Rangers were actually the ninth team to win the Scottish Cup. Source.
It's the Scottish Cup final: Celtic vs Rangers. In spite of the Old Firm's everlasting domination of Scottish football this is the first Celtic/Rangers final since 2002.
Celtic have won the Cup 41 times, Rangers 34. When was the last time Rangers were ahead of Celtic in terms of Scottish Cups won? 1966. Although Celtic are 15 years younger than Rangers they managed to win the Scottish Cup before Rangers ever did, they have won it more often than Rangers and more recently.
In previous head-to-head finals Rangers have won seven, Celtic seven, plus one final that was called off due to rioting.
[Celtic 1 - 0 Rangers]
Premiership playoff finals:
Raith Rovers 1 - 2 Ross County (May 23)
Ross County [4 - 0] Raith Rovers (tomorrow)
[Raith Rovers stay in the Championship.]
Other matches:
HFX Wanderers 1 - 2 Valour (May 20)
York United [2 - 1] HFX Wanderers (May 24) [Ryan Telfer scored for Halifax.]
York fired their coach Tuesday.
Guelph United [1 - 5] Scrosoppi (tomorrow)
Brothers Union [2 - 3] Sheikh Russel
Athlone Town 2 - 2 UCD (yesterday)
Þór/KA 5 - 0 Tindastóll (yesterday)
Shimizu S-Pulse [2 - 1] Mito HollyHock (tomorrow)
Shizuoka Bonita [1 - 3] Sfida Setagaya (tomorrow)
2024 Canadian Championship QF, second leg:
Vancouver Whitecaps 0 - 1 Cavalry (May 21)
2 - 2 on aggregate. The Whitecaps win on the away goal rule. (Haven't heard from the away goal rule in a while.)
CF Montreal 1 - 2 Forge (May 22)
Upset! Forge win on aggregate and advance to the semi-finals.
Toronto FC 8 - 1 CS Saint-Laurent (May 21)
Toronto win 11 - 1 on aggregate to advance.
2023-24 UEFA Europa League final (May 22):
Atalanta 3 - 0 Bayer Leverkusen
Lowland League playoff, second leg (yesterday):
Broxburn Athletic 8 - 1 Dalbeattie Star
(11 - 2 on aggregate.)
Broxburn are promoted to the Lowland League.
West of Scotland U21 Amateur Football League West of Scotland League Cup final (yesterday):
Petershill [0 - 5] Greenock High School Former Pupils
2023-24 South Challenge Cup final (tomorrow):
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy [0 - 2] East Kilbride
2023-24 Women's Scottish Cup final (tomorrow):
Rangers [2 - 0] Hearts
2023-24 AFC Champions League final, second leg:
Al Ain [5 - 1] Yokohama F Marinos
[Al Ain win 6 - 3 on aggregate.]
Mortonalia:
Three pre-season friendlies have been announced, all of them against League One clubs.
Kirk Broadfoot and Grant Gillespie have signed on for another year and Cameron Blues has signed on for two more.
George Oakley has signed with Ayr United. Between him, Crawford and Muirhead that's 25 league goals per season gone.
Fouad Bachirou is a free agent.
Diddiest clubs to win the Scottish Cup:
1937-38 East Fife (6th in Division Two = 26th overall)
2015-16 Hibs (3rd in Championship = 15th overall)
1956-57 Falkirk (14th in Division One)
1921-22 Morton (12th in Division One)
1960-61 Dunfermline (12th in Division One)
2023-24 Championship Streakiness Index:
a) Positive streakiness:
17 Arbroath (5W + 2D + 10L)
14 Raith Rovers (7W + 2D + 5L)
11 Morton (4W + 2D + 5L)
11 Inverness CT (2W + 3D + 6L)
10 Ayr United (3W + 2D + 5L)
10 Queen's Park (3W + 3D + 4L)
9 Dunfermline (3W + 3D + 3L)
8 Partick Thistle (4W + 2D +2L)
8 Airdrieonians (4W + 1D + 3L)
7 Dundee United (4W + 1D + 2L)
(Positive streakiness equals longest run of wins + longest run of draws + longest run of losses, counting league, cup and playoff games. Matches that go to a shootout count as draws.)
