1927–28 Scottish Cup

The 1927–28 Scottish Cup was the 50th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Rangers who defeated Celtic 4–0 in an Old Firm final;^[1] it was their first victory in the competition for 25 years – the last had been in 1903, with four defeats in finals since then.^[2]

1927–28 Scottish Cup

Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Final positions
Champions	Rangers
Runners-up	Celtic
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First round

All matches were played on 21 January 1928 with the exception of the Dumbarton/Hamilton Academical match which was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch and played four days later.

Home team	Score	Away team
Albion Rovers	5 – 1	Glasgow University
Alloa	2 – 0	Fraserburgh
Arbroath	2 – 3	Nithsdale Wanderers
Armadale	3 – 1	Berwick Rangers
Ayr United	2 – 0	Bo'ness
Beith	1 – 4	Airdrieonians
Brechin City	3 – 1	Lochgelly United
Celtic	3 – 1	Bathgate
Civil Service Strollers	0 – 3	King's Park
Clydebank	0 – 3	Dunfermline Athletic
Cowdenbeath	12 – 0	Johnstone
Dumbarton	2 – 3	Hamilton Academical
East Fife	1 – 1	Dundee United
East Stirlingshire	0 – 6	Rangers
Falkirk	3 – 1	St. Bernard's
Forfar Athletic	2 – 1	Queen of the South
Forres Mechanics	2 – 1	Elgin City
Hearts	2 – 2	St. Johnstone
Hibernian	w/o	Dykehead
Huntly	0 – 3	Motherwell
Keith	5 – 2	Dalbeattie Star
Leith Athletic	2 – 3	Kilmarnock
Montrose	0 – 5	Stenhousemuir
Greenock Morton	7 – 3	Mid-Annandale
Partick Thistle	9 – 1	Caledonian
Queen's Park	2 – 0	Arthurlie
Raith Rovers	4 – 3	Aberdeen
St. Mirren	6 – 1	Clyde
Stranraer	2 – 4	Dundee
Third Lanark	10 – 0	Clackmannan
Vale of Atholl	2 – 1	Newton Stewart
Vale of Leven	1 – 2	Leith Amateurs

Replays

The replays were played on 25 January 1928.

Home team	Score	Away team
Dundee United	2 – 1	East Fife
Hearts	1 – 0 (a.e.t)	St. Johnstone

Second round

The matches were played on 4 February 1928. All remaining non-league teams were knocked out.^[3]

Airdrieonians v Hamilton Academical

4 February 1928	Airdrieonians	2–1	Hamilton Academical	Airdrie
	Muir 34' Murdoch 59'	Report	Moffat 18'	Stadium: Broomfield Park Attendance: 6,000 Referee: C. Bilney

Armadale v King's Park

4 February 1928	Armadale	2–4	King's Park	Armadale
	Duff Grove	Report	Ferguson Rae pen' Baird Toner	Attendance: 2,500 (estimated) Referee: A.B. Williamson

Ayr United v Falkirk

4 February 1928	Ayr United	2–4	Falkirk	Ayr
	Paterson 8' McColgan	Report	Nisbet 12' Morrison Hutchison 53'	Stadium: Somerset Park Attendance: 16,000 (estimated) Referee: J.P. Rowe

Brechin City v Albion Rovers

4 February 1928	Brechin City	1–4	Albion Rovers	Brechin
	Ramsay	Report	Brunt Rae Marshall	Stadium: Glebe Park Attendance: 1,300 (estimated) Referee: C. Ritchie

Dundee United v Dundee

4 February 1928	Dundee United	3–3	Dundee	Dundee
	Jacky Kay Hutchison	Report	Lawley Whitlow	Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 20,360 (estimated) Referee: W Bell

Dunfermline Athletic v Leith Amateurs

4 February 1928	Dunfermline Athletic	3–1	Leith Amateurs	Dunfermline
	Williamson T.W. Dickson J Dickson	Report	Crighton	Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 1,300 (estimated) Referee: W.G. Holburn

Forfar Athletic v Kilmarnock

4 February 1928	Forfar Athletic	1–2	Kilmarnock	Forfar
	Webb 5'	Report	Murphy Cunningham 47'	Attendance: 3,000 (estimated) Referee: A Allan

Hearts v Forres Mechanics

4 February 1928	Hearts	7–0	Forres Mechanics	Edinburgh
	Devlin Miller McMillan Rogers	Report		Stadium: Tynecastle Attendance: 17,000 (estimated) Referee: C.S McDonald

Keith v Celtic

4 February 1928	Keith	1–6	Celtic	Keith
	Duncan	Report	McGrory McInally	Stadium: Kynoch Park Attendance: 5,800 (estimated) Referee: J.M. Russell

Motherwell v Raith Rovers

4 February 1928	Motherwell	2–2	Raith Rovers	Motherwell
	Stevenson Cameron 42'	Report	Johnman (o.g.) 58' Ritchie 78'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 5,000 (estimated) Referee: T Small

Partick Thistle v Nithsdale Wanderers

4 February 1928	Partick Thistle	4–0	Nithsdale Wanderers	Glasgow
	Ness McDougall	Report		Stadium: Firhill Attendance: 5,000 (estimated) Referee: A Scott

