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Knockout football tournament Not to be confused with Glasgow Cup.

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(s)		Glasgow Select (3rd title)
Most titlesRangers (32 titles)
Group photo of the Renton team with the Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup, which they won four times in succession in the 1880s before participation was limited to clubs from within the city

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 dominated by the Old Firm of Rangers and Celtic, with 31 and 28 victories each respectively. 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.

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.

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 (equivalent to almost £750,000 in 2021 rates). An academic study in 2008 calculated that during its 90-year existence the competition raised funds to the value of £11 million.

A portion of the proceeds from 1887–88 went Edinburgh and Dumbartonshire charities, as teams from these areas competed for the cup too.

Finals

Season Winners Score Runners-up Venue Attendance
1876–77 Queens Park (1) 4–0 Rangers 1st Hampden Park 10,000
1877–78 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) 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) 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 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) Queen's Park (6) 8–0 Third Lanark Titwood Park 4,000
1884–85 Queen's Park (7) 1–0 Dumbarton 2nd Hampden Park 2,241
1885–86 Renton (1) 3–1 Vale of Leven 4,000
1886–87 Renton (2) 1–0 Vale of Leven 10,000
1887–88 Renton (3) 4–0 Cambuslang 5,000
1888–89 Renton 2–2 Queen's Park 8,982
1889 (R) Renton (4) 3–1 Queen's Park 7,380
1889–90 Third Lanark (1) 2–1 Queen's Park 8,102
1890–91 Queen's Park 1–1 Northern 2,204
1891 (R) Queen's Park (8) 9–1 Northern 1,562
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.
1891–92 Celtic (1) 2–0 Rangers 1st Celtic Park 7,000
1892–93 Celtic (2) 5–0 Rangers 5,000
1893–94 Celtic (3) 2–1 Queen's Park 1st Ibrox Park 12,000
1894–95 Celtic (4) 4–0 Rangers 1st Cathkin Park 10,000
1895–96 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 Celtic (6) 2–0 Rangers 2nd Hampden Park 20,000
1899–1900 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 Hibernian (1) 6–2 Celtic 2nd Hampden Park 8,000
Tournament extended to produce more matches, proceeds going to the 1902 Ibrox disaster benefit fund.
1902–03 Celtic (7) 5–2 St Mirren 1st Cathkin Park 14,000
1903–04 Rangers (4) 5–2 Celtic Hampden Park 25,000
1904–05 Celtic (8) 2–0 Partick Thistle Ibrox Park 12,000
1905–06 Rangers (5) 3–2 Queen's Park Hampden Park 26,000
1906–07 Rangers (6) 1–0 Celtic Ibrox Park 35,000
1907–08 Celtic (9) 3–0 Queen's Park Hampden Park 31,000
1908–09 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 Rangers (8) 2–1 Celtic 25,000
1911–12 Celtic (10) 0–0 Clyde 25,000
Celtic won 7–2 on corners.
1912–13 Celtic (11) 3–2 Rangers Celtic Park 30,000
1913–14 Celtic (12) 6–0 Third Lanark Hampden Park 8,000
1914–15 Celtic (13) 3–2 Rangers Ibrox Park 30,000
1915–16 Celtic (14) 2–0 Partick Thistle Hampden Park 25,000
1916–17 Celtic (15) 1–0 Queen's Park 35,000
1917–18 Celtic (16) 2–0 Partick Thistle 30,000
1918–19 Rangers (9) 2–1 Queen's Park 50,000
1919–20 Celtic (17) 1–0 Queen's Park 45,000
1920–21 Celtic (18) 2–0 Rangers 55,000
1921–22 Rangers (10) 3–1 Queen's Park 43,000
1922–23 Rangers (11) 4–0 Queen's Park Ibrox Park 35,000
1923–24 Celtic (19) 2–1 Rangers Hampden Park 27,000
1924–25 Rangers (12) 1–0 Clyde Ibrox Park
1925–26 Celtic (20) 2–1 Queen's Park 24,000
1926–27 Partick Thistle (1) 6–3
(aet)		 Rangers Hampden Park 18,599
1927–28 Rangers (13) 3–1 Queen's Park Celtic Park 27,000
1928–29 Rangers (14) 4–2 Celtic Firhill Park 25,288
1929–30 Rangers (15) 2–2 Celtic Hampden Park 35,667
Rangers won on toss of a coin.
1930–31 Rangers (16) 2–1 Queen's Park 26,000
1931–32 Rangers (17) 6–1 Third Lanark
1932–33 Rangers (18) 1–0 Queen's Park 25,000
1933–34 Rangers (19) 1–0 Celtic 36,000
1934–35 Partick Thistle (2) 2–1 Queen's Park 16,550
1935–36 Celtic (21) 4–2 Rangers 43,000
1936–37 Celtic (22) 4–3 Queen's Park 21,000
1937–38 Celtic (23) 2–0 Rangers 40,000
1938–39 Rangers (20) 0–0 Third Lanark 29,448
Rangers won 7–4 on corners.
1939–40 Rangers (21) 1–1 Clyde 12,924
Rangers won 7–2 on corners.
1940–41 Rangers (22) 3–0 Partick Thistle 25,000
1941–42 Rangers (23) 3–1 Clyde
1942–43 Celtic (24) 3–0 Third Lanark 25,000
1943–44 Rangers (24) 2–1 Clyde 38,549
1944–45 Rangers (25) 2–1 Celtic 50,000
1945–46 Rangers (26) 2–0 Third Lanark
1946–47 Rangers (27) 1–0 Celtic Ibrox Park 40,000
1947–48 Rangers (28) 2–0 Celtic Hampden Park 69,000
1948–49 Partick Thistle (3) 2–1
(aet)		 Celtic
1949–50 Celtic (25) 3–2 Rangers 81,000
1950–51 Rangers (29) 2–0 Partick Thistle 30,000
1951–52 Clyde (2) 2–2 Third Lanark (4) 25,000
Clyde and Third Lanark shared the trophy.
1952–53 Celtic (26) 3–1 Queen's Park 41,156
1953–54 Third Lanark (5) 1–0 Rangers 18,040
1954–55 Rangers (30) 3–1 Queen's Park 15,552
1955–56 Third Lanark (6) 4–2 Partick Thistle 15,000
1956–57 Rangers (31) 2–1 Queen's Park Ibrox Park 22,000
1957–58 Clyde (3) 4–0 Rangers Hampden Park 18,000
1958–59 Celtic (27) 5–0 Clyde 20,000
1959–60 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 Manchester United (1) 4–2 Glasgow Select Hampden Park 82,000
1963–64 Glasgow Select (1) 2–1 Manchester United 48,576
1964–65 Glasgow Select (2) 4–3 Tottenham Hotspur 58,768
1965–66 Chelsea (1) 3–0 Glasgow Select 36,000
1966–67 Glasgow Select (3) 1–1 Leeds 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.

Performance by club

Club Wins Last win Runners-up Last final lost
Rangers 32 1960 19 1958
Celtic 28 1961 14 1949
Queen's Park 8 1891 20 1957
Third Lanark 6 1956 8 1946
Clyde 4 1961 6 1959
Renton 4 1889 — —
Partick Thistle 3 1949 7 1960
Glasgow Select 3 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 1966 — —
Dumbarton — — 2 1885
Cambuslang — — 1 1888
Northern — — 1 1891
St Mirren — — 1 1903
Tottenham Hotspur — — 1 1964

Notes

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

See also

References

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