1965–66 Scottish Cup

Football tournament season

1965–66 Scottish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Final positions
Champions	Rangers
Runner-up	Celtic
← 1964–65 1966–67 →

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

26 March 1966

Aberdeen	0 – 0	Rangers

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 49,360

Referee: JW Paterson

26 March 1966

Celtic	2 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 53,900

Replay

29 March 1966

Aberdeen	1 – 2	Rangers
Harry Melrose 38'		Forrest 8' George McLean 80'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 40,852

Referee: JW Paterson

Final

23 April 1966

Rangers	0 – 0	Celtic

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 126,552

Referee: Tiny Wharton

Teams


RANGERS:
GK		Billy Ritchie
RB		Kai Johansen
LB		David Provan
RH		John Greig
CH		Ronnie McKinnon
LH		Bobby Watson
RW		Willie Henderson
IR		Jimmy Millar
CF		Jim Forrest
IL		Willie Johnston
LW		Davie Wilson
Manager:
Scot Symon


CELTIC:
GK		Ronnie Simpson
RB		Ian Young
LB		Tommy Gemmell
RH		Bobby Murdoch
CH		Billy McNeill
LH		John Clark
RW		Jimmy Johnstone
IR		Joe McBride
CF		Stevie Chalmers
IL		Charlie Gallagher
LW		John Hughes
Manager:
Jock Stein

Replay

27 April 1966

Rangers	1 – 0^[1]	Celtic
Kai Johansen

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 98,202

Referee: Tiny Wharton

Teams


RANGERS:
GK		Billy Ritchie
RB		Kai Johansen
LB		David Provan
RH		John Greig
CH		Ronnie McKinnon
LH		Bobby Watson
RW		Willie Henderson
IR		George McLean
CF		Jimmy Millar
IL		Willie Johnston
LW		Davie Wilson
Manager:
Scot Symon


CELTIC:
GK		Ronnie Simpson
RB		Jim Craig
LB		Tommy Gemmell
RH		Bobby Murdoch
CH		Billy McNeill
LH		John Clark
RW		Jimmy Johnstone
IR		Joe McBride
CF		Stevie Chalmers
IL		Bertie Auld
LW		John Hughes
Manager:
Jock Stein

References

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

External links

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v t e 1965–66 in Scottish football
« 1964–65 1966–67 »
Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Junior Cup
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Related to national team	Results 1966 World Cup qualifying (Group 8) British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Celtic Clyde Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers St. Johnstone St. Mirren Stirling Albion
Division Two	Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Berwick Rangers Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Fife East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Montrose Queen of the South Queen's Park Raith Rovers Stenhousemuir Stranraer Third Lanark

v t e 1965–66 in European football (UEFA)
« 1964–65 1966–67 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '65 '66 England Faroe Islands '65 '66 Finland '65 '66 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary '65 '66 Iceland '65 '66 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '65 '66 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '65 '66 Spain Sweden '65 '66 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '65 '66 Finland '65 '66 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary '65 '66 Iceland '65 '66 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '65 '66 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup

v t e Celtic F.C. matches
Scottish Cup Finals	1889 1892 1893 1894 1899 1900 1901 1902 1904 1907 1908 1909 1911 1912 1914 1923 1925 1926 1927 1928 1931 1933 1937 1951 1954 1955 1956 1961 1963 1965 1966 1967 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1977 1980 1984 1985 1988 1989 1990 1995 1999 2001 2002 2004 2005 2007 2011 2013 2017 2018 2019 2020 2023 2024
Scottish League Cup Finals	1956 1957 1964 1965 1966 1967 1969 (April) 1969 (October) 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1978 1982 1984 (March) 1986 1990 1994 1997 2000 2001 2003 2006 2009 2011 2012 2015 2016 (November) 2017 2018 2019 2021 (December) 2023 (February)
SFL Championship Play-offs	1905
European Cup Finals	1967 1970
UEFA Cup Final	2003
Intercontinental Cup	1967
Other matches	1888 Glasgow Exhibition Cup Final 1901 Glasgow International Exhibition Cup Final 1902 British League Cup Final 1938 Empire Exhibition Trophy Final Coronation Cup Final (1953) CNE Cup of Champions (1968) 1971 Ibrox disaster Dubai Champions Cup (1986, 1989) Rangers 2–2 Celtic (1987) 2007 MLS All-Star Game Lincoln Red Imps 1–0 Celtic (2016)

v t e Rangers F.C. matches
Scottish Cup Finals	1877 1879 1894 1897 1898 1899 1903 1904 1905 1909 1921 1922 1928 1929 1930 1932 1934 1935 1936 1948 1949 1950 1953 1960 1962 1963 1964 1966 1969 1971 1973 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1989 1992 1993 1994 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2008 2009 2016 2022 2024
Scottish League Cup Finals	1947 (April) 1949 (March) 1951 1957 1960 1961 1963 1964 1965 1966 1970 1975 1978 1979 (March) 1981 1982 1984 (March) 1984 (October) 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1992 1993 1996 1998 2002 2003 2005 2008 2009 2010 2011 2019 2023 (February) 2023 (December)
SFL Championship Play-offs	1891 1905
Scottish Challenge Cup Finals	2014 2016
European Cup Winners' Cup Finals	1961 1967 1972
UEFA Europa League Finals	2008 2022
European Super Cup	1972 (unofficial)
Other matches	1901 Glasgow International Exhibition Cup Final 1902 British League Cup Final 1946 Southern League Cup 1946 Victory Cup Berwick Rangers 1–0 Rangers (1967) 1971 Ibrox disaster Rangers 2–2 Celtic (1987) Dubai Champions Cup (1987) Progrès Niederkorn 2–0 Rangers (2017)