1954–55 Scottish Cup

The 1954–55 Scottish Cup was the 70th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Clyde who defeated Celtic in the replayed final. It was Clyde's second cup success, whilst Celtic lost in the final having won the last five Scottish Cup finals that they had played in.^[1] The 1955 final was the first to be televised live, being broadcast by the BBC. This was not officially announced before the match. The replayed final was not televised.^[2]

1954–55 Scottish Cup

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

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen University	3 – 3	Girvan Amateurs
Babcock & Wilcox	3 – 1	Shawfield Amateurs
Burntisland Shipyard	1 – 7	Forres Mechanics
Chirnside United	1 – 4	Peterhead
Civil Service Strollers	2 – 3	Vale of Leithen
Deveronvale	0 – 4	Inverness Thistle
Eyemouth United	2 – 3	Buckie Thistle
Fraserburgh	9 – 0	Edinburgh University
Gala Fairydean	5 – 3	Keith
Glasgow University	1 – 5	Huntly
Inverness Caledonian	7 – 3	Rothes
Lossiemouth	6 – 0	Murrayfield Amateurs
Newton Stewart	3 – 5	Elgin City
Ross County	2 – 2	Peebles Rovers
St Cuthbert Wanderers	5 – 1	Vale of Atholl
Tarff Rovers	1 – 1	Duns
Wick Academy	2 – 4	Coldstream

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Duns	3 – 0	Tarff Rovers
Girvan Amateurs	2 – 0	Aberdeen University
Peebles Rovers	5 – 1	Ross County

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Brora Rangers	2 – 0	Coldstream
Duns	1 – 8	Buckie Thistle
Elgin City	1 – 1	Clachnacuddin
Forres Mechanics	5 – 1	Huntly
Inverness Caledonian	5 – 0	Wigtown & Bladnoch
Inverness Thistle	7 – 1	Selkirk
Lossiemouth	1 – 0	Gala Fairydean
Peebles Rovers	4 – 3	Girvan Amateurs
Peterhead	7 – 0	Babcock & Wilcox
St Cuthbert Wanderers	4 – 2	Whithorn
Vale of Leithen	0 – 4	Fraserburgh

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Clachnacuddin	7 – 1	Elgin City

Third round

Home team	Score	Away team
Berwick Rangers	3 – 3	Clachnacuddin
Brora Rangers	3 – 3	Inverness Caledonian
Fraserburgh	4 – 2	East Stirlingshire
Inverness Thistle	2 – 1	Stranraer
Lossiemouth	2 – 2	Forres Mechanics
Montrose	3 – 1	Dumbarton
Peebles Rovers	5 – 2	St Cuthbert Wanderers
Peterhead	0 – 4	Buckie Thistle

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Clachnacuddin	2 – 1	Berwick Rangers
Forres Mechanics	5 – 3	Lossiemouth
Inverness Caledonian	8 – 2	Brora Rangers

Fourth round

Home team	Score	Away team
Alloa Athletic	4 – 2	Fraserburgh
Arbroath	2 – 0	Brechin City
Buckie Thistle	1 – 1	Queen's Park
Clachnacuddin	1 – 2	Inverness Thistle
Cowdenbeath	2 – 2	Ayr United
Dundee United	1 – 3	Forfar Athletic
Montrose	1 – 3	Inverness Caledonian
Peebles Rovers	0 – 2	Forres Mechanics

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Ayr United	3 – 3	Cowdenbeath
Queen's Park	1 – 2	Buckie Thistle

Second Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Ayr United	3 – 1	Cowdenbeath

Fifth round

Home team	Score	Away team
Airdrieonians	4 – 3	Forfar Athletic
Alloa Athletic	2 – 4	Celtic
Arbroath	0 – 4	St Johnstone
Buckie Thistle	2 – 0	Inverness Thistle
Clyde	3 – 0	Albion Rovers
Dunfermline Athletic	4 – 2	Partick Thistle
East Fife	1 – 2	Kilmarnock
Falkirk	4 – 0	Stenhousemuir
Forres Mechanics	3 – 4	Motherwell
Hamilton Academical	2 – 1	St Mirren
Hearts	5 – 0	Hibernian
Inverness Caledonian	1 – 1	Ayr United
Greenock Morton	1 – 3	Raith Rovers
Rangers	0 – 0	Dundee
Stirling Albion	0 – 6	Aberdeen
Third Lanark	2 – 1	Queen of the South

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Ayr United	2 – 4	Inverness Caledonian
Dundee	0 – 1	Rangers

Sixth Round

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	2 – 1	Rangers
Airdrieonians	7 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic
Buckie Thistle	0 – 6	Hearts
Clyde	3 – 1	Raith Rovers
Inverness Caledonian	0 – 7	Falkirk
Kilmarnock	1 – 1	Celtic
St Johnstone	0 – 1	Hamilton Academical
Third Lanark	1 – 3	Motherwell

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Celtic	1 – 0	Kilmarnock

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Airdrieonians	4 – 1	Motherwell
Celtic	2 – 1[3]	Hamilton Academical
Clyde	5 – 0	Falkirk
Hearts	1 – 1	Aberdeen

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	2 – 0	Hearts

Semi-finals

26 March 1955

Celtic	2–2	Airdrieonians

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 88,840

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26 March 1955^[4]

Clyde	2–2	Aberdeen
Tommy Ring 9' 89'		Paddy Buckley 37' 40'

Easter Road, Edinburgh

Attendance: 33,000

Referee: Bob Davidson

Replays

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4 April 1955

Celtic	2–0	Airdrieonians

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 71,800

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4 April 1955

Clyde	1–0	Aberdeen
Archie Robertson 28'

Easter Road, Edinburgh

Attendance: 27,937

Referee: Bob Davidson

Final

23 April 1955

Clyde	1–1	Celtic
Archie Robertson	Report (Page 4)	Walsh

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 106,234

Referee: Charlie Faultless

Teams

CLYDE: GK Ken Hewkins RB Albert Murphy LB Harry Haddock RH Ralph Granville CH Tommy Anderson LH Davie Laing RW John Divers IR Archie Robertson CF Ally Hill IL George Brown LW Tommy Ring Manager: Paddy Travers

CELTIC: GK John Bonnar RB Mike Haughney LB Frank Meechan RH Bobby Evans CH Jock Stein LH Bertie Peacock RW Bobby Collins IR Willie Fernie CF John McPhail IL Jimmy Walsh LW Charlie Tully Manager: Jimmy McGrory

Replay

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27 April 1955

Clyde	1–0	Celtic
Tommy Ring	Report (Page 4)

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 68,831

Referee: Charlie Faultless

Teams

CLYDE: GK Ken Hewkins RB Albert Murphy LB Harry Haddock RH Ralph Granville CH Tommy Anderson LH Davie Laing RW John Divers IR Archie Robertson CF Ally Hill IL George Brown LW Tommy Ring Manager: Paddy Travers

CELTIC: GK John Bonnar RB Mike Haughney LB Frank Meechan RH Bobby Evans CH Jock Stein LH Bertie Peacock RW Jimmy Walsh IR Willie Fernie CF Sean Fallon IL John McPhail LW Charlie Tully Manager: Jimmy McGrory

See also

• 1954–55 in Scottish football
• 1954–55 Scottish League Cup