2011–12 Scottish Cup

2011-12 William Hill Scottish Cup

Country

Scotland

Teams

81^[1]

Champions

Heart of Midlothian

Runners-up

Hibernian

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The 2011–12 Scottish Cup was the 127th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The tournament began on 24 September 2011 and ended on 19 May 2012.^[2] It was sponsored by William Hill in the first season of a three-year partnership, known as the William Hill Scottish Cup.^[3] The winner of the competition qualified for the play-off round^[4] of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League. Heart of Midlothian won 5-1 against city rivals Hibernian at Hampden Park.^[5]

Calendar

Round	Draw date	First match date	Fixtures	Clubs
Original	Replays
First round	Monday 29 August 2011	Saturday 24 September 2011	17	1	81 → 64
Second round	Wednesday 28 September 2011	Saturday 22 October 2011	16	4	64 → 48
Third round	Wednesday 26 October 2011	Saturday 19 November 2011	16	4	48 → 32
Fourth round	Tuesday 22 November 2011	Saturday 7 January 2012	16	3	32 → 16
Fifth round	Monday 9 January 2012	Saturday 4 February 2012	8	3	16 → 80
Quarter-finals	Monday 6 February 2012	Saturday 10 March 2012	4	1	8 → 4
Semi-finals	Sunday 11 March 2012	Saturday 14 & Sunday 15 April 2012	2	N/A	4 → 2
Final	N/A	Saturday 19 May 2012	1	N/A	2 → 1

Fixtures & Results

First round

The first round draw was conducted on 29 August 2011 at Buchanan Galleries in Glasgow.^[7]

This round is populated entirely by non-league clubs:

13 clubs from the Highland Football League holding membership of the SFA (Brora Rangers, Clachnacuddin, Cove Rangers, Forres Mechanics, Fort William, Fraserburgh, Huntly, Inverurie Loco Works, Keith, Lossiemouth, Nairn County, Rothes, Wick Academy)
10 clubs from the East of Scotland League holding membership of the SFA (Civil Service Strollers, Coldstream, Edinburgh City, Edinburgh University, Gala Fairydean, Hawick Royal Albert, Preston Athletic, Selkirk, Vale of Leithen, Whitehill Welfare)
4 clubs from the South of Scotland League holding membership of the SFA (Dalbeattie Star, Newton Stewart, St Cuthbert Wanderers, Wigtown & Bladnoch)
4 other clubs holding membership of the SFA (Burntisland Shipyard, Girvan, Glasgow University, Golspie Sutherland)
4 qualifiers from the Scottish Junior Football Association (Auchinleck Talbot, Bo'ness United, Culter, Irvine Meadow)

Golspie Sutherland received a bye into the Second Round.

Home team

Score

Away team

Additional information

4 – 0

1 – 6

3 – 0

0 – 3

2 – 2

4 – 3

Civil Service Strollers

8 – 1

0 – 4

6 – 1

1 – 2

2 – 1

0 – 3

St Cuthbert Wanderers

0 – 2

1 – 0

9 – 1

2 – 0

0 – 4

Source:
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.

First round replay

Home team

Score

Away team

Additional information

Irvine Meadow XI

6 – 3

Forres Mechanics

Source:
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.

Second round

The second round draw was conducted on 28 September 2011 at the William Hill shop in West Campbell Street in Glasgow.^[8]

The 17 winners and 1 bye from the First Round enter here, along with the 10 SFL Third Division clubs (Alloa Athletic, Annan Athletic, Berwick Rangers, Clyde, East Stirlingshire, Elgin City, Montrose, Peterhead, Queen's Park, Stranraer), Highland League champions (Buckie Thistle), Highland League runners-up (Deveronvale), East of Scotland League champions (Spartans) and South of Scotland League champions (Threave Rovers).

At a hearing of the SFA Judicial Panel on 10 November 2011, Spartans were expelled from the competition for fielding an unregistered and therefore ineligible player in their Second Round tie against Culter. Culter were re-instated to the Third round.^[9]^[10]

Home team

Score

Away team

Additional information

1 – 1

3 – 2

5 – 2

2 – 1

0 – 0

0 – 9

2 – 0

0 – 1

0 – 2^†

2 – 2

4 – 0

8 – 1

0 – 3

2 – 1

0 – 1

1 – 1

Source: BBC
^† Spartans expelled for fielding an ineligible player. Culter progress to the Third Round.^[10]
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.

Second round replays

Home team

Score

Away team

Additional information

3 – 2

5 – 2

2 – 0

2 – 4 (a.e.t.)

Source: BBC Sport
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.

Third round

The Third Round draw was conducted on 26 October 2011 at Musselburgh Racecourse.^[11]

The 16 winners from the Second Round enter here, along with the 10 SFL Second Division clubs (Airdrie United, Albion Rovers, Arbroath, Brechin City, Cowdenbeath, Dumbarton, East Fife, Forfar Athletic, Stenhosemuir, Stirling Albion) and 6 SFL First Division clubs (Ayr United, Dundee, Greenock Morton, Livingston, Partick Thistle, Ross County)

Home team

Score

Away team

Additional information

1 – 1

2 – 2

0 – 6

1 – 2

4 – 0

5 – 1

11 – 0

0 – 1

1 – 1

1 – 1

2 – 4

4 – 0

0 – 3

3 – 1

3 – 0

5 – 0

Source: BBC Sport
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.

