2004–05 Scottish Cup

The 2004–05 Scottish Cup was the 120th 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 Celtic, who defeated Dundee United 1–0 in the final; this was Martin O'Neill's last match as Celtic manager.

2004–05 Tennent's Scottish Cup

Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Defending champions	Celtic
Final positions
Champions	Celtic
Runner-up	Dundee United
Tournament statistics
Matches played	60

Calendar

See also: Scottish Cup format

Round	First match date	Fixtures		Clubs
		Original	Replays
First Round		8	0
Second Round		10	2	00 → 32
Third Round		16	3	32 → 16
Fourth Round		8	2	16 → 80
Quarter-finals	26 February 2005	4	0	8 → 4
Semi-finals	9 April 2005	2	0	4 → 2
Final	28 May 2005	1	0	2 → 1

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Cove Rangers	4 – 1	Dalbeattie Star
Cowdenbeath	2 – 3	Dumbarton
Forfar Athletic	1 – 5	Montrose
Huntly	3 – 1	Peterhead
Glasgow University	0 – 3	Brechin City
Greenock Morton	3 – 1	East Stirlingshire
East Fife	3 – 0	Whitehill Welfare
Inverurie Loco Works	1 – 2	Keith

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Albion Rovers	0 – 1	Arbroath
Alloa Athletic	2 – 1	Stenhousemuir
Ayr United	3 – 0	Edinburgh City
Brechin City	1 – 0	Stirling Albion
Cove Rangers	1 – 7	Greenock Morton
Dumbarton	1 – 1	Berwick Rangers
Gretna	3 – 0	Elgin City
Huntly	0 – 0	East Fife
Keith	0 – 1	Montrose
Stranraer	1 – 0	Queen’s Park

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Berwick Rangers	3 – 1	Dumbarton
East Fife	3 – 3 (4 – 3 pen.)	Huntly

Third round

Home team	Score	Away team
Arbroath	0 – 2	Aberdeen
Ayr United	3 – 3	Stranraer
Berwick Rangers	0 – 3	Brechin City
Celtic	2 – 1	Rangers
Clyde	3 – 0	Falkirk
East Fife	0 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic
Gretna	3 – 4	Dundee United
Hibernian	2 – 0	Dundee
Inverness CT	1 – 0	St Johnstone
Kilmarnock	2 – 0	Motherwell
Livingston	2 – 1	Greenock Morton
Montrose	1 – 2	Queen of the South
Partick Thistle	0 – 0	Heart of Midlothian
Raith Rovers	0 – 2	Alloa Athletic
Ross County	4 – 1	Airdrie United
St Mirren	3 – 0	Hamilton Academical

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Dunfermline Athletic	3 – 1	East Fife
Heart of Midlothian	2 – 1	Partick Thistle
Stranraer	0 – 2	Ayr United

Fourth round

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	2 – 1	Inverness CT
Alloa Athletic	0 – 1	Livingston
Ayr United	0 – 2	St Mirren
Dunfermline Athletic	0 – 3	Celtic
Heart of Midlothian	2 – 2	Kilmarnock
Hibernian	4 – 0	Brechin City
Queen of the South	0 – 3	Dundee United
Ross County	0 – 0	Clyde

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Clyde	2 – 1	Ross County
Kilmarnock	1 – 3	Heart of Midlothian

Quarter-finals

26 February 2005

Hibernian	2–0	St Mirren
Brown 45' O'Connor 72'

Easter Road, Edinburgh

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27 February 2005

Clyde	0–5	Celtic
		Varga 40', 68' Thompson 48' (pen.) Petrov 60' Bellamy 72'

Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld

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27 February 2005

Dundee United	4–1	Aberdeen
Archibald 19' Grady 29', 47' Crawford 41'		Byrne 33'

Tannadice Park, Dundee

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27 February 2005

Heart of Midlothian	2–1	Livingston
Miller 1' McAllister 10'		Easton 60'

Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh

Semi-finals

9 April 2005

Dundee United	2–1	Hibernian
McIntyre 73' Scotland 76'	Report	Riordan 58' (pen.)

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 27,271

Referee: Mike McCurry

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10 April 2005

Heart of Midlothian	1–2	Celtic
Cesnauskis 60'	Report	Sutton 3' Bellamy 49'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 38,505

Referee: Stuart Dougal

Final

Main article: 2005 Scottish Cup Final

28 May 2005

15:00

Celtic	1–0	Dundee United
Thompson 11'	Report

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 50,635

Referee: John Rowbotham

Largest Wins

A list of the largest wins from the competition.

Score	Home Team	Away Team	Stage
1-7	Cove Rangers	Greenock Morton	Second Round
0-5	Clyde	Celtic	Quarter Finals
1-5	Forfar Athletic	Montrose	First Round
4-0	Hibernian	Brechin City	Third Round