The 2008–09 Scottish Cup

Scottish Cup

The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,, commonly known as the Scottish Cup or the William Hill Scottish Cup for sponsorship purposes, is the main national cup competition in Scottish football. It is a knockout cup competition run by and named after the Scottish Football Association.The...

was the 124th season of Scotland's most prestigious football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 knockout competition. The winners were Rangers

Rangers F.C.

Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...

, who defeated Falkirk

Falkirk F.C.

Falkirk Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in Falkirk. It is one of two professional football teams from the town, the other being East Stirlingshire...

 in the 2009 final

2009 Scottish Cup Final

The 2009 Scottish Cup Final was the final of the 124th season of the main domestic football cup competition in Scotland, the Scottish Cup. The final was played at Hampden Park in Glasgow on 30 May 2009...

 on 30 May 2009.

The competition was under new sponsorship. While the SFA

Scottish Football Association

The Scottish Football Association is the governing body of football in Scotland and has the ultimate responsibility for the control and development of football in Scotland. Members of the SFA include clubs in Scotland, affiliated national associations as well as local associations...

 sponsored the tournament last season, the new sponsor was Homecoming Scotland 2009

Homecoming Scotland 2009

Homecoming Scotland 2009 was a series of events designed to attract people of Scottish ancestry to visit Scotland. The campaign, organised by EventScotland and VisitScotland on behalf of the Scottish Government, and part-financed by the European Regional Development Fund, claimed that "for every...

, a Scottish Government project to encourage Scots from all over the world to visit the country. The tournament itself was known as The Homecoming Scottish Cup

Pollok

Pollok F.C.

Pollok Football Club are a Scottish football club based in Newlands in the southside of the city of Glasgow. They are one of the biggest football clubs operating in Scottish Junior football, regularly attracting crowds of around 550, more than many clubs in the third division and even some in the...

, Bathgate Thistle

Bathgate Thistle F.C.

Bathgate Thistle F.C. are a Scottish junior football club, based in the town of Bathgate, West Lothian. They play in the Scottish Junior Football Association's East Region Super League....

, Lochee United

Lochee United F.C.

Lochee United Football Club are a Scottish junior football club from the Lochee area of Dundee. Formed in 1892, they play their home games at Thomson Park, which has room for 3,200 spectators, 170 of whom can be seated. Lochee's colours are blue shirts, blue shorts and white socks...

 and Banks o' Dee

Banks O' Dee F.C.

Banks O' Dee F.C. are a Scottish football club from the city of Aberdeen. Members of the Scottish Junior Football Association, they currently play in the SJFA North Superleague. Their home ground is Spain Park, by the banks of the River Dee. In 2009, Banks O' Dee were among four clubs to apply for...

 were the four junior clubs that entered this season.

Calendar

Round	First match date	Fixtures		Clubs
		Original	Replays
First Round	27 September 2008	18	4	82 → 64
Second Round	25 October 2008	16	2	64 → 48
Third Round	29 November 2008	16	4	48 → 32
Fourth Round	10 January 2009	16	2	32 → 16
Fifth Round	7 February 2009	8	1	16 → 8
Quarter-finals	7 March 2009	4	1	8 → 4
Semi-finals	25 April 2009	2	0	4 → 2
Final 2009 Scottish Cup Final The 2009 Scottish Cup Final was the final of the 124th season of the main domestic football cup competition in Scotland, the Scottish Cup. The final was played at Hampden Park in Glasgow on 30 May 2009...	30 May 2009	1	0	2 → 1

First round

The First Round draw was conducted at Castlehead High School

Castlehead High School

Castlehead High School is a state secondary school in the district Castlehead; town of Paisley, Renfrewshire, in the West of Scotland, United Kingdom.-Sports:Castlehead is one of six Scottish Football Association Schools of Football...

, Paisley

Paisley

Paisley is the largest town in the historic county of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland and serves as the administrative centre for the Renfrewshire council area...

 on 8 September 2008.

Replays

Second round

The Second Round draw was conducted at Lochee United's

Lochee United F.C.

Lochee United Football Club are a Scottish junior football club from the Lochee area of Dundee. Formed in 1892, they play their home games at Thomson Park, which has room for 3,200 spectators, 170 of whom can be seated. Lochee's colours are blue shirts, blue shorts and white socks...

