2014–15 Scottish Cup

April 2014 April 2014 William Hill Scottish Cup 2014–15 240px Scotland 90 Inverness CT Falkirk 105 369 2013–14 2015–16 The 2014–15 Scottish Cup was the 130th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The tournament was sponsored by bookmaker William Hill in what was the fourth season of a five-year partnership. The defending champions were St Johnstone, who defeated Dundee United in the 2014 final, but were eventually knocked out in the fifth round by Queen of the South. Format and calendar 22 clubs entered at a preliminary round: two from the Highland League, five from the Lowland League, four qualifying Junior clubs and eleven other clubs affiliated with the Scottish Football Association.Scottish Cup Format Six of these clubs were given byes to the first round, when 14 Highland League clubs, six Lowland League clubs and 2 other clubs with National Club Licensing approval enter. In the second round, all 10 Scottish League Two clubs entered, along with the top two clubs from the previous season's Highland League, the top two clubs from the previous season's Lowland League and the 18 winners of the first round ties. All 10 Scottish League One clubs and six Scottish Championship clubs started in the third round, while the remaining four Championship clubs and all 12 Scottish Premiership clubs entered in the fourth round. The calendar for the 2014–15 competition is as follows:William Hill Scottish Cup 2014-15 dates confirmed, Scottish FA RoundDraw dateFirst match dateFixtures Clubs Original Replays Preliminary round Thursday 17 July 2014 Saturday 16 August 2014 8 2 90 → 82 First round Tuesday 19 August 2014 Saturday 13 September 2014 18 1 82 → 64 Second round Monday 15 September 2014 Saturday 4 October 2014 16 3 64 → 48 Third round Monday 6 October 2014 Saturday 1 November 2014 16 4 48 → 32 Fourth round Monday 3 November 2014 Saturday 29 November 2014 16 4 32 → 16 Fifth round Monday 1 December 2014 Saturday 7 February 2015 8 1 16 → 8 Quarter-finals Monday 9 February 2015 Saturday 7 March 2015 4 1 8 → 4 Semi-finals Sunday 8 March 2015 Saturday 18 April 2015 2 N/A 4 → 2 Final N/A Saturday 30 May 2015 1 N/A 2 → 1 Preliminary round The preliminary round draw took place on 17 July 2014 at Commonwealth House, Glasgow.William Hill Scottish Cup Preliminary Round Draw, Scottish FA. This round is contested entirely by non-league clubs: Two clubs from the Highland Football League (Cove Rangers and Fort William); Five clubs from the Lowland Football League (Dalbeattie Star, Edinburgh City, Edinburgh University, Gala Fairydean Rovers and Vale of Leithen); Eleven clubs from the South of Scotland League, East of Scotland League and other leagues (Burntisland Shipyard, Civil Service Strollers, Coldstream, Girvan, Glasgow University, Golspie Sutherland, Hawick Royal Albert, Lothian Thistle HV, Newton Stewart, St Cuthbert Wanderers, Wigtown & Bladnoch); and Four qualifiers from the Scottish Junior Football Association (Auchinleck Talbot, Bo'ness United, Culter and Hurlford United) Six clubs were given byes to the first round (Bo'ness United, Coldstream, Culter, Dalbeattie Star, Girvan and Golspie Sutherland). eeeeee 16 August 2014 15:00 Lothian Thistle HV 3–0 Report Burntisland Shipyard Saugton Enclosure 16 August 2014 15:00 Auchinleck Talbot 5–1 St Cuthbert Wanderers Beechwood Park eeeeee 16 August 2014 15:00 Hurlford United 2–2 Edinburgh University Blair Park 16 August 2014 15:00 Glasgow University 1–9 