2016–17 Scottish Cup

2016–17 William Hill Scottish Cup
Tournament details
CountryScotland
Teams93
Defending championsHibernian
Final positions
ChampionsCeltic
Runner-upAberdeen
Tournament statistics
Matches played105
Goals scored370 (3.52 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Wayne McIntosh &
David Gormley (8 goals)

All statistics correct as of 27 May 2017.

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]

The defending champions were Hibernian, who defeated Rangers in the 2016 final, but they 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 any domestic competition.[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
  1. Banks O’Dee
  2. Burntisland Shipyard
  3. Coldstream
  4. Edusport Academy
  5. Girvan
  6. Glasgow University
  7. Golspie Sutherland
  8. Linlithgow Rose
  9. Threave Rovers
  10. Wigtown & Bladnoch
  2. Auchinleck Talbot
    3. (2015–16 West Super League winners)
  3. Beith Juniors (2015–16 Scottish Junior Cup winners)
  4. Bonnyrigg Rose (2015–16 East Superleague winners)
  5. Colville Park (2015–16 Scottish Amateur Cup winners)
  6. Leith Athletic (2015–16 EoSFL winners)
  7. Newton Stewart
  8. 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

13 August 2016 Edusport Academy2–2Colville ParkAnnan
15:00 Stadium: Galabank
Referee: Chris Graham
13 August 2016 Newton Stewart0–4 Beith Juniors Newton Stewart
15:00 Beith Juniors Frize (2)
D McPherson
A McPherson 		Stadium: Blairmount Park
Referee: Duncan Smith
13 August 2016 Wigtown & Bladnoch0–4 Auchinleck Talbot Wigtown
15:00 Auchinleck Talbot Shankland 58', 71'
Wilson 66', 83'		 Stadium: Trammondford Park
Referee: Michael Taylor
13 August 2016 St Cuthbert Wanderers0–3 Leith Athletic Kirkcudbright
15:00 Leith Athletic (o.g.)
Fee (2)		 Stadium: St Mary's Park
Referee: Steven Reid
14 August 2016 Glasgow University2–8 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

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

Preliminary round 2

Matches

3 September 2016 Leith Athletic 1–0ColdstreamEdinburgh
15:00 Hay 30' Coldstream FC
Archived		 Stadium: Ainslie Park
Attendance: David Dickinson
3 September 2016 Bonnyrigg Rose 14–0Burntisland ShipyardBonnyrigg
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
3 September 2016 Colville Park0–1 Girvan Glasgow
15:00 Girvan FC Jardine Stadium: New Tinto Park
Referee: Duncan Williams
3 September 2016 Beith Juniors2–2Auchinleck TalbotBeith
14:00 Wilson 45+2'
McGowan 69'		 Auchinleck Talbot Young 45'
Pope 85'		 Stadium: Bellsdale Park
Referee: Peter Stuart
3 September 2016 Threave Rovers1–2 Linlithgow Rose Castle Douglas
15:00 (1–2) Linlithgow Rose Weir (0–1)
Batchelor (0–2)		 Stadium: Meadow Park
Referee: Stephen Brown
3 September 2016 Banks O’Dee 4–0Golspie SutherlandAberdeen
15:00 Winton 13'
Henderson 26'
Heads 58'
Lennox 66'		 Banks O' Dee Stadium: Spain Park
Referee: Lorraine Clark

Replay

10 September 2016 Auchinleck Talbot0–3 Beith Juniors Auchinleck
15:00 Young Yellow card 48' Yellow-red card 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

