1969–70 Scottish Cup

1969–70 Scottish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Final positions
Champions	Aberdeen
Runners-up	Celtic

The 1969–70 Scottish Cup was in the 85th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Aberdeen who defeated Celtic in the final.

First preliminary round

6 December 1969	Alloa	3–1	Peterhead
	Hodge 10' McCulloch 28' McCallan	Report	Third 62'	Attendance: 1,750 (estimated) Referee: R Gordon

6 December 1969	Berwick Rangers	1–0	Brechin City	Berwick
	Jones 24'	Report		Stadium: Shielfield Park Referee: E H Pringle

6 December 1969	Forres Mechanics	0–2	Clydebank	Forres
		Report	Caskie 54' Fallon 61' (pen.)	Stadium: Mosset Park Referee: R C Greenlees

6 December 1969	Stenhousemuir	0–1	Gala Fairydean	Stenhousemuir
		Report	Pajak 60'	Stadium: Ochilview Park Referee: A S McDonald

6 December 1969	Stranraer	3–1	East Stirlingshire	Stranraer
	Copland 20' 59' Campbell	Report	McCallum	Stadium: Stair Park Attendance: 750 (estimated) Referee: T Kellock

Second preliminary round

20 December 1969	Inverness Caledonian	5–0	Ross County
	Finnie 28' 30' Johnston 60' Neill 65'	Report		Referee: I K Bain

20 December 1969	Montrose	2–1	Cowdenbeath
	Kemp 30' Livingstone 68'	Report	Sharpe 11'	Referee: J R Grant

20 December 1969	Stranraer	1–1	St Cuthbert Wanderers
	Campbell	Report	McGowan 73'

20 December 1969	Vale of Leithen	1–2	Hamilton Academical
	Buchanan	Report	Brown Gilchrist

24 December 1969	Albion Rovers	1–0	Berwick Rangers	Coatbridge
	Ferris	Report

24 December 1969	Clydebank	1–0	Queen's Park	Clydebank
	McGhee 78'	Report		Stadium: Kilbowie Park Referee: E Thomson

27 December 1969	Gala Fairydean	1–4	Dumbarton
	Hamilton	Report	McCormack 40' Boyd	Referee: A E Currie

27 December 1969	Tarff Rovers	1–0	Alloa
	McNight pen'	Report

Replay

25 December 1969	St Cuthbert Wanderers	0–5	Stranraer
		Report	Symington Orr Copland

First round

24 January 1970	Aberdeen	4–0	Clyde	Aberdeen
	Harper 6' 36' Robb 19' 51'	Report		Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 12,000 (estimated) Referee: R D Henderson

24 January 1970	Airdrieonians	5–0	Hamilton Academical	Airdrie
	Whiteford 6' Jarvie 51' (pen.) 62' (pen.) 65' 76'	Report		Stadium: Broomfield Park Referee: A F McDonald

24 January 1970	Albion Rovers	1–2	Dundee	Coatbridge
	McGovern 50'	Report	Bryce 8' Kinninmonth 42'	Stadium: Cliftonhill Stadium Referee: T Kellock

24 January 1970	Arbroath	1–2	Clydebank
	Cant 31'	Report	Caskie 70' Love 74'	Referee: W Anderson

24 January 1970	Celtic	2–1	Dunfermline Athletic	Glasgow
	Hughes 81' Hood 89'	Report	Gillespie 60'	Stadium: Celtic Park Referee: W J Mullen

24 January 1970	Dumbarton	1–2	Forfar Athletic
	McGhee	Report	Waddell 11' May 58'	Referee: E H Pringle

24 January 1970	Dundee United	1–0	Ayr United	Dundee
	Mitchell 42' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Tannadice Park Referee: J W Paterson

24 January 1970	East Fife	3–0	Raith Rovers
	Waddell 12' Finlayson	Report		Referee: J R P Gordon

24 January 1970	Falkirk	3–0	Tarff Rovers
	Ferguson 8' 58' Roxburgh	Report		Referee: J M Kelly

24 January 1970	Kilmarnock	3–0	Partick Thistle	Kilmarnock
	Morrison 8' Cook 43' Mathie 58'	Report		Stadium: Rugby Park Referee: I M D Foote

24 January 1970	Montrose	1–1	Hearts	Montrose
	Livingstone	Report	Fleming 89'	Stadium: Links Park Referee: A F J Webster

24 January 1970	Greenock Morton	2–0	Queen of the South	Greenock
	Sweeney McChesney o.g'	Report		Stadium: Cappielow Park Referee: T Marshall

24 January 1970	Motherwell	2–1	St Johnstone	Motherwell
	McInally 25' Deans 39'	Report	Hall 2'	Stadium: Fir Park Referee: A McKenzie

