1980–81 Scottish Cup

1980–81 Scottish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Final positions
Champions	Rangers
Runner-up	Dundee United
	← 1979–80 1981–82 →

The 1980–81 Scottish Cup was the 96th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Rangers who defeated Dundee United in the replayed final.^[1]

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Alloa Athletic (3)	1 – 1	Stenhousemuir (3)
Brechin City (3)	2 – 1	Keith (HL)
East Fife (3)	2 – 1	Civil Service Strollers (ESL)
Meadowbank Thistle (3)	2 – 2	Buckie Thistle (HL)
Queen's Park (3)	2 – 2	Montrose (3)
Whitehill Welfare (ESL)	1 – 1	Hawick Royal Albert (SSL)

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Buckie Thistle (HL)	3 – 2	Meadowbank Thistle (3)
Hawick Royal Albert (SSL)	4 – 1	Whitehill Welfare (ESL)
Montrose (3)	2 – 0	Queen's Park (3)
Stenhousemuir (3)	3 – 2	Alloa Athletic (3)

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Albion Rovers (3)	1 – 1	Arbroath (3)
Queen of the South (3)	1 – 2	East Fife (3)
Forfar Athletic (3)	0 – 2	Brechin City (3)
Hawick Royal Albert (SSL)	2 – 2	Cowdenbeath (3)
Inverness Thistle (HL)	2 – 0	Montrose (3)
Rothes (HL)	1 – 5	Clyde (3)
Stenhousemuir (3)	0 – 0	Spartans (ESL)
Stranraer (3)	2 – 2	Buckie Thistle (HL)

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Arbroath (3)	1 – 0	Albion Rovers (3)
Cowdenbeath (3)	3 – 0	Hawick Royal Albert (SSL)
Buckie Thistle (HL)	3 – 2	Stranraer (3)
Spartans (ESL)	1 – 2	Stenhousemuir (3)

Third round

Home team	Score	Away team
Airdrieonians (1)	0 – 5	Rangers (1)
Arbroath (3)	1 – 1	Cowdenbeath (3)
Berwick Rangers (2)	0 – 2	Celtic (1)
Brechin City (3)	1 – 2	Dundee United (1)
Buckie Thistle (HL)	1 – 3	Stirling Albion (2)
East Fife (3)	0 – 0	Clydebank (2)
East Stirlingshire (2)	4 – 1	Inverness Thistle (HL)
Falkirk (2)	1 – 0	Dundee (2)
Hamilton Academical (2)	0 – 3	St Johnstone (2)
Hibernian (2)	1 – 1	Dunfermline Athletic (2)
Kilmarnock (1)	2 – 1	Ayr United (2)
Greenock Morton (1)	0 – 0	Hearts (1)
Partick Thistle (1)	2 – 2	Clyde (3)
Raith Rovers (2)	1 – 2	Aberdeen (1)
St Mirren (1)	0 – 2	Dumbarton (2)
Stenhousemuir (3)	1 – 1	Motherwell (2)

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Clyde (3)	2 – 4	Partick Thistle (1)
Clydebank (2)	5 – 4	East Fife (3)
Cowdenbeath (3)	4 – 0	Arbroath (3)
Dunfermline Athletic (2)	1 – 2	Hibernian (2)
Hearts (1)	1 – 3	Greenock Morton (1)
Motherwell (2)	2 – 1	Stenhousemuir (3)

Fourth round

Home team	Score	Away team
Celtic (1)	3 – 0	Stirling Albion (2)
Cowdenbeath (3)	1 – 2	East Stirlingshire (2)
Dundee United (1)	1 – 0	Partick Thistle (1)
Hibernian (2)	1 – 0	Falkirk (2)
Kilmarnock (1)	0 – 0	Clydebank (2)
Greenock Morton (1)	1 – 0	Aberdeen (1)
Motherwell (2)	2 – 1	Dumbarton (2)
St Johnstone (2)	3 – 3	Rangers (1)

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Clydebank (2)	1 – 1	Kilmarnock (1)
Rangers (1)	3 – 1	St Johnstone (2)

Second Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Kilmarnock (1)	0 – 1	Clydebank (2)

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Greenock Morton (1)	0 – 0	Clydebank (2)
Celtic (1)	2 – 0	East Stirlingshire (2)
Dundee United (1)	6 – 1	Motherwell (2)
Rangers (1)	3 – 1	Hibernian (2)

Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Clydebank (2)	0 – 6	Greenock Morton (1)

Semi-finals

11 April 1981

Celtic	0–0	Dundee United

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 40,337

11 April 1981

Rangers	2–1	Morton

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 27,050

Replay

15 April 1981

Dundee United	3–2	Celtic
Eamonn Bannon 9' Paul Hegarty 10' Mike Conroy 76' (o.g.)		Charlie Nicholas 5' (pen.) Charlie Nicholas

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 32,328

Final

9 May 1981

Rangers	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Dundee United

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 53,000

Referee: Ian Foote

Replay

12 May 1981

Rangers	4–1	Dundee United
Davie Cooper 10' Bobby Russell 21' John MacDonald 29', 77'		Davie Dodds 23'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 43,099

Referee: Ian Foote

References

^ Strachan, Graeme. "Rangers broke Dundee United legend Jim McLean's heart in forgotten 'family final'". thecourier.co.uk. Retrieved 18 February 2024.

[1] Strachan, Graeme. "Rangers broke Dundee United legend Jim McLean's heart in forgotten 'family final'". thecourier.co.uk. Retrieved 18 February 2024.

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First round

Replays

Second round

Replays

Third round

Replays

Fourth round

Replays

Second Replay

Quarter-finals

Replay

Semi-finals

Replay

Final

Replay

See also

References