Queen's Park v Greenock Morton

4 February 1928	Queen's Park	4–1	Greenock Morton	Glasgow
	McLelland McAlpine	Report	Osborne	Stadium: Hampden Attendance: 9,?00 (estimated) Referee: J Archer

Rangers v Cowdenbeath

4 February 1928	Rangers	4–2	Cowdenbeath	Glasgow
	McPhail Fleming	Report	Rankin Lindsay	Stadium: Ibrox Referee: T Dougray

Stenhousemuir v Alloa

4 February 1928	Stenhousemuir	1–2	Alloa	Stenhousemuir
	Reid 75'	Report	O'Shea Wilson	Stadium: Ochilview Attendance: 2,500 (estimated) Referee: R Innes

St. Mirren v Vale of Atholl

4 February 1928	St. Mirren	5–1	Vale of Atholl	Paisley
	Wills (o.g.) McCrae Rankin	Report	Kirk	Stadium: St Mirren Park Attendance: 3,000 (estimated) Referee: R Morrison

Third Lanark v Hibernian

4 February 1928	Third Lanark	0–2	Hibernian	Glasgow
	Ritchie Dunn 80'	Report		Stadium: Cathkin Park Attendance: 7,000 (estimated) Referee: A Leishman

Replays

The matches were played on 8 February 1928.

Raith Rovers v Motherwell

8 February 1928	Raith Rovers	1–2	Motherwell	Kirkcaldy
	Allison 55'	Report	Cameron Keenan	Stadium: Stark's Park Attendance: 8,000 (estimated) Referee: T Small

Dundee v Dundee United

8 February 1928	Dundee	1–0	Dundee United	Dundee
	O'Hare 14'	Report		Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 13,000 (estimated) Referee: W Bell

Third round

The ties were drawn on 8 February 1928^[4] and played on 18 February 1928.

Hibernian v Falkirk

18 February 1928	Hibernian	0–0	Falkirk	Edinburgh
		Report		Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 18,000 Referee: T Dougary

St. Mirren v Partick Thistle

18 February 1928	St. Mirren	0–5	Partick Thistle	Paisley
		Report	Gibson 16' McDougall 18'	Stadium: St Mirren Park Attendance: 26,100 Referee: A.H. Leishman

Albion Rovers v Airdrieonians

18 February 1928	Albion Rovers	3–1	Airdrieonians	Coatbridge
	Marshall Brant Creighton	Report	Somerville 36'	Stadium: Cliftonhill Attendance: 13,000 (estimated) Referee: D Calder

Celtic v Alloa

18 February 1928	Celtic	2–0	Alloa	Glasgow
	Connolly 10' McGrory 35'	Report		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 7,000 Referee: A Scott

Dundee v Dunfermline Athletic

18 February 1928	Dundee	1–2	Dunfermline Athletic	Dundee
	Whitlow	Report	Young Wilson	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 11,000 Referee: R Innes

Rangers v King's Park

18 February 1928	Rangers	3–1	King's Park	Glasgow
	Morton Cunningham	Report	Lennon	Stadium: Ibrox Attendance: 20,000 Referee: T Small

Kilmarnock v Queen's Park

18 February 1928	Kilmarnock	4–4	Queen's Park	Kilmarnock
	Cunningham 5 pen' Smith 75' Morton	Report	Chalmers 8' McAlpine McLelland Nicholson	Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 21,000 (estimated) Referee: P Craigmyle

Hearts v Motherwell

18 February 1928	Hearts	1–2	Motherwell	Edinburgh
	Murray	Report	Stevenson	Stadium: Tynecastle Attendance: 42,000 Referee: C Bilney

Replays

The matches were played on 22 February 1928.^[5]

Queen's Park v Kilmarnock

22 February 1928	Queen's Park	1–0	Kilmarnock	Glasgow
	McLelland 85'	Report		Stadium: Hampden Attendance: 36,000 Referee: P Craigmyle

Falkirk v Hibernian

22 February 1928	Falkirk	0–1 (a.e.t)	Hibernian	Falkirk
		Report	McColl	Stadium: Brockville Attendance: 15,000 (estimated) Referee: T Dougray

Fourth round

Team One	Team Two	Score
Albion Rovers	Rangers	0–1
Dunfermline Athletic	Hibernian	0–4
Motherwell	Celtic	0–2
Queens Park	Partick Thistle	1–0

Semi-finals

24 March 1928^[6]

Celtic	2–1	Queen’s Park
McLean 22' McGrory 31'		McLelland 47'

Ibrox Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 54,000

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24 March 1928

Rangers	3–0	Hibernian
Archibald McPhail Simpson

Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh

Attendance: 43,129

Final

14 April 1928

Rangers	4–0	Celtic
Meiklejohn (pen.) McPhail Archibald

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 118,115

Teams

Celtic: GK John Thomson RB Willie McStay LB John Donoghue RH Peter Wilson CH Jimmy McStay LH John McFarlane OR Paddy Connolly IR Alec Thomson CF Jimmy McGrory IL Tommy McInally OL Adam McLean

Rangers: GK Tom Hamilton RB Dougie Gray LB Bob Hamilton RH Jock Buchanan CH Davie Meiklejohn LH Tully Craig OR Sandy Archibald IR Andy Cunningham CF Jimmy Fleming IL Bob McPhail OL Alan Morton

See also

• 1927–28 in Scottish football