1970–71 Scottish Cup

1970–71 Scottish Cup
Country	Scotland
Champions	Celtic
Runners-up	Rangers
← 1969–70	1971–72 →

The 1970–71 Scottish Cup was the 86th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Celtic who defeated Rangers in the replayed final.

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Brechin City	3 – 1	Nairn County
East Stirlingshire	0 – 2	Clydebank
Forfar Athletic	2 – 0	Albion Rovers
St Cuthbert Wanderers	1 – 3	Stranraer
Stenhousemuir	0 – 1	Elgin City

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Brechin City	4 – 1	Glasgow Corporation Transport
Clachnacuddin	2 – 1	Glasgow University
Clydebank	2 – 1	Hamilton Academical
Elgin City	2 – 0	Berwick Rangers
Forfar Athletic	1 – 0	Gala Fairydean
Queen’s Park	2 – 1	Montrose
Ross County	1 – 4	East Fife
Stranraer	3 – 2	Dumbarton

Third round

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	5 – 0	Elgin City
Airdrieonians	1 – 1	Alloa Athletic
Celtic	5 – 1	Queen of the South
Clachnacuddin	0 – 3	Cowdenbeath
Clyde	2 – 0	Brechin City
Clydebank	0 – 0	Dundee United
Dundee	1 – 0	Partick Thistle
Dunfermline Athletic	3 – 1	Arbroath
East Fife	1 – 1	St Mirren
Hearts	3 – 0	Stranraer
Hibernian	8 – 1	Forfar Athletic
Greenock Morton	2 – 0	Ayr United
Queen’s Park	0 – 1	Kilmarnock
Rangers	3 – 0	Falkirk
St Johnstone	2 – 2	Raith Rovers
Stirling Albion	3 – 1	Motherwell

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Dundee United	5 – 1	Clydebank
Alloa Athletic	0 – 2	Airdrieonians
Raith Rovers	4 – 3	St Johnstone
St Mirren	1 – 1	East Fife

Second Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
St Mirren	3 – 1	East Fife

Fourth round

Home team	Score	Away team
Celtic	1 – 1	Dunfermline Athletic
Cowdenbeath	0 – 4	Airdrieonians
Dundee	2 – 0	Stirling Albion
Dundee United	1 – 1	Aberdeen
Hearts	1 – 2	Hibernian
Greenock Morton	1 – 2	Kilmarnock
Raith Rovers	1 – 1	Clyde
St Mirren	1 – 3	Rangers

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	2 – 0	Dundee United
Clyde	0 – 2	Raith Rovers
Dunfermline Athletic	0 – 1	Celtic

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Celtic	7 – 1	Raith Rovers
Hibernian	1 – 0	Dundee
Kilmarnock	2 – 3	Airdrieonians
Rangers	1 – 0	Aberdeen

Semi-finals

Rangers v Hibernian

31 March 1971

Rangers	0 – 0	Hibernian

Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 69,429

Celtic v Airdrieonians

3 April 1971

Celtic	3 – 3	Airdrieonians

Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 39,404

Replays

Rangers v Hibernian

5 April 1971

Rangers	2 – 1	Hibernian

Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 54,435

Celtic v Airdrieonians

7 April 1971

Celtic	2 – 0	Airdrieonians

Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 47,186

Final

Celtic v Rangers

8 May 1971

Celtic	1 – 1	Rangers
Bobby Lennox	Report (page 3)	Derek Johnstone

Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 120,092
Referee: Tiny Wharton

Teams


CELTIC:
GK		Evan Williams
DF		Jim Craig
DF		Billy McNeill
DF		George Connelly
DF		Jim Brogan
MF		Jimmy Johnstone
MF		David Hay
MF		Tommy Callaghan
MF		Bobby Lennox
FW		Harry Hood
FW		Willie Wallace
Substitutes:
?
Manager:
Jock Stein


RANGERS:
GK	Peter McCloy
DF	Alex Miller
DF	Colin Jackson
DF	Ronnie McKinnon
DF	Willie Mathieson
MF	Willie Henderson
MF	Andy Penman	?'
MF	John Greig
MF	Alex MacDonald
MF	Willie Johnston
FW	Colin Stein
Substitutes:
FW	Derek Johnstone	?'
Manager:
Willie Waddell

Replay

Celtic v Rangers

12 May 1971

Celtic	2 – 1	Rangers
Harry Hood Lou Macari	Report (page 6)	Jim Craig (o.g.)

Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 103,332
Referee: Tiny Wharton

Teams


CELTIC:
GK	Evan Williams
DF	Jim Craig
DF	Billy McNeill
DF	George Connelly
DF	Jim Brogan
MF	Jimmy Johnstone
MF	David Hay
MF	Tommy Callaghan
MF	Bobby Lennox
FW	Harry Hood	?'
FW	Lou Macari
Substitutes:
FW	Willie Wallace	?'
Manager:
Jock Stein


RANGERS:
GK	Peter McCloy
DF	Jim Denny
DF	Colin Jackson
DF	Ronnie McKinnon
DF	Willie Mathieson
MF	Willie Henderson
MF	Andy Penman	?'
MF	John Greig
MF	Alex MacDonald
MF	Willie Johnston
FW	Colin Stein
Substitutes:
FW	Derek Johnstone	?'
Manager:
Willie Waddell

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1970–71 Scottish Cup

Contents

First round

Second round

Third round

Replays

Second Replays

Fourth round

Replays

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Replays

Final

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