2010–11 Scottish Cup Explained

Scottish Cup
Year:2010–11
Country:Scotland
Defending Champions:Dundee United
Champions:Celtic
Runner-Up:Motherwell
Top Goal Scorer:John Sutton (6)
Prevseason:2009–10
Nextseason:2011–12

The 2010–11 Scottish Cup was the 126th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition.

Celtic won the competition after they defeated Motherwell 3–0.[1]

Calendar

RoundDraw dateFirst match dateFixturesClubs
OriginalReplays
align=left First roundalign=left Wednesday 1 September 2010align=left Saturday 25 September 201017781 → 64
align=left Second roundalign=left Wednesday 29 September 2010align=left Saturday 23 October 201016464 → 48
align=left Third roundalign=left Thursday 28 October 2010align=left Saturday 20 November 201016348 → 32
align=left Fourth roundalign=left Monday 22 November 2010align=left Saturday 8 January 201116732 → 16
align=left Fifth roundalign=left Tuesday 11 January 2011align=left Saturday 5 February 20118116 → 8
align=left Quarter-finalsalign=left Sunday 6 February 2011align=left Saturday 12 March 2011428 → 4
align=left Semi-finalsalign=left Sunday 13 Marchalign=left Saturday/Sunday 16/17 April 20112N/A4 → 2
align=left Finalalign=left N/Aalign=left Saturday 21 May 20111N/A2 → 1

From the first round to the third round, postponed or drawn ties were normally replayed on the following weekend and thereafter on consecutive midweeks. From the fourth round to the sixth round, postponed or drawn ties were normally replayed on the second midweek after the original date, and thereafter on consecutive midweeks. There were no replays in the semi-finals or the Final.

First round

The first-round draw was conducted on 1 September 2010.[2]

Wick Academy received a bye into the second round.

Home Team Score Away Team
Golspie Sutherland2–2Fort William
Rothes2–2Nairn County
Civil Service Strollers1–2Wigtown & Bladnoch
Edinburgh City1–0Clachnacuddin
Glasgow University1–0Burntisland Shipyard
Beith2–0Linlithgow Rose
Coldstream1–3Forres Mechanics
Fraserburgh3–3St Cuthbert Wanderers
Hawick Royal Albert0–3Dalbeattie Star
Newton Stewart1–1Preston Athletic
Edinburgh University2–2Brora Rangers
Deveronvale0–0Inverurie Loco Works
Lossiemouth0–2Whitehill Welfare
Vale of Leithen1–3Keith
Huntly2–2Girvan
Selkirk1–6Bo'ness United
Gala Fairydean1–6Sunnybank
Source: BBC Sport

First round replays

Matches were played on 2 October 2010.

Home team Score Away team
Fort William2–3Golspie Sutherland
Nairn County4–1Rothes
St Cuthbert Wanderers3–1Fraserburgh
Preston Athletic3–0Newton Stewart
Brora Rangers2–1Edinburgh University
Inverurie Loco Works0–5Deveronvale
Girvan2–1Huntly
Source: BBC Sport

Second round

The second-round draw was conducted on 29 September 2010.

Home team Score Away team
Deveronvale1–0Dalbeattie Star
Forres Mechanics0–0East Stirlingshire
Preston Athletic0–0Annan Athletic
Clyde1–2Berwick Rangers
Wigtown & Bladnoch1–7Buckie Thistle
Beith8–1Glasgow University
Nairn County0–1Cove Rangers
Keith0–3Spartans
Stranraer9–0St Cuthbert Wanderers
Bo'ness United2–1Queen's Park
Whitehill Welfare4–3Wick Academy
Golspie Sutherland2–2Girvan
Montrose1–1Arbroath
Edinburgh City2–4Threave Rovers
Albion Rovers0–1Sunnybank
Elgin City5–3Brora Rangers
Source: BBC Sport

Second round replays

Matches were played on 30 October 2010.

Home team Score Away team
East Stirlingshire4–0Forres Mechanics
Annan Athletic5–0Preston Athletic
Girvan4–0Golspie Sutherland
Arbroath2 – 3 Montrose
Source: BBC Sport

Third round

The third-round draw was conducted on 28 October 2010.

