Special 'One Off' Tournaments
This
page includes the following tournaments:
The
Edinburgh International Exhibition
Tournament of 1886
The
Glasgow Exhibition Trophy of 1888
The
Edinburgh Exhibition Contest of 1890
The
Glasgow Exhibition Cup of 1901
The
British League Cup of 1902
The
Edinburgh Exhibition Cup of 1908
The
Empire Exhibition Cup of 1938
The
Festival of Britain tournaments of 1951
The
Coronation Cup of 1953
Page created: 9 July 2020
Updated: 1 September 2023
The Edinburgh International Exhibition
Tournament was played at the Exhibition Grounds during October 1886. Three
matches were played with the winners of each receiving a silver cup.
The Glasgow Exhibition Trophy was
held to coincide with the 1888 International Exhibition taking place in Glasgow.
All matches were played on the Exhibition Grounds (roughly where the tennis
courts are now in Kelvingrove Park) between 1 August and 6 September 1888.
The Edinburgh Exhibition Contest
was series of nine games arranged to coincide with the 112th International Exhibition
held at Meggatland in Edinburgh in 1890. The
Edinburgh Evening Dispatch newspaper awarded silver cups for the winners of
each match.
After the first event in 1888, Glasgow staged its second International
Trade Fair in 1901. Like the first, a football competition, the Glasgow Exhibition Cup was also
included. Eight First Division sides were invited with all the matches taking
place over August and September at a specially constructed site at Gilmorehill. Situated at the back of the Kelvingrove Art
Gallery, other games at this temporary stadium included the 1901 Glasgow
Charity Cup and the Scottish Junior FA Cup final.
After Rangers won the 1901 Glasgow
Exhibition Cup, they insured the trophy for a massive 100 Pounds but hopes
that the competition would become an annual event were dashed a year later by
the Ibrox Disaster. To raise money for the victims, the trophy was put up for a
competition between the winners and runners up of the Scottish and English
Football Leagues. The British League Cup,
as it was called, was won by Celtic, and the trophy remains in their trophy
room to this day.
A four-club tournament, the Edinburgh
Exhibition Cup, was held in
conjunction with an Exhibition held in Edinburgh in 1908.
The Empire Exhibition Cup was
held in 1938 to coincide with the exhibition being held in Glasgow with all
matches bein played at Ibrox Park.
In the summer of 1951 the UK Government organised the Festival of Britain exhibition, and
like some of its predecessors football tournaments were also held. The two
competitions run by the Glasgow Corporation and Glasgow FA were named St Mungo
after the patron saint of the city. One, the St Mungo Quaich was for Second Division clubs while the St Mungo Cup tournament was for those
in the First Division. A provision was made though that all six Glasgow clubs
were entered into the Cup and as such both Clyde, relegated at the end of the
1950-51 season, and Queen's Park, who finished midway down the Second Division,
replaced Stirling Albion and Airdrieonians, both of whom were placed in the
Quaich while Forfar Athletic's whose place was taken
by Leith Athletic of the C Division. The trophy was originally awarded for a
yachting competition from 1894.
The Coronation Cup was
organised in 1953 celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth, featuring eight
of the top clubs in England and Scotland.
