Football tournamentEdinburgh Exhibition Cup Founded 1908 Region Scotland Number of teams 4 Current champions Rangers
The Edinburgh Exhibition Cup was an invitational football tournament held at the Exhibition Sports Grounds, Saughton , Edinburgh in August 1908, as part of the Scottish National Exhibition event being held there during that summer.
Results
Rangers beat Dundee on the toss of a coin .
Details
Semi-finals
5 August 1908 Exhibition Sports Grounds, Edinburgh Attendance: 9,000Referee: T. Robertson
7 August 1908 Exhibition Sports Grounds, Edinburgh Attendance: 10,000Referee: T. Robertson
Final
13 August 1908 Exhibition Sports Grounds, Edinburgh Attendance: 10,000Referee: T. Robertson
Teams
Earlier editions
Football was also played at two earlier exhibitions in Edinburgh (the International Exhibition of Industry, Science and Art in 1886 and the International Exhibition of Science, Art & Industry in 1890), although these took the form of a series of single matches (with a cup and medals awarded for the winners of each) rather than a knockout tournament.
1886
All matches played at the exhibition's sports grounds at The Meadows .
1890
All matches played at the exhibition's sports grounds at Meggetland .
See also
References
Edinburgh Events: Scottish National Exhibition 1908 , EdinPhoto
Saughton’s glorious summer of 1908 , Tales of one city (Edinburgh Libraries)
^ "Edinburgh Exhibition Cup" . Scottish Football Historical Archive. Archived from the original on 13 October 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
Saughton Park , Gazetteer for Scotland
Postcard showing Scottish National Exhibition ground in 1908 from the east. , Canmore
^ Football. | Rangers v. Dundee , The Glasgow Herald, 13 August 1908
St Bernards v. Rangers. | Contest at Scottish Exhibition. , The Glasgow Herald, 6 August 1908
Football. | Queen's Park v. Dundee. , The Glasgow Herald, 8 August 1908
^ Special ‘One Off’ Tournaments , Scottish Football Historical Archive, 9 July 2020
^ Football At The Edinburgh Exhibition , The Glasgow Herald, 8 October 1886
Football Matches. , Edinburgh Evening News, 9 October 1886, via London Hearts Supporters Club
Football At Edinburgh Exhibition , The Scotsman, 7 August 1890, via London Hearts Supporters Club
Football. , The Glasgow Herald, 14 August 1890
Queen's Park v. Edinburgh Hibernians , The Glasgow Herald, 28 August 1890
Other Association Matches. , The Glasgow Herald, 1 September 1890
Football. | Heart of Mid-Lothian v. Notts Forest , The Glasgow Herald, 16 September 1890
Football | Football at the Exhibition , The Scotsman, 16 September 1890, via London Hearts Supporters Club
Yesterday's Football , The Glasgow Herald, 3 October 1890
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