1965–66 Scottish Cup

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1965–66 Scottish Cup
Country Scotland
Champions Rangers
Runners-up Celtic
1966–67

The 1965–66 Scottish Cup was the 81st staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Rangers who defeated Celtic in the replayed final.

Scottish Cup

The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the Scottish Cup, is an annual association football knock-out cup competition for men's football clubs in Scotland. The competition was first held in 1873–74. Entry is open to all 90 clubs with full membership of the Scottish Football Association (SFA), along with up to eight other clubs who are associate members. The competition is called the William Hill Scottish Cup for sponsorship reasons.

Association football team field sport

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played with a spherical ball between two teams of eleven players. It is played by 250 million players in over 200 countries and dependencies, making it the world's most popular sport. The game is played on a rectangular field called a pitch with a goal at each end. The object of the game is to score by moving the ball beyond the goal line into the opposing goal.

Rangers F.C. professional association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland

Rangers Football Club are a football club in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premiership, the first tier of the Scottish Professional Football League. Although it is not part of the official name, they are occasionally referred to as Glasgow Rangers; their home ground, Ibrox Stadium, is in the south-west of the city in the Govan district.

Contents

Preliminary round 1

Home teamScoreAway team
Berwick Rangers 1 – 0 Stenhousemuir
Dumbarton 2 – 2 Peebles Rovers
Forfar Athletic 1 – 1 Brechin City
Gala Fairydean 6 – 1 Selkirk
Raith Rovers 1 – 0 Inverness Caledonian

Replays

Home teamScoreAway team
Brechin City 1 – 3 Forfar Athletic
Peebles Rovers 2 – 3 Dumbarton

Preliminary round 2

Home teamScoreAway team
Arbroath 2 – 2 Cowdenbeath
Ayr United 1 – 0 Fraserburgh
Berwick Rangers 0 – 0 Albion Rovers
East Fife 1 – 0 Elgin City
Gala Fairydean 4 – 5 Montrose
Glasgow University 1 – 2 Dumbarton
Raith Rovers 0 – 1 Alloa Athletic
Ross County 4 – 3 Forfar Athletic

Replays

Home teamScoreAway team
Albion Rovers 3 – 0 Berwick Rangers
Cowdenbeath 1 – 1 Arbroath

Second Replays

Home teamScoreAway team
Arbroath 2 – 3 Cowdenbeath

First round

Home teamScoreAway team
Alloa Athletic 3 – 5 Ross County
Falkirk 1 – 2 Dundee United
Cowdenbeath 1 – 0 St Mirren
Dumbarton 2 – 1 Montrose
Dundee 9-1 East Fife
East Stirlingshire 0 – 0 Motherwell
Hearts 2 – 1 Clyde
Dundee United 0 – 0 Falkirk
Ayr United 1 – 1 St Johnstone
Celtic 4 – 0 Stranraer
Dunfermline Athletic 3 – 1 Partick Thistle
Hamilton Academical 1 – 3 Aberdeen
Hibernian 4 – 3 Third Lanark
Greenock Morton 1 – 1 Kilmarnock
Queen of the South 3 – 0 Albion Rovers
Rangers 5 – 1 Airdrieonians
Stirling Albion 3 – 1 Queen’s Park

Replays

Home teamScoreAway team
Motherwell 4 – 1 East Stirlingshire
St Johnstone 1 – 0 Ayr United
Kilmarnock 3 – 0 Greenock Morton

Second round

Home teamScoreAway team
Cowdenbeath 3 – 3 St Johnstone
Ross County 0 – 2 Rangers
Aberdeen 5 – 0 Dundee United
Dumbarton 1 – 0 Queen of the South
Dundee 0 – 2 Celtic
Stirling Albion 0 – 0 Dunfermline Athletic
Hearts 2 – 1 Hibernian
Kilmarnock 5 – 0 Motherwell

Replays

Home teamScoreAway team
St Johnstone 3 – 0 Cowdenbeath
Dunfermline Athletic 4 – 1 Stirling Albion

Quarter-finals

Home teamScoreAway team
Dumbarton 0 – 3 Aberdeen
Dunfermline Athletic 2 – 1 Kilmarnock
Hearts 3 – 3 Celtic
Rangers 1 – 0 St Johnstone

Replays

Home teamScoreAway team
Celtic 3 – 1 Hearts

Semi-finals

Aberdeen 0 – 0 Rangers
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 49,360
Referee: JW Paterson

Celtic 2 – 0 Dunfermline Athletic
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
Attendance: 53,900

Replay


Aberdeen 1 – 2 Rangers
Harry Melrose Soccerball shade.svg 38' Forrest Soccerball shade.svg 8'
George McLean Soccerball shade.svg 80'
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 40,852
Referee: JW Paterson

Final

Rangers 0 – 0 Celtic
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 126,552
Referee: Tiny Wharton

Teams

RANGERS:
GK Flag of Scotland.svg Billy Ritchie
RB Flag of Denmark.svg Kai Johansen
LB Flag of Scotland.svg David Provan
RH Flag of Scotland.svg John Greig
CH Flag of Scotland.svg Ronnie McKinnon
LH Flag of Scotland.svg Bobby Watson
RW Flag of Scotland.svg Willie Henderson
IR Flag of Scotland.svg Jimmy Millar
CF Flag of Scotland.svg Jim Forrest
IL Flag of Scotland.svg Willie Johnston
LW Flag of Scotland.svg Davie Wilson
Manager:
Flag of Scotland.svg Scot Symon
CELTIC:
GK Flag of Scotland.svg Ronnie Simpson
RB Flag of Scotland.svg Ian Young
LB Flag of Scotland.svg Tommy Gemmell
RH Flag of Scotland.svg Bobby Murdoch
CH Flag of Scotland.svg Billy McNeill
LH Flag of Scotland.svg John Clark
RW Flag of Scotland.svg Jimmy Johnstone
IR Flag of Scotland.svg Joe McBride
CF Flag of Scotland.svg Stevie Chalmers
IL Flag of Ireland.svg Charlie Gallagher
LW Flag of Scotland.svg John Hughes
Manager:
Flag of Scotland.svg Jock Stein

Replay


Rangers 1 – 0 [1] Celtic
Kai Johansen Soccerball shade.svg
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 98,202
Referee: Tiny Wharton

Teams

RANGERS:
GK Flag of Scotland.svg Billy Ritchie
RB Flag of Denmark.svg Kai Johansen
LB Flag of Scotland.svg David Provan
RH Flag of Scotland.svg John Greig
CH Flag of Scotland.svg Ronnie McKinnon
LH Flag of Scotland.svg Bobby Watson
RW Flag of Scotland.svg Willie Henderson
IR Flag of Scotland.svg George McLean
CF Flag of Scotland.svg Jimmy Millar
IL Flag of Scotland.svg Willie Johnston
LW Flag of Scotland.svg Davie Wilson
Manager:
Flag of Scotland.svg Scot Symon
CELTIC:
GK Flag of Scotland.svg Ronnie Simpson
RB Flag of Scotland.svg Jim Craig
LB Flag of Scotland.svg Tommy Gemmell
RH Flag of Scotland.svg Bobby Murdoch
CH Flag of Scotland.svg Billy McNeill
LH Flag of Scotland.svg John Clark
RW Flag of Scotland.svg Jimmy Johnstone
IR Flag of Scotland.svg Joe McBride
CF Flag of Scotland.svg Stevie Chalmers
IL Flag of Scotland.svg Bertie Auld
LW Flag of Scotland.svg John Hughes
Manager:
Flag of Scotland.svg Jock Stein

See also

1965–66 in Scottish football

The 1965–66 season was the 93rd season of competitive football in Scotland and the 69th season of Scottish league football.

The 1965–66 Scottish League Cup was the twentieth season of Scotland's second football knockout competition. The competition was won by Celtic, who defeated Rangers in the Final.

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References

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