East of Scotland teams

SJFA teams

Matches

24 September 2016 Turriff United1–1Bonnyrigg RoseTurriff
15:00 Stadium: The Haughs
Referee: Stephen Brown
24 September 2016 Fort William1–4 Brora Rangers Fort William
15:00 Stadium: Claggen Park
Referee: Garry Doherty
24 September 2016 Forres Mechanics2–2LossiemouthForres
15:00 Stadium: Mosset Park
Referee: Duncan Smith
24 September 2016 East Kilbride 9–1Vale of LeithenEast Kilbride
15:00 Victoria (3)
Winters (2)
Strachan (2)
Capuano
Hughes 		Stadium: K Park
Referee: Lorraine Clark
24 September 2016 BSC Glasgow 3–1RothesAlloa
15:00 Stadium: Recreation Park
Referee: Graham Grainger
24 September 2016 Deveronvale0–3 Gretna 2008 Banff
15:00 Stadium: Princess Royal Park
Referee: Gavin Duncan
24 September 2016 Keith0–1 Banks O' Dee Keith
15:00 Stadium: Kynoch Park
Referee: Billy Baxter
24 September 2016 Edinburgh University0–1 Whitehill Welfare Edinburgh
15:00 Stadium: East Peffermill
Referee: Lloyd Wilson
24 September 2016 Gala Fairydean Rovers 3–1FraserburghGalashiels
15:00 Stadium: Netherdale
Referee: David Dickinson
24 September 2016 Beith Juniors 6–0StrathspeyBeith
15:00 Stadium: Bellsdale Park
Referee: Stephen Graham
24 September 2016 Civil Service Strollers1–1Hawick Royal AlbertEdinburgh
15:00 Stadium: Edinburgh Area Civil Service Sports Association
Referee: Calum Haswell
24 September 2016 Nairn County2–3 Preston Athletic Nairn
15:00 Stadium: Station Park
Referee: Steven Traynor
24 September 2016 Inverurie Loco Works0–6 Buckie Thistle Buckie
15:00 Stadium: Victoria Park
Referee: David Watt
24 September 2016 Clachnacuddin1–2 Stirling University Inverness
15:00 Stadium: Grant Street Park
Referee: Liam Duncan
24 September 2016 Dalbeattie Star1–3 Wick Academy Dalbeattie
15:00 Stadium: Islecroft Stadium
Referee: Duncan Williams
24 September 2016 Selkirk0–3 Linlithgow Rose Selkirk
15:00 Stadium: Yarrow Park
Referee: Calum Scott
24 September 2016 Girvan1–2 Huntly Girvan
15:00 Stadium: Hamilton Park
Referee: Matthew MacDermid
25 September 2016 Leith Athletic0–0Cumbernauld ColtsEdinburgh
16:00 Stadium: Ainslie Park

Replays

1 October 2016 Bonnyrigg Rose 4–1Turriff UnitedBonnyrigg
15:00 Stadium: New Dundas Park
1 October 2016 Hawick Royal Albert 6–2Civil Service StrollersHawick
15:00 Stadium: Albert Park
1 October 2016 Lossiemouth0–4 Forres Mechanics Lossiemouth
15:00 Stadium: Grant Park
5 October 2016 Cumbernauld Colts 1–0Leith AthleticCumbernauld
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

