Hampden Park
Post-war
### Post\-war

After the Second World War ended in 1945, Hampden started to host Scotland matches more frequently. Before then, Hampden had only hosted 15 matches against England and one match each against Austria and [Czechoslovakia](/wiki/Czechoslovakia_national_football_team "Czechoslovakia national football team"). During the post\-war attendance boom, Hampden was the only stadium big enough to host the crowds who wanted to see the team. Matches that would have ordinarily attracted a crowd of 40,000 were being attended by nearly 100,000\. A fire on 25 December 1945 destroyed the stadium [press box](/wiki/Press_box "Press box") and damaged offices. The press box was replaced with a plainer two\-storey structure that overhung the pitch. The Hampden fixture list was also expanded by the new Scottish League Cup competition. In 1947, [Rangers](/wiki/Rangers_F.C. "Rangers F.C.") defeated [Aberdeen](/wiki/Aberdeen_F.C. "Aberdeen F.C.") in the [first League Cup Final](/wiki/1947_Scottish_League_Cup_Final_%28April%29 "1947 Scottish League Cup Final (April)"), a year after a 135,000 crowd watched the last edition of its wartime predecessor, the [Southern League Cup](/wiki/1945%E2%80%9346_Southern_League_Cup_%28Scotland%29 "1945–46 Southern League Cup (Scotland)"), played between the same teams.[Aberdeen Win Deserved](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iUxAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Co8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=6042%2C737965), The Glasgow Herald, 13 May 1945 The capacity of the ground was officially cut to 135,000 following the [Burnden Park disaster](/wiki/Burnden_Park_disaster "Burnden Park disaster") in [Bolton](/wiki/Bolton "Bolton") in March 1946, but before that reduction was confirmed, 139,468 watched the Scotland v England [Victory International](/wiki/Victory_International "Victory International") on 13 April of that year.

The re\-entry of the [Home Nations](/wiki/Home_Nations "Home Nations") into [FIFA](/wiki/FIFA "FIFA") in 1947 was marked by a match between a [Great Britain](/wiki/United_Kingdom_national_football_team "United Kingdom national football team") and a Rest of Europe select on 10 May 1947\. Great Britain won 6–1 and 130,000 people attended. Unusually, a league match between [Third Lanark](/wiki/Third_Lanark_A.C. "Third Lanark A.C.") and [Hibernian](/wiki/Hibernian_F.C. "Hibernian F.C.") was played immediately afterwards at Hampden because [Cathkin Park](/wiki/Cathkin_Park "Cathkin Park") was undergoing repair work. The first [FIFA World Cup](/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup "FIFA World Cup") qualification match played at Hampden was a 2–0 win for Scotland against [Wales](/wiki/Wales_national_football_team "Wales national football team") on 9 November 1949; this match was also part of the [1950 British Home Championship](/wiki/1950_British_Home_Championship "1950 British Home Championship"). The win appeared to guarantee Scotland qualification for the [1950 FIFA World Cup](/wiki/1950_FIFA_World_Cup "1950 FIFA World Cup") because the top two finishers in the Championship were offered places in the tournament, but the SFA decreed that they would only send a team if they were British champions. Scotland only needed a draw against England at Hampden to meet that condition but lost 1–0\.[Official Blundering Leads To Scottish Defeat](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sVtAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sIwMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2821%2C7156667), The Glasgow Herald, 17 April 1950[Scots May Yet Take Part In World Cup Series  Strong Pressure On Selectors To Change Decision](https://www.londonhearts.com/scores/images/1950/1950041503.htm), The Scotsman, 17 April 1950, via London Hearts Supports Club

The [Coronation Cup](/wiki/Coronation_Cup_%28football%29 "Coronation Cup (football)"), a competition to mark the [Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II](/wiki/Coronation_of_Queen_Elizabeth_II "Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II"), was held in Glasgow during May 1953\. Four major clubs from each of Scotland and England were invited, with the [Old Firm](/wiki/Old_Firm "Old Firm") clubs playing their matches at Hampden. [Celtic](/wiki/Celtic_F.C. "Celtic F.C.") and Hibernian progressed to the final, and a crowd of 117,060 saw Celtic win 2–0\.

Scotland hosted the [Magical Magyars](/wiki/Golden_Team "Golden Team") of [Hungary](/wiki/Hungary_national_football_team "Hungary national football team") in December 1954 in front of 113,506 fans. The Scots put up a good fight against one of the most outstanding teams in the world at the time, but eventually lost 4–2\. Scotland qualified for the [1958 FIFA World Cup](/wiki/1958_FIFA_World_Cup "1958 FIFA World Cup") by defeating [Spain](/wiki/Spain_men%27s_national_football_team "Spain men's national football team"), including [Luis Suarez](/wiki/Luis_Su%C3%A1rez_%28footballer%2C_born_1935%29 "Luis Suárez (footballer, born 1935)"), [Ladislao Kubala](/wiki/Ladislao_Kubala "Ladislao Kubala") and [Alfredo Di Stéfano](/wiki/Alfredo_Di_St%C3%A9fano "Alfredo Di Stéfano"), at Hampden.


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