Knockout football tournament
Group photo of theRenton team with the Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup, which they won four times in succession in the 1880s[ 1] before participation was limited to clubs from within the city TheGlasgow Merchants' Charity Cup was aknockout football tournament open to teams from in and aroundGlasgow and later on in the tournament's history, teams from outwith Glasgow.[ 2] [ 3] Invitations were made and sent out by the Glasgow Charity Cup Committee (GCCC) at their discretion, but no criteria were ever published.
Like many domestic competitions inScottish football , it was dominated by theOld Firm ofRangers andCeltic , with 31 and 28 victories each respectively.[ 4] In the latter years of the tournament, it ceased being a knockout tournament and became a one-off contest between aGlasgow Select and a team invited from theEnglish League .
The early years of the tournament featured teams from outsideGlasgow . The committee often invited teams based on name and popularity.[ 5]
Half of the eight-team draw for the 1887–88 tournament includedHibernian ,Dumbarton ,Renton , andVale of Leven . All four clubs were formerScottish Cup winners from outside the city.[ 5]
AfterRenton were presented with the trophy by theLord Provost of Glasgow in 1886, it was revealed a total of £5620 had been raised for local charities since the tournament had been instituted[ 6] (equivalent to almost £750,000 in 2021 rates).[ 7] An academic study in 2008 calculated that during its 90-year existence the competition raised funds to the value of £11 million.[ 8]
A portion of the proceeds from 1887–88 wentEdinburgh andDumbartonshire charities, as teams from these areas competed for the cup too.[ 5]
Season[ 9] [ 10] [ 11] Winners Score Runners-up Venue Attendance 1876–77 [ 12] Queens Park (1) 4–0 Rangers 1st Hampden Park 10,000 1877–78 [ 13] Queens Park(2) 1–0 Vale of Leven 3,000 1878–79 Rangers (1) 2–1 Vale of Leven 10,000 1879–80 Queen's Park 1–1 Rangers 6,500 1879–80 (R)[ 14] Queen's Park(3) 2–1 Rangers Kinning Park 5,500 1880–81 Queen's Park 1–1 Rangers 1st Hampden Park 6,000 1880–81 (R)[ 15] Queen's Park(4) 3–1 Rangers Kinning Park 10,000 1881–82 Vale of Leven 2–2 Dumbarton 1st Hampden Park 7,000 1881–82 (R) Vale of Leven(1) 1–0 Dumbarton 10,000 1882–83 [ 16] Queen's Park(5) 4–1 Rangers 8,000 1883–84 Queen's Park 1–1 Third Lanark 1st Cathkin Park 5,000 1883–84 (R)[ 17] [ 18] Queen's Park(6) 8–0 Third Lanark Titwood Park 4,000 1884–85 [ 19] Queen's Park(7) 1–0 Dumbarton 2nd Hampden Park 2,241 1885–86 [ 20] Renton (1) 3–1 Vale of Leven 4,000 1886–87 [ 21] Renton(2) 1–0 Vale of Leven 10,000 1887–88 [ 22] Renton(3) 4–0 Cambuslang 5,000 1888–89 [ 23] Renton 2–2 Queen's Park 8,982 1889 (R)[ 24] [ 25] Renton(4) 3–1 Queen's Park 7,380 1889–90 [ 26] [ 27] Third Lanark (1) 2–1 Queen's Park 8,102 1890–91 Queen's Park 1–1 Northern 2,204 1891 (R)[ 28] [ 29] Queen's Park(8) 9–1 Northern 1,562 Due to a scheduling dispute,Celtic ,Rangers andThird Lanark declined to compete, instead setting up a League Charity Cup for fundraising purposes –Dumbarton were invited to join them and won the trophy. [ 30] [ 31] [ 32] [ 33] 1891–92 [ 34] Celtic (1) 2–0 Rangers 1st Celtic Park 7,000 1892–93 [ 35] [ 36] Celtic(2) 5–0 Rangers 5,000 1893–94 [ 37] [ 38] Celtic(3) 2–1 Queen's Park 1st Ibrox Park 12,000 1894–95 [ 39] Celtic(4) 4–0 Rangers 1st Cathkin Park 10,000 1895–96 [ 40] [ 41] Celtic(5) 2–1 (aet) Queen's Park 1st Ibrox Park 12,000 1896–97 Rangers(2) 6–1 Third Lanark 2nd Hampden Park 10,000 1897–98 Third Lanark(2) 1–0 Rangers 1st Cathkin Park 8,000 1898–99 [ 42] Celtic (6) 2–0 Rangers 2nd Hampden Park 20,000 1899–1900 [ 43] [ 44] Rangers(3) 5–1 Celtic 15,000 1900–01 Third Lanark 0–0 Celtic Gilmorehill 12,000 1900–01 (R) Third Lanark(3) 3–0 Celtic 7,000 1901–02 [ 45] Hibernian (1) 6–2 Celtic 2nd Hampden Park 8,000 Tournament extended to produce more matches, proceeds going to the1902 Ibrox disaster benefit fund .1902–03 [ 46] Celtic(7) 5–2 St Mirren 1st Cathkin Park 14,000 1903–04 [ 47] Rangers(4) 5–2 Celtic Hampden Park 25,000 1904–05 [ 48] Celtic(8) 2–0 Partick Thistle Ibrox Park 12,000 1905–06 [ 49] [ 50] Rangers(5) 3–2 Queen's Park Hampden Park 26,000 1906–07 [ 51] Rangers(6) 1–0 Celtic Ibrox Park 35,000 1907–08 [ 52] [ 53] [ 54] Celtic(9) 3–0 Queen's Park Hampden Park 31,000 1908–09 [ 55] Rangers(7) 4–2 Celtic Celtic Park 25,000 1909–10 Clyde(1) 1–1 Third Lanark Hampden Park 20,000 Clyde won 8–3 on corners. 