# 1887–88 Scottish Cup

The 1887–88 Scottish Cup was the 15th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. Renton won the competition for the second time after they beat Cambuslang 6–1 in the final. The result set a new record as the largest margin of victory in a Scottish Cup Final - a record that was equalled by Celtic in 1972 but has never been bettered.

## Calendar

| Round | First match date | Fixtures | Fixtures | Fixtures | Clubs |
| Round | First match date | Original | Byes | Replays | Clubs |
| First Round | 27 August 1887 | 70 | 5 | 6 | 145 → 75 |
| Second Round | 24 September 1887 | 34 | 6 | 5 | 75 → 42 |
| Third Round | 15 October 1887 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 42 → 22 |
| Fourth Round | 5 November 1887 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 22 → 16 |
| Fifth Round | 26 November 1887 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 16 → 8 |
| Quarter-finals | 17 December 1887 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 → 4 |
| Semi-finals | 14 January 1888 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 → 2 |
| Final | 4 February 1888 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 → 1 |

## Teams

All 145 teams entered the competition in the first round.
| Dunbartonshire | Edinburghshire | Glasgow and Suburbs | Lanarkshire | Northern Counties | Renfrewshire |
| Bonhill Dumbarton Dumbarton Athletic Dumbarton Union Dunbritton Jamestown Kirkintilloch Athletic Kirkintilloch Central Kirkintilloch Harp Methlan Park Renton Vale of Leven Vale of Leven Hibernians Vale of Leven Wanderers | Armadale Athenian Bellstane Birds Bo'ness Broxburn Shamrock Broxburn Thistle Erin Rovers (Bathgate) Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Leith Athletic Mossend Swifts Norton Park St Bernard's West Calder | Battlefield Carrick Clyde Cowlairs Kelvinside Athletic Glasgow University Govan Athletic Linthouse Northern Partick Thistle Pollokshields Athletic Queen's Park Rangers St Andrew's Shettleston Southern Athletic Thistle United Abstainers Westbourne Whitefield 3rd Lanark RV | Airdriehill Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Cambuslang Cambuslang Hibernian Carfin Shamrock Clydesdale Drumpellier Dykehead Hamilton Academical Hamilton Hibernian Motherwell Plains Royal Albert Rutherglen Tollcross Uddingston | Aberdeen Aberdeen Rovers Arbroath Broughty Dundee East End Dundee Harp Forfar Athletic Lindertis Lochee Montrose Orion Our Boys (Dundee) Strathmore (Arbroath) Strathmore (Dundee) Wanderers | Abercorn Arthurlie Dykebar Greenock Rangers Johnstone Harp Kilbarchan Lochwinnoch Morton Neilston Paisley Athletic Pollokshaws Port Glasgow Athletic Renfrew St Mirren Thornliebank 1st Renfrew RV |
| Argyll | Ayrshire | Fife | Perthshire | Southern Counties | Stirlingshire |
| Lochgilphead Oban | Annbank Ayr Ayr Thistle Dalry Hurlford Kilbirnie Kilmarnock Lanemark Lugar Boswell Mauchline Maybole Monkcastle 2nd Ayrshire RV | Alloa Athletic Burntisland Thistle Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Dunfermline Athletic Lassodie | Caledonian Rangers Coupar Angus Crieff Dunblane Erin Rovers (Perth) Fair City Athletic Our Boys (Blairgowrie) St Johnstone | Moffat Newcastleton Nithsdale Queen of the South Wanderers Thornhill Vale o' Nith 5th Kirkcudbrightshire RV | Camelon Campsie East Stirlingshire Falkirk Grahamston Grangemouth Kilsyth Wanderers King's Park Laurieston Redding Athletic Slamannan Vale of Bannock |

### Notes

* ^ A-Shettleston were included in Lanarkshire district for the first round but, following an appeal, they were reinstated in the second round as part of Glasgow and Suburbs.

## First round
### Matches
#### Glasgow and Suburbs

Glasgow University and Southern Athletic received a bye to the second round.

#### Ayrshire district

Mauchline received a bye to the second round.

#### Northern Counties

Aberdeen Rovers received a bye to the second round.

#### Southern Counties

Nithsdale received a bye to the second round.

### Second replay
#### Dunbartonshire district
##### Notes

* ^ B-A protest by 3rd Lanark RV that Calderwood of Cowlairs was guilty of professionalism was upheld. Calderwood was banned from football for two years and a replay was ordered.
* ^ C-Burntisland Thistle, Dundee Harp, Dunfermline, Grahamston and Mossend Swifts were disqualified for non-registration of players and Broxburn Shamrock, Lindertis, Lassodie, Redding Athletic and Dunfermline Athletic were subsequently re-instated.
* ^ D-A protest by Vale of Leven Hibernians was upheld and a replay was ordered.
* ^ E-A protest by Shettleston that they had wrongly been included in the Lanarkshire district rather than in Glasgow and Suburbs as their ground was within the municipal counties of Glasgow was upheld. They were reinstated in the second round in Glasgow and Suburbs.
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## Second round
### Matches
#### Edinburghshire district

Heart of Midlothian received a bye to the third round.

#### Dunbartonshire district

Vale of Leven Wanderers received a bye to the third round.

#### Ayrshire district

Kilmarnock received a bye to the third round.

#### Lanarkshire district

Plains received a bye to the third round.

#### Fife district

Lassodie received a bye to the third round.

#### Perthshire and Argyll district

Oban received a bye to the third round.

#### Southern Counties
### Replays
#### Southern Counties
##### Notes

* ^ F-Both teams qualified for the third round.
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## Third round
### Matches
#### Glasgow, Dunbartonshire, Stirlingshire and Lanarkshire district

Partick Thistle received a bye to the fourth round.

#### Perthshire and Northern Counties

Lindertis received a bye to the fourth round.

#### Southern Counties
### Replays
#### Ayrshire and Renfrewshire district

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## Fourth round

Abercorn, Albion Rovers, Arbroath, Cambuslang, Carfin Shamrock, Cowlairs, Dundee Our Boys, Queen's Park, St Bernard's and Thistle received a bye to the fifth round.

### Third replay

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## Fifth round
### Matches
#### Notes

* ^ G-Match abandoned after 85 minutes after Albion Rovers refused to continue playing. The result was allowed to stand
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## Quarter-final
### Matches

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## Semi-finals
### Replay

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