1990–91 Scottish Cup

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1990–91 Scottish Cup
Country	Scotland
Champions	Motherwell
Runners-up	Dundee United
← 1989–90 1991–92 →

The 1990–91 Scottish Cup was the 106th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Motherwell who defeated Dundee United F.C. in the final.

First round[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Threave Rovers	1 – 2	Spartans
Whitehill Welfare	0 – 4	East Fife
Montrose	0 – 0	Dumbarton
East Stirlingshire	1 – 3	Queen of the South
Fraserburgh	3 – 1	Vale of Leithen
Ross County	1 – 1	Alloa Athletic

Replays[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Dumbarton	1 – 4	Montrose
Alloa Athletic	1 – 3	Ross County

Second round[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Ross County	2 – 2	Queen of the South
Spartans	0 – 0	Cowdenbeath
Inverness Thistle	1 – 1	East Fife
Berwick Rangers	1 – 0	Albion Rovers
Fraserburgh	1 – 4	Cove Rangers
Montrose	0 – 2	Arbroath
Queen's Park	1 – 2	Stranraer
Stirling Albion	2 – 0	Stenhousemuir

Replays[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Queen of the South	2 – 6	Ross County
Cowdenbeath	2 – 0	Spartans
East Fife	1 – 0	Inverness Thistle

Third round[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Rangers	2 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic
Ross County	1 – 6	Meadowbank Thistle
Clyde	0 – 2	Hibernian
Aberdeen	0 – 1	Motherwell
Airdrieonians	2 – 1	Hearts
Clydebank	0 – 1	Ayr United
Cove Rangers	1 – 2	Cowdenbeath
Dundee	1 – 0	Brechin City
East Fife	1 – 1	Dundee United
Forfar Athletic	0 – 2	Celtic
Kilmarnock	3 – 2	Arbroath
Partick Thistle	0 – 0	Falkirk
Raith Rovers	0 – 1	Hamilton Academical
St Johnstone	0 – 0	Berwick Rangers
Stirling Albion	0 – 1	Greenock Morton
Stranraer	1 – 5	St Mirren

Replays[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Berwick Rangers	3 – 4	St Johnstone
Falkirk	4 – 3	Partick Thistle
Dundee United	2 – 1	East Fife

Fourth round[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Greenock Morton	3 – 0	Meadowbank Thistle
Celtic	3 – 0	St Mirren
Ayr United	0 – 0	Hamilton Academical
Dundee	2 – 0	Kilmarnock
Dundee United	2 – 0	Airdrieonians
Motherwell	4 – 2	Falkirk
Rangers	5 – 0	Cowdenbeath
St Johnstone	2 – 1	Hibernian

Replay[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Hamilton Academical	2 – 3	Ayr United

Quarter-finals[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Celtic	2 – 0	Rangers
Motherwell	0 – 0	Greenock Morton
St Johnstone	5 – 2	Ayr United
Dundee United	3 – 1	Dundee

Replay[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Greenock Morton	1 – 1 (4 – 5 pen.)	Motherwell

Semi-finals[]

3 April 1991

Motherwell	0–0	Celtic

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 41,765

6 April 1991

Dundee United	2–1	St Johnstone
John Clark Duncan Ferguson		Harry Curran

East End Park, Dunfermline

Attendance: 16,560

Replay[]

9 April 1991

Motherwell	4–2	Celtic
Dougie Arnott (2) Colin O'Neill Stevie Kirk		Tom Boyd (og) Anton Rogan

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 31,371

Final[]

18 May 1991

Motherwell	4–3	Dundee United
Angus Ferguson Kirk O'Donnell		Bowman Jackson O'Neil

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 57,319

Referee:

See also[]

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