- Finals
- Performance by club
- Notes
- References
- External links
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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, with 31 and 28 victories 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 and a team invited from the English League. Finals | Year[1][2] | Team | Score | Team | | 1877 | Queens Park (1) | 4–0 | Rangers | | 1878 | Queens Park (2) | 1–0 | Vale of Leven | | 1879 | Rangers (1) | 2–1 | Vale of Leven | | 1880 | Queen's Park | 1–1 | Rangers | | 1880 (R) | Queen's Park (3) | 2–1 | Rangers | | 1881 | Queen's Park | 1–1 | Rangers | | 1881 (R) | Queen's Park (4) | 3–1 | Rangers | | 1882 | Vale of Leven | 2–2 | Dumbarton | | 1882 (R) | Vale of Leven (1) | 1–0 | Dumbarton | | 1883 | Queen's Park (5) | 4–1 | Rangers | | 1884 | Queen's Park | 1–1 | Third Lanark | | 1884 (R) | Queen's Park (6) | 8–0 | Third Lanark | | 1885 | Queen's Park (7) | 1–0 | Dumbarton | | 1886 | Renton (1) | 3–1 | Vale of Leven | | 1887 | Renton (2) | 1–0 | Vale of Leven | | 1888 | Renton (3) | 4–0 | Cambuslang | | 1889 | Renton | 2–2 | Queen's Park | | 1889 (R) | Renton (4) | 3–1 | Queen's Park | | 1890 | Third Lanark (1) | 2–1 | Queen's Park | | 1891 | Queen's Park | 1–1 | Northern | | 1891 (R) | Queen's Park (8) | 9–1 | Northern | | 1892 | Celtic (1) | 2–0 | Rangers | | 1893 | Celtic (2) | 5–0 | Rangers | | 1894 | Celtic (3) | 2–1 | Queen's Park | | 1895 | Celtic (4) | 4–0 | Rangers | | 1896 | Celtic (5) | 2–1 | Queen's Park | | 1897 | Rangers (2) | 6–1 | Third Lanark | | 1898 | Third Lanark (2) | 1–0 | Rangers | | 1899 | Celtic (6) | 2–0 | Rangers | | 1900 | Rangers (3) | 5–1 | Celtic | | 1901 | Third Lanark | 0–0 | Celtic | | 1901 (R) | Third Lanark (3) | 3–0 | Celtic | | 1902 | Hibernian (1) | 6–2 | Celtic | | 1903 | Celtic (7) | 5–2 | St Mirren | | 1904 | Rangers (4) | 5–2 | Celtic | | 1905 | Celtic (8) | 2–0 | Partick Thistle | | 1906 | Rangers (5) | 3–2 | Queen's Park | | 1907 | Rangers (6) | 1–0 | Celtic | | 1908 | Celtic (9) | 3–0 | Queen's Park | | 1909 | Rangers (7) | 4–2 | Celtic | | 1910 | Clyde (1) | 1–1 | Third Lanark | | Clyde won 8–3 on corners | | 1911 | Rangers (8) | 2–1 | Celtic | | 1912 | Celtic (10) | 0–0 | Clyde | | Celtic won 7–2 on corners | | 1913 | Celtic (11) | 3–2 | Rangers | | 1914 | Celtic (12) | 6–0 | Third Lanark | | 1915 | Celtic (13) | 3–2 | Rangers | | 1916 | Celtic (14) | 2–0 | Partick Thistle | | 1917 | Celtic (15) | 1–0 | Queen's Park | | 1918 | Celtic (16) | 2–0 | Partick Thistle | | 1919 | Rangers (9) | 2–1 | Queen's Park | | 1920 | Celtic (17) | 1–0 | Queen's Park | | 1921 | Celtic (18) | 2–0 | Rangers | | 1922 | Rangers (10) | 3–1 | Queen's Park | | 1923 | Rangers (11) | 4–0 | Queen's Park | | 1924 | Celtic (19) | 2–1 | Rangers | | 1925 | Rangers (12) | 1–0 | Clyde | | 1926 | Celtic (20) | 2–1 | Queen's Park | | 1927 | Partick Thistle (1) | 6–3 | Rangers | | 1928 | Rangers (13) | 3–1 | Queen's Park | | 1929 | Rangers (14) | 4–2 | Celtic | | 1930 | Rangers (15) | 2–2 | Celtic | | Rangers won on toss of a coin | | 1931 | Rangers (16) | 2–1 | Queen's Park | | 1932 | Rangers (17) | 6–1 | Third Lanark | | 1933 | Rangers (18) | 1–0 | Queen's Park | | 1934 | Rangers (19) | 1–0 | Celtic | | 1935 | Partick Thistle (2) | 2–1 | Queen's Park | | 1936 | Celtic (21) | 4–2 | Rangers | | 1937 | Celtic (22) | 4–3 | Queen's Park | | 1938 | Celtic (23) | 2–0 | Rangers | | 1939 | Rangers (20) | 0–0 | Third Lanark | | Rangers won 7–4 on corners | | 1940 | Clyde (2) | 1–1 | Rangers | | Clyde won 7–2 on corners | | 1941 | Rangers (21) | 3–0 | Partick Thistle | | 1942 | Rangers (22) | 3–1 | Clyde | | 1943 | Celtic (24) | 3–0 | Third Lanark | | 1944 | Rangers (23) | 2–1 | Clyde | | 1945 | Rangers (24) | 2–1 | Celtic | | 1946 | Rangers (25) | 2–0 | Third Lanark | | 1947 | Rangers (26) | 1–0 | Celtic | | 1948 | Rangers (27) | 2–0 | Celtic | | 1949 | Partick Thistle (3) | 2–1 | Celtic | | 1950 | Celtic (25) | 3–2 | Rangers | | 1951 | Rangers (28) | 2–0 | Partick Thistle | | 1952 | Clyde (3) | 2–2 | Third Lanark (4) | | Clyde and Third Lanark shared the trophy | | 1953 | Celtic (26) | 3–1 | Queen's Park | | 1954 | Third Lanark (5) | 1–0 | Rangers | | 1955 | Rangers (29) | 3–1 | Queen's Park | | 1956 | Third Lanark (6) | 4–2 | Partick Thistle | | 1957 | Rangers (30) | 2–1 | Queen's Park | | 1958 | Clyde (4) | 4–0 | Rangers | | 1959 | Celtic (27) | 5–0 | Clyde | | 1960 | Rangers (31) | 2–0 | Partick Thistle | | 1961 | Celtic (28) | 1–1 | Clyde (5) | | Celtic and Clyde shared the trophy | | 1962 | Manchester United (1) | 4–2 | Glasgow Select | | 1963 | Glasgow Select (1) | 2–1 | Manchester United | | 1964 | Glasgow Select (2) | 4–3 | Tottenham Hotspur | | 1965 | Chelsea (1) | 3–0 | Glasgow Select | | 1966 | Glasgow Select (3) | 1–1 | Leeds United (1) | | Glasgow Select and Leeds United shared the trophy |
Performance by club| Club[1][2] | Wins | Last win | Runners-up | Last final lost |
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| Rangers | 31 | 1960 | 20 | 1958 | | Celtic[3] | 28[4] | 1961 | 14 | 1949 | | Queen's Park | 8 | 1891 | 20 | 1957 | | Third Lanark[5] | 6[6] | 1956 | 8 | 1946 | | Clyde | 5[7] | 1961 | 5 | 1959 | | Renton | 4 | 1889 | — | — | | Partick Thistle[8] | 3 | 1949 | 7 | 1960 | | Glasgow Select | 3[9] | 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[10] | 1966 | — | — | | Dumbarton | — | — | 2 | 1885 | | Cambuslang[5] | — | — | 1 | 1888 | | Northern | — | — | 1 | 1891 | | St Mirren | — | — | 1 | 1903 | | Tottenham Hotspur | — | — | 1 | 1964 |
Notes 1. ^1 {{cite web | url=http://scottish-football-historical-archive.co.uk/glasgow-cha.htm | title=Glasgow Merchants' Charity Cup (1876–1966) | publisher=SFHA | accessdate=25 June 2016}}
2. ^1 {{cite web | url=http://www.scottish-football-historical-archive.co.uk/glasgowcharitycup.html | title=RESULTS: Glasgow Merchants’ Charity Cup (1876–1966) | publisher=SFHA | accessdate=25 June 2016}}
3. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.thecelticwiki.com/page/Glasgow+Charity+Cup | title=Glasgow Charity Cup | publisher=The Celtic Wiki | accessdate=25 June 2016}}
4. ^Includes one shared (1961) with Clyde.
5. ^1 {{cite web | url=http://www.glasgowfa.co.uk/new/index.html#clubs | title=Glasgow FA Clubs | publisher=Glasgow FA | accessdate=25 June 2016}}
6. ^Includes one shared (1952) with Clyde.
7. ^Includes two shared (1952) with Third Lanark and (1961) shared with Celtic.
8. ^{{cite web | url=http://partickthistleahistory.wikifoundry.com/page/List+of+Honours | title=List of Honours | publisher=PTHA | accessdate=25 June 2016}}
9. ^Includes one shared (1966) with Leeds United.
10. ^Includes one shared (1966) with Glasgow Select.
References External links - Wray Vamplew, 'Remembering us year after year’: the Glasgow Charity Cup 1876-1966, University of Stirling, 2008.
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