2016–17 Scottish Cup

The 2016–17 Scottish Cup was the 132nd season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The tournament was sponsored by bookmaker William Hill in what was the sixth season of a nine-year partnership, after contract negotiations saw the initial five-year contract extended for an additional four years in October 2015.[1]

2016–17 William Hill Scottish Cup

Country	Scotland
Teams	93
Defending champions	Hibernian
Champions	Celtic
Runners-up	Aberdeen
Matches played	105
Goals scored	370 (3.52 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Wayne McIntosh & David Gormley (8 goals)
← 2015–16 2017–18 → All statistics correct as of 14 February 2017.

The defending champions were Hibernian, who defeated Rangers in the 2016 final, but were eliminated in the semi finals by Aberdeen.[2]

Celtic beat Aberdeen 2–1 in the final to complete a domestic treble without losing a game in all domestic competitions.[3]

Media coverage

From round four onwards, selected matches from the Scottish Cup are broadcast live in the UK and Ireland 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, Sky Sports show both semi-finals live with one also on BBC Scotland & both channels screen the final live.

Calendar

The calendar for the 2016–17 Scottish Cup qualifying rounds, as announced by Scottish Football Association.[4]

Round	Main date	Number of fixtures	Clubs	New Entries
Preliminary Round 1	13 August 2016	5	93 → 88	10
Preliminary Round 2	3 September 2016	6	88 → 82	7
First Round	24 September 2016	18	82 → 64	30
Second Round	22 October 2016	16	64 → 48	14
Third Round	26 November 2016	16	48 → 32	16
Fourth Round	21 January 2017	16	32 → 16	16
Fifth Round	11 February 2017	8	16 → 8	None
Quarter-Finals	4 March 2017	4	8 → 4	None
Semi-Finals	22 & 23 April 2017	2	4 → 2	None
Final	27 May 2017	1	2 → 1	None

Preliminary rounds

The draw for the preliminary rounds took place at the Coldstream Museum on Monday 18 July 2016.

17 clubs were involved in the draw, of which seven received a bye to the second preliminary round, while the other 10 entered the first preliminary round. The teams competing in these rounds were made up of teams from the East of Scotland Football League (3), South of Scotland Football League (5), North Caledonian Football League (1), Scottish Junior Football Association (6) and the Scottish Amateur Football Association (2).

There were three parts to the draw. The first part determined which seven clubs, from the 10 eligible, would receive a bye to the second preliminary round. The three clubs which did not receive a bye into the second preliminary round entered in the first preliminary round. Five ties were drawn in the first preliminary round to be played on Saturday, 13 August 2016. The final part of the draw saw six ties drawn in the second preliminary round to be played on Saturday, 3 September 2016.[5]

Preliminary round 1

Draw

Teams in Bold advanced to the first round.

Clubs eligible for a bye	Clubs participating in the First Preliminary Round Draw
Banks O’Dee Burntisland Shipyard Coldstream Edusport Academy Girvan Glasgow University Golspie Sutherland Linlithgow Rose Threave Rovers Wigtown & Bladnoch	Auchinleck Talbot ^(2015–16 West Super League winners) Beith Juniors ^(2015–16 Scottish Junior Cup winners) Bonnyrigg Rose^(2015–16 East Superleague winners) Colville Park ^(2015–16 Scottish Amateur Cup winners) Leith Athletic ^(2015–16 EoSFL winners) Newton Stewart St Cuthbert Wanderers ^(2015–16 SoSFL winners)

The following teams received a bye to the second preliminary round: Banks O’Dee, Burntisland Shipyard, Coldstream, Girvan, Golspie Sutherland, Linlithgow Rose and Threave Rovers.[6]

Matches

Edusport Academy v Colville Park

13 August 2016	Edusport Academy	2–2	Colville Park	Annan
15:00				Stadium: Galabank Referee: Chris Graham

Newton Stewart v Beith Juniors

13 August 2016	Newton Stewart	0–4	Beith Juniors	Newton Stewart
15:00		Beith Juniors	Frize  (2) D McPherson A McPherson	Stadium: Blairmount Park Referee: Duncan Smith

Wigtown & Bladnoch v Auchinleck Talbot

13 August 2016	Wigtown & Bladnoch	0–4	Auchinleck Talbot	Wigtown
15:00		Auchinleck Talbot	Shankland  58', 71' Wilson  66', 83'	Stadium: Trammondford Park Referee: Michael Taylor

St Cuthbert Wanderers v Leith Athletic

13 August 2016	St Cuthbert Wanderers	0–3	Leith Athletic	Kirkcudbright
15:00		Leith Athletic	(o.g.) Fee  (2)	Stadium: St Mary's Park Referee: Steven Reid

Glasgow University v Bonnyrigg Rose

14 August 2016	Glasgow University	2–8	Bonnyrigg Rose	Airdrie
15:00	Thomson  35', 56'	thejuniors.info	Tobin  4' McLaren  6', 46' Moyes  37' Jamieson  55', 67', 70', 72'	Stadium: Excelsior Stadium Referee: Scott Millar

