2012–13 Scottish Cup

The 2012–13 Scottish Cup was the 128th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The tournament began on 4 August 2012 and ended on 26 May 2013. It was sponsored by bookmaker William Hill in the second season of a three-year partnership and is known as the William Hill Scottish Cup. The winner of the competition qualified for the third qualifying round of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League. The holders Hearts were knocked out by their Edinburgh rivals Hibernian in the fourth round, in a repeat of the previous season's final.

2012–13 William Hill Scottish Cup

Country	Scotland
Teams	84
Champions	Celtic
Runners-up	Hibernian
Matches played	99
Goals scored	360 (3.64 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Jon Daly (5)
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

Format and Calendar

Due to an increase in the number of participating teams, there was a preliminary round involving four teams.[1] Thirty four other clubs from the Highland League, qualifying Junior clubs and other clubs affiliated with the Scottish Football Association were given a bye to the first round proper.[1] Third Division clubs enter in the second round, while Second Division and some First Division clubs start in the third round.[1] The remaining First Division and all Scottish Premier League (SPL) clubs enter in the fourth round (last 32).[1] The fourth round was played in early December 2012, to allow SPL clubs a brief winter shutdown in January.[2]

For the first time in its history, the Scottish Cup Final was due to be played on a Sunday.[2] This is to comply with UEFA regulations which prohibit televised matches being played on the same day as the UEFA Champions League Final.[2] The 2012 Scottish Cup Final was played on the same day as the 2012 UEFA Champions League Final, but this was done under a one-year waiver offered by UEFA.[2] Fixture congestion meant that the 2013 Scottish Cup Final could not be moved to an earlier weekend.[2]

The calendar for the 2012–13 competition is as follows:[3]

Round	Draw date	First match date	Fixtures		Clubs
			Original	Replays
Preliminary Round	Tuesday 3 July 2012	Saturday 4 August 2012	2	0	84 → 82
First Round	Monday 23 July 2012	Saturday 25 August 2012	18	3	82 → 64
Second Round	Monday 27 August 2012	Saturday 29 September 2012	16	3	64 → 48
Third Round	Monday 1 October 2012	Saturday 3 November 2012	16	7	48 → 32
Fourth Round	Monday 5 November 2012	Saturday 1 December 2012	16	4	32 → 16
Fifth Round	Monday 3 December 2012	Saturday 2 February 2013	8	0	16 → 80
Quarter Finals	Sunday 3 February 2013	Saturday 2 March 2013	4	0	8 → 4
Semi Finals	Monday 4 March 2013	Saturday 13 & Sunday 14 April 2013	2	N/A	4 → 2
Final	N/A	Sunday 26 May 2013	1	N/A	2 → 1

Preliminary round

The preliminary round draw was conducted on 3 July 2012 at Hampden Park, Glasgow.[4]

This round is contested entirely by non-league clubs:

• Fifteen SFA full member clubs from the Highland Football League: (Brora Rangers, Buckie Thistle, Clachnacuddin, Deveronvale, Formartine United, Fort William, Fraserburgh, Huntly, Inverurie Loco Works, Keith, Lossiemouth, Nairn County, Rothes, Turriff United and Wick Academy)
• Twelve SFA full member clubs from the East of Scotland League: (Burntisland Shipyard, Civil Service Strollers, Coldstream, Edinburgh City, Edinburgh University, Gala Fairydean, Hawick Royal Albert, Preston Athletic, Selkirk, Spartans, Vale of Leithen, Whitehill Welfare)
• Four SFA full member clubs from the South of Scotland League: (Newton Stewart, St Cuthbert Wanderers, Threave Rovers, Wigtown & Bladnoch)
• Three SFA full member clubs in other leagues: (Girvan, Glasgow University, Golspie Sutherland)
• Four qualifiers from the Scottish Junior Football Association: (Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic, Hermes, Irvine Meadow, Shotts Bon Accord)

Thirty four clubs received a bye into the First round.

Fort William v Preston Athletic

4 August 2012	Fort William	1 − 3	Preston Athletic	Claggan Park, Fort William
15:00	David Forbes  25'		19', 41' Sean Martin  86' Kevin Morrison	Referee: David Munro

Keith v St Cuthbert Wanderers

4 August 2012	Keith	0 − 1	St Cuthbert Wanderers	Kynoch Park, Keith
15:00			60' Craig Rudd	Referee: Nick Walsh

First round

The first round draw took place on 23 July 2012 at the Queen Anne Suite, Edinburgh Castle, at 2:00pm.[5][6]

This round was contested by the winners of the two preliminary round ties plus the thirty four clubs who received a bye in the preliminary round.

