1969–70 Scottish Cup

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1969–70 Scottish Cup
Country	Scotland
Champions	Aberdeen
Runners-up	Celtic
← 1968–69 1970–71 →

The 1969–70 Scottish Cup was in the 85th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Aberdeen who defeated Celtic in the final.

Preliminary round 1[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Alloa Athletic	3 – 1	Peterhead
Berwick Rangers	1 – 0	Brechin City
Forres Mechanics	0 – 2	Clydebank
Stenhousemuir	0 – 1	Gala Fairydean
Stranraer	3 – 1	East Stirlingshire

Preliminary round 2[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Gala Fairydean	1 – 4	Dumbarton
Tarff Rovers	1 – 0	Alloa Athletic
Albion Rovers	1 – 0	Berwick Rangers
Clydebank	1 – 0	Queen's Park
Inverness Caledonian	5 – 0	Ross County
Montrose	2 – 1	Cowdenbeath
Stranraer	1 – 1	St Cuthbert Wanderers
Vale of Leithen	1 – 2	Hamilton Academical

Replays[]

Home team	Score	Away team
St Cuthbert Wanderers	0 – 5	Stranraer

First round[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	4 – 0	Clyde
Airdrieonians	5 – 0	Hamilton Academical
Albion Rovers	1 – 2	Dundee
Arbroath	1 – 2	Clydebank
Celtic	2 – 1	Dunfermline Athletic
Dumbarton	1 – 2	Forfar Athletic
Dundee United	1 – 0	Ayr United
East Fife	3 – 0	Raith Rovers
Falkirk	3 – 0	Tarff Rovers
Kilmarnock	3 – 0	Partick Thistle
Montrose	1 – 1	Hearts
Greenock Morton	2 – 0	Queen of the South
Motherwell	2 – 1	St Johnstone
Rangers	3 – 1	Hibernian
St Mirren	2 – 0	Stirling Albion
Stranraer	2 – 5	Inverness Caledonian

Replays[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Hearts	1 – 0	Montrose

Second round[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	2 – 1	Clydebank
Celtic	4 – 0	Dundee United
Dundee	3 – 0	Airdrieonians
East Fife	1 – 0	Greenock Morton
Falkirk	2 – 1	St Mirren
Forfar Athletic	0 – 7	Rangers
Kilmarnock	2 – 0	Hearts
Motherwell	3 – 1	Inverness Caledonian

Quarter-finals[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Celtic	3 – 1	Rangers
East Fife	0 – 1	Dundee
Falkirk	0 – 1	Aberdeen
Motherwell	0 – 1	Kilmarnock

Semi-finals[]

14 March 1970

Celtic	2–1	Dundee

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 64,546

14 March 1970

Aberdeen	1–0	Kilmarnock
Derek McKay 21'

Muirton Park, Perth

Attendance: 25,812

Final[]

11 April 1970

Aberdeen	3–1	Celtic
Joe Harper 27' (pen.) Derek McKay 83', 90'		Bobby Lennox 89'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 108,434

Referee: Bobby Davidson

See also[]

v t Scottish Cup
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