1965–66 Scottish Cup

The 1965–66 Scottish Cup was the 81st staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Rangers who defeated Celtic in the replayed final.

1965–66 Scottish Cup

Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Final positions
Champions	Rangers
Runners-up	Celtic
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Preliminary round 1

Home team	Score	Away team
Berwick Rangers	1 – 0	Stenhousemuir
Dumbarton	2 – 2	Peebles Rovers
Forfar Athletic	1 – 1	Brechin City
Gala Fairydean	6 – 1	Selkirk
Raith Rovers	1 – 0	Inverness Caledonian

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Brechin City	1 – 3	Forfar Athletic
Peebles Rovers	2 – 3	Dumbarton

Preliminary round 2

Home team	Score	Away team
Arbroath	2 – 2	Cowdenbeath
Ayr United	1 – 0	Fraserburgh
Berwick Rangers	0 – 0	Albion Rovers
East Fife	1 – 0	Elgin City
Gala Fairydean	4 – 5	Montrose
Glasgow University	1 – 2	Dumbarton
Raith Rovers	0 – 1	Alloa Athletic
Ross County	4 – 3	Forfar Athletic

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Albion Rovers	3 – 0	Berwick Rangers
Cowdenbeath	1 – 1	Arbroath

Second Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Arbroath	2 – 3	Cowdenbeath

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Alloa Athletic	3 – 5	Ross County
Falkirk	1 – 2	Dundee United
Cowdenbeath	1 – 0	St Mirren
Dumbarton	2 – 1	Montrose
Dundee	9-1	East Fife
East Stirlingshire	0 – 0	Motherwell
Hearts	2 – 1	Clyde
Dundee United	0 – 0	Falkirk
Ayr United	1 – 1	St Johnstone
Celtic	4 – 0	Stranraer
Dunfermline Athletic	3 – 1	Partick Thistle
Hamilton Academical	1 – 3	Aberdeen
Hibernian	4 – 3	Third Lanark
Greenock Morton	1 – 1	Kilmarnock
Queen of the South	3 – 0	Albion Rovers
Rangers	5 – 1	Airdrieonians
Stirling Albion	3 – 1	Queen's Park

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Motherwell	4 – 1	East Stirlingshire
St Johnstone	1 – 0	Ayr United
Kilmarnock	3 – 0	Greenock Morton

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Cowdenbeath	3 – 3	St Johnstone
Ross County	0 – 2	Rangers
Aberdeen	5 – 0	Dundee United
Dumbarton	1 – 0	Queen of the South
Dundee	0 – 2	Celtic
Stirling Albion	0 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic
Hearts	2 – 1	Hibernian
Kilmarnock	5 – 0	Motherwell

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
St Johnstone	3 – 0	Cowdenbeath
Dunfermline Athletic	4 – 1	Stirling Albion

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Dumbarton	0 – 3	Aberdeen
Dunfermline Athletic	2 – 1	Kilmarnock
Hearts	3 – 3	Celtic
Rangers	1 – 0	St Johnstone

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Celtic	3 – 1	Hearts

Semi-finals

26 March 1966

Aberdeen	0 – 0	Rangers

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 49,360

Referee: JW Paterson

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26 March 1966

Celtic	2 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 53,900

Replay

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29 March 1966

Aberdeen	1 – 2	Rangers
Harry Melrose 38'		Forrest 8' George McLean 80'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 40,852

Referee: JW Paterson

Final

23 April 1966

Rangers	0 – 0	Celtic

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 126,552

Referee: Tiny Wharton

Teams

RANGERS: GK Billy Ritchie RB Kai Johansen LB David Provan RH John Greig CH Ronnie McKinnon LH Bobby Watson RW Willie Henderson IR Jimmy Millar CF Jim Forrest IL Willie Johnston LW Davie Wilson Manager: Scot Symon

CELTIC: GK Ronnie Simpson RB Ian Young LB Tommy Gemmell RH Bobby Murdoch CH Billy McNeill LH John Clark RW Jimmy Johnstone IR Joe McBride CF Stevie Chalmers IL Charlie Gallagher LW John Hughes Manager: Jock Stein

Replay

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27 April 1966

Rangers	1 – 0[1]	Celtic
Kai Johansen

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 98,202

Referee: Tiny Wharton

Teams

RANGERS: GK Billy Ritchie RB Kai Johansen LB David Provan RH John Greig CH Ronnie McKinnon LH Bobby Watson RW Willie Henderson IR George McLean CF Jimmy Millar IL Willie Johnston LW Davie Wilson Manager: Scot Symon

CELTIC: GK Ronnie Simpson RB Jim Craig LB Tommy Gemmell RH Bobby Murdoch CH Billy McNeill LH John Clark RW Jimmy Johnstone IR Joe McBride CF Stevie Chalmers IL Bertie Auld LW John Hughes Manager: Jock Stein

See also

• 1965–66 in Scottish football
• 1965–66 Scottish League Cup