Replay

Colville Park v Edusport Academy

20 August 2016	Colville Park	1–0	Edusport Academy	Glasgow
15:00	McKay	Report		Stadium: New Tinto Park Referee: Chris Graham

Preliminary round 2

Matches

Leith Athletic v Coldstream

3 September 2016	Leith Athletic	1–0	Coldstream	Edinburgh
15:00	Hay  30'	Coldstream FC Archived		Stadium: Ainslie Park Attendance: David Dickinson

Bonnyrigg Rose v Burntisland Shipyard

3 September 2016	Bonnyrigg Rose	14–0	Burntisland Shipyard	Bonnyrigg
15:00	Donaldson  5' McIntosh  15', 17', 65', 66', 71', 78', 85' Moyes  33' Jamieson  43', 49' Tobin  60' McGachie  87' Kidd  88'	Bonnyrigg Rose TV		Stadium: New Dundas Park Referee: Lloyd Wilson

Colville Park v Girvan

3 September 2016	Colville Park	0–1	Girvan	Glasgow
15:00		Girvan FC	Jardine	Stadium: New Tinto Park Referee: Duncan Williams

Beith Juniors v Auchinleck Talbot

3 September 2016	Beith Juniors	2–2	Auchinleck Talbot	Beith
14:00	Wilson  45+2' McGowan  69'	Auchinleck Talbot	Young  45' Pope  85'	Stadium: Bellsdale Park Referee: Peter Stuart

Threave Rovers v Linlithgow Rose

3 September 2016	Threave Rovers	1–2	Linlithgow Rose	Castle Douglas
15:00	(1–2)	Linlithgow Rose	Weir  (0–1) Batchelor  (0–2)	Stadium: Meadow Park Referee: Stephen Brown

Banks O’Dee v Golspie Sutherland

3 September 2016	Banks O’Dee	4–0	Golspie Sutherland	Aberdeen
15:00	Winton  13' Henderson  26' Heads 58' Lennox  66'	Banks O' Dee		Stadium: Spain Park Referee: Lorraine Clark

Replay

Auchinleck Talbot v Beith Juniors

10 September 2016	Auchinleck Talbot	0–3	Beith Juniors	Auchinleck
15:00	Young  48'  58'	Auchinleck Talbot	McGowan  2' Christie  22' McLaughlin  59'	Stadium: Beechwood Park Referee: Peter Stuart

First round

The first round took place on the weekend of 24 September 2016. Along with the six winners from the second preliminary round, there were 30 new entries at this stage, 14 from the Lowland Football League and 16 from the Highland Football League.[4] From the first round, teams were permitted to use an additional fourth substitute in the extra time period should a replayed tie go to extra time.[7]

Draw

The draw for the first round was made on Monday, 5 September at 2:30pm. The draw took place at Edinburgh College and was made by Hibernian's cup winning captain David Gray. It was streamed live on the Scottish Cup's official Facebook page.[8]

Teams in Italics were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the second round.

Lowland Football League	Highland Football League	Other
BSC Glasgow Civil Service Strollers Cumbernauld Colts Dalbeattie Star East Kilbride Edinburgh University Gala Fairydean Rovers Gretna 2008 Hawick Royal Albert Preston Athletic Selkirk Stirling University Vale of Leithen Whitehill Welfare	Brora Rangers Buckie Thistle Clachnacuddin Deveronvale Forres Mechanics Fort William Fraserburgh Huntly Inverurie Loco Works Keith Lossiemouth Nairn County Rothes Strathspey Thistle Turriff United Wick Academy	East of Scotland teams Leith Athletic SJFA teams Banks O'Dee Beith Juniors Bonnyrigg Rose Girvan Linlithgow Rose

Matches

Turriff United v Bonnyrigg Rose

24 September 2016	Turriff United	1–1	Bonnyrigg Rose	Turriff
15:00				Stadium: The Haughs Referee: Stephen Brown

Fort William v Brora Rangers

24 September 2016	Fort William	1–4	Brora Rangers	Fort William
15:00				Stadium: Claggen Park Referee: Garry Doherty

Forres Mechanics v Lossiemouth

24 September 2016	Forres Mechanics	2–2	Lossiemouth	Forres
15:00				Stadium: Mosset Park Referee: Duncan Smith

East Kilbride v Vale of Leithen

24 September 2016	East Kilbride	9–1	Vale of Leithen	East Kilbride
15:00	Victoria  (3) Winters  (2) Strachan  (2) Capuano Hughes			Stadium: K Park Referee: Lorraine Clark

BSC Glasgow v Rothes

24 September 2016	BSC Glasgow	3–1	Rothes	Alloa
15:00				Stadium: Recreation Park Referee: Graham Grainger

Deveronvale v Gretna 2008

24 September 2016	Deveronvale	0–3	Gretna 2008	Banff
15:00				Stadium: Princess Royal Park Referee: Gavin Duncan

Keith v Banks O' Dee

24 September 2016	Keith	0–1	Banks O' Dee	Keith
15:00				Stadium: Kynoch Park Referee: Billy Baxter

Edinburgh University v Whitehill Welfare

24 September 2016	Edinburgh University	0–1	Whitehill Welfare	Edinburgh
15:00				Stadium: East Peffermill Referee: Lloyd Wilson