SJFA teams

Matches

22 October 2016 Annan Athletic0–0East StirlingshireAnnan
15:00 Flashscores.com Stadium: Galabank
22 October 2016 Banks O' Dee2–2Formartine UnitedAberdeen
15:00 Lawson 61' (o.g.)
Lennox 84' (pen.)		 Flashscores.com Young 30'
Barbour 52'		 Stadium: Spain Park
22 October 2016 Brora Rangers0–2 Clyde Brora
15:00 Flashscores.com Gormley 60'
Flynn 78'		 Stadium: Dudgeon Park
22 October 2016 BSC Glasgow0–1 Beith Juniors Alloa
15:00 Flashscores.com McLaughlin 90+4' Stadium: Recreation Park
22 October 2016 Bonnyrigg Rose 2–1Cove RangersBonnyrigg
15:00 Hoskins 71' (pen.)
Kidd 74'		 Flashscores.com Smith 72' Stadium: New Dundas Park
22 October 2016 Berwick Rangers2–3 Hawick Royal Albert Berwick-upon-Tweed, England
15:00 McKenna 14'
Rutherford 67'		 Flashscores.com Morris 3', 10', 38' Stadium: Shielfield Park
22 October 2016 Linlithgow Rose0–3 Stirling Albion Linlithgow
15:00 Flashscores.com Olanrewaju 27'
McKenzie 60'
Ferns 90+3'		 Stadium: Prestonfield
22 October 2016 Wick Academy 4–1Whitehill WelfareWick
15:00 Pickles 53'
Mackay 55', 65' (pen.)
Macadie 84'		 Flashscores.com McCulloch 18' Stadium: Harmsworth Park
22 October 2016 Preston Athletic0–3 Montrose Prestonpans
15:00 Flashscores.com Fraser 50' (pen.)
Templeman 67'
Court 86'		 Stadium: Pennypit Park
22 October 2016 Huntly0–2 Spartans Huntly
15:00 Flashscores.com Thomson 3'
Townsley 6'		 Stadium: Christie Park
22 October 2016 Edinburgh City0–0Forfar AthleticEdinburgh
15:00 Flashscores.com Stadium: Meadowbank Stadium
22 October 2016 Cowdenbeath0–1 East Kilbride Cowdenbeath
15:00 Flashscores.com Vitoria 5' Stadium: Central Park
22 October 2016 Cumbernauld Colts2–2Forres MechanicsCumbernauld
15:00 Graham 4'
Soane 69'		 Flashscores.com Selkirk 30'
Barclay 67'		 Stadium: Broadwood Stadium
22 October 2016 Arbroath 3–1Stirling UniversityArbroath
15:00 Hamilton 23'
Little 24'
Doris 44'		 Flashscores.com Geddes 18' Stadium: Gayfield Park
22 October 2016 Gala Fairydean Rovers0–4 Elgin City Galashiels
15:00 Flashscores.com Sutherland 14'
Miller 21' (o.g.)
McLeish 30'
Cameron 47'		 Stadium: Netherdale
22 October 2016 Buckie Thistle1–1Gretna 2008Buckie
15:00 Mcleod 66' Murray 9' Stadium: Victoria Park

Replays

29 October 2016 East Stirlingshire1–2 Annan Athletic Stenhousemuir
15:00 Sludden 31'
Rodgers Red card 90'		 Flashscores.com McKenna 40'
Asghar 90+4'		 Stadium: Ochilview
29 October 2016 Formartine United 7–2Banks O' DeePitmedden
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
29 October 2016 Forres Mechanics 4–0Cumbernauld ColtsForres
15:00 McGovern 1'
Soane 70'
Fraser 75'
Scott 90'		 Flashscores.com Stadium: Mosset Park
29 October 2016 Gretna 20082–6 Buckie Thistle Gretna
15:00 Neil 49'
Murray 79'
Neill Red card 76'		 Flashscores.com McLeod 4', 10', 49', 55', 68'
Dorrat 90+3'
Taylor Red card 45'		 Stadium: Raydale Park
1 November 2016 Forfar Athletic0–1 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

Lowland Football League

Highland Football League

SJFA teams

Matches

26 November 2016 Bonnyrigg Rose0–0DumbartonBonnyrigg
13:40[A] Flashscores.com Stadium: New Dundas Park
26 November 2016 Elgin City 8–1Hawick Royal AlbertElgin
15:00 Sutherland 6', 24', 30', 73'
McLeish 53'
Cameron 64', 89'
Gunn 76'		 Flashscores.com Mitchell 32' Stadium: Borough Briggs
26 November 2016 Airdrieonians1–2 Livingston Airdrie
15:00 Ryan 18' Flashscores.com Cadden 30'
Mullen 62'		 Stadium: Excelsior Stadium
26 November 2016 Buckie Thistle3–5 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
26 November 2016 Forres Mechanics2–2StenhousemuirForres
15:00 Allan 27'
L Fraser 66'		 Flashscores.com Kerr 45'
Furtado 47'		 Stadium: Mosset Park
26 November 2016 Peterhead0–1 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]

