Scottish Qualifying Cup Finals 1895-2001

Qualifying Cup

Only members of the Scottish League are allowed to enter the Scottish Cup directly, the remaining clubs have to qualify via the Scottish Qualifying Cup. Until 1930 there was a single nationwide tournament, since then there has been regional tournaments. Currently there are seperate cups for the North and South with the 4 semi-finalists from each tournament qualifying for the Scottish Cup.

Finals

Summary

Supplementary Cup Finals | Consolation Cup Finals

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Scottish Qualifying Cup North Finals 1931-2001

2003  Buckie Thistle              1  Clachnacuddin               1  5-4pen
2002  Keith                       2  Cove Rangers                2  3-1pen
2001  Deveronvale                 5  Buckie Thistle              1
2000  Forres Mechanics            2  Deveronvale                 1
1999  Huntly                      2  Fraserburgh                 0
1998  Clachnacuddin (Inverness)   3  Keith                       1
1997  Peterhead                   8  Fraserburgh                 0
1996  Huntly                      2  Elgin City                  1
1995  Fraserburgh                 4  Keith                       3  aet
1994  Huntly                      1  Keith                       1  5-3pen
1993  Ross County                 2  Huntly                      1  aet
1992  Huntly                      2  Cove Rangers                2  5-3pen
1991  Caledonian (Inverness)      3  Peterhead                   2
1990  Cove Rangers                1  Fraserburgh                 0
1989  Elgin City                  1  Cove Rangers                0
1988  Inverness Thistle           3  Caledonian (Inverness)      0
1987  Caledonian (Inverness)      2  Fraserburgh                 0
1986  Caledonian (Inverness)      2  Rothes                      1
1985  Peterhead                   5  Buckie Thistle              1
1984  Keith                   1:2:2  Caledonian (Inverness)  1:2:0
1983  Caledonian (Inverness)      2  Elgin City                  1
1982  Caledonian (Inverness)      3  Peterhead                   2
1981  Caledonian (Inverness)    1:2  Elgin City                1:1
1980  Inverness Thistle           5  Buckie Thistle              0
1979  Brora Rangers             1:5  Peterhead                 1:0
1978  Peterhead                   2  Inverness Thistle           0
1977  Peterhead                   2  Caledonian (Inverness)      1
1976 *Elgin City                1:2  Inverness Thistle         1:0  [agg 3-1]
1975 *Peterhead                 2:1  Elgin City                0:1  [agg 3-1]
1974  Clachnacuddin (Inverness) 1:1  Inverness Thistle         0:1  [agg 2-1]
1973  Clachnacuddin (Inverness) 1:2  Ross County               1:0  [agg 3-1]
1972  Inverness Thistle         2:3  Ross County               0:4  [agg 5-4]
1971  Caledonian (Inverness)  0:2:4  Elgin City              0:2:2  [agg 2-2]
1970  Elgin City              1:0:6  Nairn County            0:1:1  [agg 1-1]
1969  Caledonian (Inverness)    1:4  Ross County               1:1  [agg 5-2]
1968 *Nairn County              3:1  Fraserburgh               1:1  [agg 4-2]
1967  Elgin City                1:4  Nairn County              1:3  [agg 5-4]
1966  Caledonian (Inverness)    3:2  Elgin City                0:1  [agg 5-1]
1965 *Caledonian (Inverness)    1:3  Ross County               2:0  [agg 4-2]
1964 *Elgin City                4:4  Clachnacuddin (Inverness) 3:2  [agg 8-5]
1963  Forres Mechanics          3:5  Buckie Thistle            1:3  [agg 8-4]
1962  Keith                     3:1  Caledonian (Inverness)    1:2  [agg 4-3]
1961  Caledonian (Inverness)    1:2  Peterhead                 0:2  [agg 3-2]
1960 *Keith                     4:3  Buckie Thistle            2:3  [agg 7-5]
1959 *Elgin City                3:3  Rothes                    2:2  [agg 6-4]
1958  Buckie Thistle            2:2  Fraserburgh               2:1  [agg 4-3]
1957 *Fraserburgh               3:3  Caledonian (Inverness)    0:1  [agg 6-1]
1954-56  no competition, replaced by Supplementary Cup
1953 *Buckie Thistle            2:2  Inverness Thistle         2:0  [agg 4-2]
1952  Buckie Thistle            3:1  Clachnacuddin (Inverness) 2:1  [agg 4-3]
1951  Deveronvale               4:1  Clachnacuddin (Inverness) 1:3  [agg 5-4]
1950  Caledonian (Inverness)    5:3  Peterhead                 0:1  [agg 8-1]
1949  Caledonian (Inverness)      3  Clachnacuddin (Inverness)   0
1948  Caledonian (Inverness)    2:4  Elgin City                2:3
1947  Clachnacuddin (Inverness)   3  Caledonian (Inverness)      1
1946  Peterhead                   3  Clachnacuddin (Inverness)   2
1939-45  no competition
1938  Clachnacuddin (Inverness)   5  Babcock & Wilcox            3
1937  Elgin City                  6  Blairgowrie                 2
1936  Vale Ocoba              2:0:4  Keith                   2:0:2
1935  Elgin City                  4  Blairgowrie                 2
1934  Clachnacuddin (Inverness)   2  Rosyth Dockyard Recreation  0
1933  Rosyth Dockyard Recreation  4  Ross County                 1
1932  Inverness Thistle           4  Penicuik Athletic           3
1931  Citadel (Inverness)         4  Murrayfield Amateurs        1
* indicates winners played away in 1st leg
Finals played over two legs between 1950 and 1976