Third round replays

Home team

Score

Away team

Additional information

4 – 0

1 – 2

3 – 1

3 – 0

Source: BBC Sport
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.

Fourth round

The fourth round draw was conducted on 22 November 2011 at 10:30am at Hampden Park live on Sky Sports News.^[12]

The 16 winners from the third round entered here, along with the 12 SPL clubs (Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee United, Dunfermline Athletic, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Kilmarnock, Motherwell, Rangers, St Johnstone, St Mirren) and four SFL First Division clubs who were exempt from playing in the third round (Falkirk, Hamilton Academical, Queen of the South, Raith Rovers).

Home team

Score

Away team

Additional information

7 – 0

1 – 2

1 – 2

1 – 0

2 – 3

2 – 1

0 – 4

0 – 1

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

1 – 1

2 – 0

4 – 0

0 – 4

0 – 3

2 – 6

1 – 1

0 – 0

Source: BBC Sport
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.

Fourth round replays

Home team

Score

Away team

Additional information

0 – 1

2 – 1

1 – 3 (a.e.t.)

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

Source: BBC Sport
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.

Fifth round

The fifth round draw was conducted on 9 January 2012 at 2:30pm at Hampden Park live on Sky Sports News.^[13]

The 16 winners from the fourth round entered here.

Home team

Score

Away team

Additional information

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

0 − 2

1 − 0

6 − 0

1 − 1

1 − 1

0 − 2

1 − 1

2 − 1

Source: BBC Sport
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.

Fifth round replays

Home team

Score

Away team

Additional information

1 − 2

1 − 2

1 − 2 (a.e.t.)

Source: BBC Sport
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.

Quarter-finals

The Quarter-finals draw was conducted on 6 February 2012 at 2:30pm at Hampden Park live on Sky Sports News.^[14]

Home team

Score

Away team

Additional information

2 – 2

0 – 2

0 – 4

1 – 2

Source: BBC Sport
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.

Quarter-final replay

Home team

Score

Away team

Additional information

St Mirren

0 – 2

Heart of Midlothian

Source: BBC Sport
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.

Semi-finals

The Semi-final draw was conducted on 11 March 2012 at Fir Park live on Sky Sports 3 & Sky Sports 3 HD following the Motherwell vs Aberdeen tie.^[15]

Home team

Score

Away team

Additional information

1 − 2

1 − 2

Source: BBC Sport
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.

Final

Main article: 2012 Scottish Cup Final

Home team

Score

Away team

Additional information

Hibernian

1 – 5

Heart of Midlothian

Source: BBC Sport
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.

Media coverage

From round four onwards, selected matches from the Scottish Cup are broadcast live in Ireland and the UK by BBC Scotland and Sky Sports. BBC Scotland has the option to show one tie per round with Sky Sports showing two ties per round with one replay also. Both channels will screen the final live.

These matches were broadcast live on television.

Round	Sky Sports	BBC Scotland
Fourth round	Arbroath vs Rangers Peterhead vs Celtic Dunfermline Athletic vs Inverness CT (replay)	Dundee vs Kilmarnock
Fifth round	Inverness CT vs Celtic Hearts vs St Johnstone	Rangers vs Dundee United
Quarter-finals	Dundee United vs Celtic Motherwell vs Aberdeen St Mirren vs Hearts (replay)	Hearts vs St Mirren
Semi-finals	Aberdeen vs Hibernian Celtic vs Hearts	Aberdeen vs Hibernian
Final	Hibernian vs Hearts	Hibernian vs Hearts

Overseas

From round 4 onwards, Premium Sports showed matches live in the USA and Caribbean. Setanta Sports Australia show matches live in Australia.

References

↑ "SCOTTISH CUP Teams". Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
↑ "The Scottish Cup, 2011-12 Season". Archived from the original on 30 June 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
↑ "The Scottish Cup in £3m sponsor deal with William Hill". BBC Sport. 25 August 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
↑ 2012/13 Access list Bert Kassies' Site
↑ "Hibernian 1 Heart of Midlothian 5". Daily Telegraph. 19 May 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
↑ "William Hill Scottish Cup, 2011-12 Season". Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
↑ "William Hill Scottish Cup first round draw". Scottish FA. 29 August 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
↑ "William Hill Scottish Cup second round draw". Scottish FA. 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
↑ "SFA Hearing Outcome". The Spartans FC. 10 November 2011.
1 2 "Disciplinary Tribunal Outcome". Scottish FA. 10 November 2011.
↑ "William Hill Scottish Cup third round draw". Scottish FA. 26 October 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
↑ "William Hill Scottish Cup fourth round draw". Scottish FA. 22 November 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
↑ "William Hill Scottish Cup Fifth Round Draw". Scottish FA. 9 January 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
↑ "Billy Davies to make sixth round draw". Scottish FA. 3 February 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
↑ "Semi-finals draw to take place on Sunday". Scottish FA. 9 March 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.

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