1986–87 Scottish Cup

1986–87 Scottish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Final positions
Champions	St Mirren
Runners-up	Dundee United

The 1986–87 Scottish Cup was the 102nd staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by St Mirren who defeated Dundee United in the final.^[1]

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Forres Mechanics	0 – 1	Berwick Rangers
Albion Rovers	2 – 1	Arbroath
Ayr United	3 – 1	Annan Athletic
Caledonian	2 – 2	Alloa
Peterhead	1 – 0	East Stirlingshire
Stirling Albion	3 – 0	Cowdenbeath

Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Alloa	0 – 1	Caledonian

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Albion Rovers	1 – 2	Whitehill Welfare
Raith Rovers	4 – 0	Vale of Leithen
St Johnstone	4 – 1	Queen's Park
Stenhousemuir	0 – 0	Berwick Rangers
Stirling Albion	0 – 1	Meadowbank Thistle
Caledonian	5 – 0	Spartans
Rothes	1 – 3	Peterhead
Stranraer	1 – 1	Ayr United

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Berwick Rangers	2 – 0	Stenhousemuir
Ayr United	2 – 0	Stranraer

Third round

Home team	Score	Away team
St Johnstone	4 – 0	Whitehill Welfare
Dundee	2 – 2	East Fife
Falkirk	0 – 0	Clydebank
Meadowbank Thistle	2 – 0	Ayr United
Motherwell	3 – 1	Partick Thistle
Aberdeen	2 – 2	Celtic
Berwick Rangers	0 – 2	Morton
Brechin City	2 – 2	Dumbarton
Dundee United	1 – 1	Airdrieonians
Heart of Midlothian	0 – 0	Kilmarnock
Hibernian	2 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic
Montrose	1 – 2	Forfar Athletic
Peterhead	2 – 0	Clyde
Queen of the South	0 – 1	Raith Rovers
Rangers	0 – 1	Hamilton Academical
St Mirren	3 – 0	Caledonian

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Airdrieonians	1 – 2	Dundee United
Clydebank	3 – 1	Falkirk
East Fife	1 – 4	Dundee
Celtic	0 – 0	Aberdeen
Dumbarton	2 – 3	Brechin City
Kilmarnock	1 – 1	Heart of Middlothian

Second Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	0 – 1	Celtic
Kilmarnock	1 – 3	Heart of Midlothian

Fourth round

Home team	Score	Away team
Brechin City	0 – 1	Dundee United
Clydebank	1 – 0	Hibernian
Dundee	1 – 1	Meadowbank Thistle
Hamilton Academical	1 – 2	Motherwell
Heart of Midlothian	1 – 0	Celtic
Morton	2 – 3	St Mirren
Raith Rovers	2 – 2	Peterhead
St Johnstone	1 – 2	Forfar Athletic

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Peterhead	3 – 3	Raith Rovers
Meadowbank Thistle	1 – 1	Dundee

Second Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Dundee	2 – 0	Meadowbank Thistle
Raith Rovers	3 – 0	Peterhead

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Clydebank	0 – 4	Dundee
Dundee United	2 – 2	Forfar Athletic
Heart of Midlothian	1 – 1	Motherwell
Raith Rovers	0 – 2	St Mirren

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Forfar Athletic	0 – 2	Dundee United
Motherwell	0 – 1	Heart of Midlothian

Semi-finals

11 April 1987

Heart of Midlothian	1 – 2	St Mirren
Gary Mackay 74'		Ian Ferguson 33' Frank McGarvey 82'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 32,390

Referee: Bill Crombie

11 April 1987

Dundee	2 – 3	Dundee United
Tommy Coyne Keith Wright		Iain Ferguson Paul Hegarty

Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh

Attendance: 13,319

Final

16 May 1987

St Mirren	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Dundee United
Ian Ferguson 110'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 51,782

Referee: Kenny Hope

References

^ "St Mirren's class of 1987 went on from cup glory to rags, riches, and beyond". scotsman.com. Retrieved 18 February 2024.

Scottish Cup
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List of finals Winning managers Scottish Qualifying Cup

1986–87 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '86 '87 England Faroe Islands '86 '87 Finland '86 '87 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '86 '87 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '86 '87 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '86 '87 Spain Sweden '86 '87 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '86 '87 Finland '86 '87 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '86 '87 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '86 '87 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Soviet Union '86 '87
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '86 '87–'88

1986–87 in Scottish football
« 1985–86 1987–88 »
Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Final League Cup Final Junior Cup Tennent's Sixes
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup Final
Related to national team	Results Euro 1988 qualifying (Group 7) Rous Cup
Club seasons
Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Clydebank Dundee Dundee United Falkirk Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Motherwell Rangers St. Mirren
First Division	Airdrieonians Brechin City Clyde Dumbarton Dunfermline Athletic East Fife Forfar Athletic Kilmarnock Montrose Morton Partick Thistle Queen of the South
Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Berwick Rangers Cowdenbeath East Stirlingshire Meadowbank Thistle Queen's Park Raith Rovers St. Johnstone Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

First round

Replay

Second round

Replays

Third round

Replays

Second Replays

Fourth round

Replays

Second Replays

Quarter-finals

Replays

Semi-finals

Final

See also

References