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Edinburgh International Exhibition Tournament 1886-87 multiple
winners Glasgow Exhibition Trophy 1888-89 Cowlairs Edinburgh Exhibition Contest 1890-91 multiple
winners |
Glasgow Exhibition Cup 1901-02 Rangers British League Cup 1901-02 Celtic Edinburgh Exhibition Cup 1908-09 Rangers Empire Exhibition Cup 1937-38 Celtic |
St Mungo Cup 1951
Celtic St Mungo Quaich 1951
Dumbarton Coronation Cup 1952-53 Celtic |
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1886-87 Edinburgh International
Exhibition Tournament 7 Oct Hibernian v 3rd Lanark RV 2-1 7 Oct Rangers v St Bernard's 4-1 8 Oct Renton v Heart of Midlothian 2-1 All matches
were played at the Exhibition Grounds |
1888-89 Glasgow
Exhibition Trophy First Round XXXXCeltic v Abercorn 4 Aug St Mirren v Dykebar 4-2 11 Aug Kilmarnock v
Kilbirnie 1-0
23 Aug St Mirren v
Albion Rovers 4-0
All matches
were played at the Exhibition Grounds at Gilmorehill,
Glasgow |
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1890-91 Edinburgh Exhibition Contest 6 Aug Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian 2-0 13 Aug Leith Athletic v St Bernards 3-1 20 Aug Dumbarton v Leith Athletic 3-1 27 Aug Queen's Park v Hibernian 9-0 30 Aug Third Lanark v Our Boys 2-1 15 Sep Heart of Midlothian v Nottingham Forest 1-0 18 Sep Kilmarnock v Wishaw Thistle 8-1 2 Oct Rangers v Sunderland Albion 3-0 All matches were played at the Recreation Ground |
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1901-02 Glasgow Exhibition Cup First Round 7
Aug Third Lanark v Morton 3-1 Wilson,
Cross, Johnston : Clarkston 13
Aug Rangers v St Mirren 8-1 Speedie, Hamilton 3XXXX: Campbell 21
Aug Celtic v Hibernian 1-0 Drummond 27
Aug Heart of Midlothian v Queen's Park 2-1 Hogg, Porteous : McColl (pen) XXXXatt 7000 Semi-final XSep Rangers v Third Lanark
4-1 'scrimmage', Smith, Hamilton, Neil
: McCoonnachie 5
Sep Celtic v Heart of Midlothian 2-1 Hodge,
Drummond : Walker att 8000 Final 9
Sep Rangers v Celtic 3-1 Hamilton 2,
Neil : Campbell Rangers:
Dickie, N Smith, Drummond, Stark, Neil, Gibson, McDougall, Wilkie, Hamilton, Speedie, A Smith Celtic:
McFarlane, Davidson, Battles, Moir, Marshall, Hynds, Hodge, Livingstone,
Campbell, Drummond, Quinn |
1901-02 British
League Cup First round
at Cathkin Park, Glasgow, att 12000 The Final had been delayed until 17 June to
coincide with the Coronation of Edward VII |
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1908-09 Edinburgh Exhibition Cup First round 5 Aug Rangers v St Bernards 1-0 att 8000 7 Aug Dundee v Queen's Park 3-1 att 10000 Final att 10000 12 Aug Rangers v Dundee 1-1 Rangers won on toss of a coin |
1937-38 Empire Exhibition Cup First round 25 May Celtic v Sunderland 0-0 aet 26 May Celtic v Sunderland 3-1 27 May Aberdeen v Chelsea 4-0 30 May Rangers v Everton 0-2 1 Jun Heart of Midlothian v Brentford 1-0 Semi-final 3 Jun Celtic v Heart of Midlothian 1-0 6 Jun Everton v Aberdeen 3-1 Final 10 Jun Celtic v Everton 1-0 All matches were played at Ibrox Park, Glasgow |
