1899-05-27: Celtic 2-0 Rangers, Glasgow Charity Cup

Match Pictures | Matches: 18981899 | 1899 Pictures

Trivia

  • Glasgow Charity Cup, Final, at Ibrox Park

  • This season, Rangers won the league without dropping a point (just 18 games in the league at that time).
  • Celtic had defeated Rangers 2-0 in the Scottish Cup final only just recently, and so this was a cup double for Celtic.

Review

Teams

Celtic (2-3-5):
Dan McArthur, James Welford, Robert Davidson, Barney Battles, David Russell, Willie Orr, John Hodge, Peter Somers, John Divers, Alex “Sandy” McMahon, Patrick Gilhooley.
Goals: 1-0 McMahon, 2-0 Somers.

Glasgow Rangers (2-3-5):
Matt Dickie, Nicol Smith, Jock Drummond, Neil Gibson, Robert Neill, David Mitchell, John Campbell, John McPherson, Robert Hamilton, James Miller, Alex Smith.

Celtic – Glasgow Rangers 2-0 (HT: 1-0).
Attendance: 20,000.
Referee: Mr. Tom Robertson (Queen’s Park).

Articles

  • Match Report (see end of page below)

Pictures

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