Editing Glasgow (section)

===Football===
{{main|History of football in Scotland}}
[[File:Hampden Park, 2024.jpg|thumb|right|Glasgow is home to [[Hampden Park]], home of the [[Scotland national football team]].]]

The world's first international [[Association football|football]] match was held in 1872 at the [[West of Scotland Cricket Club]]'s [[Hamilton Crescent]] ground in the [[Partick]] area of the city. The match, between [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]] and [[England national football team|England]] finished 0–0.<ref>{{cite web|title=A Sporting Nation – The first international football match|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/sportscotland/asportingnation/article/0012/|publisher=BBC|access-date=31 October 2016}}</ref> Glasgow was the first city (since joined by [[Liverpool]] in 1985, [[Madrid]] in 1986, 2014, 2016 and 2018, [[Milan]] in 1994 and [[London]] in 2019) to have had two football teams in European finals in the same season:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.soccerattic.com/article/when-scottish-football-took-europe-by-storm-1967/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801022248/https://www.soccerattic.com/article/when-scottish-football-took-europe-by-storm-1967/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 August 2020 |title=Europe Belongs To Us |author=Ken Gallagher |work=Charlie Buchan's Football Monthly |date=1 July 1967 |via=Soccer Attic |access-date=30 September 2018}}</ref> in 1967, [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] competed in and won the [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] final, with rivals [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]] competing in the [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|Cup Winners' Cup]] final. Rangers were the first football club from the United Kingdom to reach a European final, doing so in [[1961 European Cup Winners' Cup Final|1961]]. Celtic were the first non-Latin club to win the European Cup, under the management of [[Jock Stein]] in [[1966–67 European Cup|1967]], before [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] the following year. Celtic also went on to reach another European Cup Final in [[1970 European Cup Final|1970]], losing to [[Feyenoord]], and also the final of the [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]] in [[2003 UEFA Cup Final|2003]], where they lost an enthralling match which finished 3–2 to Portuguese club [[FC Porto|Porto]]. Rangers also reached the final of the same competition in [[2008 UEFA Cup final|2008]] and [[2022 UEFA Europa League final|2022]], where they lost to [[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit Saint Petersburg]] of Russia,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/7393752.stm|title=Zenit St Petersburg 2-0 Rangers|date=14 May 2008|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=12 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311080213/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/7393752.stm|archive-date=11 March 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Eintracht Frankfurt]] of Germany.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61446268|title=Eintracht Frankfurt 1-1 Rangers (AET, Frankfurt win 5-4 on pens)|date=18 August 2022|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=12 January 2025}}</ref>

[[Hampden Park]], which is Scotland's national football stadium, holds the European record for attendance at a football match: 149,547<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rampantscotland.com/glasgow/glw_hampden.htm |publisher=Glasgow Photo Library |title=Hampden Stadium |access-date=9 July 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814135942/http://www.rampantscotland.com/glasgow/glw_hampden.htm |archive-date=14 August 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> saw Scotland beat England 3–1 in 1937, in the days before leading British stadia became [[All-seater stadium|all-seated]]. Hampden Park has hosted the final of the [[UEFA Champions League]] on three occasions, most recently in 2002 and hosted the [[UEFA Cup]] Final in 2007. [[Celtic Park]] (60,411 seats) is located in the east end of Glasgow, and [[Ibrox Stadium]] (51,700 seats) on the south side.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/rangers/ |title=Rangers Football Club |website=www.spfl.co.uk |publisher=Scottish Professional Football League |access-date=18 January 2014 |archive-date=2 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702194028/http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/rangers |url-status=live }}</ref>

Glasgow has four professional football clubs, who all play in the [[SPFL]]: [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]], [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]], [[Partick Thistle F.C.|Partick Thistle]], and [[Queen's Park F.C.|Queen's Park]] (after their move from amateur status in November 2019). Prior to this, Glasgow had two other professional teams: [[Clyde F.C.|Clyde]] (now playing in [[Hamilton, South Lanarkshire|Hamilton]]) and [[Third Lanark A.C.|Third Lanark]] (liquidated in 1967), plus four others active in the league in the 19th century: [[Thistle F.C.|Thistle]], [[Cowlairs F.C.|Cowlairs]], [[Northern F.C.|Northern]] and [[Linthouse F.C.|Linthouse]]. There are a number of [[West of Scotland Football League]] clubs within the city as well, such as [[Pollok F.C.|Pollok]], [[Maryhill F.C.|Maryhill]], [[Benburb F. C.|Benburb]], [[Ashfield F.C.|Ashfield]], [[Glasgow Perthshire F.C.]], [[Glasgow United F.C.|Glasgow United]] (formerly Shettleston Juniors), and [[Petershill F.C.|Petershill]], plus numerous amateur teams.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.petershillfc.co.uk/petershill_008.htm |title=History |publisher=Petershill F.C. |access-date=13 October 2018}}</ref>

The history of football in the city, as well as the status of the [[Old Firm]], attracts many visitors to football matches in the city throughout the season. The [[Scottish Football Association]], the national governing body, and the [[Scottish Football Museum]] are based in Glasgow, as are the [[Scottish Professional Football League]], [[Scottish Junior Football Association]] and [[Scottish Amateur Football Association]]. The [[Glasgow Cup]] was a once popular tournament, which was competed for by Rangers, Celtic, Clyde, Partick Thistle and Queen's Park. The competition is now played for by the youth sides of the five teams.

Glasgow is also home to six women's football teams. Currently, [[Glasgow City F.C.|Glasgow City]] are the champions of the [[Scottish Women's Premier League]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.glasgowcityladiesfc.co.uk/ |title=Glasgow City Ladies Football Club |publisher=Glasgowcityladiesfc.co.uk |access-date=5 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140516190852/http://glasgowcityladiesfc.co.uk/ |archive-date=16 May 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Other local teams include [[Glasgow Girls F.C.|Glasgow Girls]] and the women's sections of the men's clubs: [[Celtic F.C. Women|Celtic]] and [[Rangers L.F.C.|Rangers]] play in the top division.
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|{{Scottish football updater|QueensPa}}
|[[Hampden Park]]
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|-
|[[Rangers F.C.]]
|1872
|[[Scottish Premiership]]
|[[Ibrox Stadium]]
|{{SPFL-stadiums|rangers}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/rangers/ |title=Rangers Football Club |publisher=Scottish Professional Football League |access-date=11 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220125600/http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/rangers |archive-date=20 December 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[Partick Thistle F.C.]]
|1876
|{{Scottish football updater|PartickT}}
|[[Firhill Stadium]]
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|-
|[[Celtic F.C.]]
|1888
|[[Scottish Premiership]]
|[[Celtic Park]]
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