Glasgow International Exhibition Cup

The Glasgow Exhibition Cup was a football competition held as part of the Glasgow International Trade Fair of 1901.[1][2]

Eight Scottish First Division sides were invited to the tournament, and matches were played at a specially built site at Gilmorehill (adjacent to the University of Glasgow and the River Kelvin). Rangers won the competition, defeating Celtic in the final.[1]

The following year the 1902 Ibrox disaster occurred, and Rangers organised a tournament with the proceeds to benefit the victims, offering up the Exhibition Cup as a prize for the winners.[1] Celtic won that tournament, the British League Cup (beating Rangers in the final) and kept the trophy permanently, despite its inscription stating "Awarded to Rangers F.C."[3][4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Glasgow Exhibition Cup 1901". Scottish Football Historical Archive. Archived from the original on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "International Exhibition, 1901". The Glasgow Story. 20 October 2009. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "The Glasgow Exhibition Cup (1901/1902)". 25thMay1967. 20 October 2009. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  4. ↑ "Glasgow International Exhibition Cup". The Celtic Wiki. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
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