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 (acknowledged as the leading clubs in the country) were invited to the tournament,[1] and matches were played at a specially built site at Gilmorehill, located adjacent to the University of Glasgow and near to the Kelvingrove Art Gallery where the main part of the exhibition was being held. Played across August and early September 1901, Rangers won the competition, defeating Celtic in the final[1] – a cup and gold medals were awarded to the winning team.[3]

The following year the 1902 Ibrox disaster occurred, and Rangers organised a tournament with its proceeds going 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."[4]

Matches

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Aggregate Team 2
Third Lanark3–1Morton
Rangers8–1St Mirren
Celtic1–0Hibernian
Heart of Midlothian2–1Queen's Park

Semi-finals

Team 1 Aggregate Team 2
Rangers4–1Third Lanark
Celtic2–1Heart of Midlothian

Final

Rangers3–1Celtic
 Report Campbell 9'
Exhibition Stadium, University of Glasgow, Glasgow
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: T. Robertson

Teams

Rangers:
GKMatthew Dickie
RBNicol Smith
LBJock Drummond
RHJames Stark
CHBobby Neil
LHNeilly Gibson
ORDavid McDougall
IRJames Wilkie
CFRobert Hamilton
ILFinlay Speedie
OLAlex Smith
Celtic:
GKRab Macfarlane
RBBob Davidson
LBBarney Battles
RHJimmy Moir
CHHenry Marshall
LHTommy Hynds
ORJohnny Hodge
IRGeorge Livingstone
CFJohnny Campbell
ILJimmy Drummond
OLJimmy Quinn

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Glasgow Exhibition Cup". Scottish Football Historical Archive (archived version, 2018). Archived from the original on 13 October 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  2. ↑ "International Exhibition, 1901". The Glasgow Story. 20 October 2009. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  3. ↑ A Glasgow International Exhibition Cup Gold Medal 1901, awarded to Neil Gilson of Rangers F.C., The Saleroom, 13 March 2020
  4. ↑ "The Glasgow Exhibition Cup (1901/1902)". 25thMay1967. 20 October 2009. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  5. ↑ On This Day: Sep 9 (archived version, 2016), Robert Boyle, Rangers FC, 9 September 2014
  6. ↑ Football. | Celtic v Rangers (Exhibition Trophy Final Tie), The Glasgow Herald, 10 September 1901


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