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Glasgow Football Association

Founded in 1883, the Glasgow Football Association, based in the city of Glasgow, Scotland and affiliated to the national Scottish Football Association, is one of the oldest such bodies in football. In the modern game its influence is limited, the remit being "to represent the interests of the senior football clubs in Glasgow". Those senior clubs competing across the divisions in the Scottish Professional Football League include the two largest and most successful in the country by some distance, Celtic and Rangers (collectively the Old Firm), as well as Partick Thistle, Queen's Park (the oldest football club in Scotland) and Clyde (who have not been based permanently in Glasgow since the 1980s); the three smaller clubs exist in the shadow of their dominant neighbours. A sixth team, Third Lanark, had a strong record until their sudden collapse in the mid 1960s.

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The association's most prominent role is the administration of the Glasgow Cup, a tournament for clubs in the city first contested in 1888, which was once a coveted prize but diminished in importance during the 20th century as national and continental football became more popular; from the 1990s it was contested between the member clubs' youth teams, with a 2020 revamp mixing senior teams from the smaller clubs and underage teams from Celtic and Rangers. In addition to the Glasgow Cup, the association aims to "encourage the involvement of local schools and the development of youth football through a variety of other programmes and events". [1] [2] The Glasgow FA looks after the city's senior clubs but not those in lower categories: for example, the West of Scotland Football League contains several Glasgow-based semi-professional clubs (most previously affiliated to the Scottish Junior Football Association, West Region), and the Greater Glasgow Premier AFL is just one of several leagues involving teams from the city under the Scottish Amateur Football Association umbrella.

History

The seven founders of the organisation at a meeting on 6 March 1883 (formed to compete with the older – 1877 – rival Edinburgh Association) [3] included three of the six senior clubs that would carry on membership into the mid 20th century: Rangers, Clyde and Queen's Park, plus Northern, Partick and Pollokshields Athletic. [4] By the end of 1883, thirteen clubs were members: the initial six plus Battlefield, Cowlairs, Luton, Partick Thistle, South-Western, Third Lanark and Thistle. [3] The obvious absentee from the list is Celtic, which was first conceived in 1887 and began playing the following year; in contrast, Clydesdale were one of the leading clubs who had provided players for Scotland in the 1870s but were defunct by the time of the association's founding.

The Glasgow representative team of 1880 Glasgow Select Team 1880.jpg
The Glasgow representative team of 1880

Glasgow had a representative team which took part in challenge matches against other associations, [5] most notably a series against the Sheffield Football Association which ran from 1874 to 1960, [6] [7] [8] and played an important role in the early development of football due to the contrasting styles, rules and innovations used in two cities that were home to some of the oldest institutions of the game, such as Queen's Park and Sheffield F.C. respectively. [9] The fixture fell out of favour in the late 1940s with new tournaments such as Scottish and English League Cups taking precedence, but was temporarily revived when floodlights were installed at more grounds to accommodate evening matches. [10]

Other matches were played by Glasgow against the London XI in the 1880s, [11] [12] [13] and against Edinburgh/East of Scotland for charity fundraising, particularly in the 1920s, [14] (a one-off match between them as part of the George VI coronation celebrations in 1937 drew 40,000 spectators to Hampden Park) [15] as well as occasional fixtures such as the last editions of the Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup against English clubs in the mid-1960s, [16] [17] and a one-off match against a Football League XI for the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II in 1977. [18] [19] [20]

The Scottish Football Association (SFA) handled the selection for matches that involved Glasgow before 1883, but the Glasgow Association inherited management of the team after its formation. [21]

Glasgow v Sheffield

Match list

Glasgow's score is given first in all cases.