Home team Score Away team
Peterhead2–0Cowdenbeath
Ross County4–1Deveronvale
East Fife3–1Forfar Athletic
Bo'ness United0–2Buckie Thistle
Spartans1–2East Stirlingshire
Stirling Albion1–3Partick Thistle
Cove Rangers0–3Berwick Rangers
Stenhousemuir2–2Threave Rovers
Brechin City2–2Annan Athletic
Airdrie United2–2Beith
Dumbarton1–2Greenock Morton
Alloa Athletic4–2Raith Rovers
Montrose3–1Whitehill Welfare
Ayr United5–0Sunnybank
Elgin City2–1Livingston
Stranraer4–2Girvan
Source: BBC Sport

Third round replays

See also: Scottish football referee strike. Matches were played on 4 January 2011 with the exception of Threave Rovers v Stenhousemuir which took place on Wednesday 12 January having been postponed for 4 January 5 January, 8 January & 11 January, all the matches were originally scheduled for 27 November then 30 November (postponed due to weather conditions) and 7 December (6 December for Threave Rovers v Stenhousemuir) (again postponed due to weather conditions) and also 14 December again postponed for weather conditions, the Annan match had also been scheduled for the next night following the postponement of the 14 December match. Following this the matches were scheduled for 21 December then 28 December but on both occasions they were again postponed due to the weather conditions.

Home team Score Away team
Threave Rovers1–5Stenhousemuir
Annan Athletic2–5Brechin City
Beith3–4Airdrie United
Source: BBC Sport

Fourth round

The fourth-round draw was conducted on 22 November 2010 at 11:30am at Hampden Park live on Sky Sports News and Sky Sports News HD. These ties took place on Saturday 8 January and Sunday 9 January for the Dundee and Berwick Rangers matches with the Rangers tie the following night (Monday 10 January). The Falkirk and Queen of the South ties took place on Tuesday 11 January and the Morton tie took place on Tuesday 18 January after all 3 were postponed for 8 January. Hearts v St Johnstone also took place on 11 January & East Stirlingshire v Buckie Thistle took place on Wednesday 19 January having both been postponed for 9 January and the Stranraer tie took place on Tuesday 18 January following the Threave Rovers v Stenhousemuir replay from the last round being carried over to Wednesday 12 January due to the weather conditions. East Stirlingshire defeated Buckie Thistle 1–0 in the fourth round but were expelled due to fielding an ineligible player. Buckie Thistle qualified for the fifth round.

Home team Score Away team
Aberdeen6–0East Fife
Berwick Rangers0–2Celtic
Dundee0–4 Motherwell
Dundee United0–0Ross County
East Stirlingshire1–0Buckie Thistle
Falkirk2–2 Partick Thistle
Hamilton Academical2–0 Alloa Athletic
Hearts0–1 St Johnstone
Hibernian0–0Ayr United
Inverness CT2–0Elgin City
Montrose2–2Dunfermline Athletic
Morton2–2 Airdrie United
Queen of the South1–2Brechin City
Rangers3–0 Kilmarnock
Stenhousemuir0–0Stranraer
St Mirren0–0Peterhead
Source: BBC Sport

Fourth round replays

The Dunfermline tie was originally scheduled for 11 January but was postponed and played on 18 January which was also when the rest of the ties were played except Airdrie v Morton & Stranraer v Stenhousemuir which were played on 25 January.

Home team Score Away team
Ayr United1–0Hibernian
Dunfermline Athletic5–3Montrose
Partick Thistle1–0Falkirk
Peterhead1–6St Mirren
Ross County0 – 0
3 – 4 (pens)		Dundee United
Airdrie United2–5Morton
Stranraer4–3Stenhousemuir
Source: BBC Sport

Fifth round

The fifth-round draw was conducted on Tuesday 11 January 2011 at 2:30pm at Hampden Park live on Sky Sports News and Sky Sports News HD. The ties were played on Saturday, 5 February & Sunday, 6 February, except for the St Johnstone v Partick Thistle match, which was postponed to Tuesday, 8 February due to an unplayable pitch and to Wednesday, 9 February due to snow-covered pitch.

