1879 Scottish Cup final

March 2017 March 2017 1879 Scottish Cup final 1878–79 Scottish Cup Vale of Leven 1 Rangers 1 19 April 1879 Hampden Park Crosshill J. Wallace (Beith) 6,000 Replay Vale of Leven – Rangers – 26 April 1879 Rangers refused to play.Vale of Leven awarded the cup. 1878 1880 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.https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish-cup-matches/?mid=91681 Scottish Cup Matches Scottish Football Association 6 January 2019 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.https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/2015/11/18/blether-with-brown-when-rangers-refused-to-turn-up-for-a-replay/ Blether with Brown: When Rangers refused to turn up for a replay Evening Telegraph 18 November 2015 6 January 2019 John BrownFootball. Scottish Football Association., The Glasgow Herald, 29 April 1879 Background Two-time defending champions Vale of Leven reached the final for the third time and had lifted the trophy in both their previous appearances in 1876 and 1877. A third triumph would equal both Queen's Park's records at the time for most Scottish Cup wins and most consecutive Scottish Cup wins. The match marked the third time Vale of Leven and Rangers would contest a Scottish Cup tie. Vale won both previous meetings but had required replays to do so, although they would win the trophy on both occasions. They defeated Rangers 3–2 after a second replay in the 1877 final and advanced from a fourth round replay with a 5–0 win in 1877–78.http://fitbastats.com/valeofleven/game.php?gameid=80438 Vale of Leven 5 - 0 Rangers, Scottish Cup (15/12/1877) Fitbastats.com 31 March 2019 Route to the final 1878–79 Scottish Cup Both teams progressed through six previous rounds to reach the final. Vale of Leven RoundOppositionScoreFirst roundAlclutha6–0Second roundRenton Thistle11–0Third roundJamestown15–0Fourth roundGovan11–1Fifth roundBeith6–1Quarter-finalDumbarton3–1Semi-finalHelensburgh3–0 Rangers RoundOppositionScoreFirst roundShaftesbury3–0Second roundWhitefield6–1Third roundParkgrove8–2Fourth roundAlexandra Athletic3–0Fifth roundPartick4–0Quarter-finalQueen's Park1–0Semi-finalbye Match details Original Report Just before the match started, there was drama as the wooden pavilion was so overburdened with spectators that it collapsed, burying several boys, with one severely hurt. Rangers kicked off with the advantage of a "stiffish breeze" behind, and had all the early pressure, twice skimming the bar in the early exchanges. The Vale's first chance came after about ten minutes, ending with a wide shot, and Rangers took the ball from the goal kick up the field "with scarcely a break", ending with Struthers scoring after "a short but brilliant piece of dribbling". Struthers claimed a second goal after he nodded home a Dunlop lob which Parlane had mishandled, but he was ruled offside. With the wind against Rangers in the second half, McDougall pulled one of the forwards out of the front line to strengthen the backs. Vale only really started to perform to its capabilities in the last 20 minutes, also having a "goal" disallowed as a McIntyre free-kick from 20 yards out was sent between the posts without anyone touching the ball (as required under the laws then), and J. C. Baird struck the Light Blues' bar soon afterwards, but Rangers tended to have most of the possession - albeit ruining chances to score by relying on long shots rather than working the ball closer. Rangers paid the penalty with three minutes remaining as Vale, playing "with something akin to desperation", equalized; McDougall extricated the ball from a scrimmage a few yards from goal, passed to Ferguson, who dribbled past Drinnan, and sent a low shot just inside the left-hand post.Association Challenge Cup final tie North British Daily Mail 21 April 1879 7Vale of Leven v Rangers Glasgow Herald 21 April 1879 9 19 April 1879 15:00 Vale of Leven 1–1 Rangers Ferguson 87 Struthers 12 Hampden Park, Crosshill 6,000 J. Wallace (Beith) https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish-cup-matches/?mid=91681 VALE OF LEVEN:GK Robert ParlaneFB Alex McLintockFB Andrew McIntyreHB James McIntyreHB John McPhersonFW Johnny McFarlaneFW John FergusonFW James BairdFW Peter McGregorFW John Campbell BairdFW John McDougall (c)Rangers:GK George GillespieFB