| Location | Glasgow, Scotland |
|---|---|
| Teams | |
| First meeting | 1875 Charity game for fire victims |
| Latest meeting | 9 February 2025 Scottish Cup Rangers 0–1 Queen's Park |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 108 |
| Most wins | Rangers (79) |
| Largest victory | Rangers 8–0 Queen's Park (1973–74 Scottish Cup) |
Location of the two teams' stadia inGlasgow | |
        Queen's Park |  Rangers |
TheOriginal Glasgow derby is the name for the old rivalry between crosstown Scottishfootball clubsQueen's Park andRangers, both based inGlasgow. The two clubs are two of the most successful in theScottish Cup, and the rivalry between them was one of the more intense in the early years of Scottish football, before being overtaken by theOld Firm rivalry from the 1900s onwards. The highestScottish Cup attendance figure for the fixture was recorded on 18 January 1930 atHampden Park for the first round, when 95,722 fans attended. The two clubs met in the top flight for last time during1957–58, the final season before Queen's Park's relegation. The club retained their amateur status from their foundation in 1867 until 2019, which meant it was extremely difficult to compete at the highest level and the intensity of the derby dramatically declined after 1958 as theSpiders never returned to the top tier.[1]
On 20 October 2012, the old derby was revived again in league football after 54 years in theScottish Third Division following Rangers' expulsion from the top flight in 2012 – the attendance figure for their first meeting was a world record for a fourth division match at the time as 49,463 fans were present atIbrox Stadium to see fourth placed Rangers overcome early leaders Queen's Park 2–0.[2] Their first league fixture at Hampden since 1958 took place 29 December 2012, attracting 30,117 fans.[3] This was the first five-figure attendance Queen’s Park had recorded for 29 years and would have been higher if the stadium was not operating at reduced capacity due to upgrading work on the North Stand.[4]
The most recent meeting between the clubs was a Fifth RoundScottish Cup match played on 9 February 2025. Despite being the away team from a lower division, Queen's Park ran out 1–0 winners: a result described as both "One of the greatest shocks in Scottish football history"[5] and also "one of the biggest upsets in Rangers' history, up alongside Cup defeats to Berwick Rangers and Hamilton".[6]
A match between the two clubs officially came to records in an 1875 friendly to raise money for the victims of a huge fire in Bridgeton that had claimed many lives. After meeting in the final of the inauguralGlasgow Merchants Charity Cup in 1877, the first major competitive fixture between the sides was a1878–79 Scottish Cup quarter-final tie on 22 March 1879 at thefirst Hampden Park with Rangers winning 1–0 and advancing to the semifinal. That game was nine years beforeCeltic even came into existence.[7] In the 1879–80 season Queen's Park recorded their largest victory against their rivals in a Cup replay, dominating the match 5–1 on 27 September 1879 at the first Hampden in front of 5,000 spectators. The first match finished in a 0–0 draw a week earlier at Rangers' home atKinning Park, in front of 7,000 fans. Two years later on 30 September 1882 Queen's Park would beat their rivals again by 3-2 in second round of the Scottish Cup at the first Hampden.
In 1890 Rangers were part of theinaugural league season in Scottish football and Queen's Park joined the league 10 years later in 1900, remaining there with some interruptions until 1958. But between 1895 and 1899 and the two clubs would face each other in theGlasgow Football League: Rangers won the title in 1896 and 1898 and Queen's Park in 1897. They also played against each other in theGlasgow Cup: in 1898[8] Rangers beat Queen's Park 4–0 in the final and the next year theSpiders took their revenge winning the local trophy with a narrow 1–0 victory.
Queen's Park started competing in theScottish Cup from its first edition in1873–74 and proved the most successful team for the first three decades of Scottish football,[1] winning the trophy 10 times. That success instantly made theSpiders one of the best supported football clubs inGlasgow. Rangers started competing in the Scottish Cup in1874–75 which for a second consecutive time finished with Queen's Park as the winners. The latter won the cup for the last time in1893, beating Celtic in the final. On the other hand theGers won it for first time the following year in1894, overcoming Queen's Park in the semi-final after a replay, though it took them until1948 to reach 11 wins and surpass their old rivals' record (Celtic had done so by1925).
From 1900 until 1939 the two teams would play every year against each other in theScottish League Division One – with the exception of the1922–23 when Queen's Park competed in the second division. Their first meeting in the top flight took place atIbrox Park on 29 September 1900, with Rangers winning the match 3–2 in front of 16,000 spectators. On 22 October 1904 Rangers recorded their largest victory at the time beating their rivals home 5–0 in the league. Nevertheless in the1907–08 season Queen's Park held Rangers to a 1–1 draw on 30 September 1907 in the first tied league game between the two, and on 2 November 1907 they won 3–1 at Ibrox for a first ever league victory in the derby.
