1982–83 Scottish Cup

1982–83 Scottish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Final positions
Champions	Aberdeen
Runner-up	Rangers
	← 1981–82 1983–84 →

The 1982–83 Scottish Cup was the 98th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Aberdeen, who defeated Rangers in the final.

First round

Matches were played on 11 December 1982, with the postponed games played a week later.

11 December 1982	Brechin City	2–0	Cowdenbeath
	Campbell ?', ?'	Report		Referee: I.R Cathcart

11 December 1982	Meadowbank Thistle	1–2	East Stirlingshire
	Boyd 1'	Report	Kellas pen' Bremner	Referee: D.M Calloway

11 December 1982	Selkirk	0–2	Brora Rangers	Selkirk
		Report	Hamilton 10' McAskill	Stadium: Yarrow Park Referee: W. McLeish

18 December 1982	Peterhead	0–5	Forfar Athletic
		Report	Gallacher 5' McDonald 6', 55' Clark 72' Lorimer 89'	Referee: A. Ray

18 December 1982	Vale of Leithen	0–0	Stranraer	Innerleithen
		Report		Stadium: Victoria Park Referee: M. Delaney

18 December 1982	Stirling Albion	1–0	East Stirlingshire
	Colquhoun	Report		Referee: D.D. Hope

Replay

The replay was held on 20 December 1982.

20 December 1982	Stranraer	2–0	Vale of Leithen	Stranraer
	Bryce 56' Dolan 61'	Report

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Albion Rovers	1 – 0	Stranraer
Berwick Rangers	2 – 0	Stirling Albion
Brora Rangers	0 – 0	Montrose
East Fife	1 – 0	Brechin City
Elgin City	5 – 2	Gala Fairydean
Forfar Athletic	3 – 0	Inverness Caledonian
Queen of the South	3 – 0	Hawick Royal Albert
Stenhousemuir	1 – 0	Arbroath

Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Montrose	1 – 1	Brora Rangers

Second Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Brora Rangers	5 – 2	Montrose

Third round

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

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Hearts	1 – 0	Queen of the South
Kilmarnock	0 – 0	Partick Thistle
Motherwell	3 – 4	Clyde

Second Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Partick Thistle	2 – 2	Kilmarnock

Third Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Kilmarnock	0 – 1	Partick Thistle

Fourth round

19 February 1983	Hearts	2–1	East Fife	Edinburgh
	MacDonald 40' O'Connor	Report	Caithness 23'	Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 9,336 Referee: Kenny Hope

19 February 1983	Aberdeen	1–0	Dundee	Aberdeen
	Simpson 6'	Report		Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Referee: H Alexander

19 February 1983	Albion Rovers	0–3	Airdrieonians	Coatbridge
		Report	Millar Gordon Walker	Stadium: Cliftonhill Referee: Andrew Waddell

19 February 1983	Celtic	3–0	Dunfermline Athletic	Glasgow
	McGarvey 66', 79' McCluskey	Report		Stadium: Celtic Park Referee: George Smith

19 February 1983	Greenock Morton	0–2	St Mirren	Greenock
		Report	McDougall 11', 85'	Stadium: Cappielow Park Referee: Brian McGinlay

19 February 1983	Partick Thistle	2–2	Clyde	Glasgow
	Johnston Flexney o.g'	Report	Masterton Flexney	Stadium: Firhill Stadium Referee: Jim Renton

19 February 1983	Queen’s Park	1–0	St Johnstone	Glasgow
	Crawley 15'	Report		Stadium: Hampden Park Referee: A. McGunnigle

19 February 1983	Rangers	2–1	Forfar Athletic	Glasgow
	MacDonald 59' 78'	Report	MacDonald 41'	Stadium: Ibrox Park Referee: J. Duncan

Replay

The match was abandoned after 103 minutes due to a floodlight failure.

23 February 1983	Clyde	1–1 (Abandoned)	Partick Thistle	Rutherglen
	Sinclair 29'	Report	Doyle 26'	Stadium: Shawfield Stadium Referee: Jim Renton

Second Replay

28 February 1983	Clyde	0–6	Partick Thistle	Rutherglen
		Report	Whittaker 5' Johnston 18', 37', 83' Park 40', 74'	Stadium: Shawfield Stadium Referee: Jim Renton

Quarter-finals

12 March 1983	Airdrieonians	0–5	St Mirren	Airdrie
		Report	Stark 3', ?', ?' McAvennie 7' Scanlon ? pen'	Stadium: Broomfield Park Referee: Bob Valentine

12 March 1983	Celtic	4–1	Hearts	Glasgow
	MacLeod 12' McGarvey 54' Nicholas 67', 82'	Report	MacDonald 60'	Stadium: Celtic Park Referee: Brian McGinlay

12 March 1983	Partick Thistle	1–2	Aberdeen	Glasgow
	McDonald 64'	Report	Cooper 4' Weir 90'	Stadium: Firhill Stadium Referee: George Smith

12 March 1983	Queen’s Park	1–2	Rangers	Glasgow
	Gilmour 61 pen'	Report	Dalziel 15' Cooper 43'	Stadium: Hampden Park Referee: A. Ferguson

Semi-finals

16 April 1983

Aberdeen	1 – 0	Celtic
Weir 65'	Report

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 51,152

Referee: Alan Ferguson

16 April 1983

Rangers	1 – 1	St Mirren
Clark 72'	Report	Paterson 84' (o.g.)

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 31,102

Referee: Bob Valentine

Replay

19 April 1983

Rangers	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	St Mirren
Clark 118'	Report

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 25,125

Referee: Brian McGinlay

Final

21 May 1983

Aberdeen	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Rangers
Black 116'	Report

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 62,970

Referee: David Syme

References

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

v t e 1982–83 in Scottish football
« 1981–82 1983–84 »
Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Junior Cup
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup Final UEFA Cup
Related to national team	Results Euro 1984 qualifying (Group 1) British Home Championship
Club seasons
Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Rangers St. Mirren
First Division	Airdrieonians Alloa Athletic Ayr United Clyde Clydebank Dunfermline Athletic Dumbarton Falkirk Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Partick Thistle Queen's Park Raith Rovers St. Johnstone
Second Division	Albion Rovers Arbroath Berwick Rangers Brechin City Cowdenbeath East Fife East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Meadowbank Thistle Montrose Queen of the South Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

v t e 1982–83 in European football (UEFA)
« 1981–82 1983–84 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '82 '83 England Faroe Islands '82 '83 Finland '82 '83 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '82 '83 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '82 '83 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '82 '83 Spain Sweden '82 '83 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '82 '83 Finland '82 '83 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '82 '83 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '82 '83 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '82 '83 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland Spain
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup