1907/08

18/04/1908 – Celtic (N)

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Scottish Cup Final
18th April 1908
Hampden Park, Glasgow

Celtic 5-1 St. Mirren

Bennett 10
Quinn 36
Bennett 48
CUNNINGHAM 53
Hamilton 61
Somers 85

ATT: 58,000

Referee: J. Ferguson

  • Saints first ever Scottish Cup final, reached at the 27th attempt, ends in a heavy defeat to league champions, Celtic.
  • James Cunningham becomes the first Saints player to score in a national cup final, but it’s scant consolation at 3-0 down, and Celtic would add another 2 before full-time to complete a disappointing afternoon for the club.
  • The Paisley Express and Glasgow Herald reported thousands of buddies made the trip to Glasgow by train and brake car (supporters traveling by horse and carriage), as well as the more recent invention of automobile.
  • The club initially only commissioned 11 medals, which were given to players that appeared in the final AND were retained by the club for the following season, meaning Andrew Anderson and Dan Gordon never received one.
  • The club eventually paid for a further 4 medals, however gave them to Mr Laidlaw, a linesman for the day, as well as players James Wilson and Tom Milne who missed the final, and manager John McCartney!

CelticNoSaints
Davey Adams1James Grant
Alec McNair2Dan Gordon
Jimmy Weir3David White
James Young4William Key
Willie Loney5Robert Robertson
Jimmy Hay6Michael McAvoy
Alec Bennett7Harry Clements
Jimmy McMenemy8James Cunningham
Jimmy Quinn9David Wyllie
Peter Somers10Tom Paton
Davie Hamilton11Andrew Anderson

Left, James Cunningham and right, a press ticket for the 1908 Cup Final (Getty Images)

1907/08

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DATEOPPOSITIONATTH/ACOMPSCOREOSCORERS
15/08/1907Motherwell AD13-2WMcAvoy, T. Paton, Cunningham
17/08/1907Third Lanark8,000AD12-1WA. Anderson (2)
20/08/1907JOHNSTONE HRCP2-3LCunningham, A. Anderson
24/08/1907AIRDRIE6,000HD13-1WA. Anderson, McAvoy (pen), T. Paton
31/08/1907Hamilton Acc AD11-1DA. Anderson
07/09/1907PARTICK THIS HD12-2DA. Anderson, Milne
14/09/1907Aberdeen AD13-1WT. Paton (2), Cunningham
21/09/1907HEARTS8,000HD13-1WMilne (2), Cunningham
28/09/1907Port Glasgow5,000AD12-1WA. Anderson, Milne
05/10/1907QUEEN’S PARK9,000HD12-0WA. Anderson, Milne
12/10/1907MOTHERWELL11,000HD12-1WMilne (2)
19/10/1907HAMILTON ACC4,000HD12-2DClements, A. Anderson
26/10/1907Dundee14,000AD10-6L 
02/11/1907CLYDE HD11-1DA. Anderson
09/11/1907Rangers14,000AD12-2DWilson, Clements
16/11/1907MORTON HD12-1WWilson (2)
23/11/1907Airdrie AD10-3L 
30/11/1907ABERDEEN HD10-3L 
07/12/1907Celtic8,000AD10-4L 
14/12/1907PORT GLASGOW3,000HD11-3LMcAlpine
21/12/1907Falkirk AD12-5LA. Anderson, Jackson (pen)
28/12/1907HIBERNIAN HD10-1L 
01/01/1908Kilmarnock6,000AD12-2DBuchanan, Clements
11/01/1908Hearts5,000AD11-0WJ. Paton
18/01/1908KILMARNOCK9,000HD10-0D 
25/01/1908THIRD LANARK9,000HSC13-1WA. Anderson (2), Wylie
01/02/1908Clyde3,000AD14-1WA. Anderson (2), Cunningham, Wylie
08/02/1908Motherwell12,500ASC22-2DWylie, Clements
15/02/1908MOTHERWELL14,000HSC2/R2-0WMilne, Wylie
22/02/1908HEARTS^ HSCQF1-0a–Cunningham
29/02/1908Morton4,000AD11-1DClements
07/03/1908Queen’s Park10,000AD10-2L 
14/03/1908THIRD LANARK6,000HD11-2LWylie
21/03/1908HEARTS15,000HSCQF3-1WT. Paton, Wylie, A. Anderson
28/03/1908Kilmarnock15,000ASCSF0-0D 
04/04/1908FALKIRK6,000HD13-2WMcAlpine, J. Paton (2)
11/04/1908KILMARNOCK20,000HSCSF/R2-0WWylie (2)
13/04/1908RANGERS HD10-2L 
18/04/1908Celtic58,000N*SCF1-5LCunningham
25/04/1908Partick This1,000AD12-1WMilne, J. Paton (Pen)
27/04/1908Hibernian AD11-2LJ. Paton
28/04/1908DUNDEE HD10-0D 
30/04/1908CELTIC HD12-2DWylie, Cunningham
^Abandoned after 82 minutes *Played at Hampden Park, Glasgow

