1874 Scottish Cup final

1874 Scottish Cup final
Event1873–74 Scottish Cup
Queen's Park Clydesdale
2 0
Date21 March 1874 (1874-03-21)
VenueHampden Park, Crosshill
RefereeJames McIntyre (Eastern)
Attendance2,500
WeatherWindy
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The 1874 Scottish Cup final was the inaugural final of the Scottish Cup and the final of the 1873–74 Scottish Cup, the most prestigious knockout football competition in Scotland. The match took place at Hampden Park on 21 March 1874 and was contested by Queen's Park and Clydesdale.[1]

Queen's Park won the match 2–0 with goals from Billy MacKinnon and Robert Leckie.[2] Subscription fees from 15 of these clubs were used to pay for the Scottish Cup trophy which the teams would compete for. The trophy is the oldest in association football and is also the oldest national trophy in the world.[3]

  1. ^ "Scottish Cup Matches". Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  2. ^ Potter, David; Jones, Phil H. (2016). The History of the Scottish Cup: The Story of Every Season 1873–2016. Worthing: Pitch Publishing. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-1-78531-214-4.
  3. ^ Scottish F.A. Cup 1873–2017: The Complete Results. Cleethorpes: Soccer Books. 2017. pp. 2–3. ISBN 978-1-86223-366-9.