Football tournament season
1875–76 Scottish Cup The Scottish Cup trophy
Country Scotland Teams 49 Defending champions Queen's Park Champions Queen's Park(third title) Runner-up 3rd Lanark RV Matches played 59 Goals scored 137 (2.32 per match)
The 1875–76 Scottish Cup – officially the Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup – was the third season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The number of entrants nearly doubled from the previous season with 49 teams included in the first round draw. The competition began on 2 October 1875 and concluded with the final replay on 18 March 1876. This was the first season that teams would only change ends at half time, the tradition of changing ends after a goal had been scored came to an end.[ 1] The cup was won for the third time by Queen's Park who defeated fellow Glasgow club 3rd Lanark RV 2–0 in the replayed final.[ 2]
As with the previous competitions, the third edition of the Scottish Cup took on the format of a traditional knockout tournament.[ 1] For the earlier rounds, the names of competing teams were placed into lots according to their districts and drawn into pairs. The home team for each tie was determined by the toss of a coin unless it was mutually agreed or only one of the two clubs drawn against one another had a private ground. In the event of a draw, the team who lost the toss would have the choice of ground for the replay. A similar procedure was used for subsequent rounds however, any club which had received a bye in the previous round would first be drawn against one of the winners of the previous round. The names of winning teams were placed into one lot for later rounds. The choice of venue for the final matches was reserved to the Scottish Football Association .[ 3]
Calendar
The exact dates of some matches are unknown as newspaper coverage of football in the late 19th century was not as comprehensive as it would become.[ 1] [ 4]
Round
First match date
Fixtures
Clubs
Original
Byes
Replays
First round
2 October 1875
24
1
7
49 → 28
Second round
30 October 1875
14
0
2
28 → 14
Third round
27 November 1875
7
0
0
14 → 7
Quarter-finals
18 December 1875
3
1
0
7 → 4
Semi-finals
9 January 1876
2
0
2
4 → 2
Final
11 March 1876
1
0
1
2 → 1
Six teams qualified for the second round after drawing their first round replays[ 1]
Teams
All 49 teams entered the competition in the first round.
First round
Edinburgh Thistle received a bye to the second round. Kilmarnock's 8–0 win over Ayr Eglinton set a new record for both the highest scoring game and the biggest win in the competition.[ 5]
Matches
Partick v West End
Arthurlie v Levern
Kilmarnock v Ayr Eglinton
Lennox v Dumbarton
23rd Renfrew RV v Sandyford
Clydesdale v Eastern
Drumpellier v Barrhead
Hamilton v Airdrie
Heart of Midlothian v 3rd Edinburgh RV
Helensburgh v Star of Leven
Kilbirnie v Ayr Thistle
Northern v Ramblers
Queen's Park v Alexandra Athletic
Rangers v 1st Lanark RV
Renton v Alclutha
St Andrew's v Telegraphists
Towerhill v Lancelot
3rd Lanark RV v Havelock
Caledonian v Western
Drumbreck v Vale of Leven Rovers (Glasgow)
Mauchline v Ardrossan
Renton Thistle v Queen's Park Juniors
Rovers v Oxford
Vale of Leven v Vale of Leven Rovers (Alexandria)
Replays
Dumbarton v Lennox
Levern v Arthurlie
West End v Partick
Sandyford v 23rd Renfrew RV
Barrhead v Drumpellier
Hamilton v Airdrie
3rd Edinburgh RV v Heart of Midlothian
Western v Caledonian
Notes
^ A -The first match may have finished 1–0 to Hamilton with the result protested
[ 15] however, other sources don't include it.
^ B -The six clubs involved in drawn replays advanced to the second round.
Sources:[ 15] [ 4]
Second round
Matches
3rd Lanark RV v Rangers
Clydesdale v Kilmarnock
Dumbreck v St Andrew's
Edinburgh Thistle v 3rd Edinburgh RV
Kilbirnie v Mauchline
Partick v Towerhill
Queen's Park v Northern
Renton Thistle v Dumbarton
Rovers v West End
Western v Sandyford
Drumpellier v Heart of Midlothian
Helensburgh v 23rd Renfrew RV
Levern v Hamilton
Vale of Leven v Renton
Replays
3rd Edinburgh RV v Edinburgh Thistle
Rangers v 3rd Lanark RV
Mauchline v Kilbirnie
Notes
^ C -3rd Lanark RV protested the result after Rangers kicked-off in both halves. The match was declared void and replayed two weeks later.
[ 18]
^ D -One source lists the match as having taken place in Dumbarton on 20 November 1875.
[ 22]
Sources:[ 15] [ 4]
Third round
Matches
Dumbarton v Drumpellier
Levern v 3rd Lanark RV
Mauchline v Vale of Leven
Partick v Dumbreck
Queen's Park v Clydesdale
Rovers v 3rd Edinburgh RV
Western v Helensburgh
Notes
^ E -Match played at a neutral venue.
[ 33]
Sources:[ 15] [ 4]
Quarter-finals
Dumbarton received a bye to the semi-finals.
Matches
Queen's Park v Dumbreck
Vale of Leven v Rovers
3rd Lanark RV v Western
Sources:[ 15] [ 4]
Semi-finals
Matches
Queen's Park v Vale of Leven
3rd Lanark RV v Dumbarton
Replay
Dumbarton v 3rd Lanark RV
Second replay
3rd Lanark RV v Dumbarton
Sources:[ 15] [ 4]
Final
Replay
See also
References
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^ a b c d e f Scottish F.A. Cup 1873–2017: The Complete Results . Cleethorpes: Soccer Books. 2017. pp. 4–6. ISBN 978-1-86223-366-9 .
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