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1875–76 Scottish Cup

Field	Value
title	1875–76 Scottish Cup
image	Scottish cup.jpg
caption	The Scottish Cup trophy
country	Scotland
num_teams	49
defending_champions	Queen's Park
winners	Queen's Park
(third title)
second	3rd Lanark RV
matches	59
goals	137
prev_season	1874–75
next_season	1876–77

(third title)

The 1875–76 Scottish Cup – officially the Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup – was the third edition 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 change ends only at half time, the tradition of changing ends after a goal had been scored came to an end.

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.

Format

As with the previous competitions, the third edition of the Scottish Cup took on the format of a traditional knockout tournament. 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.

Calendar

Round	First match date	Fixtures	Clubs	Original	Byes
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

Teams

All 49 teams entered the competition in the first round.

Ayrshire	Dunbartonshire	Edinburgh	Glasgow and Suburbs	Lanarkshire	Renfrewshire

First round

Edinburgh district

Edinburgh Thistle received a bye to the second round.

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	16 October 1875
Heart of Midlothian	0–0	3rd Edinburgh RV	The Meadows, Edinburgh

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	23 October 1875
3rd Edinburgh RV	0–0	Heart of Midlothian	The Meadows, Edinburgh

Dunbartonshire district

Date	Home team	Score	Away team
Lennox	2–2	Dumbarton	Levengrove Park, Dumbarton
Alclutha	0–1	Renton	Barloan Toll, Dumbarton
Helensburgh	1–0	Star of Leven	Ardenconnel Park, Helensburgh
Vale of Leven Rovers (Alexandria)	w/o	Vale of Leven

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	16 October 1875
Dumbarton	1–0	Lennox	Lowmans Road, Dumbarton

Glasgow and Suburbs

Date	Home team	Score	Away team
Partick	1–1	West End	Inchview, Partick
Clydesdale	1–0	Eastern	Kinning Park, Kinning Park
3rd Lanark RV	2–0	Havelock	Cathkin Park, Crosshill
Towerhill	2–0	Lancelot	Mosefield Park, Glasgow
Northern	4–0	Ramblers	Hyde Park, Glasgow
Queen's Park	3–0	Alexandra Athletic	Hampden Park, Crosshill
St Andrew's	3–0	Telegraphists	Glasgow Green, Glasgow
Caledonian	0–0	Western	Burnbank Park, Glasgow
Queen's Park Juniors	w/o	Renton Thistle
Dumbreck	w/o	Vale of Leven Rovers (Glasgow)
Rovers	w/o	Oxford

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	16 October 1875	30 October 1875
West End	1–1	Partick	Burnbank Park, Glasgow
Western	3–0	Caledonian	Holyrood Park, Glasgow

Renfrewshire district

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	9 October 1875
23 Renfrew RV	0–0	Sandyford	Muirend Park, Cathcart

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	16 October 1875
Sandyford	0–0	23 Renfrew RV	Kelvinbank Park, Govan

Lanarkshire district

Date	Home team	Score	Away team
Arthurlie	0–0	Levern	Arthurlie Cross, Barrhead
Rangers	7–0	1st Lanark RV	Burnbank Park, Glasgow
Hamilton	0–0	Airdrie	South Avenue, Hamilton
Drumpellier	0–0	Barrhead	Drumpellier Cricket Ground, Coatbridge

Date	Home team	Score	Away team
Levern	4–0	Arthurlie	Wellington Park, Hurlet
Barrhead	0–1	Drumpellier	Beacon's Field, Barrhead
Airdrie	0–1	Hamilton	Academy Park, Airdrie

Ayrshire district

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.

Date	Home team	Score	Away team
Kilmarnock	8–0	Ayr Eglinton	The Grange, Kilmarnock
Kilbrinie	1–0	Ayr Thistle	Stonyholm Park, Kilbirnie
Ardrossan	w/o	Mauchline

Sources:

Second round

Lanarkshire district

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	13 November 1875
Levern	3–0	Hamilton	Wellington Park, Hurlet

Edinburgh district

Date	Home team	Score	Away team
Drumpellier	2–0	Heart of Midlothian	Drumpellier Cricket Ground, Coatbridge
Edinburgh Thistle	0–0
(abandoned)	3rd Edinburgh RV	East Meadows, Edinburgh

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	13 November 1875
3rd Edinburgh RV	1–0	Edinburgh Thistle	East Meadows, Edinburgh

Ayrshire district

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	6 November 1875
Kilbirnie	0–0	Mauchline	Stonyholm Park, Kilbirnie

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue
Mauchline	w/o	Kilbirnie

Glasgow and Suburbs

Date	Home team	Score	Away team
3rd Lanark RV	0–1
(void)	Rangers	Cathkin Park, Crosshill
Clydesdale	6–0	Kilmarnock	Kinning Park, Kinning Park
Dumbreck	2–0	St Andrew's	Ibroxhill, Govan
Partick	2–0	Towerhill	Inchview, Partick
Queen's Park	5–0	Northern	Hampden Park, Crosshill
West End	0–6	Rovers	Burnbank Park, Glasgow
Western	3–0	Sandyford	Holyrood Park, Glasgow

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	13 November 1875
Rangers	1–2	3rd Lanark RV	Burnbank Park, Glasgow

Dunbartonshire district

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	6 November 1875	13 November 1875
Dumbarton	2–1	Renton Thistle	Broomfauld Park, Dumbarton
Vale of Leven	3–0	Renton	North Street Park, Alexandria

Renfrewshire district

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	13 November 1875
Helensburgh	1–0	23rd Renfrew RV	Ardenconnel Park, Helensburgh

Sources:

Third round

Date	Home team	Score	Away team
Dumbarton	5–1	Drumpellier	Lowmans Road, Dumbarton
Levern	0–3	3rd Lanark RV	Wellington Park, Hurlet
Mauchline	0–6	Vale of Leven	Cathkin Park, Crosshill
Partick	0–5	Dumbreck	Inchview, Partick
Queen's Park	2–0	Clydesdale	Hampden Park, Crosshill
Rovers	4–0	3rd Edinburgh RV	Queen's Park, Glasgow
Western	2–0	Helensburgh	Holyrood Park, Glasgow

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Quarter-finals

Dumbarton received a bye to the semi-finals.

Date	Home team	Score	Away team
Queen's Park	2–0	Dumbreck	Hampden Park, Crosshill
Vale of Leven	2–0	Rovers	North Street Park, Alexandria
3rd Lanark RV	5–0	Western	Cathkin Park, Crosshill

Sources:

Semi-finals

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	8 January 1876	8 January 1876
Queen's Park	2–1	Vale of Leven	Hampden Park, Crosshill
3rd Lanark RV	1–1	Dumbarton	Cathkin Park, Crosshill

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	15 January 1876
Dumbarton	1–1	3rd Lanark RV	Lowmans Road, Dumbarton

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	22 January 1876
3rd Lanark RV	3–0	Dumbarton	Cathkin Park, Crosshill

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Final

Main article: 1876 Scottish Cup final

Replay

Notes

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(30 November 1875). "Football–Vale of Leven v Mauchline". Ayr Observer.
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