29 November 2016 Queen's Park 2–0MontroseGlasgow
19:45 Galt 15'
Woods 54'		 Flashscores.com Stadium: Hampden Park
29 November 2016 Albion Rovers 2–1Queen of the SouthCoatbridge
19:45 M Dunlop 16'
Ferguson 90+4'		 Flashscores.com Hamill 76' Stadium: Cliftonhill
29 November 2016 East Fife1–1Edinburgh CityMethil
19:45 See 39' Flashscores.com Kerr 63' Stadium: Bayview Stadium
29 November 2016 Brechin City0–1 Ayr United Brechin
19:45 Flashscores.com O'Connell 70' Stadium: Glebe Park
29 November 2016 St Mirren 5–1SpartansPaisley
20:00 Shankland 15', 68'
Mallan 20'
McAllister 32'
Sutton 63'		 Flashscores.com Beesley 73' Stadium: St Mirren Park
3 December 2016 Beith Juniors0–6 Greenock Morton Beith
13:30 Flashscores.com Forbes 11'
Tidser 17'
McDonagh 42'
O'Ware 51', 90'
Lindsay 78'		 Stadium: Bellsdale Park
3 December 2016 Stirling Albion 2–0Wick AcademyStirling
15:00 Henderson 43'
Bikey 84'		 Flashscores.com Stadium: Forthbank Stadium
3 December 2016 Stranraer 2–1East KilbrideStranraer
15:00 Gibson 26' (pen.)
Strachan 89' (o.g.)		 Flashscores.com Winter 14' Stadium: Stair Park
3 December 2016 Formartine United 4–0Annan AthleticPitmedden
15:00 Gethins 56', 59', 72'
Barbour 69'		 Flashscores.com Stadium: North Lodge Park
6 December 2016 Clyde 5–0ArbroathCumbernauld
19:45 MacDonald 14' (pen.), 45' (pen.)
McLaughlin 21'
Gormley 73', 90'		 Flashscores.com Stadium: Broadwood Stadium

Replays

3 December 2016 Stenhousemuir 3–1Forres MechanicsStenhousemuir
15:00 McMenamin 12', 15', 81' Flashscores.com Baxter 87' (pen.) Stadium: Ochilview Park
6 December 2016 Dumbarton0–1 Bonnyrigg Rose Dumbarton
19:45 Flashscores.com Nelson 86' Stadium: Dumbarton Football Stadium
7 December 2016 Edinburgh City0–1 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

Highland Football League

SJFA teams

Matches

21 January 2017 Rangers 2–1MotherwellGlasgow
12:30 Miller 84', 89' BBC Moult 74' Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 31,921
Referee: Craig Thomson
21 January 2017 Ross County 6–2Dundee UnitedDingwall
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
21 January 2017 St Johnstone 2–0StenhousemuirPerth
15:00 MacLean 6'
Alston 32'		 BBC Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 2,441
Referee: Euan Anderson
21 January 2017 Livingston0–1 East Fife Livingston
15:00 BBC Paterson 27' Stadium: Almondvale
Attendance: 726
Referee: Colin Steven
21 January 2017 Aberdeen 4–0StranraerAberdeen
15:00 Rooney 30', 50' (pen.)
McGinn 35', 54'		 BBC Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 8.960
Referee: Don Robertson
21 January 2017 Kilmarnock0–1 Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock
15:00 BBC Bingham 90+2' (pen.) Stadium: Rugby Park
Attendance: 2,944
Referee: Crawford Allan
21 January 2017 Bonnyrigg Rose1–8 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
21 January 2017 Ayr United0–0Queen's ParkAyr
15:00 BBC Stadium: Somerset Park
Attendance: 1,326
Referee: Barry Cook
21 January 2017 Partick Thistle 4–0Formartine UnitedGlasgow
15:00 Erskine 10', 31'
Lawless 30'
Osman 64'		 BBC Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 2,782
Referee: Craig Charleston
21 January 2017 Stirling Albion2–2ClydeStirling
15:00 Bikey 9', 84' BBC MacDonald 24', 62' Stadium: Forthbank Stadium
Attendance: 869
Referee: Mat Northcroft
21 January 2017 Alloa Athletic2–3 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
21 January 2017 Dundee0–2 St Mirren Dundee
15:00 BBC Sutton 25'
Baird 50'		 Stadium: Dens Park
Attendance: 3,622
Referee: Bobby Madden
21 January 2017 Greenock Morton 2–0FalkirkGreenock
15:00 Lindsay 39'
Forbes 47'		 BBC Stadium: Cappielow
Attendance: 2,349
Referee: Greg Aitken
21 January 2017 Elgin City1–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Elgin
15:10[C] Nicolson 25' BBC Cole 32'
Doumbouya 66'		 Stadium: Borough Briggs
Attendance: John McKendrick
Referee: 3,624
22 January 2017 Raith Rovers1–1Heart of MidlothianKirkcaldy
13:05 McManus 90' BBC Walker 37' Stadium: Stark's Park
Attendance: 5,036
Referee: John Beaton
22 January 2017 Albion Rovers0–3 Celtic Airdrie[B]
15:00 BBC Sinclair 30'
Dembélé 77'
Armstrong 90'		 Stadium: Excelsior Stadium
Attendance: 8,319
Referee: Willie Collum

