1876–77 Scottish Cup

1876–77 Scottish Cup

The Scottish Cup trophy
Country	Scotland
Teams	81
Defending champions	Queen's Park
Champions	Vale of Leven (first title)
Runners-up	Rangers
Matches played	88
Goals scored	280 (3.18 per match)
← 1875–76 1877–78 →

The 1876–77 Scottish Cup – officially the Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup – was the fourth season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. Entries to the competition again increased with a total of 81 clubs involved in the first round draw. This resulted in an earlier start to the competition than in previous seasons with the first matches played on 23 September 1876. The cup was won for the first time by Dunbartonshire club Vale of Leven who defeated Rangers 3–2 in a twice-replayed final.^[1]

This was the first final which did not involve defending champions Queen's Park who lost 2–1 to Vale of Leven in the quarter-finals and the first time the cup was won by a team from outside Glasgow.^[2]

Calendar[]

The exact dates of some matches are unknown as newspaper coverage of football in the late 19th century was not as comprehensive as it would become.^[2][3]

Round	First match date	Fixtures			Clubs
		Original	Byes	Replays
First round	23 September 1876	40	1	3	81 → 41
Second round	21 October 1876	20	1	1	41 → 21
Third round	11 November 1876	10	1	1	21 → 12
Fourth round	23 November 1876	6	0	0	12 → 6
Quarter-finals	23 December 1876	3	0	0	6 → 3
Semi-finals	10 March 1877	1	1	0	3 → 2
Final	17 March 1877	1	0	2	2 → 1

• 2 teams qualified for the second round after drawing their first round replays
• 23rd Renfrew RV resigned after winning their first round match
• 2 teams qualified for the fourth round after drawing their third round replays

Teams[]

All 81 teams entered the competition in the first round. As a result of teams withdrawing due to the cost of traveling long distances in previous seasons, the draw for the first two rounds was regionalised. This practice was continued in future seasons until the introduction of the Scottish Qualifying Cup in 1895–96.^[2]

Ayrshire and Dumfriesshire	Dunbartonshire and Stirlingshire	Dundee, Edinburgh and Fife	Glasgow			Lanarkshire	Renfrewshire
Ayr Thistle Beith Kilmarnock Mauchline	Dumbarton Grasshoppers Helensburgh Renton Vale of Leven Vale of Leven Rovers	Heart of Midlothian 3rd Edinburgh RV	Alexandra Athletic Blythswood Clydesdale Dumbreck Eastern	Northern Parkgrove Partick Queen's Park Rangers Rovers	South Western West End Western 3rd Lanark RV 23rd Renfrew RV	Airdrie Hamilton Academical	Arthurlie Barrhead Thornliebank

First round[]

Kilmarnock received a bye to the second round.

Matches[]

Replays[]

Second Replay[]

Notes

Sources:^{[13][14][15][3]}

Second round[]

Busby received a bye to the third round.

Matches[]

Replays[]

Notes

Sources:^{[13][14][15][3]}

Third round[]

Rangers received a bye to the fourth round.

Matches[]

Replay[]

Notes

Sources:^{[13][14][15][3]}

Fourth round[]

Matches[]

Replay[]

Sources:^{[13][14][15][3]}

Quarter-finals[]

Matches[]

Replay[]

Sources:^{[13][14][15][3]}

Semi-final[]

Rangers received a bye to the final.

Match[]

Sources:^{[13][14][15][3]}

Final[]

Replay[]

Second replay[]

See also[]

• 1876–77 in Scottish football

References[]