 Thomson Park, Dundee

Dundee

Dundee is the fourth-largest city in Scotland and the 39th most populous settlement in the United Kingdom. It lies within the eastern central Lowlands on the north bank of the Firth of Tay, which feeds into the North Sea...

 on 27 September 2008.

Replays

Third round

The Third Round draw was conducted on 27 October 2008. Six matches were postponed, all because of frozen pitches. They were rescheduled for the following Saturday. However, only two of those matches were played on that day, Elgin City

Elgin City F.C.

Elgin City Football Club are a semi-professional football team based in Elgin, Moray. They currently compete in the Scottish Third Division....

 v Spartans

Spartans F.C.

Spartans Football Club are a Scottish football club from Edinburgh. They are managed by Sam Lynch and Mickey Lawson. They were formed in 1951 by ex-players of Edinburgh University and the original intention was to field a team of graduates of the University, however they have players from...

 and Forres Mechanics

Forres Mechanics F.C.

Forres Mechanics Football Club are a senior Scottish football club currently playing in the Highland Football League. They were founded in 1884 and play at Mosset Park in Forres. Their nickname is the Can-Cans. The club is eligible to play in the Scottish Cup.The club were one of the founder...

 v Dalbeattie Star

Dalbeattie Star F.C.

Dalbeattie Star F.C. are senior football club currently playing in the South of Scotland Football League. Founded in 1905, the club play their home matches at Islecroft Stadium, Dalbeattie....

. The other matches were repeatedly postponed because of poor weather. The Edinburgh City

Edinburgh City F.C.

Edinburgh City Football Club is a semi-professional senior Scottish football club, which plays in the East of Scotland Football League. The club is based at Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh. Edinburgh City was first formed in 1928 as an amateur club. It participated in the Scottish Football League...

 v Brechin City

Brechin City F.C.

Brechin City Football Club is a Scottish football team based in Brechin, Angus. They are members of the Scottish Football League and play in the Second Division in the 2010–11 season...

 tie was eventually played on 8 December 2008 and the Inverurie Loco Works

Inverurie Loco Works F.C.

Inverurie Loco Works are a semi-professional senior football club from Inverurie who currently play in the Highland League in Scotland and were founded in 1903.-Recent history:...

 v Vale of Leithen

Vale of Leithen F.C.

Vale of Leithen FC is an association football club from the town of Innerleithen, Scotland. They play in the East of Scotland League, and their home games take place at the town's Victoria Park....

 tie on 13 December 2008. The Lochee United

Lochee United F.C.

Lochee United Football Club are a Scottish junior football club from the Lochee area of Dundee. Formed in 1892, they play their home games at Thomson Park, which has room for 3,200 spectators, 170 of whom can be seated. Lochee's colours are blue shirts, blue shorts and white socks...

 v Ayr United

Ayr United F.C.

Ayr United Football Club are a Scottish association football team based in Ayr, South Ayrshire, that plays in the First Division of the Scottish Football League. Formed in 1910 after the merger of former clubs Ayr Parkhouse F.C. and Ayr F.C...

 match was played on Tuesday, 23 December 2008.

On 11 December 2008, the match between Elgin City and Spartans was ordered to be replayed after Elgin had fielded Joe Malin, a loanee from Ross County

Ross County F.C.

Ross County Football Club are a Scottish professional football team from the town of Dingwall, Ross and Cromarty. Founded in 1929 they currently compete in the Scottish Football League First Division and play their home matches at Victoria Park. Prior to the 1994–95 season they played in the...

, in a 2–1 win. Malin was not registered in time for the original tie, but played in the rescheduled tie. The match was ordered to be played on December 15. It later emerged that Spartans had also fielded an ineligible player, Dean Hoskins, after an administrative error.

Replays

Fourth round

The Fourth Round Draw was conducted on 1 December 2008. Three matches were postponed due to failed pitch inspections, The first postponement, Inverurie Loco Works

Inverurie Loco Works F.C.

Inverurie Loco Works are a semi-professional senior football club from Inverurie who currently play in the Highland League in Scotland and were founded in 1903.-Recent history:...

 v Motherwell

Motherwell F.C.

