The '''1877–78 Scottish Cup''' – officially the '''Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup''' – was the fifth edition of Scotland's most prestigious [[Association football|football]] knockout competition. 116 teams contested the tournamentbeginning with the first round on 22 September 1877 andendingat the final on 30 March 1878.
The '''1877–78 [[Scottish Cup]]''' – officially the '''Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup''' – was the fifth season of Scotland's most prestigious [[Association football|football]] knockout competition. For the first time, over 100 teams took part in the competition which began with the first round on 22 September 1877. The cup was won by [[Vale of Leven F.C.|Vale of Leven]] for a second time after they defeated [[Glasgow]] club [[Third Lanark A.C.|3rd Lanark RV]] 1–0 in the final on 30 March 1878.<ref name="Final">{{cite web |url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish-cup-matches/?mid=91680 |title=Scottish Cup Matches |publisher=Scottish Football Association |access-date=22 April 2019}}</ref>
[[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Heart of Midlothian]] and [[Hibernian F.C.|Hibernian]] were drawn to face each other in the first round in what would be the first competitive [[Edinburgh derby]]. Hibernian won 2–1 after a replay.<ref name="Potter and Jones">{{cite book |last1=Potter |first1=David |author-link1=David W. Potter |last2=Jones |first2=Phil H. |date=2016 |title=The History of the Scottish Cup: The Story of Every Season 1873–2016 |location=Worthing |publisher=Pitch Publishing |pages=21–22 |isbn=978-1-78531-214-4}}</ref>
[[Vale of Leven F.C.|Vale of Leven]] successfully pursued its second [[1878 Scottish Cup Final|Scottish Cup]] on 30 March 1878 in [[Hampden Park (1873–1883)|Hampden Park]], at [[Crosshill, Glasgow|Crosshill]] against [[Glasgow]] club [[Third Lanark A.C.|3rd Lanark RV]], 1–0. 5,000 attended.<ref name="Final"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fitbastats.com/thirdlanark/game.php?gameid=80783 |title=Third Lanark 0-1 Vale of Leven, Scottish Cup (30/03/1878) |publisher=Fitbastats.com |access-date=22 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fitbastats.com/valeofleven/game.php?gameid=80783 |title=Vale of Leven 1-0 Third Lanark, Scottish Cup (30/03/1878) |publisher=Fitbastats.com |access-date=22 April 2019}}</ref><ref name="Final">{{cite web |url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish-cup-matches/?mid=91680 |title=Scottish Cup Matches |publisher=Scottish Football Association |access-date=22 April 2019}}</ref>
[[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Heart of Midlothian]] and [[Hibernian F.C.|Hibernian]] were drawn to face each other in the [[#Edinburgh district|first round]] in what would be the first consequential [[Edinburgh derby]]. Hibernian won 2–1 after a replay.<ref name="Potter and Jones">{{cite book |last1=Potter |first1=David |author-link1=David W. Potter |last2=Jones |first2=Phil H. |date=2016 |title=The History of the Scottish Cup: The Story of Every Season 1873–2016 |location=Worthing |publisher=Pitch Publishing |pages=21–22 |isbn=978-1-78531-214-4}}</ref>
The 1877–78 Scottish Cup – officially the Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup – was the fifth season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. For the first time, over 100 teams took part in the competition which began with the first round on 22 September 1877. The cup was won by Vale of Leven for a second time after they defeated Glasgow club 3rd Lanark RV 1–0 in the final on 30 March 1878.[1]
The exact dates of some matches are unknown as newspaper coverage of football in the late 19th century was not as comprehensive as it would become.[2][3]
Round
First match date
Fixtures
Clubs
Original
Byes
Replays
First round
22 September 1877
55
4
3
116 → 61
Second round
20 October 1877
28
5
5
61 → 34
Third round
10 November 1877
16
2
2
34 → 19
Fourth round
1 December 1877
9
1
3
19 → 12
Fifth round
22 December 1877
6
0
0
12 → 6
Quarter-finals
12 January 1878
3
0
0
6 → 3
Semi-finals
9 March 1878
1
1
2
3 → 2
Final
30 March 1878
1
0
0
2 → 1
2 teams qualified for the second round after drawing their first round replay.
2 teams qualified for the third round after drawing their second round replay.
2 teams qualified for the fourth round after drawing their third round replay.
Barrhead were disqualified after winning their fourth round match against Partick, due to discrepancies in their third round match against Renfrew. Both Renfrew and Partick were reinstated.
D-Barrhead advanced to the fourth round but were disqualified following their match against Partick. Renfrew were subsequently reinstated in the fifth round.
G-The result between Thornliebank and Hibernian was considered as a draw by the Scottish Football Association after Thornliebank protested against one of Hibernian's goals.
^ abPotter, David; Jones, Phil H. (2016). The History of the Scottish Cup: The Story of Every Season 1873–2016. Worthing: Pitch Publishing. pp. 21–22. ISBN978-1-78531-214-4.
^Scottish F.A. Cup 1873–2017: The Complete Results. Cleethorpes: Soccer Books. 2017. pp. 9–12. ISBN978-1-86223-366-9.
^ abcdefgMathers, Stewart (2017). The Beautiful Dribbling Game: The Scottish F.A. Challenge Cup in the 19th Century. Great Britain: Amazon. pp. 28–36, 257–260. ISBN978-0-9956998-0-9.
