1874–75 in Scottish football

Season 1874–75 in Scottish football saw the Scottish Cup being contested for the second time.

Overview

After its successful introduction the previous season, the Scottish Cup was again competed for, with Queen's Park once again lifting the trophy. For the second season running, Queen's contented themselves with the domestic tournament, declining to enter the FA Cup.

International competition was once again restricted to the annual clash with England, while the Glasgow v Sheffield representative fixture was played in Scotland for the first time.

cottish Cup

There was a modest expansion in the competition in its second season, which attracted 22 entrants up from 16 for the previous season. There was geographic expansion too, with the 3rd Edinburgh Rifle Volunteers team becoming the first team from the east of the country to participate.

Holders Queen's Park once again lifted the trophy, defeating Western and West End in the early rounds, then progressing to the semi-finals when opponents Rovers withdrew. The semi, against the previous season's final opponents, Clydesdale, took three games to settle, Queen's finally winning 1–0 at Kinning Park following 0–0 and 2–2 draws. Renton, meanwhile had defeated their local rivals Dumbarton in their own replayed tie.

The final saw Queen's Park comfortably out 3–0 winners. The crowd, estimated at 7,000, reflected the growing interest in football, being as it was almost three times the number that had attended the previous year.

Final

----footballbox
date = 10 April 1875
team1 = Queen's Park
score = 3 – 0
report=
team2 = Renton
goals1 = MacKinnon goal
Highet goal
MacKinnon goal
goals2 =
stadium = Hampden Park, Crosshill
attendance = 7,000
referee = A Campbell, Glasgow

cotland national team

The 1875 international saw Scotland visiting London for a second time, on this occasion returning with a draw.

Key:
* (H) = Home match
* F = Friendly

Representative matches

27 February 1875: flagicon|SCO Glasgow 2 flagicon|ENG Sheffield 0 (Hamilton Crescent, Partick)

Notes and references

*cite book
last = Smailes
first = Gordon
title = The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records
publisher = Breedon Books
date = 1995
location = Derby
id = ISBN 1-85983-020-X

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