Threave Rovers v Vale of Leithen

25 August 2012	Threave Rovers	0 − 1	Vale of Leithen	Meadow Park, Castle Douglas
15:00			49' Danny Noon	Referee: Nick Walsh

Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic v Girvan

25 August 2012	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	2 − 1	Girvan	New Dundas Park, Bonnyrigg
15:00	Paul Shields  6' Kris Renton  28'		53' (pen) Darren Mitchell	Referee: Craig Napier

Huntly v Wigtown & Bladnoch

25 August 2012	Huntly	2 − 2	Wigtown & Bladnoch	Christie Park, Huntly
15:00	Barry Somers  59', 74'		15' Robert Jamieson  33' Jamie McHarrie	Referee: Andy Milne

Shotts Bon Accord v Edinburgh City

25 August 2012	Shotts Bon Accord	1 − 1	Edinburgh City	Hannah Park, Shotts
15:00	Ruaraidh Scott  34' (o.g.)		80' Paul Devlin	Referee: Steven Kirkland

Irvine Meadow v Gala Fairydean

25 August 2012	Irvine Meadow	4 − 0	Gala Fairydean	Meadow Park, Irvine
15:00	Tom Brighton  27', 61', 85' Richie Barr  42'			Referee: Duncan Williams

Edinburgh University v St Cuthbert Wanderers

25 August 2012	Edinburgh University	1 − 2	St Cuthbert Wanderers	Peffermill, Edinburgh
15:00	Dean Thomson  55' (o.g.)		9' Ian Miller  36' Andy Corcoran	Referee: Grant Irvine

Formartine United v Brora Rangers

25 August 2012	Formartine United	3 − 2	Brora Rangers	North Lodge Park, Pitmedden
15:00	Hamish Munro  6', 13' Daniel Park  21' (pen)		64' Steven Mackay  70' Craig Campbell	Referee: Graham Beaton

Civil Service Strollers v Newton Stewart

25 August 2012	Civil Service Strollers	4 − 0	Newton Stewart	Civil Service Sports Association, Edinburgh
15:00	Darren Aird  32' Craig Pimms  50' Stewart O'Neill  58', 85'			Referee: Alan Newlands

Spartans v Wick Academy

25 August 2012	Spartans	0 − 2	Wick Academy	Ainslie Park, Edinburgh
15:00			45' Grant Steven  45' Lukasz Geruzel	Referee: Gavin Duncan

Glasgow University v Selkirk

25 August 2012	Glasgow University	0 − 2	Selkirk	Garscube Sports Complex, Glasgow
15:00			3' David Battle  46' Aaron Butters	Referee: Paul O'Neill

Clachnacuddin v Lossiemouth

25 August 2012	Clachnacuddin	2 − 1	Lossiemouth	Grant Street Park, Inverness
15:00	Scott Graham  46' Blair Lawrie  81'		88' Ross Archibald	Referee: Ryan Milne

Hawick Royal Albert v Golspie Sutherland

25 August 2012	Hawick Royal Albert	1 − 4	Golspie Sutherland	Albert Park, Hawick
15:00	Lawrie Cannon  89'		16' (pen) Shane Sutherland  60', 88' Ronnie Jones  83' Shaun Kerr	Referee: James Campbell

Fraserburgh v Coldstream

25 August 2012	Fraserburgh	4 − 0	Coldstream	Bellslea Park, Fraserburgh
15:00	Ryan Christie  24' Mark Cowie  37' Scott Barbour  38' Graham Johnstone  77'			Referee: Craig Sim

Whitehill Welfare v Inverurie Loco Works

25 August 2012	Whitehill Welfare	2 − 4	Inverurie Loco Works	Ferguson Park, Rosewell
15:00	Steven Manson  60' Aaron Somerville  63'		29' Andrew Bagshaw  44' (pen) Ryan Broadhurst  52' Steven Park  74' Stuart McKay	Referee: Gavin Ross

Buckie Thistle v Rothes

25 August 2012	Buckie Thistle	0 − 0	Rothes	Victoria Park, Buckie
15:00				Referee: Morag Pirie

Hermes v Deveronvale

25 August 2012	Hermes	1 − 4	Deveronvale	Lochside Park, Bridge of Don
15:00	Keith Wilson  38'		3' (pen), 25' Scott Fraser  14' Graeme Watt  68' Kris Duncan	Referee: Mike McNab