Replays

24 January 2017 Queen's Park2–2 (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
25 January 2017 Heart of Midlothian 4–2 (a.e.t.)Raith RoversEdinburgh
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
31 January 2017 Clyde 3–2Stirling AlbionCumbernauld
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

Matches

11 February 2017 Celtic 6–0Inverness Caledonian ThistleGlasgow
12:15 Lustig 20'
Dembélé 45', 50', 59'
Tierney 86'
Brown 90+1'		 BBC Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 25,577
Referee: Kevin Clancy
11 February 2017 Dunfermline Athletic1–1Hamilton AcademicalDunfermline
15:00 McMullan 30' BBC Redmond 74' Stadium: East End Park
Attendance: 2,945
Referee: Craig Thomson
11 February 2017 St Johnstone0–1 Partick Thistle Perth
15:00 BBC Barton 7' Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 2,884
Referee: Steven McLean
11 February 2017 Ayr United1–1ClydeAyr
15:00 Cairney 70' BBC Gormley 55' Stadium: Somerset Park
Attendance: 1,554
Referee: Stephen Finnie
11 February 2017 East Fife2–3 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
11 February 2017 Ross County0–1 Aberdeen Dingwall
15:00 BBC Logan 87' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 4,671
Referee: Bobby Madden
12 February 2017 Heart of Midlothian0–0HibernianEdinburgh
12:30 BBC Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium
Attendance: 16,971
Referee: Willie Collum
12 February 2017 Rangers 2–1Greenock MortonGlasgow
15:00 Miller 13'
Waghorn 61'		 BBC Tidser 7' Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 30,295
Referee: Andrew Dallas

Replays

14 February 2017 Clyde1–2 (a.e.t.) Ayr United Cumbernauld
19:45 Gormley 88' BBC McDaid 11'
Wardrope 117'		 Stadium: Broadwood Stadium
Attendance: 965
Referee: Stephen Finnie
14 February 2017 Hamilton Academical 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–0 p)		Dunfermline AthleticHamilton
19:45 Bingham 87' (pen.) BBC Morris 25' Stadium: Superseal Stadium
Attendance: 1,222
Referee: Craig Thomson
Penalties
22 February 2017 Hibernian 3–1Heart of MidlothianEdinburgh
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

Matches

4 March 2017 Rangers 6–0Hamilton AcademicalGlasgow
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
4 March 2017 Hibernian 3–1Ayr UnitedEdinburgh
15:00 McGinn 7'
Cummings 12' (pen.)
Keatings 79'		 BBC Sport McGuffie 33' Stadium: Easter Road Stadium
Attendance: 13,602
Referee: Nick Walsh
5 March 2017 Celtic 4–1St MirrenGlasgow
12:30 Lustig 58'
Sinclair 59'
Dembélé 68'
Griffiths 78'		 BBC Sport Davis 13' Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 27,455
Referee: Steven McLean
5 March 2017 Aberdeen 1–0Partick ThistleAberdeen
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

Matches

22 April 2017 Hibernian2–3 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
23 April 2017 Celtic 2–0RangersGlasgow
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
Celtic2 – 1Aberdeen
Armstrong 11'
Rogic 90+2'		 Report Hayes 9'
Attendance: 48,713

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 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

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