1908-09 in Scottish football
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| 1908–09 in Scottish football | ||
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| Division One champions | ||
| Celtic Celtic F.C. Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the... |
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| Division Two champions | ||
| Abercorn Abercorn F.C. Abercorn Football Club was a football club based in Paisley, Scotland, which played in the Scottish Football League from 1890 until 1915. The team's strip colours were blue and white stripes. Abercorn were founder members of the Scottish Football League, but eventually could not compete with... |
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| Scottish Cup winners | ||
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| Junior Cup winners | ||
| Kilwinning Rangers Kilwinning Rangers F.C. Kilwinning Rangers are a Scottish football club from Kilwinning, Ayrshire. Formed in 1899 they have had periods of success throughout their history although not as much as their rivals Irvine Meadow.... |
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| Scotland national team | ||
| 1909 BHC 1909 British Home Championship The 1909 British Home Championship was an international football tournament between the British Home Nations. England dominated the competition with three wins over their opponents. When placed in the context of their overseas tours to Europe in 1908 and 1909, this made a run of ten victories for... |
The 1908–09 season was the 19th season of competitive football
Football (soccer)
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in Scotland.
Scottish League Division One
| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | Celtic Celtic F.C. Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the... |
34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 71 | 24 | 47 | 51 |
| 2 | Dundee Dundee F.C. Dundee Football Club, founded in 1893, are a football club based in the city of Dundee, Scotland. They are nicknamed The Dee or The Dark Blues and play their home matches at Dens Park. Their shirt colour is dark blue. Dundee currently play in the Scottish First Division, having been relegated from... |
34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 70 | 32 | 38 | 50 |
| 3 | Clyde Clyde F.C. Clyde Football Club are a Scottish professional football team currently playing in the Third Division of the Scottish Football League. Although based for the last fifteen years in the new town of Cumbernauld, they are traditionally associated with an area that covers Rutherglen in South... |
34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 61 | 37 | 24 | 48 |
| 4 | Rangers Rangers F.C. Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses... |
34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 91 | 38 | 53 | 45 |
| 5 | Airdrieonians Airdrieonians F.C. Airdrieonians Football Club, more commonly known as Airdrie, were a Scottish professional football team from the town of Airdrie, in the Monklands area of Lanarkshire.... |
34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 67 | 46 | 21 | 41 |
| 6 | Hibernian Hibernian F.C. Hibernian Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Leith, in the north of Edinburgh. They are one of two Scottish Premier League clubs in the city, the other being their Edinburgh derby rivals, Hearts... |
34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 40 | 32 | 8 | 39 |
| 7 | St. Mirren St. Mirren F.C. St Mirren Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Paisley, Renfrewshire who play in the Scottish Premier League, having been promoted from the First Division in 2005–06.St... |
34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 53 | 45 | 8 | 36 |
| 8 | Aberdeen Aberdeen F.C. Aberdeen Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Aberdeen... |
34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 61 | 53 | 8 | 36 |
| 9 | Kilmarnock Kilmarnock F.C. Kilmarnock Football Club is a Scottish football team based in the town of Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Founded in 1869, "Killie" is the oldest club currently in the Scottish Premier League. Home matches are played at Rugby Park... |
34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 47 | 61 | −14 | 33 |
| 10 | Falkirk Falkirk F.C. Falkirk Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in Falkirk. It is one of two professional football teams from the town, the other being East Stirlingshire... |
34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 58 | 56 | 2 | 33 |
| 11 | Heart of Midlothian Heart of Midlothian F.C. Heart of Midlothian Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Gorgie, in the west of Edinburgh. They currently play in the Scottish Premier League and are one of the two principal clubs in the city, the other being Hibernian... |
34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 54 | 49 | 5 | 32 |
| 12 | Third Lanark Third Lanark A.C. Third Lanark Athletic Club was a football club that originally existed between 1872 and 1967, 95 years in existence, based in Glasgow, Scotland. Third Lanark were known as Thirds, the Warriors, the Redcoats and the Hi Hi's... |
34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 56 | 49 | 7 | 32 |
| 13 | Motherwell Motherwell F.C. Motherwell Football & Athletic Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire. The club compete in the Scottish Premier League and are one of only seven teams to have remained in this league since it was founded in 1998... |
34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 47 | 73 | −26 | 28 |
| 14 | Port Glasgow Athletic Port Glasgow Athletic F.C. Port Glasgow Athletic were a senior Scottish Football club formed in 1880. It was originally named Broadfield before changing its name in 1881.... |
