1889 Scottish Cup final

1889 Scottish Cup final
Illustration from 'The Scottish Referee' newspaper
Event1888–89 Scottish Cup
Date2 February 1889
VenueHampden Park, Crosshill
RefereeCharles Campbell
Attendance18,000
WeatherSnow showers
Replay
Date9 February 1889
VenueHampden Park, Crosshill
RefereeCharles Campbell
Attendance16,000
WeatherFine
1888
1890

The 1889 Scottish Cup final, colloquially known as the Snow final,[1] was a football match played on 2 February 1889 at Hampden Park in Crosshill (today part of Glasgow) and was the final of the 16th staging of the Scottish Cup. Celtic and Third Lanark (then know officially as 3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers) contested the match.

Third Lanark won the match 3–0. Due to the poor conditions and the unplayable nature of the pitch through snow, the match was ordered to be replayed the following week on 9 February 1889, where Third Lanark won again with a 2–1 victory.

The match was Third Lanark's first Scottish Cup and in Celtic's inaugural season it was their first appearance in the Scottish Cup final.

  1. ^ "Third Lanark Athletic Club History". Third-Lanark.co.uk. 30 December 2011. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2011.