Scottish Cup Final
10th April 1926
Hampden Park, Glasgow
St. Mirren 2-0 Celtic
McCRAE 3
HOWIESON 25
ATT: 98,620
Referee:
- In-form Saints make no mistake in their 2nd Cup Final appearance, and beat Celtic to take the trophy to Paisley for the first ever time.
- The prolific Davie McCrae gets Saints off to the perfect start when he rose above Shelvin in goal for Celtic to bullet a Jamie Thomson corner home after only a couple of minutes.
- Saints doubled their lead just over 20 minutes later, when McCrae’s through pass was poked home by Jimmy Howieson following a scramble.
- Captain Jock Bradford then kept Celtic at bay with a number of important saves, helped by one of the finest Saints full and half back line ups in the history of the club.
- The official attendance of 98,620 was for paying customers only, and a record itself, but with complimentary tickets included the actual crowd was the first to ever exceed 100,000 in Scotland.
| SAINTS | No | CELTIC |
|---|---|---|
| Jock Bradford | 1 | Peter Shevlin |
| Andrew Findlay | 2 | Willie McStay |
| Willie Newbiggin | 3 | Hugh Hilley |
| Tom Morrison | 4 | Peter Wilson |
| Willie Summers | 5 | Jimmy McStay |
| William McDonald | 6 | John McFarlane |
| Mattha Morgan | 7 | Paddy Connolly |
| Allan Gebbie | 8 | Alec Thomson |
| David McCrae | 9 | Jimmy McGrory |
| Jimmy Howieson | 10 | Tommy McInally |
| Jamie Thomson | 11 | Willie Leitch |
The 1926 winning team with officials: Back Row, L to R; Thomas Hart, George Riddell, Thomas Craig (all directors) and John Cochrane (manager and club secretary).
Middle row: WF Walker (director), Tom Morrison, Andrew Findlay, Jock Bradford (C), Willie Newbiggin, Willie McDonald and Andy Reid (Trainer)
Front Row: Mattha Morgan, Alan Gebbie, Davie McCrae, JR Hall (Chairman), Willie Summers, Jimmy Howieson and Jamie Thomson
The winners medal of JR Hall, club chairman
Saints captain Jock Bradford punches clear ahead of Willie Summers, with Celtic’s Jimmy McGrory challenging. Andrew Findlay is guarding the net with Tom Morrison in the background.
Fans queue to get into the ground. The match was a Scottish record attendance at the time.