1980–81 Scottish Cup

1980–81 Scottish Cup
Country	Scotland
Champions	Rangers
Runners-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.

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' (og)		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
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Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 43,099

Referee: Ian Foote

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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 1914–19 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 1939–46 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 1975–76 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
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List of finals Winning managers Scottish Qualifying Cup

1980–81 in Scottish football
« 1979–80 1981–82 »
Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Drybrough Cup Junior Cup
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup Anglo-Scottish Cup
Related to national team	Results World Cup 1982 qualifying (Group 6) British Home Championship
Club seasons
Premier Division	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Celtic Dundee United Heart of Midlothian Kilmarnock Morton Partick Thistle Rangers St. Mirren
First Division	Ayr United Berwick Rangers Clydebank Dundee Dunfermline Athletic Dumbarton East Stirlingshire Falkirk Hamilton Academical Hibernian Motherwell Raith Rovers St. Johnstone Stirling Albion
Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Brechin City Clyde Cowdenbeath East Fife Forfar Athletic Meadowbank Thistle Montrose Queen of the South Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stranraer

1980–81 in European football (UEFA)
« 1979–80 1981–82 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '80 '81 England Faroe Islands '80 '81 Finland '80 '81 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '80 '81 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '80 '81 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '80 '81 Spain Sweden '80 '81 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '80 '81 Finland '80 '81 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '80 '81 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '80 '81 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '81 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland
Super cups	Soviet Union '81
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup

1980–81 Scottish Cup

First round

Replays

Second round

Replays

Third round

Replays

Fourth round

Replays

Second Replay

Quarter-finals

Replay

Semi-finals

Replay

Final

Replay

See also