1981–82 Scottish Cup

The 1981–82 Scottish Cup was the 97th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Aberdeen who defeated Rangers in the final.^[1]

1981–82 Scottish Cup

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

Home team	Score	Away team
Civil Service Strollers	3 – 3	Cowdenbeath
Stenhousemuir	2 – 5	Berwick Rangers
Stirling Albion	1 – 2	Clyde
Fraserburgh	1 – 1	Clachnacuddin
Stranraer	1 – 1	East Fife
Arbroath	0 – 2	Meadowbank Thistle

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Clachnacuddin	3 – 2	Fraserburgh
Cowdenbeath	6 – 1	Civil Service Strollers
East Fife	4 – 1	Stranraer

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Albion Rovers	2 – 1	Clachnacuddin
Cowdenbeath	1 – 1	Gala Fairydean
Inverness Caledonian	1 – 3	Brechin City
Alloa Athletic	4 – 1	Hawick Royal Albert
Clyde	0 – 0	Berwick Rangers
Coldstream	0 – 2	Meadowbank Thistle
Montrose	0 – 0	Elgin City
East Fife	2 – 3	Forfar Athletic

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Gala Fairydean	3 – 2	Cowdenbeath
Berwick Rangers	1 – 3	Clyde
Elgin City	0 – 0	Montrose

Second Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Montrose	2 – 1	Elgin City

Third round

Home team	Score	Away team
Gala Fairydean	1 – 2	St Johnstone
Kilmarnock	1 – 0	Montrose
Rangers	6 – 2	Albion Rovers
Alloa Athletic	2 – 1	Ayr United
Brechin City	2 – 4	Dundee United
Clyde	2 – 2	Meadowbank Thistle
East Stirlingshire	1 – 4	Hearts
Partick Thistle	1 – 2	Dumbarton
Airdrieonians	1 – 2	Queen's Park
Celtic	4 – 0	Queen of the South
Clydebank	2 – 1	Dunfermline Athletic
Dundee	1 – 0	Raith Rovers
Hamilton Academical	0 – 0	Forfar Athletic
Hibernian	2 – 0	Falkirk
Motherwell	0 – 1	Aberdeen
St Mirren	2 – 1	Greenock Morton

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Meadowbank Thistle	4 – 2	Clyde
Forfar Athletic	3 – 2	Hamilton Academical

Fourth round

Home team	Score	Away team
Dundee	3 – 0	Meadowbank Thistle
Aberdeen	1 – 0	Celtic
Clydebank	0 – 2	St Mirren
Dundee United	1 – 1	Hibernian
Hearts	0 – 1	Forfar Athletic
Kilmarnock	3 – 1	St Johnstone
Queen's Park	2 – 0	Alloa Athletic
Rangers	4 – 0	Dumbarton

Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Hibernian	1 – 1	Dundee United

Second Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Dundee United	3 – 0	Hibernian

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	4 – 2	Kilmarnock
Queen's Park	1 – 2	Forfar Athletic
Rangers	2 – 0	Dundee
St Mirren	1 – 0	Dundee United

Semi-finals

3 April 1982

Aberdeen	1–1	St Mirren
Gordon Strachan 66' (pen.)		Frank McDougall 61'

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 16,782

Referee: Hugh Alexander

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3 April 1982

Rangers	0–0	Forfar Athletic

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 15,878

Replays

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7 April 1982

Aberdeen	3–2	St Mirren
Mark McGhee 6' Neil Simpson 35' Peter Weir 74'		Frank McAvennie 17' Doug Somner 56'

Dens Park, Dundee

Attendance: 15,633

Referee: Hugh Alexander

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6 April 1982

Rangers	3–1	Forfar Athletic

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 11,864

Final

Main article: 1982 Scottish Cup Final

22 May 1982

Aberdeen	4–1 (a.e.t.)	Rangers
Alex McLeish 32' Mark McGhee 93' Gordon Strachan 103' Neale Cooper 110'		John MacDonald 15'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 53,788

Referee: Brian McGinlay