Motherwell Football & Athletic Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire. The club compete in the Scottish Premier League and are one of only seven teams to have remained in this league since it was founded in 1998...

 was rescheduled for 21 January but was not played (following 2 further postponements) until 2 February, whereas the Brechin City

Brechin City F.C.

Brechin City Football Club is a Scottish football team based in Brechin, Angus. They are members of the Scottish Football League and play in the Second Division in the 2010–11 season...

 v St. Mirren and Forfar Athletic

Forfar Athletic F.C.

Forfar Athletic Football Club are a Scottish semi-professional football club from the town of Forfar, Angus. They are members of the Scottish Football League and currently play in the Second Division...

 v Forres Mechanics

Forres Mechanics F.C.

Forres Mechanics Football Club are a senior Scottish football club currently playing in the Highland Football League. They were founded in 1884 and play at Mosset Park in Forres. Their nickname is the Can-Cans. The club is eligible to play in the Scottish Cup.The club were one of the founder...

 fixtures were both scheduled and played on 13 January.

Replays

Fifth round

The Fifth Round Draw was conducted on 11 January 2009 at Hibernian

Hibernian F.C.

Hibernian Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Leith, in the north of Edinburgh. They are one of two Scottish Premier League clubs in the city, the other being their Edinburgh derby rivals, Hearts...

’s Easter Road

Easter Road

Easter Road is a football stadium located in the Leith area of Edinburgh, Scotland, which is the home ground of Scottish Premier League club Hibernian . The stadium currently has an all-seated capacity of 20,421, which makes it the fifth-largest football stadium in Scotland. Easter Road is also...

. Three matches were postponed, the Aberdeen

Aberdeen F.C.

Aberdeen Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Aberdeen...

 v East Fife

East Fife F.C.

East Fife Football Club are a Scottish football club based in the Fife coastal town of Methil...

 match because of adverse weather in and around the city, and the Airdrie United

Airdrie United F.C.

Airdrie United Football Club are a Scottish professional football team based in the town of Airdrie, North Lanarkshire. They are currently managed by ex-Airdrieonians player and former Airdrie United Under 19s coach Jimmy Boyle. They are members of the Scottish Football League and play in the...

 v Dunfermline Athletic

Dunfermline Athletic F.C.

Dunfermline Athletic Football Club are a Scottish football team based in Dunfermline, Fife, commonly known as just Dunfermline. They currently compete in the Scottish Premier League....

 and Forfar Athletic

Forfar Athletic F.C.

Forfar Athletic Football Club are a Scottish semi-professional football club from the town of Forfar, Angus. They are members of the Scottish Football League and currently play in the Second Division...

 v Rangers

Rangers F.C.

Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...

 because of frozen pitches. All have been rescheduled for February 18.

Replay

Quarter-Finals

The Quarter-Final Draw was conducted on 9 February 2009 at Hampden Park

Hampden Park

Hampden Park is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland. The 52,063 capacity venue serves as the national stadium of football in Scotland...

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Replay

Semi-Finals

The Semi-Final Draw was conducted on 8 March 2009 at Ibrox Stadium

Ibrox Stadium

Ibrox Stadium is a football stadium located on the south side of the River Clyde, on Edmiston Drive in the Ibrox district of Glasgow. It is the home ground of Scottish Premier League club Rangers and has an all-seated capacity of 51,082...

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Final

Media coverage

• Domestically, both Sky Sports
  Sky Sports
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   and BBC Sport Scotland
  Sportscene
  Sportscene is the name of a range of Scottish sports television programmes produced by BBC Scotland. Its main anchors are Dougie Donnelly, David Currie, Rob MacLean and Dougie Vipond, with Alison Walker and Richard Gordon acting as relief presenters...
  
   broadcast selected live games, with both showing the final. Both also carry highlights of all games in every round.

• BBC Radio Scotland
  BBC Radio Scotland
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   has exclusive domestic radio rights to the tournament.

• Through the SFA's international media partner IMG, the Scottish Cup is broadcast in various territories around the world. In Australia, for example, the Scottish Cup
  Scottish Cup
  The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,, commonly known as the Scottish Cup or the William Hill Scottish Cup for sponsorship purposes, is the main national cup competition in Scottish football. It is a knockout cup competition run by and named after the Scottish Football Association.The...
  
   is currently available on Setanta Sports
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  .