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1951 St Mungo Cup First round 14 Jul Aberdeen v Rangers 2-1 Yorston, Baird; Findlay (att 35,000) 14 Jul Celtic v Heart of Midlothian 2-1 McPhail, Walsh; Bauld (att
51,000) 14 Jul Dundee v Motherwell 3-4 Steel 2, Hill; Watson 2, Kelly, Humphries
(att 10,568) 14 Jul Hibernian v Third Lanark 3-1 Johnstone 2, Turnbull; Currie (att 22000) 14 Jul Queen of the South v East Fife 3-0 McKeown, Inglis, Oakes (att 9,261) 14 Jul Raith Rovers v Queen's Park 9-0 Penman 5, Bell og,
McEwan, McIntyre, Colville (att 9,000) 14 Jul St Mirren v Partick Thistle 2-1Stewart, Rice; Walker (att
17,000) 14 Jul Morton v Clyde 1-2 McVinish; Long, McPhail (att 10000) Second round all games
were played on Glasgow grounds 17 Jul Raith Rovers v Queen of the South 2-2 Penman, Young; Paterson, Inglis (at Celtic
Park, att 5,000) 18 Jul Raith Rovers v Queen of the South 2-0 Young, McEwan (at Celtic Park, att 6,000) 19 Jul Celtic v Clyde 4-4 Collins 2 (1 pen), Walsh, McPhail; Linwood 2, Ring, Robertson (at
Firhill Park, att 29,000) 20 Jul Celtic v Clyde 4-1 Fallon 2, Peacock, Walsh; Friel (at Firhill Park, att 29000) 21 Jul Aberdeen v St Mirren 4-2 Hamilton 2, Bogan, Baird; Burrell, Stewart
(at Hampden Park, att 15000) 21 Jul Hibernian v Motherwell 3-1 Turnbull pen, Souness,
Johnstone : Humphries (at Celtic Park, att23,000) Semi-final 25 Jul Aberdeen v Hibernian 1-1 Hamilton; Smith (at Celtic Park, att 27000) 28 Jul Aberdeen v Hibernian 2-1 Hamilton, Yorston; Turnbull (at Pittodrie
Stadium, att 28000) 28 Jul Celtic v Raith Rovers 3-1 Walsh 3; McGrory og
(at Hampden Park, att 47,763) Final at Hampden
Park, att 82264 1 Aug Celtic v Aberdeen 3-2 Fallon 2, Walsh : Yorston, Bogan Celtic: Hunter, Haughney, Rollo, Evans, Mallan, Baillie, Collins, Walsh, Fallon, Peacock,Tully Aberdeen: Martin; Emery, Shaw; Harris, Thompson,
Lowrie; Bogan, Yorston, Hamilton, Baird, Hather |
1951 St Mungo Quaich First round 25 Jul Arbroath
v Airdrieonians 2-6 Swan 2 : McGuran
4, McCulloch, Brown 25 Jul Ayr United v Cowdenbeath 1-0 aet Stockdale 25 Jul Dundee United v Alloa Athletic 3-1 Grant, McKay, Quinn : Young 25 Jul Dumbarton
v Kilmarnock 2-1 Finnie 2 : Hardie 25 Jul
Dunfermline Athletic v Albion
Rovers 4-5 McAuley, Smith, Maller,
Kirk : Orr 4, Muir pen 25 Jul
Hamilton Academical v Leith Athletic 6-1 Todd 3, McSeveney 2, Shearer : Landles 25 Jul St Johnstone v
Falkirk 3-2 aet Brydon, Armit, Buckley : Lennon, Plumb 25 Jul Stirling Albion
v Stenhousemuir 2-1 Silcock, Laird : J Allan Second round 28 Jul Airdrieonians v
Albion Rovers 4-2 W Brown, McGurn 2, Shields : Dickson, Carr 28 Jul Dundee United v
Hamilton Academical 1-2 Quinn : G Wilson, Taylor 28 Jul Ayr United v Stirling Albion
2-1 Japp 2 : Bain 28 Jul St Johnstone v
Dumbarton 2-5 Buckley, Peat : Beaton 3, Finnie, Shaw Semi-final 1 Aug Ayr United v
Hamilton Academical 3-3 aet Ayr won toss of a
coin Christie, Henderson, Crawford : Shearer, Rae 2 1 Aug Dumbarton
v Airdrieonians 2-1 Scott 2 : Shields 2 Final at Firhill Park,
