The Empire Exhibition Trophy was a football competition held in 1938 in conjunction with the

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. It was held to commemorate the Exhibition, then underway in Bellahouston Park, and the prize was a solid silver model of the

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. Four teams from Scotland and four from England contested the straight knock out competition. Brentford took the place of fellow London club Arsenal, who elected to withdraw. Celtic defeated Everton 1–0 in the final, on 10 June 1938, with a goal from

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. The final was watched by a crowd of over 82,000 at

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. This tournament, like the later

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, was held in very high regard at the time as it gave teams the opportunity to test themselves against teams from other leagues in the days before European football.

Entrants

Quarter-Finals

* Celtic 0 – 0 (

a.e.t. Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played only ...

) Sunderland *

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4 – 1

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* Everton 2 – 0 Rangers * Hearts 1 – 0 Brentford Replay * Celtic 3 – 1 (

) Sunderland

Semi-Finals

Final

Teams

References