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
RoundFirst match dateFixturesClubsOriginalByesReplaysFirst Round27 August 18877056145 → 75Second Round24 September 1887346575 → 42Third Round15 October 1887202442 → 22Fourth Round5 November 1887610422 → 16Fifth Round26 November 188780016 → 8Quarter-finals17 December 18874018 → 4Semi-finals14 January 18882014 → 2Final4 February 18881002 → 1
Teams All 145 teams entered the competition in the first round. DunbartonshireEdinburghshireGlasgow and SuburbsLanarkshireNorthern CountiesRenfrewshireBonhill 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 WanderersArmadale 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 CalderBattlefield 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 RVAirdriehill Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Cambuslang Cambuslang Hibernian Carfin Shamrock Clydesdale Drumpellier Dykehead Hamilton Academical Hamilton Hibernian Motherwell Plains Royal Albert Rutherglen Tollcross UddingstonAberdeen Aberdeen Rovers Arbroath Broughty Dundee East End Dundee Harp Forfar Athletic Lindertis Lochee Montrose Orion Our Boys (Dundee) Strathmore (Arbroath) Strathmore (Dundee) WanderersAbercorn Arthurlie Dykebar Greenock Rangers Johnstone Harp Kilbarchan Lochwinnoch Morton Neilston Paisley Athletic Pollokshaws Port Glasgow Athletic Renfrew St Mirren Thornliebank 1st Renfrew RVArgyllAyrshireFifePerthshireSouthern CountiesStirlingshireLochgilphead ObanAnnbank Ayr Ayr Thistle Dalry Hurlford Kilbirnie Kilmarnock Lanemark Lugar Boswell Mauchline Maybole Monkcastle 2nd Ayrshire RVAlloa Athletic Burntisland Thistle Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Dunfermline Athletic LassodieCaledonian Rangers Coupar Angus Crieff Dunblane Erin Rovers (Perth) Fair City Athletic Our Boys (Blairgowrie) St JohnstoneMoffat Newcastleton Nithsdale Queen of the South Wanderers Thornhill Vale o' Nith 5th Kirkcudbrightshire RVCamelon Campsie East Stirlingshire Falkirk Grahamston Grangemouth Kilsyth Wanderers King's Park Laurieston Redding Athletic Slamannan Vale of Bannock
Notes
First round
Matches Glasgow and Suburbs Glasgow University and Southern Athletic received a bye to the second round.
Renfrewshire district
Edinburghshire district
Ayrshire district Mauchline received a bye to the second round.
Dunbartonshire district
Lanarkshire district
Stirlingshire district
Fife district
Northern Counties Aberdeen Rovers received a bye to the second round.
Perthshire district
Argyll district
Southern Counties Nithsdale received a bye to the second round.
Replays Glasgow and Suburbs
Ayrshire district
Dunbartonshire district
Second replay Dunbartonshire district
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Second round
Matches Glasgow and Suburbs
Renfrewshire district
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.
Stirlingshire district
Fife district Lassodie received a bye to the third round.
Northern Counties
Perthshire and Argyll district Oban received a bye to the third round.
Southern Counties
Replays Renfrewshire district
Edinburghshire district
Stirlingshire district
Southern Counties
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Third round
Matches Glasgow, Dunbartonshire, Stirlingshire and Lanarkshire district Partick Thistle received a bye to the fourth round.
Edinburghshire and Fife district
Ayrshire and Renfrewshire
Perthshire and Northern Counties Lindertis received a bye to the fourth round.
Southern Counties
Replays Glasgow, Dunbartonshire, Stirlingshire and Lanarkshire district
Edinburghshire and Fife district
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.
Matches
Replays
Second replay
Third replay
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Fifth round
Matches
Notes
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Quarter-final
Matches
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Semi-finals
Matches
Replay
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Final
References
External links Season 1887-88 Renton [results list], The Beautiful Dribbling Game Scottish Cup 1887/88, RSSSF