1990–91 Scottish Cup

The 1990–91 Scottish Cup was the 106th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Motherwell who defeated Dundee United F.C. in the final.

1990–91 Scottish Cup

Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Final positions
Champions	Motherwell
Runner-up	Dundee United

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Threave Rovers (NL)	1 – 2	Spartans (NL)
Whitehill Welfare (NL)	0 – 4	East Fife (3)
Montrose (3)	0 – 0	Dumbarton (3)
East Stirlingshire (3)	1 – 3	Queen of the South (3)
Fraserburgh (NL)	3 – 1	Vale of Leithen (NL)
Ross County (NL)	1 – 1	Alloa Athletic (3)

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Dumbarton (3)	1 – 4	Montrose (3)
Alloa Athletic (3)	1 – 3	Ross County (NL)

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Ross County (NL)	2 – 2	Queen of the South (3)
Spartans (NL)	0 – 0	Cowdenbeath (3)
Inverness Thistle (NL)	1 – 1	East Fife (3)
Berwick Rangers (3)	1 – 0	Albion Rovers (3)
Fraserburgh (NL)	1 – 4	Cove Rangers (NL)
Montrose (3)	0 – 2	Arbroath (3)
Queen's Park (3)	1 – 2	Stranraer (3)
Stirling Albion (3)	2 – 0	Stenhousemuir (3)

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Queen of the South (3)	2 – 6	Ross County (NL)
Cowdenbeath (3)	2 – 0	Spartans (NL)
East Fife (3)	1 – 0	Inverness Thistle (NL)

Third round

Home team	Score	Away team
Rangers (1)	2 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic (1)
Ross County (NL)	1 – 6	Meadowbank Thistle (2)
Clyde (2)	0 – 2	Hibernian (1)
Aberdeen (1)	0 – 1	Motherwell (1)
Airdrieonians (2)	2 – 1	Hearts (1)
Clydebank (2)	0 – 1	Ayr United (2)
Cove Rangers (NL)	1 – 2	Cowdenbeath (3)
Dundee (2)	1 – 0	Brechin City (2)
East Fife (3)	1 – 1	Dundee United (1)
Forfar Athletic (2)	0 – 2	Celtic (1)
Kilmarnock (2)	3 – 2	Arbroath (3)
Partick Thistle (2)	0 – 0	Falkirk (2)
Raith Rovers (2)	0 – 1	Hamilton Academical (2)
St Johnstone (1)	0 – 0	Berwick Rangers (3)
Stirling Albion (2)	0 – 1	Greenock Morton (2)
Stranraer (3)	1 – 5	St Mirren (1)

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Berwick Rangers (3)	3 – 4	St Johnstone (1)
Falkirk (2)	4 – 3	Partick Thistle (2)
Dundee United (1)	2 – 1	East Fife (3)

Fourth round

Home team	Score	Away team
Greenock Morton (2)	3 – 0	Meadowbank Thistle (2)
Celtic (1)	3 – 0	St Mirren (1)
Ayr United (2)	0 – 0	Hamilton Academical (2)
Dundee (2)	2 – 0	Kilmarnock (2)
Dundee United (1)	2 – 0	Airdrieonians (2)
Motherwell (1)	4 – 2	Falkirk (2)
Rangers (1)	5 – 0	Cowdenbeath (3)
St Johnstone (1)	2 – 1	Hibernian (1)

Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Hamilton Academical (2)	2 – 3	Ayr United (2)

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Celtic (1)	2 – 0	Rangers (1)
Motherwell (1)	0 – 0	Greenock Morton (2)
St Johnstone (1)	5 – 2	Ayr United (2)
Dundee United (1)	3 – 1	Dundee (1)

Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Greenock Morton (2)	1 – 1 (4 – 5 pen.)	Motherwell (1)

Semi-finals

3 April 1991

Motherwell (1)	0–0	Celtic (1)

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 41,765

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6 April 1991

Dundee United (1)	2–1	St Johnstone (1)
John Clark Duncan Ferguson		Harry Curran

East End Park, Dunfermline

Attendance: 16,560

Replay

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9 April 1991

Motherwell	4–2	Celtic
Dougie Arnott (2) Colin O'Neill Stevie Kirk		Tom Boyd (og) Anton Rogan

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 31,371

Final

Main article: 1991 Scottish Cup Final

18 May 1991

Motherwell	4–3	Dundee United
Angus Ferguson Kirk O'Donnell		Bowman Jackson O'Neil

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 57,319

Referee: David Syme

See also

• 1990–91 in Scottish football
• 1990–91 Scottish League Cup