Scottish FA Cup 1922/23

Scottish FA Cup
Association	Scottish FA
First edition	1873/74
Teams	64
Game mode	Knockout system
Title holder	Celtic Glasgow (10th title)
Record winner	Celtic Glasgow FC Queen's Park (10 wins each)
Website	scottishfa.co.uk

The Scottish FA Cup was played for the 45th time in 1922/23 . The most important football cup competition in Scottish club football was directed and hosted by the Scottish Football Association. He started on 10 January 1923 and ended with the repetition finals on March 31, 1923 at Hampden Park of Glasgow . As the defending champion, Greenock Morton started the competition that had won against the Glasgow Rangers in the final last year . In this year's Scottish Cup final, Celtic Glasgow and Hibernian Edinburgh faced each other. For Celtic it was the 15th final since 1889 . The Hibs reached the final for the fifth time after 1887 , 1896 , 1902 and 1914 . Both clubs were coached by the brothers Willie Maley and Alex Maley . The Bhoys won the final 1-0 with a goal from Joe Cassidy . It was the tenth cup win since 1892 . The Scottish Championship was won by the Rangers . Celtic was third and the Hibs eighth.

1 round

The matches were played on January 10th and 13th, 1923. The repeated matches took place on January 16th, 17th and 23rd, 1923.

	Result
Aberdeen FC	1-0	Forfar Athletic
Airdrieonians FC	2: 1	FC Mid Annandale
Alloa Athletic	0: 1	FC Queen's Park
Arbroath Athletic	0: 3	Ayr United
Clyde FC	0: 4	Glasgow Rangers
Clydebank FC	0-0	FC Royal Albert
Cowdenbeath FC	10: 1	University of St. Andrews
Dumbarton FC	0: 1	Dunfermline Athletic
Dundee FC	6-0	Vale of Atholl FC
Dundee Hibernian	3: 1	FC Beith
East Fife FC	7: 1	Berwick Rangers
Elgin City	0: 3	FC St. Mirren
East Stirlingshire FC	1: 1	Bathgate FC
FC Falkirk	10-0	FC Breadalbane
FC Bo'ness	6-0	FC Clachnacuddin
Galston FC	1-0	FC Stenhousemuir
Hamilton Academical	1-0	Albion Rovers
Heart of Midlothian	6-0	Thornhill FC
Hibernian Edinburgh	4-0	FC Clackmannan
Hurlford United	2: 1	FC Fraserburgh
Johnstone FC	2-0	Armadale FC
FC Kilmarnock	5-0	Broxburn United
Lochgelly United	2: 3	Celtic Glasgow
FC Moorpark	0: 4	Peebles Rovers
Nithsdale Wanderers	4-0	FC Arbroath
Partick Thistle	1: 1	Third Lanark
Peterhead FC	3-0	FC Vale of Leithen
Queen of the South	0: 1	FC King's Park
Raith Rovers	1-0	Greenock Morton
FC St. Bernard's	8: 1	FC Dalbeattie Star
St. Johnstone FC	1: 2	Motherwell FC
FC Vale of Leven	6: 1	Inverness Thistle

Replay games

	Result
Bathgate FC	3: 2	East Stirlingshire FC
FC Royal Albert	0-0	Clydebank FC
Third Lanark	3: 2	Partick Thistle

2. Replay

	Result
Clydebank FC	*2: 0 *	FC Royal Albert

^*The game was played at Firhill Stadium in Glasgow.

2nd round

The matches were played on January 24th and 27th, 1923. The repeated matches took place on January 30th and 31st, 1923.

	Result
Airdrieonians FC	1: 1	Aberdeen FC
Ayr United	2-0	Glasgow Rangers
Celtic Glasgow	4-0	Hurlford United
Dundee FC	0-0	FC St. Bernard's
Dundee Hibernian	0: 1	Nithsdale Wanderers
Dunfermline Athletic	1-0	Clydebank FC
FC Bo'ness	3: 2	Heart of Midlothian
Hamilton Academical	1-0	FC King's Park
Hibernian Edinburgh	0-0	Peebles Rovers
Johnstone FC	0: 1	FC Falkirk
FC Kilmarnock	1: 1	East Fife FC
Motherwell FC	2: 1	FC St. Mirren
Peterhead FC	1-0	Galston FC
FC Queen's Park	1: 1	Bathgate FC
Raith Rovers	2-0	Cowdenbeath FC
FC Vale of Leven	2: 2	Third Lanark

Replay games

	Result
Aberdeen FC	2-0	Airdrieonians FC
Bathgate FC	0: 2	FC Queen's Park
East Fife FC	1-0	FC Kilmarnock
Hibernian Edinburgh	3-0	Peebles Rovers
FC St. Bernard's	2: 3	Dundee FC
Third Lanark	2: 1	FC Vale of Leven

Round of 16

The matches were played on February 10, 1923. The replay took place on February 14, 1923.

	Result
Aberdeen FC	13: 0	Peterhead FC
Celtic Glasgow	2: 1	East Fife FC
Dundee FC	0-0	Hamilton Academical
Dunfermline Athletic	0: 3	Raith Rovers
FC Bo'ness	2-0	Nithsdale Wanderers
Hibernian Edinburgh	2-0	FC Queen's Park
Motherwell FC	3-0	FC Falkirk
Third Lanark	2-0	Ayr United

Replay

	Result
Hamilton Academical	0: 1	Dundee FC

Quarter finals

The matches were played on February 24, 1923. The repeat matches took place on February 28 and March 6, 1923.

	Result
Celtic Glasgow	1-0	Aberdeen FC
Hibernian Edinburgh	2-0	Greenock Morton
Motherwell FC	4: 2	FC Bo'ness
Third Lanark	1: 1	Dundee FC

Replay

	Result
Dundee FC	0: 0 a.d.	Third Lanark

2. Replay

	Result
Third Lanark	*1: 0 a.d. *	Dundee FC

^*The game was played at Ibrox Park in Glasgow.

Semifinals

The meetings took place on March 10, 1923.

	Result
Celtic Glasgow	*2: 0 *	Motherwell FC
Hibernian Edinburgh	*1: 0 **	Third Lanark

^*The game was played at Ibrox Park in Glasgow.

^**The game was played at Tynecastle Stadium in Edinburgh.

final

Celtic Glasgow		Hibernian Edinburgh
	final Saturday , March 31, 1923 at 3:00 p.m. ( UTC ± 0 ) in Glasgow ( Hampden Park ) Result: 1: 0 (0: 0) Spectators: 80,000 Referee: T. Dougray Match report
	Charlie Shaw - Alec McNair , Willie McStay , Jimmy McStay , William Cringan , John McFarlane , Andy McAtee , Patsy Gallacher , Joe Cassidy , Adam McLean , Patrick Connolly Trainers: Willie Maley	Bill Harper - William McGinnigle , William Dornan , Peter Kerr , Willie Miller , Hugh Shaw , Harry Ritchie , James Dunn , Jimmy McColl , Johnny Halligan , John Walker Trainer: Alex Maley
	1-0 Joe Cassidy

Web links

• official website
• Scottish FA Cup 1922/23 at Statto.com
• Scottish FA Cup 1922/23 at the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Celtic Glasgow 1-0 (0-0) Hibernian Edinburgh. In: Scottish FA. Retrieved May 22, 2017 (English).