1903–04 Scottish Cup#Final

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{{Infobox football tournament season

| title = Scottish Cup

| year = 1903–04

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| country = Scotland

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| defending_champions = Rangers

| winners = Celtic

| second = Rangers

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| prev_season = 1902–03

| next_season = 1904–05

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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.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2ulAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=d6YMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5977%2C1661398 Scottish Cup Final Tie. {{!}} Celtic v. Rangers.], The Glasgow Herald, 18 April 1904 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/13198793.Six_classic_matches__the_birth_of_the_Old_Firm_and_the_day_Hampden_burned/|title=Six classic matches: the birth of the Old Firm and the day Hampden burned|date=26 January 2015|access-date=29 November 2017|publisher=The Herald}}{{cite news|url=http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/teams/celtic/the-old-firm-story-when-fans-joined-forces-to-riot-1-4162491|title=The Old Firm story: When fans joined forces to riot|date=24 June 2016|access-date=29 November 2017|publisher=The Scotsman}}

Calendar

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! Round !! First match date !! Fixtures !! width=100| Clubs

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|align=left | First round

align=left | 28 January 19041632 → 16
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|align=left | Second round

align=left | 6 February 1904816 → 8{{0}}
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|align=left | Quarter-finals

align=left | 20 February 190448 → 4
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|align=left | Semi-finals

align=left | 5 March 190424 → 2
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|align=left | Final

align=left | 16 April 190412 → 1

First round

=First round replay=

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width=140|Home team

!width=80|Score

!width=140|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=

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width=140|Home team

!width=80|Score

!width=140|Away team

Abercorn

|2 – 1

|Maxwelltown Volunteers

Kilmarnock

|2 – 1

|Nithsdale Wanderers

St Bernard's

|2 – 0

|West Calder Swifts

Second round

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width=140|Home team

!width=80|Score

!width=140|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=

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width=140|Home team

!width=80|Score

!width=140|Away team

Albion Rovers

|0 – 1

|Kilmarnock

Quarter-final

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width=140|Home team

!width=80|Score

!width=140|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=

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width=140|Home team

!width=80|Score

!width=140|Away team

Dundee

|0 – 0

|Celtic

=Quarter-final second replay=

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width=140|Home team

!width=80|Score

!width=140|Away team

Celtic

|5 – 0

|Dundee

Semi-finals

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width=140|Home team

!width=80|Score

!width=140|Away team

Celtic

|2 – 1

|Third Lanark

Rangers

|3 – 0

|Greenock Morton

Final

{{football box |

| date = 16 April 1904{{cite news|url=http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/the-elite-players-who-scored-cup-final-hat-tricks-1-3589574|title=The elite players who scored cup final hat-tricks|newspaper=The Scotsman|date=31 October 2014|access-date=27 November 2017}}

| team1 = Celtic

| score = 3–2

| team2 = Rangers

| goals1 = Quinn {{goal|}}{{goal|}}{{goal|}}

| goals2 = Speedie {{goal|}}{{goal|}}

| stadium = Hampden Park

| referee =

| attendance = 64,472[http://www.fitbastats.com/rangers/game.php?gameid=76930 2-3 Vs Celtic in Scottish Cup (16/04/1904)], FitbaStats}}

=Teams=

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{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"

|colspan="4"|Celtic:

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GKDavey Adams
RBDonald McLeod
LBWillie Orr
RHJames Young
CHWillie Loney
LHJimmy Hay
ORBobby Muir
IRJimmy McMenemy
CFJimmy Quinn
ILPeter Somers
OLDavie Hamilton

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|colspan="4"|Rangers:

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GKJohn Watson
RBNicol Smith
LBJock Drummond
RHGeorge Henderson
CHJames Stark
LHJohn Robertson
ORJohnny Walker
IRFinlay Speedie
CFAlec Mackie
ILCharles Donaghy
OLAlex Smith

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See also

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