1948–49 Scottish Cup

1948–49 Scottish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Defending champions	Rangers
Final positions
Champions	Rangers
Runner-up	Clyde

The 1948–49 Scottish Cup was the 64th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The final was played between holders Rangers and Clyde at Hampden Park on 23 April 1949. Rangers won 4–1 to retain the Cup.[1][2]

Rangers also won both the Scottish Football League and the Scottish League Cup, the first time a club claimed the national 'treble'.

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Alloa Athletic	8 – 3	Montrose
Arbroath	3 – 4	Partick Thistle
Ayr United	2 – 1	Queen's Park
Clyde	2 – 0	Fraserburgh
Cowdenbeath	6 – 2	Keith
Dumbarton	5 – 2	Kilmarnock
Dundee	5 – 1	St Johnstone
Dundee United	4 – 3	Celtic
East Fife	2 – 1	Falkirk
Forfar Athletic	0 – 4	Hibernian
Hamilton Academical	1 – 2	Albion Rovers
Hearts	4 – 1	Airdrieonians
Inverness Caledonian	2 – 2	Greenock Morton
Leith Athletic	0 – 1	Raith Rovers
Motherwell	3 – 0	Stranraer
Queen of the South	2 – 0	East Stirlingshire
Rangers	6 – 1	Elgin City
St Mirren	2 – 0	Stirling Albion
Stenhousemuir	2 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic
Third Lanark	2 – 1	Aberdeen

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Greenock Morton	2 – 0	Inverness Caledonian

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Alloa Athletic	1 – 3	Clyde
Ayr United	0 – 2	Greenock Morton
Cowdenbeath	1 – 2	East Fife
Dumbarton	1 – 1	Dundee United
Dundee	0 – 0	St Mirren
Hearts	3 – 1	Third Lanark
Hibernian	1 – 1	Raith Rovers
Motherwell	0 – 3	Rangers
Partick Thistle	3 – 0	Queen of the South
Stenhousemuir	5 – 1	Albion Rovers

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Dundee United	1 – 3	Dumbarton
Raith Rovers	3 – 4	Hibernian
St Mirren	1 – 2	Dundee

Third round

Home team	Score	Away team
Hearts	3 – 0	Dumbarton
Greenock Morton	0 – 2	Clyde

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Hearts	2 – 4	Dundee
Hibernian	0 – 2	East Fife
Rangers	4 – 0	Partick Thistle
Stenhousemuir	0 – 1	Clyde

Semi-finals

26 March 1949

Clyde	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Dundee

Attendance: 33,000

26 March 1949

Rangers	3–0	East Fife

Attendance: 104,958

Replays

4 April 1949

Clyde	2–1	Dundee

Attendance: 50,000

Final

23 April 1949[2]

Rangers	4–1	Clyde
Young 39' (pen.), 55' (pen.) Williamson 41' Duncanson	Soccerbase	49' Galletly

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 108,435

Referee: R. G. Benzie

Teams


Rangers:
GK		Bobby Brown
RB		George Young
LB		Jock Shaw
RH		Ian McColl
CH		Willie Woodburn
LH		Sammy Cox
RW		Willie Waddell
IR		Jimmy Duncanson
CF		Willie Thornton
IL		Billy Williamson
LW		Eddie Rutherford
Manager:
Bill Struth


Clyde:
GK		Stan Gullan
RB		Alex Gibson
LB		Frank Mennie
RH		Jim Campbell
CH		Bob Milligan
LH		Hugh Long
RW		Roy Davies
IR		Archie Wright
CF		Alex Linwood
IL		Peter Galletly
LW		Charlie Bootland
Manager:
Paddy Travers

References

Graham, Alexander (1999). A statistical history of football in Scotland. Vol. 2. Isle of Skye: Skye Soccer Books. p. 8.
Penalty-kick Mystery, The Glasgow Herald, 25 April 1949

External links

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[1] Graham, Alexander (1999). A statistical history of football in Scotland. Vol. 2. Isle of Skye: Skye Soccer Books. p. 8.

[herald49-2] Penalty-kick Mystery, The Glasgow Herald, 25 April 1949

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1948–49 in Scottish football
« 1947–48 1949–50 »
Domestic leagues	Football League Division A Division B Division C Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Junior Cup
Related to national team	Results British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division A	Aberdeen Albion Rovers Celtic Clyde Dundee East Fife Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers Queen of the South St. Mirren Third Lanark
Division B	Airdrieonians Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic East Stirlingshire Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock Queen's Park Raith Rovers St. Johnstone Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion

1948–49 Scottish Cup

First round

Replays

Second round

Replays

Third round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Replays

Final

Teams

See also

References

External links