1959–60 Scottish Cup

1959–60 Scottish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Final positions
Champions	Rangers
Runners-up	Kilmarnock

The 1959–60 Scottish Cup was the 75th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Rangers who defeated Kilmarnock in the final.

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	0 – 0	Brechin City
Albion Rovers	2 – 1	Tarff Rovers
Berwick Rangers	1 – 3	Rangers
Clyde	2 – 0	Third Lanark
Dunfermline Athletic	1 – 1	St Johnstone
East Fife	0 – 2	Partick Thistle
Keith	3 – 0	Hamilton Academical
Kilmarnock	5 – 0	Stranraer
Greenock Morton	0 – 1	East Stirlingshire
Queen of the South	2 – 1	Dumbarton
Queen's Park	2 – 0	Raith Rovers
St Mirren	15 – 0	Glasgow University
Stenhousemuir	2 – 0	Rothes

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Brechin City	3 – 6	Aberdeen
St Johnstone	1 – 4	Dunfermline Athletic

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Hibernian	3 – 0	Dundee
Hearts	1 – 1	Kilmarnock
Peebles Rovers	1 – 6	Ayr United
Aberdeen	0 – 2	Clyde
Alloa Athletic	1 – 5	Airdrieonians
Cowdenbeath	1 – 0	Falkirk
Dundee United	2 – 2	Partick Thistle
Dunfermline Athletic	2 – 3	Stenhousemuir
East Stirlingshire	2 – 2	Inverness Caledonian
Elgin City	5 – 1	Forfar Athletic
Eyemouth United	1 – 0	Albion Rovers
Montrose	2 – 2	Queen's Park
Motherwell	6 – 0	Keith
Rangers	2 – 0	Arbroath
St Mirren	1 – 1	Celtic
Stirling Albion	3 – 3	Queen of the South

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Queen's Park	1 – 1	Montrose
Inverness Caledonian	1 – 4	East Stirlingshire
Celtic	4 – 4	St Mirren
Kilmarnock	2 – 1	Hearts
Partick Thistle	4 – 1	Dundee United
Queen of the South	5 – 1	Stirling Albion

Second Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Queen's Park	2 – 1	Montrose
Celtic	5 – 2	St Mirren

Third round

Home team	Score	Away team
Clyde	6 – 0	Queen's Park
East Stirlingshire	0 – 3	Hibernian
Elgin City	1 – 2	Celtic
Ayr United	4 – 2	Airdrieonians
Eyemouth United	3 – 0	Cowdenbeath
Kilmarnock	2 – 0	Motherwell
Partick Thistle	3 – 2	Queen of the South
Stenhousemuir	0 – 3	Rangers

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Ayr United	0 – 2	Clyde
Celtic	2 – 0	Partick Thistle
Eyemouth United	1 – 2	Kilmarnock
Rangers	3 – 2	Hibernian

Semi-finals

2 April 1960

Kilmarnock	2 – 0	Clyde

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 45,000

2 April 1960

Rangers	1 – 1	Celtic

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 79,786

Replays

6 April 1960

Rangers	4 – 1	Celtic
Davie Wilson (2) Jimmy Millar (2)		Neil Mochan

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 70,977

Final

23 April 1960

Rangers	2 – 0	Kilmarnock
Jimmy Millar (2)

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 108,017

Referee: Bobby Davidson

Teams


RANGERS:
GK	George Niven
RB	Eric Caldow
LB	John Little
RH	Ian McColl
CH	Bill Paterson
LH	Willie Stevenson
RW	Alex Scott
IR	Ian McMillan
CF	Jimmy Millar
IL	Sammy Baird
LW	Davie Wilson
Manager:
Scot Symon


KILMARNOCK:
GK	Jimmy Brown
RB	Jim Richmond
LB	Matt Watson
RH	Frank Beattie
CH	Willie Toner
LH	Bobby Kennedy
RW	Jim Stewart
IR	Jackie McInally
CF	Andy Kerr
IL	Bertie Black
LW	Billy Muir
Manager:
Willie Waddell

External links

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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 2025–26
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 2025 2026
Preliminary rounds	1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95
List of finals Winning managers Scottish Qualifying Cup

1959–60 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 Junior Cup
European competitions	European Cup
Related to national team	Results British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Arbroath Ayr United Celtic Clyde Dundee Dunfermline Athletic Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers Raith Rovers St. Mirren Stirling Albion Third Lanark
Division Two	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Berwick Rangers Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Dundee United East Fife East Stirlingshire Falkirk Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Montrose Queen of the South Queen's Park St. Johnstone Stenhousemuir Stranraer

First round

Replays

Second round

Replays

Second Replays

Third round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Replays

Final

Teams

See also

External links