The Glasgow Football Association Cup was, in its time, an important
competition and had the status of a 1st Class competition. It was contested as
fiercely as the League or the Scottish Cup by member clubs who were senior clubs
in the Glasgow area. To the winners went a magnificent globular silver
trophy.
Not surprisingly the competition was dominated by the two Glasgow
giants, Rangers and Celtic, but the others, Partick Thistle, Clyde, Queen's Park
and the late Third Lanark had their day too. After the Second World War the
Glasgow Cup diminished in status, mainly due to the more cosmopolitan fare
provided by European Competitions.
Traditionally the Glasgow Cup had always
been played early in the season, with the Glasgow Merchant's Charity Cup
concluding the season after the completion of the Scottish League and Cup. After
the demise of the Charity Cup in 1960, Glasgow Cup fixtures were fitted into the
schedule at any convenient point with the Final being played at the end of the
season if at all. After 1971 the Glasgow Cup went into a 3 year hiatus. It was
resurrected for 1974-75 season but its appeal was limited and interest was
luke-warm at best. Sometimes the competition would be left incomplete, otherwise
the Final was often held over until the beginning of the following season.
However, when it came to an Old Firm final, Rangers and Celtic would usually put
out pretty much their full first teams. This was the case as late as 1986 when
on the Friday evening before the Scottish Cup Final, a capacity crowd of over
40000 saw Rangers take the trophy with a 3-2 win over the Scottish Champions,
Celtic, courtesy of an Ally McCoist hat-trick to give neo-phyte manager Graeme
Souness his first trophy just days after taking charge. This was essentially the
swan-song of the tournament as a 1st team tournament. Rangers retained the
trophy the following season in another Old Firm final, this time at Parkhead,
but only 15,000 were there to see what were effectively the reserve teams do
battle. The following season's contest was never completed; officially there
were no suitable dates available to fit ties in, but in reality the competition
was long past it's sell-by-date and as the days of the UEFA Champions' League
rapidly approached it had simply become irrelevant. In 1988 the competition as
such wsa abandoned and it was relaunched as an Under-18 tournament.
1988 not completed 1987 Rangers 1 Celtic 0 1986 Rangers 3 Celtic 2 1985 Rangers 5 Queen's Park 0 1984 no competition 1983 Rangers 1 Celtic 0 1982 Celtic 2 Rangers 1 1981 Partick Thistle 1 Celtic 0 1980 not completed (final Rangers v. Celtic not played) 1979 Rangers 3 Celtic 1 1978 no competition 1977 not completed 1976 Rangers 3 Celtic 1 1975* Rangers 2 Celtic 2 1974 no competition 1973 no competition 1972 no competition 1971 Rangers 2 Clyde 0 1970 Celtic 3 Rangers 1 1969 Rangers 3 Partick Thistle 2 1968 Celtic 8 Clyde 0 1967 Celtic 4 Partick Thistle 0 1966 not completed 1965 Celtic 5 Queen's Park 0 1964 Celtic 2 Clyde 0 1963 Third Lanark 2 Celtic 1 1962 Celtic 3 Third Lanark 2 (after 1-1 draw) 1961 Partick Thistle 2 Celtic 0 1960 Rangers 2 Partick Thistle 1 1959 Clyde 1 Rangers 0 (after 0-0 draw) 1958 Rangers 4 Third Lanark 2 (after 1-1 draw) 1957 Rangers 2 Clyde 0 1956 Celtic 5 Rangers 3 (after 1-1 draw) 1955 Partick Thistle 2 Rangers 0 1954 Rangers 3 Third Lanark 0 1953 Partick Thistle 3 Rangers 1 1952 Clyde 2 Celtic 1 1951 Partick Thistle 3 Celtic 2 (after 1-1 draw) 1950 Rangers 2 Clyde 1 1949 Celtic 3 Third Lanark 1 1948 Rangers 4 Third Lanark 1 1947 Clyde 2 Third Lanark 1 1946 Queen's Park 2 Clyde 0 * No replay, Rangers and Celtic declared joint holders
1945 Rangers 3 Celtic 2 1944 Rangers 2 Clyde 0 1943 Rangers 5 Third Lanark 2 1942 Rangers 6 Clyde 0 1941 Celtic 1 Rangers 0 1940 Rangers 3 Queen's Park 1 1939 Celtic 3 Clyde 0 1938 Rangers 2 Third Lanark 1 1937 Rangers 6 Partick Thistle 1 (after 2-2 draw) 1936 Rangers 2 Celtic 0 1935 Partick Thistle 1 Rangers 0 1934 Rangers 2 Clyde 0 1933 Rangers 1 Partick Thistle 0 1932 Rangers 3 Queen's Park 0 1931 Celtic 2 Rangers 1 1930 Rangers 4 Celtic 0 (after 0-0 draw) 1929 Celtic 2 Queen's Park 0 1928 Celtic 2 Rangers 1 1927 Celtic 1 Rangers 0 1926 Clyde 2 Celtic 1 1925 Rangers 4 Celtic 1 1924 Rangers 3 Third Lanark 1 1923 Rangers 1 Clyde 0 (after 0-0 draw) 1922 Rangers 1 Celtic 0 1921 Celtic 1 Clyde 0 1920 Celtic 1 Partick Thistle 0 1919 Rangers 2 Celtic 0 1918 Rangers 4 Partick Thistle 1 1917 Celtic 3 Clyde 1 1916 Celtic 2 Rangers 1 1915 Clyde 1 Partick Thistle 0 (after 1-1 draw) 1914 Rangers 3 Third Lanark 0 1913 Rangers 3 Celtic 1 1912 Rangers 1 Partick Thistle 0 1911 Rangers 3 Celtic 1 1910 Celtic 1 Rangers 0 1909 Third Lanark 4 Celtic 0 (after 1-1, 2-2 draws) 1908 Celtic 2 Rangers 1 (after 2-2, 0-0 draws) 1907 Celtic 3 Third Lanark 2 1906 Celtic 3 Third Lanark 0 1905 Celtic 2 Rangers 1 1904 Third Lanark 1 Celtic 0 (after 1-1 draw) 1903 Third Lanark 3 Celtic 0 1902 Rangers walkover, Celtic scratched (after 2-2 draw) 1901 Rangers 3 Partick Thistle 1 1900 Rangers 1 Celtic 0 (after 1-1 draw) 1899 Queen's Park 1 Rangers 0 1898 Rangers 4 Queen's Park 0 1897 Rangers 2 Celtic 1 (after 1-1 draw) 1896 Celtic 6 Queen's Park 3 1895 Celtic 2 Rangers 0 1894 Rangers 1 Cowlairs 0 1893 Rangers 3 Celtic 1 1892 Celtic 7 Clyde 1 1891 Celtic 4 Third Lanark 0 1890 Queen's Park 3 Celtic 2 1889 Queen's Park 8 Partick Thistle 0 1888 Cambuslang 3 Rangers 1
Winners 44 Rangers 29 Celtic 6 Partick Thistle 5 Clyde 4 Third Lanark, Queen's Park 1 Cambuslang Runners-up 27 Celtic 18 Rangers 14 Clyde 13 Third Lanark 11 Partick Thistle 7 Queen's Park 1 Cowlairs Finalists 62 Rangers 56 Celtic 19 Clyde 17 Third Lanark 17 Partick Thistle, Third Lanark 11 Queen's Park 1 Cambuslang, Cowlairs
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