1987–88 Scottish Cup

1987–88 Scottish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Final positions
Champions	Celtic
Runner-up	Dundee United
	← 1986–87 1988–89 →

The 1987–88 Scottish Cup was the 103rd staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Celtic who defeated Dundee United in the final.^[1]

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Inverness Caledonian	1 – 1	East Stirlingshire
Albion Rovers	1 – 1	St Johnstone
Montrose	0 – 2	Ayr United
Stirling Albion	1 – 2	Cowdenbeath
Threave Rovers	0 – 6	Stranraer
Vale of Leithen	2 – 3	Brechin City

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
East Stirlingshire	2 – 1	Inverness Caledonian
St Johnstone	2 – 0	Albion Rovers

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Alloa Athletic	0 – 1	Cowdenbeath
Berwick Rangers	0 – 1	Brechin City
Buckie Thistle	2 – 3	East Stirlingshire
Fraserburgh	2 – 5	St Johnstone
Gala Fairydean	3 – 0	Civil Service Strollers
Queen's Park	2 – 3	Ayr United
Stenhousemuir	1 – 1	Arbroath
Stranraer	6 – 2	Keith

Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Arbroath	1 – 1	Stenhousemuir

Second Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Stenhousemuir	0 – 1	Arbroath

Third round

Home team	Score	Away team
Raith Rovers	0 – 0	Rangers
Forfar Athletic	1 – 1	Partick Thistle
Hamilton Academical	2 – 0	Meadowbank Thistle
Arbroath	0 – 7	Dundee United
Celtic	1 – 0	Stranraer
Clyde	0 – 0	Cowdenbeath
Dumbarton	0 – 0	Hibernian
Dundee	0 – 0	Brechin City
Dunfermline Athletic	1 – 1	Ayr United
East Fife	1 – 2	Airdrieonians
Falkirk	1 – 3	Hearts
Gala Fairydean	3 – 5	East Stirlingshire
Motherwell	0 – 0	Kilmarnock
Queen of the South	1 – 2	Greenock Morton
St Johnstone	0 – 1	Aberdeen
St Mirren	0 – 3	Clydebank

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Partick Thistle	3 – 0	Forfar Athletic
Rangers	4 – 1	Raith Rovers
Ayr United	0 – 2	Dunfermline Athletic
Brechin City	0 – 3	Dundee
Cowdenbeath	0 – 1	Clyde
Kilmarnock	1 – 3	Motherwell
Hibernian	3 – 0	Dumbarton

Fourth round

Home team	Score	Away team
Celtic	0 – 0	Hibernian
Airdrieonians	0 – 2	Dundee United
Clydebank	2 – 2	Partick Thistle
Dundee	2 – 0	Motherwell
Dunfermline Athletic	2 – 0	Rangers
East Stirlingshire	2 – 3	Clyde
Hamilton Academical	0 – 2	Aberdeen
Hearts	2 – 0	Greenock Morton

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Partick Thistle	4 – 1	Clydebank
Hibernian	0 – 1	Celtic

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	5 – 0	Clyde
Dundee	0 – 0	Dundee United
Hearts	3 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic
Partick Thistle	0 – 3	Celtic

Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Dundee United	2 – 2	Dundee

Second Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Dundee	0 – 3	Dundee United

Semi-finals

9 April 1988

Celtic	2 – 1	Hearts
Andy Walker Mark McGhee		Brian Whittaker

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 66,466

Referee: Kenny Hope

9 April 1988

Aberdeen	0 – 0	Dundee United

Dens Park, Dundee

Attendance: 20,488

Replay

13 April 1988

Aberdeen	1 – 1 (AET)	Dundee United
Charlie Nicholas		Mixu Paatelainen

Dens Park, Dundee

Attendance: 17,288

Second Replay

20 April 1988

Aberdeen	0 – 1	Dundee United
		Iain Ferguson

Dens Park, Dundee

Attendance: 19,048

Final

14 May 1988

Celtic	2 – 1	Dundee United
Frank McAvennie		Kevin Gallacher

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 74,000

Referee: George Smith

References

^ "Players were pressurised into meeting Thatcher". heraldscotland.com. Retrieved 19 February 2024.

[1] "Players were pressurised into meeting Thatcher". heraldscotland.com. Retrieved 19 February 2024.

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v t e 1987–88 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '87 '88 England Faroe Islands '87 '88 Finland '87 '88 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '87 '88 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '87 '88 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '87 '88 Spain Sweden '87 '88 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '87 '88 Finland '87 '88 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '87 '88 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '87 '88 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Soviet Union '87 '88
Supercups	West Germany
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup

v t e 1987–88 in Scottish football
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Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Junior Cup Tennent's Sixes
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup
Related to national team	Results Euro 1988 qualifying (Group 7) Rous Cup
Club seasons
Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Morton Motherwell Rangers St. Mirren
First Division	Airdrieonians Clyde Clydebank Dumbarton East Fife Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock Meadowbank Thistle Partick Thistle Queen of the South Raith Rovers
Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Brechin City Berwick Rangers Cowdenbeath East Stirlingshire Montrose Queen's Park St. Johnstone Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

First round

Replays

Second round

Replay

Second Replay

Third round

Replays

Fourth round

Replays

Quarter-finals

Replay

Second Replay

Semi-finals

Replay

Second Replay

Final

See also

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