2005–06 Scottish Cup#Third round
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{ infobox football tournament season
| title = 2005–06 Scottish Cup
| image =
| imagesize =
| caption =
| country = Scotland
| num_teams =
| defending champions = Celtic
| champions = Heart of Midlothian
| runner-up = Gretna
| matches = 60
| goals = 189
| top goal scorer = James Grady (6)
| prevseason = 2004–05
| nextseason = 2006–07
}}
The 2005–06 Scottish Cup was the 121st season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition, also known for sponsorship reasons as the Tennent's Scottish Cup. The Cup was won by SPL club Heart of Midlothian who defeated Second Division side Gretna on penalties after a 1–1 draw in the final. Gretna earned a place in the UEFA Cup with Hearts having already qualified for the Champions League via the SPL.
A major shock occurred in the third round when First Division side Clyde defeated Cup holders Celtic 2–1. Rangers were knocked out of at the fourth round stage, losing 3–0 at home to Hibernian. Spartans reached the fourth round before eventually losing to St Mirren after a replay.
Calendar
{{see also|Scottish Cup format}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
! rowspan=2|Round ! rowspan=2|First match date ! colspan=2|Fixtures ! rowspan=2 width=100| Clubs |
| Original
! Replays |
|---|
| align=left|First Round
| align=left|19 November 2005 | 8 | 1 | |
| align=left|Second Round
| align=left|10 December 2005 | 10 | 0 | {{0}}{{0}} → 32 |
| align=left|Third Round
| align=left|7 January 2006 | 16 | 3 | 32 → 16 |
| align=left|Fourth Round
| align=left|4 February 2006 | 8 | 6 | 16 → 8{{0}} |
| align=left|Quarter-finals
| align=left|25 February 2006 | 4 | 1 | 8 → 4 |
| align=left|Semi-finals
| align=left|1 April 2006 | 2 | 0 | 4 → 2 |
| align=left|Final
| align=left|16 May 2006 | 1 | 0 | 2 → 1 |
First round
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| width=140|Home team
!width=80|Score !width=140|Away team |
|---|
| Alloa (3)
|9 – 0 |Selkirk (NL) |
| Stenhousemuir (4)
|3 – 2 |East Stirlingshire (4) |
| Cowdenbeath (4)
|0 – 3 |Greenock Morton (3) |
| Dumbarton (3)
|4 – 1 |Forres Mechanics (NL) |
| Spartans (NL)
|1 – 0 |Berwick Rangers (4) |
| Stirling Albion (3)
|2 – 1 |Elgin City (4) |
| Partick Thistle (3)
|1 – 1 |Albion Rovers (4) |
| Preston Athletic (NL)
|2 – 6 |Gretna (3) |
=Replay=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |
| width=140|Home team
!width=80|Score !width=140|Away team |
|---|
| Albion Rovers (4)
|1 – 3 |Partick Thistle (3) |
Second round
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| width=140|Home team
!width=80|Score !width=140|Away team |
|---|
| Alloa (3)
|1 – 0 |Montrose (4) |
| Arbroath (4)
|1 – 0 |Dumbarton (3) |
| Ayr United (3)
|3 – 2 |Greenock Morton (3) |
| East Fife (4)
|0 – 3 |Peterhead (3) |
| Gretna (3)
|6 – 1 |Cove Rangers (NL) |
| Lossiemouth (NL)
|0 – 5 |Spartans (NL) |
| Queen's Park (4)
|2 – 0 |Raith Rovers (3) |
| Stenhousemuir (4)
|1 – 4 |Partick Thistle (3) |
| Stirling Albion (3)
|1 – 0 |Inverurie Loco Works (NL) |
| Threave Rovers (NL)
|0 – 4 |Forfar Athletic (3) |
Third round
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| width=140|Home team
!width=80|Score !width=140|Away team |
|---|
| Clyde (2)
|2 – 1 |Celtic (1) |
| Dundee (2)
|2 – 0 |Stranraer (2) |
| Alloa (3)
|1 – 1 |Livingston (1) |
| Dundee United (1)
|2 – 3 |Aberdeen (1) |
| Dunfermline Athletic (1)
|3 – 4 |Airdrie United (2) |
| Falkirk (1)
|2 – 1 |Brechin City (2) |
| Heart of Midlothian (1)
|2 – 1 |Kilmarnock (1) |
| Hibernian (1)
|6 – 0 |Arbroath (4) |
| Inverness CT (1)
|1 – 1 |Ayr United (3) |
| Queen of the South (2)
|1 – 1 |Hamilton Academical (2) |
| Rangers (1)
|5 – 0 |Peterhead (3) |
| Ross County (2)
|5 – 0 |Forfar Athletic (3) |
| Spartans (NL)
