1996–97 Scottish Cup

1996–97 Scottish Cup
Country	Scotland
Champions	Kilmarnock
Runners-up	Falkirk
	← 1995–96 1997–98 →

The 1996–97 Scottish Cup was the 112th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Kilmarnock who defeated Falkirk in the final.

First round[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Huntly (HL)	1 – 1	Clyde (3)
Alloa Athletic (4)	3 – 1	Hawick Royal Albert (ESL)
Elgin City (HL)	0 – 3	Whitehill Welfare (ESL)
Albion Rovers (4)	0 – 0	Forfar Athletic (4)

Replays[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Clyde (3)	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Huntly (HL)
Forfar Athletic (4)	4 – 0	Albion Rovers (4)

Second round[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Berwick Rangers	2 – 1	Peterhead
Queen’s Park	2 – 1	Gala Fairydean
Ayr United	0 – 2	Clyde
East Stirlingshire	4 – 3	Brora Rangers
Spartans	0 – 0	Arbroath
Whitehill Welfare	2 – 3	Queen of the South
Brechin City	2 – 1	Livingston
Cowdenbeath	1 – 0	Dumbarton
Forfar Athletic	0 – 1	Alloa Athletic
Ross County	3 – 0	Montrose
Stenhousemuir	1 – 2	Hamilton Academical
Stranraer	1 – 1	Inverness CT

Replays[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Arbroath	3 – 0	Spartans
Inverness CT	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) 4 – 3 (pen.)	Stranraer

Third round[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Hibernian	2 – 2	Aberdeen
Airdrieonians	1 – 4	Raith Rovers
Clydebank	0 – 5	Celtic
Arbroath	2 – 2	Greenock Morton
Clyde	3 – 1	St Mirren
Dundee	3 – 1	Queen of the South
Dunfermline Athletic	4 – 0	Ross County
Falkirk	1 – 1	Berwick Rangers
Hearts	5 – 0	Cowdenbeath
Inverness CT	1 – 3	Hamilton Academical
Kilmarnock	2 – 0	East Stirlingshire
Partick Thistle	0 – 2	Motherwell
Queen’s Park	1 – 3	East Fife
Rangers	2 – 0	St Johnstone
Stirling Albion	0 – 2	Dundee United
Brechin City	3 – 0	Alloa Athletic

Replays[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) 3 – 5 (pen.)	Hibernian
Greenock Morton	4 – 0	Arbroath
Berwick Rangers	1 – 2	Falkirk

Fourth round[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Hibernian	1 – 1	Celtic
Hearts	1 – 1	Dundee United
Brechin City	1 – 2	Raith Rovers
Clyde	0 – 1	Kilmarnock
Falkirk	2 – 1	Dunfermline Athletic
Greenock Morton	2 – 2	Dundee
Motherwell	1 – 1	Hamilton Academical
Rangers	3 – 0	East Fife

Replays[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Dundee	0 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Greenock Morton
Celtic	2 – 0	Hibernian
Hamilton Academical	0 – 2	Motherwell
Dundee United	1 – 0	Hearts

Quarter-finals[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Dundee United	4 – 1	Motherwell
Falkirk	2 – 0	Raith Rovers
Greenock Morton	2 – 5	Kilmarnock
Celtic	2 – 0	Rangers

Semi-finals[]

12 April 1997

Celtic	1 – 1	Falkirk
Johnson 66'		James 82'

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 45,261

Referee: Willie Young

14 April 1997

Kilmarnock	0 – 0	Dundee United

Easter Road, Edinburgh

Attendance: 12,391

Referee: Jim McCluskey

Replays[]

22 April 1997

Kilmarnock	1 – 0	Dundee United
McIntyre 86'

Easter Road, Edinburgh

Attendance: 9,225

Referee: Jim McCluskey

23 April 1997

Celtic	0 – 1	Falkirk
		McGrillen 19'

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 35,879

Referee: Willie Young

Final[]

24 May 1997

Kilmarnock	1 – 0	Falkirk
Wright 20'

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 48,953

Referee: Hugh Dallas

References[]

Scottish Football League (1997). Tennent's Lager Scottish Football League Review 1997-98 (Paperback). Programme Publications. ISBN 0-9531528-1-2.

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