| Sport | Football |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1877 |
| Ceased | 1966 |
| No. of teams | various from Glasgow few from elsewhere in Scotland few from England |
| Country |  Scotland England (from 1962 to 1966) |
| Last champion(s) | Glasgow Select (3rd title) |
| Most titles | Rangers (32 titles) |
The Glasgow Merchants' Charity Cup was a knockout football tournament open to teams from in and around Glasgow and later on in the tournament's history, teams from outwith Glasgow.[2][3] 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, it was dominated by the Old Firm of Rangers and Celtic, with 31 and 28 victories each respectively.[4] 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.
- ^ Renton FC Photos 1880’s - The Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup, The Vale of Leven
- ^ The Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup, Forrest H. C. Robertson, Association of Football Statisticians magazine #27 (page 19), November 1982 (via Scottish League forum)
- ^ Chapter XX.—Queen's Park and Glasgow Charity cup, History of the Queen's Park Football Club 1867 - 1917, Richard Robinson (1920), via Electric Scotland
- ^ The Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup, Forrest H. C. Robertson, Association of Football Statisticians magazine #27 (page 20/21), November 1982 (via Scottish League forum)