1955–56 Scottish Cup

1955–56 Scottish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Final positions
Champions	Heart of Midlothian
Runner-up	Celtic
	← 1954–55 1956–57 →

The 1955–56 Scottish Cup was the 71st staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Heart of Midlothian who defeated Celtic in the final. The final was a repeat of the 1907 final and was Hearts' first appearance in the final since that date.^[1]

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Whithorn	7 – 0	Vale of Leithen
Babcock & Wilcox	2 – 5	Clachnacuddin
Buckie Thistle	2 – 1	Rothes
Chirnside United	1 – 9	Elgin City
Duns	3 – 0	Deveronvale
Edinburgh University	0 – 7	Inverness Thistle
Eyemouth United	5 – 1	Brora Rangers
Forres Mechanics	3 – 2	Glasgow University
Fraserburgh	3 – 1	Aberdeen University
Gala Fairydean	2 – 1	Peterhead
Huntly	4 – 2	Civil Service Strollers
Lossiemouth	7 – 0	Wick Academy
Murrayfield Amateurs	2 – 2	Shawfield Amateurs
Nairn County	1 – 4	Inverness Caledonian
Newton Stewart	3 – 5	Peebles Rovers
Ross County	4 – 2	Coldstream
Selkirk	3 – 2	Burntisland Shipyard
St Cuthbert Wanderers	3 – 1	Vale of Atholl
Tarff Rovers	2 – 2	Girvan Amateurs
Wigtown & Bladnoch	0 – 7	Keith

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Girvan Amateurs	0 – 1	Tarff Rovers
Shawfield Amateurs	2 – 1	Murrayfield Amateurs

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Peebles Rovers	4 – 3	Eyemouth United
Clachnacuddin	3 – 0	St Cuthbert Wanderers
Gala Fairydean	6 – 2	Shawfield Amateurs
Huntly	2 – 4	Forres Mechanics
Inverness Thistle	5 – 2	Buckie Thistle
Keith	2 – 0	Elgin City
Lossiemouth	3 – 1	Duns
Ross County	3 – 2	Tarff Rovers
Whithorn	2 – 3	Selkirk

Third round

Home team	Score	Away team
Berwick Rangers	3 – 0	Fraserburgh
Dumbarton	5 – 3	Inverness Caledonian
Forres Mechanics	2 – 4	Clachnacuddin
Gala Fairydean	4 – 5	Montrose
Inverness Thistle	1 – 1	Peebles Rovers
Keith	2 – 4	East Stirlingshire
Lossiemouth	1 – 0	Selkirk
Ross County	2 – 3	Stranraer

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Peebles Rovers	2 – 1	Inverness Thistle

Fourth round

Home team	Score	Away team
Albion Rovers	1 – 1	Alloa Athletic
Berwick Rangers	5 – 1	Lossiemouth
Brechin City	1 – 1	Peebles Rovers
Cowdenbeath	6 – 0	Montrose
Dundee United	4 – 1	Dumbarton
East Stirlingshire	0 – 2	Arbroath
Forfar Athletic	5 – 2	Stranraer
Greenock Morton	5 – 2	Clachnacuddin

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Alloa Athletic	4 – 0	Albion Rovers
Peebles Rovers	4 – 4	Brechin City

Second replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Peebles Rovers	0 – 0	Brechin City

Third replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Brechin City	6 – 2	Peebles Rovers

Fifth round

Home team	Score	Away team
Airdrieonians	7 – 1	Hamilton Academical
Ayr United	5 – 2	Berwick Rangers
Brechin City	1 – 1	Arbroath
Clyde	5 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic
Dundee United	2 – 2	Dundee
East Fife	1 – 3	Stenhousemuir
Falkirk	0 – 3	Kilmarnock
Hearts	3 – 0	Forfar Athletic
Hibernian	1 – 1	Raith Rovers
Greenock Morton	0 – 2	Celtic
Motherwell	0 – 2	Queen's Park
Partick Thistle	2 – 0	Alloa Athletic
Queen of the South	3 – 1	Cowdenbeath
Rangers	2 – 1	Aberdeen
St Mirren	6 – 0	Third Lanark
Stirling Albion	2 – 1	St Johnstone

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Raith Rovers	3 – 1	Hibernian
Arbroath	2 – 3	Brechin City
Dundee	3 – 0	Dundee United

Sixth round

Home team	Score	Away team
Airdrieonians	4 – 4	St Mirren
Ayr United	0 – 3	Celtic
Dundee	0 – 1	Rangers
Hearts	5 – 0	Stirling Albion
Kilmarnock	2 – 2	Queen of the South
Partick Thistle	3 – 1	Brechin City
Raith Rovers	2 – 2	Queen's Park
Stenhousemuir	0 – 1	Clyde

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Queen of the South	2 – 0	Kilmarnock
Queen's Park	1 – 2	Raith Rovers
St Mirren	1 – 3	Airdrieonians

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Celtic	2 – 1	Airdrieonians
Hearts	4 – 0	Rangers
Queen of the South	2 – 4	Clyde
Raith Rovers	2 – 1	Partick Thistle

Semi-finals

24 March 1956

Celtic	2–1	Clyde

Hampden Park, Glasgow

24 March 1956

Hearts	0–0	Raith Rovers

Easter Road, Edinburgh

Attendance: 58,448

Replay

28 March 1956

Hearts	3–0	Raith Rovers
Wardhaugh Crawford

Easter Road, Edinburgh

Attendance: 54,233

Final

21 April 1956

Hearts	3–1	Celtic
Crawford 20' 48' Conn 80'	Report	Haughney 55'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 132,840

Referee: Bobby Davidson (Airdrie)

References

^ List of Scottish Cup Finals at RSSSF

External links

Report from 1956 Final, London Hearts Supporters' Club

[1] List of Scottish Cup Finals at RSSSF

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Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Celtic Clyde Dundee Dunfermline Athletic East Fife Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Queen of the South Rangers Raith Rovers St. Mirren Stirling Albion
Division Two	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Berwick Rangers Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Dundee United East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Montrose Morton Queen's Park St. Johnstone Stenhousemuir Stranraer Third Lanark

First round

Replays

Second round

Third round

Replays

Fourth round

Replays

Second replays

Third replays

Fifth round

Replays

Sixth round

Replays

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Replay

Final

See also

References

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