The 2014–15

Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,William Hill in what was the fourth season of a five-year partnership. The defending champions were St Johnstone, who defeated

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in the 2014 final, but were eventually knocked out in the fifth round by Queen of the South.

Format and calendar

22 clubs entered at a preliminary round: two from the Highland League, five from the

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, four qualifying Junior clubs and eleven other clubs affiliated with the

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.Scottish Cup Format
/ref> Six of these clubs were given byes to the first round, when 14 Highland League clubs, six Lowland League clubs and 2 other clubs with National Club Licensing approval enter. In the second round, all 10

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clubs entered, along with the top two clubs from the previous season's Highland League, the top two clubs from the previous season's Lowland League and the 18 winners of the first round ties. All 10

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clubs and six

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clubs started in the third round, while the remaining four Championship clubs and all 12

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clubs entered in the fourth round. The calendar for the 2014–15 competition is as follows:

Preliminary round

The preliminary round draw took place on 17 July 2014 at Commonwealth House, Glasgow.William Hill Scottish Cup Preliminary Round Draw
Scottish FA. This round is contested entirely by non-league clubs: * Two clubs from the

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( Cove Rangers and Fort William); * Five clubs from the

Lowland Football League The Scottish Lowland Football League (SLFL, commonly known as the Lowland League) and the Park’s Motor Group Scottish Lowland League for sponsorship reasons is a senior football league based in central and southern Scotland. The league sits a ...

( Dalbeattie Star, Edinburgh City,

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, Gala Fairydean Rovers and Vale of Leithen); * Eleven clubs from the South of Scotland League, East of Scotland League and other leagues ( Burntisland Shipyard, Civil Service Strollers,

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, Golspie Sutherland, Hawick Royal Albert, Lothian Thistle HV,

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, St Cuthbert Wanderers, Wigtown & Bladnoch); and * Four qualifiers from the

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( Auchinleck Talbot, Bo'ness United, Culter and Hurlford United) Six clubs were given byes to the first round (Bo'ness United, Coldstream, Culter, Dalbeattie Star, Girvan and Golspie Sutherland).

Replays

First round

The first round draw took place on 19 August 2014 at Stirling Management Centre, University of Stirling.William Hill Scottish Cup First Round Draw
Scottish FA. This round is contested entirely by non-league clubs:

Replay

Second round

The second round draw took place on 15 September 2014 at 2pm at

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.William Hill Scottish Cup Second Round Draw
Scottish FA. This round is contested entirely by all the round 1 winners, the top 2 from last season's Lowland & Highland leagues & all those clubs competing in

Replays

Third round

The third round draw took place on 6 October 2014 at 2pm at the

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.Billy Connolly to conduct third round draw
Scottish FA.Scottish Cup third round
, SPFL This round is contested entirely by all the round 2 winners, all those clubs currently competing in

& clubs currently competing in the

with the 6 lowest places from last season.

Replays

Fourth round

The fourth round draw took place on 3 November 2014 at 2pm at

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live on

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.Darren O'Dea to conduct fourth round draw
Scottish FA. This round was contested entirely by all the round 3 winners, the clubs currently competing in

with the 4 highest places from last season & all clubs currently competing in the

Replays

Fifth round

The fifth round draw took place on 1 December 2014 at 2pm at

live on

.Owen Coyle to make Scottish Cup draw
Scottish FA. This round is contested entirely by all the round 4 winners.

Replay

Quarter-finals

The quarter-final draw took place on 9 February 2015 at 2pm at

live on

.Gary Anderson to make Scottish Cup draw
Scottish FA. This round is contested entirely by all the round 5 winners.

Replay

Semi-finals

The semi-final draw took place on 8 March 2015 at

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live on

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following the

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quarter-final.Deacon Blue’s Ricky Ross to make semi-final draw
Scottish FA. This round is contested entirely by all the quarter-final winners & matches will take place at

Final

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, Sky Sports show both semi-finals live with one also on BBC Scotland & both channels screen the final live. These matches were broadcast live on television.

References

External links

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