Scottish FA Cup 1984/85

Scottish FA Cup
Association	Scottish FA
First edition	1873/74
Game mode	Knockout system
Title holder	Celtic Glasgow (27th title)
Record winner	Celtic Glasgow (27 wins)
Website	scottishfa.co.uk
Qualification for	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

The Scottish FA Cup was played for the 100th time in 1984/85 . The main Scottish soccer cup competition, which was directed by the Scottish Football Association, began on December 8, 1984 and ended with the final on May 18, 1985 in Hampden Park in Glasgow. As defending champions, Aberdeen FC started the competition that had prevailed against Celtic Glasgow in the final last year . In the final of this year's cup, Celtic Glasgow and Dundee United faced each other. The Celtic FC won the final by a 2: 1 victory, and won for the 27th time in club history the Scottish Cup since the first success in 1892 . United lost the Scottish League Cup final against Glasgow Rangers that same year . By winning the Cup, Celtic took part in the European Cup Winners' Cup the following year , and was eliminated there against the eventual finalist Atlético Madrid from Spain.

1 round

The matches were played on December 8, 1984. The replay took place on December 15, 1984.

	Result
Berwick Rangers	3: 1	Albion Rovers
Dunfermline Athletic	1: 3	East Stirlingshire FC
Queen of the South	2: 1	FC Arbroath
FC Stenhousemuir	2: 1	Whitehill FC Welfare
Stirling Albion	*20: 0 *	FC Selkirk
FC Stranraer	2: 2	Gala Fairydean Rovers

^*Record win in the Scottish FA Cup in the 20th century .

Replay

	Result
Gala Fairydean Rovers	0: 1	FC Stranraer

2nd round

The matches were played on January 5, 1985. The replay took place between January 12 and 21, 1985.

	Result
Alloa Athletic	2: 1	East Stirlingshire FC
Berwick Rangers	1: 1	Inverness Caledonian FC
Cowdenbeath FC	2: 1	Stirling Albion
Inverness Thistle FC	1: 1	FC Spartans
Keith FC	2-0	Brora Rangers
Queen of the South	3: 1	Montrose FC
FC Queen's Park	0-0	Raith Rovers
FC Stranraer	0-0	FC Stenhousemuir

Replay games

	Result
Inverness Caledonian FC	3: 3 a.d.	Berwick Rangers
Raith Rovers	1-0	FC Queen's Park
FC Spartans	1: 2	Inverness Thistle FC
FC Stenhousemuir	0: 2	FC Stranraer

2. Replay

	Result
Berwick Rangers	*0: 3 *	Inverness Caledonian FC

^*The game was played at Bayview Park in Methil .

3rd round

The matches were played between January 26th, February 9th, 1985. The replay took place between January 29th and February 6th, 1985.

	Result
Aberdeen FC	5-0	Alloa Athletic
Airdrieonians FC	0: 3	FC Falkirk
Ayr United	3: 1	Keith FC
Brechin City	1: 1	East Fife FC
Cowdenbeath FC	0: 4	FC St. Mirren
Dundee United	3-0	Hibernian Edinburgh
Forfar Athletic	1-0	Clydebank FC
Hamilton Academical	1: 2	Celtic Glasgow
Heart of Midlothian	6-0	Inverness Caledonian FC
Inverness Thistle FC	3-0	FC Kilmarnock
Meadowbank Thistle	4: 2	Partick Thistle
Greenock Morton	3: 3	Glasgow Rangers
Motherwell FC	4-0	Dumbarton FC
Raith Rovers	2: 2	Clyde FC
St. Johnstone FC	1: 1	Dundee FC
FC Stranraer	4: 6	Queen of the South

Replay games

	Result
Clyde FC	1: 2	Raith Rovers
Dundee FC	2: 1	St. Johnstone FC
East Fife FC	0: 4	Brechin City
Glasgow Rangers	3: 1	Greenock Morton

Round of 16

The matches were played between January 16 and February 20, 1985. The replay took place on February 20, 1985.

	Result
Ayr United	0: 1	FC St. Mirren
Brechin City	1: 1	Heart of Midlothian
Celtic Glasgow	6-0	Inverness Thistle FC
Forfar Athletic	2: 1	FC Falkirk
Meadowbank Thistle	0: 2	Motherwell FC
Queen of the South	0: 3	Dundee United
Raith Rovers	1: 2	Aberdeen FC
Glasgow Rangers	0: 1	Dundee FC

Replay

	Result
Heart of Midlothian	1-0	Brechin City

Quarter finals

The matches were played on March 9, 1985. The replay took place on March 13, 1985.

	Result
Dundee FC	1: 1	Celtic Glasgow
Heart of Midlothian	1: 1	Aberdeen FC
Motherwell FC	4: 1	Forfar Athletic
FC St. Mirren	1: 4	Dundee United

Replay games

	Result
Aberdeen FC	1-0	Heart of Midlothian
Celtic Glasgow	2: 1	Dundee FC

Semifinals

The matches were played on April 13, 1985. The replay took place on April 17, 1985.

	Result
Dundee United	*0: 0 *	Aberdeen FC
Motherwell FC	21: 1 **	Celtic Glasgow

^*The game was played at Tynecastle Stadium in Edinburgh .

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

Replay games

	Result
Dundee United	*2: 1 *	Aberdeen FC
Motherwell FC	20: 3 **	Celtic Glasgow

^*The game was played at Tynecastle Stadium in Edinburgh .

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

final

Celtic Glasgow		Dundee United
	final May 18, 1985 in Glasgow ( Hampden Park ) Result: 2: 1 (0: 0) Spectators: 62,346 Referee: Brian McGinlay Match report
	Pat Bonner - Willie McStay , Danny McGrain , Roy Aitken , Tom McAdam - Murdo MacLeod , David Provan , Paul McStay (75th Pierce O'Leary ), Tommy Burns (65th Brian McClair ) - Frank McGarvey , Mo Johnston Trainer: David Hay	Hamish McAlpine - Maurice Malpas , Stuart Beedie (78th John Holt ), Richard Gough , Paul Hegarty , David Narey - Eamonn Bannon , Ralph Milne , Billy Kirkwood - Paul Sturrock , Davie Dodds Trainer: Jim McLean
	1: 1 David Provan (76th) 2: 1 Frank McGarvey (84th)	0-1 Stuart Beedie (54th)
	Paul McStay (73rd), Danny McGrain (85th)	Billy Kirkwood (39th)

Web links

• Official website  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
• Scottish FA Cup 1984/85 at Statto.com
• Scottish FA Cup 1984/85 at the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation