2011–12 Scottish Cup

The 2011–12 Scottish Cup was the 127th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The tournament began on 24 September 2011 and ended on 19 May 2012.[2] It was sponsored by William Hill in the first season of a three-year partnership, known as the William Hill Scottish Cup.[3] The winner of the competition qualified for the play-off round[4] of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League. Heart of Midlothian won 5–1 against city rivals Hibernian at Hampden Park.[5]

2011-12 William Hill Scottish Cup
Tournament details
Country Scotland
Teams81[1]
Final positions
ChampionsHeart of Midlothian
Runner-upHibernian
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)Rudi Skacel (5)

Calendar

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RoundDraw dateFirst match dateFixturesClubs
OriginalReplays
First roundMonday 29 August 2011Saturday 24 September 201117181 → 64
Second roundWednesday 28 September 2011Saturday 22 October 201116464 → 48
Third roundWednesday 26 October 2011Saturday 19 November 201116448 → 32
Fourth roundTuesday 22 November 2011Saturday 7 January 201216332 → 16
Fifth roundMonday 9 January 2012Saturday 4 February 20128316 → 80
Quarter-finalsMonday 6 February 2012Saturday 10 March 2012418 → 4
Semi-finalsSunday 11 March 2012Saturday 14 & Sunday 15 April 20122N/A4 → 2
FinalN/ASaturday 19 May 20121N/A2 → 1

Fixtures & Results

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First round

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The first round draw was conducted on 29 August 2011 at Buchanan Galleries in Glasgow.[7]

This round is populated entirely by non-league clubs:

Golspie Sutherland received a bye into the Second Round.

24 September 2011 Culter 4 – 0 Burntisland Shipyard Crombie Park
15:00McBain 7', 42', 53'
Smart 80' (o.g.)
Referee: Ross McIntyre
24 September 2011 Dalbeattie Star 1 – 6 Inverurie Loco Works Islecroft Stadium
15:00Dingwall 46'Young 7', 51'
Ross 25'
Bain 51'
McLean 65', 75'
Referee: Don Robertson
24 September 2011 Edinburgh City 3 – 0 Brora Rangers Meadowbank Stadium
15:00Ross 60', 62'
Gair 80' (pen.)
Referee: Paul Reid
24 September 2011 Edinburgh University 0 – 3 Whitehill Welfare Peffermill Playing Fields
15:00Smail 35', 62'
Young 78' (pen.)
Referee: Graeme Stewart
24 September 2011 Forres Mechanics 2 – 2 Irvine Meadow XI Mosset Park
15:00Moore 68'
Tweedie 85'
McGuiness 5'
Husley 76'
Referee: Andrew Dallas
24 September 2011 Fraserburgh 4 – 3 Civil Service Strollers Bellslea Park
15:00Bruce 11', 17'
Hale 37'
Christie 90'
Tweedie 85'
Gormley 42'
Rennie 45', 61'
Referee: Craig Sim
24 September 2011 Gala Fairydean 8 – 1 Hawick Royal Albert Netherdale
15:00Hay 11', 55', 88' (pen.)
Jackson 19'
Grass 47'
Rossi 61'
Barnston 66'
Wilson 68'
Cooper 28'Referee: Gavin Duncan
24 September 2011 Glasgow University 0 – 4 Cove Rangers Garscube Sports Complex
15:00Park 38', 85'
Milne 61' (pen.), 70'
Referee: James Campbell
24 September 2011 Huntly 6 – 1 Newton Stewart Christie Park
15:00McCarthy 8'
Fyfe 38'
Naismith 43'
Guild 45'
Thoirs 47'
Booth 78'
Sutherland 57'Referee: Graeme Beaton
24 September 2011 Lossiemouth 1 – 2 Auchinleck Talbot Grant Park
15:00Smith 19'McCann 55'
Gillies 89'
Referee: Bryan Braidwood
24 September 2011 Nairn County 2 – 1 Selkirk Station Park
15:00Gethins 73'
MacKay 89'
Gibson 70'Referee: Caryl Potten
24 September 2011 Rothes 0 – 3 Clachnacuddin Mackessack Park
15:00Williamson 30'
MacLeod 37'
Brindle 54'
Referee: Ryan Milne
24 September 2011 St Cuthbert Wanderers 0 – 2 Keith St Mary's Park
15:00Donaldson 17'
Walker 78'
Referee: Kevin Graham
24 September 2011 Vale of Leithen 1 – 0 Girvan Victoria Park
15:00Moffat 30'Referee: Gavin Ross
24 September 2011 Wick Academy 9 – 1 Coldstream Harmsworth Park
15:00MacAdie 28'
Allan 31'
Weir 52' (pen.), 78', 82'
Shearer 61'
Cunningham 65', 69', 76'
Adamson 37'Referee: Billy Baxter
24 September 2011 Wigtown & Bladnoch 2 – 0 Preston Athletic Trammondford Park
15:00Miller 15'
McMillan 75'
Referee: Steven Reid
1 October 2011 Fort William 0 – 4 Bo'ness United Claggan Park
15:00Gibb 18', 22'
Walker 31'
Tarditi 67'
Referee: Gary McCarthy

