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The '''1954–55 [[Scottish Cup]]''' was the 70th staging of Scotland's most prestigious [[association football|football]] knockout competition. The Cup was won by [[Clyde F.C.|Clyde]] who defeated [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] in the [[Replay (sports)#Association football|replayed]] final. It was Clyde's second cup success, whilst Celtic lost in the final having won the last five Scottish Cup finals that they had played in.<ref>[http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/scotcuphist.html List of Scottish Cup Finals at RSSSF]</ref> The 1955 final was the first to be televised live, being broadcast by the [[BBC]]. This was not officially announced before the match. The replayed final was not televised.<ref name="Robertson">{{cite book |last1=Robertson |first1=Forrest H. C. |title=How The Cup Was Won. The Scottish Cup Finals Story |date=2014 |publisher=PM Publications |location=Kirkcaldy |isbn=978-0-9534682-7-0 |pages=62–63}}</ref>
The '''1954–55 [[Scottish Cup]]''' was the 70th staging of Scotland's most prestigious [[association football|football]] knockout competition. The Cup was won by [[Clyde F.C.|Clyde]] who defeated [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] in the [[Replay (sports)#Association football|replayed]] final. It was Clyde's second cup success, whilst Celtic lost in the final having won the last five Scottish Cup finals that they had played in.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/scotcuphist.html List of Scottish Cup Finals at RSSSF]</ref> The 1955 final was the first to be televised live, being broadcast by the [[BBC]]. This was not officially announced before the match. The replayed final was not televised.<ref name="Robertson">{{cite book |last1=Robertson |first1=Forrest H. C. |title=How The Cup Was Won. The Scottish Cup Finals Story |date=2014 |publisher=PM Publications |location=Kirkcaldy |isbn=978-0-9534682-7-0 |pages=62–63}}</ref>


== First round ==
== First round ==
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Latest revision as of 18:51, 2 January 2024

1954–55 Scottish Cup
Tournament details
CountryScotland
Final positions
ChampionsClyde
Runner-upCeltic

The 1954–55 Scottish Cup was the 70th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Clyde who defeated Celtic in the replayed final. It was Clyde's second cup success, whilst Celtic lost in the final having won the last five Scottish Cup finals that they had played in.[1] The 1955 final was the first to be televised live, being broadcast by the BBC. This was not officially announced before the match. The replayed final was not televised.[2]

First round

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Home team Score Away team
Aberdeen University 3 – 3 Girvan Amateurs
Babcock & Wilcox 3 – 1 Shawfield Amateurs
Burntisland Shipyard 1 – 7 Forres Mechanics
Chirnside United 1 – 4 Peterhead
Civil Service Strollers 2 – 3 Vale of Leithen
Deveronvale 0 – 4 Inverness Thistle
Eyemouth United 2 – 3 Buckie Thistle
Fraserburgh 9 – 0 Edinburgh University
Gala Fairydean 5 – 3 Keith
Glasgow University 1 – 5 Huntly
Inverness Caledonian 7 – 3 Rothes
Lossiemouth 6 – 0 Murrayfield Amateurs
Newton Stewart 3 – 5 Elgin City
Ross County 2 – 2 Peebles Rovers
St Cuthbert Wanderers 5 – 1 Vale of Atholl
Tarff Rovers 1 – 1 Duns
Wick Academy 2 – 4 Coldstream

Replays

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Home team Score Away team
Duns 3 – 0 Tarff Rovers
Girvan Amateurs 2 – 0 Aberdeen University
Peebles Rovers 5 – 1 Ross County

Second round

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Home team Score Away team
Brora Rangers 2 – 0 Coldstream
Duns 1 – 8 Buckie Thistle
Elgin City 1 – 1 Clachnacuddin
Forres Mechanics 5 – 1 Huntly
Inverness Caledonian 5 – 0 Wigtown & Bladnoch
Inverness Thistle 7 – 1 Selkirk
Lossiemouth 1 – 0 Gala Fairydean
Peebles Rovers 4 – 3 Girvan Amateurs
Peterhead 7 – 0 Babcock & Wilcox
St Cuthbert Wanderers 4 – 2 Whithorn
Vale of Leithen 0 – 4 Fraserburgh

Replays

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Home team Score Away team
Clachnacuddin 7 – 1 Elgin City

Third round

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Home team Score Away team
Berwick Rangers 3 – 3 Clachnacuddin
Brora Rangers 3 – 3 Inverness Caledonian
Fraserburgh 4 – 2 East Stirlingshire
Inverness Thistle 2 – 1 Stranraer
Lossiemouth 2 – 2 Forres Mechanics
Montrose 3 – 1 Dumbarton
Peebles Rovers 5 – 2 St Cuthbert Wanderers
Peterhead 0 – 4 Buckie Thistle

Replays

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Home team Score Away team
Clachnacuddin 2 – 1 Berwick Rangers
Forres Mechanics 5 – 3 Lossiemouth
Inverness Caledonian 8 – 2 Brora Rangers

Fourth round

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Home team Score Away team
Alloa Athletic 4 – 2 Fraserburgh
Arbroath 2 – 0 Brechin City
Buckie Thistle 1 – 1 Queen's Park
Clachnacuddin 1 – 2 Inverness Thistle
Cowdenbeath 2 – 2 Ayr United
Dundee United 1 – 3 Forfar Athletic
Montrose 1 – 3 Inverness Caledonian
Peebles Rovers 0 – 2 Forres Mechanics

