Glasgow Cup

Glasgow Cup
Founded 1887
Region Glasgow
Number of teams 5
Current champions Rangers

The Glasgow Cup is a knockout football tournament open to teams from Glasgow. It was competed for annually by senior Glasgow clubs from 1887 until 1989. It is now competed for between the youth teams of Celtic, Clyde, Partick Thistle, Queen's Park and Rangers.

It was dominated by the City rivals, Rangers and Celtic, who have won the competition 48 times and 35 times respectively. The advent of European football tournaments led to the Glasgow Cup becoming less valued, and the tournament did not take place at all or was not finished several times in its later years.

History

The Glasgow Football Association Cup used to be seen as an important competition, on a par with the League or the Scottish Cup. It was contested by the senior clubs in the Glasgow area, with the winners receiving a globular silver trophy. The competition was dominated by the old rivals of Celtic and Rangers, but the others, Clyde, Partick Thistle, Queen's Park and the now defunct Third Lanark all enjoyed relative success.[1]

The competition's status diminished after World War II, with European competition seeming more attractive and important. The competition was normally played early in the season, until 1960. After the demise of the Charity Cup, the fixtures would be put in any available space with the final being played at the end of the season. After 1971 the Glasgow Cup was not played until it was re-introduced for the 1974–75 season, but it was generally seen as unappealing, and was even left incomplete on occasion, otherwise the final was often held over until the beginning of the following season. In the event of a Celtic v Rangers final both would still usually put out full-strength first teams. This remained the case up to 1986 when a crowd of over 40,000 saw Rangers take the trophy with a 3–2 win over Scottish Champions Celtic, courtesy of an Ally McCoist hat-trick, to give manager Graeme Souness his first trophy days after taking charge.[2] After that it essentially became a reserve team tournament.[1]

Rangers retained the trophy the following season in another old rivals final; only 15,000 were there to watch what were effectively two reserve teams. The following season's contest was never completed. Officially there were no suitable dates available to fit ties in; the competition had become irrelevant. In 1988 the competition was abandoned, and the final competition was played out in 1989 with Partick Thistle becoming the final winners of the competition in its original format. The Glasgow Cup was subsequently relaunched in 1990 as an Under-19 tournament competed for by the youth teams of Celtic, Clyde, Partick Thistle, Queen's Park and Rangers. It then became an Under-17 tournament in 2008, competed for by the same teams as previously.[1][3]

Finals

Key

(R) Replay
(SR) Second Replay

Results

Year Winners Score Runners-up
Senior competition
1888Cambuslang3–1Rangers
1889Queen's Park8–0Partick Thistle
1890Queen's Park3–2Celtic
1891Celtic4–0Third Lanark
1892Celtic7–1Clyde
1893Rangers3–1Celtic
1894Rangers1–0Cowlairs
1895Celtic2–0Rangers
1896Celtic6–3Queen's Park
1897Rangers1–1Celtic
1897 (R)Rangers2–1Celtic
1898Rangers4–0Queen's Park
1899Queen's Park1–0Rangers
1900Rangers1–1Celtic
1900 (R)Rangers1–0Celtic
1901Rangers3–1Partick Thistle
1902Rangers2–2Celtic
1902 (R)RangerswalkoverCeltic
1903Third Lanark3–0Celtic
1904Third Lanark1–1Celtic
1904 (R)Third Lanark1–0Celtic
1905Celtic2–1Rangers
1906Celtic3–0Third Lanark
1907Celtic3–2Third Lanark
1908Celtic2–2Rangers
1908 (R)Celtic0–0Rangers
1908 (SR)Celtic2–1Rangers
1909Third Lanark1–1Celtic
1909 (R)Third Lanark2–2Celtic
1909 (SR)Third Lanark4–0Celtic
1910Celtic1–0Rangers
1911Rangers3–1Celtic
1912Rangers1–0Partick Thistle
1913Rangers3–1Celtic
1914Rangers3–0Third Lanark
1915Clyde1–1Partick Thistle
1915 (R)Clyde1–0Partick Thistle
1916Celtic2–1Rangers
1917Celtic3–1Clyde
1918Rangers4–1Partick Thistle
1919Rangers2–0Celtic
1920Celtic1–0Partick Thistle
1921Celtic1–0Clyde
1922Rangers1–0Celtic
1923Rangers0–0Clyde
1923 (R)Rangers1–0Clyde
1924Rangers3–1Third Lanark
1925Rangers4–1Celtic
1926Clyde2–1Celtic
1927Celtic1–0Rangers
1928Celtic2–1Rangers
1929Celtic2–0Queen's Park
1930Rangers0–0Celtic
1930 (R)Rangers4–0Celtic
1931Celtic2–1Rangers
1932Rangers3–0Queen's Park
1933Rangers1–0Partick Thistle
1934Rangers2–0Clyde
1935Partick Thistle1–0Rangers
1936Rangers2–0Celtic
1937Rangers2–2Partick Thistle
1937 (R)Rangers6–1Partick Thistle
1938Rangers2–1Third Lanark
1939Celtic3–0Clyde
1940Rangers3–1Queen's Park
1941Celtic1–0Rangers
1942Rangers6–0Clyde
1943Rangers5–2Third Lanark
1944Rangers2–0Clyde
1945Rangers3–2Celtic
1946Queen's Park2–0Clyde
1947Clyde2–1Third Lanark
1948Rangers4–1Third Lanark
1949Celtic3–1Third Lanark
1950Rangers2–1Clyde
1951Partick Thistle1–1Celtic
1951 (R)Partick Thistle3–2Celtic
1952Clyde2–1Celtic
1953Partick Thistle3–1Rangers
1954Rangers3–0Third Lanark
1955Partick Thistle2–0Rangers
1956Celtic1–1Rangers
1956 (R)Celtic5–3Rangers
1957Rangers2–0Clyde
1958Rangers1–1Third Lanark
1958 (R)Rangers4–2Third Lanark
1959Clyde0–0Rangers
1959 (R)Clyde1–0Rangers
1960Rangers2–1Partick Thistle
1961Partick Thistle2–0Celtic
1962Celtic1–1Third Lanark
1962 (R)Celtic3–2Third Lanark
1963Third Lanark2–1Celtic
1964Celtic2–0Clyde
1965Celtic5–0Queen's Park
1966Not completed
1967Celtic4–0Partick Thistle
1968Celtic8–0Clyde
1969Rangers3–2Partick Thistle
1970Celtic3–1Rangers
1971Rangers2–0Clyde
1972–1974No competition
1975Rangers 2–2 Celtic (shared)
1976Rangers3–1Celtic
1977No competition
1978Not completed
1979Rangers3–1Celtic
1980Not completed
1981Partick Thistle1–0Celtic
1982Celtic2–1Rangers
1983Rangers1–0Celtic
1984No competition
1985Rangers5–0Queen's Park
1986Rangers3–2Celtic
1987Rangers1–0Celtic
1988Not completed
1989Partick Thistle2–0Clyde
Under–19 competition
1990Celtic2–0Rangers
1991Celtic3–2Partick Thistle
1992Rangers1–0Celtic
1993Rangers1–0Celtic
1994Rangers1–0Celtic
1995Rangers3–1Celtic
1996Rangers1–0Celtic
1997Celtic5–0Partick Thistle
1998Celtic1–1
(3–0 pens.)		Rangers
1999Rangers2–1Celtic
2000Rangers1–0Celtic
2001Not completed
2002–2003No competition
2004Rangers2–0Celtic
2005Not completed
2006–2007No competition
Under–17 competition
2008 Celtic[4] 3–1 Rangers[5]
2009 Rangers[6] 2–1 Celtic[7]
2010 Rangers[8] 2–1 Celtic
2011 Celtic[9] 1–0 Rangers
2012Rangers[10] 1–1
(4–2 pens.)		 Celtic
2013Rangers[11] 3–2 Celtic
2014Celtic[12] 1–0 Rangers
2015Celtic[13] 2–0 Rangers
2016Celtic[14] 4–0 Rangers
2017Celtic[15] 2–1 Rangers
2018Rangers[16]3–0Celtic

