2018–19 William Hill Scottish Cup

Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Teams	95
Defending champions	Celtic
Final positions
Champions	Celtic
Runner-up	Heart of Midlothian
Tournament statistics
Matches played	105
Goals scored	350 (3.33 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Stephen Dobbie (7 goals)
All statistics correct as of 25 May 2019.
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The 2018–19 Scottish Cup was the 134th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The tournament was sponsored by bookmaker William Hill in what was the eighth season of a nine-year partnership, after contract negotiations saw the initial five-year contract extended for an additional four years in October 2015.^[1]

The cup was won for the third consecutive occasion, and a record 39th in total, by the defending champions, Celtic who had won the 2018 Scottish Cup Final on 19 May 2018.^[2]

Calendar

The calendar for the 2018–19 Scottish Cup, as announced by Scottish Football Association.^[3]

Round	Main date	Number of fixtures	Clubs	New Entries
Preliminary Round 1	11 August 2018	7	95 → 88	19
Preliminary Round 2	1 September 2018	6	88 → 82	None
First Round	22 September 2018	18	82 → 64	30
Second Round	20 October 2018	16	64 → 48	14
Third Round	24 November 2018	16	48 → 32	16
Fourth Round	19 January 2019	16	32 → 16	16
Fifth Round	9 February 2019	8	16 → 8	None
Quarter-Finals	2 March 2019	4	8 → 4	None
Semi-Finals	13-14 April 2019	2	4 → 2	None
Final	25 May 2019	1	2 → 1	None

Preliminary rounds

Draw

The draw for the preliminary rounds took place on Monday, 16 July 2018 at Hampden Park and was made by Scottish National Team Head Coaches Alex McLeish and Shelley Kerr.^[4]

19 clubs were involved in the draw, of which five received a bye to the second preliminary round, while the other 14 entered the first preliminary round. The teams competing in these rounds were made up of teams from the East of Scotland Football League (8), South of Scotland Football League (4), North Caledonian Football League (1), Scottish Junior Football Association (4) and the Scottish Amateur Football Association (2). Shortlees and Tynecastle took part in the Scottish Cup for the first time after winning the 2017–18 Scottish Amateur Cup and the 2017–18 South & East Cup-Winners Shield respectively.

There were three parts to the draw. The first part determined which five clubs, from the 14 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. Seven ties were then drawn in the first preliminary round to be played on Saturday, 11 August 2018. The final part of the draw saw six ties drawn in the second preliminary round to be played on Saturday, 1 September 2018.

Clubs with a valid Club Licence at the date of the draw were eligible for a bye to the second preliminary round.^[5] Teams in Bold advanced to the first round.

Clubs eligible for a bye	Clubs participating in the first preliminary round draw
Banks O’Dee Burntisland Shipyard Coldstream Girvan Glasgow University Golspie Sutherland Hawick Royal Albert Linlithgow Rose Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale Newton Stewart Preston Athletic St Cuthbert Wanderers Threave Rovers Wigtown & Bladnoch	Auchinleck Talbot (2017–18 Junior Cup winners) Beith (2017–18 West Super League winners) Bonnyrigg Rose (2017–18 East Superleague winners) Shortlees (2017–18 Scottish Amateur Cup winners) Tynecastle (2017–18 South & East Cup-Winners Shield)

Preliminary round one

Girvan, Linlithgow Rose, Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale, Newton Stewart, and Wigtown & Bladnoch received a bye to preliminary round two.

Matches

Preliminary round two

Matches

First round

The first round took place on the weekend of 22 September 2018. Along with the six winners from the second preliminary round, there were 30 new entries at this stage - 16 from the Highland Football League and 14 from the Lowland Football League.^[5]

Draw

The draw for the first round took place on Saturday, 1 September 2018 at Hampden Park and was made by former Scottish Cup winner Robbie Neilson and boxer Charlie Flynn. Selkirk withdrew from the competition before the draw was made so one team received a bye to the second round.^[7]

Teams in Bold advanced to the second round.

Highland Football League	Lowland Football League	Other
Brora Rangers Buckie Thistle Clachnacuddin Deveronvale Forres Mechanics Fort William Fraserburgh Huntly Inverurie Loco Works Keith Lossiemouth Nairn County Rothes Strathspey Thistle Turriff United Wick Academy	BSC Glasgow Civil Service Strollers Cumbernauld Colts Dalbeattie Star East Stirlingshire Edinburgh University Edusport Academy Gala Fairydean Rovers Gretna 2008 Kelty Hearts Stirling University Vale of Leithen Whitehill Welfare	East of Scotland teams Bonnyrigg Rose Burntisland Shipyard Coldstream Linlithgow Rose SJFA teams Auchinleck Talbot Beith

BSC Glasgow were drawn to receive a bye to the second round.

Matches

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