Glasgow Charity Cup

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The Glasgow Merchants' Charity Cup was a knockout football tournament open to teams from in and around Glasgow 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.

SportFootball
Founded1877
Ceased1966
No. of teamsvarious from Glasgow
few from elsewhere in Scotland
few from England
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Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup
SportFootball
Founded1877
Ceased1966
No. of teamsvarious from Glasgow
few from elsewhere in Scotland
few from England
Country Scotland
 England (from 1962 to 1966)
Last
champion		Glasgow Select (3rd title)
Most titlesRangers (32 titles)
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Group photo of the Renton 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

Like many domestic competitions in Scottish football, it was dominated by the Old Firm of Rangers and Celtic, 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 a Glasgow Select and a team invited from the English League.

Clubs

The early years of the tournament featured teams from outside Glasgow. The committee often invited teams based on name and popularity.[5]

Half of the eight-team draw for the 1887–88 tournament included Hibernian, Dumbarton, Renton, and Vale of Leven. All four clubs were former Scottish Cup winners from outside the city.[5]

Charity

After Renton were presented with the trophy by the Lord 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 went Edinburgh and Dumbartonshire charities, as teams from these areas competed for the cup too.[5]

Finals

More information Winners, Score ...
Season[9][10][11] Winners Score Runners-up Venue Attendance
1876–77[12]Queens Park (1)4–0Rangers1st Hampden Park10,000
1877–78[13]Queens Park (2)1–0Vale of Leven3,000
1878–79Rangers (1)2–1Vale of Leven10,000
1879–80Queen's Park1–1Rangers6,500
1879–80 (R)[14]Queen's Park (3)2–1RangersKinning Park5,500
1880–81Queen's Park1–1Rangers1st Hampden Park6,000
1880–81 (R)[15]Queen's Park (4)3–1RangersKinning Park10,000
1881–82Vale of Leven2–2Dumbarton1st Hampden Park7,000
1881–82 (R)Vale of Leven (1)1–0Dumbarton10,000
1882–83[16]Queen's Park (5)4–1Rangers8,000
1883–84Queen's Park1–1Third Lanark1st Cathkin Park5,000
1883–84 (R)[17][18]Queen's Park (6)8–0Third LanarkTitwood Park4,000
1884–85[19]Queen's Park (7)1–0Dumbarton2nd Hampden Park2,241
1885–86[20]Renton (1)3–1Vale of Leven4,000
1886–87[21]Renton (2)1–0Vale of Leven10,000
1887–88[22]Renton (3)4–0Cambuslang5,000
1888–89[23]Renton2–2Queen's Park8,982
1889 (R)[24][25]Renton (4)3–1Queen's Park7,380
1889–90[26][27]Third Lanark (1)2–1Queen's Park8,102
1890–91Queen's Park1–1Northern2,204
1891 (R)[28][29]Queen's Park (8)9–1Northern1,562
Due to a scheduling dispute, Celtic, Rangers and Third 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)2–0Rangers1st Celtic Park7,000
1892–93[35][36]Celtic (2)5–0Rangers5,000
1893–94[37][38]Celtic (3)2–1Queen's Park1st Ibrox Park12,000
1894–95[39]Celtic (4)4–0Rangers1st Cathkin Park10,000
1895–96[40][41]Celtic (5)2–1
(aet)		Queen's Park1st Ibrox Park12,000
1896–97Rangers (2)6–1Third Lanark2nd Hampden Park10,000
1897–98Third Lanark (2)1–0Rangers1st Cathkin Park8,000
1898–99[42]Celtic (6)2–0Rangers2nd Hampden Park20,000
1899–1900[43][44]Rangers (3)5–1Celtic15,000
1900–01Third Lanark0–0CelticGilmorehill12,000
1900–01 (R)Third Lanark (3)3–0Celtic7,000
1901–02[45]Hibernian (1)6–2Celtic2nd Hampden Park8,000
Tournament extended to produce more matches, proceeds going to the 1902 Ibrox disaster benefit fund.
1902–03[46]Celtic (7)5–2St Mirren1st Cathkin Park14,000
1903–04[47]Rangers (4)5–2CelticHampden Park25,000
1904–05[48]Celtic (8)2–0Partick ThistleIbrox Park12,000
1905–06[49][50]Rangers (5)3–2Queen's ParkHampden Park26,000
1906–07[51]Rangers (6)1–0CelticIbrox Park35,000
1907–08[52][53][54]Celtic (9)3–0Queen's ParkHampden Park31,000
1908–09[55]Rangers (7)4–2CelticCeltic Park25,000
1909–10Clyde (1)1–1Third LanarkHampden Park20,000
Clyde won 8–3 on corners.
1910–11[56]Rangers (8)2–1Celtic25,000
