1909–10 in Scottish football

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Football in Scotland
Season1909–10
← 1908–09 Scotland 1910–11 →
1909–10 in Scottish football
File:Flag of Scotland with football.png
Division One champions
Celtic
Division Two champions
Leith Athletic
Scottish Cup winners
Dundee
Junior Cup winners
Ashfield
Scotland national team
1910 BHC

The 1909–10 season was the 37th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 20th season of the Scottish Football League.

Overview

Celtic extended their record run of consecutive league titles to six, while Dundee were Scottish Cup winners for the first time. On the international front, Scotland were outright British champions for the first time in eight years.

League competitions

Scottish League Division One

Main article: 1909–10 Scottish Division One
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Celtic (C) 34 24 6 4 63 22 +41 54 Champions
2 Falkirk 34 22 8 4 71 28 +43 52
3 Rangers 34 20 6 8 70 35 +35 46
4 Aberdeen 34 16 8 10 44 29 +15 40
5 Clyde 34 14 9 11 47 40 +7 37
6 Dundee 34 14 8 12 52 44 +8 36
7 Third Lanark 34 13 8 13 62 44 +18 34
8 Hibernian 34 14 6 14 33 40 −7 34
9 Airdrieonians 34 12 9 13 46 57 −11 33
10 Motherwell 34 12 8 14 59 60 −1 32
11 Kilmarnock 34 12 8 14 53 59 −6 32
12 Heart of Midlothian 34 12 7 15 59 50 +9 31
13 St Mirren 34 13 5 16 48 58 −10 31
14 Queen's Park 34 12 6 16 54 74 −20 30
15 Hamilton Academical 34 11 6 17 50 67 −17 28
16 Partick Thistle 34 8 10 16 45 59 −14 26
17 Morton 34 11 3 20 38 60 −22 25
18 Port Glasgow Athletic (R) 34 3 5 26 25 93 −68 11 Relegated to the 1910–11 Scottish Division Two
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Champions: Celtic

Scottish League Division Two

Main article: 1909–10 Scottish Division Two
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Leith Athletic (C) 22 13 7 2 44 19 +25 33[lower-alpha 1]
1 Raith Rovers (C, P) 22 14 5 3 36 21 +15 33[lower-alpha 1] Promoted to the 1910–11 Scottish Division One
3 St Bernard's 22 12 3 7 43 31 +12 27
4 Dumbarton 22 9 5 8 44 38 +6 23
5 Abercorn 22 7 8 7 38 40 −2 22
6 Ayr 22 9 3 10 37 40 −3 21
6 Vale of Leven 22 8 5 9 36 38 −2 21
8 East Stirlingshire 22 9 2 11 38 43 −5 20
9 Albion Rovers 22 7 5 10 34 39 −5 19
10 Arthurlie 22 6 5 11 34 47 −13 17
10 Cowdenbeath 22 7 3 12 22 34 −12 17
12 Ayr Parkhouse 22 4 3 15 27 43 −16 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; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Leith Athletic and Raith Rovers finished level on points but did not contest a play-off match for the championship so were declared joint winners.

Other honours

Cup honours

National

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Scottish Cup Dundee 2 – 1[lower-alpha 1] Clyde
Scottish Qualifying Cup Leith Athletic 4 – 0 Bathgate
Scottish Consolation Cup Arthurlie 4 – 2 St Johnstone
Scottish Junior Cup Ashfield 3 – 0[lower-alpha 2] Kilwinning Rangers
Scottish Amateur Cup John Neilson Institute Former Pupils 6 – 1 Paisley Academical

County

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup Aberdeen 2 – 1[lower-alpha 3] Peterhead
Ayrshire Cup Ayr 1 – 0 Ayr Parkhouse
Dumbartonshire Cup Dumbarton Harp 2 – 1 Dumbarton
East of Scotland Shield Hearts 1 – 1[lower-alpha 4] St Bernard's
Fife Cup Cowdenbeath 2 – 1[lower-alpha 1] Lochgelly United
Forfarshire Cup Brechin City 4 – 1 Arbroath
Glasgow Cup Celtic 1 – 0 Rangers
Lanarkshire Cup Hamilton Academical / Wishaw Thistle[lower-alpha 5]
Linlithgowshire Cup Bo'ness 1 – 0 Broxburn
Perthshire Cup Dunblane 2 – 1 Morrisonians
Renfrewshire Cup St Mirren 3 – 1[lower-alpha 6] Abercorn
Southern Counties Cup Dumfries 1 – 0 Nithsdale Wanderers
Stirlingshire Cup Falkirk 10 – 0 Alloa

Non-league honours

Highland League

Top Three
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Elgin City[lower-alpha 7] 14 9 2 3 41 20 +21 20
2 Inverness Thistle 14 9 2 3 38 23 +15 20
3 Inverness Citadel 14 9 1 4 35 19 +16 19
Source: RSSSF

Other Senior Leagues

Division Winner
Banffshire League Portsoy Thistle
Border Senior League Selkirk
Central League Bo'ness
Midland League Clackmannan
Northern League Dundee 'A'
Perthshire League Huntingtower
Scottish Combination Nithsdale Wanderers / Girvan Athletic
Scottish Union Dumbarton Harp

Other senior honours

Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team 1872–1914 results

Scotland were winners of the 1910 British Home Championship.

Date Venue Opponents Score[1] Competition Scotland scorer(s)
5 March 1910 Rugby Park, Kilmarnock (H) File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales 1–0 BHC Archie Devine
19 March 1910 Windsor Park, Belfast (A) File:Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg Ireland 0–1 BHC
2 April 1910 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H) File:Flag of England.svg England 2–0 BHC Jimmy McMenemy, Jimmy Quinn

Key:

  • (H) = Home match
  • (A) = Away match
  • BHC = British Home Championship
Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland (C) 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 4
File:Flag of England.svg England 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 3
File:Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg Ireland 3 1 1 1 3 5 −2 3
File:Flag of Wales (1807–1953).svg Wales 3 1 0 2 4 3 +1 2
Source: [2]
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[3][4] Score[lower-alpha 8] Scotland scorer(s)
25 October 1909 Firhill, Glasgow (H) Northern Ireland Irish League XI 2–0 Jimmy Quinn, Sandy MacFarlane
26 February 1910 Ewood Park, Blackburn (A) England Football League XI 3–2 Jimmy Quinn (2), Bobby Templeton

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Second replay needed.
  2. ↑ Replay ordered. First match null and void.
  3. ↑ Replay needed.
  4. ↑ Won on corners.
  5. ↑ Trophy shared after two draws.
  6. ↑ Aggregate over two legs.
  7. ↑ Finished first after play off.
  8. ↑ Scottish League XI's score is shown first.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Scotland's score is shown first.
  2. ↑ "British Championship 1910". EU-Football. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "SFL XI v The Football League XI Record". London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "SFL XI v Irish Football League XI Record". London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 3 October 2022.

External links

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