|3 – 2 |Queen's Park (4) |
| St Johnstone (2)
|0 – 1 |Gretna (3) |
| St Mirren (2)
|3 – 0 |Motherwell (1) |
| Stirling Albion (3)
|0 – 1 |Partick Thistle (3) |
=Replays=
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| width=140|Home team
!width=80|Score !width=140|Away team |
|---|
| Hamilton Academical (2)
|1 – 0 |Queen of the South (2) |
| Ayr United (3)
|0 – 2 |Inverness CT (1) |
| Livingston (1)
|1 – 2 |Alloa (3) |
Fourth round
{{football box
|date = 4 February 2006
|team1 = Airdrie United
|score = 1–1
|report =
|team2 = Dundee
|goals1 = McLaren {{goal|59}}
|goals2 = Deasley {{goal|21}}
|stadium = New Broomfield, Airdrie
|referee =
|attendance =
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 4 February 2006
|team1 = Clyde
|score = 0–0
|report =
|team2 = Gretna
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld
|referee =
|attendance =
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 4 February 2006
|team1 = Falkirk
|score = 1–1
|report =
|team2 = Ross County
|goals1 = McBreen {{goal|79}}
|goals2 = Cowin {{goal|17}}
|stadium = Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
|referee =
|attendance =
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 4 February 2006
|team1 = Hamilton Academical
|score = 0–0
|report =
|team2 = Alloa
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = New Douglas Park, Hamilton
|referee =
|attendance =
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 4 February 2006
|team1 = Heart of Midlothian
|score = 3–0
|report =
|team2 = Aberdeen
|goals1 = Pospisil {{goal|21}}
Elliot {{goal|34}}
Pressley {{goal|45|pen.}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh
|referee =
|attendance =
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 4 February 2006
|team1 = Inverness CT
|score = 2–2
|report =
|team2 = Partick Thistle
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
|referee =
|attendance =
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 4 February 2006
|team1 = Rangers
|score = 0–3
|report =
|team2 = Hibernian
|goals1 =
|goals2 = O'Connor {{goal|50}}
Sproule {{goal|59}}
Killen {{goal|78}}
|stadium = Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
|referee =
|attendance =
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 8 February 2006
|team1 = Spartans
|score = 0–0
|report =
|team2 = St Mirren
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = City Park, Edinburgh
|referee =
|attendance =
}}
=Replays=
{{football box
|date = 7 February 2006
|team1 = Alloa
|score = 1–2
|report =
|team2 = Hamilton Academical
|goals1 = Armstrong 22"
|goals2 = McLaughlin 43” Young 80”
|stadium = Recreation Park, Alloa
|referee =
|attendance = 10,897
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 14 February 2006
|team1 = Dundee
|score = 2–0
|report =
|team2 = Airdrie United
|goals1 = Deasley {{goal|8}}
Lynch {{goal|71}}
|goals2 =
|referee =
|attendance =
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 14 February 2006
|team1 = Gretna
|score = 4–0
|report =
|team2 = Clyde
|goals1 = Grady {{goal|25||70||82}}
Deuchar {{goal|89}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Raydale Park, Gretna
|referee =
|attendance =
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 14 February 2006
|team1 = Ross County
|score = 0–1
|report =
|team2 = Falkirk
|goals1 =
|goals2 = Gow {{goal|63}}
|stadium = Victoria Park, Dingwall
|referee =
|attendance =
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 14 February 2006
|team1 = St Mirren
|score = 3–0
|report =
|team2 = Spartans
|goals1 = Sutton {{goal|12}}
Adam {{goal|27}}
Maxwell {{goal|68}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Love Street, Paisley
|referee =
|attendance =
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 15 February 2006
|team1 = Partick Thistle
|score = 1–1 {{aet}}
(4 – 2 pen.)
