The 2007–08 Scottish Cup was the 123rd season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The winners were Rangers, who defeated Queen of the South in the final.
The 2007–08 tournament saw a change in structure with the abolition of the Scottish Qualifying Cup and the admission of 4 members of the Scottish Junior Football Association to the first round.
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RoundFirst match dateFixtures Clubs Original Replays First Round 29 September 2007 17 2 81 → 64 Second Round 27 October 2007 16 2 64 → 48 Third Round 24 November 2007 16 2 48 → 32 Fourth Round 12 January 2008 16 4 32 → 16 Fifth Round 2 February 2008 8 3 16 → 8 Quarter-finals 10 March 2008 4 3 8 → 4 Semi-finals 12 April 2008 2 0 4 → 2 Final 24 May 2008 1 0 2 → 1
First round Edinburgh University were given a random bye to the 2nd round. This was because only three Scottish Junior Football Association clubs entered, due to Linlithgow Rose winning both the East League and the Scottish Junior Cup and there being no mechanism allowing for runners-up to enter (the other Juniors to enter were Culter from the North Region and Pollok from the West Region, all progressing to at least the 3rd round).
Keith, Inverurie Loco Works, Annan Athletic and Threave Rovers all received automatic byes into the 2nd round, due to being respectively: Highland Football League winners and runners-up, East of Scotland Football League winners and South of Scotland Football League winners during 2006–07 season.
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Media coverage Domestically, both Sky Sports and BBC Sport Scotland broadcast selected live games, with both showing the final. Both also carry highlights of all games in every round. BBC Radio Scotland has exclusive domestic radio rights to the tournament. Through the SFA's international media partner IMG, the Scottish Cup is broadcast in various territories around the world. In Australia, for example, the Scottish Cup is currently available on Setanta Sports.
These matches were broadcast live on television: Round Sky Sports BBC Scotland Fourth round Clyde vs Dundee United Fifth round Hibernian vs RangersDundee United vs St Mirren (Replay) Kilmarnock vs Celtic Quarter-finals Aberdeen vs CelticCeltic vs Aberdeen (Replay) Semi-finals Queen of the South vs Aberdeen St Johnstone vs Rangers FinalQueen of the South vs Rangers
Largest wins A list of the largest wins from the competition. +ScoreHome teamAway teamStage8-0Albion RoversBurntisland ShipyardSecond Round7-0CulterHawick Royal AlbertFirst Round6-0RangersEast StirlingshireFourth Round0-6Fort WilliamSpartansFirst RoundNewton StewartLinlithgow RoseFirst RoundStranraerStirling AlbionThird Round6-1Whitehill WelfareGolspie SutherlandSecond Round5-0ArbroathElgin CitySecond Round0-5Brora RangersCove RangersFirst RoundWick AcademyDeveronvaleFirst RoundThreave RoversRaith RoversThird RoundPeterheadQueen of the SouthThird Round