Glasgow 6 Aug Dumbarton v Ayr United
2-1 aet Beaton, Finnie: Cryle Dumbarton: Paton, McNee,
Ferguson, Shaw, Whyte, Irwin, Frame, Scott, Beaton, Smith, Finnie Ayr: Round, Henderson, Pirrie,
Christie, McNeil, Nesbit, Japp, Crawford, Telford, Gallagher, Cryle |
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1952-53 Coronation Cup First round at Ibrox Park, att 40,000 11 May Hibernian v Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 aet Scorers: Hibernian-
Smith; Tottenham H- Walters. Hibernian: Younger, Govan, Paterson, Buchanan, Howie, Combe, Smith,
Johnstone, Reilly, Turnbull, Ormond Tottenham Hotspur: Reynolds, Baker, Nicholson, Marchi, King, Brittan,
Walters, Bennett, Duquemin, Bailly, McClellan Replay at Ibrox Park, 12,000 12 May Hibernian v Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Scorers: Hibernian- Reilly 2;
Tottenham- McClellan Hibernian: Younger; Govan; Paterson; Buchanan; Howie;
Combe; Smith; Johnstone; Reilly; Turnbull; Ormond Tottenham: Reynolds; Baker; Nicholson; Marchi; King;
Brittan; Walters; Bennett; Ducquemin; Baily;
McClellan at Hampden Park, att 58,000 11 May Celtic 1 Arsenal 0 Scorers: Celtic- Collins Celtic: Bonnar; Haughney; Rollo; Evans; Stein; McPhail;
Collins; Walsh; Mochan; Peacock; Tully Arsenal: Swindin; Wade;
Chennell; Forbes; Dodgin; Mercer; Roper; Goring; Holton; Lishman; Marden at Hampden Park, 75,000 13 May Manchester United v Rangers 2-1
Scorers: Rangers-
McMillan; Manchester U- Pearson, Rowley Rangers: Niven; Young; Little; Dunlop; Woodburn; Pryde;
Waddell; McMillan; Simpson; Prentice; Hubbard Manchester U: Crompton; Carey; Aston; Gibson; Chilton; Cockburn;Violett; Downie; Rowley; Pearson; Byrne at Ibrox Park, att 10,000 13 May Newcastle United v Aberdeen 4-0
Scorers: Newcastle U-
Milburn, White, Hannah, Young (own goal) Aberdeen: Martin; Mitchell; Shaw; Harris; Young; Allister;
Boyd; Hamilton; Buckley; Yorston; Hather Newcastle U: Simpson; Batty; Cowell; Harvey; Brennan;
Crowe; White; Mulgrew; Milburn; Hannah; Mitchell Semi-final at Hampden Park, att 73,546 16 May Celtic v Manchester United 2-1
Scorers: Celtic- Peacock,
Mochan: Manchester U- Rowley Celtic: Bonnar; Haughney; Rollo; Evans; Stein; McPhail;
Collins; Walsh; Mochan; Peacock; Tully Manchester U: Crompton; Carey; Aston; Gibson; Chilton; Cockburn;Violett; Downie; Rowley; Pearson; Byrne at Ibrox Park, att 50,000 16 May Hibernian v Newcastle United 4-0 Scorers: Hibernian-
Reilly 2, Turnbull, Johnstone Hibernian: Younger; Govan; Paterson; Buchanan; Howie;
Combe; Smith; Johnstone; Reilly; Turnbull: Ormond Newcastle U: Simpson; Cowell; Batty; Harvey; Brennan;
Crowe; White; Mulgrew; Milburn; Hannah; Mitchell Final at Hampden
Park, Glasgow, att107,000 20 May Celtic 2 Hibernian 2-0
Scorers: Celtic- Mochan, Walsh Celtic: Bonnar; Haughney; Rollo; Evans; Stein; McPhail;
Collins; Walsh; Mochan; Peacock; Fernie Hibernian: Younger; Govan; Paterson; Buchanan; Howie;
Combe; Smith; Johnstone; Reilly; Turnbull: Ormond Referee: H Phillips (Motherwell) |
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