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. 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 in scottish football, it was predominantly dominated by the Old Firm of Rangers and Celtic, who have won the competition 28 times each respectively. In the latter years of the tournament, it stopped being a knockout tournament, and became a one-off contest between a Glasgow Select XI and a team invited from the English League.
Results
| Year | Winner | Score | Runner-Up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1877 | Queens Park | 4 – 0 | Rangers |
| 1878 | Queens Park | 1 – 0 | Vale of Leven |
| 1879 | Rangers | 2 – 1 | Vale of Leven |
| 1880 | Queen's Park | 1 – 1 | Rangers |
| 1880 (R) | Queen's Park | 2 – 1 | Rangers |
| 1881 | Queen's Park | 1 – 1 | Rangers |
| 1881 (R) | Queen's Park | 3 – 1 | Rangers |
| 1882 | Vale of Leven | 2 – 2 | Dumbarton |
| 1882 (R) | Vale of Leven | 1 – 0 | Dumbarton |
| 1883 | Queen's Park | 4 – 1 | Rangers |
| 1884 | Queen's Park | 1 – 1 | Third Lanark |
| 1884 (R) | Queen's Park | 8 – 0 | Third Lanark |
| 1885 | Queen's Park | 1 – 0 | Dumbarton |
| 1886 | Renton | 3 – 1 | Vale of Leven |
| 1887 | Renton | 1 – 0 | Vale of Leven |
| 1888 | Renton | 4 – 0 | Cambuslang |
| 1889 | Renton | 2 – 2 | Queen's Park |
| 1889 (R) | Renton | 3 – 1 | Queen's Park |
| 1890 | Third Lanark | 2 – 1 | Queen's Park |
| 1891 | Queen's Park | 1 – 1 | Northern |
| 1891 (R) | Queen's Park | 9 – 1 | Northern |
| 1892 | Celtic | 2 – 0 | Rangers |
| 1893 | Celtic | 5 – 0 | Rangers |
| 1894 | Celtic | 2 – 1 | Queen's Park |
| 1895 | Celtic | 4 – 0 | Rangers |
| 1896 | Celtic | 2 – 1 | Queen's Park |
| 1897 | Rangers | 6 – 1 | Third Lanark |
| 1898 | Third Lanark | 1 – 0 | Rangers |
| 1899 | Celtic | 2 – 0 | Rangers |
| 1900 | Rangers | 5 – 1 | Celtic |
| 1901 | Third Lanark | 0 – 0 | Celtic |
| 1901 (R) | Third Lanark | 3 – 0 | Celtic |
| 1902 | Hibernian | 6 – 2 | Celtic |
| 1903 | Celtic | 5 – 2 | St Mirren |
| 1904 | Rangers | 5 – 2 | Celtic |
| 1905 | Celtic | 2 – 0 | Partick Thistle |
| 1906 | Rangers | 3 – 2 | Queen's Park |
| 1907 | Rangers | 1 – 0 | Celtic |
| 1908 | Celtic | 3 – 0 | Queen's Park |
| 1909 | Rangers | 4 – 2 | Celtic |
| 1910 | Clyde | 1 – 1 (Clyde won 8-3 on corners) | Third Lanark |
| 1911 | Rangers | 2 – 1 | Celtic |
| 1912 | Celtic | 0 – 0 (Celtic won 7-2 on corners) | Clyde |
| 1913 | Celtic | 3 – 2 | Rangers |
| 1914 | Celtic | 6 – 0 | Third Lanark |
| 1915 | Celtic | 3 – 2 | Rangers |
| 1916 | Celtic | 2 – 0 | Partick Thistle |
| 1917 | Celtic | 1 – 0 | Queen's Park |
| 1918 | Celtic | 2 – 0 | Partick Thistle |
| 1919 | Rangers | 2 – 1 | Queen's Park |
| 1920 | Celtic | 1 – 0 | Queen's Park |
| 1921 | Celtic | 2 – 0 | Rangers |
| 1922 | Rangers | 3 – 1 | Queen's Park |
| 1923 | Rangers | 4 – 0 | Queen's Park |
| 1924 | Celtic | 2 – 1 | Rangers |
| 1925 | Rangers | 1 – 0 | Clyde |