Gala Fairydean Rovers v Fraserburgh

24 September 2016	Gala Fairydean Rovers	3–1	Fraserburgh	Galashiels
15:00				Stadium: Netherdale Referee: David Dickinson

Beith Juniors v Strathspey

24 September 2016	Beith Juniors	6–0	Strathspey	Beith
15:00				Stadium: Bellsdale Park Referee: Stephen Graham

Civil Service Strollers v Hawick Royal Albert

24 September 2016	Civil Service Strollers	1–1	Hawick Royal Albert	Edinburgh
15:00				Stadium: Edinburgh Area Civil Service Sports Association Referee: Calum Haswell

Nairn County v Preston Athletic

24 September 2016	Nairn County	2–3	Preston Athletic	Nairn
15:00				Stadium: Station Park Referee: Steven Traynor

Inverurie Loco Works v Buckie Thistle

24 September 2016	Inverurie Loco Works	0–6	Buckie Thistle	Buckie
15:00				Stadium: Victoria Park Referee: David Watt

Clachnacuddin v Stirling University

24 September 2016	Clachnacuddin	1–2	Stirling University	Inverness
15:00				Stadium: Grant Street Park Referee: Liam Duncan

Dalbeattie Star v Wick Academy

24 September 2016	Dalbeattie Star	1–3	Wick Academy	Dalbeattie
15:00				Stadium: Islecroft Stadium Referee: Duncan Williams

Selkirk v Linlithgow Rose

24 September 2016	Selkirk	0–3	Linlithgow Rose	Selkirk
15:00				Stadium: Yarrow Park Referee: Calum Scott

Girvan v Huntly

24 September 2016	Girvan	1–2	Huntly	Girvan
15:00				Stadium: Hamilton Park Referee: Matthew MacDermid

Leith Athletic v Cumbernauld Colts

25 September 2016	Leith Athletic	0–0	Cumbernauld Colts	Edinburgh
16:00				Stadium: Ainslie Park

Replays

Bonnyrigg Rose v Turiff United

1 October 2016	Bonnyrigg Rose	4–1	Turiff United	Bonnyrigg
15:00				Stadium: New Dundas Park

Hawick Royal Albert v Civil Service Strollers

1 October 2016	Hawick Royal Albert	6–2	Civil Service Strollers	Hawick
15:00				Stadium: Albert Park

Lossiemouth v Forres Mechanics

1 October 2016	Lossiemouth	0–4	Forres Mechanics	Lossiemouth
15:00				Stadium: Grant Park

Cumbernauld Colts v Leith Athletic

5 October 2016	Cumbernauld Colts	1–0	Leith Athletic	Cumbernauld
20:00				Stadium: Broadwood Stadium

Second round

The second round took place on the weekend of 22 October. Along with the 18 winners from the first round, there were 14 new entries at this stage, two from the Lowland Football League, two from the Highland Football League and 10 from Scottish League Two.[4]

Draw

The draw for the second round was hosted by Highland Football League champions Cove Rangers and took place at the Aberdeen Altens Hotel on Monday, 26 September at 6pm. Scottish Football Association president, Alex McRea oversaw the draw which was made by Nigg Community Council chairperson Alan Strachan.[9]

Teams in Italics were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the third round.

Scottish League Two	Lowland Football League	Highland Football League	Other
Annan Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Clyde Cowdenbeath Edinburgh City Elgin City Forfar Athletic Montrose Stirling Albion	BSC Glasgow Cumbernauld Colts East Kilbride East Stirlingshire Gala Fairydean Rovers Gretna 2008 Hawick Royal Albert Preston Athletic Spartans Stirling University Whitehill Welfare	Brora Rangers Buckie Thistle Cove Rangers Formartine United Forres Mechanics Huntly Wick Academy	SJFA teams Banks O' Dee Beith Juniors Linlithgow Rose Bonnyrigg Rose

Matches

Annan Athletic v East Stirlingshire

22 October 2016	Annan Athletic	0–0	East Stirlingshire	Annan
15:00		Flashscores.com		Stadium: Galabank

Banks O' Dee v Formartine United

22 October 2016	Banks O' Dee	2–2	Formartine United	Aberdeen
15:00	Lawson  61' (o.g.) Lennox  84' (pen.)	Flashscores.com	Young  30' Barbour  52'	Stadium: Spain Park

Brora Rangers v Clyde

22 October 2016	Brora Rangers	0–2	Clyde	Brora
15:00		Flashscores.com	Gormley  60' Flynn  78'	Stadium: Dudgeon Park

BSC Glasgow v Beith Juniors

22 October 2016	BSC Glasgow	0–1	Beith Juniors	Alloa
15:00		Flashscores.com	McLaughlin  90+4'	Stadium: Recreation Park

Bonnyrigg Rose v Cove Rangers

22 October 2016	Bonnyrigg Rose	2–1	Cove Rangers	Bonnyrigg
15:00	Hoskins  71' (pen.) Kidd  74'	Flashscores.com	Smith  72'	Stadium: New Dundas Park