b) Negative streakiness:
22 Morton (11W + 5D) + (5L + 1D)
21 Raith Rovers (12W + 4D) + (5L)
20 Queen's Park (2W + 3D) + (10L + 5D)
19 Dundee United (13W + 4D) + (2L)
17 Inverness CT (4W + 3D) + (9L + 1D)
15 Arbroath (5W) + (10L)
15 Partick Thistle (4W + 3D) + (4L + 4D)
13 Dunfermline (3W + 1D) + (5L + 4D)
12 Airdrieonians (5W + 2D) + (3L + 2D)
9 Ayr United (3W + 1D) + (5L)
(Negative streakiness equals longest run without a loss + longest run without a win.)
Arthurlie FC 1911-12:
1912/5/7 St Mirren 1 - 1 Arthurlie (St Mirren win on corners) PChCup R1
1912/4/30 Abercorn 2 - 0 Arthurlie RVCup F 2nd replay
1912/4/27 Abercorn 2 - 2 Arthurlie RVCup F replay
1912/4/23 Arthurlie 1 - 1 Morton RCup F leg two
1912/4/20 Arthurlie 0 - 0 Abercorn RVCup F
1912/4/13 Arthurlie wo-scr Morton RVCup SF
1912/3/30 Morton 2 - 0 Arthurlie RCup F leg one
1912/3/9 Arthurlie 1 - 0 St Mirren RCup SF
1912/3/2 Arthurlie 6 - 0 Port Glasgow Athletic RVCup R1
1912/2/24 Arthurlie 6 - 2 Paisley Academical RCup R2
1912/2/17 Leith Athletic 1 - 0 Arthurlie SFL2
1912/2/10 Arthurlie 4 - 1 St Johnstone SFL2
1912/2/3 Arthurlie 0 - 1 Ayr United SFL2
1912/1/27 St Bernard's 1 - 1 Arthurlie SFL2
1912/1/20 Arthurlie 0 - 3 Johnstone ConCup R2
1912/1/13 Arthurlie 3 - 0 Royal Albert ConCup R1
1912/1/6 Ayr United 3 - 0 Arthurlie SFL2
(1912/1/2 Johnstone 3 - 0 Arthurlie 1910-11 RVCup F 2nd replay)
1911/12/30 Abercorn 1 - 1 Arthurlie SFL2
1911/12/23 Arthurlie 1 - 0 Cowdenbeath SFL2
(1911/12/16 Johnstone 1 - 1 Arthurlie 1910-11 RVCup F replay)
1911/12/9 Dumbarton 1 - 0 Arthurlie SFL2
1911/12/2 Arthurlie 0 - 1 East Stirlingshire SFL2
1911/11/25 Dundee Hibs 0 - 0 Arthurlie SFL2
(1911/11/18 Johnstone 1 - 1 Arthurlie 1910-11 RVCup F)
1911/11/11 Arthurlie 5 - 0 Albion Rovers SFL2
1911/11/4 Vale of Leven 2 - 1 Arthurlie SFL2
1911/10/28 Arthurlie 2 - 2 St Bernard's SFL2
1911/10/21 Albion Rovers 0 - 1 Arthurlie SFL2
1911/10/14 Cowdenbeath 0 - 1 Arthurlie SFL2
1911/10/7 Arthurlie 3 - 4 Leith Athletic SFL2
1911/9/30 Arthurlie 1 - 1 Dundee Hibs SFL2
1911/9/23 Arthurlie 4 - 2 Dumbarton SFL2
1911/9/16 Arthurlie 4 - 2 Vale of Leven SFL2
1911/9/9 East Stirlingshire 2 - 0 Arthurlie SFL2
1911/9/2 Queen's Park 2 - 0 Arthurlie QCup R1
1911/8/26 Arthurlie 0 - 1 Abercorn SFL2
1911/8/19 St Johnstone 4 - 1 Arthurlie SFL2
1911/8/15 bye RCup R1
(Sources: London Hearts for the SFL Division Two; The Beautiful Dribbling Game for the Qualifying Cup and the Consolation Cup; Scottish Football Historical Archive for the Renfrewshire Cup, Renfrewshire Victoria Cup and the Paisley Charity Cup.)
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