Cove Rangers Garscube Sports Complex - Field 3 eeeeee 16 August 2014 15:00 Vale of Leithen 0–1 Gala Fairydean Rovers Victoria Park 16 August 2014 15:00 Newton Stewart 2–2 Hawick Royal Albert Blairmount Park eeeeee 16 August 2014 15:00 Edinburgh City 5–0 Fort William Meadowbank Stadium 16 August 2014 15:00 Wigtown & Bladnoch 1–2 Civil Service Strollers Trammondford Park Replays eeeeee 23 August 2014 15:00 Hawick Royal Albert 3–0 Newton Stewart G Ramsay 51N Cairns 56N Ramsay 71 Albert Park 23 August 2014 15:00 Edinburgh University 0–5 Hurlford United McGregor 13Kean 44 49 61P McKenzie 71 Pennypit Park First round The first round draw took place on 19 August 2014 at Stirling Management Centre, University of Stirling.William Hill Scottish Cup First Round Draw, Scottish FA. This round is contested entirely by non-league clubs: eeeeee 13 September 2014 15:00 Lossiemouth 0–4 Turriff United 13 September 2014 15:00 Deveronvale 0–1 Nairn County eeeeee 13 September 2014 15:00 Selkirk 0–4 Bo'ness United 13 September 2014 15:00 Gretna 2008 2–1 Gala Fairydean Rovers eeeeee 13 September 2014 15:00 Culter 4–2 Strathspey Thistle 13 September 2014 15:00 Clachnacuddin 1–7 Hurlford United eeeeee 13 September 2014 15:00 Rothes 0–4 Banks O'Dee 13 September 2014 15:00 Preston Athletic 1–2 Threave Rovers eeeeee 13 September 2014 15:00 Forres Mechanics 4–1 Civil Service Strollers 13 September 2014 15:00 Huntly 2–1 Wick Academy eeeeee 13 September 2014 15:00 Cove Rangers 9–0 Hawick Royal Albert 13 September 2014 15:00 Keith 1–3 Formartine United eeeeee 13 September 2014 15:00 Edinburgh City 2–1 Coldstream 13 September 2014 15:00 Fraserburgh 0–0 Linlithgow Rose eeeeee 13 September 2014 15:00 Lothian Thistle HV 0–1 East Kilbride 13 September 2014 15:00 Golspie Sutherland 1–4 Dalbeattie Star eeeeee 13 September 2014 15:00 Auchinleck Talbot 5–0 Buckie Thistle 13 September 2014 15:00 Whitehill Welfare 3–1 Girvan Replay eeeeee 20 September 2014 15:00 Linlithgow Rose 2–1 Fraserburgh Second round The second round draw took place on 15 September 2014 at 2pm at Hampden Park.William Hill Scottish Cup Second Round Draw, Scottish FA. This round is contested entirely by all the round 1 winners, the top 2 from last season's Lowland & Highland leagues & all those clubs competing in Scottish League Two: eeeeee 4 October 2014 15:00 Linlithgow Rose 5–1 Dalbeattie Star Prestonfield, Linlithgow 645 David Lowe 4 October 2014 15:00 Edinburgh City 2–1 Auchinleck Talbot Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh 573 Mike Roncone eeeeee 4 October 2014 15:00 Nairn County 2–1 Huntly Station Park, Nairn 207 Graham Elder 4 October 2014 15:00 Arbroath 2–2 Montrose Gayfield Park, Arbroath 902 Nick Walsh eeeeee 4 October 2014 15:00 East Fife 7–0 Threave Rovers Bayview Stadium, Methil 417 Gavin Ross 4 October 2014 15:00 Spartans 3–3 East Kilbride Ainslie Park, Edinburgh 285 David Munro eeeeee 4 October 2014 15:00 Bo'ness United 7–1 Culter Newtown Park, Bo'ness 660 Grant Irvine 4 October 2014 15:00 Berwick Rangers 2–0 Formartine United Shielfield Park, Berwick-upon-Tweed 347 Alan Newlands eeeeee 4 October 2014 15:00 Brora Rangers 5–0 Banks O'Dee Dudgeon Park, Brora 250 Steven Reid 4 October 2014 15:00 Cove Rangers 1–2 Annan Athletic Allan Park, Cove Bay 240 Craig Napier eeeeee 4 October 2014 15:00 Elgin City 0–0 Forres Mechanics Borough Briggs, Elgin 1,128 Graham Fraser 4 October 2014 15:00 Whitehill Welfare 0–1 East Stirlingshire Ferguson Park, Rosewell 350 Steven