Index | South 1931 | Midlands 1946 | Finals 1895


North Summary 1931-2003 (63 Cups)

Winners
14  Caledonian (Inverness)
 8  Elgin City
 6  Peterhead, Clachnacuddin (Inverness)
 4  Inverness Thistle, Huntly, Keith, Buckie Thistle
 2  Fraserburgh, Forres Mechanics, Deveronvale
 1  Citadel (Inverness), Rosyth Dockyard Recreation, Vale Ocoba, Nairn County,
    Brora Rangers, Cove Rangers, Ross County

Finalists
20  Caledonian (Inverness)
15  Elgin City
12  Clachnacuddin (Inverness)
11  Peterhead
 9  Buckie Thistle
 8  Inverness Thistle, Fraserburgh, Keith
 6  Ross County
 5  Huntly
 4  Cove Rangers
 3  Nairn County, Deveronvale
 2  Rosyth Dockyard Recreation, Blairgowrie, Rothes, Forres Mechanics
 1  Citadel (Inverness), Murrayfield Amateurs, Penicuik Athletic, Vale Ocoba,
    Babcock & Wilcox, Brora Rangers

Index | North 1931 | South 1931 | Midlands 1946 | Finals 1895


Scottish Qualifying Cup South Finals 1931-2003

2003  Spartans                    1  Edinburgh City              1  2-4pen
2002  Whitehill Welfare           3  Threave Rovers              0
2001  Spartans                    2  Tarff Rovers                1
2000  Whitehill Welfare           3  Spartans                    2
1999  Whitehill Welfare           4  Threave Rovers              0
1998  Whitehill Welfare           2  Civil Service Strollers     0
1997  Whitehill Welfare           3  Annan Athletic              2
1996  Spartans                    2  Gala Fairydean              1
1995  Whitehill Welfare           3  Annan Athletic              1
1994  Whitehill Welfare           4  Burntisland Shipyard Am.    1 
1993  Whitehill Welfare           5  St. Cuthbert Wanderers      0
1992  Vale Of Leithen             4  Gala Fairydean              0
1991  Gala Fairydean              3  Civil Service Strollers     1 
1990  Vale Of Leithen             3  Spartans                    2
1989  Gala Fairydean              2  Whitehill Welfare           0
1988  Spartans                    5  Gala Fairydean              0
1987  Gala Fairydean              3  Vale Of Leithen             0
1986  Whitehill Welfare           1  Vale Of Leithen             0
1985  Gala Fairydean              2  Whitehill Welfare           1
1984  Gala Fairydean              3  Whitehill Welfare           2
1983  Gala Fairydean              3  Vale Of Leithen             2
1982  Gala Fairydean            1:4  Vale Of Leithen           0:3  [agg 5-3]
1981 *Hawick Royal Albert       2:1  Gala Fairydean            1:0  [agg 3-1]
1980 *Whitehill Welfare         2:6  Hawick Royal Albert       0:1  [agg 8-1]
1979  Spartans                  2:0  Coldstream                0:0  [agg 2-0]
1978 *Gala Fairydean            2:1  Vale Of Leithen           1:1  [agg 3-2]
1977  Selkirk                 2:0:2  Civil Service Strollers 1:1:1  [agg 2-2]
1976 *Vale Of Leithen           1:4  Girvan                    2:0  [agg 5-2]
1975 *Selkirk                   2:6  Civil Service Strollers   0:2  [agg 8-2]
1974  Selkirk                   2:2  St. Cuthbert Wanderers    1:1  [agg 4-2]
