1960–61 Scottish Cup

1960–61 Scottish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Final positions
Champions	Dunfermline Athletic
Runner-up	Celtic
← 1959–60 1961–62 →

The 1960–61 Scottish Cup was the 76th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Dunfermline Athletic who defeated Celtic in the replayed final.

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Alloa Athletic	5 – 4	East Stirlingshire
Berwick Rangers	1 – 4	Dunfermline Athletic
Clyde	0 – 2	Hibernian
Deveronvale	1 – 0	Stirling Albion
Elgin City	2 – 2	Airdrieonians
Falkirk	1 – 3	Celtic
Hearts	9 – 0	Tarff Rovers
Keith	1 – 2	East Fife
Montrose	3 – 1	Albion Rovers
Peebles Rovers	4 – 2	Gala Fairydean
Queen of the South	1 – 1	St Johnstone
Queen's Park	2 – 3	Arbroath
Third Lanark	2 – 0	Stenhousemuir

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Airdrieonians	2 – 0	Elgin City
St Johnstone	1 – 2	Queen of the South

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	4 – 2	Deveronvale
Alloa Athletic	2 – 0	Dumbarton
Ayr United	0 – 0	Airdrieonians
Brechin City	5 – 3	Duns
Buckie Thistle	0 – 2	Raith Rovers
Celtic	6 – 0	Montrose
Cowdenbeath	1 – 4	Motherwell
Dundee	1 – 5	Rangers
Dundee United	0 – 1	St Mirren
East Fife	1 – 3	Partick Thistle
Forfar Athletic	2 – 0	Greenock Morton
Hibernian	15 – 1	Peebles Rovers
Kilmarnock	1 – 2	Hearts
Queen of the South	0 – 2	Hamilton Academical
Stranraer	1 – 3	Dunfermline Athletic
Third Lanark	5 – 2	Arbroath

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Airdrieonians	3 – 1	Ayr United

Third round

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	3 – 6	Dunfermline Athletic
Alloa Athletic	2 – 1	Forfar Athletic
Brechin City	0 – 3	Airdrieonians
Hamilton Academical	0 – 4	Hibernian
Motherwell	2 – 2	Rangers
Partick Thistle	1 – 2	Hearts
Raith Rovers	1 – 4	Celtic
St Mirren	3 – 3	Third Lanark

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Rangers	2 – 5	Motherwell
Third Lanark	0 – 8	St Mirren

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Celtic	1 – 1	Hibernian
Dunfermline Athletic	4 – 0	Alloa Athletic
Hearts	0 – 1	St Mirren
Motherwell	0 – 1	Airdrieonians

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Hibernian	0 – 1	Celtic

Semi-finals

1 April 1961

Celtic	4–0	Airdrieonians

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 72,612

1 April 1961

Dunfermline Athletic	0–0	St Mirren

Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh

Attendance: 31,930

Replay

5 April 1961^[1]

Dunfermline Athletic	1–0	St Mirren

Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh

Attendance: 16,741

Final

22 April 1961

Dunfermline Athletic	0–0	Celtic

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 113,618

Referee: Hugh Philips

Teams


DUNFERMLINE ATHLETIC:
GK		Eddie Connachan
RB		Cammie Fraser
LB		Willie Cunningham
RH		Ron Mailer
CH		Jackie Williamson
LH		George Miller
RW		George Peebles
IR		Alex Smith
CF		Charlie Dickson
IL		Dan McLindon
LW		Harry Melrose
Manager:
Jock Stein


CELTIC:
GK		Frank Haffey
RB		Duncan MacKay
LB		Jim Kennedy
RH		Paddy Crerand
CH		Billy McNeill
LH		John Clark
RW		Charlie Gallagher
IR		Willie Fernie
CF		John Hughes
IL		Stevie Chalmers
LW		Alex Byrne
Manager:
Jimmy McGrory

Replay

26 April 1961

Dunfermline Athletic	2–0	Celtic
Dave Thomson Charlie Dickson

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 87,866

Referee: Hugh Philips

Teams


DUNFERMLINE ATHLETIC:
GK		Eddie Connachan
RB		Cammie Fraser
LB		Willie Cunningham
RH		Ron Mailer
CH		George Miller
LH		John Sweeney
RW		George Peebles
IR		Alex Smith
CF		Dave Thomson
IL		Charlie Dickson
LW		Harry Melrose
Manager:
Jock Stein


CELTIC:
GK		Frank Haffey
RB		Duncan MacKay
LB		Willie O'Neill
RH		Paddy Crerand
CH		Billy McNeill
LH		John Clark
RW		Charlie Gallagher
IR		Willie Fernie
CF		John Hughes
IL		Stevie Chalmers
LW		Alex Byrne
Manager:
Jimmy McGrory

References

^ 1961: Dunfermline 1 St Mirren 0 | Memorable Match #17, Dunfermline Athletic FC

External links

Video highlights from official Pathé News archive

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1960–61 Scottish Cup

First round

Replays

Second round

Replays

Third round

Replays

Quarter-finals

Replays

Semi-finals

Replay

Final

Replay

See also

References

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