1968–69 Scottish Cup

1968–69 Scottish Cup
Country	Scotland
Champions	Celtic
Runners-up	Rangers
← 1967–68	1969–70 →

The 1968–69 Scottish Cup was the 84th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Celtic who defeated Rangers in the final.

Preliminary round 1

Home team	Score	Away team
Alloa Athletic	6 – 1	Ross County
Brechin City	1 – 1	Montrose
Cowdenbeath	1 – 0	Clydebank
Forfar Athletic	1 – 2	Nairn County
St Cuthbert Wanderers	1 – 0	Civil Service Strollers

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Montrose	3 – 2	Brechin City

Preliminary round 2

Home team	Score	Away team
Alloa Athletic	0 – 0	East Stirlingshire
Dumbarton	3 – 2	Vale of Leithen
Glasgow University	5 – 2	St Cuthbert Wanderers
Hamilton Academical	0 – 2	Cowdenbeath
Montrose	6 – 1	Fraserburgh
Nairn County	0 – 2	Berwick Rangers
Stenhousemuir	1 – 0	Albion Rovers
Stranraer	2 – 0	Elgin City

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
East Stirlingshire	2 – 1	Alloa Athletic

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	3 – 0	Berwick Rangers
Ayr United	1 – 0	Queen of the South
Dumbarton	0 – 1	St Mirren
Dundee	1 – 2	Hearts
Dundee United	2 – 1	Queen’s Park
East Stirlingshire	2 – 0	Stirling Albion
Falkirk	1 – 2	Greenock Morton
Kilmarnock	6 – 0	Glasgow University
Montrose	1 – 0	Cowdenbeath
Motherwell	1 – 1	Clyde
Partick Thistle	3 – 3	Celtic
Raith Rovers	0 – 2	Dunfermline Athletic
Rangers	1 – 0	Hibernian
St Johnstone	3 – 2	Arbroath
Stenhousemuir	0 – 3	Airdrieonians
Stranraer	3 – 1	East Fife

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Celtic	8 – 1	Partick Thistle
Clyde	2 – 1	Motherwell

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	2 – 2	Dunfermline Athletic
Rangers	2 – 0	Hearts
Airdrieonians	1 – 1	St Mirren
Clyde	0 – 0	Celtic
Dundee United	6 – 2	Ayr United
East Stirlingshire	1 – 1	St Johnstone
Montrose	1 – 1	Kilmarnock
Stranraer	1 – 3	Greenock Morton

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Dunfermline Athletic	0 – 2	Aberdeen
Celtic	3 – 0	Clyde
St Johnstone	3 – 0	East Stirlingshire
St Mirren	1 – 3	Airdrieonians
Kilmarnock	4 – 1	Montrose

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	0 – 0	Kilmarnock
Celtic	3 – 2	St Johnstone
Dundee United	2 – 3	Greenock Morton
Rangers	1 – 0	Airdrieonians

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Kilmarnock	0 – 3	Aberdeen

Semi-finals

Celtic v Greenock Morton

22 March 1969

Celtic	4 – 1	Greenock Morton

Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 48,394

Rangers v Aberdeen

22 March 1969

Rangers	6 – 1	Aberdeen
Andy Penman 14' 51' Willie Henderson 39' Willie Johnston 47' 72' 84'		Forrest 45'

Celtic Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 66,197
Referee: WJ Mullen

Final

Celtic v Rangers

26 April 1969

Celtic	4 – 0	Rangers
Stevie Chalmers George Connelly 45' Bobby Lennox 44' Billy McNeill 3'

Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 132,000
Referee: Jim Callaghan

Teams


CELTIC:
GK		John Fallon
DF		Jim Craig
DF		Billy McNeill
DF		Jim Brogan
DF		Tommy Gemmell
MF		George Connelly
MF		Bobby Murdoch
MF		Bertie Auld
MF		Bobby Lennox
FW		Stevie Chalmers
FW		Willie Wallace
Manager:
Jock Stein


RANGERS:
GK		Norrie Martin
DF		Kai Johansen
DF		John Greig
DF		Ronnie McKinnon
DF		Willie Mathieson
MF		Willie Henderson
MF		Dave Smith
MF		Andy Penman
MF		Örjan Persson
FW		Willie Johnston
FW		Alex Ferguson
Manager:
David White

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1968–69 Scottish Cup

Contents

Preliminary round 1

Replays

Preliminary round 2

Replays

First round

Replays

Second round

Replays

Quarter-finals

Replays

Semi-finals

Final

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