1975–76 Scottish Cup

1975–76 Scottish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Final positions
Champions	Rangers
Runners-up	Heart of Midlothian

The 1975–76 Scottish Cup was the 91st staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Rangers who defeated Heart of Midlothian in the final. ^[1]

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Albion Rovers	0 – 0	Hawick Royal Albert
Brechin City	1 – 1	Berwick Rangers
East Stirlingshire	0 – 5	Alloa Athletic
Elgin City	0 – 1	Forres Mechanics
Peterhead	0 – 2	Raith Rovers
Stranraer	1 – 0	Queen's Park

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Hawick Royal Albert	0 – 3	Albion Rovers
Berwick Rangers	3 – 3	Brechin City

Second Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Berwick Rangers	0 – 1	Brechin City

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Albion Rovers	1 – 1	Glasgow University
Cowdenbeath	2 – 0	Selkirk
Forfar Athletic	2 – 1	Meadowbank Thistle
Forres Mechanics	1 – 2	Alloa Athletic
Raith Rovers	3 – 1	Clydebank
Stenhousemuir	2 – 2	Brechin City
Stirling Albion	4 – 0	Civil Service Strollers
Stranraer	2 – 3	Keith

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Brechin City	0 – 1	Stenhousemuir
Glasgow University	0 – 1	Albion Rovers

Third round

Home team	Score	Away team
Albion Rovers	1 – 2	Partick Thistle
Alloa Athletic	0 – 4	Aberdeen
Ayr United	4 – 2	Airdrieonians
Cowdenbeath	3 – 0	St Mirren
Dumbarton	2 – 0	Keith
Dundee	1 – 2	Falkirk
Dundee United	4 – 0	Hamilton Academical
Hearts	2 – 2	Clyde
Hibernian	3 – 2	Dunfermline Athletic
Greenock Morton	1 – 3	Montrose
Motherwell	3 – 2	Celtic
Queen of the South	3 – 2	St Johnstone
Raith Rovers	1 – 0	Arbroath
Rangers	3 – 0	East Fife
Stenhousemuir	1 – 1	Kilmarnock
Stirling Albion	2 – 1	Forfar Athletic

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Clyde	0 – 1	Hearts
Kilmarnock	1 – 0	Stenhousemuir

Fourth round

Home team	Score	Away team
Ayr United	2 – 2	Queen of the South
Cowdenbeath	0 – 2	Motherwell
Hearts	3 – 0	Stirling Albion
Hibernian	1 – 1	Dundee United
Kilmarnock	3 – 1	Falkirk
Montrose	2 – 1	Raith Rovers
Partick Thistle	0 – 0	Dumbarton
Rangers	4 – 1	Aberdeen

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Dumbarton	1 – 0	Partick Thistle
Dundee United	0 – 2	Hibernian
Queen of the South	5 – 4	Ayr United

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Dumbarton	2 – 1	Kilmarnock
Montrose	2 – 2	Hearts
Motherwell	2 – 2	Hibernian
Queen of the South	0 – 5	Rangers

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Hibernian	1 – 1	Motherwell
Hearts	2 – 2	Montrose

Second Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Hibernian	1 – 2	Motherwell
Hearts	2 – 1	Montrose

Semi-finals

31 March 1976

Motherwell	2–3	Rangers

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: John Gordon

3 April 1976

Dumbarton	0–0	Hearts

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 16,087

Referee: Ian Foote

Replays

14 April 1976

Dumbarton	0–3	Hearts

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 11,273

Referee: Ian Foote

Final

1 May 1976

Rangers	3–1	Hearts
Derek Johnstone (2) Alex MacDonald		Graham Shaw

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 85,354

Referee: Bobby Davidson

References

^ Davidson, Jack. "Scotsman Obituaries: Drew Busby, Hearts legend nicknamed 'Buzz Bomb'". scotsman.com. Retrieved 7 June 2025.

Scottish Cup
Seasons	1873–74 1874–75 1875–76 1876–77 1877–78 1878–79 1879–80 1880–81 1881–82 1882–83 1883–84 1884–85 1885–86 1886–87 1887–88 1888–89 1889–90 1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–1919 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–1946 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
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List of finals Winning managers Scottish Qualifying Cup

1975–76 in Scottish football
« 1974–75 1976–77 »
Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Final League Cup Final Spring Cup Junior Cup
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup Anglo-Scottish Cup
Related to national team	Results Euro 1976 qualifying (Group 4) British Home Championship
Club seasons
Premier Division	Aberdeen Ayr United Celtic Dundee Dundee United Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Motherwell Rangers St. Johnstone
First Division	Airdrieonians Arbroath Clyde Dumbarton Dunfermline Athletic East Fife Falkirk Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock Montrose Morton Partick Thistle Queen of the South St. Mirren
Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clydebank Cowdenbeath East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Meadowbank Thistle Queen's Park Raith Rovers Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

1975–76 in European football (UEFA)
« 1974–75 1976–77 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '75 '76 England Faroe Islands '75 '76 Finland '75 '76 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '75 '76 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '75 '76 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '75 '76 Spain Sweden '75 '76 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '75 '76 Finland '75 '76 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '75 '76 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '75 '76 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland Switzerland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '75 '76

First round

Replays

Second Replays

Second round

Replays

Third round

Replays

Fourth round

Replays

Quarter-finals

Replays

Second Replays

Semi-finals

Replays

Final

See also

References