PLAYERSD1GLSSCPGLSRCPGLSTOTAL APPTOTAL GLS
ANDERSON, Andrew271283113616
ANDERSON, William20––1030
BUCHANAN, George41––––41
CAMERON, Duncan10––––10
CLEMENTS, Harry3048110395
CROSSAN, William100––––100
CUNNINGHAM, James3358211428
GORDON, Daniel2507010330
GRANT, James3408010430
GRIEVE, John40––––40
JACKSON, Tom2011010221
KEY, William2808010370
LOCHHEAD, Matt30––––30
MCALPINE, Andrew42––––42
MCAVOY, Mick2728010362
MILNE, Tom24831––279
PATON, John75––––75
PATON, Tom2645110325
RIDDELL, Edward10––––10
ROBERTSON, Robert30080––380
WHITE, David12040––160
WILSON, Jimmy15340––193
WYLIE, David738610169

APPEARANCESSD1SCPRCPTOTAL
GRANT, James348143
CUNNINGHAM, James338142
CLEMENTS, Harry308139
ROBERTSON, Robert308–38
KEY, William288137
ANDERSON, Andrew278136
MCAVOY, Mick278136
GORDON, Daniel257133
PATON, Tom265132
MILNE, Tom243–27
JACKSON, Tom201122
WILSON, Jimmy154–19
WHITE, David124–16
WYLIE, David78116
CROSSAN, William10––10
PATON, John7––7
BUCHANAN, George4––4
GRIEVE, John4––4
MCALPINE, Andrew4––4
LOCHHEAD, Matt3––3
ANDERSON, William2–13
CAMERON, Duncan1––1
RIDDELL, Edward1––1

GOALSCORERSSD1SCPRCPTOTAL
ANDERSON, Andrew123116
WYLIE, David36–9
MILNE, Tom81–9
CUNNINGHAM, James5218
CLEMENTS, Harry41–5
PATON, Tom41–5
PATON, John5––5
WILSON, James3––3
MCAVOY, Mick2––2
MCALPINE, Andrew2––2
JACKSON, Tom1––1
BUCHANAN, George1––1

POSCLUB PWDLFAGDPTS
1Celtic34247386275955
2Falkirk342275103426151
3Rangers34218574403450
4Dundee34208671284348
5Hibernian34178955421342
6Airdrie341851158411741
7St Mirren341310115059−936
8Aberdeen34139124544135
93rd Lanark34137144550−533
10Motherwell341271561531231
11Hearts34116175062−1228
12Hamilton A34108165565−1028
13Morton3499164366−2327
14Partick Th3489174369−2625
15Kilmarnock34613153861−2325
16Queen’s P3478195484−3022
17Clyde3458213875−3718
18Port Gl’sgw3457223998−5917

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