1984–85 Scottish Cup

1984–85 Scottish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Final positions
Champions	Celtic
Runner-up	Dundee United
	← 1983–84 1985–86 →

The 1984–85 Scottish Cup was the 100th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Celtic who defeated Dundee United in the final. The first round saw Stirling Albion record a 20–0 win over non-league Selkirk. This was the biggest win in British senior football in the 20th century.^[1]

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Berwick Rangers	3 – 1	Albion Rovers
Dunfermline Athletic	1 – 3	East Stirlingshire
Queen of the South	2 – 1	Arbroath
Stenhousemuir	2 – 1	Whitehill Welfare
Stirling Albion	20 – 0	Selkirk
Stranraer	2 – 2	Gala Fairydean

Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Gala Fairydean	0 – 1	Stranraer

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Alloa Athletic	2 – 1	East Stirlingshire
Berwick Rangers	1 – 1	Inverness Caledonian
Cowdenbeath	2 – 1	Stirling Albion
Inverness Thistle	1 – 1	Spartans
Keith	2 – 0	Brora Rangers
Queen of the South	3 – 1	Montrose
Queen's Park	0 – 0	Raith Rovers
Stranraer	0 – 0	Stenhousemuir

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Stenhousemuir	0 – 2	Stranraer
Spartans	1 – 2	Inverness Thistle
Raith Rovers	1 – 0	Queen's Park
Inverness Caledonian	3 – 3	Berwick Rangers

Second Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Inverness Caledonian	3 – 0	Berwick Rangers

Third round

Home team	Score	Away team
Inverness Thistle	3 – 0	Kilmarnock
Stranraer	4 – 6	Queen of the South
St Johnstone	1 – 1	Dundee
Airdrieonians	0 – 3	Falkirk
Cowdenbeath	0 – 4	St Mirren
Dundee United	3 – 0	Hibernian
Forfar Athletic	1 – 0	Clydebank
Aberdeen	5 – 0	Alloa Athletic
Hamilton Academical	1 – 2	Celtic
Hearts	6 – 0	Inverness Caledonian
Meadowbank Thistle	4 – 2	Partick Thistle
Motherwell	4 – 0	Dumbarton
Ayr United	3 – 1	Keith
Brechin City	1 – 1	East Fife
Greenock Morton	3 – 3	Rangers
Raith Rovers	2 – 2	Clyde

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Dundee	2 – 1	St Johnstone
Clyde	1 – 2	Raith Rovers
Rangers	3 – 1	Greenock Morton
East Fife	0 – 4	Brechin City

Fourth round

Home team	Score	Away team
Meadowbank Thistle	0 – 2	Motherwell
Ayr United	0 – 1	St Mirren
Brechin City	1 – 1	Hearts
Celtic	6 – 0	Inverness Thistle
Forfar Athletic	2 – 1	Falkirk
Queen of the South	0 – 3	Dundee United
Raith Rovers	1 – 2	Aberdeen
Rangers	0 – 1	Dundee

Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Hearts	1 – 0	Brechin City

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Dundee	1 – 1	Celtic
Hearts	1 – 1	Aberdeen
Motherwell	4 – 1	Forfar Athletic
St Mirren	1 – 4	Dundee United

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	1 – 0	Hearts
Celtic	2 – 1	Dundee

Semi-finals

13 April 1985

Aberdeen	0 – 0	Dundee United

Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh

Attendance: 18,485

Referee: Hugh Alexander

13 April 1985

Celtic	1 – 1	Motherwell
Tommy Burns 22'		Gary McAllister 13'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 30,536

Replays

17 April 1985

Aberdeen	1 – 2	Dundee United
Angus 86'		Paul Sturrock 5' Stuart Beedie 59'

Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh

Attendance: 10,771

Referee: Hugh Alexander

17 April 1985

Celtic	3 – 0	Motherwell
Roy Aitken 73' Mo Johnston 82', 90'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 25,677

Final

18 May 1985

Celtic	2 – 1	Dundee United
Davie Provan 77' Frank McGarvey 84'		Stuart Beedie 55'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 60,346

Referee: Brian McGinlay

References

^ Stirling Albion: 30th anniversary of 20-goal Cup victory, Kenny Crawford, BBC News, 8 December 2014

[1] Stirling Albion: 30th anniversary of 20-goal Cup victory, Kenny Crawford, BBC News, 8 December 2014

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

First round

Replay

Second round

Replays

Second Replay

Third round

Replays

Fourth round

Replay

Quarter-finals

Replays

Semi-finals

Replays

Final

See also

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