1908–09 in Scottish football

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1908–09

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1908–09 in Scottish football

Division One champions
Celtic
Division Two champions
Abercorn
Scottish Cup winners
Withheld
Junior Cup winners
Kilwinning Rangers
Scotland national team
1909 BHC

The 1908–09 season was the 36th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 19th season of the Scottish Football League.

League competitions

Scottish League Division One

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Celtic (C)	34	23	5	6	71	24	+47	51
2	Dundee	34	22	6	6	70	32	+38	50
3	Clyde	34	21	6	7	61	37	+24	48
4	Rangers	34	19	7	8	91	38	+53	45
5	Airdrieonians	34	16	9	9	67	46	+21	41
6	Hibernian	34	16	7	11	40	32	+8	39
7	St Mirren	34	15	6	13	53	45	+8	36
8	Aberdeen	34	15	6	13	61	53	+8	36
9	Kilmarnock	34	13	7	14	47	61	−14	33
10	Falkirk	34	13	7	14	58	56	+2	33
11	Hearts	34	12	8	14	54	49	+5	32
12	Third Lanark	34	11	10	13	56	49	+7	32
13	Motherwell	34	11	6	17	47	73	−26	28
14	Port Glasgow Athletic	34	10	8	16	39	52	−13	28
15	Queen's Park	34	6	13	15	42	65	−23	25
16	Hamilton Academical	34	6	12	16	42	72	−30	24
17	Morton	34	8	7	19	39	90	−51	23
18	Partick Thistle	34	2	4	28	38	102	−64	8

Source: "1908-1909 Division 1 - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
(C) Champions

Champions: Celtic

Scottish League Division Two

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Abercorn (C)	22	13	5	4	39	17	+22	31
2	Raith Rovers	22	11	6	5	46	22	+24	28
2	Vale of Leven	22	12	4	6	38	25	+13	28
4	Dumbarton	22	10	5	7	34	34	0	25
5	Ayr	22	10	3	9	43	36	+7	23
5	Leith Athletic	22	10	3	9	37	33	+4	23
7	Ayr Parkhouse	22	8	5	9	29	31	−2	21
7	East Stirlingshire	22	9	3	10	27	33	−6	21
7	St Bernard's	22	9	3	10	34	37	−3	21
10	Albion Rovers	22	9	2	11	37	47	−10	20
11	Cowdenbeath	22	4	4	14	19	42	−23	12
12	Arthurlie	22	5	1	16	29	55	−26	11

Source: statto.com
Rules for classification: Teams finish equal if level on points. Points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss
(C) Champions

Other honours

Cup honours

National

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Cup	Cup withheld by SFA
Scottish Qualifying Cup	Vale of Leven	5 – 2	Brechin City
Scottish Consolation Cup	Wishaw Thistle	2 – 1	Arbroath
Scottish Junior Cup	Kilwinning Rangers	1 – 0^[a]	Strathclyde

County

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup	Aberdeen	4 – 0	Buckie Thistle
Ayrshire Cup	Hurlford	1 – 0^[a]	Ayr
Border Cup	Berwick Rangers	2 – 1	Selkirk
Dumbartonshire Cup	Renton	1 – 0	Dumbarton
East of Scotland Shield	Hibernian	2 – 0^[b]	Hearts
Fife Cup	Raith Rovers	3 – 0	East Fife
Forfarshire Cup	Dundee	2 – 0	Brechin City
Glasgow Cup	Third Lanark	4 – 0^[b]	Celtic
Lanarkshire Cup	Airdrie	2 – 0^[a]	Hamilton
Linlithgowshire Cup	Bo'ness	2 – 1	Bathgate
North of Scotland Cup	Inverness Citadel	2 – 0	Clachnacuddin
Perthshire Cup	St Johnstone	5 – 2	Dunblane
Renfrewshire Cup	Port Glasgow Athletic	2 – 1^[c]	Morton
Southern Counties Cup	Dalbeattie Star	2 – 1	Nithsdale Wanderers
Stirlingshire Cup	Alloa	2 – 1	Falkirk

Non-league honours

Highland League

Top Three
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Inverness Citadel	12	7	3	2	20	9	+11	17
2	Clachnacuddin	12	7	2	3	25	17	+8	16
3	Forres Mechanics	12	5	3	4	20	19	+1	13

Source: SFHA

Other Senior Leagues

Division	Winner
Banffshire League	Buckie Thistle
Border Senior League	Berwick Rangers
Midland League	Falkirk 'A'
Northern League	Dundee 'A'
Perthshire League	Crieff Morrisonians
Scottish Combination	Galston
Scottish Union	Falkirk 'A'

Edinburgh Exhibition

An invitational football tournament was held at the Exhibition Sports Grounds, Saughton, Edinburgh in August 1908, as part of the Scottish National Exhibition event being held there during that summer. There was a tournament for junior teams from the Lothians held in association with the exhibition.^[1]

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Edinburgh Exhibition Cup	Rangers	1 – 1^[d]	Dundee
Ed. Junior Exhibition Cup^[2]	Newtongrange Star	2 – 0	Arniston Rangers

Scotland national team

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[e]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
1 March 1909	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham (A)	Wales	2–3	BHC	Bobby Walker, Harold Paul
15 March 1909	Ibrox Park, Glasgow (H)	Ireland	5–0	BHC	Jimmy McMenemy (2), Alexander Thomson, Sandy MacFarlane, Harold Paul
3 April 1909	Crystal Palace, London (A)	England	0–2	BHC

Key:

(H) = Home match
(A) = Away match
BHC = British Home Championship

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England (C)	3	3	0	8	0	+8	6
Wales	3	2	1	6	6	0	4
Scotland	3	1	2	7	5	+2	2
Ireland	3	0	3	2	12	−10	0

Source: ^[3]
Rules for classification: 1) points. The points system worked as follows: 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw.
(C) Champions

Other national teams

Scottish League XI

Date	Venue	Opponents^[4]^[5]	Score^[f]	Scotland scorer(s)
10 February 1909	Belfast (A)	Irish League XI	2–1	Jimmy Quinn (2)
27 February 1909	Celtic Park, Glasgow (H)	Football League XI	3–1	Jimmy Quinn (2), Harold Paul

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Replay needed
^ ^a ^b Second replay needed.
^ Play off needed
^ Won on a coin toss.
^ Scotland's score is shown first.
^ Scottish League XI's score is shown first.

References

^ "SCOTTISH NATIONAL EXHIBITION". Edinburgh Evening News. 4 May 1908. Retrieved 29 September 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "FOOTBALL". Dalkeith Advertiser. 2 July 1908. Retrieved 29 September 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "British Championship 1909". EU-Football.Info. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
^ "SFL XI v The Football League XI Record". London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
^ "SFL XI v Irish Football League XI Record". London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 3 October 2022.

External links

Scottish Football Historical Archive

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Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final Junior Cup Edinburgh Exhibition Cup
Related to national team	Results British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Celtic Clyde Dundee Falkirk Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Port Glasgow Athletic Queen's Park Rangers St. Mirren Third Lanark
Division Two	Abercorn Albion Rovers Arthurlie Ayr Ayr Parkhouse Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Stirlingshire Leith Athletic Raith Rovers St Bernard's Vale of Leven