2010–11 Scottish Cup

2010–11 Scottish Cup

Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Defending champions	Dundee United
Final positions
Champions	Celtic
Runner-up	Motherwell

The 2010–11 Scottish Cup was the 126th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition.

Celtic won the competition after they defeated Motherwell 3–0.

Calendar

See also: Scottish Cup format

Round	Draw date	First match date	Fixtures		Clubs
			Original	Replays
First round	Wednesday 1 September 2010	Saturday 25 September 2010	17	7	81 → 64
Second round	Wednesday 29 September 2010	Saturday 23 October 2010	16	4	64 → 48
Third round	Thursday 28 October 2010	Saturday 20 November 2010	16	3	48 → 32
Fourth round	Monday 22 November 2010	Saturday 8 January 2011	16	7	32 → 16
Fifth round	Tuesday 11 January 2011	Saturday 5 February 2011	8	1	16 → 80
Quarter-finals	Sunday 6 February 2011	Saturday 12 March 2011	4	2	8 → 4
Semi-finals	Sunday 13 March	Saturday/Sunday 16/17 April 2011	2	N/A	4 → 2
Final	N/A	Saturday 21 May 2011	1	N/A	2 → 1

From the First Round to the Third Round, postponed or drawn ties were normally replayed on the following weekend and thereafter on consecutive midweeks. From the Fourth Round to the Sixth Round, postponed or drawn ties were normally replayed on the second midweek after the original date, and thereafter on consecutive midweeks. There were no replays in the Semi-Finals or the Final.

First round

The First round draw was conducted on 1 September 2010.

Wick Academy received a bye into the Second Round.

