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1948–49 Scottish Cup
Tournament details
CountryScotland
Defending championsRangers
Final positions
ChampionsRangers
Runner-upClyde

The 1948–49 Scottish Cup was the 64th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The final was played between holders Rangers and Clyde at Hampden Park on 23 April 1949. Rangers won 4–1 to retain the Cup.[1][2]

Rangers also won both the Scottish Football League and the Scottish League Cup, the first time a club claimed the national 'treble'.

First round

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Home team Score Away team
Alloa Athletic 8 – 3 Montrose
Arbroath 3 – 4 Partick Thistle
Ayr United 2 – 1 Queen's Park
Clyde 2 – 0 Fraserburgh
Cowdenbeath 6 – 2 Keith
Dumbarton 5 – 2 Kilmarnock
Dundee 5 – 1 St Johnstone
Dundee United 4 – 3 Celtic
East Fife 2 – 1 Falkirk
Forfar Athletic 0 – 4 Hibernian
Hamilton Academical 1 – 2 Albion Rovers
Hearts 4 – 1 Airdrieonians
Inverness Caledonian 2 – 2 Greenock Morton
Leith Athletic 0 – 1 Raith Rovers
Motherwell 3 – 0 Stranraer
Queen of the South 2 – 0 East Stirlingshire
Rangers 6 – 1 Elgin City
St Mirren 2 – 0 Stirling Albion
Stenhousemuir 2 – 0 Dunfermline Athletic
Third Lanark 2 – 1 Aberdeen

Replays

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Home team Score Away team
Greenock Morton 2 – 0 Inverness Caledonian

Second round

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Home team Score Away team
Alloa Athletic 1 – 3 Clyde
Ayr United 0 – 2 Greenock Morton
Cowdenbeath 1 – 2 East Fife
Dumbarton 1 – 1 Dundee United
Dundee 0 – 0 St Mirren
Hearts 3 – 1 Third Lanark
Hibernian 1 – 1 Raith Rovers
Motherwell 0 – 3 Rangers
Partick Thistle 3 – 0 Queen of the South
Stenhousemuir 5 – 1 Albion Rovers

Replays

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Home team Score Away team
Dundee United 1 – 3 Dumbarton
Raith Rovers 3 – 4 Hibernian
St Mirren 1 – 2 Dundee

Third round

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Home team Score Away team
Hearts 3 – 0 Dumbarton
Greenock Morton 0 – 2 Clyde

Quarter-finals

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Home team Score Away team
Hearts 2 – 4 Dundee
Hibernian 0 – 2 East Fife
Rangers 4 – 0 Partick Thistle
Stenhousemuir 0 – 1 Clyde

Semi-finals

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Clyde2–2 (a.e.t.)Dundee
Attendance: 33,000

Rangers3–0East Fife
Attendance: 104,958

Replays

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Clyde2–1Dundee
Attendance: 50,000

Final

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Rangers4–1Clyde
Young 39' (pen.), 55' (pen.)
Williamson 41'
Duncanson
Soccerbase 49' Galletly
Attendance: 108,435
Referee: R. G. Benzie

Teams

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Rangers:
GK Scotland Bobby Brown
RB Scotland George Young
LB Scotland Jock Shaw
RH Scotland Ian McColl
CH Scotland Willie Woodburn
LH Scotland Sammy Cox
RW Scotland Willie Waddell
IR ScotlandJimmy Duncanson
CF Scotland Willie Thornton
IL Scotland Billy Williamson
LW Scotland Eddie Rutherford
Manager:
Scotland Bill Struth
Clyde:
GK Scotland Stan Gullan
RB Scotland Alex Gibson
LB Scotland Frank Mennie
RH Scotland Jim Campbell
CH Scotland Bob Milligan
LH Scotland Hugh Long
RW South Africa Roy Davies
IR Scotland Archie Wright
CF Scotland Alex Linwood
IL Scotland Peter Galletly
LW Scotland Charlie Bootland
Manager:
Scotland Paddy Travers

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Graham, Alexander (1999). A statistical history of football in Scotland. Vol. 2. Isle of Skye: Skye Soccer Books. p. 8.
  2. ^ a b Penalty-kick Mystery, The Glasgow Herald, 25 April 1949
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