1879 Scottish Cup final

1879 Scottish Cup final
Event1878–79 Scottish Cup
Vale of Leven Rangers
1 1
Date19 April 1879
VenueHampden Park, Crosshill
RefereeJ. Wallace (Beith)
Attendance6,000
Replay
Vale of Leven Rangers
– –
Rangers refused to play.
Vale of Leven awarded the cup.
Date26 April 1879
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The 1879 Scottish Cup final was the sixth final of the Scottish Cup and the final of the 1878–79 Scottish Cup, the most prestigious knockout football competition in Scotland. The match was played at Hampden Park in Crosshill (today part of Glasgow) on 19 April 1879 and was watched by a crowd of 6,000 spectators. The final was contested by the defending champions Vale of Leven and Rangers who had never won the cup.[1]

The match finished 1–1 and would have been replayed; however, Rangers objected to a disallowed goal in the original match and refused to play the replay and the cup was awarded to Vale of Leven.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Scottish Cup Matches". Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  2. ^ Brown, John (18 November 2015). "Blether with Brown: When Rangers refused to turn up for a replay". Evening Telegraph. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  3. ^ Football. | Scottish Football Association., The Glasgow Herald, 29 April 1879