1908–09 Scottish Cup

The 1908–09 Scottish Cup was the 36th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was not awarded in this season due to serious riots in the replay of the final between Rangers and Celtic.

1908–09 Scottish Cup

Calendar

See also: Scottish Cup format

Round	First match date	Fixtures	Clubs
First Round	23 January 1909	16	32 → 16
Second Round	6 February 1909	8	16 → 80
Quarter-finals	20 February 1909	4	8 → 4
Semi-finals	20 March 1909	2	4 → 2
Final	10 April 1909	1	2 → 1

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Alloa	2 – 2	St Mirren
Broxburn	1 – 1	Beith
Clyde	4 – 0	Dykehead
Dundee	9 – 0	Ayr Parkhouse
Falkirk	2 – 1	East Stirlingshire
Hamilton Academical	0 – 0	Queen's Park
Heart of Midlothian	2 – 1	Kilmarnock
Hibernian	2 – 1	Ayr
Leith Athletic	2 – 4	Celtic
Greenock Morton	0 – 4	Aberdeen
Motherwell	6 – 1	Elgin City
Port Glasgow Athletic	5 – 0	Dunblane
St Johnstone	0 – 3	Rangers
Third Lanark	5 – 1	Brechin City
Vale of Leven	8 – 0	Airdrieonians
West Calder Swifts	0 – 0	Partick Thistle

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Airdrieonians	1 – 0	Vale of Leven
Beith	0 – 0	Broxburn
Partick Thistle	Walkover	West Calder Swifts
Queen's Park	2 – 0	Hamilton Academical
St Mirren	5 – 0	Alloa Athletic

Second replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Beith	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Broxburn

Match played at Ibrox Park

Third replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Beith	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Broxburn

Match played at Ibrox

Fourth replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Beith	4 – 2	Broxburn

Match played at Love Street

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Airdrieonians	2 – 0	Heart of Midlothian
Celtic	4 – 0	Port Glasgow Athletic
Clyde	1 – 0	Hibernian
Dundee	0 – 0	Rangers
Motherwell	1 – 3	Falkirk
Queen's Park	3 – 0	Partick Thistle
St Mirren	3 – 0	Beith
Third Lanark	4 – 1	Aberdeen

Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Rangers	1 – 0	Dundee

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Celtic	3 – 1	Airdrieonians
Clyde	3 – 1	St Mirren
Rangers	1 – 0	Queen's Park
Third Lanark	1 – 2	Falkirk

Semi-finals

20 March 1909

Celtic	0–0	Clyde

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20 March 1909

Falkirk	0–1	Rangers

Replay

27 March 1909

Celtic	2–0	Clyde

Attendance: 23,000

Final

Main article: 1909 Scottish Cup Final

10 April 1909

Rangers	2–2	Celtic
Bennett Gilchrist		Quinn (o.g.)

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 70000

Replay

17 April 1909

Rangers	1–1	Celtic
Gordon		Quinn

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 60000

See also

• 1908–09 in Scottish football

External links

• Season 1908-09 Cup withheld [results list, including Qualifying Cup], The Beautiful Dribbling Game
• Scottish Cup 1908/09, RSSSF