, but were eliminated in the semi finals by Aberdeen.[2][3]

Celtic beat Aberdeen 2–1 in the final to complete a domestic treble without losing a game in all domestic competitions.[4]

Media coverage

From round four onwards, selected matches from the Scottish Cup are broadcast live in the UK and Ireland by BBC Scotland and Sky Sports. BBC Scotland has the option to show one tie per round with Sky Sports showing two ties per round with one replay; also, Sky Sports show both semi-finals live with one also on BBC Scotland & both channels screen the final live.

Calendar

The calendar for the 2016–17 Scottish Cup qualifying rounds, as announced by Scottish Football Association.[5]

RoundMain dateNumber of fixturesClubsNew Entries
Preliminary Round 113 August 2016593 → 8810
Preliminary Round 23 September 2016688 → 827
First Round24 September 20161882 → 6430
Second Round22 October 20161664 → 4814
Third Round26 November 20161648 → 3216
Fourth Round21 January 20171632 → 1616
Fifth Round11 February 2017816 → 8None
Quarter-Finals4 March 201748 → 4None
Semi-Finals22 & 23 April 201724 → 2None
Final27 May 201712 → 1None

Preliminary rounds

The draw for the preliminary rounds took place at the Coldstream Museum on Monday 18 July 2016.

17 clubs were involved in the draw, of which seven received a bye to the second preliminary round, while the other 10 entered the first preliminary round. The teams competing in these rounds were made up of teams from the East of Scotland Football League (3), South of Scotland Football League (5), North Caledonian Football League (1), Scottish Junior Football Association (6) and the Scottish Amateur Football Association (2).

There were three parts to the draw. The first part determined which seven clubs, from the 10 eligible, would receive a bye to the second preliminary round. The three clubs which did not receive a bye into the second preliminary round entered in the first preliminary round. Five ties were drawn in the first preliminary round to be played on Saturday, 13 August 2016. The final part of the draw saw six ties drawn in the second preliminary round to be played on Saturday, 3 September 2016.[6]

Preliminary round 1

Draw

Teams in Bold advanced to the first round.

Clubs eligible for a bye Clubs participating in the First Preliminary Round Draw
  1. Banks O’Dee
  2. Burntisland Shipyard
  3. Coldstream
  4. Edusport Academy
  5. Girvan
  6. Glasgow University
  7. Golspie Sutherland
  8. Linlithgow Rose
  9. Threave Rovers
  10. Wigtown & Bladnoch
  1. Auchinleck Talbot
    2. (2015–16 West Super League winners)
  2. Beith Juniors (2015–16 Scottish Junior Cup winners)
  3. Bonnyrigg Rose (2015–16 East Superleague winners)
  4. Colville Park (2015–16 Scottish Amateur Cup winners)
  5. Leith Athletic (2015–16 EoSFL winners)
  6. Newton Stewart
  7. St Cuthbert Wanderers (2015–16 SoSFL winners)

The following teams received a bye to the second preliminary round: Banks O’Dee, Burntisland Shipyard, Coldstream, Girvan, Golspie Sutherland, Linlithgow Rose and Threave Rovers.[7]

Matches

Replay

Preliminary round 2

Matches

Replay

First round

The first round took place on the weekend of 24 September 2016. Along with the six winners from the second preliminary round, there were 30 new entries at this stage, 14 from the Lowland Football League and 16 from the Highland Football League.[5] From the first round, should a replayed tie go to extra time, teams will be permitted to use an additional fourth substitute in the extra time period. This rule will also apply in the semi-finals and finals which are not replayed.[8]

Draw

The draw for the first round was made on Monday, 5 September at 2:30pm. The draw took place at Edinburgh College and was made by Hibernian's cup winning captain David Gray. It was streamed live on the Scottish Cup's official Facebook page.[9]

Teams in Italics were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the second round.

Lowland Football League Highland Football League Other

East of Scotland teams

SJFA teams

Matches

Replays

Second round

The second round took place on the weekend of 22 October. Along with the 18 winners from the first round, there were 14 new entries at this stage, two from the Lowland Football League, two from the Highland Football League and 10 from Scottish League Two.[5]

Draw

The draw for the second round was hosted by Highland Football League champions Cove Rangers and took place at the Aberdeen Altens Hotel on Monday, 26 September at 6pm. Scottish Football Association president, Alex McRea oversaw the draw which was made by Nigg Community Council chairperson Alan Strachan.[10]

Teams in Italics were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the third round.

