Berwick Rangers F.C. 1–0 Rangers F.C.
| Event | 1966–67 Scottish Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 28 January 1967 | ||||||
| Venue | Shielfield Park, Berwick upon Tweed | ||||||
| Referee | Eddie Thomson, (Edinburgh) | ||||||
| Attendance | 13,365 | ||||||
The first round Scottish Cup match between Berwick Rangers and Rangers was a football match played on 28 January 1967. Berwick Rangers ran out 1–0 winners. The match has been described as one of the biggest upsets in Scottish football.
Rangers were one of the most successful teams in Scotland, having won the Scottish League several times and the Scottish Cup nineteen times. Berwick Rangers were relative newcomers to the Scottish Football League, having only joined in 1955. In May 1964, Rangers had tried to force league reconstruction, which would have meant Berwick Rangers and four other teams being expelled from the league. The five teams went to court to fight this proposal, but the court found in Rangers favour of league reconstruction. The teams appealed to the Inner House of the Court of Session and with support from Celtic's chairman Robert Kelly, this proposal was eventually dropped. Berwick Rangers had met Rangers three times previously and had lost each time, 4–0 in the Scottish Cup at Ibrox in 1953, 3–1 in the Scottish Cup at Shielfield in 1960 and 3–1 in the semi-final of the 1963–64 Scottish League Cup at Hampden Park in October 1963.
In the 1966-67 Scottish Cup competition, Rangers, the cup holders, were given a bye to the first round and drawn against Berwick Rangers, which was due to be played on 28 January 1967. Berwick Rangers had already played in two earlier preliminary rounds. In the first preliminary round they had beaten Vale of Leithen 8–1 on 17 December 1966 at Victoria Park, a club record cup win and a record away win. In the second preliminary round they had beaten Forfar Athletic 2–0 on 7 January 1967 at home. Despite their convincing victories in the preliminary rounds Berwick were given little or no chance of beating Rangers. The Glasgow Herald said on the day of the match, "Anything other than a comfortable Rangers victory must be deemed a surprise". The Rangers team featured nine players with international caps while Berwick Rangers were composed of part timers. At the time of the match, Rangers were in second place in the Scottish League Division One and Berwick Rangers were tenth in Scottish League Division Two.
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