The 2008–09 Scottish Cup was the 124th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition.
The tournament itself was known as The Homecoming Scottish Cup Banks o' Dee, Bathgate Thistle, Lochee United and Pollok were the four junior clubs that entered this season.
The First Round draw was conducted at Castlehead High School, Paisley on 8 September 2008.
[7] However, only two of those matches were played on that day, Elgin City v Spartans[8] and Forres Mechanics v Dalbeattie Star.
[14] It later emerged that Spartans had also fielded an ineligible player, Dean Hoskins, after an administrative error.