Scottish FA Cup 1954/55

Scottish FA Cup
Association	Scottish FA
First edition	1873/74
Game mode	Knockout system
Title holder	FC Clyde (2nd title)
Record winner	Celtic Glasgow (17 wins)
Website	scottishfa.co.uk

The Scottish FA Cup was played for the 70th time in 1954/55 . The most important football cup competition in Scottish club football was directed and hosted by the Scottish Football Association. He began on September 11 in 1954 and ended with the repetition finals on 27 April 1955 at Hampden Park of Glasgow . As the defending champion, Celtic Glasgow started the competition, which won in the final of the previous year against FC Aberdeen . In this year's Scottish Cup final, Celtic Glasgow and FC Clyde faced each other. For Celtic it was the 24th Scottish Cup final since 1889 . Clyde reached the cup final for the fifth time since 1910 . It was the first Scottish Cup final to be broadcast live on television . After a 1-1 draw in the first final game, Clyde FC won the repeat final 1-0 with a goal from Tommy Ring . It was the second cup victory after 1939 . In the 1954/55 season , FC Aberdeen was the first Scottish champions . Celtic was runner-up, Clyde seventh in the table. Heart of Midlothian won the league cup .

1 round

The matches were played on September 11, 1954. The replay took place on September 18, 1954.

	Result
University of Aberdeen	3: 3	Girvan Amateurs
FC Babcock & Wilcox	3: 1	Shawfield amateurs
Burntisland Shipbuilding Company	1: 7	Forres Mechanics
Chirnside United	1: 4	Peterhead FC
Civil Service Strollers	2: 3	FC Vale of Leithen
FC Deveronvale	0: 4	Inverness Thistle
Eyemouth United	2: 3	Buckie Thistle
FC Fraserburgh	9-0	University of Edinburgh
Gala Fairydean Rovers	5: 3	Keith FC
University of Glasgow	1: 5	Huntly FC
Caledonian FC	7: 3	FC Rothes
Leith Athletic	Where	FC Selkirk
Lossiemouth FC	6-0	Murrayfield amateurs
Newton Stewart FC	3: 5	Elgin City
Ross County	2: 2	Peebles Rovers
St. Cuthbert Wanderers	5: 1	Vale of Atholl FC
Tarff Rovers	1: 1	FC Duns
Wick Academy	2: 4	FC Coldstream

Replay games

	Result
FC Duns	3-0	Tarff Rovers
Girvan Amateurs	2-0	University of Aberdeen
Peebles Rovers	5: 1	Ross County

2nd round

The matches were played on September 25, 1954. The replay took place on October 2, 1954.

	Result
Brora Rangers	2-0	FC Coldstream
FC Duns	1: 2	Buckie Thistle
Elgin City	1: 1	Clachnacuddin FC
Forres Mechanics	5: 1	Huntly FC
Caledonian FC	5-0	Wigtown FC
Inverness Thistle	7: 1	FC Selkirk
Lossiemouth FC	1-0	Gala Fairydean Rovers
Peebles Rovers	4: 3	Girvan Amateurs
Peterhead FC	7-0	FC Babcock & Wilcox
St. Cuthbert Wanderers	4: 2	Whithorn FC
FC Vale of Leithen	0: 4	FC Fraserburgh

Replay

	Result
Clachnacuddin FC	7: 1	Elgin City

3rd round

The matches were played on October 9, 1954. The replay took place on October 16, 1954.

	Result
Berwick Rangers	3: 3	Clachnacuddin FC
Brora Rangers	3: 3	Caledonian FC
FC Fraserburgh	4: 2	East Stirlingshire FC
Inverness Thistle	2: 1	FC Stranraer
Lossiemouth FC	2: 2	Forres Mechanics
Montrose FC	3: 1	Dumbarton FC
Peebles Rovers	5: 2	St. Cuthbert Wanderers
Peterhead FC	0: 4	Buckie Thistle

Replay games

	Result
Forres Mechanics	5: 3 a.d.	Lossiemouth FC
Clachnacuddin FC	2: 1	Berwick Rangers
Caledonian FC	8: 2	Brora Rangers

4th round

The matches were played on October 23, 1954. The repeat matches took place on October 30 and November 10, 1954.

	Result
Alloa Athletic	4: 2	FC Fraserburgh
FC Arbroath	2-0	Brechin City
Buckie Thistle	1: 1	FC Queen's Park
Cowdenbeath FC	2: 2	Ayr United
Dundee United	1: 3	Forfar Athletic
Clachnacuddin FC	1: 2	Inverness Thistle
Montrose FC	1: 3	Caledonian FC
Peebles Rovers	0: 2	Forres Mechanics

Replay games

	Result
Ayr United	3: 3 a.d.	Cowdenbeath FC
FC Queen's Park	1: 2	Buckie Thistle

2. Replay

	Result
Ayr United	*3: 1 *	Cowdenbeath FC

^*The game was played at Firhill Stadium in Glasgow.