Preston Athletic v Nairn County

25 August 2012	Preston Athletic	0 − 2	Nairn County	Pennypit Park, Prestonpans
15:00			3', 48' Conor Gethins	Referee: Steven Reid

Turriff United v Burntisland Shipyard

25 August 2012	Turriff United	6 − 1	Burntisland Shipyard	The Haughs, Turriff
15:00	Ross Anderson  6' Paul Campbell  7', 12' Gary Harris  37', 50' Stephen Gauld  82'		39' Craig Hutt	Referee: Graham Fraser

First Round Replays

Edinburgh City v Shotts Bon Accord

1 September 2012	Edinburgh City	4 − 1	Shotts Bon Accord	Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh
15:00	Ross Guthrie  11' Ruaridh Scott  53' Douglas Gair  78' Andy Howat  83'		90' (pen) Antonio Jaconelli

Rothes v Buckie Thistle

1 September 2012	Rothes	0 − 4	Buckie Thistle	Mackessack Park, Rothes
15:00			29' Neil Davidson  31', 32' (pen), 63' Zander Sutherland	Referee: Morag Pirie

Wigtown & Bladnoch v Huntly

1 September 2012	Wigtown & Bladnoch	0 − 2	Huntly	Trammondford Park, Wigtown
15:00			7' Barry Somers  57' Andrzej Kleczkowski	Referee: David Lowe

Second round

The second round draw took place on 27 August 2012. All ten teams from the Third Division were added to the competition at this stage, along with the champions of the South of Scotland League (Dalbeattie Star) and East of Scotland League (Stirling University), and the champions and runners-up from the Highland League (Forres Mechanics and Cove Rangers). [7]

Cove Rangers v Golspie Sutherland

29 September 2012	Cove Rangers	7 − 0	Golspie Sutherland	Allan Park, Aberdeen
15:00	Connor Scully  2' Alan Redford  27' Richie Singer  31' Ronnie Jones  63' (o.g.) Blair Yule  69' Jordan Leyden  74' Eric Watson  90'			Referee: David Munro

Fraserburgh v East Stirlingshire

29 September 2012	Fraserburgh	1 − 2	East Stirlingshire	Bellslea Park, Fraserburgh
15:00	Graham Johnstone  60'		13' David Greenhill  26' Kevin Turner	Referee: Don Robertson

Forres Mechanics v Rangers

29 September 2012	Forres Mechanics	0 − 1	Rangers	Mosset Park, Forres
15:00			16' Kal Naismith	Referee: Crawford Allan

Clachnacuddin v Formartine United

29 September 2012	Clachnacuddin	4 − 2	Formartine United	Grant Street Park, Inverness
15:00	Stephen Jeffrey  21' (o.g.) Scott Graham  38' Alan Pollock  55', 57'		32' Daniel Park  61' Callum Dingwall	Referee: Martin Kerrigan

Civil Service Strollers v Turriff United

29 September 2012	Civil Service Strollers	1 − 2	Turriff United	Civil Service Sports Association, Edinburgh
15:00	Ross Anderson  65' (o.g.)		3' Cameron Bowden  25' David MacKenzie	Referee: Steven Reid

Montrose v Edinburgh City

29 September 2012	Montrose	1 − 3	Edinburgh City	Links Park, Montrose
15:00	Paul Lunan  45'		11', 73' Robbie Ross  79' Scott Fusco	Referee: Graham Beaton

Buckie Thistle v Annan Athletic

29 September 2012	Buckie Thistle	0 − 0	Annan Athletic	Victoria Park, Buckie
15:00				Referee: Gavin Duncan

Berwick Rangers v Wick Academy

29 September 2012	Berwick Rangers	1 − 0	Wick Academy	Shielfield Park, Berwick upon Tweed
15:00	Lee Currie  84' (pen)			Referee: James Campbell

Selkirk v Vale of Leithen

29 September 2012	Selkirk	1 − 1	Vale of Leithen	Yarrow Park, Selkirk
15:00	Euan Pritchard  25'		79' Stephen Sproule	Referee: Craig Napier

Inverurie Loco Works v Huntly

29 September 2012	Inverurie Loco Works	4 − 3	Huntly	Harlaw Park, Inverurie
15:00	Łukasz Stasiak  25' (o.g.) Neil Gauld  68', 70' Stuart MacKay  80'		32' Russell Guild  35' David Booth  54' Neil Davidson	Referee: Alan Newlands

