Scottish FA Cup 1947/48

Scottish FA Cup
Association	Scottish FA
First edition	1873/74
Game mode	Knockout system
Title holder	Glasgow Rangers (11th title)
Record winner	Celtic Glasgow (15 wins)
Website	scottishfa.co.uk

The Scottish FA Cup was played for the 63rd time in 1947/48 . The most important football cup competition in Scottish club football was directed and hosted by the Scottish Football Association. He started on January 17, 1948, ended with the repetition finals on 21 April 1948 Hampden Park of Glasgow . As the defending champion, the FC Aberdeen started the competition, which had won in the final of the previous year against Celtic Glasgow . In this year's Scottish Cup final, the Glasgow Rangers and Greenock Morton faced each other. For the Rangers , it was the 19th Scottish Cup final since 1877 . Morton reached the final for the second time after 1922 in which the Rangers were defeated 1-0. The Rangers team from Glasgow won after a 1-1 draw in the replay final 1-0 after extra time with a goal from Billy Williamson , which meant the 11th Cup victory since 1894 . In the 1947/48 season Hibernian Edinburgh was Scottish champion for the second time . The Rangers were runner-up , Morton narrowly escaped relegation. The League Cup was won by FC East Fife .

1 round

The matches were played on January 17 and 24, 1948. The replay took place on January 31, 1948. 20 clubs received into the 1st round bye .

	Result
Albion Rovers	0: 2	Hibernian Edinburgh
FC Arbroath	9: 1	FC Babcock & Wilcox
Ayr United	1: 2	Greenock Morton
Berwick Rangers	2: 4	Cowdenbeath FC
Dundee FC	2: 4	Heart of Midlothian
East Fife FC	2-0	FC Kilmarnock
Caledonian FC	1: 6	FC Falkirk
FC Clachnacuddin	0: 2	St. Johnstone FC
Motherwell FC	2: 2 a.d.	Hamilton Academical
Queen of the South	1-0	FC Stenhousemuir
FC St. Mirren	8-0	Shawfield amateurs
FC Stranraer	0: 1	Glasgow Rangers

Replay

	Result
Hamilton Academical	0: 2	Motherwell FC

2nd round

The matches took place on February 7, 1948.

	Result
Airdrieonians FC	2: 1	Heart of Midlothian
Alloa Athletic	0: 1	Queen of the South
Celtic Glasgow	3-0	Cowdenbeath FC
Clyde FC	2: 1	Dunfermline Athletic
East Fife FC	5: 1	St. Johnstone FC
Hibernian Edinburgh	4-0	FC Arbroath
Montrose FC	2-0	FC Duns
Greenock Morton	3: 2	FC Falkirk
Motherwell FC	1-0	Third Lanark
Nithsdale Wanderers	0: 5	Aberdeen FC
Partick Thistle	4: 3 a.d.	Dundee United
Peterhead FC	1: 2	Dumbarton FC
FC Queen's Park	8: 2	FC Deveronvale
Glasgow Rangers	4-0	Leith Athletic
Stirling Albion	2: 4	Raith Rovers
FC St. Mirren	2-0	East Stirlingshire FC

Round of 16

The matches took place on February 21, 1948.

	Result
Airdrieonians FC	3-0	Raith Rovers
Celtic Glasgow	1-0	Motherwell FC
Dumbarton FC	0: 1	East Fife FC
Hibernian Edinburgh	4: 2	Aberdeen FC
Montrose FC	2: 1	Queen of the South
Greenock Morton	3-0	FC Queen's Park
Glasgow Rangers	3-0	Partick Thistle
FC St. Mirren	2: 1	Clyde FC

Quarter finals

The matches took place on March 6, 1948.

	Result
Airdrieonians FC	0: 3	Greenock Morton
Celtic Glasgow	4-0	Montrose FC
Hibernian Edinburgh	3: 1	FC St. Mirren
Glasgow Rangers	1-0	East Fife FC

Semifinals

The encounters took place on March 27, 1948.

	Result
Greenock Morton	*1: 0 a.d. *	Celtic Glasgow
Glasgow Rangers	*1: 0 **	Hibernian Edinburgh

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

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

final

Glasgow Rangers		Greenock Morton
	final April 17, 1948 in Glasgow ( Hampden Park ) Result: 1: 1 (1: 1) Spectators: 131,975 Match report
	Bobby Brown - George Young , Jock Shaw , Ian McColl , Willie Woodburn , Sammy Cox , Eddie Rutherford , Torrance Gillick , Willie Thornton , Willie Findlay , Jimmy Duncanson Trainers: Bill Struth	Jimmy Cowan - Jimmy Mitchell , John Whigham , Billy Campbell , Alex Millar , Jimmy Whyte , John Hepburn , Eddie Murphy , Davie Cupples , Tommy Orr , Colin Liddell Trainer: Jimmy Davies
	Torrance Gillick	Jimmy Whyte

Repeat finals

Glasgow Rangers		Greenock Morton
	final April 21, 1948 in Glasgow ( Hampden Park ) Result: 1: 0 n.v. (0: 0, 0: 0) Spectators: 133,750 Match report
	Bobby Brown - George Young , Jock Shaw , Ian McColl , Willie Woodburn , Sammy Cox , Eddie Rutherford , Torrance Gillick , Willie Thornton , Billy Williamson , Jimmy Duncanson Trainers: Bill Struth	Jimmy Cowan - Jimmy Mitchell , John Whigham , Billy Campbell , Alex Millar , Jimmy Whyte , John Hepburn , Eddie Murphy , Davie Cupples , Tommy Orr , Colin Liddell Trainer: Jimmy Davies
	Billy Williamson

Web links

• official website
• Scottish FA Cup 1947/48 at Statto.com
• Scottish FA Cup 1947/48 at the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Glasgow Rangers 1: 1 (1: 1) Greenock Morton. In: Scottish FA. Retrieved July 5, 2017 . 
2. ^ Rangers Online Museum Season 1947/48. In: gersnet.co.uk. Retrieved July 5, 2017 . 
3. ^ Rangers Online Museum Season 1947/48. In: gersnet.co.uk. Retrieved July 5, 2017 .