Source: [citation needed]

First round replay

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1 October 2011 Irvine Meadow XI 6 – 3 Forres Mechanics Meadow Park
15:00Robertson 6', 50'
Fleming 32'
Barr 46'
McLennan 64'
Hughes 82'
Allan 17', 26' (pen.)
Fraser 19'
Referee: Andrew Dallas

Source: [citation needed]

Second round

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The second round draw was conducted on 28 September 2011 at the William Hill shop in West Campbell Street in Glasgow.[8]

The 17 winners and 1 bye from the First Round enter here, along with the 10 SFL Third Division clubs (Alloa Athletic, Annan Athletic, Berwick Rangers, Clyde, East Stirlingshire, Elgin City, Montrose, Peterhead, Queen's Park, Stranraer), Highland League champions (Buckie Thistle), Highland League runners-up (Deveronvale), East of Scotland League champions (Spartans) and South of Scotland League champions (Threave Rovers).

At a hearing of the SFA Judicial Panel on 10 November 2011, Spartans were expelled from the competition for fielding an unregistered and therefore ineligible player in their Second Round tie against Culter. Culter were re-instated to the Third round.[9][10]

22 October 2011 Fraserburgh 0 – 0 Elgin City Bellslea Park
15:00ReportAttendance: 520
Referee: Hilland
22 October 2011 Wigtown & Bladnoch 0 – 9 Stranraer Trammondford Park
14:00ReportWinter 11' (60), 77'
Malcolm 13' (45)
Aitken 38'
Grehan 43' (71)
McLom 88'
Attendance: 450
Referee: Graham
22 October 2011 Peterhead 2 – 0 Nairn County Balmoor Stadium
15:00Bavidge 12' (24)ReportAttendance: 625
Referee: Anderson
22 October 2011 Culter 0 – 2 Spartans Crombie Park
15:00Report
22 October 2011 Alloa Athletic 2 – 2 Annan Athletic Recreation Park
15:00Cawley 16'
Masterton 68'
ReportCox 36'
Watson 54'
Attendance: 490
Referee: Brines
22 October 2011 Deveronvale 4 – 0 Berwick Rangers Princess Royal Park
15:00Duncan 19'
Fraser 29'
Blackhall 66'
McKenzie 71' (Penalty)
ReportThomson  69'Attendance: 650
Referee: Robertson
22 October 2011 Huntly 0 – 3 Queen's Park Christie Park
15:00ReportLongworth 44'
Burns 47'
Smith 78'
Attendance: 520
Referee: Dallas
22 October 2011 Montrose 2 – 1 Clyde Links Park Stadium
15:00Lunan 23'
Pierce 49'
ReportNeil 19'Attendance: 452
Referee: Robertson
23 October 2011 East Stirlingshire 1 – 1 Buckie Thistle Ochilview Park
15:00Stirling 48'
Frances  90' 
Cane  90'
ReportHunter 53' (Own Goal)Attendance: 372
Referee: Cook

Source: BBC
Spartans expelled for fielding an ineligible player. Culter progress to the Third Round.[10]

Second round replays

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29 October 2011 Annan Athletic 2 – 0 Alloa Athletic Galabank
15:00ReportAttendance: 502

Source: BBC Sport

Third round

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The Third Round draw was conducted on 26 October 2011 at Musselburgh Racecourse.[11]

