Scottish FA Cup 1964/65
Scottish FA Cup | |
Association | Scottish FA |
First edition | 1873/74 |
Game mode | Knockout system |
Title holder | Celtic Glasgow (18th title) |
Record winner |
Celtic Glasgow Rangers (18 wins each) |
Website | scottishfa.co.uk |
Qualification for | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup |
The Scottish FA Cup was played for the 80th time in 1964/65 . The most important football cup competition in Scottish club football was directed and hosted by the Scottish Football Association. He began on January 9, 1965, ended with the final on 24 April 1965 at Hampden Park of Glasgow . The Glasgow Rangers , who had prevailed against FC Dundee the year before , started the competition as defending champions . In this year's Scottish Cup final, Celtic Glasgow and Dunfermline Athletic faced each other. Celtic reached the Scottish Cup final for the 30th time since 1889 . The Pars from Dunfermline reached for the second time after 1961 the final, which they then against Celtic won. That year, Celtic took revenge and won the final 3-2. It was the first title for Celtic since winning the league cup final in 1957 . After the Bhoys were the sole record winner of the competition from 1925 to 1962 , the Rangers had overtaken their arch-rivals in 1964 . After this triumph, both clubs had 18 wins each. In the 1964/65 season , FC Kilmarnock surprisingly became Scottish champions for the first time in the club's history . Dunfermline finished third, Celtic a disappointing eighth. In the final of the League Cup , the Rangers and Celtic faced each other in the Old Firm . The Rangers won this 2-1. As a cup winner, Celtic took part in the competition of the European Cup Winners' Cup the following season and made it to the semi-finals. Dunfermline participated in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in part, and reached the quarter-finals, which to eventual winners Real Zaragoza was lost.
1 round
The matches were played on January 9, 1965. The replay took place on January 13, 1965.
Result | ||
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Berwick Rangers | 2: 2 | FC Stenhousemuir |
Brechin City | 3: 4 | Albion Rovers |
FC Coldstream | 2: 4 | FC Stranraer |
Hamilton Academical | 5: 3 | Clachnacuddin FC |
Peebles Rovers | 1: 4 | Stirling Albion |
Replay
Result | ||
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FC Stenhousemuir | 1-0 | Berwick Rangers |
2nd round
The matches were played between January 23 and February 6, 1965. The repeat matches took place between January 27 and February 4, 1965.
Result | ||
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Cowdenbeath FC | 2: 1 | Alloa Athletic |
Hamilton Academical | 3-0 | FC Stranraer |
Inverness Caledonian FC | 2: 1 | Raith Rovers |
Keith FC | 1: 1 | Ayr United |
FC Queen's Park | 0-0 | Albion Rovers |
FC Vale of Leithen | 0: 5 | Stirling Albion |
University of Edinburgh | 1: 4 | Forfar Athletic |
FC Stenhousemuir | 4: 1 | Elgin City |
Replay games
Result | ||
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Ayr United | 4: 2 | Keith FC |
Albion Rovers | 1: 1 a.d. | FC Queen's Park |
2. Replay
Result | ||
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FC Queen's Park | * | 1: 0Albion Rovers |
3rd round
The matches were played on February 6th and 13th, 1965. The repeat matches took place on February 10th, 1965.
Replay games
Result | ||
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East Fife FC | 1-0 | Aberdeen FC |
East Stirlingshire FC | 0: 2 | Hibernian Edinburgh |
Partick Thistle | 7: 1 | Ayr United |
FC Queen's Park | 2: 1 | Dumbarton FC |
Round of 16
The matches were played on February 20, 1965. The repeat matches took place on February 24 and 26, 1965.
Replay games
Result | ||
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Airdrieonians FC | 0: 2 | Stirling Albion |
Dunfermline Athletic | 2: 2 a.d. | Third Lanark |
Heart of Midlothian | 2-0 | Greenock Morton |
FC Kilmarnock | 3-0 | East Fife FC |
2. Replay
Result | ||
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Third Lanark | * | 2: 4Dunfermline Athletic |
Quarter finals
The meetings took place on March 6, 1965.
Result | ||
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Celtic Glasgow | 3: 2 | FC Kilmarnock |
Dunfermline Athletic | 2-0 | Stirling Albion |
Hibernian Edinburgh | 2: 1 | Glasgow Rangers |
Motherwell FC | 1-0 | Heart of Midlothian |
Semifinals
The matches were played on March 27, 1965. The replay took place on March 31, 1965.
Result | ||
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Celtic Glasgow | * | 2: 2Motherwell FC |
Dunfermline Athletic | ** | 2: 0Hibernian Edinburgh |
Replay
Result | ||
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Motherwell FC | * | 0: 3Celtic Glasgow |
final
Celtic Glasgow | Dunfermline Athletic | ||||||||
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John Fallon - Ian Young , Tommy Gemmell , Billy McNeill - Bertie Auld , Bobby Murdoch , John Clark , Bobby Lennox - John Hughes , Stevie Chalmers , Charlie Gallagher Trainer: Jock Stein |
Jim Herriot - Willie Callaghan , John Lunn , Jimmy Thomson , Jim MacLean - Tommy Callaghan , Alex Edwards , Alex Smith , John McLaughlin , Jackie Sinclair - Harry Melrose Trainer: Willie Cunningham ( ) |
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1: 1 Bertie Auld (31st) 2: 2 Bertie Auld (52nd) 3: 2 Billy McNeill (81st) |
0: 1 Harry Melrose (15th) 1: 2 John McLaughlin (43.) |