Scottish FA Cup 1900/01

Scottish FA Cup
Association	Scottish FA
First edition	1873/74
Game mode	Knockout system
Title holder	Heart of Midlothian (3rd title)
Record winner	FC Queen's Park (10 wins)
Website	scottishfa.co.uk

The Scottish FA Cup was played for the 28th time in 1900/01 . The most important Scottish football cup competition began on January 12, 1901 and ended with the final on April 6, 1901 in which Heart of Midlothian was able to prevail against Celtic Glasgow 4-3. The game was played at Ibrox Park in Glasgow . The Hearts celebrated the greatest successes in the club's history from 1891 to 1906 with two championships and four cup wins.

1 round

The matches were played on January 12, 1901. The two repetitions took place on January 19, 1901.

	Result
FC Ayr	2: 2	FC Orion
Celtic Glasgow	1-0	Glasgow Rangers
Clyde FC	6-0	East Stirlingshire
Dundee FC	3: 1	Arthurlie FC
Dundee Wanderers	0: 3	FC Abercorn
Forfar Athletic	0: 4	Leith Athletic
Heart of Midlothian	7-0	Mossend Swifts FC
Hibernian Edinburgh	7-0	Dumbarton FC
FC Kilmarnock	3: 2	Airdrieonians FC
Greenock Morton	10-00	FC Bo'ness
Port Glasgow Athletic	9: 1	Newton Stewart FC
Royal Albert	1: 1	St. Johnstone FC
FC St. Bernard's	5-0	Partick Thistle
FC St. Mirren	10-00	Kilwinning Eglinton FC
FC Stenhousemuir	1: 3	FC Queen's Park
Third Lanark	5-0	Douglas Wanderers

Replay games

	Result
FC Orion	1: 3	FC Ayr
St. Johnstone FC	2-0	Royal Albert

2nd round

The matches were played on January 26, 1901. The four repetitions took place on February 9, 1901.

	Result
FC Ayr	1: 3	FC St. Mirren
Celtic Glasgow	12: 1 1	FC Kilmarnock
Clyde FC	3: 5	Dundee FC
Heart of Midlothian	2: 1	FC Queen's Park
Leith Athletic	0: 3	Port Glasgow Athletic
Greenock Morton	21: 1 2	FC St. Bernard's
Royal Albert	1: 1	Hibernian Edinburgh
Third Lanark	1: 1	FC Abercorn

¹ The game was declared void because it was played without a referee.

² The game in Greenock has been abandoned.

Replay games

	Result
Celtic Glasgow	6-0	FC Kilmarnock
Greenock Morton	3: 1	FC St. Bernard's
FC Abercorn	0: 1	Third Lanark
Hibernian Edinburgh	1-0	Royal Albert

Quarter finals

The matches were played on February 16, 1901. The three repetitions between Third Lanark and FC St. Mirren took place on February 23 and February 2/9. March 1901.

	Result
Dundee FC	0: 1	Celtic Glasgow
Hibernian Edinburgh	2-0	Greenock Morton
Port Glasgow Athletic	1: 5	Heart of Midlothian
FC St. Mirren	0-0	Third Lanark

Replay games

	Result
Third Lanark	1: 1	FC St. Mirren
FC St. Mirren	13: 3 1	Third Lanark
FC St. Mirren	11: 0 1	Third Lanark

¹The games were played on a neutral course in Hampden Park .

Semifinals

The matches were played on March 9 and 23, 1901. The replay between Hibernian Edinburgh and Heart of Midlothian in the Edinburgh Derby was played on March 23, the same date as the second semi-final game.

	Result
Heart of Midlothian	1: 1	Hibernian Edinburgh
Celtic Glasgow	1-0	FC St. Mirren

Replay

	Result
Hibernian Edinburgh	1: 2	Heart of Midlothian

final

Heart of Midlothian		Celtic Glasgow
	April 6, 1901 (15:00 local time) in Glasgow ( Ibrox Park ) Result: 4: 3 (2: 1) Spectators: 15,000 Referee: Jackson Match report
	George Philip , Davie Baird , Albert Buick , George Hogg , Harry Allan , George Key , Bobby Walker , Charles Thomson , Bill Porteous , Bob Houston , Mark Bell Trainers: Peter Fairley	Daniel McArthur , Jimmy Davidson , Bernard Battles , Davie Russell , Willie Loney , Willie Orr , William McOustra , John Divers , John Campbell , Sandy McMahon , Jimmy Quinn Trainers: Willie Maley
	Bobby Walker Charles Thomson Mark Bell Mark Bell	?  ?

Web links

• official website
• Scottish FA Cup 1900/01 at rsssf.com