1988–89 Scottish Cup

1988–89 Scottish Cup
Country	Scotland
Champions	Celtic
Runners-up	Rangers
Top goal scorer(s)	Ally McCoist (5)
	← 1987–88 1989–90 →

The 1988–89 Scottish Cup was the 104th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Celtic who defeated Rangers in the final.

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Berwick Rangers (3)	1–1	Alloa Athletic (3)
East Fife (3)	4–1	Spartans (ESL)
East Stirlingshire (3)	1–0	Gala Fairydean (SSL)
Inverness Thistle (HL)	0–0	Dumbarton (3)
Montrose (3)	2–0	Arbroath (3)
Stranraer (3)	2–2	Stirling Albion (3)

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Dumbarton (3)	2–1	Inverness Thistle (HL)
Stirling Albion (3)	0–1	Stranraer (3)
Alloa Athletic (3)	2–1	Berwick Rangers (3)

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Annan Athletic (ESL)	1–5	Queen’s Park (3)
Coldstream (ESL)	1–1	Albion Rovers (3)
Cowdenbeath (3)	1–1	Stenhousemuir (3)
East Stirlingshire (3)	1–2	Montrose (3)
Elgin City (HL)	2–2	Dumbarton (3)
Forres Mechanics (HL)	1–1	Alloa Athletic (3)
Inverness Caledonian (HL)	1–1	Brechin City (3)
Stranraer (3)	2–1	East Fife (3)

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Albion Rovers	1–0	Coldstream (ESL)
Alloa Athletic (3)	2–0	Forres Mechanics (HL)
Brechin City (3)	2–1	Inverness Caledonian (HL)
Dumbarton (3)	4–0	Elgin City (HL)
Stenhousemuir (3)	3–2	Cowdenbeath (3)

Third round

Home team	Score	Away team
Meadowbank Thistle (2)	2–0	Hamilton Academical (1)
Alloa Athletic (3)	3–1	Albion Rovers (3)
Celtic (1)	2–0	Dumbarton (3)
Clydebank (2)	2–1	Montrose (3)
Dundee (1)	1–2	Dundee United (1)
Dunfermline Athletic (2)	0–0	Aberdeen (1)
Falkirk (2)	1–1	Motherwell (1)
Forfar Athletic (2)	1–1	Clyde (2)
Hearts (1)	4–1	Ayr United (2)
Hibernian (1)	1–0	Brechin City (3)
Greenock Morton (2)	0–0	Airdrieonians (2)
Partick Thistle (2)	0–0	St Mirren (1)
Queen of the South (2)	2–2	Kilmarnock (2)
Queen’s Park (3)	0–0	Stranraer (3)
Raith Rovers (2)	1–1	Rangers (1)
St Johnstone (2)	2–0	Stenhousemuir (3)

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen (1)	3–1	Dunfermline Athletic (2)
Airdrieonians (2)	0–1	Greenock Morton (2)
Motherwell (1)	2–1	Falkirk (2)
Clyde (2)	0–1	Forfar Athletic (2)
Kilmarnock (2)	0–1	Queen of the South (2)
Rangers (1)	3–0	Raith Rovers (2)
St Mirren (1)	1–3	Partick Thistle (2)
Stranraer (3)	1–0	Queen’s Park (3)

Fourth round

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen (1)	1–1	Dundee United (1)
Celtic (1)	4–1	Clydebank (2)
Hearts (1)	2–0	Partick Thistle (2)
Hibernian (1)	2–1	Motherwell (1)
Meadowbank Thistle (2)	0–1	Greenock Morton (2)
Queen of the South (2)	0–0	Alloa Athletic (3)
Rangers (1)	8–0	Stranraer (3)
St Johnstone (2)	2–1	Forfar Athletic (2)

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Dundee United (1)	1–1	Aberdeen (1)
Alloa Athletic (3)	4–2	Queen of the South (2)

Second Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Dundee United (1)	1–0	Aberdeen (1)

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Greenock Morton (2)	2–2	St Johnstone (1)
Rangers (1)	2–2	Dundee United (1)
Celtic (1)	2–1	Hearts (1)
Hibernian (1)	1–0	Alloa Athletic (3)

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Dundee United (1)	0–1	Rangers (1)
St Johnstone (1)	3–2	Greenock Morton (2)

Semi-finals

15 April 1989

Rangers	0–0	St Johnstone

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 47,374

16 April 1989

Celtic	3–1	Hibernian
Mick McCarthy Mark McGhee Andy Walker		Steve Archibald

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 42,160

Replays

18 April 1989

Rangers	4–0	St Johnstone
Mark Walters Gary Stevens Kevin Drinkell Ally McCoist

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 44,205

Final

20 May 1989

Celtic	1 – 0	Rangers
Joe Miller

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 72,069

Referee: Bob Valentine

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

1988–89 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '88 '89 England Faroe Islands '88 '89 Finland '88 '89 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '88 '89 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '88 '89 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '88 '89 Spain Sweden '88 '89 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '88 '89 Finland '88 '89 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '88 '89 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '88 '89 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 '88 '89
Supercups	West Germany
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '87–'88 '88–'89

1988–89 in Scottish football
« 1987–88 1989–90 »
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 1990 World Cup qualifying (Group 5) Rous Cup
Club seasons
Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Motherwell Rangers St. Mirren
First Division	Airdrieonians Ayr United Clyde Clydebank Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Forfar Athletic Kilmarnock Meadowbank Thistle Morton Partick Thistle Queen of the South Raith Rovers St. Johnstone
Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Brechin City Berwick Rangers Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Fife East Stirlingshire Montrose Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

1988–89 Scottish Cup

First round

Replays

Second round

Replays

Third round

Replays

Fourth round

Replays

Second Replays

Quarter-finals

Replays

Semi-finals

Replays

Final

See also