1973  Ferranti Thistle          4:2  Civil Service Strollers   0:0  [agg 6-0]
1972  Vale Of Leithen           3:1  Duns                      0:0  [agg 4-0]
1971  St. Cuthbert Wanderers    4:1  Burntisland Shipyard Am.  1:2  [agg 5-3] ***
1970  Glasgow University        4:1  St. Cuthbert Wanderers    1:3  [agg 5-4]
1969  Tarff Rovers              4:0  St. Cuthbert Wanderers    0:3  [agg 4-3]
1968  Glasgow University        2:2  St. Cuthbert Wanderers    0:1  [agg 4-1]
1967 *Hawick Royal Albert       2:6  Tarff Rovers              2:0  [agg 8-2]
1966 *Gala Fairydean            5:3  Vale Of Leithen           3:2  [agg 8-5]
1965 *Gala Fairydean            5:4  Glasgow University        3:2  [agg 9-5]
1964 *Edinburgh University      2:2  Peebles Rovers            2:1  [agg 4-3]
1963 *Duns                      3:4  St. Cuthbert Wanderers    0:1  [agg 7-1]
1962  Duns                      5:2  Eyemouth United           2:2  [agg 7-4]
1961 *Gala Fairydean            3:1  Vale Of Leithen           3:0  [agg 4-3]
1960  Duns                      6:3  Peebles Rovers            1:6  [agg 9-7]
1959 *Eyemouth United           2:4  Peebles Rovers            0:1  [agg 6-1]
1958  Eyemouth United           3:7  Babcock & Wilcox          2:1  [agg 10-3]
1957 *Vale Of Leithen           1:6  Peebles Rovers            3:0  [agg 7-3]
1954-56  no competition, replaced by Supplementary Cup
1953 *Peebles Rovers            3:3  Tarff Rovers              4:1  [agg 6-5]
1952  Eyemouth United         2:1:3  Newton Stewart          0:3:2  [agg 3-3]
1951  Wigtown                   2:2  Duns                      0:0  [agg 4-0]
1950 *Brechin City              3:9  Duns                      1:1  [agg 12-2]
1949  Leith Athletic              5  Brechin City                2
1947  Berwick Rangers             3  Stranraer                   2
1948  Leith Athletic              3  Montrose                    2
1946  Edinburgh City              1  Stranraer                   0
1939-45  no competition
1938  Penicuik Athletic           5  St. Cuthbert Wanderers      3
1937  Stranraer                   5  Bo'ness                     3
1936  Duns                        2  Galston                     1
1935  Galston                     4  Bo'ness                     0
1934  Beith                     2:1  Bo'ness                   1:1
1933  Penicuik Athletic           3  Galston                     1
1932  Beith                       4  Falkirk Amateurs            2
1931  Beith                       6  Dalbeattie Star             1
* indicates winners played away in 1st leg
Finals played over two legs between 1950 and 1982    

Index | North 1931 | Midlands 1946 | Finals 1895


South Summary 1931-2003 (63 Cups)

Winners
11  Gala Fairydean
10  Whitehill Welfare
 5  Vale Of Leithen, Spartans
 4  Duns
 3  Beith, Eyemouth United, Selkirk
 2  Penicuik Athletic, Leith Athletic, Glasgow University, Hawick Royal Albert
 1  Galston, Stranraer, Edinburgh City, Berwick Rangers, Brechin City, Wigtown,
    Peebles Rovers, Edinburgh University, Tarff Rovers, St. Cuthbert Wanderers,
    Ferranti Thistle (now Livingston)