Deveronvale v Peterhead

29 September 2012	Deveronvale	3 − 2	Peterhead	Princess Royal Park, Banff
15:00	Chris Blackhall  7' Graeme Rodger  9' Scott Fraser  37'		81' Ross Smith  84' Bryan Deasley	Referee: Ryan Milne

Elgin City v St Cuthbert Wanderers

29 September 2012	Elgin City	3 − 1	St Cuthbert Wanderers	Borough Briggs, Elgin
15:00	Brian Cameron  26' Stuart Leslie  35' Craig Gunn  40'		64' (pen) Ian Miller	Referee: Michael Taylor

Dalbeattie Star v Stirling Albion

29 September 2012	Dalbeattie Star	0 − 5	Stirling Albion	Islecroft Stadium, Dalbeattie
15:00			26' (pen), 30' Steven Weir  53', 71' Jordan White  88' Greig McDonald	Referee: Nick Walsh

Queen's Park v Irvine Meadow

29 September 2012	Queen's Park	3 − 0	Irvine Meadow	Hampden Park, Glasgow
15:00	Jamie Longworth  63' (pen) Lawrence Shankland  65' Tony Quinn  68'			Referee: Des Roache

Stirling University v Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic

29 September 2012	Stirling University	0 − 1	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	University of Stirling, Stirling
15:00			80' Kris Renton	Referee: Grant Irvine

Clyde v Nairn County

29 September 2012	Clyde	3 − 3	Nairn County	Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld
15:00	Kevin Watt  25' Bryan Gilfillan  49' Stefan McCluskey  86'		Conor Gethins  18', 50' Gregg Main  32'	Referee: Gavin Ross

Second Round Replays

Annan Athletic v Buckie Thistle

6 October 2012	Annan Athletic	1 − 2	Buckie Thistle	Galabank, Annan
15:00	Scott Chaplain  48'		59', 77' Zander Sutherland	Referee: Gavin Duncan

Vale of Leithen v Selkirk

6 October 2012	Vale of Leithen	5 − 1	Selkirk	Victoria Park, Innerleithen
14:30	Stephen Sproule  12' Danny Noon  50' Scott Moffat  56', 83' Kerr Dodds  81'		84' Johnny Watt	Referee: Craig Napier

Nairn County v Clyde

6 October 2012	Nairn County	3 − 2	Clyde	Station Park, Nairn
15:00	Conor Gethins  22' John Cameron  79' Andrew Neill  89'		6' Stefan McCluskey  41' (pen) John Sweeney	Referee: Gavin Ross

Third round

Sixteen teams joined in the 3rd round: all ten current Second Division clubs, along with 6th to 8th in last season's First Division (Partick, Raith and Morton) and the three teams that were promoted from last season's Second Division (Cowdenbeath, Dumbarton and Airdrie United).

Rangers v Alloa Athletic

3 November 2012	Rangers	7 − 0	Alloa Athletic	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
15:00	Dean Shiels  2', 21' Lee McCulloch  33', 72' Robbie Crawford  73' Barrie McKay  82', 89'			Attendance: 25,478 Referee: Ian Brines

Elgin City v East Fife

3 November 2012	Elgin City	5 − 1	East Fife	Borough Briggs, Elgin
15:00	Stuart Leslie  27' Craig Gunn  32' Daniel Moore  55' (pen) Mark Nicolson  67' Paul Harkins  73'		78' David Muir	Attendance: 748 Referee: Kevin Graham

Buckie Thistle v Turriff United

3 November 2012	Buckie Thistle	0 − 1	Turriff United	Victoria Park, Buckie
15:00			14' Gary Harris	Attendance: 800 Referee: Gavin Ross

Dumbarton v East Stirlingshire

3 November 2012	Dumbarton	4 − 1	East Stirlingshire	Dumbarton Football Stadium, Dumbarton
15:00	Andy Graham  13' Jim Lister  45' Bryan Prunty  76' Alan Lithgow  89'		44' David Greenhill	Attendance: 446 Referee: Craig Charleston

Airdrie United v Raith Rovers

3 November 2012	Airdrie United	2 − 2	Raith Rovers	Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie
15:00	Gavin Griffin  28' Jason Thomson  78' (o.g.)		13' Simon Mensing  90' Greig Spence	Attendance: 854 Referee: Stephen Finnie

Stranraer v Queens Park

3 November 2012	Stranraer	1 − 1	Queens Park	Stair Park, Stranraer
15:00	Craig Malcolm  72'		52' David Anderson	Attendance: 344 Referee: Don Robertson

Partick Thistle v Cove Rangers

3 November 2012	Partick Thistle	2 − 1	Cove Rangers	Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00	Ross Forbes  13' Steven Craig  27'		86' Danny Milne	Attendance: 1,957 Referee: Mike Tumilty

Forfar Athletic v Nairn County

3 November 2012	Forfar Athletic	3 − 3	Nairn County	Station Park, Forfar
15:00	Chris Templeman  11' Gavin Swankie  26' Stephen Tulloch  39'		57' Martin MacDonald  72' Ross Naismith  90' Craig MacMillan	Referee: Euan Anderson

Albion Rovers v Greenock Morton

3 November 2012	Albion Rovers	1 − 1	Greenock Morton	Cliftonhill, Coatbridge
15:00	Tony Stevenson  45'		58' Peter Weatherson	Attendance: 656 Referee: Crawford Allan

Cowdenbeath v Vale of Leithen

3 November 2012	Cowdenbeath	8 − 1	Vale of Leithen	Central Park, Cowdenbeath
14:00	Greg Stewart  25', 31', 41' Lewis Coult  47', 51' Marc McKenzie  49' Mark Ramsay  64' Jamie Stevenson  78'		2' Scott Moffat	Attendance: 309 Referee: George Salmond

Edinburgh City v Queen of the South

3 November 2012	Edinburgh City	0 − 2	Queen of the South	Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh
15:00			42' Nicky Clark  65' Gavin Reilly	Attendance: 1,038 Referee: Matt Northcroft

Stirling Albion v Deveronvale

3 November 2012	Stirling Albion	0 − 1	Deveronvale	Forthbank Stadium, Stirling
15:00			57' Craig Cowie	Attendance: 688 Referee: Barry Cook

Inverurie Loco Works v Arbroath

3 November 2012	Inverurie Loco Works	3 − 3	Arbroath	Harlaw Park, Inverurie
15:00	Clark Bain  67' Neil Gauld  86', 90'		5' (pen) Steven Doris  23' Paul Currie  58' Darren Gribben	Attendance: 732 Referee: Greg Aitken

Ayr United v Clachnacuddin

3 November 2012	Ayr United	2 − 1	Clachnacuddin	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00	Michael Moffat  50', 60' (pen)		14' Scott Graham	Attendance: 1,032 Referee: David Somers

Stenhousemuir v Berwick Rangers

3 November 2012	Stenhousemuir	1 − 1	Berwick Rangers	Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir
15:00	Stewart Kean  78'		32' Lee Currie	Attendance: 439 Referee: Paul Robertson

Brechin City v Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic

3 November 2012	Brechin City	2 − 2	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	Glebe Park, Brechin
15:00	Andy Jackson  61' David Dunn  78' (o.g.)		21' Sean Grady  58' Kris Renton	Attendance: 602 Referee: Andrew Dallas

Third Round Replays

Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic v Brechin City

10 November 2012	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	0 − 6	Brechin City	New Dundas Park, Bonnyrigg
13:30			11', 53' Kurtis Byrne  16' Jonathan Brown  19', 33' Alan Trouten  71' Derek Carcary	Attendance: 1,082 Referee: Andrew Dallas

Queens Park v Stranraer

10 November 2012	Queens Park	0 − 4	Stranraer	Hampden Park, Glasgow
15:00			16', 63', 77' Sean Winter  70' Chris Aitken	Attendance: 551 Referee: Don Robertson

Nairn County v Forfar Athletic

10 November 2012	Nairn County	2 − 3	Forfar Athletic	Station Park, Nairn
15:00	Conor Gethins  79' John Cameron  88'		41', 58' Ross Campbell  54' Gavin Swankie	Attendance: 578 Referee: Euan Anderson

Arbroath v Inverurie Loco Works

10 November 2012	Arbroath	3 − 1	Inverurie Loco Works	Gayfield Park, Arbroath
15:00	Brian Kerr  36' Derek Holmes  38' Steven Doris  47'		90' Neil Gauld	Attendance: 1,108 Referee: Greg Aitken

Greenock Morton v Albion Rovers

13 November 2012	Greenock Morton	3 − 0	Albion Rovers	Cappielow Park, Greenock
19:30	Martin Hardie  51' Michael Tidser  53', 73'			Attendance: 746 Referee: Crawford Allan

