1908–09 Scottish Cup

The 1908–09 Scottish Cup was the 36th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was not awarded in this season due to serious riots in the replay of the final between Rangers and Celtic.

Calendar

Round	First match date	Fixtures	Clubs
First Round	23 January 1909	16	32 → 16
Second Round	6 February 1909	8	16 → 8
Quarter-finals	20 February 1909	4	8 → 4
Semi-finals	20 March 1909	2	4 → 2
Final	10 April 1909	1	2 → 1

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Alloa	2 – 2	St Mirren
Broxburn	1 – 1	Beith
Clyde	4 – 0	Dykehead
Dundee	9 – 0	Ayr Parkhouse
Falkirk	2 – 1	East Stirlingshire
Hamilton Academical	0 – 0	Queen's Park
Heart of Midlothian	2 – 1	Kilmarnock
Hibernian	2 – 1	Ayr
Leith Athletic	2 – 4	Celtic
Greenock Morton	0 – 4	Aberdeen
Motherwell	6 – 1	Elgin City
Port Glasgow Athletic	5 – 0	Dunblane
St Johnstone	0 – 3	Rangers
Third Lanark	5 – 1	Brechin City
Vale of Leven	8 – 0	Airdrieonians
West Calder Swifts	0 – 0	Partick Thistle

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Airdrieonians	1 – 0	Vale of Leven
Beith	0 – 0	Broxburn
Partick Thistle	Walkover	West Calder Swifts
Queen's Park	2 – 0	Hamilton Academical
St Mirren	5 – 0	Alloa Athletic

Second replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Beith	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Broxburn

Match played at Ibrox Park

Third replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Beith	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Broxburn

Match played at Ibrox

Fourth replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Beith	4 – 2	Broxburn

Match played at Love Street

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Airdrieonians	2 – 0	Heart of Midlothian
Celtic	4 – 0	Port Glasgow Athletic
Clyde	1 – 0	Hibernian
Dundee	0 – 0	Rangers
Motherwell	1 – 3	Falkirk
Queen's Park	3 – 0	Partick Thistle
St Mirren	3 – 0	Beith
Third Lanark	4 – 1	Aberdeen

Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Rangers	1 – 0	Dundee

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Celtic	3 – 1	Airdrieonians
Clyde	3 – 1	St Mirren
Rangers	1 – 0	Queen's Park
Third Lanark	1 – 2	Falkirk

Semi-finals

20 March 1909

Celtic	0–0	Clyde

20 March 1909

Falkirk	0–1	Rangers

Replay

27 March 1909

Celtic	2–0	Clyde

Attendance: 23,000

Final

10 April 1909

Rangers	2–2	Celtic
Bennett Gilchrist		Quinn (o.g.)

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 70000^[1]

Replay

17 April 1909

Rangers	1–1	Celtic
Gordon		Quinn

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 60000^[2]

References

External links

Season 1908-09 Cup withheld [results list, including Qualifying Cup], The Beautiful Dribbling Game
Scottish Cup 1908/09, RSSSF

[1] Fitbastats.com - Scottish Cup Final 1909

[2] Fitbastats.com - Scottish Cup Final replay 1909

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Scottish Cup
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Preliminary rounds	1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95
List of finals Winning managers Scottish Qualifying Cup

1908–09 in European football
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Domestic cups	England Netherlands Ireland Norway '08 '09 Scotland Spain '08 '09 Sweden '08 '09 Wales

1908–09 in Scottish football
« 1907–08 1909–10 »
Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final Junior Cup Edinburgh Exhibition Cup
Related to national team	Results British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Celtic Clyde Dundee Falkirk Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Port Glasgow Athletic Queen's Park Rangers St. Mirren Third Lanark
Division Two	Abercorn Albion Rovers Arthurlie Ayr Ayr Parkhouse Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Stirlingshire Leith Athletic Raith Rovers St Bernard's Vale of Leven

Calendar

First round

Replays

Second replay

Third replay

Fourth replay

Second round

Replay

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Replay

Final

Replay

See also

References

External links