Scottish FA Cup 1955/56

Scottish FA Cup
Association	Scottish FA
First edition	1873/74
Game mode	Knockout system
Title holder	Heart of Midlothian (5th title)
Record winner	Celtic Glasgow (17 wins)
Website	scottishfa.co.uk

The Scottish FA Cup was played for the 71st time in 1955/56 . The most important football cup competition in Scottish club football was directed and hosted by the Scottish Football Association. He started on September 10 in 1955 and ended with the final on 21 April 1956 at Hampden Park of Glasgow . As the defending champion, FC Clyde started the competition, which won against Celtic Glasgow in the final last year . In this year's Scottish Cup final, Celtic Glasgow and Heart of Midlothian faced each other. For Celtic it was the 25th Scottish Cup final since 1889 . The Hearts from Edinburgh reached the cup final for the seventh time since 1891 . The Hearts won the final 3-1. It was the club's first cup win in 50 years . In the 1955/56 season , the Glasgow Rangers were Scottish champions for the 29th time . The Hearts came third, Celtic fifth. The league cup won the FC Aberdeen .

1 round

The matches were played on September 10, 1955. The replay took place on September 17, 1955.

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

Replay games

	Result
Girvan Amateurs	0: 1	Tarff Rovers
Shawfield amateurs	2: 1	Murrayfield amateurs

2nd round

The meetings took place on September 24, 1955.

	Result
Gala Fairydean Rovers	6: 2	Shawfield amateurs
Huntly FC	2: 4	Forres Mechanics
Clachnacuddin FC	3-0	St. Cuthbert Wanderers
Inverness Thistle	5: 2	Buckie Thistle
Keith FC	2-0	Elgin City
Lossiemouth FC	3: 1	FC Duns
Peebles Rovers	4: 3	Eyemouth United
Ross County	3: 2	Tarff Rovers
Whithorn FC	2: 3	FC Selkirk

3rd round

The matches were played on October 8, 1955. The replay took place on October 15, 1955.

	Result
Berwick Rangers	3-0	FC Fraserburgh
Dumbarton FC	5: 3	Caledonian FC
Forres Mechanics	2: 4	Clachnacuddin FC
Gala Fairydean Rovers	4: 5	Montrose FC
Inverness Thistle	1: 1	Peebles Rovers
Keith FC	2: 4	East Stirlingshire FC
Lossiemouth FC	1-0	FC Selkirk
Ross County	2: 3	FC Stranraer

Replay

	Result
Peebles Rovers	2: 1	Inverness Thistle

4th round

The matches were played on October 22, 1955. The replay took place between October 29 and November 16, 1955.

	Result
Albion Rovers	1: 1	Alloa Athletic
Berwick Rangers	5: 1	Lossiemouth FC
Brechin City	1: 1	Peebles Rovers
Cowdenbeath FC	6-0	Montrose FC
Dundee United	4: 1	Dumbarton FC
East Stirlingshire FC	0: 2	FC Arbroath
Forfar Athletic	5: 2	FC Stranraer
Greenock Morton	5: 2	Clachnacuddin FC

Replay games

	Result
Alloa Athletic	4-0	Albion Rovers
Peebles Rovers	4: 4 a.d.	Brechin City

2. Replay

	Result
Peebles Rovers	0: 0 a.d.	Brechin City

Replay games

	Result
Brechin City	6: 2	Peebles Rovers

5th round

The matches were played on February 4 and 8, 1956. The replay took place on February 8 and 13, 1956.

	Result
Airdrieonians FC	7: 1	Hamilton Academical
Ayr United	5: 2	Berwick Rangers
Brechin City	1: 1	FC Arbroath
Clyde FC	5-0	Dunfermline Athletic
Dundee United	2: 2	Dundee FC
East Fife FC	1: 3	FC Stenhousemuir
FC Falkirk	0: 3	FC Kilmarnock
Heart of Midlothian	3-0	Forfar Athletic
Hibernian Edinburgh	1: 1	Raith Rovers
Greenock Morton	0: 2	Celtic Glasgow
Motherwell FC	0: 2	FC Queen's Park
Partick Thistle	2-0	Alloa Athletic
Queen of the South	3: 1	Cowdenbeath FC
Glasgow Rangers	2: 1	Aberdeen FC
Stirling Albion	2: 1	St. Johnstone FC
FC St. Mirren	6-0	Third Lanark

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Replay games

	Result
FC Arbroath	2: 3	Brechin City
Dundee FC	3-0	Dundee United
Raith Rovers	3: 1	Hibernian Edinburgh

Round of 16

The matches were played on February 18, 1956. The repetitions took place on February 21 and 22, 1956.

	Result
Airdrieonians FC	4: 4	FC St. Mirren
Ayr United	0: 3	Celtic Glasgow
Dundee FC	0: 1	Glasgow Rangers
Heart of Midlothian	5-0	Stirling Albion
FC Kilmarnock	2: 2	Queen of the South
Partick Thistle	3: 1	Brechin City
Raith Rovers	2: 2	FC Queen's Park
FC Stenhousemuir	0: 1	Clyde FC

Replay games

	Result
Queen of the South	: 0	FC Kilmarnock 2
FC Queen's Park	1: 2 a.d.	Raith Rovers
FC St. Mirren	1: 3	Airdrieonians FC

Quarter finals

The matches took place on March 3, 1956.

	Result
Celtic Glasgow	2: 1	Airdrieonians FC
Heart of Midlothian	4-0	Glasgow Rangers
Queen of the South	2: 4	Clyde FC
Raith Rovers	2: 1	Partick Thistle

Semifinals

The matches were played on March 24, 1956. The replay took place on March 28, 1956.

	Result
Celtic Glasgow	*2: 1 *	Clyde FC
Heart of Midlothian	**0: 0 **	Raith Rovers

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

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

Replay

	Result
Heart of Midlothian	**3: 0 **	Raith Rovers

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

final

Heart of Midlothian		Celtic Glasgow
	final April 21, 1956 in Glasgow ( Hampden Park ) Result: 3: 1 (1: 0) Spectators: 132,842 Referee: Bobby Davidson Match report
	Willie Duff - Bobby Kirk , Tam McKenzie , Dave Mackay , Freddie Glidden , John Cumming , Alex Young , Alfie Conn Sr. , Willie Bauld , Jimmy Wardhaugh , Ian Crawford Trainers: Tommy Walker	Dick Beattie - Mike Haughney , Bertie Peacock , Frank Meechan , Bobby Evans , Willie Craig , Sean Fallon , Charlie Tully , Willie Fernie , Neil Mochan , Eric Smith Trainers: Jimmy McGrory
	1-0 Ian Crawford (19th) 2-0 Ian Crawford (49th) 3-1 Alfie Conn Sr. (81st)	2-1 Mike Haughney (53rd)

Web links

• official website
• Scottish FA Cup 1955/56 at Statto.com
• Scottish FA Cup 1955/56 at the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation