Hampden Park
Record attendances
### Record attendances

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Attendances continued to increase during the remainder of the 1900s, as 121,452 saw the 1908 Scotland v England match. The two [Old Firm](/wiki/Old_Firm "Old Firm") matches played for the [1909 Scottish Cup Final](/wiki/1909_Scottish_Cup_Final "1909 Scottish Cup Final") attracted a total of 131,000\. After the second match there was a riot because there was confusion over what would happen next when the second match also ended in a draw. The fans believed that the replay would be played to a conclusion and demanded that a period of [extra time](/wiki/Overtime_%28sports%29 "Overtime (sports)") be played. The Scottish Cup trophy was withheld as Hampden was not in a fit condition to host a second replay. In response to the riot, the [Scottish Football Association](/wiki/Scottish_Football_Association "Scottish Football Association") decided to stop using Hampden as the Scottish Cup Final venue.

Queen's Park conducted extensive ground improvements after the 1909 riot. A new world record of 127,307 were in attendance to see Scotland play England in 1912\. A fire in 1914 destroyed the pavilion, which was replaced by a four\-storey structure with a [press box](/wiki/Press_box "Press box") on the roof. The Scottish Cup Final returned to Hampden in 1920, when a large crowd of 95,000 saw [Kilmarnock](/wiki/Kilmarnock_F.C. "Kilmarnock F.C.") win the cup against [Albion Rovers](/wiki/Albion_Rovers_F.C. "Albion Rovers F.C."). Record crowds attended the 1925 Scottish Cup Final, a 5–0 win for Celtic against [Rangers](/wiki/Rangers_F.C. "Rangers F.C."), and the 1927 Scotland v England match, England's first win in the stadium. Hampden became the *de facto* sole venue of the Scottish Cup Final after 1925 and Queen's Park purchased more land in 1923 to bring the total to 33 acres. 25,000 places were added to the terraces and rigid crush barriers were installed in 1927\.

World record crowds attended Scotland matches against England in 1931 and 1933\. In 1933, [Austria](/wiki/Austria_national_football_team "Austria national football team"), who had beaten Scotland 5–0 in [Vienna](/wiki/Vienna "Vienna") in 1931, became the first foreign national side to visit Hampden Park. After intervention from the [Glasgow Corporation](/wiki/Glasgow_Corporation "Glasgow Corporation") in 1935 regarding public order and safety of the huge, ever\-increasing crowds attending matches in the city, Queen's Park and Hampden defeated a rival bid from Rangers and Ibrox – which itself already had a capacity well over 100,000 – to enlarge the ground at the expense of the club, in exchange for becoming the official venue for the Scotland v England fixture and the Cup Final (and collect a designated portion of gate receipts from these matches), while the city would provide improvements in transport provision and other infrastructure to support the regular influx of spectators to the venue.[How Hampden Park became the largest football ground in the world](https://www.scottishsporthistory.com/sports-history-news-and-blog/how-hampden-park-became-the-largest-football-ground-in-the-world), Douglas Norman, Scottish Sport History, 9 November 2020 This work increased the official theoretical capacity of the ground to 183,388 in 1937, but the SFA were only allowed to issue 150,000 tickets for games. The 1937 Scotland v England match had an official attendance of 149,415, but at least 20,000 more people entered the ground without tickets.[Scotland 3 England 1](https://www.theblizzard.co.uk/article/Scotland-3-England-1)  [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20201029013628/https://www.theblizzard.co.uk/article/scotland-3-england-1) on 22 March 2021, The Blizzard, 1 June 2015 A week later the [1937 Scottish Cup Final](/wiki/1937_Scottish_Cup_Final "1937 Scottish Cup Final") between Celtic and [Aberdeen](/wiki/Aberdeen_F.C. "Aberdeen F.C.") drew an official crowd of 147,365, with 20,000 more people locked outside; this stood as a world record for a club match until 1963\. The 1938 and 1939 cup finals were contested by provincial sides and did not test the new capacity, but the England match of 1939 attracted 149,269\.


Who decided to stop using Hampden as the Scottish Cup Final venue?