The Scottish FA Cup was played for the 66th time in 1950/51 . The most important football cup competition in Scottish club football was directed and hosted by the Scottish Football Association. He started on January 27, 1951, ended with the final on April 21, 1951 Hampden Park of Glasgow . As the defending champion, the Glasgow Rangers started the competition, who won in the final of the previous year against FC East Fife . In this year's Scottish Cup final, Celtic Glasgow and Motherwell FC faced each other. For Celtic it was the 22nd final in the Scottish Cup since 1889 . It was also the first major success since the championship in 1938 . Well reached the final for the fourth time after 1931 , 1933 and 1939 . The opponent was always Celtic . The team from Glasgow won the final 1-0 with a goal from John McPhail , which meant the 16th cup victory since 1892 . The FC Motherwell thus lost all four finals against Celtic Glasgow . In 1952 , the first cup victory after a 4-0 victory over FC Dundee could be celebrated. In the 1950/51 season Hibernian Edinburgh was Scottish champion for the third time . Well won the league cup in the final against the champions from Edinburgh .