2004–05 Scottish Cup

2004–05 Tennent's Scottish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Defending champions	Celtic
Final positions
Champions	Celtic
Runner-up	Dundee United
Tournament statistics
Matches played	60
	← 2003–04 2005–06 →

The 2004–05 Scottish Cup was the 120th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition, also known for sponsorship reasons as the Tennent's Scottish Cup. The Cup was won by Celtic, who defeated Dundee United 1–0 in the final; this was Martin O'Neill's last match as Celtic manager.

Calendar

Round	First match date	Fixtures		Clubs
Round	First match date	Original	Replays	Clubs
First Round		8	0
Second Round		10	2	00 → 32
Third Round		16	3	32 → 16
Fourth Round		8	2	16 → 80
Quarter-finals	26 February 2005	4	0	8 → 4
Semi-finals	9 April 2005	2	0	4 → 2
Final	28 May 2005	1	0	2 → 1

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Cove Rangers	4 – 1	Dalbeattie Star
Cowdenbeath	2 – 3	Dumbarton
Forfar Athletic	1 – 5	Montrose
Huntly	3 – 1	Peterhead
Glasgow University	0 – 3	Brechin City
Greenock Morton	3 – 1	East Stirlingshire
East Fife	3 – 0	Whitehill Welfare
Inverurie Loco Works	1 – 2	Keith

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Albion Rovers	0 – 1	Arbroath
Alloa Athletic	2 – 1	Stenhousemuir
Ayr United	3 – 0	Edinburgh City
Brechin City	1 – 0	Stirling Albion
Cove Rangers	1 – 7	Greenock Morton
Dumbarton	1 – 1	Berwick Rangers
Gretna	3 – 0	Elgin City
Huntly	0 – 0	East Fife
Keith	0 – 1	Montrose
Stranraer	1 – 0	Queen’s Park

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Berwick Rangers	3 – 1	Dumbarton
East Fife	3 – 3 (4 – 3 pen.)	Huntly

Third round

Home team	Score	Away team
Arbroath	0 – 2	Aberdeen
Ayr United	3 – 3	Stranraer
Berwick Rangers	0 – 3	Brechin City
Celtic	2 – 1	Rangers
Clyde	3 – 0	Falkirk
East Fife	0 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic
Gretna	3 – 4	Dundee United
Hibernian	2 – 0	Dundee
Inverness CT	1 – 0	St Johnstone
Kilmarnock	2 – 0	Motherwell
Livingston	2 – 1	Greenock Morton
Montrose	1 – 2	Queen of the South
Partick Thistle	0 – 0	Heart of Midlothian
Raith Rovers	0 – 2	Alloa Athletic
Ross County	4 – 1	Airdrie United
St Mirren	3 – 0	Hamilton Academical

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Dunfermline Athletic	3 – 1	East Fife
Heart of Midlothian	2 – 1	Partick Thistle
Stranraer	0 – 2	Ayr United

Fourth round

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	2 – 1	Inverness CT
Alloa Athletic	0 – 1	Livingston
Ayr United	0 – 2	St Mirren
Dunfermline Athletic	0 – 3	Celtic
Heart of Midlothian	2 – 2	Kilmarnock
Hibernian	4 – 0	Brechin City
Queen of the South	0 – 3	Dundee United
Ross County	0 – 0	Clyde

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Clyde	2 – 1	Ross County
Kilmarnock	1 – 3	Heart of Midlothian

Quarter-finals

26 February 2005

Hibernian	2–0	St Mirren
Brown 45' O'Connor 72'

Easter Road, Edinburgh

27 February 2005

Clyde	0–5	Celtic
		Varga 40', 68' Thompson 48' (pen.) Petrov 60' Bellamy 72'

Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld

27 February 2005

Dundee United	4–1	Aberdeen
Archibald 19' Grady 29', 47' Crawford 41'		Byrne 33'

Tannadice Park, Dundee

27 February 2005

Heart of Midlothian	2–1	Livingston
Miller 1' McAllister 10'		Easton 60'

Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh

Semi-finals

9 April 2005

Dundee United	2–1	Hibernian
McIntyre 73' Scotland 76'	Report	Riordan 58' (pen.)

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 27,271

Referee: Mike McCurry

10 April 2005

Heart of Midlothian	1–2	Celtic
Cesnauskis 60'	Report	Sutton 3' Bellamy 49'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 38,505

Referee: Stuart Dougal

Final

28 May 2005

15:00

Celtic	1–0	Dundee United
Thompson 11'	Report

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 50,635

Referee: John Rowbotham

Largest Wins

A list of the largest wins from the competition.


Score	Home Team	Away Team	Stage
1-7	Cove Rangers	Greenock Morton	Second Round
0-5	Clyde	Celtic	Quarter Finals
1-5	Forfar Athletic	Montrose	First Round
4-0	Hibernian	Brechin City	Third Round

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List of finals Winning managers Scottish Qualifying Cup

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Domestic leagues	Premier League Football League First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Challenge Cup Final Junior Cup
European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup
Related to national team	Results 2006 World Cup Qualifying (UEFA Group 5)
Club seasons
Premier League	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Livingston Motherwell Rangers
First Division	Airdrie United Clyde Falkirk Hamilton Academical Partick Thistle Queen of the South Raith Rovers Ross County St. Johnstone St. Mirren
Second Division	Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Berwick Rangers Brechin City Dumbarton Forfar Athletic Greenock Morton Stirling Albion Stranraer
Third Division	Albion Rovers Cowdenbeath East Fife East Stirlingshire Elgin City Gretna Montrose Peterhead Queen's Park Stenhousemuir
Major transfer deals 2004–05

v t e 2004–05 in European men's football (UEFA)
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League cups	England Finland '04 '05 France Germany Iceland '04 '05 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland '04 '05 Scotland Wales
UEFA competitions	Champions League (qualifying rounds, group stage, knockout stage, Final) UEFA Cup (qualifying rounds, first round, group stage, final stage, Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup