1877–78 Scottish Cup Explained

1877–78 Scottish Cup
Country:	Scotland
Num Teams:	116
Defending Champions:	Vale of Leven
Winners:	Vale of Leven (second title)
Second:	3rd Lanark RV
Matches:	134
Goals:	422
Prev Season:	1876–77
Next Season:	1878–79

The 1877–78 Scottish Cup – officially the Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup – was the fifth season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. For the first time, over 100 teams took part in the competition which began with the first round on 22 September 1877. The cup was won by Vale of Leven for a second time after they defeated Glasgow club 3rd Lanark RV 1–0 in the final on 30 March 1878.^[1]

Heart of Midlothian and Hibernian were drawn to face each other in the first round in what would be the first competitive Edinburgh derby. Hibernian won 2–1 after a replay.^[2]

Calendar

The exact dates of some matches are unknown as newspaper coverage of football in the late 19th century was not as comprehensive as it would become.^{[2] [3]}

Round	First match date	Fixtures			Clubs
		width=55	Original	width=55	Byes	width=55	Replays
First round	22 September 1877	55	4	3	116 → 61
Second round	20 October 1877	28	5	5	61 → 34
Third round	10 November 1877	16	2	2	34 → 19
Fourth round	1 December 1877	9	1	3	19 → 12
Fifth round	22 December 1877	6	0	0	12 → 6
Quarter-finals	12 January 1878	3	0	0	6 → 3
Semi-finals	9 March 1878	1	1	2	3 → 2
Final	30 March 1878	1	0	0	2 → 1

• 2 teams qualified for the second round after drawing their first round replay.
• 2 teams qualified for the third round after drawing their second round replay.
• 2 teams qualified for the fourth round after drawing their third round replay.
• Barrhead were disqualified after winning their fourth round match against Partick, due to discrepancies in their third round match against Renfrew. Both Renfrew and Partick were reinstated.

Teams

All 116 teams entered the competition in the first round.

Ayrshire	Dunbartonshire	Glasgow and Suburbs		Renfrewshire
valign=top	Ayr Academicals Ayr Thistle Beith Catrine Cumnock Dean Girvan Hurlford Kilbirnie Kilmarnock Kilmarnock Cricket and Football Club Kilmarnock Portland Mauchline Maybole Carrick Maybole Thistle St Andrew's Tarbolton Burntonians Vale of Calder	valign=top	Alclutha Alexandria Dumbarton Helensburgh Kilmaronock Thistle Lennox Milngavie Renton Renton Thistle Star of Leven Vale of Leven Vale of Leven Rovers Waverley 10th Dumbarton RV	valign=top	Ailsa Albatross Alexandra Athletic Blackfriars Blythswood Caledonian Clyde Clydesdale Craig Park Dennistoun Derby Dumbreck Govan Havelock Hyde Park Locomotive Works John Elder Jordanhill Kelvinbank Lancefield Lenzie Northern Our Boys Oxford Parkgrove	valign=top	Partick Petershill Pollokshields Athletic Possilpark Queen's Park Queen's Park Juniors Ramblers Rangers Rosslyn Rovers Sandyford Shaftesbury South Western Stonefield Strathclyde Telegraphists Union West End Whiteinch Winton 1st Lanark RV 3rd Lanark RV 4th Renfrew RV	valign=top	Arthurlie Barrhead Busby Glenkilloch Levern Morton Pollokshaws Port Glasgow Renfrew Thornliebank Wellington Park 17th Renfrew RV 23rd Renfrew RV
Edinburgh	Forfarshire	Galloway	Lanarkshire	Stirlingshire
valign=top	Edinburgh Thistle Hanover Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Swifts 3rd Edinburgh RV	valign=top	Dunfermline Dunmore St Clement's	valign=top	Queen of the South Wanderers Stranraer	valign=top	Airdrie Avondale Drumpellier Glengowan Hamilton Mount Vernon Newmains Shotts Stonelaw Uddingston	valign=top	Clifton & Strathfillan Grasshoppers Shaugraun

First round

Matches

Glasgow and Suburbs

Caledonian received a bye to the second round.

Renfrewshire district

17th Renfrew RV received a bye to the second round.

Forfarshire district

Dunmore received a bye to the second round.

Stirlingshire district

Grasshoppers received a bye to the second round.

Replays

Edinburgh district

Notes

Sources:^[4]

Second round

Matches

Dunbartonshire district

Renton Thistle received a bye to the third round.

Renfrewshire district

Barrhead received a bye to the third round.

Edinburgh district

Swifts received a bye to the third round.

Glasgow and Suburbs

Stonefield received a bye to the third round.

Lanarkshire district

Drumpellier received a bye to the third round.

Stirlingshire district

Replays

Glasgow and Suburbs

Notes

Sources:^[4]

Third round

Matches

Ayrshire district

Kilbirnie received a bye to the fourth round.

Edinburgh district

St. Clement's received a bye to the fourth round.

Replays

Renfrewshire district

Notes

Sources:^[4]

Fourth round

Jordanhill received a bye to the fifth round.

Replays

Notes

Sources:^[4]

Fifth round

Replay

Sources:^[4]

Quarter-finals

Replays

Sources:^[4]

Semi-finals

Vale of Leven received a bye to the final.

Second Replay

Sources:^[4]

Final

See main article: 1878 Scottish Cup final.

See also

• 1877–78 in Scottish football

External links

• Season 1877-78 Vale of Leven [results list], The Beautiful Dribbling Game
• Scottish Cup 1877/78, RSSSF

Notes and References

1. Web site: Scottish Cup Matches . Scottish Football Association . 22 April 2019.
2. Book: Potter . David . David W. Potter . Jones . Phil H. . 2016 . The History of the Scottish Cup: The Story of Every Season 1873–2016 . Worthing . Pitch Publishing . 21–22 . 978-1-78531-214-4.
3. Book: 2017 . Scottish F.A. Cup 1873–2017: The Complete Results . Cleethorpes . Soccer Books . 9–12 . 978-1-86223-366-9.
4. Book: Mathers, Stewart . 2017 . The Beautiful Dribbling Game: The Scottish F.A. Challenge Cup in the 19th Century . Great Britain . Amazon . 28–36, 257–260 . 978-0-9956998-0-9.