Scottish FA Cup 1923/24

Scottish FA Cup
Association	Scottish FA
First edition	1873/74
Teams	64
Game mode	Knockout system
Title holder	Airdrieonians FC (1st title)
Record winner	Celtic Glasgow FC Queen's Park (10 wins each)
Website	scottishfa.co.uk

The Scottish FA Cup was played for the 46th time in 1923/24 . The most important football cup competition in Scottish club football was directed and hosted by the Scottish Football Association. He started on January 12 in 1924 and ended with the final on April 19, 1924 Ibrox Park of Glasgow . As the defending champion, Celtic Glasgow started the competition that had won against Hibernian Edinburgh in the final last year . In this year's Scottish Cup final, Airdrieonians FC and Hibernian Edinburgh faced each other again. The Diamonds from Airdrie reached the cup final for the first time in the club's history. The Hibs reached the finals for the sixth time after 1887 , 1896 , 1902 , 1914 and 1923 . The Diamonds won the final 2-0 through double-goalscorer Willie Russell . The Scottish Championship was won by the Rangers before the Diamonds . The Hibs came in seventh.

1 round

The matches were held on 12./19. and January 26, 1924. The replay took place on January 29 and 30, 1924.

	Result
Aberdeen FC	2: 1	Dumbarton FC
Airdrieonians FC	2: 1	Greenock Morton
Alloa Athletic	2: 2	Buckie Thistle
Ayr United	3: 1	Albion Rovers
Bathgate FC	1: 1	FC Bo'ness
Clydebank FC	8: 2	FC Blairgowrie
FC Coldstream	0: 1	Armadale FC
Dundee FC	2-0	FC Dykehead
Dunfermline Athletic	0: 1	FC Arbroath
FC Falkirk	3-0	Brechin City
Galston FC	6: 2	Gala Fairydean Rovers
Hibernian Edinburgh	1-0	Dundee United
Caledonian FC	0: 5	Cowdenbeath FC
Inverness Thistle	1: 3	Forfar Athletic
Johnstone FC	1: 3	East Fife FC
FC Kilmarnock	2-0	Celtic Glasgow
FC King's Park	0-0	Hamilton Academical
FC Mid Annandale	3: 1	Forres Mechanics
Motherwell FC	5-0	FC Breadalbane
Newton Stewart FC	1: 8	East Stirlingshire FC
Partick Thistle	11: 0	FC Dunkeld & Birnam
Queen of the South	8-0	FC Stranraer
FC Queen's Park	1: 1	Dumbarton FC Harp
Raith Rovers	3-0	Broxburn United
Glasgow Rangers	4: 1	Lochgelly United
FC St. Bernard's	3-0	FC Fraserburgh
FC Stenhousemuir	2: 1	FC Clackmannan
St. Johnstone FC	3-0	FC Moorpark
FC St. Mirren	3: 2	FC Beith
Third Lanark	0-0	Heart of Midlothian
Thornhill FC	0-0	Clyde FC
FC Vale of Leven	0-0	Leith Athletic

Replay games

	Result
Buckie Thistle	0: 3	Alloa Athletic
Clyde FC	4-0	Thornhill FC
Dumbarton FC Harp	1: 4	FC Queen's Park
FC Bo'ness	1-0	Bathgate FC
Hamilton Academical	1-0	FC King's Park
Heart of Midlothian	3-0	Third Lanark
Leith Athletic	1: 2	FC Vale of Leven

2nd round

The matches were played on February 9, 1924. The repetitions took place on 12/13. and February 20, 1924.

