1997–98 Scottish Cup

The 1997–98 Scottish Cup was the 113th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Heart of Midlothian who defeated Rangers in the final.

1997–98 Scottish Cup

Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Final positions
Champions	Heart of Midlothian
Runner-up	Rangers

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Fraserburgh (HL)	1 – 0	Clyde (3)
Cowdenbeath (4)	0 – 0	Montrose (4)
East Fife (3)	2 – 3	Stranraer (3)
Inverness CT (3)	3 – 1	Whitehill Welfare (ESL)

Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Montrose (4)	2 – 1	Cowdenbeath (4)

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Clydebank (3)	6 – 0	Montrose (4)
East Stirlingshire (4)	1 – 1	Edinburgh City (ESL)
Stenhousemuir (3)	4 – 0	Deveronvale (HL)
Stranraer (3)	2 – 1	Fraserburgh (HL)
Livingston (3)	2 – 1	Berwick Rangers (4)
Arbroath (4)	1 – 1	Queen of the South (3)
Annan Athletic (ESL)	3 – 1	Vale of Leithen (ESL)
Forfar Athletic (3)	1 – 2	Albion Rovers (4)
Inverness CT (3)	2 – 0	Queen's Park (4)
Lossiemouth (HL)	0 – 1	Dumbarton (4)
Peterhead (HL)	0 – 2	Alloa Athletic (4)
Ross County (4)	3 – 1	Brechin City (3)

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Edinburgh City (ESL)	0 – 0 (4 – 3 pen.)	East Stirlingshire (4)
Queen of the South (3)	4 – 0	Arbroath (4)

Third round

Home team	Score	Away team
Dundee (2)	4 – 2	St Mirren (2)
Airdrieonians (2)	2 – 2	Ross County (4)
Alloa Athletic (4)	0 – 3	Ayr United (2)
Celtic (1)	2 – 0	Greenock Morton (2)
Dumbarton (4)	1 – 1	Motherwell (1)
Dundee United (1)	1 – 0	Aberdeen (1)
Dunfermline Athletic (1)	7 – 2	Edinburgh City (ESL)
Hamilton Academical (2)	1 – 2	Rangers (1)
Hearts (1)	2 – 0	Clydebank (3)
Hibernian (1)	1 – 2	Raith Rovers (2)
Inverness CT (3)	8 – 1	Annan Athletic (ESL)
Livingston (3)	3 – 3	Albion Rovers (4)
Queen of the South (3)	1 – 3	Stirling Albion (2)
St Johnstone (1)	1 – 0	Partick Thistle (2)
Stenhousemuir (3)	1 – 3	Falkirk (2)
Stranraer (3)	0 – 2	Kilmarnock (1)

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Ross County (4)	1 – 0	Airdrieonians (2)
Albion Rovers (4)	0 – 0 (6 – 5 pen.)	Livingston (3)
Motherwell (1)	1 – 0	Dumbarton (4)

Fourth round

Home team	Score	Away team
Dunfermline Athletic (1)	1 – 2	Celtic (1)
Ayr United (2)	2 – 0	Kilmarnock (1)
Dundee United (1)	1 – 1	Inverness CT (3)
Hearts (1)	3 – 0	Albion Rovers (4)
Motherwell (1)	2 – 2	Rangers (1)
Raith Rovers (2)	1 – 3	Falkirk (2)
Ross County (4)	1 – 1	Dundee (1)
St Johnstone (1)	3 – 1	Stirling Albion (2)

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Inverness CT (3)	2 – 3	Dundee United (1)
Dundee (2)	3 – 0	Ross County (4)
Rangers (1)	3 – 0	Motherwell (1)

Quarter-finals

8 March 1998

Rangers (1)	0–0	Dundee (2)

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 40,309

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Dundee United (1)	2–3	Celtic (1)

Tannadice Park, Dundee

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Falkirk (2)	3–0	St Johnstone (1)

Brockville Park, Falkirk

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Hearts (1)	4–1	Ayr United (2)

Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh

Replay

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18 March 1998

Dundee (2)	1–2	Rangers (1)

Dens Park, Dundee

Attendance: 12,418

Semi-finals

4 April 1998

Falkirk	1–3	Hearts
McAllister 86'		Adam 5', 90' McCann 90'

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 31,587

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5 April 1998

Rangers	2–1	Celtic
McCoist 75' Albertz 88'		Burley 90'

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 48,000

Referee: Jim McCluskey

Final

Main article: 1998 Scottish Cup Final

16 May 1998

Hearts	2–1	Rangers
Cameron 2' (pen.) Adam 52'		McCoist 81'

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 48,946

Referee: Willie Young

Largest Wins

A list of the largest wins from the competition.

Score	Home Team	Away Team	Stage
8-1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Annan Athletic	Third Round
6-0	Clydebank	Montrose	Second Round
7-2	Dunfermline Athletic	Edinburgh City	Third Round