Celtic’s Scottish Cup dominance in numbers

Queen’s Park had won half of the first 18 Scottish Cup finals when they faced an emerging Celtic side on 12 March 1892.

The cup final was played at the home of city rivals Rangers, with new stands being erected at Ibrox to accommodate a then record crowd of 40,000.

With the pitch declared playable despite an inch and a half of snow covering the surface, Celtic emerged victorious thanks to a 60th-minute John Campbell goal.

However, following a joint protest from the two clubs to the Scottish FA, the match was declared void because of repeated crowd encroachment.

Campbell would find the net again in the replay in front of 26,000 a month later, with Alexander McMahon scoring a hat-trick and James Kelly grabbing Celtic’s other goal in a 5-1 win.

Celtic thus became the first club to complete the treble of Scottish Cup, Glasgow Cup and Glasgow Charity Cup.