1898–99 Scottish Cup

1898–99 Scottish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Defending champions	Rangers
Final positions
Champions	Celtic
Runners-up	Rangers

The 1898–99 Scottish Cup was the 26th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The cup was won by Celtic when they beat holders Rangers 2–0 in the final at the second Hampden Park to claim victory in the competition for the second time.

Calendar

Round	First match date	Fixtures	Clubs
First round	14 January 1899	16	32 → 16
Second round	11 February 1899	8	16 → 8
Quarter-finals	18 February 1899	4	8 → 4
Semi-finals	11 March 1899	2	4 → 2
Final	22 April 1899	1	2 → 1

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Airdrieonians	3 – 3	Arbroath
Ayr Parkhouse	3 – 1	Dundee
Clyde	3 – 0	Wishaw Thistle
East Stirlingshire	4 – 1	Dumbarton
Bo'ness	3 – 3	St Bernard's
Hibernian	2 – 1	Royal Albert
Forfar Athletic	4 – 5	West Calder
Greenock Morton	3 – 1	Annbank
Orion	0 – 2	Kilmarnock
Partick Thistle	5 – 0	Irvine
Port Glasgow Athletic	3 – 2	Renton
Queen's Park	4 – 0	Kilsyth Wanderers
Rangers	4 – 1	Heart of Midlothian
6th GRV	1 – 8	Celtic
St Mirren	7 – 1	Leith Athletic
Third Lanark	4 – 1	Arthurlie

First round replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Arbroath	3 – 2	Airdrieonians
St Bernard's	4 – 2	Bo'ness

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Ayr Parkhouse	1 – 4	Rangers
Celtic	3 – 0	St Bernard's
Clyde	3 – 1	Arbroath
East Stirlingshire	1 – 1	Kilmarnock
Partick Thistle	2 – 2	Greenock Morton
Port Glasgow Athletic	3 – 1	West Calder
Queen's Park	5 – 1	Hibernian
St Mirren	2 – 1	Third Lanark

Second round replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Kilmarnock	0 – 0	East Stirlingshire
Greenock Morton	1 – 2	Partick Thistle

Second round second replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Kilmarnock	4 – 2	East Stirlingshire

Quarter-final

Home team	Score	Away team
Kilmarnock	1 – 2	St Mirren
Queen's Park	2 – 4	Celtic *
Port Glasgow Athletic	7 – 3	Partick Thistle
Rangers	4 – 0	Clyde

Game Abandoned

Quarter-final replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Celtic	2 – 1	Queen's Park

Semi-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Celtic	4 – 2	Port Glasgow Athletic
St Mirren	1 – 2	Rangers

Final

22 April 1899

Celtic	2 – 0	Rangers
Hodge McMahon

[2nd] Hampden Park

Attendance: 25,000^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Teams


Celtic:
GK		Dan McArthur
RB		James Welford
LB		David Storrier
RH		Barney Battles
CH		Harry Marshall
LH		Alex King
OR		Johnny Hodge
IR		John Campbell
CF		John Divers
IL		Sandy McMahon
OL		Jack Bell


Rangers:
GK		Matthew Dickie
RB		Nicol Smith
LB		Davie Crawford
RH		Neilly Gibson
CH		Bobby Neil
LH		David Mitchell
OR		John Campbell
IR		John McPherson
CF		Robert Hamilton
IL		Jimmy Millar
OL		Alec Smith

References

^ Scottish Cup Final 1899 [Celtic team], FitbaStats
^ Scottish Cup Final 1899 [Rangers team], FitbaStats
^ Scottish Cup–Final Tie., The Glasgow Herald, 24 April 1899
^ Football. Scottish Cup Final., London Morning Post, 24 April 1899, via The Celtic Wiki

External links

Season 1898-99 Celtic [results list, including Qualifying Cup], The Beautiful Dribbling Game
Scottish Cup 1898/99, RSSSF

[1] Scottish Cup Final 1899 [Celtic team], FitbaStats

[2] Scottish Cup Final 1899 [Rangers team], FitbaStats

[3] Scottish Cup–Final Tie., The Glasgow Herald, 24 April 1899

[4] Football. Scottish Cup Final., London Morning Post, 24 April 1899, via The Celtic Wiki

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Scottish Cup
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List of finals Winning managers Scottish Qualifying Cup

1898–99 in European football
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Domestic cups	England Ireland Netherlands Wales

1898–99 in Scottish football
« 1897–98 1899–1900 »
Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
Domestic cups	(Final) Junior Cup
Related to national team	Results British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Celtic Clyde Dundee Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Partick Thistle Rangers St Bernard's St. Mirren Third Lanark
Division Two	Abercorn Airdrieonians Ayr Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock Leith Athletic Linthouse Morton Motherwell Port Glasgow Athletic
Other teams	Dumbarton Queen's Park