| 1926 | Celtic | 2 – 1 | Queen's Park |
| 1927 | Partick Thistle | 6 – 3 | Rangers |
| 1928 | Rangers | 3 – 1 | Queen's Park |
| 1929 | Rangers | 4 – 2 | Celtic |
| 1930 | Rangers | 2 – 2 (Rangers won on toss of a coin) | Celtic |
| 1931 | Rangers | 2 – 1 | Queen's Park |
| 1932 | Rangers | 6 – 1 | Third Lanark |
| 1933 | Rangers | 1 – 0 | Queen's Park |
| 1934 | Rangers | 1 – 0 | Celtic |
| 1935 | Partick Thistle | 2 – 1 | Queen's Park |
| 1936 | Celtic | 4 – 2 | Rangers |
| 1937 | Celtic | 4 – 3 | Queen's Park |
| 1938 | Celtic | 2 – 0 | Rangers |
| 1939 | Rangers | 0 – 0 (Rangers won 7-4 on corners) | Third Lanark |
| 1940 | Clyde | 1 – 1 (Clyde won 7-2 on corners) | Rangers |
| 1941 | Rangers | 3 – 0 | Partick Thistle |
| 1942 | Rangers | 3 – 1 | Clyde |
| 1943 | Celtic | 3 – 0 | Third Lanark |
| 1944 | Rangers | 2 – 1 | Clyde |
| 1945 | Rangers | 2 – 1 | Celtic |
| 1946 | Rangers | 2 – 0 | Third Lanark |
| 1947 | Rangers | 1 – 0 | Celtic |
| 1948 | Rangers | 2 – 0 | Celtic |
| 1949 | Partick Thistle | 2 – 1 | Celtic |
| 1950 | Celtic | 3 – 2 | Rangers |
| 1951 | Rangers | 2 – 0 | Partick Thistle |
| 1952 | Clyde 2 – 2 Third Lanark (shared) | ||
| 1953 | Celtic | 3 – 1 | Queen's Park |
| 1954 | Third Lanark | 1 – 0 | Rangers |
| 1955 | Rangers | 3 – 1 | Queen's Park |
| 1956 | Third Lanark | 4 – 2 | Partick Thistle |
| 1957 | Rangers | 2 – 1 | Queen's Park |
| 1958 | Clyde | 4 – 0 | Rangers |
| 1959 | Celtic | 5 – 0 | Clyde |
| 1960 | Rangers | 2 – 0 | Partick Thistle |
| 1961 | Clyde 1 – 1 Celtic (shared) | ||
| 1962 | Manchester United | 4 – 2 | Glasgow Select |
| 1963 | Glasgow Select | 2 – 1 | Manchester United |
| 1964 | Glasgow Select | 4 – 3 | Tottenham Hotspur |
| 1965 | Chelsea | 3 – 0 | Glasgow Select |
| 1966 | Glasgow Select 1 – 1 Leeds United (shared) | ||
Performance by club
| Club | Wins | Last win | Runners-up | Last final lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rangers | 28 | 1960 | 20 | 1958 |
| Celtic | 28[1] | 1961 | 14 | 1949 |
| Queen's Park | 8 | 1891 | 20 | 1957 |
| Third Lanark | 6[2] | 1956 | 8 | 1946 |
| Clyde | 5[3] | 1961 | 5 | 1959 |
| Renton | 4 | 1889 | — | — |
| Partick Thistle | 3 | 1949 | 7 | 1960 |
| Glasgow Select | 3[4] | 1966 | 2 | 1965 |
| Manchester United | 1 | 1962 | 1 | 1963 |
| Hibernian | 1 | 1902 | — | — |
| Chelsea | 1 | 1965 | — | — |
| Leeds United | 1[5] | 1966 | — | — |
| Vale of Leven | 1 | 1882 | 4 | 1887 |
| Dumbarton | — | — | 2 | 1885 |
| Cambuslang | — | — | 1 | 1888 |
| Northern | — | — | 1 | 1891 |
| St Mirren | — | — | 1 | 1903 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | — | — | 1 | 1964 |
References
External links
- Glasgow Merchants' Charity Cup scottish-football-historical-archive.com
- Study of the Glasgow Merchants' Charity Cup scottish-football-historical-archive.com
- Wray Vamplew, 'Remembering us year after year’: the Glasgow Charity Cup 1876-1966, University of Stirling, 2008.