1987–88 Scottish Cup

1987–88 Scottish Cup
Country	Scotland
Champions	Celtic
Runners-up	Dundee United
	← 1986–87 1988–89 →

The 1987–88 Scottish Cup was the 103rd staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Celtic who defeated Dundee United in the final.

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Inverness Caledonian	1 – 1	East Stirlingshire
Albion Rovers	1 – 1	St Johnstone
Montrose	0 – 2	Ayr United
Stirling Albion	1 – 2	Cowdenbeath
Threave Rovers	0 – 6	Stranraer
Vale of Leithen	2 – 3	Brechin City

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
East Stirlingshire	2 – 1	Inverness Caledonian
St Johnstone	2 – 0	Albion Rovers

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Alloa Athletic	0 – 1	Cowdenbeath
Berwick Rangers	0 – 1	Brechin City
Buckie Thistle	2 – 3	East Stirlingshire
Fraserburgh	2 – 5	St Johnstone
Gala Fairydean	3 – 0	Civil Service Strollers
Queen’s Park	2 – 3	Ayr United
Stenhousemuir	1 – 1	Arbroath
Stranraer	6 – 2	Keith

Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Arbroath	1 – 1	Stenhousemuir

Second Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Stenhousemuir	0 – 1	Arbroath

Third round

Home team	Score	Away team
Raith Rovers	0 – 0	Rangers
Forfar Athletic	1 – 1	Partick Thistle
Hamilton Academical	2 – 0	Meadowbank Thistle
Arbroath	0 – 7	Dundee United
Celtic	1 – 0	Stranraer
Clyde	0 – 0	Cowdenbeath
Dumbarton	0 – 0	Hibernian
Dundee	0 – 0	Brechin City
Dunfermline Athletic	1 – 1	Ayr United
East Fife	1 – 2	Airdrieonians
Falkirk	1 – 3	Hearts
Gala Fairydean	3 – 5	East Stirlingshire
Motherwell	0 – 0	Kilmarnock
Queen of the South	1 – 2	Greenock Morton
St Johnstone	0 – 1	Aberdeen
St Mirren	0 – 3	Clydebank

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Partick Thistle	3 – 0	Forfar Athletic
Rangers	4 – 1	Raith Rovers
Ayr United	0 – 2	Dunfermline Athletic
Brechin City	0 – 3	Dundee
Cowdenbeath	0 – 1	Clyde
Kilmarnock	1 – 3	Motherwell
Hibernian	3 – 0	Dumbarton

Fourth round

Home team	Score	Away team
Celtic	0 – 0	Hibernian
Airdrieonians	0 – 2	Dundee United
Clydebank	2 – 2	Partick Thistle
Dundee	2 – 0	Motherwell
Dunfermline Athletic	2 – 0	Rangers
East Stirlingshire	2 – 3	Clyde
Hamilton Academical	0 – 2	Aberdeen
Hearts	2 – 0	Greenock Morton

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Partick Thistle	4 – 1	Clydebank
Hibernian	0 – 1	Celtic

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	5 – 0	Clyde
Dundee	0 – 0	Dundee United
Hearts	3 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic
Partick Thistle	0 – 3	Celtic

Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Dundee United	2 – 2	Dundee

Second Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Dundee	0 – 3	Dundee United

Semi-finals

9 April 1988

Celtic	2 – 1	Hearts
Andy Walker Mark McGhee		Brian Whittaker

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 66,466

Referee: Kenny Hope

9 April 1988

Aberdeen	0 – 0	Dundee United

Dens Park, Dundee

Attendance: 20,488

Replay

13 April 1988

Aberdeen	1 – 1	Dundee United
Peter Nicholas		Mixu Paatelainen

Dens Park, Dundee

Attendance: 17,288

Second Replay

20 April 1988

Aberdeen	0 – 1	Dundee United
		Iain Ferguson

Dens Park, Dundee

Attendance: 19,048

Final

14 May 1988

Celtic	2 – 1	Dundee United
Frank McAvennie		Kevin Gallacher

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 74,000

Referee: George Smith

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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
Finals	1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915–19 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940–46 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
List of finals Winning managers Scottish Qualifying Cup

1987–88 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '87 '88 England Faroe Islands '87 '88 Finland '87 '88 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '87 '88 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '87 '88 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '87 '88 Spain Sweden '87 '88 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '87 '88 Finland '87 '88 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '87 '88 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '87 '88 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Soviet Union '87 '88
Supercups	West Germany
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup

1987–88 in Scottish football
« 1986–87 1988–89 »
Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Junior Cup Tennent's Sixes
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup
Related to national team	Results Euro 1988 qualifying (Group 7) Rous Cup
Club seasons
Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Morton Motherwell Rangers St. Mirren
First Division	Airdrieonians Clyde Clydebank Dumbarton East Fife Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock Meadowbank Thistle Partick Thistle Queen of the South Raith Rovers
Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Brechin City Berwick Rangers Cowdenbeath East Stirlingshire Montrose Queen's Park St. Johnstone Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

1987–88 Scottish Cup

First round

Replays

Second round

Replay

Second Replay

Third round

Replays

Fourth round

Replays

Quarter-finals

Replay

Second Replay

Semi-finals

Replay

Second Replay

Final

See also