Berwick Rangers v Stenhousemuir

13 November 2012	Berwick Rangers	2 − 5	Stenhousemuir	Shielfield Park, Berwick-upon-Tweed
19:45	Lee Currie  11' (pen) Darren Lavery  66' Lee Currie  87'		Darren Smith  39', 86' John Gemmell  48' Stewart Kean  52', 56'	Attendance: 402 Referee: Paul Robertson

Raith Rovers v Airdrie United

13 November 2012	Raith Rovers	4 − 3 (a.e.t.)	Airdrie United	Starks Park, Kirkcaldy
19:45	Greig Spence  5' Allan Walker  21' (pen) Grant Anderson  55' Douglas Hill  99'		Joshua Watt  3' Paul Di Giacomo  45' (pen) Gregor Buchanan  86'	Attendance: 935 Referee: Stephen Finnie

Fourth round

The Fourth Round draw was conducted on 5 November 2012 at 2:30pm at Hampden Park live on Sky Sports News.

The 16 winners from the Third Round entered here, along with the 12 SPL clubs and four SFL First Division clubs who were exempt from playing in the Third Round (Dunfermline Athletic, Falkirk, Hamilton Academical, Livingston).

Ross County v Inverness CT

1 December 2012	Ross County	3 − 3	Inverness CT	Victoria Park, Dingwall
12:15	Rocco Quinn  49' Iain Vigurs  86' Richard Brittain  90+3'		Billy McKay  30' Richie Foran  74' Philip Roberts  90+5'	Attendance: 5,077 Referee: Craig Thomson

Aberdeen v Motherwell

1 December 2012	Aberdeen	1 − 1	Motherwell	Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
15:00	Niall McGinn  90'		Jamie Murphy  80'	Attendance: 6,061 Referee: William Collum

Partick Thistle v Dunfermline Athletic

1 December 2012	Partick Thistle	0 − 1	Dunfermline Athletic	Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00	Aaron Muirhead  28'		Andrew Barrowman  35' Andrew Barrowman  90+1'	Attendance: 3,197 Referee: Steven McLean

Kilmarnock v Queen of the South

1 December 2012	Kilmarnock	2 − 1	Queen of the South	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
15:00	Cillian Sheridan  8' Borja Perez  69'		Stephen McKenna  2' Nicholas Clark  77'	Attendance: 4,295 Referee: Mike Tumilty

Raith Rovers v Deveronvale

1 December 2012	Raith Rovers	2 − 1	Deveronvale	Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
15:00	Brian Graham  55', 89' Douglas Hill  57'		Scott Fraser  58' (pen)	Attendance: 1,439 Referee: Paul Robertson

Turriff United v Greenock Morton

1 December 2012	Turriff United	1 − 1	Greenock Morton	The Haughs, Turriff
15:00	Mark Simpson  40' Cammy Bowden  89'		Peter Weatherson  45' Craig Reid  88'	Attendance: 846 Referee: Gary Hilland

Livingston v Dundee

1 December 2012	Livingston	0 − 2	Dundee	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00			Steven Milne  9' Ryan Conroy  17' (pen)	Attendance: 1,432 Referee: Crawford Allan

Forfar Athletic v Ayr United

1 December 2012	Forfar Athletic	2 − 1	Ayr United	Station Park, Forfar
15:00	Willie Robertson  59' Charles King  74'		David Sinclair  16'	Attendance: 698 Referee: George Salmond

Celtic v Arbroath

1 December 2012	Celtic	1 − 1	Arbroath	Celtic Park, Glasgow
15:00	Alex Keddie  36' (o.g.)		Steven Doris  87'	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Craig Charleston

Stranraer v Dundee United

1 December 2012	Stranraer	0 − 5	Dundee United	Stair Park, Stranraer
15:00			Johnny Russell  13', 27', 69' Jon Daly  40', 61'	Attendance: 1,220 Referee: Stephen Finnie

Stenhousemuir v Falkirk

1 December 2012	Stenhousemuir	0 − 1	Falkirk	Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir
15:00			Kieran Duffie  9'	Attendance: 1,758 Referee: Mat Northcroft

St Mirren v Brechin City

1 December 2012	St Mirren	2 − 0	Brechin City	St Mirren Park, Paisley
15:00	Kenny McLean  32' Jon Robertson  42'			Attendance: 2,363 Referee: John McKendrick

Rangers v Elgin City

2 December 2012	Rangers	3 − 0	Elgin City	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
13:15	Dean Shiels  43' Kevin Kyle  68' Kal Naismith  85'			Attendance: 23,195 Referee: Euan Norris