Berwick Rangers v Hawick Royal Albert

22 October 2016	Berwick Rangers	2–3	Hawick Royal Albert	Berwick-upon-Tweed, England
15:00	McKenna  14' Rutherford  67'	Flashscores.com	Morris  3', 10', 38'	Stadium: Shielfield Park

Linlithgow Rose v Stirling Albion

22 October 2016	Linlithgow Rose	0–3	Stirling Albion	Linlithgow
15:00		Flashscores.com	Olanrewaju  27' McKenzie  60' Ferns  90+3'	Stadium: Prestonfield

Wick Academy v Whitehill Welfare

22 October 2016	Wick Academy	4–1	Whitehill Welfare	Wick
15:00	Pickles  53' Mackay  55', 65' (pen.) Macadie  84'	Flashscores.com	McCulloch  18'	Stadium: Harmsworth Park

Preston Athletic v Montrose

22 October 2016	Preston Athletic	0–3	Montrose	Prestonpans
15:00		Flashscores.com	Fraser  50' (pen.) Templeman  67' Court  86'	Stadium: Pennypit Park

Huntly v Spartans

22 October 2016	Huntly	0–2	Spartans	Huntly
15:00		Flashscores.com	Thomson  3' Townsley  6'	Stadium: Christie Park

Edinburgh City v Forfar Athletic

22 October 2016	Edinburgh City	0–0	Forfar Athletic	Edinburgh
15:00		Flashscores.com		Stadium: Meadowbank Stadium

Cowdenbeath v East Kilbride

22 October 2016	Cowdenbeath	0–1	East Kilbride	Cowdenbeath
15:00		Flashscores.com	Vitoria  5'	Stadium: Central Park

Cumbernauld Colts v Forres Mechanics

22 October 2016	Cumbernauld Colts	2–2	Forres Mechanics	Cumbernauld
15:00	Graham  4' Soane  69'	Flashscores.com	Selkirk  30' Barclay  67'	Stadium: Broadwood Stadium

Arbroath v Stirling University

22 October 2016	Arbroath	3–1	Stirling University	Arbroath
15:00	Hamilton  23' Little  24' Doris  44'	Flashscores.com	Geddes  18'	Stadium: Gayfield Park

Gala Fairydean Rovers v Elgin City

22 October 2016	Gala Fairydean Rovers	0–4	Elgin City	Galashiels
15:00		Flashscores.com	Sutherland  14' Miller  21' (o.g.) McLeish  30' Cameron  47'	Stadium: Netherdale

Buckie Thistle v Gretna 2008

22 October 2016	Buckie Thistle	1–1	Gretna 2008	Buckie
15:00	Mcleod 66'		Murray  9'	Stadium: Victoria Park

Replays

East Stirlingshire v Annan Athletic

29 October 2016	East Stirlingshire	1–2	Annan Athletic	Stenhousemuir
15:00	Sludden  31' Rodgers  90'	Flashscores.com	McKenna  40' Asghar  90+4'	Stadium: Ochilview

Formartine United v Banks O' Dee

29 October 2016	Formartine United	7–2	Banks O' Dee	Pitmedden
15:00	Anderson  20' Masson  40', 43', 84' Gauld  45+3' Graeme  75' Barbour  77'	Flashscores.com	Henderson  4' Buchanan  44'	Stadium: North Lodge Park

Forres Mechanics v Cumbernauld Colts

29 October 2016	Forres Mechanics	4–0	Cumbernauld Colts	Forres
15:00	McGovern  1' Soane  70' Fraser  75' Scott  90'	Flashscores.com		Stadium: Mosset Park

Gretna 2008 v Buckie Thistle

29 October 2016	Gretna 2008	2–6	Buckie Thistle	Gretna
15:00	Neil  49' Murray  79' Neill  76'	Flashscores.com	McLeod  4', 10', 49', 55', 68' Dorrat  90+3' Taylor  45'	Stadium: Raydale Park

Forfar Athletic v Edinburgh City

1 November 2016	Forfar Athletic	0–1	Edinburgh City	Forfar
19:45		Flashscores.com	Allum  63'	Stadium: Station Park

Third round

The third round took place on the weekend of 26 November 2016. Along with the 16 winners from the second round, there were to be 16 new entries, 10 from Scottish League One and six from the Scottish Championship, at this stage.[4]

Draw

The draw for the third round was made at 6pm on Tuesday, 25 October. The draw took place at Cappielow and was hosted by Greenock Morton. Chief Executive of the Greenock Morton Community Trust, Warren Hawke helped make the draw.[10]

Teams in Italics were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the fourth round.