1911–12[57]Celtic (10)0–0Clyde25,000
Celtic won 7–2 on corners.
1912–13[58]Celtic (11)3–2RangersCeltic Park30,000
1913–14[59]Celtic (12)6–0Third LanarkHampden Park8,000
1914–15[60]Celtic (13)3–2RangersIbrox Park30,000
1915–16[61]Celtic (14)2–0Partick ThistleHampden Park25,000
1916–17[62][63]Celtic (15)1–0Queen's Park35,000
1917–18[64]Celtic (16)2–0Partick Thistle30,000
1918–19[65][66]Rangers (9)2–1Queen's Park50,000
1919–20[67][68]Celtic (17)1–0Queen's Park45,000
1920–21[69][70]Celtic (18)2–0Rangers55,000
1921–22[71][72]Rangers (10)3–1Queen's Park43,000
1922–23[73][74]Rangers (11)4–0Queen's ParkIbrox Park35,000
1923–24[75]Celtic (19)2–1RangersHampden Park27,000
1924–25Rangers (12)1–0ClydeIbrox Park
1925–26[76][77]Celtic (20)2–1Queen's Park24,000
1926–27[78]Partick Thistle (1)6–3
(aet)		RangersHampden Park18,599
1927–28[79][80]Rangers (13)3–1Queen's ParkCeltic Park27,000
1928–29[81]Rangers (14)4–2CelticFirhill Park25,288
1929–30[52][82]Rangers (15)2–2CelticHampden Park35,667
Rangers won on toss of a coin.
1930–31[83][84]Rangers (16)2–1Queen's Park26,000
1931–32Rangers (17)6–1Third Lanark
1932–33[85]Rangers (18)1–0Queen's Park25,000
1933–34[52][86]Rangers (19)1–0Celtic36,000
1934–35[87][88]Partick Thistle (2)2–1Queen's Park16,550
1935–36[89]Celtic (21)4–2Rangers43,000
1936–37[90][91]Celtic (22)4–3Queen's Park21,000
1937–38[92]Celtic (23)2–0Rangers40,000
1938–39[93]Rangers (20)0–0Third Lanark29,448
Rangers won 7–4 on corners.
1939–40[94]Rangers (21)1–1Clyde12,924
Rangers won 7–2 on corners.
1940–41[95]Rangers (22)3–0Partick Thistle25,000
1941–42[96]Rangers (23)3–1Clyde
1942–43[97]Celtic (24)3–0Third Lanark25,000
1943–44[98]Rangers (24)2–1Clyde38,549
1944–45[99]Rangers (25)2–1Celtic50,000
1945–46Rangers (26)2–0Third Lanark
1946–47[100]Rangers (27)1–0CelticIbrox Park40,000
1947–48[101]Rangers (28)2–0CelticHampden Park69,000
1948–49[102]Partick Thistle (3)2–1
(aet)		Celtic
1949–50[103]Celtic (25)3–2Rangers81,000
1950–51[104]Rangers (29)2–0Partick Thistle30,000
1951–52[105]Clyde (2)2–2Third Lanark (4)25,000
Clyde and Third Lanark shared the trophy.
1952–53[106][107]Celtic (26)3–1Queen's Park41,156
1953–54[108]Third Lanark (5)1–0Rangers18,040
1954–55[109]Rangers (30)3–1Queen's Park15,552
1955–56[110][111]Third Lanark (6)4–2Partick Thistle15,000
1956–57[112][113]Rangers (31)2–1Queen's ParkIbrox Park22,000
1957–58[114]Clyde (3)4–0RangersHampden Park18,000
1958–59[115]Celtic (27)5–0Clyde20,000
1959–60[116]Rangers (32)2–0Partick Thistle8,296
1960–61Celtic (28)1–1Clyde (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)4–2Glasgow SelectHampden Park82,000
1963–64[118]Glasgow Select (1)2–1Manchester United48,576
1964–65[119]Glasgow Select (2)4–3Tottenham Hotspur58,768
1965–66[120]Chelsea (1)3–0Glasgow Select36,000
1966–67[121]Glasgow Select (3)1–1Leeds United (1)15,000
Glasgow Select and Leeds United shared the trophy.
1967–68 Glasgow Select v Arsenal was scheduled for August. Poor conditions and continuous conflicts with rescheduling meant tie was never played.
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Performance by club

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Club[122][123] Wins Last win Runners-up Last final lost
Rangers 32 1960 19 1958
Celtic[124] 28[note 1] 1961 14 1949
Queen's Park 8 1891 20 1957
Third Lanark[125] 6[note 2] 1956 8 1946
Clyde 4[note 3] 1961 6 1959
Renton 4 1889 — —
Partick Thistle[126] 3 1949 7 1960
Glasgow Select 3[note 4] 1966 2 1965
Vale of Leven 1 1882 4 1887
Manchester United 1 1962 1 1963
Hibernian 1 1902 — —
Chelsea 1 1965 — —
Leeds United 1[note 5] 1966 — —
Dumbarton — — 2 1885
Cambuslang[125] — — 1 1888
Northern — — 1 1891
St Mirren — — 1 1903
Tottenham Hotspur — — 1 1964
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Notes

  1. [1]
    Includes one shared (1961 with Clyde).
  2. [2]
    Includes one shared (1952 with Clyde).
  3. [3]
    Includes two shared (1952 with Third Lanark and 1961 with Celtic).
  4. [4]
    Includes one shared (1966 with Leeds United).
  5. [5]
    Includes one shared (1966 with Glasgow Select).

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