The 2011–12

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knockout competition. The tournament began on 24 September 2011 and ended on 19 May 2012. It was sponsored by William Hill in the first season of a three-year partnership, known as the William Hill Scottish Cup. The winner of the competition qualified for the play-off round of the

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. Heart of Midlothian won 5–1 against city rivals Hibernian at

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Calendar

Fixtures & Results

First round

The first round draw was conducted on 29 August 2011 at Buchanan Galleries in

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. This round is populated entirely by non-league clubs: * 13 clubs from the

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holding membership of the SFA ( Brora Rangers, Clachnacuddin, Cove Rangers, Forres Mechanics, Fort William,

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, Keith,

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, Nairn County, Rothes, Wick Academy) * 10 clubs from the East of Scotland League holding membership of the SFA ( Civil Service Strollers,

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, Edinburgh City,

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, Gala Fairydean, Hawick Royal Albert, Preston Athletic, Selkirk, Vale of Leithen, Whitehill Welfare) * 4 clubs from the South of Scotland League holding membership of the SFA ( Dalbeattie Star,

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, St Cuthbert Wanderers, Wigtown & Bladnoch) * 4 other clubs holding membership of the SFA ( Burntisland Shipyard,

Girvan Girvan (, "mouth of the River Girvan") is a burgh and harbour town in Carrick, South Ayrshire, Scotland. Girvan is situated on the east coast of the Firth of Clyde, with a population of about 6,450. It lies south of Ayr, and north of St ...

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, Golspie Sutherland) * 4 qualifiers from the

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( Auchinleck Talbot, Bo'ness United, Culter, Irvine Meadow) Golspie Sutherland received a bye into the Second Round. Source:

First round replay

Source:

Second round

The second round draw was conducted on 28 September 2011 at the William Hill shop in West Campbell Street in

. The 17 winners and 1 bye from the First Round enter here, along with the 10 SFL Third Division clubs ( Alloa Athletic, Annan Athletic,

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, Clyde, East Stirlingshire, Elgin City, Montrose,

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, Queen's Park,

Stranraer Stranraer ( , in Scotland also ; ), also known as The Toon or The Cleyhole, is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, on Loch Ryan and the northern side of the isthmus joining the Rhins of Galloway to the mainland. Stranraer is Dumfries ...

), Highland League champions ( Buckie Thistle), Highland League runners-up ( Deveronvale), East of Scotland League champions (

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) and South of Scotland League champions ( Threave Rovers). At a hearing of the SFA Judicial Panel on 10 November 2011, Spartans were expelled from the competition for fielding an unregistered and therefore ineligible player in their Second Round tie against Culter. Culter were re-instated to the Third round. Source
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br />^† Spartans expelled for fielding an ineligible player. Culter progress to the Third Round.

Second round replays

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BBC Sport

Third round

The Third Round draw was conducted on 26 October 2011 at Musselburgh Racecourse. The 16 winners from the Second Round enter here, along with the 10 SFL Second Division clubs (

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, Albion Rovers,

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, Brechin City,

Cowdenbeath Cowdenbeath () is a town and burgh in west Fife, Scotland. It is north-east of Dunfermline and north of the capital, Edinburgh. The town grew up around the extensive coalfields of the area and became a police burgh in 1890. According to a 20 ...

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, East Fife, Forfar Athletic, Stenhosemuir, Stirling Albion) and 6 SFL First Division clubs ( Ayr United,

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, Greenock Morton, Livingston,

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, Ross County) Source
BBC Sport

Third round replays

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BBC Sport

Fourth round

The fourth round draw was conducted on 22 November 2011 at 10:30am at

live on

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. The 16 winners from the third round entered here, along with the 12 SPL clubs (

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, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, Inverness Caledonian Thistle,

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, Rangers, St Johnstone, St Mirren) and four SFL First Division clubs who were exempt from playing in the third round (

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, Queen of the South, Raith Rovers). Source
BBC Sport

Fourth round replays

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BBC Sport

Fifth round

The fifth round draw was conducted on 9 January 2012 at 2:30pm at

live on

. The 16 winners from the fourth round entered here. Source
BBC Sport

Fifth round replays

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BBC Sport

Quarter-finals

The Quarter-finals draw was conducted on 6 February 2012 at 2:30pm at

live on

. Source
BBC Sport

Quarter-final replay

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Semi-finals

The Semi-final draw was conducted on 11 March 2012 at

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live on Sky Sports 3 & Sky Sports 3 HD following the

tie. Source
BBC Sport

Final

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BBC Sport

Awards

The Scottish Cup Player of the Round was decided by the fans, who cast their vote to choose a winner from a list of nominations on the official Scottish Cup Facebook page.

Media coverage

From round four onwards, selected matches from the Scottish Cup are broadcast live in

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and the UK by

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and

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. BBC Scotland has the option to show one tie per round with Sky Sports showing two ties per round with one replay also. Both channels will screen the final live. These matches were broadcast live on television.

Overseas

From round 4 onwards, Premium Sports showed matches live in the USA and

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. Setanta Sports Australia show matches live in Australia.

References

External links

Official site

2011–12 Scottish Cup at ESPN

2011–12 Scottish Cup Coverage at the ''Guardian''
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