Scottish Championship	Scottish League One	Scottish League Two	Other
Ayr United Dumbarton Dunfermline Athletic Greenock Morton Queen of the South St Mirren	Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Brechin City East Fife Livingston Peterhead Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stranraer	Annan Athletic Arbroath Clyde Edinburgh City Elgin City Montrose Stirling Albion	Lowland Football League East Kilbride Hawick Royal Albert Spartans Highland Football League Buckie Thistle Formartine United Forres Mechanics Wick Academy SJFA teams Beith Juniors Bonnyrigg Rose

Matches

Bonnyrigg Rose v Dumbarton

26 November 2016	Bonnyrigg Rose	0–0	Dumbarton	Bonnyrigg
13:40^[A]		Flashscores.com		Stadium: New Dundas Park

Elgin City v Hawick Royal Albert

26 November 2016	Elgin City	8–1	Hawick Royal Albert	Elgin
15:00	Sutherland  6', 24', 30', 73' McLeish  53' Cameron  64', 89' Gunn  76'	Flashscores.com	Mitchell  32'	Stadium: Borough Briggs

Airdrieonians v Livingston

26 November 2016	Airdrieonians	1–2	Livingston	Airdrie
15:00	Ryan  18'	Flashscores.com	Cadden  30' Mullen  62'	Stadium: Excelsior Stadium

Buckie Thistle v Dunfermline Athletic

26 November 2016	Buckie Thistle	3–5	Dunfermline Athletic	Buckie
15:00	McLeod  14' Angus  33', 68'	Flashscores.com	Munro  12' (o.g.) Paton  16' (pen.) Higginbotham  58' McMullan  68', 90+2'	Stadium: Victoria Park

Forres Mechanics v Stenhousemuir

26 November 2016	Forres Mechanics	2–2	Stenhousemuir	Forres
15:00	Allan  27' L Fraser  66'	Flashscores.com	Kerr  45' Furtado  47'	Stadium: Mosset Park

Peterhead v Alloa Athletic

26 November 2016	Peterhead	0–1	Alloa Athletic	Peterhead
15:00		Flashscores.com	Longworth  74'	Stadium: Balmoor Stadium

A total of nine third round ties were postponed due to frozen pitches. The St Mirren-Spartans, Beith Juniors-Greenock Morton, Clyde-Arbroath, Albion Rovers-Queen of the South and Stirling Albion-Wick Academy matches were postponed on Friday, 25 November, a day before they were due to take place after failing pitch inspections due to the freezing weather. These games were subsequently rearranged for 29 November, 3 and 6 December.[11][12] The Queen's Park-Montrose match was originally scheduled for 29 November due to the League Cup final taking place at Hampden Park, Queen's Park's home ground, on 27 November.[13] A further three games were postponed after failing early pitch inspections on Saturday, 26 November. These were the East Fife-Edinburgh City, Stranraer-East Kilbride and Brechin City-Ayr United matches. The Formartine United-Annan Athletic match originally passed a pitch inspection at 7am but was postponed after failing a supplementary inspection at 10:30am after temperatures in Pitmedden hadn't risen as expected.[11][12]

Queen's Park v Montrose

29 November 2016	Queen's Park	2–0	Montrose	Glasgow
19:45	Galt  15' Woods  54'	Flashscores.com		Stadium: Hampden Park

Albion Rovers v Queen of the South

29 November 2016	Albion Rovers	2–1	Queen of the South	Coatbridge
19:45	M Dunlop  16' Ferguson  90+4'	Flashscores.com	Hamill  76'	Stadium: Cliftonhill

East Fife v Edinburgh City

29 November 2016	East Fife	1–1	Edinburgh City	Methil
19:45	See  39'	Flashscores.com	Kerr  63'	Stadium: Bayview Stadium

Brechin City v Ayr United

29 November 2016	Brechin City	0–1	Ayr United	Brechin
19:45		Flashscores.com	O'Connell  70'	Stadium: Glebe Park

St Mirren v Spartans

29 November 2016	St Mirren	5–1	Spartans	Paisley
20:00	Shankland  15', 68' Mallan  20' McAllister  32' Sutton  63'	Flashscores.com	Beesley  73'	Stadium: St Mirren Park

Beith Juniors v Greenock Morton

3 December 2016	Beith Juniors	0–6	Greenock Morton	Beith
13:30		Flashscores.com	Forbes  11' Tidser  17' McDonagh  42' O'Ware  51', 90' Lindsay  78'	Stadium: Bellsdale Park

Stirling Albion v Wick Academy

3 December 2016	Stirling Albion	2–0	Wick Academy	Stirling
15:00	Henderson  43' Bikey  84'	Flashscores.com		Stadium: Forthbank Stadium

Stranraer v East Kilbride

3 December 2016	Stranraer	2–1	East Kilbride	Stranraer
15:00	Gibson  26' (pen.) Strachan  89' (o.g.)	Flashscores.com	Winter  14'	Stadium: Stair Park

Formartine United v Annan Athletic

3 December 2016	Formartine United	4–0	Annan Athletic	Pitmedden
15:00	Gethins  56', 59', 72' Barbour  69'	Flashscores.com		Stadium: North Lodge Park

Clyde v Arbroath

6 December 2016	Clyde	5–0	Arbroath	Cumbernauld
19:45	MacDonald 14' (pen.), 45' (pen.) McLaughlin  21' Gormley  73', 90'	Flashscores.com		Stadium: Broadwood Stadium

Replays

Stenhousemuir v Forres Mechanics

3 December 2016	Stenhousemuir	3–1	Forres Mechanics	Stenhousemuir
15:00	McMenamin  12', 15', 81'	Flashscores.com	Baxter  87' (pen.)	Stadium: Ochilview Park