Finalists
15  Gala Fairydean
13  Whitehill Welfare
12  Vale Of Leithen
 8  St. Cuthbert Wanderers
 7  Duns, Spartans
 6  Spartans
 5  Peebles Rovers, Civil Service Strollers
 4  Eyemouth United, Tarff Rovers
 3  Beith, Galston, Bo'ness, Stranraer, Glasgow University,
    Selkirk, Hawick Royal Albert
 2  Penicuik Athletic, Leith Athletic, Brechin City, Burntisland Shipyard Amateur,
    Annan Athletic, Threave Rovers, Edinburgh City
 1  Dalbeattie Star, Falkirk Amateurs, Berwick Rangers, Montrose, Wigtown, Newton Stewart,
    Babcock & Wilcox, Edinburgh University, Ferranti Thistle (now Livingston), Girvan,
    Coldstream

Index | North 1931 | South 1931 | Midlands 1946 | Finals 1895


Scottish Qualifying Cup Midlands Finals 1946-1947

1947  Montrose                  4:3  East Stirlingshire        4:0
1946  Forfar Athletic             2  East Stirlingshire          1

Index | North 1931 | South 1931 | Finals 1895


Midlands Summary 1946-47 (2 Cups)

Winners
1  Forfar Athletic, Montrose


Finalists
2  East Stirlingshire
1  Forfar Athletic, Montrose

Index | North 1931 | South 1931 | Midlands 1946 | Finals 1895


Scottish Qualifying Cup Finals 1895-1930

1930  Bathgate                  1:1  Dalbeattie Star           1:0
1929  Bathgate                    1  St. Cuthbert Wanderers      0
1928  Murrayfield Amateurs        8  Thornhill                   1
1927  Beith                       3  Forres Mechanics            1
1926  Mid-Annandale               4  Brechin City                1
1925  Leith Athletic              3  Solway Star                 1
1924  Royal Albert                3  Clachnacuddin (Inverness)   1
1922  Royal Albert                4  Mid-Annandale               1
1923  Queen Of The South        0:3  Dykehead                  0:0
1921  Montrose                3:0:2  Nithsdale Wanderers     3:0:1
1920  East Fife                   3  Bo'ness                     1
1919  Bathgate                    2  Cowdenbeath                 0
1915-18  no competition
1914  St. Bernard's           2:1:3  Dykehead                2:0:0
1913  Albion Rovers           1:1:3  Dundee Hibernian        1:1:0
1912  Abercorn                  2:4  Arbroath                  2:1
1911  Dunfermline Athletic        1  Dumbarton                   0
1910  East Stirlingshire        0:1  Johnstone                 0:0
1909  Leith Athletic              4  Bathgate                    0
1908  Vale Of Leven               5  Brechin City                2
1907  St. Bernard's               3  Raith Rovers                1
1906  Raith Rovers                3  St. Bernard's               1
1905  Leith Athletic              2  Beith                       0
1904  Aberdeen                    2  Renton                      0
1903  Arbroath                    4  Albion Rovers               2
1902  Motherwell                  2  Stenhousemuir               1
1901  Stenhousemuir               2  Motherwell                  1
1900  Stenhousemuir               3  East Stirlingshire          0
1899  Galston                     5  Arbroath                    2
1898  East Stirlingshire          4  Arthurlie                   1
1897  Port Glasgow Athletic       4  East Stirlingshire          2
1896  Kilmarnock                  4  Motherwell                  1
1895  Annbank                     3  East Stirlingshire          1

Index | North 1931 | South 1931 | Midlands 1946


Summary 1895-1930 (32 Cups)

Winners
3  Leith Athletic, Bathgate
2  Stenhousemuir, East Stirlingshire, St. Bernard's, Royal Albert
1  Annbank, Kilmarnock, Port Glasgow Athletic, Galston, Motherwell,
   Arbroath, Aberdeen, Raith Rovers, Vale Of Leven, Dunfermline Athletic,
   Abercorn, Albion Rovers, East Fife, Montrose, Queen Of The South,
   Mid-Annandale, Beith, Murrayfield Amateurs


