1900–01 Scottish Cup Explained

Scottish Cup
Year:1900–01
Country:Scotland
Defending Champions:Celtic
Winners:Heart of Midlothian
Second:Celtic
Prev Season:1899–1900
Next Season:1901–02

The 1900–01 Scottish Cup was the 28th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The cup was won by Heart of Midlothian when they beat holders Celtic 4–3 in the final at Ibrox Park (the same scoreline as in the previous season) to claim the trophy for a third time in their history.

Calendar

Round First match date Fixtures width=100Clubs
align=left First round align=left 12 January 1901 16 32 → 16
align=left Second round align=left 26 January 1901 8 16 → 8
align=left Quarter-finals align=left 16 February 1901 4 8 → 4
align=left Semi-finals align=left 9 March 1901 2 4 → 2
align=left Final align=left 6 April 1901 1 2 → 1

First round

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Ayr2 – 2Orion
Celtic1 – 0Rangers
Clyde6 – 0East Stirlingshire
Dundee3 – 1Arthurlie
Dundee Wanderers0 – 3Abercorn
Forfar Athletic0 – 4Leith Athletic
Heart of Midlothian7 – 0Mossend Swifts
Hibernian7 – 0Dumbarton
Kilmarnock3 – 2Airdrieonians
Greenock Morton10 – 0Bo'ness
Port Glasgow Athletic9 – 1Newton Stewart
Royal Albert1 – 1St Johnstone
St Bernard's5 – 0Partick Thistle
St Mirren10 – 0Kilwinning Eglinton
Stenhousemuir1 – 3Queen's Park
Third Lanark5 – 0Douglas Wanderers

First round replay

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Orion1 – 3Ayr
St Johnstone0 - 2Royal Albert

Second round

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Ayr1 –3St Mirren
Celtic2 – 1Kilmarnock *
Clyde3 – 5Dundee
Heart of Midlothian2 – 1Queen's Park
Leith Athletic0 – 3Port Glasgow Athletic
Greenock Morton1 – 1St Bernard's **
Royal Albert1 – 1Hibernian
Third Lanark1 – 1Abercorn

Second round replay

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Celtic6 – 0Kilmarnock
Greenock Morton3 – 1St Bernard's
Abercorn0 – 1Third Lanark
Hibernian1 – 0Royal Albert

Quarter-final

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Dundee0 – 1Celtic
Hibernian2 – 0Greenock Morton
Port Glasgow Athletic1 – 5Heart of Midlothian
St Mirren0 – 0Third Lanark

Quarter-final replay

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Third Lanark1 – 1St Mirren

Quarter-final second replay

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St Mirren3 – 3Third Lanark

Quarter-final third replay

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St Mirren1 – 0Third Lanark

Semi-finals

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Celtic1 – 0St Mirren
Heart of Midlothian1 – 1Hibernian

Semi-final replay

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Hibernian1 – 2Heart of Midlothian

Final

See main article: 1901 Scottish Cup Final.

See also

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