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1971–72 Scottish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Final positions
Champions	Celtic
Runner-up	Hibernian
← 1970–71 1972–73 →

The 1971–72 Scottish Cup was the 87th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Celtic who defeated Hibernian in the final.

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Burntisland Shipyard	2 – 0	Coldstream
Elgin City	2 – 0	Stenhousemuir
Gala Fairydean	1 – 5	Queen of the South
Queen's Park	2 – 1	East Stirlingshire
St Cuthbert Wanderers	0 – 3	Brechin City

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Albion Rovers	3 – 2	Queen's Park
Burntisland Shipyard	1 – 4	Elgin City
Forfar Athletic	2 – 2	Stranraer
Huntly	0 – 2	Hamilton Academical
Inverness Thistle	3 – 4	Inverness Caledonian
Queen of the South	0 – 0	Berwick Rangers
Raith Rovers	2 – 1	Brechin City
Stirling Albion	1 – 2	Alloa Athletic

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Stranraer	1 – 2	Forfar Athletic
Berwick Rangers	0 – 1	Queen of the South

Third round

Home team	Score	Away team
Dundee	3 – 0	Queen of the South
Arbroath	1 – 3	Airdrieonians
Celtic	5 – 0	Albion Rovers
Clyde	0 – 1	Ayr United
Clydebank	1 – 1	East Fife
Dumbarton	3 – 1	Hamilton Academical
Dundee United	0 – 4	Aberdeen
Elgin City	3 – 1	Inverness Caledonian
Falkirk	2 – 2	Rangers
Forfar Athletic	0 – 1	St Mirren
Hearts	2 – 0	St Johnstone
Kilmarnock	5 – 1	Alloa Athletic
Greenock Morton	1 – 0	Cowdenbeath
Motherwell	2 – 0	Montrose
Partick Thistle	0 – 2	Hibernian
Raith Rovers	2 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
East Fife	0 – 1	Clydebank
Rangers	2 – 0	Falkirk

Fourth round

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	1 – 0	Greenock Morton
Ayr United	0 – 0	Motherwell
Celtic	4 – 0	Dundee
Dumbarton	0 – 3	Raith Rovers
Elgin City	1 – 4	Kilmarnock
Hearts	4 – 0	Clydebank
Hibernian	2 – 0	Airdrieonians
St Mirren	1 – 4	Rangers

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Motherwell	2 – 1	Ayr United

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Celtic	1 – 1	Hearts
Hibernian	2 – 0	Aberdeen
Motherwell	2 – 2	Rangers
Raith Rovers	1 – 3	Kilmarnock

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Hearts	0 – 1	Celtic
Rangers	4 – 2	Motherwell

Semi-finals

12 April 1972

Celtic	3–1	Kilmarnock

Attendance: 48,398

15 April 1972

Hibernian	1–1	Rangers

Attendance: 75,884

Replays

25 April 1972

Hibernian	2–0	Rangers

Attendance: 67,547

Final

6 May 1972

Celtic	6–1	Hibernian
Dixie Deans (3) Lou Macari (2) Billy McNeill	Report (page 4)	Alan Gordon

Hampden Park, GlasgowAttendance: 106,102Referee: Alistair McKenzie

Teams


CELTIC:
GK		Evan Williams
DF		Jim Craig
DF		Billy McNeill
DF		George Connelly
DF		Jim Brogan
MF		Jimmy Johnstone
MF		Kenny Dalglish
MF		Bobby Murdoch
MF		Tommy Callaghan
FW		Lou Macari
FW		Dixie Deans
Substitutes:
?
Manager:
Jock Stein


HIBERNIAN:
GK	Jim Herriot
DF	John Brownlie
DF	Jim Black
DF	John Blackley
DF	Erich Schaedler
MF	Alex Edwards
MF	Pat Stanton
MF	John Hazel
MF	Arthur Duncan	?'
FW	Jimmy O'Rourke
FW	Alan Gordon
Substitutes:
MF	Bertie Auld	?'
Manager:
Eddie Turnbull

References

"Celtic 6-1 Hibernian, Scottish Cup". thecelticwiki. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
"The elite players who scored cup final hat-tricks". The Scotsman. 31 October 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2017.

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Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Ayr United Celtic Clyde Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic East Fife Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers St. Johnstone
Division Two	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clydebank Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Montrose Queen of the South Queen's Park Raith Rovers St. Mirren Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

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Replays

Fourth round

Replays

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

Replays

Final

Teams

References

See also