1952–53 Scottish Cup

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1952–53 Scottish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Final positions
Champions	Rangers
Runners-up	Aberdeen
← 1951–52 1953–54 →

The 1952–53 Scottish Cup was the 68th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Rangers who defeated Aberdeen in the replayed final.^[1]

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Berwick Rangers	3 – 3	Dundee United
Dumbarton	1 – 3	Cowdenbeath
East Fife	7 – 1	Vale of Leithen
Elgin City	2 – 3	Third Lanark
Eyemouth United	0 – 4	Celtic
Hibernian	8 – 1	Stenhousemuir
Leith Athletic	1 – 8	Airdrieonians
Greenock Morton	3 – 1	Dunfermline Athletic
Newton Stewart	2 – 2	Falkirk
Queen of the South	2 – 1	Huntly
Raith Rovers	5 – 0	Clachnacuddin
Rangers	4 – 0	Arbroath
St Mirren	1 – 1	Brechin City
Stranraer	0 – 4	Kilmarnock

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Brechin City	0 – 1	St Mirren
Dundee United	2 – 3	Berwick Rangers
Falkirk	4 – 0	Newton Stewart

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	2 – 0	St Mirren
Airdrieonians	3 – 0	East Fife
Albion Rovers	2 – 0	East Stirlingshire
Alloa Athletic	0 – 2	Motherwell
Berwick Rangers	2 – 3	Queen of the South
Buckie Thistle	1 – 5	Ayr United
Cowdenbeath	0 – 1	Greenock Morton
Dundee	0 – 2	Rangers
Forfar Athletic	2 – 4	Falkirk
Hamilton Academical	2 – 2	Kilmarnock
Hibernian	4 – 2	Queen's Park
Partick Thistle	0 – 2	Clyde
Raith Rovers	0 – 1	Hearts
St Johnstone	1 – 2	Montrose
Stirling Albion	1 – 1	Celtic
Wigtown & Blanoch	1 – 3	Third Lanark

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Celtic	3 – 0	Stirling Albion
Kilmarnock	0 – 2	Hamilton Academical

Third round

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	5 – 5	Motherwell
Airdrieonians	0 – 4	Hibernian
Clyde	8 – 3	Ayr United
Falkirk	2 – 3	Celtic
Hearts	3 – 1	Montrose
Greenock Morton	1 – 4	Rangers
Queen of the South	2 – 0	Albion Rovers
Third Lanark	1 – 0	Hamilton Academical

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Motherwell	1 – 6	Aberdeen

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Clyde	1 – 2	Third Lanark
Hearts	2 – 1	Queen of the South
Hibernian	1 – 1	Aberdeen
Rangers	2 – 0	Celtic

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	2 – 0	Hibernian

Semi-finals

4 April 1953

Aberdeen	1–1	Third Lanark
Paddy Buckley 59'		John Cuthbertson 77'

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 18,468

Referee: Charlie Faultless

4 April 1953

Rangers	2–1	Hearts
Derek Grierson 44' John Prentice 75'		Jimmy Wardhaugh 11'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 116,262

Replays

8 April 1953

Aberdeen	2–1	Third Lanark
Yorston 32' 71'		Wattie Dick 30'

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: Charlie Faultless

Final

25 April 1953

Rangers	1–1	Aberdeen
Prentice 8'		Yorston 80'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 129,761

Referee: Jack Mowat

Replay

29 April 1953

Rangers	1–0	Aberdeen
Billy Simpson 42'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 113,700

Referee: Jack Mowat

References

↑ Keay, John; Keay, Julia (2000). Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland. HarperCollins. p. 404. ISBN 978-0-00-710353-9. Retrieved 25 November 2025.

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1952–53 Scottish Cup

First round

Replays

Second round

Replays

Third round

Replays

Quarter-finals

Replays

Semi-finals

Replays

Final

Replay

See also

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