1965–66 Scottish Cup
Tournament details
CountryScotland
Final positions
ChampionsRangers
Runner-upCeltic

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.

Preliminary round 1

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

Preliminary round 2

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

Second Replays

Home team Score Away team
Arbroath 2 – 3 Cowdenbeath

First round

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

Second round

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

Quarter-finals

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

Replays

Home team Score Away team
Celtic 3 – 1 Hearts

Semi-finals

Aberdeen0 – 0Rangers
Attendance: 49,360
Referee: JW Paterson

Celtic2 – 0Dunfermline Athletic
Attendance: 53,900

Replay


Aberdeen1 – 2Rangers
Harry Melrose 38' Forrest 8'
George McLean 80'
Attendance: 40,852
Referee: JW Paterson

Final

Rangers0 – 0Celtic
Attendance: 126,552
Referee: Tiny Wharton

Teams

RANGERS:
GKScotland Billy Ritchie
RBDenmark Kai Johansen
LBScotland David Provan
RHScotland John Greig
CHScotland Ronnie McKinnon
LHScotland Bobby Watson
RWScotland Willie Henderson
IRScotland Jimmy Millar
CFScotland Jim Forrest
ILScotland Willie Johnston
LWScotland Davie Wilson
Manager:
Scotland Scot Symon
CELTIC:
GKScotland Ronnie Simpson
RBScotland Ian Young
LBScotland Tommy Gemmell
RHScotland Bobby Murdoch
CHScotland Billy McNeill
LHScotland John Clark
RWScotland Jimmy Johnstone
IRScotland Joe McBride
CFScotland Stevie Chalmers
ILRepublic of Ireland Charlie Gallagher
LWScotland John Hughes
Manager:
Scotland Jock Stein

Replay


Rangers1 – 0[1]Celtic
Kai Johansen
Attendance: 98,202
Referee: Tiny Wharton

Teams

RANGERS:
GKScotland Billy Ritchie
RBDenmark Kai Johansen
LBScotland David Provan
RHScotland John Greig
CHScotland Ronnie McKinnon
LHScotland Bobby Watson
RWScotland Willie Henderson
IRScotland George McLean
CFScotland Jimmy Millar
ILScotland Willie Johnston
LWScotland Davie Wilson
Manager:
Scotland Scot Symon
CELTIC:
GKScotland Ronnie Simpson
RBScotland Jim Craig
LBScotland Tommy Gemmell
RHScotland Bobby Murdoch
CHScotland Billy McNeill
LHScotland John Clark
RWScotland Jimmy Johnstone
IRScotland Joe McBride
CFScotland Stevie Chalmers
ILScotland Bertie Auld
LWScotland John Hughes
Manager:
Scotland Jock Stein

See also

References

  1. "1966 Scottish Cup Final Replay match reports". The Celtic Wiki. 27 April 1966. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
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