Scottish FA Cup 1926-27

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Scottish FA Cup
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Association Scottish FA
First edition 1873/74
Teams 64
Game mode Knockout system
Title holder Celtic Glasgow (12th title)
Record winner Celtic Glasgow (12 wins)
Website scottishfa.co.uk

The Scottish FA Cup was played for the 49th time in 1926/27 . The most important football cup competition in Scottish club football was directed and hosted by the Scottish Football Association. It began on January 15, 1927 and ended with the final on April 16, 1927 in Hampden Park in Glasgow . FC St. Mirren started as defending champions in the competition, which had won against Celtic Glasgow in the final last year . In this year's final for the Scottish Cup, Celtic Glasgow and the second division FC East Fife faced each other. For Celtic it was the 19th final in the Scottish Cup since 1889 . The Fifers from Methil reached the cup final for the first time in the club's history and were the first second division team to reach the final thirty years after FC Dumbarton . The favored Bhoys in Green won the final 3-1. It was the first final in Scotland to be broadcast live on the radio . The Scottish championship in the same year won the Glasgow Rangers in front of FC Motherwell and Celtic . The Fifers were sixth in the table in the 2nd division .

1 round

The matches were played between January 15 and February 5, 1927. The repeat matches took place on January 26 and February 9, 1927.

Result
Aberdeen FC 4: 2 FC Helensburgh
Alloa Athletic 3-0 Greenock Morton
Arbroath Athletic 0: 7 Dundee United
Ayr United 2: 2 Airdrieonians FC
Bathgate FC 2: 2 Dunfermline Athletic
FC Beith 7: 1 Huntly FC
Brechin City 8: 3 FC Vale of Leithen
Broxburn United 2: 1 Armadale FC
Buckie Thistle 2: 1 FC Fraserburgh
Clyde FC 3: 2 Heart of Midlothian
Clydebank FC 6-0 Douglas Wanderers
Cowdenbeath FC 3-0 Hibernian Edinburgh
Dundee FC 3-0 Motherwell FC
FC Dykehead 3: 3 Montrose FC
East Fife FC 8: 1 Thornhill FC
Elgin City 1-0 Albion Rovers
East Stirlingshire FC 0: 1 Dumbarton FC
FC Falkirk 1-0 St. Johnstone FC
Forfar Athletic 4: 2 Raith Rovers
Forres Mechanics 0: 2 FC Mid Annandale
Hamilton Academical 6-0 FC Stranraer
FC Kilmarnock 3: 1 Peebles Rovers
FC King's Park 1-0 Third Lanark
Leith Athletic 1: 4 Glasgow Rangers
Nithsdale Wanderers 0: 2 Arthurlie FC
Partick Thistle 3-0 FC Stenhousemuir
Queen of the South 0-0 Celtic Glasgow
FC Queen's Park 2-0 Caledonian FC
FC St. Bernard's 3-0 Vale of Atholl FC
FC St. Mirren 2-0 FC Arbroath
FC Vale of Leven 6: 2 Johnstone FC
FC Bo'ness bye

Replay games

Result
Airdrieonians FC 2: 1 Ayr United
Celtic Glasgow 4: 1 Queen of the South
Dunfermline Athletic 5: 2 Bathgate FC
Montrose FC 3: 1 a.d. FC Dykehead

2nd round

The matches were played on February 5 and 12, 1927. The repeat matches took place on February 9 and 16, 1927.

Result
Alloa Athletic 1: 1 Dumbarton FC
Brechin City 3: 6 Celtic Glasgow
Broxburn United 2: 2 Montrose FC
Buckie Thistle 2-0 FC Beith
Dundee United 4: 1 FC Vale of Leven
Dunfermline Athletic 2: 1 Airdrieonians FC
East Fife FC 1: 1 Aberdeen FC
Elgin City 2: 4 Clyde FC
FC Falkirk 6: 3 FC Queen's Park
FC Bo'ness 2: 1 Cowdenbeath FC
Hamilton Academical 5: 1 Clydebank FC
FC Kilmarnock 1: 1 Dundee FC
FC King's Park 2: 4 Partick Thistle
FC Mid Annandale 3-0 Forfar Athletic
Glasgow Rangers 6-0 FC St. Mirren
FC St. Bernard's 0: 3 Arthurlie FC

Replay games

Result
Aberdeen FC 1: 2 East Fife FC
Dumbarton FC 0: 4 a.d. Alloa Athletic
Dundee FC 5: 1 FC Kilmarnock
Montrose FC 1-0 Broxburn United

Round of 16

The matches were played on February 19 and 23, 1927. The repeat matches took place on February 22 and 24, 1927.

Result
Alloa Athletic 0-0 Arthurlie FC
Buckie Thistle 0: 3 FC Bo'ness
Clyde FC 0: 1 Partick Thistle
Dundee FC 2: 4 Celtic Glasgow
Dundee United 2: 2 Montrose FC
East Fife FC 2-0 Dunfermline Athletic
FC Falkirk 3-0 FC Mid Annandale
Glasgow Rangers 4-0 Hamilton Academical

Replay games

Result
Arthurlie FC 3-0 Alloa Athletic
Montrose FC 1: 3 a.d. Dundee United

Quarter finals

The matches were played on March 5, 1927. The replay took place on March 9, 1927.

Result
Arthurlie FC 0: 3 East Fife FC
FC Falkirk 2: 2 Glasgow Rangers
FC Bo'ness 2: 5 Celtic Glasgow
Partick Thistle 5-0 Dundee United

Replay

Result
Glasgow Rangers 0: 1 a.d. FC Falkirk

Semifinals

The meetings took place on March 26, 1927.

Result
Celtic Glasgow *1: 0 * FC Falkirk
East Fife FC *2: 1 ** Partick Thistle
*The game was played at Ibrox Park in Glasgow.
**The game was played at Tynecastle Stadium in Edinburgh .

final

Celtic Glasgow East Fife FC
Celtic Glasgow
final
April 16, 1927 in Glasgow ( Hampden Park )
Result: 3: 1 (2: 1)
Spectators: 80,070
Referee: T. Dougray
Match report
East Fife FC


John Thomson - Willie McStay , Hugh Hilley , Peter Wilson , Jimmy McStay , John McFarlane , Patrick Connolly , Alec Thomson , Tommy McInally , John McMenemy , Adam McLean
Trainer: Willie Maley
Jock Gilfillan - Robertson, Gillespie, Hope, James Brown , Russell, Weir, George Paterson , Wood, Barrett, Dave Edgar
Trainer: David McLean

goal1: 1 Robertson (8th own goal)
goal2: 1 Adam McLean (15th)
goal3: 1 Patrick Connolly (46th)
goal 0: 1 Wood (7th)

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