1983–84 Scottish Cup

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1983–84 Scottish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Final positions
Champions	Aberdeen
Runner-up	Celtic
Tournament statistics
Goals scored	Brian McClair (6)
← 1982–83 1984–85 →

The 1983–84 Scottish Cup was the 99th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Aberdeen for the third year running, after defeating Celtic in the final.

First round[edit]

Home team	Score	Away team
Cowdenbeath (3)	3 – 1	Vale of Leithen (NL)
Dalbeattie Star (NL)	1 – 5	Arbroath (3)
East Stirlingshire(3)	1 – 0	Stenhousemuir (3)
Elgin City (NL)	0 – 2	Queen's Park (3)
Forfar Athletic (3)	4 – 1	Spartans (NL)
Inverness Caledonian (NL)	2 – 1	Albion Rovers (3)

Second round[edit]

Home team	Score	Away team
Dunfermline Athletic (3)	1 – 0	Forfar Athletic (3)
Arbroath (3)	0 – 0	Stirling Albion (3)
Cowdenbeath (3)	2 – 1	Montrose (3)
East Stirlingshire (3)	3 – 1	Fraserburgh (NL)
Gala Fairydean (NL)	0 – 2	Inverness Caledonian (NL)
Peterhead (NL)	1 – 2	Berwick Rangers (3)
Queen of the South (3)	0 – 5	East Fife (3)
Stranraer (3)	1 – 2	Queen's Park (3)

Replay[edit]

Home team	Score	Away team
Stirling Albion (3)	0 – 0	Arbroath (3)

Second Replay[edit]

Home team	Score	Away team
Arbroath (3)	1 – 2	Stirling Albion (3)

Third round[edit]

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen (1)	1 – 1	Kilmarnock (2)
Airdrieonians (2)	1 – 0	St Johnstone (1)
Inverness Caledonian (NL)	0 – 0	Stirling Albion (3)
Clydebank (2)	0 – 0	Brechin City (2)
Cowdenbeath (3)	0 – 2	Dundee (1)
Dundee United (1)	1 – 0	Ayr United (2)
Falkirk (2)	1 – 2	Clyde (2)
Hearts (1)	2 – 0	Partick Thistle (2)
Greenock Morton (2)	2 – 0	East Stirlingshire (3)
Motherwell (1)	3 – 0	Queen's Park (3)
Raith Rovers (2)	1 – 4	Dumbarton (2)
Hamilton Academical (2)	3 – 1	Alloa Athletic (2)
Berwick Rangers (3)	0 – 4	Celtic (1)
Hibernian (1)	0 – 0	East Fife (3)
Meadowbank Thistle (2)	0 – 0	St Mirren (1)
Rangers (1)	2 – 1	Dunfermline Athletic (3)

Replays[edit]

Home team	Score	Away team
Kilmarnock (2)	1 – 3	Aberdeen (1)
Stirling Albion (3)	1 – 2	Inverness Caledonian (NL)
Brechin City (2)	0 – 3	Clydebank (2)
St Mirren (1)	2 – 2	Meadowbank Thistle (2)
East Fife (3)	2 – 0	Hibernian (1)

Second Replay[edit]

Home team	Score	Away team
Meadowbank Thistle (2)	1 – 2	St Mirren (1)

Fourth round[edit]

Home team	Score	Away team
Dundee (1)	2 – 1	Airdrieonians (2)
Clyde (2)	0 – 2	Aberdeen (1)
Dundee United (1)	2 – 1	Hearts (1)
East Fife (3)	0 – 6	Celtic (1)
Inverness Caledonian (NL)	0 – 6	Rangers (1)
Greenock Morton (2)	2 – 1	Dumbarton (2)
Motherwell (1)	3 – 1	Clydebank (2)
St Mirren (1)	2 – 1	Hamilton Academical (2)

Quarter-finals[edit]

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen (1)	0 – 0	Dundee United (1)
Motherwell (1)	0 – 6	Celtic (1)
Dundee (1)	2 – 2	Rangers (1)
St Mirren (1)	4 – 3	Greenock Morton (2)

Replays[edit]

Home team	Score	Away team
Dundee United (1)	0 – 1	Aberdeen (1)
Rangers (1)	2 – 3	Dundee (1)

Semi-finals[edit]

14 April 1984

Aberdeen (1)	2 – 0	Dundee (1)
Ian Porteous 28' Gordon Strachan 89'

Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh

Attendance: 17,645

Referee: Brian McGinlay

14 April 1984

Celtic (1)	2 – 1	St Mirren (1)
Brian McClair 29' Paul McStay 81'		Frank McDougall 38'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 24,690

Final[edit]

19 May 1984

Aberdeen (1)	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Celtic (1)
Eric Black 23' Mark McGhee 98'		Paul McStay 86'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 58,900

Referee: Bob Valentine

See also[edit]

v t e Scottish Cup
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