Performance by club

Club Wins Last win Runners-up Last final lost
Rangers 49 (36)[note 1] 2018 23 2017
Celtic 39 (29)[note 2] 2017 31 2018
Partick Thistle 7 1989 11 1997
Clyde 5 1959 15 1989
Third Lanark 4 1963 13 1962
Queen's Park 4 1946 7 1985
Cambuslang 1 1888 — —
Cowlairs — — 1 1894

Notes

  1. ↑ Includes one title shared in 1975 with Celtic, eight titles won by Rangers U-19's and four titles won by Rangers U-17's.
  2. ↑ Includes one title shared in 1975 with Rangers, four titles won by Celtic U-19's and five titles won by Celtic U-17's.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "History". Glasgow FA. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Rangers 3-2 Celtic, Glasgow Cup Final - Pictures (newspaper reports)". The Celtic Wiki (hosting site for scans). Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Old Firm take youth talent seriously". TEAMtalk.com. 7 August 2008. Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2008.
  4. ↑ "Young Celts outclass Rangers to lift Glasgow Cup". Celtic FC. 7 August 2008. Archived from the original on 15 September 2008. Retrieved 27 August 2008.
  5. ↑ "Gers Youngsters Lose Final". Rangers FC. 7 August 2008. Archived from the original on 19 September 2008. Retrieved 27 August 2008.
  6. ↑ "Glasgow Cup Victory for under 17's". Rangers FC. 11 May 2009. Archived from the original on 28 October 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2009.
  7. ↑ "Glasgow Cup Final: Match Report". Celtic FC. 11 May 2009. Archived from the original on 15 May 2009. Retrieved 11 May 2009.
  8. ↑ "Kerno's Kids are bosses of the firm". Rangers FC. 5 May 2010. Archived from the original on 8 May 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2009.
  9. ↑ "Celtic Under-17s lift the Glasgow Cup". Celtic FC. 9 May 2011. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  10. ↑ "Gers Win Glasgow Cup". Andrew Dickson. Rangers F.C. 16 April 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  11. ↑ "Unrest at Celtic v Rangers U17s Glasgow Cup Final". BBC. 30 April 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  12. ↑ "Coach's praise for Celtic's Glasgow Cup winners". Celtic F.C. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  13. ↑ "Coach's delight as classy Celts lift cup". Celtic F.C. 28 April 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  14. ↑ "U17 Head Coach John McLaughlan proud of young Celts". Celtic F.C. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  15. ↑ "Celts triumph to make it four-in-a-row in Glasgow Cup". Celtic F.C. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  16. ↑ "Rangers Win Glasgow Cup". Rangers F.C. 30 April 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
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