knockout
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football
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tournament open to teams from in and around
Glasgow
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and later on in the tournament's history, teams from outwith Glasgow. Invitations were made and sent out by the Glasgow Charity Cup Committee (GCCC) at their discretion, but no criteria were ever published.
Like many domestic competitions in
Scottish football
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, it was dominated by the
Old Firm
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Celtic
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, with 31 and 28 victories each respectively. In the latter years of the tournament, it ceased being a knockout tournament and became a one-off contest between a Glasgow Select and a team invited from the English League.
Clubs
The early years of the tournament featured teams from outside
Glasgow
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. The committee often invited teams based on name and popularity.THE GLASGOW CHARITY CUP ''
Dundee Courier
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'' 25 March 1888. Retrieved 9 September 2021. (via)
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.
Half of the eight-team draw for the 1887–88 tournament included Hibernian,
Dumbarton
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Dumbarton was the ca ...
Vale of Leven
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. All four clubs were former
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,
Charity
After Renton were presented with the trophy by the
Lord Provost of Glasgow
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in 1886, it was revealed a total of £5620 had been raised for local charities since the tournament had been instituted (equivalent to almost £750,000 in 2021 rates). An academic study in 2008 calculated that during its 90-year existence the competition raised funds to the value of £11 million.'Remembering us year after year’: the Glasgow Charity Cup 1876-1966 Wray Vamplew,
University of Stirling
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, 2008
A portion of the proceeds from 1887–88 went
Edinburgh
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and
Dumbartonshire
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charities, as teams from these areas competed for the cup too.
Finals
Performance by club
Notes
See also
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Rosebery Charity Cup
The Rosebery Charity Cup was a football competition organised for senior clubs from the East of Scotland.
History
The tournament was organised by and named for an early patron of Scottish football Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery and ...