British League Cup

The British League Cup was a competition that was set up in 1902 to raise money for the disaster at Ibrox Stadium, in which 25 people were killed and 517 injured. Teams that participated in this competition were the winners and runner-ups of the Scottish and English football league. The competition took place in Glasgow with the semi finals in Ibrox Stadium (where the disaster took place) and also a replay between Rangers and Everton which took place at Celtic Park. The final took place in Cathkin Park, in which Celtic won 3-2 against Rangers in aet.

Participating teams

* Rangers
goals1 = ? goal
goals2 = Hamilton goal
stadium = Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
referee =
attendance = 8,000

Replay

----footballbox
date = 1902-05-03
time =
team1 = Rangers flagicon|SCO
score = 3 – 2
report =
team2 = flagicon|ENG Everton
goals1 = Speedie goal
Hamilton goal
Walker goal
goals2 = Dilly goal
Brearly goal
stadium = Celtic Park, Glasgow
referee =
attendance =

Final

----footballbox
date = 1902-06-17
time =
team1 = Celtic flagicon|SCO
score = 3 – 2 (a.e.t.)
report =
team2 = flagicon|SCO Rangers
goals1 = Quinn goal goal goal
goals2 = Hamilton goal
Speedie goal
stadium = Cathkin Park, Glasgow
referee =
attendance = 12,000

References

*http://www.geocities.com/br1anmccoll/britishleaguecup