34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 39 | 52 | −13 | 28 |
| 15 | Queen's Park Queen's Park F.C. Queen's Park Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland. The club are currently the only amateur club in the Scottish League; their amateur status is reflected by their motto, Ludere Causa Ludendi – to play for the sake of playing.Queen's Park are the oldest... |
34 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 42 | 65 | −23 | 25 |
| 16 | Hamilton Academical Hamilton Academical F.C. Hamilton Academical Football Club, often known as Hamilton Academical, or Accies, are a Scottish football club from Hamilton in South Lanarkshire. They were established in 1874 from the school football team at Hamilton Academy. They remain the only professional club in British football to have... |
34 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 42 | 72 | −30 | 24 |
| 17 | Morton Greenock Morton F.C. Greenock Morton Football Club are a Scottish professional football club, who currently play in the Scottish Football League First Division. The club was founded as Morton Football Club in 1874, making it one of the oldest senior Scottish clubs.... |
34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 39 | 90 | −51 | 23 |
| 18 | Partick Thistle Partick Thistle F.C. Partick Thistle Football Club are a professional association football club from Glasgow. Despite their name, the club are based in the Maryhill area of the city, and have not played in Partick since 1908... |
34 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 38 | 102 | −64 | 8 |
Champions: Celtic
Scottish League division two
| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | Abercorn Abercorn F.C. Abercorn Football Club was a football club based in Paisley, Scotland, which played in the Scottish Football League from 1890 until 1915. The team's strip colours were blue and white stripes. Abercorn were founder members of the Scottish Football League, but eventually could not compete with... |
22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 39 | 17 | 22 | 31 |
| 2 | Vale of Leven Vale of Leven F.C. Vale of Leven Football Club are an association club based in the town of Alexandria, Scotland, in the Vale of Leven area of West Dunbartonshire. Nicknamed the Vale and formed in 1939, they play at Millburn Park... |
22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 25 | 13 | 28 |
| 3 | Raith Rovers Raith Rovers F.C. Raith Rovers Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in Kirkcaldy, Fife. They are members of the Scottish Football League, currently playing in the First Division, having secured promotion from the Second Division as champions in 2009. Rovers have won one national trophy, the... |
22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 46 | 22 | 24 | 28 |
| 4 | Dumbarton Dumbarton F.C. Dumbarton Football Club is Scotland's 4th oldest football club – founded in 1872, just after Queen's Park , Kilmarnock and Stranraer... |
22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 25 |
| 5 | Leith Athletic Leith Athletic F.C. Leith Athletic Football Club is a football club based in the Leith area of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is a member of the East of Scotland Football League. It plays most of its home games at Leith Links. The club was originally formed in 1887 and played in the Scottish Football League in four different... |
22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 37 | 33 | 4 | 23 |
| 6 | Ayr Ayr F.C. Ayr F.C. was a Scottish Football League club from Ayr, Scotland. They were formed in 1879 by a merger of the Ayr Thistle and Ayr Academical football clubs. Their initial home ground was Springvale Park, which they left in 1884 to play home fixtures at Beresford Park, which they in turn left in 1888... |
22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 43 | 36 | 7 | 23 |
| 7 | St Bernard's St Bernard's F.C. St Bernard's F.C. were a Senior Scottish football club based in Edinburgh from 1878 to 1943.... |
22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 21 |
| 8 | East Stirlingshire East Stirlingshire F.C. East Stirlingshire Football Club is a Scottish football club originating in Falkirk. Founded in 1880, originally as Bainsford Britannia, the club changed to their current name a year later in 1881... |
22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 33 | −6 | 21 |
| 9 | Ayr Parkhouse Ayr Parkhouse F.C. Ayr Parkhouse Football Club were a football club from the town of Ayr in Scotland. The club was a member of the Scottish Football League until 1910, when they merged with neighbours Ayr F.C. to form Ayr United.- History :... |
22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 31 | −2 | 21 |
| 10 | Albion Rovers | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 37 | 47 | −10 | 20 |
| 11 | Cowdenbeath Cowdenbeath F.C. Cowdenbeath Football Club are a professional Scottish football team based in the town of Cowdenbeath, Fife. They currently play in the Second Division of the Scottish Football League. The club plays its home games at Central Park in the centre of the town which has the unusual feature of a motor... |
22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 42 | −23 | 12 |
| 12 | Arthurlie Arthurlie F.C. Arthurlie Football Club are a Junior Scottish football team based in Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, near Glasgow. They play at Dunterlie Park, on Carlibar Road, adjacent to Barrhead railway station. They currently play in the Stagecoach Super League, Premier Division... |
22 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 29 | 55 | −27 | 11 |
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Cup was withheld by the Scottish Football AssociationScottish Football Association
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after a riot following the replay between finalists Rangers and Celtic.