Home team Score Away team
Aberdeen1–0Dunfermline Athletic
Ayr United1–2St Mirren
Buckie Thistle0–2Brechin City
Hamilton Academical1–3Dundee United
Inverness CT5–1Morton
Rangers2–2Celtic
Stranraer0–2Motherwell
St Johnstone2–0Partick Thistle
Source: BBC Sport

Fifth round replays

Source: BBC Sport

Quarter-finals

The quarter-final draw was conducted on Sunday 6 February at 2:30pm at Ibrox Stadium live on Sky Sports 2, Sky Sports HD2 & Sky 3D following the 5th round Old Firm tie. The ties were played on Saturday, 12 March and Sunday, 13 March, except for Inverness CT vs Celtic match, which was postponed to Wednesday, 16 March due to waterlogged pitch at Caledonian Stadium.

Home team Score Away team
Brechin City2–2St Johnstone
Dundee United2–2Motherwell
Inverness CT1–2Celtic
St Mirren1–1Aberdeen
Source: BBC Sport

Quarter-finals replays

Home team Score Away team
Aberdeen2–1St Mirren
St Johnstone1–0Brechin City
Motherwell3–0Dundee United
Source: BBC Sport

Semi-finals

The semi-final draw was conducted on Monday, 14 March at Inverclyde National Sports Training Centre at 1pm live on Sky Sports News & Sky Sports News HD. The ties were played on Saturday, 16 April & Sunday, 17 April at Hampden Park.

Home team Score Away team
Motherwell3–0St Johnstone
Aberdeen0–4Celtic
Source: BBC Sport

Final

See main article: 2011 Scottish Cup Final.

Source: BBC Sport

Awards

The Scottish Cup Player of the Round was decided by the fans, who cast their vote to choose a winner from a list of nominations on the official Scottish Cup Facebook page.[4]

Round Player of the Round Ref
R4 Chris Maguire (Aberdeen)
R5 Scott Brown (Celtic) [5]
QF Jamie Murphy (Motherwell)
SF Jamie Murphy (Motherwell) [6]
F Ki Sung-yueng (Celtic FC)

Media coverage

UK/Ireland

From Round 4 onwards, selected matches from the Scottish Cup are broadcast live in the UK and Republic of Ireland by BBC Scotland and Sky Sports. BBC Scotland has the option to show one tie per round[7] with Sky Sports showing two ties per round with one replay also. Both channels will screen the final live.

These matches were broadcast live on television.

RoundSky SportsBBC Scotland
Fourth roundDundee vs Motherwell
Berwick Rangers vs Celtic
Ayr United vs Hibernian (Replay)
Rangers vs Kilmarnock
Fifth roundHamilton Academical vs Dundee United
Rangers vs Celtic
Celtic vs Rangers (Replay)		Aberdeen vs Dunfermline Athletic
Quarter-finalsDundee United vs Motherwell
St Johnstone vs Brechin City (Replay)
Semi-finalsMotherwell vs St Johnstone
Aberdeen vs Celtic		Motherwell vs St Johnstone
FinalMotherwell vs CelticMotherwell vs Celtic

Overseas

From Round 4 onwards, in the USA and Caribbean Premium Sports showed matches live. Setanta Sports show matches live in Australia.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Motherwell 0–3 Celtic. 21 May 2011. BBC. 21 May 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110522112459/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/9491542.stm. 22 May 2011 . live.
  2. News: 2010/11 First Round Draw. 1 September 2010. Scottish Football Association. 1 September 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20120313103322/http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish_fa_news.cfm?page=142. 13 March 2012. dead.
  3. http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish_fa_news.cfm?page=142&newsCategoryID=7&newsID=7114 Emergency Committee decisions
  4. Web site: Scottish Cup Player of the Round . . 18 April 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160306041403/http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/image_gallery.cfm?page=3131 . 6 March 2016 . dead.
  5. Web site: Scott Brown bags Scottish Cup Player of the Round award . . 28 February 2011 . 18 April 2017.
  6. Web site: Murphy collects second award . . 10 May 2011 . 18 April 2017.
  7. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/9248227.stm Gers and Killie live on BBC TV

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