What is Scottish Cup?
[[Image:Scottish cup.jpg|thumb|right|The Scottish Cup, the oldest national football cup]] The '''Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup'''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/res/documents/SFAPublication/SFAHandbook/06-11CupCompRules.pdf |title=SFA Handbook 2006-07 ''Cup Competition Rules'' |access-date=2008-07-30 |archive-date=2007-02-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070204051144/http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/res/documents/SFAPublication/SFAHandbook/06-11CupCompRules.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> (usually known as the '''Scottish Cup''') is the [[nation]]al [[football (soccer)|football cup]] [[wikt:competition|competition]] of [[Scotland]]. The trophy is the oldest [[football]] national trophy in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/sport/after-137-years-it-s-official-scottish-cup-is-world-football-s-oldest-trophy-1-1727646|title=After 137 years, it's official: Scottish Cup is world football's oldest trophy|publisher=The Scotsman.com|accessdate=August 3, 2015}}</ref> == History == The Scottish Cup started in the 1873-74 season, and 16 teams played to try to win it. The trophy was first won by [[Queen's Park F.C.|Queen's Park]] when they beat [[Clydesdale F.C.|Clydesdale]] 2–0 in the final in front of a crowd of 3,000 people. While the [[FA Cup]] is the oldest cup competition in the world, the trophy awarded to the Scottish Cup winners is the oldest trophy, being minted in 1885.<ref>[http://www.scottishcup.org/museum.html Official Site of the Tennent's Scottish Cup ''Scottish Football Museum Experience'']</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{multistub|sport|UK}} [[Category:Football competitions in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Football in Scotland]]