The 16 winners from the Second Round enter here, along with the 10 SFL Second Division clubs (Airdrie United, Albion Rovers, Arbroath, Brechin City, Cowdenbeath, Dumbarton, East Fife, Forfar Athletic, Stenhosemuir, Stirling Albion) and 6 SFL First Division clubs (Ayr United, Dundee, Greenock Morton, Livingston, Partick Thistle, Ross County)

19 November 2011 Ayr United 2 – 2 Montrose Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00
19 November 2011 Keith 0 – 1 Arbroath Kynoch Park, Keith
15:00

Source: BBC Sport

Third round replays

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26 November 2011 Partick Thistle 4 – 0 Culter Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00Elliot 1'
Cairney 26', 29'
Erskine 47'
ReportAttendance: 1,864
Referee: Des Roache
22 November 2011 Montrose 1 – 2 Ayr United Links Park, Montrose
19:45Winter 81'Trouten 28', 73'Attendance: 575
Referee: Mat Northcroft
26 November 2011 Queen's Park 3 – 1 Elgin City Hampden Park, Glasgow
15:00Murray 11'
Smith 43', 87'
ReportClark  56'
Gunn 74'
Attendance: 513
Referee: Frank McDermott
26 November 2011 Forfar Athletic 3 – 0 Stranraer Station Park, Forfar
15:00Ross 67'
Templeman 76'
Gibson 87'
ReportAttendance: 423
Referee: Brian Colvin

Source: BBC Sport

Fourth round

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The fourth round draw was conducted on 22 November 2011 at 10:30am at Hampden Park live on Sky Sports News.[12]

The 16 winners from the third round entered here, along with the 12 SPL clubs (Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee United, Dunfermline Athletic, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Kilmarnock, Motherwell, Rangers, St Johnstone, St Mirren) and four SFL First Division clubs who were exempt from playing in the third round (Falkirk, Hamilton Academical, Queen of the South, Raith Rovers).

7 January Ross County 7 – 0 Stenhousemuir Victoria Park, Dingwall
15:00Vigurs 5', 75'
Brittain 52' (pen.)
Gardyne 62'
Craig 71'
Byrne 87', 88'
ReportMcMillan  51'Attendance: 1,421
Referee: Allan
7 January Livingston 1 – 2 Ayr United Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00McNulty 43'ReportGeggan 39'
McGowan 52'
Attendance: 932
Referee: Salmond
7 January Raith Rovers 1 – 2 Greenock Morton Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
15:00Clarke 39'ReportCampbell 67'
MacDonald 76' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,581
Referee: McLean
7 January Cowdenbeath 2 – 3 Hibernian Central Park, Cowdenbeath
15:00Stewart 1'
Robertson 69'
ReportGriffiths 18'
Doyle 27'
Wotherspoon 54'
Attendance: 2,670
Referee: Madden
7 January St Johnstone 2 – 1 Brechin City McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00Davidson 6'
Sandaza 46'
ReportMcManus 26'
McLauchlan
Attendance: 2,467
Referee: Tumilty
7 January Forfar Athletic 0 – 4 Aberdeen Station Park, Forfar
15:00ReportVernon 31'
Chalali 41'
Fallon 71'
Megginson 84'
Attendance: 3,747
Referee: Colvin
7 January Falkirk 2 – 0 East Fife Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00Dods 7'
El Alagui 23'
ReportAttendance: 2,475
Referee: McKendrick
7 January Motherwell 4 – 0 Queen's Park Fir Park, Motherwell
15:00Daley 5'
Murphy 21', 71'
Ojamaa 90'
ReportAttendance: 4,286
Referee: Clancy
8 January Arbroath 0 – 4 Rangers Gayfield Park, Arbroath
12:45ReportHealy 18'
Wedderburn 22' (o.g.)
Jelavić 59'
Kerkar 77'
Attendance: 5,895
Referee: Murray
8 January Peterhead 0 – 3 Celtic Balmoor Stadium, Peterhead
15:00ReportStokes 36', 57', 82'Attendance: 4,600
Referee: Muir
7 January Airdrie United 2 – 6 Dundee United Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie
15:00Donnelly 85', 90'ReportRankin 17'
Robertson 43'
Russell 62', 68', 84'
Mackay-Steven 71'
Attendance: 2,434
Referee: Charleston
7 January Dundee 1 – 1 Kilmarnock Dens Park, Dundee
12:30Milne 46'ReportPascali 32'Attendance: 3,446
Referee: O'Reilly
7 January St Mirren 0 – 0 Hamilton Academical St Mirren Park, Paisley
15:00ReportAttendance: 3,091
Referee: Collum

Source: BBC Sport

Fourth round replays

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17 January Kilmarnock 2 – 1 Dundee Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
19:45Heffernan 35'
Shiels 44'
ReportRae 63'Attendance: 4,618
Referee: Stevie O'Reilly

Source: BBC Sport

Fifth round

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The fifth round draw was conducted on 9 January 2012 at 2:30pm at Hampden Park live on Sky Sports News.[13]

The 16 winners from the fourth round entered here.