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Golspie Sutherland	2–2	Fort William
Rothes	2–2	Nairn County
Civil Service Strollers	1–2	Wigtown & Bladnoch
Edinburgh City	1–0	Clachnacuddin
Glasgow University	1–0	Burntisland Shipyard
Beith	2–0	Linlithgow Rose
Coldstream	1–3	Forres Mechanics
Fraserburgh	3–3	St Cuthbert Wanderers
Hawick Royal Albert	0–3	Dalbeattie Star
Newton Stewart	1–1	Preston Athletic
Edinburgh University	2–2	Brora Rangers
Deveronvale	0–0	Inverurie Loco Works
Lossiemouth	0–2	Whitehill Welfare
Vale of Leithen	1–3	Keith
Huntly	2–2	Girvan
Selkirk	1–6	Bo'ness United
Gala Fairydean	1–6	Sunnybank First round replays Matches were played on 2 October 2010. Home team  Score  Away team Fort William 2–3 Golspie Sutherland Nairn County 4–1 Rothes St Cuthbert Wanderers 3–1 Fraserburgh Preston Athletic 3–0 Newton Stewart Brora Rangers 2–1 Edinburgh University Inverurie Loco Works 0–5 Deveronvale Girvan 2–1 Huntly Second round The Second round draw was conducted on 29 September 2010. Home team  Score  Away team Deveronvale 1–0 Dalbeattie Star Forres Mechanics 0–0 East Stirlingshire Preston Athletic 0–0 Annan Athletic Clyde 1–2 Berwick Rangers Wigtown & Bladnoch 1–7 Buckie Thistle Beith 8–1 Glasgow University Nairn County 0–1 Cove Rangers Keith 0–3 Spartans Stranraer 9–0 St Cuthbert Wanderers Bo'ness United 2–1 Queen's Park Whitehill Welfare 4–3 Wick Academy Golspie Sutherland 2–2 Girvan Montrose 1–1 Arbroath Edinburgh City 2–4 Threave Rovers Albion Rovers 0–1 Sunnybank Elgin City 5–3 Brora Rangers Second round replays Matches were played on 30 October 2010. Home team  Score  Away team East Stirlingshire 4–0 Forres Mechanics Annan Athletic 5–0 Preston Athletic Girvan 4–0 Golspie Sutherland Arbroath 2 – 3 (a.e.t.) Montrose Third round The third round draw was conducted on 28 October 2010. Home team  Score  Away team Peterhead 2–0 Cowdenbeath Ross County 4–1 Deveronvale East Fife 3–1 Forfar Athletic Bo'ness United 0–2 Buckie Thistle Spartans 1–2 East Stirlingshire Stirling Albion 1–3 Partick Thistle Cove Rangers 0–3 Berwick Rangers Stenhousemuir 2–2 Threave Rovers Brechin City 2–2 Annan Athletic Airdrie United 2–2 Beith Dumbarton 1–2 Greenock Morton Alloa Athletic 4–2 Raith Rovers Montrose 3–1 Whitehill Welfare Ayr United 5–0 Sunnybank Elgin City 2–1 Livingston Stranraer 4–2 Girvan Third round replays See also: Scottish football referee strike Matches were played on 4 January 2011 with the exception of Threave Rovers v Stenhousemuir which took place on Wednesday 12 January having been postponed for 4 January 5 January, 8 January & 11 January, all the matches were originally scheduled for 27 November then 30 November (postponed due to weather conditions) and 7 December (6 December for Threave Rovers v Stenhousemuir) (again postponed due to weather conditions) and also 14 December again postponed for weather conditions, the Annan match had also been scheduled for the next night following the postponement of the 14 December match. Following this the matches were scheduled for 21 December then 28 December but on both occasions they were again postponed due to the weather conditions. Home team  Score  Away team Threave Rovers 1–5 Stenhousemuir Annan Athletic 2–5 Brechin City Beith 3–4 Airdrie United Fourth round The fourth round draw was conducted on 22 November 2010 at 11:30am at Hampden Park live on Sky Sports News and Sky Sports News HD. These ties took place on Saturday 8 January and Sunday 9 January for the Dundee and Berwick Rangers matches with the Rangers tie the following night (Monday 10 January). The Falkirk and Queen of the South ties took place on Tuesday 11 January and the Morton tie took place on Tuesday 18 January after all 3 were postponed for 8 January. Hearts v St Johnstone also took place on 11 January & East Stirlingshire v Buckie Thistle takes place on Wednesday 19 January having both been postponed for 9 January and the Stranraer tie took place on Tuesday 18 January following the Threave Rovers v Stenhousemuir replay from the last round being carried over to Wednesday 12 January due to the weather conditions. Home team  Score  Away team Aberdeen 6–0 East Fife Berwick Rangers 0–2 Celtic Dundee 0–4 Motherwell Dundee United 0–0 Ross County East Stirlingshire 1–0 Buckie Thistle Falkirk 2–2 Partick Thistle Hamilton Academical 2–0 Alloa Athletic Hearts 0–1 St Johnstone Hibernian 0–0 Ayr United Inverness CT 2–0 Elgin City Montrose 2–2 Dunfermline Athletic Morton 2–2 Airdrie United Queen of the South 1–2 Brechin City Rangers 3–0 Kilmarnock Stenhousemuir 0–0 Stranraer St Mirren 0–0 Peterhead Buckie Thistle progressed after East Stirlingshire fielded an ineligible player. Fourth round replays The Dunfermline tie was originally scheduled for 11 January but was postponed and played on 18 January which was also when the rest of the ties were played except Airdrie v Morton & Stranraer v Stenhousemuir which were played on 25 January. Template:Fb match footer Fifth round The fifth round draw was conducted on Tuesday 11 January 2011 at 2:30pm at Hampden Park live on Sky Sports News and Sky Sports News HD. The ties were played on Saturday, 5 February & Sunday, 6 February, except for the St Johnstone v Partick Thistle match, which was postponed to Tuesday, 8 February due to an unplayable pitch and to Wednesday, 9 February due to snow-covered pitch. Home team  Score  Away team Ayr United 1–0 Hibernian Dunfermline Athletic 5–3 Montrose Partick Thistle 1–0 Falkirk Peterhead 1–6 St Mirren Ross County 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) 3 – 4 (pens) Dundee United Airdrie United 2–5 Morton Stranraer 4–3 Stenhousemuir Home team  Score  Away team Aberdeen 1–0 Dunfermline Athletic Ayr United 1–2 St Mirren Buckie Thistle 0–2 Brechin City Hamilton Academical 1–3 Dundee United Inverness CT 5–1 Morton Rangers 2–2 Celtic Stranraer 0–2 Motherwell St Johnstone 2–0 Partick Thistle Fifth round replays Home team  Score  Away team Celtic 1–0 Rangers Quarter-finals The quarter-final draw was conducted on Sunday 6 February at 2:30pm at Ibrox Stadium live on Sky Sports 2, Sky Sports HD2 & Sky 3D following the 5th round Old Firm tie. The ties were played on Saturday, 12 March and Sunday, 13 March, except for Inverness CT vs Celtic match, which was postponed to Wednesday, 16 March due to waterlogged pitch at Caledonian Stadium. Home team  Score  Away team Brechin City 2–2 St Johnstone Dundee United 2–2 Motherwell Inverness CT 1–2 Celtic St Mirren 1–1 Aberdeen Quarter-finals replays Home team  Score  Away team Aberdeen 2–1 St Mirren St Johnstone 1–0 Brechin City Motherwell 3–0 Dundee United Semi-finals The semi-final draw was conducted on Monday, 14 March at Inverclyde National Sports Training Centre at 1pm live on Sky Sports News & Sky Sports News HD. The ties were played on Saturday, 16 April & Sunday, 17 April at Hampden Park. Home team  Score  Away team Motherwell 3–0 St Johnstone Aberdeen 0–4 Celtic Final Main article: 2011 Scottish Cup Final Home team  Score  Away team Motherwell 0–3 Celtic Media coverage UK/Ireland From Round 4 onwards, selected matches from the Scottish Cup are broadcast live in the UK and Republic of 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. Both channels will screen the final live. These matches were broadcast live on television. Round Sky Sports BBC Scotland Fourth round Dundee vs Motherwell Berwick Rangers vs Celtic Ayr United vs Hibernian (Replay) Rangers vs Kilmarnock Fifth round Hamilton Academical vs Dundee United Rangers vs Celtic Celtic vs Rangers (Replay) Aberdeen vs Dunfermline Athletic Quarter-finals Dundee United vs Motherwell St Johnstone vs Brechin City (Replay) St Mirren vs Aberdeen Semi-finals Motherwell vs St Johnstone Aberdeen vs Celtic Motherwell vs St Johnstone Final Motherwell vs Celtic Motherwell vs Celtic Overseas From Round 4 onwards, in the USA and Caribbean Premium Sports showed matches live. Setanta Sports show matches live in Australia. External links Official site 2010–11 Scottish Cup at ESPN References