Hibernian v Heart of Midlothian

2 December 2012	Hibernian	1 − 0	Heart of Midlothian	Easter Road, Edinburgh
15:30	David Wotherspoon  84'			Attendance: 17,052 Referee: Calum Murray

Dumbarton v Hamilton Academical

17 December 2012	Dumbarton	1 − 3	Hamilton Academical	Dumbarton Football Stadium, Dumbarton
19:30	Chris Turner  58' Chris Turner  78'		Alister Crawford  24' Michael Devlin  41' Grant Gillespie  75'	Attendance: 469 Referee: Bobby Madden

Cowdenbeath v St Johnstone

17 December 2012	Cowdenbeath	0 − 3	St Johnstone	Central Park, Cowdenbeath
19:45			David McCracken  53' Steven MacLean  76' (pen) Gregory Tade  87'	Attendance: 809 Referee: John Beaton

Fourth Round Replays

Motherwell v Aberdeen

11 December 2012	Motherwell	1 – 2	Aberdeen	Fir Park, Motherwell
19:45	Michael Higdon  90+2' (pen)		Rory Fallon  51' Joe Shaughnessy  61'	Attendance: 4,516 Referee: William Collum

Inverness CT v Ross County

11 December 2012	Inverness CT	2 – 1	Ross County	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
19:45	Billy McKay  9' (pen), 54'		Iain Vigurs  41'	Attendance: 4,135 Referee: Craig Thomson

Arbroath v Celtic

12 December 2012	Arbroath	0 − 1	Celtic	Gayfield Park, Arbroath
19:45			Adam Matthews  18'	Attendance: 4,127 Referee: Craig Charleston

Greenock Morton v Turriff United

17 December 2012	Greenock Morton	6 − 0	Turriff United	Cappielow Park, Greenock
19:30	Peter Weatherson  37', 82', 84' Michael Tidser  45' (pen) Peter MacDonald  77'			Attendance: 915 Referee: Gary Hilland

Fifth Round

The Fifth Round draw was conducted on 3 December 2012 at 1:00pm at Hampden Park live on Sky Sports News.[8]

Dundee United v Rangers

2 February 2013	Dundee United	3 − 0	Rangers	Tannadice Park, Dundee
12:45	Johnny Russell  1', 79' Jon Daly  36'			Attendance: 9,564 Referee: Euan Norris

St Mirren v St Johnstone

2 February 2013	St Mirren	2 − 0	St Johnstone	St Mirren Park, Paisley
15:00	Esmaël Gonçalves  49', 56'			Attendance: 3,507 Referee: Craig Thomson

Dunfermline Athletic v Hamilton Academical

2 February 2013	Dunfermline Athletic	0 − 2	Hamilton Academical	East End Park, Dunfermline
15:00			Stevie May  51' Jon Routledge  61'	Attendance: 2,588 Referee: John Beaton

Falkirk v Forfar Athletic

2 February 2013	Falkirk	4 − 1	Forfar Athletic	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00	Lyle Taylor  19', 83' Stewart Murdoch  68' David Weatherston  75'		Iain Campbell  21' (pen)	Attendance: 1,967 Referee: Kevin Clancy

Kilmarnock v Inverness CT

2 February 2013	Kilmarnock	2 − 0	Inverness CT	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
15:00	Paul Heffernan  58', 85'			Attendance: 3,172 Referee: Willie Collum

Raith Rovers v Celtic

3 February 2013	Raith Rovers	0 − 3	Celtic	Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
12:45			Kris Commons  56' (pen) James Forrest  83' Charlie Mulgrew  86'	Attendance: 7,775[9] Referee: Steven McLean

Dundee v Greenock Morton

3 February 2013	Dundee	5 − 1	Greenock Morton	Dens Park, Dundee
15:00	Jim McAlister  29' Lewis Toshney  65' Colin Nish  71' John Baird  74' Declan Gallagher  82'		Michael Tidser  31'	Attendance: 3,336 Referee: Bobby Madden

Hibernian v Aberdeen

3 February 2013	Hibernian	1 − 0	Aberdeen	Easter Road, Edinburgh
15:30	Gary Deegan  49'			Attendance: 11,877 Referee: Iain Brines

Quarter-finals

The Quarter-finals draw was conducted on 3 February 2013 at 5:45pm at Easter Road Stadium live on Sky Sports 2.