Finalists
5  East Stirlingshire
4  Bathgate
3  Motherwell, Stenhousemuir, Arbroath, St. Bernard's, Leith Athletic
2  Raith Rovers, Albion Rovers, Dykehead, Royal Albert, Mid-Annandale,
   Brechin City, Beith
1  Annbank, Kilmarnock, Port Glasgow Athletic, Arthurlie, Galston, Aberdeen,
   Renton, Vale Of Leven, Johnstone, Dunfermline Athletic, Dumbarton,
   Abercorn, Dundee Hibernian, Cowdenbeath, East Fife, Bo'ness, Montrose,
   Nithsdale Wanderers, Queen Of The South, Clachnacuddin, Solway Star,
   Forres Mechanics, Murrayfield Amateurs, Thornhill, St. Cuthbert Wanderers,
   Dalbeattie Star

Index | North 1931 | South 1931 | Midlands 1946 | Finals 1895


Overall Summary 1895-2003 (158 Cups)

Winners
14  Caledonian (Inverness)
11  Gala Fairydean
10  Whitehill Welfare
 8  Elgin City
 6  Clachnacuddin (Inverness)
 5  Leith Athletic, Peterhead, Vale Of Leithen, Spartans
 4  Beith, Duns, Inverness Thistle, Huntly, Keith, Buckie Thistle
 3  Bathgate, Eyemouth United, Selkirk
 2  Stenhousemuir, East Stirlingshire, St. Bernard's, Royal Albert,
    Galston, Penicuik Athletic, Montrose, Glasgow University,
    Hawick Royal Albert, Forres Mechanics, Deveronvale
 1  Annbank, Kilmarnock, Port Glasgow Athletic, Motherwell,
    Arbroath, Aberdeen, Raith Rovers, Vale Of Leven, Dunfermline Athletic,
    Abercorn, Albion Rovers, East Fife, Queen Of The South,
    Mid-Annandale, Murrayfield Amateurs, Citadel (Inverness), Rosyth Dockyard
    Recreation, Vale Ocoba, Stranraer, Edinburgh City, Forfar Athletic,
    Berwick Rangers, Brechin City, Wigtown, Peebles Rovers, Fraserburgh,
    Edinburgh University, Nairn County, Tarff Rovers, St. Cuthbert Wanderers,
    Ferranti Thistle (now Livingston), Brora Rangers, Cove Rangers, Ross County


Finalists
20  Caledonian (Inverness)
15  Elgin City, Gala Fairydean
13  Clachnacuddin (Inverness), Whitehill Welfare
12  Vale Of Leithen
11  Peterhead
 9  St. Cuthbert Wanderers, Buckie Thistle
 8  Inverness Thistle, Fraserburgh, Keith
 7  East Stirlingshire, Duns, Spartans
 6  Ross County, Civil Service Strollers
 5  Beith, Leith Athletic, Peebles Rovers, Huntly
 4  Bathgate, Galston, Bo'ness, Brechin City, Eyemouth United, Tarff Rovers, Cove Rangers
 3  Motherwell, Stenhousemuir, Arbroath, St. Bernard's, Penicuik Athletic,
    Stranraer, Montrose, Glasgow University, Nairn County, Selkirk,
    Hawick Royal Albert, Forres Mechanics, Deveronvale
 2  Raith Rovers, Albion Rovers, Dykehead, Royal Albert, Mid-Annandale,
    Dalbeattie Star, Murrayfield Amateurs, Rosyth Dockyard Recreation,
    Blairgowrie, Babcock & Wilcox, Rothes, Burntisland Shipyard Amateur,
    Annan Athletic, Threave Rovers, Edinburgh City
 1  Annbank, Kilmarnock, Port Glasgow Athletic, Arthurlie, Aberdeen,
    Renton, Vale Of Leven, Johnstone, Dunfermline Athletic, Dumbarton,
    Abercorn, Dundee Hibernian, Cowdenbeath, East Fife, Nithsdale Wanderers,
    Queen Of The South, Solway Star, Thornhill, Citadel (Inveress),
    Falkirk Amateurs, Vale Ocoba, Forfar Athletic, Berwick Rangers, Wigtown, Newton Stewart,
    Edinburgh University, Ferranti Thistle (now Livingston), Girvan, Brora Rangers, Coldstream

Index | North 1931 | South 1931 | Midlands 1946 | Finals 1895


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