2007–08 Scottish Cup Explained

2007–08 Scottish Cup
Country:	Scotland
Num Teams:	81
Defending Champions:	Celtic
Champions:	Rangers
Runner-Up:	Queen of the South
Matches:	80
Goals:	344
Top Goal Scorer:	Kris Boyd (6)
Prevseason:	2006–07
Nextseason:	2008–09

The 2007–08 Scottish Cup was the 123rd season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The winners were Rangers, who defeated Queen of the South in the final.

The 2007–08 tournament saw a change in structure with the abolition of the Scottish Qualifying Cup and the admission of 4 members of the Scottish Junior Football Association to the first round.

Calendar

Round	First match date	Fixtures		Clubs
		Original	Replays
align=left	First Round	align=left	29 September 2007	17	2	81 → 64
align=left	Second Round	align=left	27 October 2007	16	2	64 → 48
align=left	Third Round	align=left	24 November 2007	16	2	48 → 32
align=left	Fourth Round	align=left	12 January 2008	16	4	32 → 16
align=left	Fifth Round	align=left	2 February 2008	8	3	16 → 8
align=left	Quarter-finals	align=left	10 March 2008	4	3	8 → 4
align=left	Semi-finals	align=left	12 April 2008	2	0	4 → 2
align=left		align=left	24 May 2008	1	0	2 → 1

First round

Edinburgh University were given a random bye to the 2nd round. This was because only three Scottish Junior Football Association clubs entered, due to Linlithgow Rose winning both the East League and the Scottish Junior Cup and there being no mechanism allowing for runners-up to enter (the other Juniors to enter were Culter from the North Region and Pollok from the West Region, all progressing to at least the 3rd round).

Keith, Inverurie Loco Works, Annan Athletic and Threave Rovers all received automatic byes into the 2nd round, due to being respectively: Highland Football League winners and runners-up, East of Scotland Football League winners and South of Scotland Football League winners during 2006–07 season.

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Replays

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Second round

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Third round

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Fourth round

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Fifth round

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

See main article: 2008 Scottish Cup Final.

Media coverage

• Domestically, both Sky Sports and BBC Sport Scotland broadcast selected live games, with both showing the final. Both also carry highlights of all games in every round.
• BBC Radio Scotland has exclusive domestic radio rights to the tournament.
• Through the SFA's international media partner IMG, the Scottish Cup is broadcast in various territories around the world. In Australia, for example, the Scottish Cup is currently available on Setanta Sports.

These matches were broadcast live on television:

Round	Sky Sports	BBC Scotland
Fourth round	Clyde vs Dundee United
Fifth round	Hibernian vs Rangers Dundee United vs St Mirren (Replay)	Kilmarnock vs Celtic
Quarter-finals	Aberdeen vs Celtic Celtic vs Aberdeen (Replay)
Semi-finals	Queen of the South vs Aberdeen	St Johnstone vs Rangers
Final	Queen of the South vs Rangers

Largest wins

A list of the largest wins from the competition.

!Score!Home Team!Away Team!Stage

8-0	Albion Rovers	Burntisland Shipyard	Second Round
7-0	Culter	Hawick Royal Albert	First Round
6-0	Rangers	East Stirlingshire	Fourth Round
0-6	Fort William	Spartans	First Round
	Newton Stewart	Linlithgow Rose	First Round
	Stranraer	Stirling Albion	Third Round
6-1	Whitehill Welfare	Golspie Sutherland	Second Round
5-0	Arbroath	Elgin City	Second Round
0-5	Brora Rangers	Cove Rangers	First Round
	Wick Academy	Deveronvale	First Round
	Threave Rovers	Raith Rovers	Third Round
	Peterhead	Queen of the South	Third Round