24 January 1970	Rangers	3–1	Hibernian	Glasgow
	A MacDonald 12' 53' Penman 39'	Report	Graham 16'	Stadium: Ibrox Park Attendance: 73,716 Referee: T Wharton

24 January 1970	St Mirren	2–0	Stirling Albion	Paisley
	Young 65' 72'	Report		Stadium: Love Street Referee: J Callaghan

24 January 1970	Stranraer	2–5	Inverness Caledonian	Stranraer
	Dillon 47' Copland	Report	Allan 40' Finnie 43' Neild	Stadium: Stair Park Referee: J C B McRoberts

Replay

27 January 1970	Hearts	1–0	Montrose	Edinburgh
	Fleming 87'	Report		Stadium: Tynecastle Park Referee: A F J Webster

Second round

7 February 1970	Celtic	4–0	Dundee United	Glasgow
	Hughes Macari Wallace	Report		Stadium: Celtic Park Referee: A McKenzie

7 February 1970	Dundee	3–0	Airdrieonians	Dundee
	Kinninmonth Wallace	Report		Stadium: Dens Park

7 February 1970	East Fife	1–0	Greenock Morton	Methil
	Rankin og'	Report		Stadium: Bayview Park

7 February 1970	Falkirk	2–1	St Mirren	Falkirk
	Hoggan 4' Ferguson	Report	McFadden	Stadium: Brockville Park

7 February 1970	Forfar Athletic	0–7	Rangers	Forfar
		Report	Stein A MacDonald Penman Johansen pen' Greig	Stadium: Station Park

7 February 1970	Kilmarnock	2–0	Hearts	Kilmarnock
	Cook 4' Mathie 59'	Report		Stadium: Rugby Park Referee: Tom Wharton

7 February 1970	Motherwell	3–1	Inverness Caledonian	Motherwell
	Deans McInally pen'	Report	Johnston	Stadium: Fir Park

11 February 1970	Aberdeen	2–1	Clydebank	Aberdeen
	Forrest 5' Robb 32'	Report	McGhee 11'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 13,082 Referee: R K Wilson

Quarter-finals

21 February 1970	Celtic	3–1	Rangers	Glasgow
	Lennox 39' Hay 87' Johnstone 89'	Report	Craig 5' (o.g.)	Stadium: Celtic Park Referee: Tom Wharton

21 February 1970	East Fife	0–1	Dundee	Methil
		Report	Bryce 14'	Stadium: Bayview Park Referee: R H Davidson

21 February 1970	Falkirk	0–1	Aberdeen	Falkirk
		Report	McKay 72'	Stadium: Brockville Park Referee: J W Paterson

21 February 1970	Motherwell	0–1	Kilmarnock	Motherwell
		Report	Mathie 68'	Stadium: Fir Park Referee: W J Mullan

Semi-finals

14 March 1970	Celtic	2–1	Dundee	Hampden Park, Glasgow
	Macari 58' Lennox 82'	Report	Wallace 64'	Attendance: 64,546 Referee: W J Mullan

14 March 1970	Aberdeen	1–0	Kilmarnock	Muirton Park, Perth
	McKay 21'	Report		Attendance: 25,812 Referee: J W Paterson

Final

11 April 1970

Aberdeen	3–1	Celtic
Harper 27' (pen.) McKay 83' 90'	Report	Lennox 89'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 108,434

Referee: Bobby Davidson

Scottish Cup
Seasons	1873–74 1874–75 1875–76 1876–77 1877–78 1878–79 1879–80 1880–81 1881–82 1882–83 1883–84 1884–85 1885–86 1886–87 1887–88 1888–89 1889–90 1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–1919 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–1946 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
Finals	1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915–1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940–1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
List of finals Winning managers Scottish Qualifying Cup

1969–70 in Scottish football
« 1968–69 1970–71 »
Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
Domestic cups	Final League Cup Final Junior Cup
European competitions	European Cup (Final) European Cup Winners' Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Related to national team	Results 1970 World Cup qualifying (Group 7) British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Ayr United Celtic Clyde Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Raith Rovers Rangers St. Johnstone St. Mirren
Division Two	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Brechin City Cowdenbeath Clydebank Dumbarton East Fife East Stirlingshire Falkirk Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Montrose Queen of the South Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

1969–70 in European football (UEFA)
« 1968–69 1970–71 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '69 '70 England Faroe Islands '69 '70 Finland '69 '70 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary '69 '70 Iceland '69 '70 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '69 '70 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '69 '70 Spain Sweden '69 '70 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '69 '70 Finland '69 '70 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '69 '70 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '69 '70 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Soviet Union '69 '70 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '69 '70 Mitropa Cup

First preliminary round

Second preliminary round

Replay

First round

Replay

Second round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

See also