1956–57 Scottish Cup - Misplaced Pages

This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "1956–57 Scottish Cup" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (May 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Football tournament season

1956–57 Scottish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Final positions
Champions	Falkirk
Runner-up	Kilmarnock
← 1955–56 1957–58 →

The 1956–57 Scottish Cup was the 72nd staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Falkirk who defeated Kilmarnock in the replayed final.

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Albion Rovers	8 – 2	Vale of Atholl
Arbroath	10 – 2	Rothes
Babcock & Wilcox	6 – 3	Selkirk
Buckie Thistle	4 – 0	Lossiemouth
Chirnside United	1 – 9	Montrose
Civil Service Strollers	0 – 7	Clachnacuddin
Coldstream	6 – 0	Whithorn
Edinburgh University	1 – 11	Duns
Elgin City	5 – 1	Shawfield Amateurs
Eyemouth United	3 – 2	Burntisland Shipyard
Forres Mechanics	6 – 1	Keith
Fraserburgh	5 – 2	Deveronvale
Peebles Rovers	4 – 2	Murrayfield Amateurs
Peterhead	4 – 2	Huntly
Ross County	6 – 3	Aberdeen University
Tarff Rovers	1 – 7	Inverness Caledonian
Vale of Leithen	6 – 1	Glasgow University
Wick Academy	3 – 1	Girvan Amateurs
Wigtown & Bladnoch	1 – 4	Brora Rangers

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Arbroath	6 – 1	Brora Rangers
Babcock & Wilcox	0 – 2	Inverness Caledonian
Elgin City	2 – 2	Clachnacuddin
Eyemouth United	3 – 1	Duns
Fraserburgh	9 – 0	Gala Fairydean
Montrose	2 – 4	Buckie Thistle
Peebles Rovers	2 – 2	Albion Rovers
Peterhead	2 – 3	Forres Mechanics
Ross County	6 – 0	Coldstream
Vale of Leithen	7 – 2	Wick Academy

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Albion Rovers	6 – 0	Peebles Rovers
Clachnacuddin	3 – 2	Elgin City

Third round

Home team	Score	Away team
Buckie Thistle	9 – 2	Newton Stewart
Clachnacuddin	1 – 4	East Stirlingshire
Eyemouth United	0 – 3	Nairn County
Forfar Athletic	3 – 1	Arbroath
Fraserburgh	0 – 2	Forres Mechanics
Inverness Thistle	0 – 2	Ross County
St Cuthbert Wanderers	2 – 7	Inverness Caledonian
Vale of Leithen	0 – 2	Albion Rovers

Fourth round

Home team	Score	Away team
Alloa Athletic	4 – 0	Forfar Athletic
Buckie Thistle	2 – 3	Hamilton Academical
Cowdenbeath	3 – 5	Inverness Caledonian
Dundee United	5 – 2	Third Lanark
East Stirlingshire	1 – 1	Greenock Morton
Forres Mechanics	3 – 0	Albion Rovers
Nairn County	5 – 5	Berwick Rangers
Stranraer	3 – 0	Ross County

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Berwick Rangers	3 – 0	Nairn County
Greenock Morton	4 – 1	East Stirlingshire

Fifth round

Home team	Score	Away team
Berwick Rangers	1 – 2	Falkirk
Dundee	0 – 0	Clyde
Dunfermline Athletic	3 – 0	Greenock Morton
East Fife	4 – 0	St Johnstone
Forres Mechanics	0 – 5	Celtic
Hamilton Academical	2 – 2	Alloa Athletic
Hearts	0 – 4	Rangers
Hibernian	3 – 4	Aberdeen
Inverness Caledonian	2 – 3	Raith Rovers
Kilmarnock	1 – 0	Ayr United
Queen of the South	2 – 2	Dumbarton
Queen's Park	3 – 0	Brechin City
St Mirren	1 – 1	Partick Thistle
Stenhousemuir	1 – 1	Dundee United
Stirling Albion	1 – 2	Motherwell
Stranraer	1 – 2	Airdrieonians

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Alloa Athletic	3 – 5	Hamilton Academical
Clyde	2 – 1	Dundee
Dumbarton	4 – 2	Queen of the South
Dundee United	4 – 0	Stenhousemuir
Partick Thistle	2 – 2	St Mirren

Second Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
St Mirren	5 – 1	Partick Thistle

Sixth Round

Home team	Score	Away team
Celtic	4 – 4	Rangers
East Fife	0 – 0	Kilmarnock
Falkirk	3 – 1	Aberdeen
Hamilton Academical	1 – 2	Airdrieonians
Motherwell	1 – 3	Dumbarton
Queen's Park	1 – 1	Clyde
Raith Rovers	7 – 0	Dundee United
St Mirren	1 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Clyde	2 – 1	Queen's Park
Kilmarnock	2 – 0	East Fife
Rangers	0 – 2	Celtic

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Celtic	2 – 1	St Mirren
Dumbarton	0 – 4	Raith Rovers
Falkirk	2 – 1	Clyde
Kilmarnock	3 – 1	Airdrieonians

Semi-finals

23 March 1957

Celtic	1–1	Kilmarnock

Hampden Park, GlasgowAttendance: 109,145

23 March 1957

Falkirk	2–2	Raith Rovers

Tynecastle Stadium, EdinburghAttendance: 48,275

Replays

27 March 1957

Kilmarnock	3–1	Celtic

Hampden Park, GlasgowAttendance: 76,963

27 March 1957

Falkirk	2–0	Raith Rovers

Tynecastle Stadium, EdinburghAttendance: 48,275

Final

Main article: 1957 Scottish Cup Final 20 April 1957

Falkirk	1–1	Kilmarnock
Prentice 33' (pen.)		Curlett 45+1'

Hampden Park, GlasgowAttendance: 81,375Referee: Jack Mowat

Replay

24 April 1957

Falkirk	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Kilmarnock
Merchant 24' Moran 101'		Curlett 78'

Hampden Park, GlasgowAttendance: 79,960Referee: Jack Mowat

v t e 1956–57 in Scottish football
« 1955–56 1957–58 »
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 1958 World Cup qualifying (Group 9) British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Ayr United Celtic Dundee Dunfermline Athletic East Fife Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Queen of the South Queen's Park Rangers Raith Rovers St. Mirren
Division Two	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clyde Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Dundee United East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Montrose Morton St. Johnstone Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer Third Lanark

v t e 1956–57 in European football (UEFA)
« 1955–56 1957–58 »
Domestic leagues	Albania '56 '57 Austria Belgium Bulgaria '56 '57 Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '56 '57 Finland '56 '57 France East Germany '56 '57 West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary '56 '57 Iceland '56 '57 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '56 '57 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '56 '57 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania '57 Belgium Bulgaria Denmark England Faroe Islands '56 '57 Finland '56 '57 France East Germany '56 '57 West Germany Greece Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '56 '57 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '57 Spain Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Group stage) Mitropa Cup

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

Portals:

Categories:

First round

Second round

Replays

Third round

Fourth round

Replays

Fifth round

Replays

Second Replays

Sixth Round

Replays

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Replays

Final

Replay

See also