2019–20 Scottish Cup

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William Hill Scottish Cup 2019–20
Region	Scotland
Number of teams	102
Defending champions	Celtic
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The 2019–20 Scottish Cup is the 135th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The tournament is sponsored by bookmaker William Hill in what is the final season of a nine-year partnership, after contract negotiations saw the initial five-year contract extended for an additional four years in October 2015. This is the first season in which a match from every round of the tournament proper is broadcast live via TV partners Premier Sports and BBC Scotland, with one match per rounds 1-3 being shown live on the BBC Scotland channel for the first time.

On 13 March 2020, the competition was indefinitely suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The defending champions are Celtic who won the 2019 Scottish Cup Final on 25 May 2019.

Calendar

The calendar for the 2019–20 Scottish Cup, as announced by Scottish Football Association.

Round	Main date	Number of fixtures	Clubs	New Entries	Leagues entering at this round
Preliminary Round 1	10 August 2019	13	102 → 89	27
Preliminary Round 2	31 August 2019	7	89 → 82	None
First Round	21 September 2019	18	82 → 64	29	16 Highland League teams 13 Lowland League teams
Second Round	19 October 2019	16	64 → 48	14	10 League Two teams 1 Highland League team 3 Lowland League teams
Third Round	23 November 2019	16	48 → 32	16	6 Championship teams 10 League One teams
Fourth Round	18 January 2020	16	32 → 16	16	12 Premiership teams 4 Championship teams
Fifth Round	8 February 2020	8	16 → 8	None
Quarter-Finals	29 February 2020	4	8 → 4	None
Semi-Finals	11 April 2020	2	4 → 2	None
Final	9 May 2020	1	2 → 1	None

Preliminary rounds

The first preliminary round took place on 10 August 2019 and the second preliminary round took place on 31 August 2019. A total of 27 teams competed in the preliminary rounds with seven teams advancing to the first round.

Draw

The draw for the preliminary rounds took place on Thursday, 18 July 2019 at Hampden Park and was made by Scotland internationals Lee Alexander and Leanne Crichton.

27 clubs were involved in the draw, of which one received a bye to the second preliminary round, while the other 26 entered the first preliminary round. The teams competing in these rounds were made up of teams from the East of Scotland Football League (16), South of Scotland Football League (4), North Caledonian Football League (1), Scottish Junior Football Association (4) and the Scottish Amateur Football Association (2).

Blackburn United, Broxburn Athletic, Dundonald Bluebell, Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare, Hill of Beath Hawthorn, Jeanfield Swifts, and Penicuik Athletic took part in the Scottish Cup for the first time having each gained their Club Licence, along with Camelon Juniors who made their debut as 2018–19 South & East Cup-Winners Shield winners.

There were three parts to the draw. The first part determined which club, from the 23 eligible, received a bye to the second preliminary round. The clubs which did not receive a bye into the second preliminary round entered the first preliminary round. Thirteen ties were then drawn in the first preliminary round to be played on Saturday, 10 August 2019. The final part of the draw saw seven ties drawn in the second preliminary round to be played on Saturday, 31 August 2019.

Clubs with a valid Club Licence at the date of the draw were eligible for a bye to the second preliminary round. Teams in Bold advanced to the first round.

Clubs eligible for a bye

Clubs participating in the first preliminary round draw

1.Banks O’Dee 2.Blackburn United 3.Broxburn Athletic 4.Burntisland Shipyard 5.Coldstream 6.Dundonald Bluebell 7.Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare 8.Girvan 9.Glasgow University 10.Golspie Sutherland 11.Hawick Royal Albert United 12.Hill of Beath Hawthorn 13.Jeanfield Swifts 14.Linlithgow Rose 15.Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale 16.Newton Stewart 17.Penicuik Athletic 18.Preston Athletic 19.St Cuthbert Wanderers 20.Threave Rovers 21.Tynecastle 22.Whitehill Welfare 23.Wigtown & Bladnoch

24.Auchinleck Talbot (2018–19 West Region Premiership & Junior Cup winners) 25.Camelon Juniors (2018–19 South & East of Scotland Cup-Winners Shield) 26.Colville Park (2018–19 Scottish Amateur Cup winners) 27.Lochee United (2018–19 East Superleague winners)

Preliminary round one

Golspie Sutherland received a bye to preliminary round two.