After many years without a derby win Queen's Park would succeed with a victorious away performance on 10 March 1926 with a 2–1 scoreline, just their fourth league derby win at the time. They reached the semi-finals of the Scottish Cup in1928 but lost 2–1 to holders Celtic at Ibrox;[9] they would have faced Rangers in the final, but instead it was an Old Firm affair (theGers won 4–0 to lift the trophy for the first time since1903, the 25-year hiatus being almost as lengthy as that of Queen's Park at the time).[10] They did meet in the 1932Glasgow Cup final which attracted 50,000 fans to the stadium in a match that theGers won easily, 3–0. The1938–39 season was the last one beforeWorld War II with Rangers winning the title and Queen's Park finishing at the bottom of the table – but they were never relegated as there was no official football action the following year.
During the World War II the two clubs faced each other in the1939–40 Scottish War Emergency League, theSouthern Football League, and theSouthern Football League Cup from 1940 until 1946; Rangers won all three trophies several times. The league cup tournament was divided in groups of four and the two rivals met in the1944–45 season when they faced each other in the semi-final match at Hampden which Rangers won 3–0 on 21 April 1945 in front of 70,000 spectators. They also met in theSummer Cup.
In 1946 the football action resumed officially but Queen's Park were relegated for a second time in its history in 1948. The Original Glasgow derby was resumed eight years later in the1956–57 season with Queen's Park returning to the highest tier and playing in a memorable battle with Rangers which ended in a 6–4 victory for theGovan side, who went on to win the title.[11][12] The last season the two teams competed in the top flight was in1957–58 with Queen's Park finishing bottom of the table and Rangers as runners-up. This wasAlex Ferguson's debut campaign with Queen's Park, and he would later join Rangers in 1967.
Following Queen's Park's relegation the derby lost its importance asGlasgow's biggest fixture after theOld Firm matches. Their next meeting was in the1973–74 Scottish Cup when Rangers achieved their biggest victory ever against theSpiders: 8–0. On 12 March 1983, theGers won narrowly 2–1 at Hampden Park in the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup in front of 13,716 fans.[13] The two rivals still faced each other in the increasingly irrelevantGlasgow Cup during the 1980s. Their last meeting prior to Rangers' 2012 removal from the top tier took place on 20 August 1991 in theScottish League Cup when they beat Queen's Park 6–0 at Ibrox in the second round of the competition in front of a crowd of 32,230 fans.
In 2012, Rangers endured severe financial difficulties, and itsholding company was put into liquidation while the team had to apply for entry to the bottom (fourth) tier of the Scottish league. That development meant that the two old rivals would be in the same division for the first time since the 1957–58 season. Both would be fighting for promotion in the2012–13 Scottish Third Division. Another historical local club,Clyde, was part of the league that season, bringing in a glimpse of the glorious past of Glaswegian football. On 29 December 2012 Queen's Park came close to their first draw against theGers in 70 years (since the 1932–33 season), butFraser Aird scored in the 92nd minute to give Rangers a 1–0 win atHampden Park. Overall, Rangers won all four fixtures against Queen's Park, finishing as champions while theSpiders qualified for the play-offs but failed to win promotion.
On 26 August 2014 Queen's Park hosted Rangers in the first round of the2014–15 Scottish League Cup at theExcelsior Stadium inAirdrie (Hampden was being used for the2014 Commonwealth Games at the time). That season Rangers were competing just one level higher than their opponents as they attempted to climb back through the divisions of Scottish football (this was achieved after three promotions in four seasons). They managed to beat Queen's Park 2–1 and advanced to the semi-final, where they lost to Celtic.