Kirkland eeeeee 4 October 2014 15:00 Inverurie Loco Works 0–3 Hurlford United Harlaw Park, Inverurie 385 Graham Beaton 4 October 2014 15:00 Gretna 2008 0–1 Queen's Park Raydale Park, Gretna 380 Mike Taylor eeeeee 4 October 2014 15:00 Turriff United 0–3 Clyde The Haughs, Turriff 494 Ryan Milne 5 October 2014 15:00 Stirling University 1–4 Albion Rovers Forthbank Stadium, Stirling 292 Colin Steven Replays eeeeee 11 October 2014 14:00 East Kilbride 1–5 Spartans K Park, East Kilbride 421 David Munro 11 October 2014 14:00 Montrose 1–3 y Arbroath Links Park, Montrose 789 Nick Walsh eeeeee 11 October 2014 15:00 Forres Mechanics 1–3 Elgin City Mosset Park, Forres 865 Graham Fraser Third round The third round draw took place on 6 October 2014 at 2pm at the Usher Hall, Edinburgh.Billy Connolly to conduct third round draw, Scottish FA.Scottish Cup: Dumbarton host Rangers in third round, BBC SportScottish Cup third round https://web.archive.org/web/20141014044554/http://spfl.co.uk/news/article/scottish-cup-third-round/ 14 October 2014 , SPFL This round is contested entirely by all the round 2 winners, all those clubs currently competing in Scottish League One & clubs currently competing in the Scottish Championship with the 6 lowest places from last season. eeeeee 1 November 2014 14:00 Hurlford United 1–1 Stirling Albion Kean 10 Smith 78 Blair Park, Hurlford 551 1 November 2014 14:00 Linlithgow Rose 0–2 Raith Rovers Prestonfield, Linlithgow 2250 eeeeee 1 November 2014 15:00 East Fife 2–3 Berwick Rangers Bayview Stadium, Methil 477 1 November 2014 15:00 Forfar Athletic 1–3 Cowdenbeath Station Park, Forfar 592 eeeeee 1 November 2014 15:00 Edinburgh City 2–3 Brora Rangers Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh 601 1 November 2014 15:00 Stenhousemuir 1–2 Brechin City Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir 451 eeeeee 1 November 2014 15:00 Arbroath 2–1 Nairn County Gayfield Park, Arbroath 1 November 2014 15:00 Elgin City 4–4 Bo'ness United Borough Briggs, Elgin eeeeee 1 November 2014 15:00 Annan Athletic 3–2 Livingston Galabank, Annan 560 1 November 2014 15:00 Dumbarton 0–1 Rangers Bet Butler Stadium, Dumbarton 1878 eeeeee 1 November 2014 15:00 Queen's Park 1–2 Albion Rovers Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie 1 November 2014 15:00 Greenock Morton 0–0 Airdrieonians Cappielow Park, Greenock 1420 eeeeee 1 November 2014 15:00 Ayr United 1–1 Alloa Athletic Somerset Park, Ayr 1 November 2014 15:00 Spartans 2–0 Clyde Ainslie Park, Edinburgh eeeeee 1 November 2014 15:00 Peterhead 0–1 Stranraer Balmoor, Peterhead 2 November 2014 15:00 East Stirlingshire 1–4 Dunfermline Athletic Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir Replays eeeeee 8 November 2014 13:30 Bo'ness United 5–4 Report Elgin City Newtown Park, Bo'ness 1,280 Nick Walsh 8 November 2014 15:00 Stirling Albion 2–2 yes 13–12 Report Hurlford United Forthbank Stadium, Stirling 567 Gavin Ross eeeeee 11 November 2014 19:45 Airdrieonians 0–2 Report Greenock Morton Barrowman 36 77 Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie 668 George Salmond 11 November 2014 19:45 Alloa Athletic 4–0 Report Ayr United Buchanan 24Meggatt 28Docherty 33 60 Indodrill Stadium, Alloa 420 Don Robertson Fourth round The fourth round draw took place on 3 November 2014 at 2pm at Hampden Park, Glasgow live on Sky Sports News HQ.Darren O'Dea to conduct fourth round draw, Scottish FA. This round was contested entirely by all the round 3 winners, the