Matches

10 August 2019	Linlithgow Rose	2–1	Preston Athletic	Linlithgow
14:30	Slaven  48' Smith  55'		Grotlin  83'	Stadium: Prestonfield Attendance: 328 Referee: Jordan Paterson

10 August 2019	St Cuthbert Wanderers	1–7	Girvan	Kirkcudbright
15:00	Lawrie  60'		Harvey  23', 43' Bell  47', 81', 89' Thirtle  62' Love  77'	Stadium: St Mary's Park Referee: Stewart Luke

10 August 2019	Broxburn Athletic	2–0	Tynecastle	Broxburn
15:00	Kelly  10' Miller  20'			Stadium: Albyn Park Attendance: 177 Referee: Craig Napier

10 August 2019	Banks O’Dee	5–0	Glasgow University	Aberdeen
15:00	Gilmour  15' Henderson  54', 67' Hall  69' Armstrong  73'			Stadium: Spain Park Referee: Greg Soutar

10 August 2019	Hill of Beath Hawthorn	2–0	Blackburn United	Hill of Beath
15:00	Watt  5' Elder  83'			Stadium: Keir's Park Attendance: 219 Referee: Duncan Williams

10 August 2019	Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare	1–6	Penicuik Athletic	Easthouses
15:00	Young  50'		Somerville  21' Stewart  30', 55', 66' Jones  33' Viola  68'	Stadium: Newbattle Complex Attendance: 188 Referee: Alastair Grieve

10 August 2019	Dundonald Bluebell	2–2	Auchinleck Talbot	Cardenden
15:00	J. Smith  73' Ness  74'		Samson  23' G. Wilson  76' (pen)	Stadium: Moorside Park Attendance: 604 Referee: Grant Irvine

10 August 2019	Camelon Juniors	4–0	Newton Stewart	Camelon
15:00	McKenzie  54' Daramola  67' McMullan  82', 87'			Stadium: Carmuirs Park Attendance: 232 Referee: Chris Gentles

10 August 2019	Coldstream	1–9	Jeanfield Swifts	Coldstream
15:00	Briggs  45'		Smith  5', 28', 68' McLaren  25' Sinclair  27' Kennedy  65' Scott  83', 86', 88'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 170 Referee: Craig Wilson

10 August 2019	Hawick Royal Albert United	1–6	Threave Rovers	Hawick
15:00	Scott  85'		Jamieson  29' Thom  35', 84' Milligan  39', 57', 61'	Stadium: Albert Park Attendance: 101 Referee: Alex Shepherd

10 August 2019	Lochee United	7–0	Burntisland Shipyard	Dundee
15:00	Ritchie  1', 60' Cavanagh  9' Millar  14' Buchan  43', 49' Blair  47'			Stadium: Thomson Park Attendance: 160 Referee: Steven Kirkland

17 August 2019	Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale	5–0	Wigtown & Bladnoch	Broxburn
16:00	Wringe  5', 13' Cunningham  39' Moore  28' Hendry  78'			Stadium: Albyn Park Referee: Chris McNab

18 August 2019	Colville Park	0–4	Whitehill Welfare	Glasgow
14:00			Somerville  12' Lough  37' McIlroy  43' (o.g.) Connell  83'	Stadium: New Tinto Park Referee: William Wilson

Replay

17 August 2019	Auchinleck Talbot	6–1	Dundonald Bluebell	Auchinleck
15:00	Samson  4', 56' G. Wilson  19' Glasgow  39', 41' Shankland  82'		Gay  81'	Stadium: Beechwood Park Referee: Grant Irvine

First round

The first round took place on the weekend of 21 September 2019. Along with the seven winners from the second preliminary round, there were 29 new entries at this stage - 16 from the Highland Football League and 13 from the Lowland Football League.

Draw

The draw for the first round took place on Sunday 1 September 2019 during Sportscene live on BBC Scotland and was made by Scotland internationals Stephen O'Donnell and Craig MacGillivray.

Teams in Italics were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the second round.