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Trivia
- Glasgow International Exhibition Cup
- aka: the Glasgow Exhibition Trophy, the British League Cup, the Ibrox Disaster Trophy or the (first) Coronation Cup
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- Trophy competition organised by Rangers to provide funds for the victims’ relatives of the Ibrox Tragedy of 1902.
- Celtic won the final v Rangers 3-2. link
- Sunderland’s Ned Doig (1866-1919) was a Scottish goalkeeper who played for various teams north and south of the border, most notably Sunderland. He was also a Scottish internationalist.
Review
A surprisingly poor attendance of 4,000 turned up to see the English League champions Sunderland, including Scotland goalkeeper Ned Doig, in the semi-final of this tournament which can be called the Glasgow Exhibition Trophy, the British League Cup, the Ibrox Disaster Trophy or the (first) Coronation Cup.
It had been won by Rangers in 1901, but they put it up to raise funds for the Ibrox Disaster fund, and invited Sunderland, Everton and Celtic to take part.
This was however a great performance by Celtic whose fans were far from pleased with them following their feckless display in the Scottish Cup final the previous Saturday
Teams
Celtic:
Sunderland:
Referee: Mr T Robertson, Queen’s Park
Attendance: 4,000
Articles
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