Dumbarton v Bonnyrigg Rose

6 December 2016	Dumbarton	0–1	Bonnyrigg Rose	Dumbarton
19:45		Flashscores.com	Nelson  86'	Stadium: Dumbarton Football Stadium

Edinburgh City v East Fife

7 December 2016	Edinburgh City	0–1	East Fife	Edinburgh
19:45		Flashscores.com	Kane  54'	Stadium: Meadowbank Stadium Attendance: 397 Referee: Lowe

Notes

1. ^
   A- Originally due to start at 1:30pm, kick-off was delayed by 10 minutes in the Bonnyrigg Rose-Dumbarton match to allow more supporters entry to the ground.[14]

Fourth round

The fourth round took place on the weekend of 21 January 2017. Along with the 16 winners from the third round, there were 16 new entries, four from the Scottish Championship and 12 from the Scottish Premiership, at this stage.[4] Ayr United became the first Scottish club to make four substitutions in a single match in their fourth round replay with Queen's Park. The Scottish FA's rule change at the start of the season to allow a fourth substitute to be used if a match went to extra time[8] was used for the first time when Michael Rose replaced Nicky Devlin in the 121st minute of the match on 24 January 2017.[15]

Draw

The draw for the fourth round was made at 6:35pm on Monday, 28 November. The draw was made at Rugby Park and hosted by Kilmarnock. It was made by Kilmarnock's 1997 Scottish Cup winning midfielder Gary Holt, alongside the Scottish Football Association President, Alan McRae, and Liz Poole-Adams from competition sponsors William Hill.[16]

Teams in italics were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the fifth round.

Scottish Premiership	Scottish Championship	Scottish League One	Scottish League Two	Other
Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers Ross County St Johnstone	Ayr United Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Greenock Morton Hibernian (holders) Raith Rovers St Mirren	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic East Fife Livingston Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stranraer	Clyde Elgin City Stirling Albion	Highland Football League Formartine United SJFA teams Bonnyrigg Rose

Matches

Rangers v Motherwell

21 January 2017	Rangers	2–1	Motherwell	Glasgow
12:30	Miller  84', 89'	BBC	Moult  74'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 31,921 Referee: Craig Thomson

Ross County v Dundee United

21 January 2017	Ross County	6–2	Dundee United	Dingwall
15:00	Routis  6', 76' Quinn  16' Chow  28' Boyce  30' O'Brien  90+2'	BBC	Andreu  13', 45+2'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 2,440 Referee: Kevin Clancy

St Johnstone v Stenhousemuir

21 January 2017	St Johnstone	2–0	Stenhousemuir	Perth
15:00	MacLean  6' Alston  32'	BBC		Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 2,441 Referee: Euan Anderson

Livingston v East Fife

21 January 2017	Livingston	0–1	East Fife	Livingston
15:00		BBC	Paterson  27'	Stadium: Almondvale Attendance: 726 Referee: Colin Steven

Aberdeen v Stranraer

21 January 2017	Aberdeen	4–0	Stranraer	Aberdeen
15:00	Rooney  30', 50' (pen.) McGinn  35', 54'	BBC		Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 8.960 Referee: Don Robertson

Kilmarnock v Hamilton Academical

21 January 2017	Kilmarnock	0–1	Hamilton Academical	Kilmarnock
15:00		BBC	Bingham  90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 2,944 Referee: Crawford Allan

Bonnyrigg Rose v Hibernian

21 January 2017	Bonnyrigg Rose	1–8	Hibernian	Edinburgh^[B]
15:00	Hoskins  33' (pen.)	BBC	Shinnie  11' Keatings  15', 76' Humphrey  24' Cummings  52', 72' Stevenson  61' Forster  82'	Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium Referee: Alan Muir

Ayr United v Queen's Park

21 January 2017	Ayr United	0–0	Queen's Park	Ayr
15:00		BBC		Stadium: Somerset Park Attendance: 1,326 Referee: Barry Cook

Partick Thistle v Formartine United

21 January 2017	Partick Thistle	4–0	Formartine United	Glasgow
15:00	Erskine  10', 31' Lawless  30' Osman  64'	BBC		Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 2,782 Referee: Craig Charleston

Stirling Albion v Clyde

21 January 2017	Stirling Albion	2–2	Clyde	Stirling
15:00	Bikey  9', 84'	BBC	MacDonald  24', 62'	Stadium: Forthbank Stadium Attendance: 869 Referee: Mat Northcroft

Alloa Athletic v Dunfermline Athletic

21 January 2017	Alloa Athletic	2–3	Dunfermline Athletic	Alloa
15:00	McCluskey  68' Spence  90+2'	BBC	Clark  12' McMullan  44' Cardle  60'	Stadium: Recreation Park Attendance: 1,871 Referee: Alan Newlands

Dundee v St Mirren

21 January 2017	Dundee	0–2	St Mirren	Dundee
15:00		BBC	Sutton  25' Baird  50'	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 3,622 Referee: Bobby Madden

