Scottish FA Cup 1933/34

Scottish FA Cup
Association	Scottish FA
First edition	1873/74
Game mode	Knockout system
Title holder	Glasgow Rangers (8th title)
Record winner	Celtic Glasgow (14 wins)
Website	scottishfa.co.uk

The Scottish FA Cup was played for the 56th time in 1933/34 . The most important football cup competition in Scottish club football was directed and hosted by the Scottish Football Association. He started on January 17, 1934, and ended with the final on 21 April 1934 at the Hampden Park of Glasgow . As the defending champion, Celtic Glasgow started the competition, which won last year’s final against FC Motherwell . In this year's Scottish Cup final, the Glasgow Rangers and FC St. Mirren faced each other. The Rangers reached the final for the 16th time since 1877 . Of the previous fifteen finals, seven were won. The Saints reached the final for the third time after 1908 and 1926 . The Rangers won the final 5-0, securing the Scottish Cup victory for the eighth time in the club's history. With the victory in the Scottish Championship , the Rangers won the double for the third time after 1928 and 1930 .

1 round

The matches were played on January 17 and 20, 1934. The repeat matches took place on January 23 and 24, 1934.

	Result
Leith Athletic	0: 1	Cowdenbeath FC
Aberdeen FC	1-0	Raith Rovers
FC Airdrieonians	1: 1	FC Kilmarnock
Albion Rovers	4: 1	FC Vale Ocuba
Alloa Athletic	4: 2	Dundee United
FC Arbroath	2: 1	Dumbarton FC
Ayr United	2-0	Dunfermline Athletic
FC Beith	1: 2	Brechin City
FC Dalbeattie Star	0: 6	Celtic Glasgow
FC Falkirk	3-0	Leith amateurs
Galston FC	8: 2	Keith FC
Heart of Midlothian	5: 1	Montrose FC
Hibernian Edinburgh	5: 4	Clyde FC
FC King's Park	0: 1	Dundee FC
Motherwell FC	4-0	Gala Fairydean Rovers
Nithsdale Wanderers	0: 2	East Stirlingshire FC
Partick Thistle	1-0	Greenock Morton
Penicuik Athletic	2: 2	FC St. Mirren
Peterhead FC	0: 2	Hamilton Academical
Queen of the South	5: 2	Edinburgh City
FC Queen's Park	1-0	Forfar Athletic
Glasgow Rangers	14: 2	FC Blairgowrie
Ross County	3: 2	Burntisland Shipyard
FC St. Bernard's	3-0	FC Wick Academy
St. Johnstone FC	3: 1	East Fife FC
FC Stenhousemuir	1: 1	Third Lanark
FC Vale of Leithen	3-0	FC Rosyth Dockyard

Replay games

	Result
FC St. Mirren	4: 1	Penicuik Athletic
FC Kilmarnock	3: 2	FC Airdrieonians
Third Lanark	1-0	FC Stenhousemuir

2nd round

The matches were played on February 3, 1934. The replay took place on February 7, 1934.

	Result
Aberdeen FC	2-0	Dundee FC
Albion Rovers	2: 1	FC Kilmarnock
Ayr United	2: 3	Celtic Glasgow
Brechin City	0: 4	FC St. Mirren
Cowdenbeath FC	2: 1	FC St. Bernard's
East Stirlingshire FC	1: 1	FC Arbroath
Hamilton Academical	2: 4	FC Falkirk
Hibernian Edinburgh	6-0	Alloa Athletic
Partick Thistle	3: 3	Motherwell FC
FC Queen's Park	1: 2	Heart of Midlothian
Ross County	3: 1	Galston FC
Third Lanark	0: 3	Glasgow Rangers
FC Vale of Leithen	1: 3	St. Johnstone FC
Queen of the South	bye

Replay games

	Result
FC Arbroath	0: 3	East Stirlingshire FC
Motherwell FC	2: 1	Partick Thistle

Round of 16

The matches were played on February 17, 1934. The replay took place on February 21, 1934.

	Result
Albion Rovers	6: 1	Ross County
Celtic Glasgow	3: 1	FC Falkirk
Hibernian Edinburgh	0: 1	Aberdeen FC
Motherwell FC	5-0	East Stirlingshire FC
Queen of the South	3-0	Cowdenbeath FC
Glasgow Rangers	0-0	Heart of Midlothian
St. Johnstone FC	bye
FC St. Mirren	bye

Replay

	Result
Heart of Midlothian	1: 2	Glasgow Rangers

Quarter finals

The matches were played on March 3, 1934. The replay took place on March 7, 1934.

	Result
Albion Rovers	1: 1	Motherwell FC
Glasgow Rangers	1-0	Aberdeen FC
St. Johnstone FC	2-0	Queen of the South
FC St. Mirren	2-0	Celtic Glasgow

Replay

	Result
Motherwell FC	6-0	Albion Rovers

Semifinals

The meetings took place on March 31, 1934.

	Result
Glasgow Rangers	*1: 0 *	St. Johnstone FC
FC St. Mirren	*3: 1 **	Motherwell FC

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

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

final

Glasgow Rangers		FC St. Mirren
	final April 21, 1934 in Glasgow ( Hampden Park ) Result: 5: 0 (2: 0) Spectators: 113,403
	Thomas Hamilton - Dougie Gray , Whitey McDonald , David Meiklejohn , Jimmy Simpson , George Brown , Bobby Main , James Marshall , Alex Venters , Jimmy Smith , Bob McPhail , Willie Nicholson Trainer: Bill Struth	Jimmy McCloy , Walter Hay , Bobby Ancell , Alan Gebbie , James Wilson, John Miller, Jimmy Knox , John Latimer , Jimmy McGregor , James McCabe , John Phillips Trainers: John Morrison
	1: 0 Willie Nicholson (34.) 2: 0 Bob McPhail (40.) 3: 0 Bobby Main (55.) 4: 0 Jimmy Smith (61.) 5: 0 Willie Nicholson (76.)

Web links

• official website
• Scottish FA Cup 1933/34 at Statto.com
• Scottish FA Cup 1933/34 at the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation