1990–91 Scottish Cup

1990–91 Scottish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Final positions
Champions	Motherwell
Runners-up	Dundee United
	← 1989–90 1991–92 →

Last updated December 22, 2025

The 1990–91 Scottish Cup was the 106th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Motherwell who defeated Dundee United F.C. in the final.^[1]

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Threave Rovers (NL)	1 – 2	Spartans (NL)
Whitehill Welfare (NL)	0 – 4	East Fife (3)
Montrose (3)	0 – 0	Dumbarton (3)
East Stirlingshire (3)	1 – 3	Queen of the South (3)
Fraserburgh (NL)	3 – 1	Vale of Leithen (NL)
Ross County (NL)	1 – 1	Alloa Athletic (3)

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Dumbarton (3)	1 – 4	Montrose (3)
Alloa Athletic (3)	1 – 3	Ross County (NL)

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Ross County (NL)	2 – 2	Queen of the South (3)
Spartans (NL)	0 – 0	Cowdenbeath (3)
Inverness Thistle (NL)	1 – 1	East Fife (3)
Berwick Rangers (3)	1 – 0	Albion Rovers (3)
Fraserburgh (NL)	1 – 4	Cove Rangers (NL)
Montrose (3)	0 – 2	Arbroath (3)
Queen's Park (3)	1 – 2	Stranraer (3)
Stirling Albion (3)	2 – 0	Stenhousemuir (3)

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Queen of the South (3)	2 – 6	Ross County (NL)
Cowdenbeath (3)	2 – 0	Spartans (NL)
East Fife (3)	1 – 0	Inverness Thistle (NL)

Third round

Home team	Score	Away team
Rangers (1)	2 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic (1)
Ross County (NL)	1 – 6	Meadowbank Thistle (2)
Clyde (2)	0 – 2	Hibernian (1)
Aberdeen (1)	0 – 1	Motherwell (1)
Airdrieonians (2)	2 – 1	Hearts (1)
Clydebank (2)	0 – 1	Ayr United (2)
Cove Rangers (NL)	1 – 2	Cowdenbeath (3)
Dundee (2)	1 – 0	Brechin City (2)
East Fife (3)	1 – 1	Dundee United (1)
Forfar Athletic (2)	0 – 2	Celtic (1)
Kilmarnock (2)	3 – 2	Arbroath (3)
Partick Thistle (2)	0 – 0	Falkirk (2)
Raith Rovers (2)	0 – 1	Hamilton Academical (2)
St Johnstone (1)	0 – 0	Berwick Rangers (3)
Stirling Albion (2)	0 – 1	Greenock Morton (2)
Stranraer (3)	1 – 5	St Mirren (1)

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Berwick Rangers (3)	3 – 4	St Johnstone (1)
Falkirk (2)	4 – 3	Partick Thistle (2)
Dundee United (1)	2 – 1	East Fife (3)

Fourth round

Home team	Score	Away team
Greenock Morton (2)	3 – 0	Meadowbank Thistle (2)
Celtic (1)	3 – 0	St Mirren (1)
Ayr United (2)	0 – 0	Hamilton Academical (2)
Dundee (2)	2 – 0	Kilmarnock (2)
Dundee United (1)	2 – 0	Airdrieonians (2)
Motherwell (1)	4 – 2	Falkirk (2)
Rangers (1)	5 – 0	Cowdenbeath (3)
St Johnstone (1)	2 – 1	Hibernian (1)

Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Hamilton Academical (2)	2 – 3	Ayr United (2)

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Celtic (1)	2 – 0	Rangers (1)
Motherwell (1)	0 – 0	Greenock Morton (2)
St Johnstone (1)	5 – 2	Ayr United (2)
Dundee United (1)	3 – 1	Dundee (1)

Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Greenock Morton (2)	1 – 1 (4 – 5 pen.)	Motherwell (1)

Semi-finals

3 April 1991

Motherwell (1)	0–0	Celtic (1)

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 41,765

6 April 1991

Dundee United (1)	2–1	St Johnstone (1)
John Clark Duncan Ferguson		Harry Curran

East End Park, Dunfermline

Attendance: 16,560

Replay

9 April 1991

Motherwell	4–2	Celtic
Dougie Arnott (2) Colin O'Neill Stevie Kirk		Tom Boyd (og) Anton Rogan

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 31,371

Final

18 May 1991

Motherwell	4–3	Dundee United
Ferguson 32' O'Donnell 58' Angus 65' Kirk 94'		Bowman 55' O'Neil 67' Jackson 90'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 57,319

Referee: David Syme

References

↑ "18 May 1991: Motherwell win 'Brothers Cup final'". theguardian.com. Retrieved 6 February 2024.

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[1] "18 May 1991: Motherwell win 'Brothers Cup final'". theguardian.com. Retrieved 6 February 2024.

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1990–91 Scottish Cup

Contents

First round

Replays

Second round

Replays

Third round

Replays

Fourth round

Replay

Quarter-finals

Replay

Semi-finals

Replay

Final

See also

References