#DateVenueAtt.ScoreGlasgow goalscorersRef.
114 March 1874 Bramall Lane (A)6,000 Frederick Anderson, Jerry Weir [7]
227 February 1875 Hamilton Crescent (H)10,000 D. McLeish, Willie Miller
319 February 1876Bramall Lane (A)6,000 Peter Andrews (2) [24]
410 February 1877 Hampden Park (I) (H) John Hunter [25]
59 February 1878Bramall Lane (A)10,000 Moses McNeil (2), Thomas Britten, Peter Campbell
615 February 1879Hampden Park (I) (H)10,000 James Richmond (2), Harry McNeil, George Ker [26]
714 February 1880 Sheaf House (A)4,000 Eadie Fraser [27]
812 February 1881Hampden Park (I) (H)5,000 J. Erskine, Eadie Fraser, George Ker [28]
911 February 1882Bramall Lane (A)12,000 A. Wylie [29] [30]
1017 February 1883Hampden Park (I) (H) John Kay (2), Woodville Gray, William Harrower
1116 February 1884Bramall Lane (A) John Smith, Alec Hamilton
1214 February 1885 Hampden Park (II) (H) Willie Turner (4), William Harrower (2), Davie Allan (2), Bob Christie [31] [32]
1323 January 1886Bramall Lane (A)2,000 D. McIntyre, William Tait
145 February 1887Hampden Park (II) (H)2,000 William Sellar (3), James Allan (3), John Marshall (2), John Lambie, Own goal [33]
1528 January 1888Bramall Lane (A)7,000 Billy Johnstone (2), Tom Robertson [34]
1619 January 1889Hampden Park (II) (H)5,000 Jimmy Oswald, John Buchanan (2), J. Britton, John Marshall (2), Willie Berry, James McLaren [35]
1711 January 1890Bramall Lane (A)5,000 Jimmy Hamilton, Thomas Wyllie (2) [36]
1810 January 1891Bramall Lane (A)10,000 Jake Madden, Alan Maxwell, John McPherson [37]
199 January 1892Hampden Park (II) (H)4,000 William Sellar (2), Sandy McMahon, John Harvey
2012 November 1892Bramall Lane (A)3,000 John Allan (2), scrimmage [38]
2111 November 1893 Olive Grove 5,000 Hugh McCreadie, Willie Paul [39]
227 December 1895 Cathkin Park (I) (H)3,000 William Lambie, John Proudfoot, Willie Paul
237 November 1896Bramall Lane (A)2,000 James Allison
246 November 1897Cathkin Park (I) (H)9,000none [40] [41]
2510 December 1898Bramall Lane (A)5,000 Alec Crawford
264 November 1899Hampden Park (II) (H)6,000 Thomas Bowie, Robert McColl (2), William Stewart
2729 October 1900Bramall Lane (A)4,000 John McPherson
2811 September 1901 Shawfield (H)4,000 Hughie Wilson [42]
2927 October 1902 Hillsborough (A)5,000 Finlay Speedie, Johnny Campbell
309 September 1903 Ibrox (H)3,000 Robert Hamilton, Hughie Wilson, Jimmy Quinn [43]
3124 October 1904Bramall Lane (A)6,000none [44]
3225 April 1906 Meadowside (H) Archie Kyle [45]
3315 October 1906Hillsborough (A)6,000 Jimmy McMenemy, Archie Kyle [46]
3418 March 1908Meadowside (H)5,000 Archie Kyle, Jimmy Speirs [47]
3519 October 1908Bramall Lane (A)6,000none [48]
3620 October 1909 Firhill (H)5,000none [49]
3715 October 1910Hillsborough (A)3,000 Alec Bennett, James Bowie [50]
3816 October 1911 Cathkin Park 6,000 Willie Reid [51]
3921 October 1912Bramall Lane (A)7,000 Andy McAtee [52]
4013 September 1913Ibrox (H)8,000 Willie Reid, Jimmy Galt, Patsy Gallacher [53]
4126 October 1914Hillsborough (A)6,000 Willie Reid [54]
4214 September 1920Firhill (H)7,000 Andy Fyfe (3), Adam McLean
4312 September 1921Bramall Lane (A)25,000 [55] Jimmy Kinloch [56]
4419 September 1922Firhill (H)6,000 Adam McLean, Jimmy Kinloch, James McAlpine, Harry Rae, Alec Reid [57]
4510 September 1923Hillsborough (A)10,000 Jimmy Kinloch, Tommy McInally [58]
469 September 1924 Hampden Park (H)14,000 Tommy McInally (3), Robert Gillespie, Patsy Gallacher [59]
[60]
4714 September 1925Bramall Lane (A)18,000 Bobby McKay [61]
4821 September 1926Firhill (H)6,000 Bill Johnstone (2) [62]
4919 September 1927Hillsborough (A)12,000 Jimmy Simpson
5018 September 1928Hampden Park (H)13,000 Stewart Chalmers (2), Davie Ness, James McAlpine, Jimmy Fleming [63]
 [64] 
5116 September 1929Bramall Lane (A)none [65]
5222 September 1930Hampden Park (H)8,000 John Simpson (2), George Brown, James Crawford [66]
5314 September 1931Hillsborough (A)10,000 Jim Murray, John Torbet [67]
542 November 1932Ibrox (H)6,000 Own goal, [68] Neil Dewar (3) [69]
5523 October 1933Bramall Lane (A) Billy Boyd, Johnny McKenzie (2), Hugh O'Donnell [70]
567 November 1934Firhill (H)8,000 James Crawford, Alex Venters [71]
5723 September 1935Hillsborough (A) George Hay [72]
584 November 1936Hampden Park (H)7,800 Alex McSpadyen
5920 September 1937 Belle Vue (Doncaster) (A)7,971 Edwin Watson (2) [73]
6019 September 1938Ibrox (H)2,000 Tom Robertson [74]
[75]
6124 October 1949Bramall Lane (A)22,500 Jimmy Walker (2)
6210 November 1954Shawfield (H)20,000 Bert Cromar, Tommy Ring, Charlie Tully, Jimmy Ward [76]
6316 November 1955Hillsborough (A)23,032 Bert McCann, Bobby Collins
6414 November 1956Shawfield (H)13,000 Tommy Ring, Bobby Craig
6520 November 1957Bramall Lane (A)10,986none
6619 November 1958Firhill (H)22,000 [77] Ian McMillan, Davie McParland, John Coyle, Matt Gray [78]
6711 November 1959Hillsborough (A) Matt Gray [79]
6816 November 1960 Celtic Park (H)7,000 Matt Gray, Davie McParland, George Smith (2), Alex Harley [8]

Glasgow v London

Match list

Glasgow's score is given first in all cases.

#DateVenueAtt.ScoreGlasgow goalscorersRef.
120 January 1883 Hampden Park (I) (H)5,000 John Kay, Frank Shaw, William Harrower, W. Pringle [81]
215 December 1883 Kennington Oval (A)3,500 Woodville Gray (2) [82]
320 December 1884 Hampden Park (II) (H)5,000 William Anderson (2), William Sellar, John Marshall, William Harrower, Charles Campbell [83]
45 December 1885Kennington Oval (A)2,000 William Sellar (2), G. Miller (2), J. Brown [84]
527 November 1886Hampden Park (II) (H)4,000 Charles Heggie, John Marshall [85]
63 March 1888Kennington Oval (A)none [12]
723 March 1889Hampden Park (II) (H)2,000 John McPherson, James McPherson, George Hector (2), Willie Paul [13] [86]
825 January 1890Kennington Oval (A) Billy Johnstone, Willie Paul, Thomas Wyllie [87]

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