Junior Cup
Kilwinning RangersKilwinning Rangers F.C.
Kilwinning Rangers are a Scottish football club from Kilwinning, Ayrshire. Formed in 1899 they have had periods of success throughout their history although not as much as their rivals Irvine Meadow....
won the Junior Cup after a 1–0 win over Strathclyde in a replayed final.
Scotland national team
| Date | Venue | Opponents | Competition | Scotland scorer(s) | |
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| 1 March 1909 | Racecourse Ground Racecourse Ground The Glyndŵr University Racecourse Stadium AKA The Racecourse Ground is a stadium located in Wrexham, North Wales. It is the home of Wrexham F.C. and, since 2010, the Crusaders Rugby League team who play in the engage Super League... , Wrexham Wrexham Wrexham is a town in Wales. It is the administrative centre of the wider Wrexham County Borough, and the largest town in North Wales, located in the east of the region. It is situated between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley close to the border with Cheshire, England... (A) |
2–3 | BHC 1909 British Home Championship The 1909 British Home Championship was an international football tournament between the British Home Nations. England dominated the competition with three wins over their opponents. When placed in the context of their overseas tours to Europe in 1908 and 1909, this made a run of ten victories for... |
Bobby Walker Bobby Walker Robert Staig "Bobby" Walker was a Scottish professional football player.-Hearts:Walker joined Hearts from Dalry Primrose in 1896, making his debut in a "trial" match vs Sunderland. He played in a few games that clinched Hearts 2nd League Championship in 1897... , Harold Paul |
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| 15 March 1909 | Ibrox Park Ibrox Stadium Ibrox Stadium is a football stadium located on the south side of the River Clyde, on Edmiston Drive in the Ibrox district of Glasgow. It is the home ground of Scottish Premier League club Rangers and has an all-seated capacity of 51,082... , Glasgow Glasgow Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands... (H) |
5–0 | BHC 1909 British Home Championship The 1909 British Home Championship was an international football tournament between the British Home Nations. England dominated the competition with three wins over their opponents. When placed in the context of their overseas tours to Europe in 1908 and 1909, this made a run of ten victories for... |
Jimmy McMenemy Jimmy McMenemy James "Jimmy" McMenemy was a Scottish footballer, who played for Celtic from 1902 to 1920. He made 515 appearances and scored 168 goals.... (2), Alexander Thomson, Sandy MacFarlane, Harold Paul |
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| 3 April 1909 | Crystal Palace Crystal Palace National Sports Centre The National Sports Centre at Crystal Palace in south London, England is a large sports centre and athletics stadium. It was opened in 1964 in Crystal Palace Park, close to the site of the former Crystal Palace, in the former parkland and also usurping part of the former grand prix circuit.It was... , London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its... (A) |
0–2 | BHC 1909 British Home Championship The 1909 British Home Championship was an international football tournament between the British Home Nations. England dominated the competition with three wins over their opponents. When placed in the context of their overseas tours to Europe in 1908 and 1909, this made a run of ten victories for... |
Key:
- (H) = Home match
- (A) = Away match
- BHC = British Home Championship