Football tournament season
1875–76 Scottish Cup The Scottish Cup trophy
Tournament details Country Scotland Teams 49 Defending champions Queen's Park Final positions Champions Queen's Park(third title) Runner-up 3rd Lanark RV Tournament statistics Matches played 59 Goals scored 137 (2.32 per match)
The1875–76 Scottish Cup – officially theScottish Football Association Challenge Cup – was the third edition of Scotland's most prestigiousfootball knockout competition. The number of entrants nearly doubled from the previous season with 49 teams included in the first round draw. The competition began on 2 October 1875 and concluded with the final replay on 18 March 1876. This was the first season that teams would change ends only at half time, the tradition of changing ends after a goal had been scored came to an end.[ 1]
The cup was won for the third time byQueen's Park who defeated fellowGlasgow club3rd Lanark RV 2–0 inthe replayed final .[ 2]
As with the previous competitions, the third edition of the Scottish Cup took on the format of a traditional knockout tournament.[ 1] For the earlier rounds, the names of competing teams were placed into lots according to their districts and drawn into pairs. The home team for each tie was determined by the toss of a coin unless it was mutually agreed or only one of the two clubs drawn against one another had a private ground. In the event of a draw, the team who lost the toss would have the choice of ground for the replay. A similar procedure was used for subsequent rounds however, any club which had received a bye in the previous round would first be drawn against one of the winners of the previous round. The names of winning teams were placed into one lot for later rounds. The choice of venue for the final matches was reserved to theScottish Football Association .[ 3]
1875–76 Scottish Cup calendar Round First match date Fixtures Clubs Original Byes Replays First round 2 October 1875 24 1 7 49 → 28 Second round 30 October 1875 14 0 2 28 → 14 Third round 27 November 1875 7 0 0 14 → 7 Quarter-finals 18 December 1875 3 1 0 7 → 4 Semi-finals 9 January 1876 2 0 2 4 → 2 Final 11 March 1876 1 0 1 2 → 1
Six teams qualified for the second round after drawing their first round replays[ 1] All 49 teams entered the competition in the first round.
Edinburgh Thistle received a bye to the second round.
Edinburgh district first round result Date Home team Score Away team Venue 16 October 1875 Heart of Midlothian 0–0 3rd Edinburgh RV The Meadows ,Edinburgh
Edinburgh district first round replay Date Home team Score Away team Venue 23 October 1875 3rd Edinburgh RV 0–0[ note 1] Heart of Midlothian The Meadows, Edinburgh
Dunbartonshire district [ edit ] Dunbartonshire district first round results Date Home team Score Away team Venue 9 October 1875 Lennox 2–2 Dumbarton Levengrove Park,Dumbarton 16 October 1875 Alclutha 0–1 Renton Barloan Toll, Dumbarton 16 October 1875 Helensburgh 1–0 Star of Leven Ardenconnel Park,Helensburgh Vale of Leven Rovers (Alexandria) w/o [ note 2] Vale of Leven
Dunbartonshire district first round replay Date Home team Score Away team Venue 16 October 1875 Dumbarton 1–0 Lennox Lowmans Road, Dumbarton
Glasgow and Suburbs [ edit ] Glasgow and Suburbs first round replays Date Home team Score Away team Venue 16 October 1875 West End 1–1[ note 1] Partick Burnbank Park, Glasgow 30 October 1875 Western 3–0 Caledonian Holyrood Park, Glasgow
Renfrewshire district [ edit ] Renfrewshire district first round result Date Home team Score Away team Venue 9 October 1875 23 Renfrew RV 0–0 Sandyford Muirend Park,Cathcart
Renfrewshire district first round replay Date Home team Score Away team Venue 16 October 1875 Sandyford 0–0[ note 1] 23 Renfrew RV Kelvinbank Park,Govan
Lanarkshire district [ edit ] Lanarkshire district first round results Date Home team Score Away team Venue 9 October 1875 Arthurlie 0–0 Levern Arthurlie Cross,Barrhead 16 October 1875 Rangers 7–0 1st Lanark RV Burnbank Park, Glasgow 16 October 1875 Hamilton 0–0 Airdrie South Avenue,Hamilton 16 October 1875 Drumpellier 0–0 Barrhead Drumpellier Cricket Ground,Coatbridge
Lanarkshire district first round replays Date Home team Score Away team Venue 16 October 1875 Levern 4–0 Arthurlie Wellington Park,Hurlet 23 October 1875 Barrhead 0–1 Drumpellier Beacon's Field, Barrhead 23 October 1875 Airdrie 0–1 Hamilton Academy Park,Airdrie
Kilmarnock's 8–0 win over Ayr Eglinton set a new record for both the highest-scoring game and the biggest win in the competition.[ 4]
