2012–13 Scottish Cup

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2012–13 William Hill Scottish Cup
Country  Scotland
Teams 84
Champions Celtic
Runners-up Hibernian
Matches played 99
Goals scored 360 (3.64 per match)
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The 2012–13 Scottish Cup was the 128th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The tournament began on 4 August 2012 and ended on 26 May 2013. It was sponsored by bookmaker William Hill in the second season of a three-year partnership and is known as the William Hill Scottish Cup. The winner of the competition qualified for the third qualifying round of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League. The holders Hearts were knocked out by their Edinburgh rivals Hibernian in the fourth round, in a repeat of last season's final.

Format and Calendar

Due to an increase in the number of participating teams, there was a preliminary round involving four teams.[1] Thirty four other clubs from the Highland League, qualifying Junior clubs and other clubs affiliated with the Scottish Football Association were given a bye to the first round proper.[1] Third Division clubs enter in the second round, while Second Division and some First Division clubs start in the third round.[1] The remaining First Division and all Scottish Premier League (SPL) clubs enter in the fourth round (last 32).[1] The fourth round was played in early December 2012, to allow SPL clubs a brief winter shutdown in January.[2]

For the first time in its history, the Scottish Cup Final was due to be played on a Sunday.[2] This is to comply with UEFA regulations which prohibit televised matches being played on the same day as the UEFA Champions League Final.[2] The 2012 Scottish Cup Final was played on the same day as the 2012 UEFA Champions League Final, but this was done under a one-year waiver offered by UEFA.[2] Fixture congestion meant that the 2013 Scottish Cup Final could not be moved to an earlier weekend.[2]

The calendar for the 2012–13 competition is as follows:[3]

Round Draw date First match date Fixtures Clubs
Original Replays
Preliminary Round Tuesday 3 July 2012 Saturday 4 August 2012 2 0 84 → 82
First Round Monday 23 July 2012 Saturday 25 August 2012 18 3 82 → 64
Second Round Monday 27 August 2012 Saturday 29 September 2012 16 3 64 → 48
Third Round Monday 1 October 2012 Saturday 3 November 2012 16 7 48 → 32
Fourth Round Monday 5 November 2012 Saturday 1 December 2012 16 4 32 → 16
Fifth Round Monday 3 December 2012 Saturday 2 February 2013 8 0 16 → 80
Quarter Finals Sunday 3 February 2013 Saturday 2 March 2013 4 0 8 → 4
Semi Finals Monday 4 March 2013 Saturday 13 & Sunday 14 April 2013 2 N/A 4 → 2
Final N/A Sunday 26 May 2013 1 N/A 2 → 1

Preliminary Round

The preliminary round draw was conducted on 3 July 2012 at Hampden Park, Glasgow.[4]

This round is contested entirely by non-league clubs:

Thirty four clubs received a bye into the First round.

First Round

The first round draw took place on 23 July 2012 at the Queen Anne Suite, Edinburgh Castle, at 2:00pm.[5][6]

This round was contested by the winners of the two preliminary round ties plus the thirty four clubs who received a bye in the preliminary round.

Huntly v Wigtown & Bladnoch
Shotts Bon Accord v Edinburgh City
Buckie Thistle v Rothes

First Round Replays

Second Round

The second round draw took place on 27 August 2012. All ten teams from the Third Division were added to the competition at this stage, along with the champions of the South of Scotland League (Dalbeattie Star) and East of Scotland League (Stirling University), and the champions and runners-up from the Highland League (Forres Mechanics and Cove Rangers). [7]

Buckie Thistle v Annan Athletic
Selkirk v Vale of Leithen
Clyde v Nairn County

Second Round Replays

Third Round

Sixteen teams joined in the 3rd round: all ten current Second Division clubs, along with 6th to 8th in last season's First Division (Partick, Raith and Morton) and the three teams that were promoted from last season's Second Division (Cowdenbeath, Dumbarton and Airdrie United).

Airdrie United v Raith Rovers
Stranraer v Queens Park
Forfar Athletic v Nairn County
Albion Rovers v Greenock Morton
Inverurie Loco Works v Arbroath
Stenhousemuir v Berwick Rangers
Brechin City v Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic

Third Round Replays

Fourth Round

The Fourth Round draw was conducted on 5 November 2012 at 2:30pm at Hampden Park live on Sky Sports News.

The 16 winners from the Third Round entered here, along with the 12 SPL clubs and four SFL First Division clubs who were exempt from playing in the Third Round (Dunfermline Athletic, Falkirk, Hamilton Academical, Livingston).

Ross County v Inverness CT
Aberdeen v Motherwell
Partick Thistle v Dunfermline Athletic
v Queen of the South
v Deveronvale
Turriff United v Greenock Morton
Livingston v Dundee
v Ayr United
Celtic v Arbroath
Stranraer v Dundee United
Stenhousemuir v Falkirk
v Brechin City
v Elgin City
v Heart of Midlothian
Dumbarton v Hamilton Academical
Cowdenbeath v St Johnstone

Fourth Round Replays

Motherwell v Aberdeen
Ross County
Arbroath v Celtic
Turriff United

Fifth Round

The Fifth Round draw was conducted on 3 December 2012 at 1:00pm at Hampden Park live on Sky Sports News.[8]

Rangers
St Johnstone
Dunfermline Athletic v Hamilton Academical
Forfar Athletic
Inverness CT
Raith Rovers v Celtic
Greenock Morton
Aberdeen

Quarter-finals

The Quarter-finals draw was conducted on 3 February 2013 at 5:45pm at Easter Road Stadium live on Sky Sports 2.

St Mirren v Celtic
Hamilton Academical v Falkirk
Dundee v Dundee United
Kilmarnock v Hibernian

Semi-finals

The Semi-finals draw was conducted on 4 March 2013 at 1:30pm at Hampden Park live on Sky Sports News.

Falkirk
Dundee United v Celtic

Final

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Main article: 2013 Scottish Cup Final

26 May 2013
15:00
Hibernian 0 − 3 Celtic
Report Hooper Goal 9', 31'
Ledley Goal 80'
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 51,254
Referee: William Collum

Media coverage

From round four onwards, selected matches from the Scottish Cup are broadcast live in Ireland and the UK by BBC Scotland and Sky Sports. BBC Scotland has the option to show one tie per round with Sky Sports showing two ties per round with one replay also. Both channels will screen the final live.

These matches were broadcast live on television.

Round Sky Sports BBC Scotland
Fourth round Rangers vs Elgin City
Hibernian vs Heart of Midlothian
Arbroath vs Celtic (replay)
 Ross County vs Inverness CT
Fifth round Dundee United vs Rangers
Hibernian vs Aberdeen		 Raith Rovers vs Celtic
Quarter-finals St Mirren vs Celtic
Dundee vs Dundee United		 Kilmarnock vs Hibernian
Semi-finals Hibernian vs Falkirk
Dundee United vs Celtic		 Hibernian vs Falkirk
Final Hibernian vs Celtic Hibernian vs Celtic

References

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