Scottish FA Cup 1949/50

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Scottish FA Cup
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Association Scottish FA
First edition 1873/74
Game mode Knockout system
Title holder Glasgow Rangers (13th title)
Record winner Celtic Glasgow (15 wins)
Website scottishfa.co.uk

The Scottish FA Cup was played for the 65th time in 1949/50 . The most important football cup competition in Scottish club football was directed and hosted by the Scottish Football Association. He started on 28 January 1950 and ended with the final on April 22, 1950 Hampden Park of Glasgow . As the defending champion, the Glasgow Rangers started the competition, who had won in the final of the previous year against FC Clyde . In this year's Scottish Cup final, the Glasgow Rangers and FC East Fife faced each other. For the Rangers it was the 21st Scottish Cup final since 1877 . The Fifers reached the final for the third time in the club's history after 1927 and 1938 . The Rangers won the final 3-0, the 13th cup win since 1894 . In the 1949/50 season , the Rangers also won the Scottish Championship for the 27th time and the double for the sixth time in the club's history . The Fifers finished fourth and won the League Cup .

1 round

The matches were played on January 28 and February 1, 1950. The repeat matches took place on February 1 and 6, 1950.

Result
Alloa Athletic 0: 1 Albion Rovers
Brechin City 0: 3 Celtic Glasgow
Clyde FC 4: 3 Newton Stewart FC
Cowdenbeath FC 1-0 Hamilton Academical
Dumbarton FC 1-0 FC Queen's Park
Dundee United 4-0 Ayr United
Dunfermline Athletic 5: 3 Forfar Athletic
East Fife FC 4-0 FC Fraserburgh
Heart of Midlothian 1: 1 Dundee FC
Hibernian Edinburgh 0: 1 Partick Thistle
Caledonian FC 0: 1 Queen of the South
Clachnacuddin FC 2: 3 FC Stenhousemuir
FC Kilmarnock 1: 1 Stirling Albion
Motherwell FC 2: 4 Glasgow Rangers
Raith Rovers 3-0 Airdrieonians FC
Ross County 0: 3 Greenock Morton
St. Johnstone FC 7: 3 Leith Athletic
FC St. Mirren 1: 2 Aberdeen FC
FC Stranraer 1: 3 FC Falkirk
Third Lanark 2: 1 FC Arbroath

Replay games

Result
Dundee FC 1: 2 a.d. Heart of Midlothian
Stirling Albion 3: 1 FC Kilmarnock

2nd round

The matches were played between February 11th and 15th, 1950. The repeat matches took place between February 15th and 22nd, 1950.

Result
Aberdeen FC 3: 1 Heart of Midlothian
Albion Rovers 1: 2 Dunfermline Athletic
FC Falkirk 2: 3 East Fife FC
Partick Thistle 5-0 Dundee United
Queen of the South 1: 1 Greenock Morton
Raith Rovers 3: 2 Clyde FC
Glasgow Rangers 8-0 Cowdenbeath FC
FC Stenhousemuir 2: 2 St. Johnstone FC
Stirling Albion 2: 2 Dumbarton FC
Third Lanark 1: 1 Celtic Glasgow

Replay games

Result
Celtic Glasgow 4: 1 Third Lanark
Dumbarton FC 1: 1 a.d. Stirling Albion
Greenock Morton 0: 3 Queen of the South
St. Johnstone FC 2: 4 FC Stenhousemuir

2. Replay

Result
Stirling Albion 6: 2 Dumbarton FC

Round of 16

The matches took place on February 25, 1950.

Result
Celtic Glasgow 0: 1 Aberdeen FC
Dunfermline Athletic 1: 4 FC Stenhousemuir
Stirling Albion bye
East Fife FC bye
Partick Thistle bye
Queen of the South bye
Raith Rovers bye
Glasgow Rangers bye

Quarter finals

The matches were played on March 11, 1950. The repeat matches took place on March 15 and 27, 1950.

Result
Partick Thistle 5: 1 Stirling Albion
Queen of the South 3: 3 Aberdeen FC
Glasgow Rangers 1: 1 Raith Rovers
FC Stenhousemuir 0: 3 East Fife FC

Replay games

Result
Aberdeen FC 1: 2 Queen of the South
Raith Rovers 1: 1 a.d. Glasgow Rangers

2. Replay

Result
Glasgow Rangers 2-0 Raith Rovers

Semifinals

The matches were played on March 1, 1950. The replay took place on April 5, 1950.

Result
East Fife FC *2: 1 * Partick Thistle
Glasgow Rangers *1: 1 ** Queen of the South
*The game was played at Ibrox Park in Glasgow.
**The game was played at Hampden Park in Glasgow.

Replay

Result
Glasgow Rangers *3: 0 * Queen of the South
*The game was played at Hampden Park in Glasgow.

final

Glasgow Rangers East Fife FC
Glasgow Rangers
final
April 22, 1950 in Glasgow ( Hampden Park )
Result: 3: 0 (1: 0)
Spectators: 120,015
Match report
East Fife FC


Bobby Brown - George Young , Jock Shaw , Ian McColl , Willie Woodburn , Sammy Cox , Willie Findlay , Jimmy Duncanson , Willie Thornton , Willie Rae , Eddie Rutherford
Trainers: Bill Struth
Gordon Easson - Willie Laird , Sammy Stewart , Jimmy Philp , Willie Finlay , George Aitken , Bobby Black , Charlie Fleming , Henry Morris , Allan Brown , Davie Duncan
Trainer: Scot Symon
goalWillie Findlay
goalWillie Thornton
goalWillie Thornton

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Glasgow Rangers 3-0 (1-0) FC East Fife. In: Scottish FA. Retrieved July 12, 2017 (English).
  2. Rangers Online Museum 1949/50 season. In: gersnet.co.uk. Retrieved July 12, 2017 (English).