1954–55 Scottish Cup Explained

1954–55 Scottish Cup
Country:Scotland
Winners:Clyde
Second:Celtic
Prev Season:1953–54
Next Season:1955–56

The 1954–55 Scottish Cup was the 70th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Clyde who defeated Celtic in the replayed final. It was Clyde's second cup success, whilst Celtic lost in the final having won the last five Scottish Cup finals that they had played in.[1] The 1955 final was the first to be televised live, being broadcast by the BBC. This was not officially announced before the match. The replayed final was not televised.[2]

First round

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Aberdeen University3 – 3Girvan Amateurs
Babcock & Wilcox3 – 1Shawfield Amateurs
Burntisland Shipyard1 – 7Forres Mechanics
Chirnside United1 – 4Peterhead
Civil Service Strollers2 – 3Vale of Leithen
Deveronvale0 – 4Inverness Thistle
Eyemouth United2 – 3Buckie Thistle
Fraserburgh9 – 0Edinburgh University
Gala Fairydean5 – 3Keith
Glasgow University1 – 5Huntly
Inverness Caledonian7 – 3Rothes
Lossiemouth6 – 0Murrayfield Amateurs
Newton Stewart3 – 5Elgin City
Ross County2 – 2Peebles Rovers
St Cuthbert Wanderers5 – 1Vale of Atholl
Tarff Rovers1 – 1Duns
Wick Academy2 – 4Coldstream

Replays

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Duns3 – 0Tarff Rovers
Girvan Amateurs2 – 0Aberdeen University
Peebles Rovers5 – 1Ross County

Second round

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Brora Rangers2 – 0Coldstream
Duns1 – 8Buckie Thistle
Elgin City1 – 1Clachnacuddin
Forres Mechanics5 – 1Huntly
Inverness Caledonian5 – 0Wigtown & Bladnoch
Inverness Thistle7 – 1Selkirk
Lossiemouth1 – 0Gala Fairydean
Peebles Rovers4 – 3Girvan Amateurs
Peterhead7 – 0Babcock & Wilcox
St Cuthbert Wanderers4 – 2Whithorn
Vale of Leithen0 – 4Fraserburgh

Replays

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Clachnacuddin7 – 1Elgin City

Third round

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Berwick Rangers3 – 3Clachnacuddin
Brora Rangers3 – 3Inverness Caledonian
Fraserburgh4 – 2East Stirlingshire
Inverness Thistle2 – 1Stranraer
Lossiemouth2 – 2Forres Mechanics
Montrose3 – 1Dumbarton
Peebles Rovers5 – 2St Cuthbert Wanderers
Peterhead0 – 4Buckie Thistle

Replays

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Clachnacuddin2 – 1Berwick Rangers
Forres Mechanics5 – 3Lossiemouth
Inverness Caledonian8 – 2Brora Rangers

Fourth round

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Alloa Athletic4 – 2Fraserburgh
Arbroath2 – 0Brechin City
Buckie Thistle1 – 1Queen's Park
Clachnacuddin1 – 2Inverness Thistle
Cowdenbeath2 – 2Ayr United
Dundee United1 – 3Forfar Athletic
Montrose1 – 3Inverness Caledonian
Peebles Rovers0 – 2Forres Mechanics

Replays

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Ayr United3 – 3Cowdenbeath
Queen's Park1 – 2Buckie Thistle

Second Replays

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Ayr United3 – 1Cowdenbeath

Fifth round

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Airdrieonians4 – 3Forfar Athletic
Alloa Athletic2 – 4Celtic
Arbroath0 – 4St Johnstone
Buckie Thistle2 – 0Inverness Thistle
Clyde3 – 0Albion Rovers
Dunfermline Athletic4 – 2Partick Thistle
East Fife1 – 2Kilmarnock
Falkirk4 – 0Stenhousemuir
Forres Mechanics3 – 4Motherwell
Hamilton Academical2 – 1St Mirren
Hearts5 – 0Hibernian
Inverness Caledonian1 – 1Ayr United
Greenock Morton1 – 3Raith Rovers
Rangers0 – 0Dundee
Stirling Albion0 – 6Aberdeen
Third Lanark2 – 1Queen of the South

Replays

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Ayr United2 – 4Inverness Caledonian
Dundee0 – 1Rangers

Sixth Round

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Aberdeen2 – 1Rangers
Airdrieonians7 – 0Dunfermline Athletic
Buckie Thistle0 – 6Hearts
Clyde3 – 1Raith Rovers
Inverness Caledonian0 – 7Falkirk
Kilmarnock1 – 1Celtic
St Johnstone0 – 1Hamilton Academical
Third Lanark1 – 3Motherwell

Replays

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Celtic1 – 0Kilmarnock

Quarter-finals

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Airdrieonians4 – 1Motherwell
Celtic2 – 1[3] Hamilton Academical
Clyde5 – 0Falkirk
Hearts1 – 1Aberdeen

Replays

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Aberdeen2 – 0Hearts

Semi-finals

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Replays

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Final

Teams
CLYDE:
GK Ken Hewkins
RB Albert Murphy
LB Harry Haddock
RH Ralph Granville
CH Tommy Anderson
LH Davie Laing
RW John Divers
IR Archie Robertson
CF Ally Hill
IL George Brown
LW Tommy Ring
Manager:
Paddy Travers
CELTIC:
GK John Bonnar
RB Mike Haughney
LB
RH Bobby Evans
CH Jock Stein
LH Bertie Peacock
RW Bobby Collins
IR Willie Fernie
CF John McPhail
IL Jimmy Walsh
LW Charlie Tully
Manager:
Jimmy McGrory

Replay

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Teams
CLYDE:
GK Ken Hewkins
RB Albert Murphy
LB Harry Haddock
RH Ralph Granville
CH Tommy Anderson
LH Davie Laing
RW John Divers
IR Archie Robertson
CF Ally Hill
IL George Brown
LW Tommy Ring
Manager:
Paddy Travers
CELTIC:
GK John Bonnar
RB Mike Haughney
LB Frank Meechan
RH Bobby Evans
CH Jock Stein
LH Bertie Peacock
RW Jimmy Walsh
IR Willie Fernie
CF Sean Fallon
IL John McPhail
LW Charlie Tully
Manager:
Jimmy McGrory

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/scotcuphist.html List of Scottish Cup Finals at RSSSF
  2. Book: Robertson . Forrest H. C. . How The Cup Was Won. The Scottish Cup Finals Story . 2014 . PM Publications . Kirkcaldy . 978-0-9534682-7-0 . 62–63.
  3. Web site: Accies in the Quarter Final. Hamilton Academical F.C.. 3 March 2017. 11 August 2018.

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