4 February Hibernian 1 − 0 Kilmarnock Easter Road, Edinburgh
15:00Doyle 15'ReportAttendance: 8,198
Referee: Iain Brines
4 February Motherwell 6 − 0 Greenock Morton Fir Park, Motherwell
15:00Hateley 9'
Murphy 29', 67'
Hutchinson 33'
Ojamaa 35'
Law 41'
ReportAttendance: 5,139
Referee: Euan Norris
4 February St Mirren 1 − 1 Ross County St Mirren Park, Paisley
15:00Thompson 43'ReportBrittain 40' (pen.)Attendance: 3,334
Referee: Bobby Madden
5 February Rangers 0 − 2 Dundee United Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
12:15ReportGunning 16'
Russell 35'
Attendance: 17,822
Referee: William Collum
15 February Ayr United 2 − 1 Falkirk Somerset Park, Ayr
19:45Geggan 20'
Roberts 58' (pen.)
ReportAlston 7'Attendance: 1,873
Referee: Crawford Allan

Source: BBC Sport

Fifth round replays

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14 February Ross County 1 − 2 St Mirren Victoria Park, Dingwall
19:45ReportTeale 14'
Thompson  37'
Hasselbaink 53'
Attendance: 2,334
Referee: Bobby Madden

Source: BBC Sport

Quarter-finals

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The Quarter-finals draw was conducted on 6 February 2012 at 2:30pm at Hampden Park live on Sky Sports News.[14]

10 March Ayr United 0 – 2 Hibernian Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00ReportO'Donovan 6'
Griffiths 19' (pen.)
Attendance: 5,991
Referee: Steven McLean
11 March Dundee United 0 – 4 Celtic Tannadice Park, Dundee
13:15ReportLedley 53'
Samaras 71'
Stokes 86'
Brown 90' (pen.)
Attendance: 12,270
Referee: Iain Brines
11 March Motherwell 1 – 2 Aberdeen Fir Park, Motherwell
15:45Law 79'ReportFallon 5', 41'Attendance: 7,640
Referee: Craig Thomson

Source: BBC Sport

Quarter-final replay

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Source: BBC Sport

Semi-finals

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The Semi-final draw was conducted on 11 March 2012 at Fir Park live on Sky Sports 3 & Sky Sports 3 HD following the Motherwell vs Aberdeen tie.[15]

14 April Aberdeen 1 − 2 Hibernian Hampden Park, Glasgow
12:15Fallon 59'ReportO'Connor 3'
Griffiths 85'
Attendance: 28,278
Referee: William Collum

Source: BBC Sport

Final

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Source: BBC Sport

Awards

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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.[16]

RoundPlayer of the RoundRef
R4Andy Leishman (Auchinleck Talbot)[16]
R5Henrik Ojamaa (Motherwell)[16][17]
QFRory Fallon (Aberdeen)[16]
SFRudi Skacel (Heart of Midlothian)[16]
FRudi Skacel (Heart of Midlothian)[16]

Media coverage

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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.

RoundSky SportsBBC Scotland
Fourth roundArbroath vs Rangers
Peterhead vs Celtic
Dunfermline Athletic vs Inverness CT (replay)
Dundee vs Kilmarnock
Fifth roundInverness CT vs Celtic
Hearts vs St Johnstone
Rangers vs Dundee United
Quarter-finalsDundee United vs Celtic
Motherwell vs Aberdeen
St Mirren vs Hearts (replay)
Hearts vs St Mirren
Semi-finalsAberdeen vs Hibernian
Celtic vs Hearts
Aberdeen vs Hibernian
FinalHibernian vs HeartsHibernian vs Hearts

Overseas

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From round 4 onwards, Premium Sports showed matches live in the USA and Caribbean. Setanta Sports Australia show matches live in Australia.

References

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