Scottish League Two Lowland Football League Highland Football League Other

SJFA teams

Matches

Replays

Third round

The third round took place on the weekend of 26 November 2016. Along with the 16 winners from the second round, there were to be 16 new entries, 10 from Scottish League One and six from the Scottish Championship, at this stage.[5]

Draw

The draw for the third round was made at 6pm on Tuesday, 25 October. The draw took place at Cappielow and was hosted by Greenock Morton. Chief Executive of the Greenock Morton Community Trust, Warren Hawke helped make the draw.[11]

Teams in Italics were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the fourth round.

Scottish Championship Scottish League One Scottish League Two Other

Lowland Football League

Highland Football League

SJFA teams

Matches

A total of nine third round ties were postponed due to frozen pitches. The St Mirren-Spartans, Beith Juniors-Greenock Morton, Clyde-Arbroath, Albion Rovers-Queen of the South and Stirling Albion-Wick Academy matches were postponed on Friday, 25 November, a day before they were due to take place after failing pitch inspections due to the freezing weather. These games were subsequently rearranged for 29 November, 3 and 6 December.[12][13] The Queen's Park-Montrose match was originally scheduled for 29 November due to the League Cup final taking place at Hampden Park, Queen's Park's home ground, on 27 November.[14] A further three games were postponed after failing early pitch inspections on Saturday, 26 November. These were the East Fife-Edinburgh City, Stranraer-East Kilbride and Brechin City-Ayr United matches. The Formartine United-Annan Athletic match originally passed a pitch inspection at 7am but was postponed after failing a supplementary inspection at 10:30am after temperatures in Pitmedden hadn't risen as expected.[12][13]

Replays

Notes
  1. ^ A- Originally due to start at 1:30pm, kick-off was delayed by 10 minutes in the Bonnyrigg Rose-Dumbarton match to allow more supporters entry to the ground.[15]

Fourth round

The fourth round took place on the weekend of 21 January 2017. Along with the 16 winners from the third round, there were 16 new entries, four from the Scottish Championship and 12 from the Scottish Premiership, at this stage.[5] Ayr United became the first Scottish club to make four substitutions in a single match in their fourth round replay with Queen's Park. The Scottish FA's rule change at the start of the season to allow a fourth substitute to be used if a match went to extra time[9] was used for the first time when Michael Rose replaced Nicky Devlin in the 121st minute of the match on 24 January 2017.[16]

Draw

The draw for the fourth round was made at 6:35pm on Monday, 28 November. The draw was made at Rugby Park and hosted by Kilmarnock. It was made by Kilmarnock's 1997 Scottish Cup winning midfielder Gary Holt, alongside the Scottish Football Association President, Alan McRae, and Liz Poole-Adams from competition sponsors William Hill.[17]

Teams in italics were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the fifth round.

Scottish Premiership Scottish Championship Scottish League One Scottish League Two Other

Highland Football League

SJFA teams

Matches

Replays

Notes
  1. ^ B- The Bonnyrigg Rose-Hibernian and Albion Rovers-Celtic matches were moved to Tynecastle Stadium and the Excelsior Stadium respectively in accordance with Scottish Cup rule 13 as Bonnyrigg Rose's and Albion Rovers' home grounds, New Dundas Park and Cliftonhill, were deemed unsuitable for the ties.[18]
  2. ^ C- Originally due to start at 3:00pm, kick-off was delayed by 10 minutes in the Elgin City-Inverness Caledonian Thistle match to allow more supporters entry to the ground.[19]

Fifth round

The fifth round took place on the weekend of 11 February 2017.[5]

Draw

The draw for the fifth round was made live on Sky Sports following the conclusion of the Albion Rovers-Celtic match on 22 January 2017.[20] The draw was made by former Hibernian manager Alan Stubbs and Celtic fan Rod Stewart, who memorably performed his part of the draw in an enthusiastic manner.[21]

Teams in italics were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the quarter-finals.

Scottish Premiership Scottish Championship Scottish League One Scottish League Two

Matches

Replays

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals took place on the weekend of 4 March 2017.[5]

Draw

The draw for the quarter-finals was made live on Sky Sports following the conclusion of the Rangers-Greenock Morton match on 12 February 2017. The draw was conducted by seven-time Scottish Cup winner Alex McLeish.

Teams in italics were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the semi-finals.

Scottish Premiership Scottish Championship

Matches

Semi-finals

The semi-finals took place on the weekend of 22 April 2017.[5]

Draw

The draw for the semi-finals was made live on Sky Sports News on 5 March 2017. The draw was made by Lisbon Lion Bertie Auld and Aberdeen's 1990 Scottish Cup winning manager Alex Smith.