	Result
Airdrieonians FC	4-0	St. Johnstone FC
Ayr United	1-0	FC Kilmarnock
Clyde FC	2-0	FC Vale of Leven
Clydebank FC	4-0	FC Arbroath
Cowdenbeath FC	0: 2	Aberdeen FC
Dundee FC	0-0	Raith Rovers
East Stirlingshire FC	1-0	FC Mid Annandale
FC Falkirk	2-0	East Fife FC
Forfar Athletic	1: 3	Motherwell FC
Hamilton Academical	2: 1	Queen of the South
Heart of Midlothian	6-0	Galston FC
Hibernian Edinburgh	1: 1	Alloa Athletic
Partick Thistle	3-0	FC Bo'ness
FC Queen's Park	3: 1	Armadale FC
FC St. Bernard's	0-0	FC Stenhousemuir
FC St. Mirren	0: 1	Glasgow Rangers

Replay games

	Result
Alloa Athletic	0: 5	Hibernian Edinburgh
Raith Rovers	1-0	Dundee FC
FC Stenhousemuir	0: 0 a.d.	FC St. Bernard's

2. Replay

	Result
FC St. Bernard's	2-0	FC Stenhousemuir

Round of 16

The matches were played on February 23, 1924. The replay took place on February 27, 1924.

	Result
Aberdeen FC	2-0	East Stirlingshire FC
Clydebank FC	2: 3	Ayr United
FC Falkirk	0-0	FC Queen's Park
Heart of Midlothian	3: 1	Clyde FC
Motherwell FC	0: 5	Airdrieonians FC
Partick Thistle	1: 1	Hamilton Academical
Raith Rovers	0: 1	FC St. Bernard's
Glasgow Rangers	1: 2	Hibernian Edinburgh

Replay games

	Result
Hamilton Academical	1: 2	Partick Thistle
FC Queen's Park	0: 2	FC Falkirk

Quarter finals

The matches were played on March 8, 1924. The repetitions took place on 12/18/19. and March 20, 1924.

	Result
Aberdeen FC	3-0	FC St. Bernard's
Airdrieonians FC	1: 1	Ayr United
Heart of Midlothian	1: 2	FC Falkirk
Hibernian Edinburgh	2: 2	Partick Thistle

Replay games

	Result
Ayr United	0: 0 a.d.	Airdrieonians FC
Partick Thistle	1: 1 a.d.	Hibernian Edinburgh

2. Replay games

	Result
Ayr United	0: 0 a.d.	Airdrieonians FC
Hibernian Edinburgh	*2: 1 *	Partick Thistle

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

3. Replay

	Result
Airdrieonians FC	*1: 0 *	Ayr United

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

Semifinals

The matches were played on March 22, 1924. The replay took place on March 26 and April 9, 1924.

	Result
Aberdeen FC	*0: 0 *	Hibernian Edinburgh
Airdrieonians FC	*2: 1 **	FC Falkirk

^*The game was played at Dens Park in Dundee.

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

Replay

	Result
Aberdeen FC	*0: 0 a.d. *	Hibernian Edinburgh

^* The game was played at Dens Park in Dundee.

2. Replay

	Result
Hibernian Edinburgh	*1: 0 *	Aberdeen FC

^* The game was played at Dens Park in Dundee.

final

Airdrieonians FC		Hibernian Edinburgh
	final Saturday , April 19, 1924 at 3:00 p.m. ( UTC ± 0 ) in Glasgow ( Ibrox Park ) Result: 2: 0 (2: 0) Spectators: 59,218 Referee: T. Dougray
	Jock Ewart - Sandy Dick , George McQueen , Tom Preson , Jock McDougall , Bob Bennie , Jimmy Reid , Jimmy Somerville , Willie Russell , Hughie Gallacher , Bob McPhail Trainers: Willie Orr	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 Willie Russell 2-0 Willie Russell

Web links

• official website
• Scottish FA Cup 1923/24 at Statto.com
• Scottish FA Cup 1923/24 at the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Airdrieonians FC 2-0 (2-0) Hibernian Edinburgh. In: Scottish FA. Retrieved May 29, 2017 . 
2. ^ Airdrieonians Football Club Scottish Cup Winners 1924. In: airdriefc.talktalk.net. Retrieved May 29, 2017 .