1920–21 Scottish Cup

1920–21 Scottish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Teams	44
Defending champions	Kilmarnock
Final positions
Champions	Partick Thistle
Runner-up	Rangers
Tournament statistics
Matches played	69
Goals scored	161 (2.33 per match)
	← 1919–20 1921–22 →

The 1920–21 Scottish Cup was the 43rd staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won for the first time in their history by Partick Thistle who defeated Rangers in the final.^[1] Thistle played 11 matches in their cup run. The defending champions Kilmarnock were defeated in the second round by Aberdeen.

Second round

Partick Thistle had two goalless draws with Hibernian - the first at Easter Road and the second at Firhill in front of 25,000 fans, before a single goal from MacFarlane, who played no part in the final, saw off the Hibs in the 2nd replay. The second replay on Tuesday 21 February 1921 at Parkhead, Glasgow had an attendance of over 20,000 on a wet and stormy day. MacFarlane's second half goal was a header scored from a free-kick. Shortly afterwards the centre forward had a penalty saved by Hibs goalie Harper.

Third round

Partick Thistle beat East Stirlingshire 2–0 with Jimmy Kinloch scoring both goals.

Fourth round

Team One	Team Two	Score
Dundee	Albion Rovers	0-2
Celtic	Hearts	1-2
Partick Thistle	Motherwell	0-0 2-2 2-1
Dumbarton	Rangers	0-3

Semi-finals

26 March 1921

Partick Thistle	0–0	Hearts

Ibrox, Glasgow

Attendance: 63,700

26 March 1921

Rangers	4–1	Albion Rovers
Tommy Cairns (2) Andy Cunningham Sandy Archibald

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 65,000

Replays

30 March 1921

Partick Thistle	0–0	Hearts

Ibrox, Glasgow

Attendance: 21,000

Second replays

5 April 1921

Partick Thistle	2–0	Hearts
Jimmy Kinloch (2)

Ibrox, Glasgow

Attendance: 40,000

Final

The match was dubbed the 'Boycott Final' after the Scottish Football Association raised the admission price from one shilling to two shillings. It was also played in the midst of a miners' strike.^[1]

16 April 1921

Partick Thistle	1–0	Rangers
John Blair^[1]

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 28,294

Teams


Partick Thistle:
GK		Kenny Campbell
RB		Tom Crichton
LB		Willie Bulloch
RH		Joe Harris
CH		Matt Wilson
LH		Walter Borthwick
OR		John Blair
IR		Jimmy Kinloch
CF		Davie Johnstone
IL		Jimmy McMenemy
OL		Willie Salisbury
Manager:
George Easton


Rangers:
GK		Willie Robb
RB		Bert Manderson
LB		Billy McCandless
RH		Davie Meiklejohn
CH		Arthur Dixon
LH		James Bowie
OR		Sandy Archibald
IR		Andy Cunningham
CF		Geordie Henderson
IL		Tommy Cairns
OL		Alan Morton
Manager:
Bill Struth

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "How Partick Thistle won the Scottish Cup". The Sunday Post via Partick Thistle History Archive. 17 April 1921. Retrieved 3 December 2017.

[pt1921-1] "How Partick Thistle won the Scottish Cup". The Sunday Post via Partick Thistle History Archive. 17 April 1921. Retrieved 3 December 2017.

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