Alex VallanceFB Tom Vallance (c)HB James DrinnanHB Hugh McIntyreFW David HillFW William DunlopFW Archie SteelFW Willie StruthersFW Peter CampbellFW Moses McNeil Replay Protest Before leaving the pitch in the original game, Rangers lodged a protest in respect of Struthers' disallowed goal. The Scottish FA Committee considered the protest on 21 April, and ruled that, "as the point was one connected with the play", it was a matter for the officials, and it could not therefore interfere. The Scottish FA therefore arranged the replay for 26 April, with provision for an extra half-an-hour if necessary.Vale of Leven v Rangers Football Match Glasgow Evening Times 22 April 1879 2 The Vale duly turned up at Hampden, but found no opponent present,The Football Association final Cup tie Glasgow Evening Citizen 28 April 1879 2 as Rangers had asked - unsuccessfully - to have the appeal heard by the full association, rather than simply the committee.Scottish Football Association Annual Meeting North British Daily Mail 30 April 1879 2 The referee and umpires declared Vale had duly won the Cup.Scottish Association Challenge Cup Dundee Courier 29 April 1879 6 26 April 1879 Vale of Leven w/o Rangers Appeal As the Scottish FA's annual meeting was to take place on the following Tuesday, Rangers raised the matter afresh. Thoams Vallance, representing Rangers as club captain, claimed that the umpires had misidentified Struthers for another player who had not played the ball, and James Watt of Rangers questioned apparent bias from the officials, who had warned the Vale when time was approaching, as well as an assumption that the replay would not take place as Queen's Park had arranged a match with Glasgow University at the same time. The meeting chairman, Colquhoun of Lennox, who was one of the umpires,Football Cup tie North British Daily Mail 2 May 1879 2 had to scotch rumours that he had money on the game, and that, unlike a Vale protest the previous year, the Rangers protest was on fact, not the laws of the game.Scottish Football Association Glasgow Evening Post 30 April 1879 4 The repercussions rumbled on, with a call for a public subscription to give Rangers a trophy,Football - Final Cup tie North British Daily Mail 30 April 1879 2 or for the Vale to relinquish its title voluntarily and play afresh.Football - Final Cup tie North British Daily Mail 1 May 1879 6 However the Vale had its name engraved on the trophy within a week.Football Cup North British Daily Mail 3 May 1879 4 Glasgow Charity Cup Rangers however did not have to wait long for revenge and a genuine cup of its own - the two clubs met in the final of the Glasgow Charity Cup on 20 May 1879, again at Hampden, and, although McDougall headed the Vale into the lead after just two minutes, Rangers fought back with goals from Struthers and a controversial goal awarded after Parlane mishandled a Struthers shot against the post, and the umpires ruled it had gone behind the line before being smuggled out of goal; the decision saw the Vale players "excitedly gathered around the umpires after the decision was given, and seemed anxious to make them reconsider". In the final minute, Parlane, who had advanced upfield, was charged by a considerably lighter Rangers forward, and Parlane took enough exception to this to kick his prostrate opponent, causing a brief pitch invasion. Despite the brouhaha, the teams dined together that evening at the Athole Arms hotel.The Charity Football Match North British Daily Mail 21 May 1879 5Glasgow Charity Cup Glasgow Evening Post 21 May 1879 4 Perhaps inevitably, the Vale protested against the second goal, and the protest was dismissed.Scottish Football Association - Final Charity Match North British Daily Mail 12 June 1879 5 In effect honour was satisfied; Rangers had proved its point by beating the Vale for the first time, both teams had a trophy, and the Scottish FA had proved its neutrality by deciding both protests on the same grounds. References External links London Hearts Scottish Football Reports 19 April 1879 Scottish Football Archive 1878–79 Association football Scotland Category:Scottish Cup finals Scottish Cup Final 1879 Scottish Cup Final 1879 Final Category:1870s in Glasgow Category:Govanhill and Crosshill Category:April 1879 in the United Kingdom Category:Cancelled association football competitions