Greenock Morton v Falkirk

21 January 2017	Greenock Morton	2–0	Falkirk	Greenock
15:00	Lindsay  39' Forbes  47'	BBC		Stadium: Cappielow Attendance: 2,349 Referee: Greg Aitken

Elgin City v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

21 January 2017	Elgin City	1–2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Elgin
15:10^[C]	Nicolson  25'	BBC	Cole  32' Doumbouya  66'	Stadium: Borough Briggs Attendance: John McKendrick Referee: 3,624

Raith Rovers v Heart of Midlothian

22 January 2017	Raith Rovers	1–1	Heart of Midlothian	Kirkcaldy
13:05	McManus  90'	BBC	Walker  37'	Stadium: Stark's Park Attendance: 5,036 Referee: John Beaton

Albion Rovers v Celtic

22 January 2017	Albion Rovers	0–3	Celtic	Airdrie^[B]
15:00		BBC	Sinclair  30' Dembélé  77' Armstrong  90'	Stadium: Excelsior Stadium Attendance: 8,319 Referee: Willie Collum

Replays

Queen's Park v Ayr United

24 January 2017	Queen's Park	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Ayr United	Glasgow
19:45	Woods  4' Wharton  32'	BBC	Moore  26' Balatoni  83'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 1,026 Referee: Barry Cook
	Penalties
	McGeever Cummins McKernon Wharton Millen Fotheringham		Forrest Rose Cairney McGuffie Harkins Boyle

Heart of Midlothian v Raith Rovers

25 January 2017	Heart of Midlothian	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Raith Rovers	Edinburgh
19:45	Currie  35' Martin  94' (pen.) Walker  105' (pen.) Johnsen  114'	BBC	Barr  14' Hardie  101'	Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium Attendance: 10,740 Referee: John Beaton

Clyde v Stirling Albion

31 January 2017	Clyde	3–2	Stirling Albion	Cumbernauld
19:45	Gormley  5', 10', 39'	BBC	Henderson  4' (pen.), 82' (pen.)	Stadium: Broadwood Stadium Referee: Mat Northcroft

Notes

1. ^
   B- The Bonnyrigg Rose-Hibernian and Albion Rovers-Celtic matches were moved to Tynecastle Stadium and the Excelsior Stadium respectively in accordance with Scottish Cup rule 13 as Bonnyrigg Rose's and Albion Rovers' home grounds, New Dundas Park and Cliftonhill, were deemed unsuitable for the ties.[17]
2. ^
   C- Originally due to start at 3:00pm, kick-off was delayed by 10 minutes in the Elgin City-Inverness Caledonian Thistle match to allow more supporters entry to the ground.[18]

Fifth round

The fifth round took place on the weekend of 11 February 2017.[4]

Draw

The draw for the fifth round was made live on Sky Sports following the conclusion of the Albion Rovers-Celtic match on 22 January 2017.[19] The draw was made by former Hibernian manager Alan Stubbs and Celtic fan Rod Stewart, who memorably performed his part of the draw in an enthusiastic manner.[20]

Teams in italics were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the quarter-finals.

Scottish Premiership	Scottish Championship	Scottish League One	Scottish League Two
Aberdeen Celtic Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Partick Thistle Rangers Ross County St Johnstone	Ayr United Dunfermline Athletic Greenock Morton Hibernian St Mirren	East Fife	Clyde

Matches

Celtic v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

11 February 2017	Celtic	6–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Glasgow
12:15	Lustig  20' Dembélé  45', 50', 59' Tierney  86' Brown  90+1'	BBC		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 25,577 Referee: Kevin Clancy

Dunfermline Athletic v Hamilton Academical

11 February 2017	Dunfermline Athletic	1–1	Hamilton Academical	Dunfermline
15:00	McMullan  30'	BBC	Redmond  74'	Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 2,945 Referee: Craig Thomson

St Johnstone v Partick Thistle

11 February 2017	St Johnstone	0–1	Partick Thistle	Perth
15:00		BBC	Barton  7'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 2,884 Referee: Steven McLean

Ayr United v Clyde

11 February 2017	Ayr United	1–1	Clyde	Ayr
15:00	Cairney  70'	BBC	Gormley  55'	Stadium: Somerset Park Attendance: 1,554 Referee: Stephen Finnie

East Fife v St Mirren

11 February 2017	East Fife	2–3	St Mirren	Methil
15:00	Duggan  54' (pen.), 90+3' (pen.)	BBC	Smith  33' Morgan  70', 84'	Stadium: Bayview Stadium Attendance: 1,510 Referee: Don Robertson

Ross County v Aberdeen

11 February 2017	Ross County	0–1	Aberdeen	Dingwall
15:00		BBC	Logan  87'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 4,671 Referee: Bobby Madden

Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian

12 February 2017	Heart of Midlothian	0–0	Hibernian	Edinburgh
12:30		BBC		Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium Attendance: 16,971 Referee: Willie Collum

Rangers v Greenock Morton

12 February 2017	Rangers	2–1	Greenock Morton	Glasgow
15:00	Miller  13' Waghorn  61'	BBC	Tidser  7'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 30,295 Referee: Andrew Dallas

