The Glasgow Dental Hospital Cup was a one-off

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tournament held in

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, Scotland over several dates in November and December 1928 with the purpose of raising funds for the

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which had a new building under construction in the city centre.Glasgow Dental Cup
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The tournament was played between the city's six senior clubs:

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, Queen's Park, Rangers and

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. It involved a first round with two

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, two semi-finals and a final – the same arrangement as the annual

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and

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tournaments which were staged between the same teams near the start and at the end of each season respectively. All six teams were also among the 20 participants in

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and would play each other twice more in that competition (the only slight novelty being that Third Lanark had just gained promotion back to the top tier) so there was little in the Dental Hospital Cup's format to generate public interest and poor attendances were recorded, not helped by the fact the fixtures were fitted into the calendar wherever they could, resulting in midweek matches in winter time. The one potential fixture which would have drawn a bigger crowd, Rangers versus Celtic, never materialised, as Partick Thistle beat both the

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teams to claim the cup. With a trophy and medals at stake,Medal in nine carat gold, the reverse inscribed Glasgow Dental Hospital Cup, Won By Partick Thistle FC, 11th December 1928, Stewart Calderwood
The Saleroom the final between Rangers and Partick was reported as being more keenly contested and with a better standard of play than the earlier matches. A total of £819 (equivalent to around £50,000 90 years later) was raised for the hospital.

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First round Semi-finals Final

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