On 9 February 2025, Rangers hosted Queen's Park atIbrox Stadium in the fifth round of the2024–25 Scottish Cup. In the shock of the tournament, a second half strike by Seb Drozd, a stout defensive performance from theSpiders and a last-minute penalty save by goalkeeperCalum Ferrie fromJames Tavernier gave Scotland's oldest team an 1–0 away victory and a spot in the quarter-finals for the first time in42 years.[5][14][15] The result marked the first Scottish Cup victory for Queen's Park over Rangerssince 1882,[14] Rangers' first defeat against lower league opposition since their infamousloss to Berwick Rangers in the1966–67 Scottish Cup, and the first home defeat to lower league opposition in the competition in their entire history.[6]
| Queen's Park | Competition | Rangers | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic | |||
| - | Scottish first-tier League | 55 | |
| 2 | Scottish second-tier League | 1 | |
| 1 | Scottish third-tier League | 1 | |
| 2 | Scottish fourth-tier League | 1 | |
| 10 | Scottish Cup | 34 | |
| - | Scottish League Cup | 28 | |
| - | Scottish Challenge Cup | 1 | |
| 8 | Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup | 32 | |
| 1 | Glasgow Football League | 2 | |
| 4 | Glasgow Cup | 44 | |
| - | Drybrough Cup | 1 | |
| 12 | Scottish Amateur Cup | - | |
| 39 | Aggregate | 155 | |
| European and Worldwide | |||
| — | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | 1 | |
| - | Aggregate | 1 | |
| 39 | Total Aggregate | 156 | |
Updated on 9 February 2025[16]
| Competition | First match | Played | Rangers | Queen's Park | Draw |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish Division One | 1900 | 84 | 62 | 9 | 13 |
| Scottish Third Division | 2012 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Scottish Cup | 1879 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 |
| League Cup | 1946 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 108 | 79 | 12 | 17 | |
There are a number of matches between the two clubs that are not recognised in the official records.
| Competition | Years | Played | Rangers | Queen's Park | Draw |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow Cup[a] | 1887–1987 | 40 | 31 | 6 | 5 |
| Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup[b][17][18] | 1892–1961 | 31 | 19 | 9 | 3 |
| Glasgow League /Inter City League | 1895–1906 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 |
| Lord Provost's Cup[19] | 1921 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 90 | 62 | 18 | 12 | |
During theSecond World War, the Scottish Football League and Scottish Cup were suspended and in their place unofficial regional league competitions were set up and they were mostly dominated by Rangers.
| Competition | Years | Played | Rangers | Queen's Park | Draw |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emergency Western League | 1939–1940 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Southern League | 1940–1946 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| Southern League Cup | 1940–1946 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Summer Cup[20] | 1940–1946 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | |
The highest ever attendance between the two old rivals was recorded in the first round of the1929–30 Scottish Cup on 18 January 1930 atHampden Park: 95,722 spectators were present. One year earlier, on 12 January 1929 the Original Glasgow derby attracted 60,000 who watched Rangers beat Queen's Park 4–0. On 21 April 1945, in aSouthern League Cup semi-final during wartime, 70,000 flocked to theCeltic Park to watch Rangers beat Queen's Park 3–0 to advance to the final. In total, in at least nine games, the attendance was between 40,000 and 95,000, the most recent being in 2013 in theScottish Third Division: on 20 October 2012, 49,463 fans revived the atmosphere of the old derby atIbrox Stadium, a figure that at the time was a world record for a fourth division match.[2][4] When the two teams met in the1973–74 Scottish Cup, their first cup meeting in 20 years Rangers easily beat second-tier Queen's Park at Hampden, still attracting 19,000 fans to the national stadium to watch the game.
| Date | Match | Venue | Attendance | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 January 1930 | Queen's Park 0–1Rangers | Hampden Park | 95,722 | Scottish Cup first round |
| 21 April 1945 | Rangers 3–0Queen's Park | Celtic Park | 70,000 | Southern League Cup semi-final |
| 12 January 1929 | Queen's Park 0–4 Rangers | Hampden Park | 60,000 | 1928–29 Scottish Division One |
| 17 October 1931 | Queen's Park 0–3 Rangers | Hampden Park | 50,376 | Glasgow Cup final |
| 31 May 1919 | Queen's Park 1–2 Rangers | Hampden Park | 50,000 | Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup final |
| 20 October 2012[2][4] | Rangers 2–0 Queen's Park | Ibrox Stadium | 49,463 | 2012–13 Scottish Third Division |
| 13 February 2013 | Rangers 4–0 Queen's Park | Ibrox Stadium | 46,104 | 2012–13 Scottish Third Division |
| 13 February 1933 | Queen's Park 1–3 Rangers | Hampden Park | 45,217 | Scottish Cup second round, replay 2 |
| 20 February 1909 | Rangers 1–0 Queen's Park | Ibrox Park | 45,000 | Scottish Cup quarter-final |
| 22 November 1919 | Queen's Park 0–0 Rangers | Hampden Park | 45,000 | 1919–20 Scottish Football League |
As of end of the2019–20 season.[21] Including Southern league.