Teams in Bold advanced to the final.

Scottish Premiership Scottish Championship

Matches

Final

Celtic 2 – 1 Aberdeen
Armstrong  11'
Rogic  90+2'		 Report Hayes  9'
Attendance: 48,713

Statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 5 March 2017
Rank Player Club Goals
1 David Gormley Clyde 8
Wayne McIntosh Bonnyrigg Rose
3 John McLeod Buckie Thistle 7
Josh Morris Hawick Royal Albert
5 Sean Jamieson Bonnyrigg Rose 6
6 Moussa Dembélé Celtic 5
Lee Fraser Forres Mechanics
Shane Sutherland Elgin City
9 Peter MacDonald Clyde 4
Fraser McLaren Bonnyrigg Rose
Joao Pereira Vitoria East Kilbride

Broadcasting rights

From round four onwards, selected matches from the Scottish Cup are broadcast live in the UK and the Ireland by BBC Scotland and Sky Sports. BBC Scotland has the option to show one tie per round with Sky Sports showing two ties per round with one replay also, Sky Sports show both semi-finals live with one also on BBC Scotland & both channels screen the final live.

The following matches are to be broadcast live on television:

Round Sky Sports BBC
Fourth Round Rangers v Motherwell[23]
Albion Rovers v Celtic[23]		 Raith Rovers v Heart of Midlothian[23]
Fifth Round Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian[24]
Rangers v Greenock Morton[24]		 Celtic v Inverness Caledonian Thistle[24]
Quarter-finals Rangers v Hamilton Academical[25]
Celtic v St Mirren[25]		 Aberdeen v Partick Thistle[25]
Semi-Finals Celtic v Rangers[26]
Hibernian v Aberdeen[26]		 Hibernian v Aberdeen[26]
Final Celtic v Aberdeen

References

  1. ↑ "Bookmakers William Hill extend sponsorship of Scottish Cup". Sky Sports. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Rangers 2–3 Hibernian: Sunshine on Leith as Edinburgh club win their first Scottish Cup to end 114-year curse". Daily Mail. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Rangers 2–3 Hibernian". BBC Sport. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "Celtic 2 Aberdeen 1". BBC Sport. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "William Hill Scottish Cup Competition 2016–17" (PDF). Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "Coldstream Museum set to host preliminary round draws". scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish Football Association. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "Preliminary round draws made in Coldstream". scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish Football Association. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  8. ↑ "William Hill Scottish Cup first round draw takes place". scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish FA. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  9. 1 2 "William Hill Scottish Cup first round draw". scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish FA. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  10. ↑ "Cove Rangers to host second round draw". scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish Football Association. 23 September 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  11. ↑ "Scottish Cup third round draw venue confirmed". scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish Football Association. 19 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  12. 1 2 "Nine Scottish Cup third-round ties postponed". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  13. 1 2 "Scottish Cup Third Round fixture update". scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish FA. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  14. ↑ "Scottish Cup 3rd Round Arrangements". queensparkfc.co.uk. Queen's Park FC. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  15. ↑ "Bonnyrigg Rose on Twitter". twitter.com/Bonnyriggrose81. Bonnyrigg Rose FC. 26 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  16. ↑ "Queen's Park 2–2 Ayr United". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  17. ↑ "Rugby Park to host Fourth Round draw". scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish FA. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  18. ↑ "Fourth Round venues confirmed". scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish FA. 20 December 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  19. ↑ "Official ICTFC on Twitter". twitter.com/ICTFC. Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC. 21 January 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  20. ↑ "Sky Sports Scotland on Twitter". twitter.com/ScotlandSky. Sky Sports. 18 January 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  21. ↑ "Rod Stewart really really enjoys himself doing the Scottish Cup fifth round draw". Telegraph. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  22. ↑ http://refereesfifa.blogspot.fr/2017/05/scotland-2017-scottish-cup-final.html
  23. 1 2 3 "Scottish Cup ties to be shown live on TV are revealed". Daily Record. 5 December 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  24. 1 2 3 "Hearts vs Hibs Scottish Cup clash confirmed as Sunday lunch time kick off and will be broadcast live". Daily Record. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  25. 1 2 3 "Scottish Cup Sixth Round televised matches". Scottish FA. 15 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  26. 1 2 3 "Scottish Cup Semi-Final dates and times". Scottish FA. 7 March 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
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