5th round

The matches were played on February 5, 1955. The replay took place on February 9, 1954.

	Result
Airdrieonians FC	4: 3	Forfar Athletic
Alloa Athletic	2: 4	Celtic Glasgow
FC Arbroath	0: 4	St. Johnstone FC
Buckie Thistle	2-0	Inverness Thistle
Clyde FC	3-0	Albion Rovers
Dunfermline Athletic	4: 2	Partick Thistle
East Fife FC	1: 2	FC Kilmarnock
FC Falkirk	4-0	FC Stenhousemuir
Forres Mechanics	3: 4	Motherwell FC
Hamilton Academical	2: 1	FC St. Mirren
Heart of Midlothian	5-0	Hibernian Edinburgh
Caledonian FC	1: 1	Ayr United
Greenock Morton	1: 3	Raith Rovers
Glasgow Rangers	0-0	Dundee FC
Stirling Albion	0: 6	Aberdeen FC
Third Lanark	2: 1	Queen of the South

Replay games

	Result
Ayr United	2: 4 a.d.	Caledonian FC
Dundee FC	0: 1	Glasgow Rangers

Round of 16

The matches were played on February 19, 1954. The replay took place on February 25, 1953.

	Result
Aberdeen FC	2: 1	Glasgow Rangers
Airdrieonians FC	7-0	Dunfermline Athletic
Buckie Thistle	0: 6	Heart of Midlothian
Clyde FC	3: 1	Raith Rovers
Caledonian FC	0: 7	FC Falkirk
FC Kilmarnock	1: 1	Celtic Glasgow
St. Johnstone FC	0: 1	Hamilton Academical
Third Lanark	1: 3	Motherwell FC

Replay

	Result
Celtic Glasgow	1-0	FC Kilmarnock

Quarter finals

The matches were played on March 5, 1954. The replay took place on March 9, 1954.

	Result
Airdrieonians FC	4: 1	Motherwell FC
Celtic Glasgow	2: 1	Hamilton Academical
Clyde FC	5-0	FC Falkirk
Heart of Midlothian	1: 1	Aberdeen FC

Replay

	Result
Aberdeen FC	2-0	Heart of Midlothian

Semifinals

The matches were played on March 26, 1955. The replay took place on April 4, 1955.

	Result
Celtic Glasgow	*2: 2 *	Airdrieonians FC
Clyde FC	**2: 1 **	Aberdeen FC

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

^**The game was played on Easter Road in Edinburgh.

Replay games

	Result
Celtic Glasgow	*2: 0 *	Airdrieonians FC
Clyde FC	**1: 0 **	Aberdeen FC

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

^**The game was played on Easter Road in Edinburgh.

final

Clyde FC		Celtic Glasgow
	final April 23, 1955 in Glasgow ( Hampden Park ) Result: 1: 1 (0: 1) Spectators: 106,234 Referee: Charlie Faultless Match report
	Ken Hewkins - Albie Murphy , Harry Haddock , Ralph Granville , Tommy Anderson , Davie Laing , John Divers , Archie Robertson , Ally Hill , George Brown , Tommy Ring Trainers: Paddy Travers	John Bonnar - Mike Haughney , Bertie Peacock , Frank Meechan , Bobby Evans , Jock Stein , Bobby Collins , Charlie Tully , Willie Fernie , John McPhail , Jimmy Walsh Trainers: Jimmy McGrory
	1: 1 Archie Robertson (87th)	0: 1 Jimmy Walsh (38th)

Repeat finals

Clyde FC		Celtic Glasgow
	final April 27, 1954 in Glasgow ( Hampden Park ) Result: 1: 0 (0: 0) Spectators: 68,831 Referee: Charlie Faultless Match report
	Ken Hewkins - Albie Murphy , Harry Haddock , Ralph Granville , Tommy Anderson , Davie Laing , John Divers , Archie Robertson , Ally Hill , George Brown , Tommy Ring Trainers: Paddy Travers	John Bonnar - Mike Haughney , Bertie Peacock , Frank Meechan , Bobby Evans , Jock Stein , Sean Fallon , Charlie Tully , Willie Fernie , John McPhail , Jimmy Walsh Trainers: Jimmy McGrory
	1-0 Tommy Ring (52nd)

Web links

• official website
• Scottish FA Cup 1954/55 at Statto.com
• Scottish FA Cup 1954/55 at the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation