1972–73 Scottish Cup

1972–73 Scottish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Final positions
Champions	Rangers
Runner-up	Celtic
← 1971–72 1973–74 →

The 1972–73 Scottish Cup was the 88th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Rangers who defeated Celtic in the final.

First round

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Home team	Score	Away team
Babcock & Wilcox	0 – 2	Berwick Rangers
Brechin City	0 – 0	Clydebank
East Stirlingshire	1 – 0	Ross County
Ferranti Thistle	3 – 1	Duns
Montrose	2 – 0	Albion Rovers

Replays

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Home team	Score	Away team
Clydebank	1 – 2	Brechin City

Second round

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Home team	Score	Away team
Queen of the South	2 – 0	Forfar Athletic
Alloa Athletic	0 – 2	Berwick Rangers
Brechin City	0 – 0	East Stirlingshire
Brora Rangers	0 – 4	Hamilton Academical
Ferranti Thistle	2 – 2	Elgin City
Inverness Thistle	2 – 1	Queen's Park
Stenhousemuir	0 – 0	Raith Rovers
Vale of Leithen	0 – 3	Montrose

Replays

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Home team	Score	Away team
East Stirlingshire	1 – 2	Brechin City
Elgin City	2 – 1	Ferranti Thistle
Raith Rovers	3 – 0	Stenhousemuir

Third round

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Home team	Score	Away team
Ayr United	3 – 0	Inverness Thistle
Berwick Rangers	1 – 3	Falkirk
Brechin City	2 – 4	Aberdeen
Celtic	4 – 1	East Fife
Clyde	1 – 1	Montrose
Dumbarton	4 – 1	Cowdenbeath
Dunfermline Athletic	0 – 3	Dundee
Elgin City	0 – 1	Hamilton Academical
Hearts	0 – 0	Airdrieonians
Hibernian	2 – 0	Greenock Morton
Kilmarnock	2 – 1	Queen of the South
Motherwell	2 – 1	Raith Rovers
Rangers	1 – 0	Dundee United
St Mirren	0 – 1	Partick Thistle
Stirling Albion	3 – 3	Arbroath
Stranraer	1 – 1	St Johnstone

Replays

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Home team	Score	Away team
Airdrieonians	3 – 1	Hearts
Arbroath	0 – 1	Stirling Albion
Montrose	4 – 2	Clyde
St Johnstone	1 – 2	Stranraer

Fourth round

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Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	3 – 1	Falkirk
Ayr United	2 – 1	Stirling Albion
Dumbarton	2 – 2	Partick Thistle
Kilmarnock	0 – 1	Airdrieonians
Montrose	2 – 2	Hamilton Academical
Motherwell	0 – 4	Celtic
Rangers	1 – 1	Hibernian
Stranraer	2 – 9	Dundee

Replays

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Home team	Score	Away team
Hamilton Academical	0 – 1	Montrose
Hibernian	1 – 2	Rangers
Partick Thistle	3 – 1	Dumbarton

Quarter-finals

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Home team	Score	Away team
Celtic	0 – 0	Aberdeen
Montrose	1 – 4	Dundee
Partick Thistle	1 – 5	Ayr United
Rangers	2 – 0	Airdrieonians

Replays

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Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	0 – 1	Celtic

Semi-finals

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4 April 1973

Rangers	2–0	Ayr United

Attendance: 51,815

7 April 1973

Celtic	0–0	Dundee

Attendance: 55,428

Replays

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11 April 1973

Celtic	3–0 (a.e.t.)	Dundee

Attendance: 47,384

Final

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5 May 1973

Rangers	3–2	Celtic
Parlane 35' Conn 46' Forsyth 60'	Report	24' Dalglish 51' (pen.) Connelly

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 122,714

Referee: John Gordon

Teams

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Rangers:
GK		Peter McCloy
DF		Sandy Jardine
DF		John Greig
DF		Tom Forsyth
DF		Willie Mathieson
MF		Tommy McLean
MF		Alfie Conn
MF		Alex MacDonald
MF		Quinton Young
FW		Derek Johnstone
FW		Derek Parlane
Substitutes:
?
Manager:
Jock Wallace


Celtic:
GK	Ally Hunter
DF	Danny McGrain
DF	Billy McNeill
DF	George Connelly
DF	Jim Brogan	?'
MF	Jimmy Johnstone
MF	David Hay
MF	Bobby Murdoch
MF	Tommy Callaghan
FW	Kenny Dalglish
FW	Dixie Deans
Substitutes:
MF	Bobby Lennox	?'
Manager:
Jock Stein

v t e Scottish Cup
Seasons	1873–74 1874–75 1875–76 1876–77 1877–78 1878–79 1879–80 1880–81 1881–82 1882–83 1883–84 1884–85 1885–86 1886–87 1887–88 1888–89 1889–90 1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–1919 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–1946 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Finals	1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915–1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940–1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
List of finals Winning managers Scottish Qualifying Cup

v t e 1972–73 in Scottish football
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Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Drybrough Cup Junior Cup
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup European Super Cup Texaco Cup
Related to national team	Results 1974 World Cup qualifying (Group 8) British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Arbroath Ayr United Celtic Dumbarton Dundee Dundee United East Fife Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers St. Johnstone
Division Two	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clyde Clydebank Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Athletic East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Montrose Queen of the South Queen's Park Raith Rovers St. Mirren Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

v t e 1972–73 in European football (UEFA)
« 1971–72 1973–74 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '72 '73 England Faroe Islands '72 '73 Finland '72 '73 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '72 '73 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '72 '73 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '72 '73 Spain Sweden '72 '73 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '72 '73 Finland '72 '73 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '72 '73 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '72 '73 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '72 '73 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales
League cups	England West Germany Scotland Switzerland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '72 '73 European Super Cup

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1972–73 Scottish Cup

First round

Replays

Second round

Replays

Third round

Replays

Fourth round

Replays

Quarter-finals

Replays

Semi-finals

Replays

Final

Teams

See also

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