1903–04 Scottish Cup

The 1903–04 Scottish Cup was the 31st season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The cup was won by Celtic when they beat holders Rangers 3–2 in the final at the newly built Hampden Park to claim the trophy for a fourth time.^[1] The fixture may have been the point when the 'Old Firm' term began to be used in media to denote the relationship between the clubs, due to the increasing frequency of their meetings and the mutual commercial benefits of the growing rivalry.^[2][3]

1903–04 Scottish Cup

Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Defending champions	Rangers
Final positions
Champions	Celtic
Runners-up	Rangers
← 1902–03 1904–05 →

Calendar

Round	First match date	Fixtures	Clubs
First round	28 January 1904	16	32 → 16
Second round	6 February 1904	8	16 → 80
Quarter-finals	20 February 1904	4	8 → 4
Semi-finals	5 March 1904	2	4 → 2
Final	16 April 1904	1	2 → 1

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Abercorn	2 – 2	Maxwelltown Volunteers
Albion Rovers	2 – 1	Kilwinning Eglinton
Alloa Athletic	2 – 1	Aberdeen
Ayr	0 – 2	St Mirren
Celtic	Walkover	Stanley
Clyde	2 – 2	Arbroath
Dundee	3 – 0	Queen's Park
Hibernian	2 – 1	Airdrieonians
Greenock Morton	8 – 1	6th GRV
Motherwell	2 – 1	Partick Thistle
Nithsdale Wanderers	2 – 2	Kilmarnock
Port Glasgow Athletic	1 – 2	Leith Athletic
Rangers	3 – 2	Heart of Midlothian
St Bernard's	1 – 1	West Calder Swifts
St Johnstone	2 – 0	Hearts of Beath
Third Lanark	Walkover	Newton Stewart

First round replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Arbroath	4 – 0	Clyde
Kilmarnock	1 – 1	Nithsdale Wanderers
Maxwelltown Volunteers	1 – 1	Abercorn
West Calder Swifts	3 – 3	St Bernard's

Second round replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Abercorn	2 – 1	Maxwelltown Volunteers
Kilmarnock	2 – 1	Nithsdale Wanderers
St Bernard's	2 – 0	West Calder Swifts

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Dundee	4 –0	Abercorn
Hibernian	1 – 2	Rangers
Kilmarnock	2 – 2	Albion Rovers
Leith Athletic	3 – 1	Motherwell
Greenock Morton	2 – 0	Arbroath
St Bernard's	0 – 4	Celtic
St Mirren	4 – 0	St Johnstone
Third Lanark	3 – 1	Alloa Athletic

Second round replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Albion Rovers	0 – 1	Kilmarnock

Quarter-final

Home team	Score	Away team
Celtic	1 – 1	Dundee
Leith Athletic	1 – 3	Greenock Morton
St Mirren	0 – 1	Rangers
Third Lanark	3 – 0	Kilmarnock

Quarter-final replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Dundee	0 – 0	Celtic

Quarter-final second replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Celtic	5 – 0	Dundee

Semi-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Celtic	2 – 1	Third Lanark
Rangers	3 – 0	Greenock Morton

Final

16 April 1904^[1][4]

Celtic	3–2	Rangers
Quinn		Speedie

Hampden Park

Attendance: 64,472^[5]

Teams

Celtic: GK Davey Adams RB Donald McLeod LB Willie Orr RH James Young CH Willie Loney LH Jimmy Hay OR Bobby Muir IR Jimmy McMenemy CF Jimmy Quinn IL Peter Somers OL Davie Hamilton

Rangers: GK John Watson RB Nicol Smith LB Jock Drummond RH George Henderson CH James Stark LH John Robertson OR Johnny Walker IR Finlay Speedie CF Alec Mackie IL Charles Donaghy OL Alex Smith

See also

• 1903–04 in Scottish football