Ayrshire district first round results Date Home team Score Away team Venue 9 October 1875 Kilmarnock 8–0 Ayr Eglinton The Grange,Kilmarnock 16 October 1875 Kilbrinie 1–0 Ayr Thistle Stonyholm Park,Kilbirnie Ardrossan w/o[ note 6] Mauchline
Sources:[ 5]
Lanarkshire district [ edit ] Lanarkshire district second round result Date Home team Score Away team Venue 13 November 1875 Levern 3–0 Hamilton Wellington Park, Hurlet
Edinburgh district second round results Date Home team Score Away team Venue 30 October 1875 Drumpellier 2–0 Heart of Midlothian Drumpellier Cricket Ground, Coatbridge 6 November 1875 Edinburgh Thistle 0–0 (abandoned)[ note 7] 3rd Edinburgh RV East Meadows , Edinburgh
Edinburgh district second round replay Date Home team Score Away team Venue 13 November 1875 3rd Edinburgh RV 1–0 Edinburgh Thistle East Meadows, Edinburgh
Ayrshire district second round result Date Home team Score Away team Venue 6 November 1875 Kilbirnie 0–0 Mauchline Stonyholm Park, Kilbirnie
Ayrshire district second round replay Date Home team Score Away team Venue Mauchline w/o[ note 8] Kilbirnie
Glasgow and Suburbs [ edit ] Glasgow and Suburbs second round results Date Home team Score Away team Venue 30 October 1875 3rd Lanark RV 0–1 (void)[ note 9] Rangers Cathkin Park, Crosshill 6 November 1875 Clydesdale 6–0 Kilmarnock Kinning Park, Kinning Park 6 November 1875 Dumbreck 2–0 St Andrew's Ibroxhill,Govan 6 November 1875 Partick 2–0 Towerhill Inchview, Partick 6 November 1875 Queen's Park 5–0 Northern Hampden Park, Crosshill 6 November 1875 West End 0–6 Rovers Burnbank Park , Glasgow6 November 1875 Western 3–0 Sandyford Holyrood Park, Glasgow
Glasgow and Suburbs second round replay Date Home team Score Away team Venue 13 November 1875 Rangers 1–2[ note 10] 3rd Lanark RV Burnbank Park, Glasgow
Dunbartonshire district [ edit ] Dunbartonshire district second round results Date Home team Score Away team Venue 6 November 1875 Dumbarton 2–1 Renton Thistle Broomfauld Park, Dumbarton 13 November 1875 Vale of Leven 3–0 Renton North Street Park,Alexandria
Renfrewshire district [ edit ] Renfrewshire district second round result Date Home team Score Away team Venue 13 November 1875 Helensburgh 1–0 23rd Renfrew RV Ardenconnel Park, Helensburgh
Sources:[ 5]
Third round results Date Home team Score Away team Venue 27 November 1875 Dumbarton 5–1 Drumpellier Lowmans Road, Dumbarton 27 November 1875 Levern 0–3 3rd Lanark RV Wellington Park, Hurlet 27 November 1875 Mauchline 0–6 Vale of Leven Cathkin Park, Crosshill[ note 11] 27 November 1875 Partick 0–5 Dumbreck Inchview, Partick 27 November 1875 Queen's Park 2–0 Clydesdale Hampden Park, Crosshill 27 November 1875 Rovers 4–0 3rd Edinburgh RV Queen's Park , Glasgow27 November 1875 Western 2–0 Helensburgh Holyrood Park, Glasgow
Sources:[ 5]
Dumbarton received a bye to the semi-finals.
Quarter-final results Date Home team Score Away team Venue 18 December 1875 Queen's Park 2–0 Dumbreck Hampden Park, Crosshill 18 December 1875 Vale of Leven 2–0 Rovers North Street Park, Alexandria 18 December 1875 3rd Lanark RV 5–0 Western Cathkin Park, Crosshill
Sources:[ 5]
Semi-final results Date Home team Score Away team Venue 8 January 1876 Queen's Park 2–1 Vale of Leven Hampden Park, Crosshill 8 January 1876 3rd Lanark RV 1–1 Dumbarton Cathkin Park, Crosshill
Semi-final replay Date Home team Score Away team Venue 15 January 1876 Dumbarton 1–1 3rd Lanark RV Lowmans Road, Dumbarton
Semi-final second replay Date Home team Score Away team Venue 22 January 1876 3rd Lanark RV 3–0 Dumbarton Cathkin Park, Crosshill
Sources:[ 5]
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: A.S. McBride (Vale of Leven)
^a b c The six clubs involved in drawn replays advanced to the second round. ^ Vale of Leven Rovers scratched and Vale of Leven advanced to the second round. ^ Queen's Park Juniors scratched and Renton Thistle advanced to the second round. ^ Vale of Leven Rovers scratched and Dumbreck advanced to the second round. ^ Oxford scratched and Rovers advanced to the second round. ^ Ardrossan scratched and Mauchline advanced to the second round. ^ Edinburgh Thistle vs. 3rd Edinburgh RV was abandoned after 65 minutes due to rain. As no goals had been scored, a replay was ordered. ^ Kilbirnie scratched and Mauchline advanced to the third round. ^ 3rd Lanark RV protested the result after Rangers kicked-off in both halves. The match was declared void and replayed two weeks later. ^ Rangers vs. 3rd Lanark RV was abandoned after 83 minutes due to darkness. The result was allowed to stand. ^ Match played at a neutral venue.[ 6]
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