1985–86 Scottish Cup

1985–86 Scottish Cup
Country	Scotland
Champions	Aberdeen
Runners-up	Heart of Midlothian
	← 1984–85 1986–87 →

The 1985–86 Scottish Cup was the 101st staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Aberdeen who defeated Heart of Midlothian (Hearts) in the final.

First round[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Albion Rovers	8 – 1	Gala Fairydean
Berwick Rangers	0 – 0	Cowdenbeath
Dunfermline Athletic	2 – 0	Raith Rovers
Meadowbank Thistle	3 – 2	East Stirlingshire
Queen’s Park	3 – 0	Buckie Thistle
St Johnstone	1 – 0	Queen of the South

Replay[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Cowdenbeath	0 – 2	Berwick Rangers

Second round[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Hawick Royal Albert	1 – 2	St Johnstone
Nairn County	1 – 1	Meadowbank Thistle
Peterhead	1 – 2	Arbroath
Fort William	0 – 0	Stirling Albion
Queen’s Park	2 – 1	Albion Rovers
Stenhousemuir	0 – 0	Whitehill Welfare
Stranraer	1 – 2	Berwick Rangers
Threave Rovers	0 – 5	Dunfermline Athletic

Replays[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Meadowbank Thistle	1 – 2	Nairn County
Stirling Albion	6 – 0	Fort William
Whitehill Welfare	2 – 3	Stenhousemuir

Third round[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	4 – 1	Montrose
Hamilton Academical	2 – 1	Forfar Athletic
Hibernian	2 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic
Airdrieonians	0 – 0	Partick Thistle
Arbroath	0 – 0	Clyde
Ayr United	1 – 0	Stenhousemuir
Berwick Rangers	2 – 3	Alloa Athletic
Celtic	2 – 0	St Johnstone
Clydebank	0 – 0	Falkirk
Dundee United	4 – 0	Greenock Morton
East Fife	1 – 1	St Mirren
Hearts	3 – 2	Rangers
Kilmarnock	1 – 0	Stirling Albion
Motherwell	1 – 1	Brechin City
Nairn County	0 – 7	Dundee
Queen’s Park	1 – 0	Dumbarton

Replays[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Brechin City	1 – 1	Motherwell
St Mirren	3 – 1	East Fife
Clyde	1 – 2	Arbroath
Falkirk	1 – 0	Clydebank
Partick Thistle	1 – 2	Airdrieonians

Second Replay[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Brechin City	0 – 2	Motherwell

Fourth round[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Alloa Athletic	1 – 2	Motherwell
St Mirren	1 – 1	Falkirk
Hamilton Academical	1 – 2	Hearts
Dundee	2 – 0	Airdrieonians
Hibernian	1 – 0	Ayr United
Arbroath	0 – 1	Aberdeen
Celtic	2 – 1	Queen’s Park
Dundee United	1 – 1	Kilmarnock

Replays[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Falkirk	0 – 3	St Mirren
Kilmarnock	0 – 1	Dundee United

Quarter-finals[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Hearts	4 – 1	St Mirren
Dundee	2 – 2	Aberdeen
Hibernian	4 – 3	Celtic
Motherwell	0 – 1	Dundee United

Replay[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	2 – 1	Dundee

Semi-finals[]

5 April 1986

Aberdeen	3 – 0	Hibernian
Billy Stark 20' Eric Black 35' Joe Miller 81'

Dens Park, Dundee

Attendance: 19,165

Referee: Kenny Hope

5 April 1986

Hearts	1 – 0	Dundee United
John Colquhoun 13'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 30,872

Referee: Brian McGinley

Final[]

10 May 1986

Aberdeen	3 – 0	Hearts
Hewitt 5' 49' Stark 75'	Report

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 62,841

Referee: Hugh Alexander

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List of finals Winning managers Scottish Qualifying Cup

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League cups	England Scotland Soviet Union Spain
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Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Tennent's Sixes
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup
Related to national team	Results 1986 World Cup qualifying (Group 7) Rous Cup 1986 World Cup
Club seasons
Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Clydebank Dundee Dundee United Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Rangers
First Division	Dumbarton
Second Division

1985–86 Scottish Cup

Contents

First round[]

Replay[]

Second round[]

Replays[]

Third round[]

Replays[]

Second Replay[]

Fourth round[]

Replays[]

Quarter-finals[]

Replay[]

Semi-finals[]

Final[]

See also[]