Replays

Clyde v Ayr United

14 February 2017	Clyde	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Ayr United	Cumbernauld
19:45	Gormley  88'	BBC	McDaid  11' Wardrope  117'	Stadium: Broadwood Stadium Attendance: 965 Referee: Stephen Finnie

Hamilton Academical v Dunfermline Athletic

14 February 2017	Hamilton Academical	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–0 p)	Dunfermline Athletic	Hamilton
19:45	Bingham  87' (pen.)	BBC	Morris  25'	Stadium: Superseal Stadium Attendance: 1,222 Referee: Craig Thomson
	Penalties
	Donati Redmond Brophy Devlin		McCabe Paton Reilly

Hibernian v Heart of Midlothian

22 February 2017	Hibernian	3–1	Heart of Midlothian	Edinburgh
19:45	Cummings  21' Holt  37' Shinnie  63'	BBC	Gonçalves  70'	Stadium: Easter Road Stadium Attendance: 20,205 Referee: Steven McLean

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals took place on the weekend of 4 March 2017.[4]

Draw

The draw for the quarter-finals was made live on Sky Sports following the conclusion of the Rangers-Greenock Morton match on 12 February 2017. The draw was conducted by seven-time Scottish Cup winner Alex McLeish.

Teams in italics were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the semi-finals.

Scottish Premiership	Scottish Championship
Aberdeen Celtic Hamilton Academical Partick Thistle Rangers	Ayr United Hibernian St Mirren

Matches

Rangers v Hamilton Academical

4 March 2017	Rangers	6–0	Hamilton Academical	Glasgow
12:30	Waghorn  33' (pen.) Garner  48', 88' (90+1) Toral  77' Hill  82'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 27,287 Referee: John Beaton

Hibernian v Ayr United

4 March 2017	Hibernian	3–1	Ayr United	Edinburgh
15:00	McGinn  7' Cummings  12' (pen.) Keatings  79'	BBC Sport	McGuffie  33'	Stadium: Easter Road Stadium Attendance: 13,602 Referee: Nick Walsh

Celtic v St Mirren

5 March 2017	Celtic	4–1	St Mirren	Glasgow
12:30	Lustig  58' Sinclair  59' Dembélé  68' Griffiths  78'	BBC Sport	Davis  13'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 27,455 Referee: Steven McLean

Aberdeen v Partick Thistle

5 March 2017	Aberdeen	1–0	Partick Thistle	Aberdeen
15:00	Shinnie  43'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 11,333 Referee: Craig Thomson

Semi-finals

The semi-finals took place on the weekend of 22 April 2017.[4]

Draw

The draw for the semi-finals was made live on Sky Sports News on 5 March 2017. The draw was made by Lisbon Lion Bertie Auld and Aberdeen's 1990 Scottish Cup winning manager Alex Smith.

Teams in Bold advanced to the final.

Scottish Premiership	Scottish Championship
Aberdeen Celtic Rangers	Hibernian

Matches

Hibernian v Aberdeen

22 April 2017	Hibernian	2–3	Aberdeen	Glasgow
12:15	Holt  36' McGeouch  60'	BBC Sport	Rooney  1' Christie  25' McGregor  86' (o.g.)	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 31,969 Referee: John Beaton

Celtic v Rangers

23 April 2017	Celtic	2–0	Rangers	Glasgow
12:00	McGregor  11' Sinclair  51' (pen.)	BBC Sport		Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 49,645 Referee: William Collum

Final

Main article: 2017 Scottish Cup Final

27 May 2017

15:00

Celtic	2 – 1	Aberdeen
Armstrong  11' Rogic  90+2'	Report	Hayes  9'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 48,713

Referee: Bobby Madden[21]

Statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 5 March 2017

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	David Gormley	Clyde	8
	Wayne McIntosh	Bonnyrigg Rose
3	John McLeod	Buckie Thistle	7
	Josh Morris	Hawick Royal Albert
5	Sean Jamieson	Bonnyrigg Rose	6
6	Moussa Dembélé	Celtic	5
	Lee Fraser	Forres Mechanics
	Shane Sutherland	Elgin City
9	Peter MacDonald	Clyde	4
	Fraser McLaren	Bonnyrigg Rose
	Joao Pereira Vitoria	East Kilbride

Broadcasting rights

From round four onwards, selected matches from the Scottish Cup are broadcast live in the UK and the Ireland 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, Sky Sports show both semi-finals live with one also on BBC Scotland & both channels screen the final live.

The following matches are to be broadcast live on television:

Round	Sky Sports	BBC
Fourth Round	Rangers v Motherwell[22] Albion Rovers v Celtic[22]	Raith Rovers v Heart of Midlothian[22]
Fifth Round	Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian[23] Rangers v Greenock Morton[23]	Celtic v Inverness Caledonian Thistle[23]
Quarter-finals	Rangers v Hamilton Academical[24] Celtic v St Mirren[24]	Aberdeen v Partick Thistle[24]
Semi-Finals	Celtic v Rangers[25] Hibernian v Aberdeen[25]	Hibernian v Aberdeen[25]
Final	Celtic v Aberdeen

References

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External links

• Official website
• Format and dates