Scottish Cup 2006-07
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The 2006–07 Scottish Cup
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,, commonly known as the Scottish Cup or the William Hill Scottish Cup for sponsorship purposes, is the main national cup competition in Scottish football. It is a knockout cup competition run by and named after the Scottish Football Association.The...

was the 122nd staging of Scotland's most prestigious football
Football (soccer)
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 knockout competition, also known for sponsorship reasons as the Tennent's Scottish Cup. The competition was won by Celtic
Celtic F.C.
Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...

 after defeating Dunfermline Athletic
Dunfermline Athletic F.C.
Dunfermline Athletic Football Club are a Scottish football team based in Dunfermline, Fife, commonly known as just Dunfermline. They currently compete in the Scottish Premier League....

 in the final
2007 Scottish Cup Final
The 2007 Scottish Cup Final was played on 26 May 2007 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 121st Scottish Cup. The final was contested by Celtic, who beat St...

.

Dunfermline Athletic reached the final despite having been relegated from the Scottish Premier League
Scottish Premier League
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. On route to the final they defeated 31 times winners of the competition Rangers
Rangers F.C.
Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...

, Cup holders
Scottish Cup 2005-06
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 afater a...

 Hearts
Heart of Midlothian F.C.
Heart of Midlothian Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Gorgie, in the west of Edinburgh. They currently play in the Scottish Premier League and are one of the two principal clubs in the city, the other being Hibernian...

, Partick Thistle
Partick Thistle F.C.
Partick Thistle Football Club are a professional association football club from Glasgow. Despite their name, the club are based in the Maryhill area of the city, and have not played in Partick since 1908...

 and the 2007 League Cup
Scottish League Cup 2006-07
The 2006–07 Scottish League Cup was the 61st staging of the Scotland's second most prestigious football knockout competition, also known for sponsorship reasons as the CIS Insurance Cup....

 winners Hibernian
Hibernian F.C.
Hibernian Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Leith, in the north of Edinburgh. They are one of two Scottish Premier League clubs in the city, the other being their Edinburgh derby rivals, Hearts...

. This meant that Dunfermline faced the two biggest clubs from Edinburgh
Edinburgh
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 and the three biggest clubs from Glasgow
Glasgow
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, Scotland
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's largest cities.

Celtic's route to the final was somewhat more straightforward, defeating lower league sides Dumbarton
Dumbarton F.C.
Dumbarton Football Club is Scotland's 4th oldest football club – founded in 1872, just after Queen's Park , Kilmarnock and Stranraer...

 and Livingston
Livingston F.C.
Livingston Football Club is a Scottish association football club based in Livingston, West Lothian. The club currently plays in the Scottish Football League First Division.The club was founded in 1943 as Ferranti Thistle, a works team...

 in the third and fourth rounds respectively. They did, however, require two late goals in their quarter-final match with Inverness CT
Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C.
Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club are a Scottish football club from Inverness who compete in the Scottish Premier League. They are currently managed by Terry Butcher and assistant manager Maurice Malpas...

 to win the tie 2-1. They defeated First Division side St. Johnstone in the Semi-final stage.

Highland League
Highland Football League
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 side Deveronvale
Deveronvale F.C.
Deveronvale F.C. are senior football club currently playing the Highland Football League in Scotland. They were founded in 1938 and play their football at the Princess Royal Park in the town of Banff, , Scotland. The club was formed in 1938 when Deveron Valley and Banff Rovers joined together...

 reached the Fourth round for the first time in their history, eventually going out to First Division Partick Thistle.

Schedule

Round First match date Fixtures Clubs
Original Replays
First Round 18 November 2006 8 1
Second Round 9 December 2006 10 0
Third Round 6 January 2007 16 4 32 → 16
Fourth Round 3 February 2007 8 0 16 → 8
Quarter-finals 24 February 2007 4 0 8 → 4
Semi-finals 14 April 2007 2 1 4 → 2
Final
2007 Scottish Cup Final
The 2007 Scottish Cup Final was played on 26 May 2007 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 121st Scottish Cup. The final was contested by Celtic, who beat St...

 
26 May 2007 1 0 2 → 1

First round

Replays

Second round

Third round

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Fourth round

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Replay

Final

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