clubs currently competing in Scottish Championship with the 4 highest places from last season & all clubs currently competing in the Scottish Premiership. eeeeee 29 November 2014 12:15 Dundee 2–1 Report Aberdeen Konrad 4 Clarkson 90 Konrad 17 o.g. Dens Park, Dundee 5,956 McLean 29 November 2014 13:30 Bo'ness United 0–5 Report Arbroath S. Murray 27 69 75P. McManus 68 76 Newtown Park, Bo'ness 1,769 Craig Charleston eeeeee 29 November 2014 15:00 St Johnstone 2–1 Report Ross County O'Halloran 7McFadden 12 Jervis 63 McDiarmid Park, Perth 2,383 John Beaton 29 November 2014 15:00 St Mirren 1–1 Report Inverness CT McAusland 17 Meekings 63 St Mirren Park, Paisley 1,957 Calum Murray eeeeee 29 November 2014 15:00 Stirling Albion 0–2 Report Raith Rovers McKay 44Anderson 54 Forthbank Stadium, Stirling 912 Greg Aitken 29 November 2014 15:00 Queen of the South 4–1 Report Brora Rangers Lyle 3Reilly 61Russell 71Kidd 80 A. Greig 65 Palmerston Park, Dumfries 1,434 John McKendrick eeeeee 29 November 2014 15:00 Stranraer 2–2 Report Dunfermline Athletic Stair Park, Stranraer 489 Des Roache 29 November 2014 15:00 Falkirk 1–0 Report Cowdenbeath Sibbald 73 Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk 1,237 Alan Muir eeeeee 29 November 2014 15:00 Spartans 2–1 Report Greenock Morton Ainslie Park, Edinburgh 1,288 Euan Anderson 29 November 2014 15:00 Berwick Rangers 1–1 Report Albion Rovers Shielfield Park, Berwick-upon-Tweed 439 Mat Northcroft eeeeee 29 November 2014 15:00 Annan Athletic 1–1 Report Brechin City Galabank, Annan 440 Barry Cook 29 November 2014 15:00 Alloa Athletic 1–2 Report Hibernian Indodrill Stadium, Alloa 2,138 Bobby Madden eeeeee 29 November 2014 15:00 Motherwell 1–2 Report Dundee United Fir Park, Motherwell 4,827 Craig Thomson 29 November 2014 15:00 Partick Thistle 2–0 Report Hamilton Academical Firhill Stadium, Maryhill, Glasgow 2,467 Kevin Clancy eeeeee 30 November 2014 12:45 Rangers 3–0 Report Kilmarnock Law 19 84Boyd 72 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow 14,412 Brian Colvin 30 November 2014 15:15 Heart of Midlothian 0–4 Report Celtic Van Dijk 29 61Guidetti 52 pen.Stokes 54 Tynecastle Stadium, Gorgie, Edinburgh 12,676 William Collum Replays eeeeee 2 December 2014 19:45 Inverness CT 4–0 Report St Mirren Warren 20Tansey 23 pen.Williams 67Shinnie 90+2 Caledonian Stadium, Inverness 1,326 Calum Murray 9 December 2014 19:45 Dunfermline Athletic 1–3 Report Stranraer Millen 62 pen. Winter 32Stirling 57Longworth 90 East End Park, Dunfermline 1,436 Des Roache eeeeee 9 December 2014 19:45 Albion Rovers 0–1 Report Berwick Rangers Mullin 1 83 Russell 80 Cliftonhill, Coatbridge 311 Mat Northcroft 9 December 2014 19:45 Brechin City 4–2 Report Annan Athletic Jackson 4 11 27Hamilton 72 Davidson 68Hopkirk 76 Glebe Park, Brechin 224 Barry Cook Fifth round The fifth round draw took place on 1 December 2014 at 2pm at Hampden Park, Glasgow live on Sky Sports News HQ.Owen Coyle to make Scottish Cup draw, Scottish FA. This round is contested entirely by all the round 4 winners. eeeeee 7 February 2015 12:30 Dundee 0–2 Report Celtic Griffiths 7Johansen 47 Dens Park, Dundee 7,525 John Beaton 7 February 2015 15:00 Queen of the South 2–0 Report St Johnstone Lyle 48Reilly 90 Palmerston Park, Dumfries 3,043 Steven McLean eeeeee 7 February 2015 15:00 Hibernian 3–1 Report Arbroath Djédjé 42Gordon 60 o.g.McGeouch 68 Stewart 17 Easter Road, Edinburgh 9,065 Andrew Dallas 7 February 2015 15:00 Falkirk 2–1 Report Brechin City McCracken 11Smith 79 Trouten 55 pen. Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk 2,083 John McKendrick eeeeee 7 February 2015 15:00 Partick Thistle 1–2 Report Inverness CT Taylor 67 Watkins 16Tansey 27 Firhill Stadium, Maryhill, Glasgow 2,915 Willie Collum 7 February 2015 15:00 Spartans 1–1 Report Berwick Rangers MacKinnon 90 Willis 4 Ainslie Park, Edinburgh 2,500 Don Robertson eeeeee 8 February 2015 12:30 Stranraer 0–3 Report Dundee United Erskine 21Dow 27 31 Stair Park, Stranraer 1,491 Kevin Clancy 8 February 2015 15:00 Rangers 1–2 Report Raith Rovers Vučkić 62 Conroy 54Nadé 75 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow 11,422 Bobby Madden Replay eeeeee 17 February 2015 20:00 Berwick Rangers 1–0 Report Spartans Lavery 29 Shielfield Park, Berwick-upon-Tweed 2,003 Greg Aitken Quarter-finals The quarter-final draw took place on 9 February 2015 at 2pm at Hampden Park, Glasgow live on Sky Sports News HQ.Gary Anderson to make Scottish Cup draw, Scottish FA. This round is contested entirely by all the round 5 winners. eeeeee 6 March 2015 19:35 Queen of the South 0–1 Report Falkirk Sibbald 34 Palmerston Park, Dumfries 2,833 Kevin Clancy 8 March 2015 12:45 Hibernian 4–0 Report Berwick Rangers Cummings 26Stevenson 28Stanton 66Fontaine 82 Easter Road, Edinburgh 11,529 Bobby Madden eeeeee 8 March 2015 15:30 Dundee United 1–1 Report Celtic Paton 0 11Çiftçi 45 pen.Dixon 0 49 Van Dijk 0 11Griffiths 71 Tannadice Park, Dundee 10,504 Craig Thomson 10 March 2015 19:45 Inverness CT 1–0 Report Raith Rovers Devine 63 Caledonian Stadium, Inverness 2,276 Crawford Allan Replay eeeeee 18 March 2015 19:45 Celtic 4–0 Report Dundee United Denayer 17Griffiths 57Commons 79Stokes 0 87Van Dijk 90 McGowan 0 89 Celtic Park, Glasgow 28,847 Calum Murray Semi-finals The semi-final draw took place on 8 March 2015 at Tannadice Park, Dundee live on Sky Sports 1 following the Dundee United v Celtic quarter-final.Deacon Blue’s Ricky Ross to make semi-final draw, Scottish FA. This round is contested entirely by all the quarter-final winners & matches will take place at Hampden Park. eeeeee 18 April 2015 12:15 Hibernian 0–1 Report Falkirk Sibbald 75 Hampden Park, Glasgow 21,227 John Beaton 19 April 2015 12:15 Inverness CT 3–2 yes Report Celtic Tansey 58 pen.Ofere 96Raven 117 Van Dijk 18Gordon 0 55Guidetti 103 Hampden Park, Glasgow 28,643 Steven McLean Final 2015 Scottish Cup final 30 May 2015 15:00 Falkirk 1–2 Inverness CT Report Grant 80 Watkins 38Tremarco 0 75Vincent 86 Hampden Park, Glasgow 37,149 Willie Collum Media coverage From round four onwards, selected matches from the Scottish Cup are broadcast live in Ireland and the UK by BBC Scotland and Sky Sports. BBC Scotland has the option to show one tie per round with Sky Sports showing two ties per round with one replay also, Sky Sports show both semi-finals live with one also on BBC Scotland & both channels screen the final live. These matches were broadcast live on television. Round Sky Sports BBC Scotland Fourth round Rangers vs KilmarnockHearts vs Celtic Dundee vs Aberdeen Fifth round Dundee vs CelticStranraer vs Dundee United Rangers vs Raith Rovers Quarter-finals Hibernian vs Berwick RangersDundee United vs Celtic Queen of the South vs Falkirk Semi-finals Hibernian vs FalkirkInverness CT vs Celtic Hibernian vs Falkirk FinalFalkirk vs Inverness CT References External links Official website Format and dates Association football Scotland Category:Scottish Cup seasons Cup