1910–11 [ 56] Rangers(8) 2–1 Celtic 25,000 1911–12 [ 57] Celtic(10) 0–0 Clyde 25,000 Celtic won 7–2 on corners. 1912–13 [ 58] Celtic(11) 3–2 Rangers Celtic Park 30,000 1913–14 [ 59] Celtic(12) 6–0 Third Lanark Hampden Park 8,000 1914–15 [ 60] Celtic(13) 3–2 Rangers Ibrox Park 30,000 1915–16 [ 61] Celtic(14) 2–0 Partick Thistle Hampden Park 25,000 1916–17 [ 62] [ 63] Celtic(15) 1–0 Queen's Park 35,000 1917–18 [ 64] Celtic(16) 2–0 Partick Thistle 30,000 1918–19 [ 65] [ 66] Rangers(9) 2–1 Queen's Park 50,000 1919–20 [ 67] [ 68] Celtic(17) 1–0 Queen's Park 45,000 1920–21 [ 69] [ 70] Celtic(18) 2–0 Rangers 55,000 1921–22 [ 71] [ 72] Rangers(10) 3–1 Queen's Park 43,000 1922–23 [ 73] [ 74] Rangers(11) 4–0 Queen's Park Ibrox Park 35,000 1923–24 [ 75] Celtic(19) 2–1 Rangers Hampden Park 27,000 1924–25 Rangers(12) 1–0 Clyde Ibrox Park 1925–26 [ 76] [ 77] Celtic(20) 2–1 Queen's Park 24,000 1926–27 [ 78] Partick Thistle (1) 6–3 (aet) Rangers Hampden Park 18,599 1927–28 [ 79] [ 80] Rangers(13) 3–1 Queen's Park Celtic Park 27,000 1928–29 [ 81] Rangers(14) 4–2 Celtic Firhill Park 25,288 1929–30 [ 52] [ 82] Rangers(15) 2–2 Celtic Hampden Park 35,667 Rangers won on toss of a coin. 1930–31 [ 83] [ 84] Rangers(16) 2–1 Queen's Park 26,000 1931–32 Rangers(17) 6–1 Third Lanark 1932–33 [ 85] Rangers(18) 1–0 Queen's Park 25,000 1933–34 [ 52] [ 86] Rangers(19) 1–0 Celtic 36,000 1934–35 [ 87] [ 88] Partick Thistle(2) 2–1 Queen's Park 16,550 1935–36 [ 89] Celtic(21) 4–2 Rangers 43,000 1936–37 [ 90] [ 91] Celtic(22) 4–3 Queen's Park 21,000 1937–38 [ 92] Celtic(23) 2–0 Rangers 40,000 1938–39 [ 93] Rangers(20) 0–0 Third Lanark 29,448 Rangers won 7–4 on corners. 1939–40 [ 94] Rangers(21) 1–1 Clyde 12,924 Rangers won 7–2 on corners. 1940–41 [ 95] Rangers(22) 3–0 Partick Thistle 25,000 1941–42 [ 96] Rangers(23) 3–1 Clyde 1942–43 [ 97] Celtic(24) 3–0 Third Lanark 25,000 1943–44 [ 98] Rangers(24) 2–1 Clyde 38,549 1944–45 [ 99] Rangers(25) 2–1 Celtic 50,000 1945–46 Rangers(26) 2–0 Third Lanark 1946–47 [ 100] Rangers(27) 1–0 Celtic Ibrox Park 40,000 1947–48 [ 101] Rangers(28) 2–0 Celtic Hampden Park 69,000 1948–49 [ 102] Partick Thistle(3) 2–1 (aet) Celtic 1949–50 [ 103] Celtic(25) 3–2 Rangers 81,000 1950–51 [ 104] Rangers(29) 2–0 Partick Thistle 30,000 1951–52 [ 105] Clyde(2) 2–2 Third Lanark(4) 25,000 Clyde and Third Lanark shared the trophy. 1952–53 [ 106] [ 107] Celtic(26) 3–1 Queen's Park 41,156 1953–54 [ 108] Third Lanark(5) 1–0 Rangers 18,040 1954–55 [ 109] Rangers(30) 3–1 Queen's Park 15,552 1955–56 [ 110] [ 111] Third Lanark(6) 4–2 Partick Thistle 15,000 1956–57 [ 112] [ 113] Rangers(31) 2–1 Queen's Park Ibrox Park 22,000 1957–58 [ 114] Clyde(3) 4–0 Rangers Hampden Park 18,000 1958–59 [ 115] Celtic(27) 5–0 Clyde 20,000 1959–60 [ 116] Rangers(32) 2–0 Partick Thistle 8,296 1960–61 Celtic(28) 1–1 Clyde(5) 12,061 Celtic and Clyde shared the trophy. 1961–62 Not held - moved from end-of-season event in May 1961 to start-of-season event in August 1962. 1962–63 [ 117] Manchester United (1) 4–2 Glasgow Select Hampden Park 82,000 1963–64 [ 118] Glasgow Select (1) 2–1 Manchester United 48,576 1964–65 [ 119] Glasgow Select(2) 4–3 Tottenham Hotspur 58,768 1965–66 [ 120] Chelsea (1) 3–0 Glasgow Select 36,000 1966–67 [ 121] Glasgow Select(3) 1–1 Leeds United (1) 15,000 Glasgow Select and Leeds United shared the trophy .1967–68 Glasgow Select vArsenal was scheduled for August. Poor conditions and continuous conflicts with rescheduling meant tie was never played.
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