Replays

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Home team Score Away team
Ayr United 3 – 3 Cowdenbeath
Queen's Park 1 – 2 Buckie Thistle

Second Replays

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Home team Score Away team
Ayr United 3 – 1 Cowdenbeath

Fifth round

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Home team Score Away team
Airdrieonians 4 – 3 Forfar Athletic
Alloa Athletic 2 – 4 Celtic
Arbroath 0 – 4 St Johnstone
Buckie Thistle 2 – 0 Inverness Thistle
Clyde 3 – 0 Albion Rovers
Dunfermline Athletic 4 – 2 Partick Thistle
East Fife 1 – 2 Kilmarnock
Falkirk 4 – 0 Stenhousemuir
Forres Mechanics 3 – 4 Motherwell
Hamilton Academical 2 – 1 St Mirren
Hearts 5 – 0 Hibernian
Inverness Caledonian 1 – 1 Ayr United
Greenock Morton 1 – 3 Raith Rovers
Rangers 0 – 0 Dundee
Stirling Albion 0 – 6 Aberdeen
Third Lanark 2 – 1 Queen of the South

Replays

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Home team Score Away team
Ayr United 2 – 4 Inverness Caledonian
Dundee 0 – 1 Rangers

Sixth Round

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Home team Score Away team
Aberdeen 2 – 1 Rangers
Airdrieonians 7 – 0 Dunfermline Athletic
Buckie Thistle 0 – 6 Hearts
Clyde 3 – 1 Raith Rovers
Inverness Caledonian 0 – 7 Falkirk
Kilmarnock 1 – 1 Celtic
St Johnstone 0 – 1 Hamilton Academical
Third Lanark 1 – 3 Motherwell

Replays

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Home team Score Away team
Celtic 1 – 0 Kilmarnock

Quarter-finals

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Home team Score Away team
Airdrieonians 4 – 1 Motherwell
Celtic 2 – 1[3] Hamilton Academical
Clyde 5 – 0 Falkirk
Hearts 1 – 1 Aberdeen

Replays

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Home team Score Away team
Aberdeen 2 – 0 Hearts

Semi-finals

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Celtic2–2Airdrieonians
Attendance: 88,840
Clyde2–2Aberdeen
Tommy Ring 9' 89' Paddy Buckley 37' 40'
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Bob Davidson

Replays

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Celtic2–0Airdrieonians
Attendance: 71,800
Clyde1–0Aberdeen
Archie Robertson 28'
Attendance: 27,937
Referee: Bob Davidson

Final

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Clyde1–1Celtic
Archie Robertson Report (Page 4) Walsh
Attendance: 106,234
Referee: Charlie Faultless
Teams
CLYDE:
GK South Africa Ken Hewkins
RB Republic of Ireland Albert Murphy
LB Scotland Harry Haddock
RH Scotland Ralph Granville
CH Scotland Tommy Anderson
LH Scotland Davie Laing
RW Scotland John Divers
IR Scotland Archie Robertson
CF Scotland Ally Hill
IL Scotland George Brown
LW Scotland Tommy Ring
Manager:
Scotland Paddy Travers
CELTIC:
GK Scotland John Bonnar
RB Scotland Mike Haughney
LB Scotland Frank Meechan
RH Scotland Bobby Evans
CH Scotland Jock Stein
LH Northern Ireland Bertie Peacock
RW Scotland Bobby Collins
IR Scotland Willie Fernie
CF Scotland John McPhail
IL Scotland Jimmy Walsh
LW Northern Ireland Charlie Tully
Manager:
Scotland Jimmy McGrory

Replay

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Clyde1–0Celtic
Tommy Ring Report (Page 4)
Attendance: 68,831
Referee: Charlie Faultless
Teams
CLYDE:
GK South Africa Ken Hewkins
RB Republic of Ireland Albert Murphy
LB Scotland Harry Haddock
RH Scotland Ralph Granville
CH Scotland Tommy Anderson
LH Scotland Davie Laing
RW Scotland John Divers
IR Scotland Archie Robertson
CF Scotland Ally Hill
IL Scotland George Brown
LW Scotland Tommy Ring
Manager:
Scotland Paddy Travers
CELTIC:
GK Scotland John Bonnar
RB Scotland Mike Haughney
LB Scotland Frank Meechan
RH Scotland Bobby Evans
CH Scotland Jock Stein
LH Northern Ireland Bertie Peacock
RW Scotland Jimmy Walsh
IR Scotland Willie Fernie
CF Republic of Ireland Sean Fallon
IL Scotland John McPhail
LW Northern Ireland Charlie Tully
Manager:
Scotland Jimmy McGrory

See also

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References

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  1. ^ List of Scottish Cup Finals at RSSSF
  2. ^ Robertson, Forrest H. C. (2014). How The Cup Was Won. The Scottish Cup Finals Story. Kirkcaldy: PM Publications. pp. 62–63. ISBN 978-0-9534682-7-0.
  3. ^ "Accies in the Quarter Final". Hamilton Academical F.C. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  4. ^ Scottish Cup Semi-Finals - Clyde V. Aberdeen, British Pathé Archive, 31 March 1955
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