|report =
|team2 = Inverness CT
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
|referee =
|attendance =
}}
Quarter-finals
{{football box
|date = 25 February 2006
|team1 = Falkirk
|score = 1–5
|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/4745628.stm Report]
|team2 = Hibernian
|goals1 = McBreen {{goal|70}}
|goals2 = Riordan {{goal|9}}
O'Connor {{goal|67}}
Sproule {{goal|74}}
Caldwell {{goal|77}}
Fletcher {{goal|88}}
|stadium = Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
|referee =
|attendance = 6,259
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 25 February 2006
|team1 = Gretna
|score = 1–0
|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/4745630.stm Report]
|team2 = St Mirren
|goals1 = Deuchar {{goal|73}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Raydale Park, Gretna
|referee =
|attendance = 2,850
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 25 February 2006
|team1 = Hamilton Academical
|score = 0–0
|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/4745632.stm Report]
|team2 = Dundee
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = New Douglas Park, Hamilton
|referee =
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 25 February 2006
|team1 = Heart of Midlothian
|score = 2–1
|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/4745636.stm Report]
|team2 = Partick Thistle
|goals1 = Jankauskas {{goal|6}}
Cesnauskis {{goal|63}}
|goals2 = Roberts {{goal|75}}
|stadium = Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh
|referee =
|attendance = 16,365
}}
=Replay=
{{football box
|date = 9 March 2006
|team1 = Dundee
|score = 3–2 {{aet}}
|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/4786932.stm Report]
|team2 = Hamilton Academical
|goals1 = Mann {{goal|56}}
Lynch {{goal|68}}
Craig {{goal|91}}
|goals2 = Juanjo {{goal|75}}
Keogh {{goal|82}}
|referee =
}}
Semi-finals
{{football box |
|date = 1 April 2006
|team1 = Gretna
|score = 3–0
|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/4860972.stm Report]
|team2 = Dundee
|goals1 = Deuchar {{goal|45}}
McGuffie {{goal|58|pen.}}
Smith {{goal|82|o.g.}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow
|referee = Calum Murray
|attendance = 14,179 }}
----
{{football box |
|date = 2 April 2006
|team1 = Hibernian
|score = 0–4
|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/4860944.stm Report]
|team2 = Heart of Midlothian
|goals1 =
|goals2 = Hartley {{goal|28||59||88|pen.}}
Jankauskas {{goal|81}}
|stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow
|referee = Stuart Dougal
|attendance = 43,180 }}
Final
{{main|2006 Scottish Cup Final}}
{{football box |
|date = 13 May 2006
|time = 15:00
|team1 = Heart of Midlothian
|score = 1–1
|aet=yes
|penaltyscore=4–2
|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/4764967.stm Report]
|team2 = Gretna
|goals1 = Skacel {{goal|39}}
|goals2 = McGuffie {{goal|76}}
|stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow
|referee = Dougie McDonald
|attendance = 51,232
}}
Largest Wins
A list of the largest wins from the competition.
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Score !Home Team !Away Team !Stage |
| 9-0
|Alloa Athletic |Selkirk |First Round |
| 6-0
|Hibernian |Arbroath |Third Round |
| 6-1
|Gretna |Cove Rangers |Second Round |
| rowspan="2" |5-0
|Rangers |Peterhead |Third Round |
| Ross County
|Forfar Athletic |Third Round |
| 0-5
|Lossiemouth |Spartans |Second Round |
References
{{reflist}}
{{Scottish Cup seasons}}
{{2005-06 in Scottish football}}
{{2005–06 in European football (UEFA)}}
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