| Rank | Name | Club | Goals | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andy Cunningham | Rangers | 14 | 1915-1928 |
| 2 | Willie Reid | Rangers | 11 | 1909-1920 |
| 3 | Bob McPhail | Rangers | 10 | 1927-1940 |
| Jimmy Smith | Rangers | 10 | 1928-1946 | |
| Alex Venters | Rangers | 10 | 1933-1946 | |
| 6 | Jimmy Fleming | Rangers | 9 | 1925-1934 |
| 7 | Robert Hamilton | Rangers | 7 | 1897-1906 |
| James Marshall | Rangers | 7 | 1925-1934 | |
| Torry Gillick | Rangers | 7 | 1933-1935, 1945-1951 | |
| 10 | Johnny Hubbard | Rangers | 6 | 1949-1959 |
| Jimmy Duncanson | Rangers | 6 | 1946-1950 | |
| Willie Waddell | Rangers | 6 | 1939-1955 |
The two old rivals have met in several final and semifinal games, from 1877 until 1957.
TheScottish Cup was first played in1874 and Queen's Park were the inaugural winners, lifting 10 trophies between 1874 and 1893. Their decision to stick with amateurism and not turn professional meant that more success in the competition was impossible to come by. Nevertheless, it was over 40 years later, in 1936, that Rangers equalled theSpiders' record (Celtic overtook it in 1925). The two clubs never played against each other in a final but they clashed in three semi-finals: Rangers beat Queen's Park to advance to the final in1879,1894 (in a replay) and in1933 (after two replays).
Rangers beat Queen's Park in the finals of 1898, 1932, 1940 and 1985. On the other hand Queen's Park won the 1899 final against their rivals. In total, Rangers won 44 trophies and theSpiders 4, with their last one being in 1946.
| Club[22][23] | Finals won | Winning years |
|---|---|---|
| Rangers | 4 | 1898, 1932, 1940, 1985 |
| Queen's Park | 1 | 1899 |
Queen's Park were also the first ever winners of the Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup in 1877. They beat Rangers in the final on their first five meetings in 1877, 1878, 1880, 1881 and 1883. The next final they faced each other was in 1906. Rangers won that and the next 8 against Queen's Park, with the last being in 1957. In the 1922-23 Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup, Queen's Park reached the final against theGers though they were playing in the second division that season. Overall, Rangers lifted the trophy 32 times and Queen's Park 8. The latter were the record holders for 31 years until 1908 when Celtic won their 9th. Between 1891, the year of their last trophy and 1957 they played in 18 finals, losing all of them.
| Club[22][23] | Finals won | Winning years |
|---|---|---|
| Rangers | 9 | 1906, 1919, 1922, 1923, 1928, 1931, 1933, 1955, 1957 |
| Queen's Park | 5 | 1877, 1878, 1880, 1881, 1883 |
| Player | Queen's Park | Rangers |
|---|---|---|
 William Aitken | 1916 to 1918 | 1918 to 1919 |
| Cammy Bell | 2020 | 2013 to 2016 |
| James Bowie[24] | 1908 to 1910 | 1910 to 1922 |
| Bobby Brown | 1939 to 1946 | 1946 to 1956 |
| Bob Campbell[24] | 1904 to 1905 | 1906 to 1914 |
| Billy Chalmers[24] | 1922 to 1924 | 1924 to 1928 |
| Sammy Cox | 1944 to 1946 | 1946 to 1956 |
| Alex Ferguson | 1957 to 1960 | 1967 to 1969 |
| George Gillespie | 1883 to 1891 | 1876 to 1883 |
| Derek Grierson | 1948 to 1952 | 1952 to 1956 |
| Alexander Hamilton | 1884 to 1889 | 1882 to 1884 |
| James Hamilton | 1884 to 1894 | 1894 to 1895 |
| Robert Hamilton[24] | 1896 to 1897 | 1897 to 1906 |
| John Little | 1948 to 1951 | 1951 to 1962 |
| James Logan | 1903 to 1904 | 1912 to 1917 |
| Bob McColl[24] | 1894 to 1901, 1907 to 1912 | 1904 to 1907 |
| Alan Morton[24] | 1913 to 1920 | 1920 to 1933 |
| Max Murray | 1953 to 1955 | 1955 to 1962 |
| Willie Nicholson | 1924 to 1929 | 1929 to 1935 |
| Peter Pursell[24] | 1913 to 1914 | 1914 to 1919 |
| Andrew Richmond[24] | 1903 to 1910, 1913 | 1910 to 1913 |
| Donald Sillars | 1891 to 1894 | 1890 to 1891 |
| Johnny Valentine | 1953 to 1957 | 1957 to 1958 |