St Mirren v Celtic

2 March 2013	St Mirren	1 − 2	Celtic	St Mirren Park, Paisley
12:45	Esmaël Gonçalves  13'	Report	Joe Ledley  5' Anthony Stokes  21'	Attendance: 5,572 Referee: Alan Muir

Hamilton Academical v Falkirk

2 March 2013	Hamilton Academical	1 − 2	Falkirk	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00	Andy Ryan  74' Jonathan Page  90+3'	Report	Blair Alston  44', 71'	Attendance: 3,452[10] Referee: William Collum

Dundee v Dundee United

3 March 2013	Dundee	1 − 2	Dundee United	Dens Park, Dundee
12:45	Jim McAlister  19'	Report	Brian McLean  11' Gary Mackay-Steven  35'	Attendance: 10,191 Referee: Iain Brines

Kilmarnock v Hibernian

3 March 2013	Kilmarnock	2 − 4	Hibernian	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
15:00	James Dayton  26' Paul Heffernan  72' (pen) Ross Barbour  87'	Report	Leigh Griffiths  15', 82', 89' (pen) Matt Done  39'	Attendance: 7,272 Referee: John Beaton

Semi-finals

The Semi-finals draw was conducted on 4 March 2013 at 1:30pm at Hampden Park live on Sky Sports News.

Hibernian v Falkirk

13 April 2013	Hibernian	4 − 3 (a.e.t.)	Falkirk	Hampden Park, Glasgow
12:30	Harris  51' Griffiths  78', 115' Doyle  83'	Report	Sibbald  6' Fulton  18' Aston  30'	Attendance: 22,410 Referee: Iain Brines (Injured after 90 mins) John Beaton (Extra time)

Dundee United v Celtic

14 April 2013	Dundee United	3 − 4 (a.e.t.)	Celtic	Hampden Park, Glasgow
12:45	Mackay−Steven  23' Daly  30', 72'	Report	Commons  2', 59' Wanyama  31' Stokes  103'	Attendance: 24,828 Referee: Craig Thomson

Final

Main article: 2013 Scottish Cup Final

26 May 2013

15:00

Hibernian	0 − 3	Celtic
	Report	Hooper  9', 31' Ledley  80'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 51,254

Referee: William Collum

Awards

The Scottish Cup Player of the Round was decided by the fans, who cast their vote to choose a winner from a list of nominations on the official Scottish Cup Facebook page.[11]

Round	Player of the Round	Ref
R4	Steven Doris (Arbroath)	[11]
R5	Esmael Goncalves (St Mirren)	[11]
R6	Leigh Griffiths (Hibernian)	[11]
QF	Alex Harris (Hibernian)	[11][12]
SF	Anthony Stokes (Celtic)	[11]

Media coverage

From round four onwards, selected matches from the Scottish Cup are broadcast live in Ireland and the UK by BBC Scotland and Sky Sports. BBC Scotland has the option to show one tie per round with Sky Sports showing two ties per round with one replay also. Both channels will screen the final live.

These matches were broadcast live on television.

Round	Sky Sports	BBC Scotland
Fourth round	Rangers vs Elgin City Hibernian vs Heart of Midlothian Arbroath vs Celtic (replay)	Ross County vs Inverness CT
Fifth round	Dundee United vs Rangers Hibernian vs Aberdeen	Raith Rovers vs Celtic
Quarter-finals	St Mirren vs Celtic Dundee vs Dundee United	Kilmarnock vs Hibernian
Semi-finals	Hibernian vs Falkirk Dundee United vs Celtic	Hibernian vs Falkirk
Final	Hibernian vs Celtic	Hibernian vs Celtic

References

1. "Scottish Cup adds preliminary round for season 2012/13". BBC Sport. BBC. 22 June 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
2. "Sunday switch for 2013 Scottish Cup final". BBC Sport. BBC. 23 January 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
3. "William Hill Scottish Cup, 2012-13 Season". Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
4. "William Hill Scottish Cup preliminary round draw". Scottish FA. 3 July 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
5. "William Hill Scottish Cup First Round Draw". Hermes F.C. 13 July 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
6. "Home ties for Scottish Cup newcomers". BBC Sport. BBC. 23 July 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
7. "Scottish Cup: Rangers draw Forres Mechanics in second round". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 August 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
8. William Hill Scottish Cup fifth round draw
9. "Good News Stories!". Raith Rovers FC. Raith Rovers FC. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
10. "Accies in the Quarter Final". Hamilton Academical F.C. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
11. "Scottish Cup Player of the Round". SFA. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
12. "Alex Harris wins Player of the Round". SFA. 19 May 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2017.

External links

• Official Site
• 2012–13 Scottish Cup at ESPN
• 2012–13 Scottish Cup at Soccerway