This document was compiled by Clas Glenning from reliable sources covering the game of football in Scotland. * mean that a team have had points deducted; see the notes after the tables. You are free to copy this document but please state the source, i.e. Clas Glenning. I would like to thank Rumwold Leighof of London, England for clarifying the business surrounding Clydebank. Also thanks to Bob Bath and Markus Schaal for pointing out needed corrections.
1. Rangers, Glasgow 112 3790 2427 734 629 8540-3875 8015 2. Celtic, Glasgow 112 3789 2327 757 705 8322-3909 7734* 3. Heart of Midlothian Edinburgh 108 3641 1641 836 1166 6484-5166 5755 4. Aberdeen 95 3424 1465 844 1115 5625-4578 5239 5. Hibernian, Edinburgh 102 3512 1360 819 1333 5616-4937 4899 6. Motherwell 93 3354 1234 760 1349 5107-5337 4459 7. Dundee FC 91 3074 1193 699 1182 4759-4670 4278 8. Kilmarnock 81 2842 1035 655 1152 3936-4526 3760 9. St. Mirren, Paisley 91 3014 1011 643 1360 4253-5167 3676 10.Partick Thistle, Glasgow 80 2766 997 609 1160 4127-4627 3600 11.Falkirk 67 2406 809 550 1047 3333-3961 2977 12.Airdrieonians, Airdrie 60 2120 756 449 915 3960-3896 2717 13.Dundee United 52 1902 718 500 694 2776-2760 2654 14.Clyde, Cumbernauld 63 2086 699 435 952 3186-3972 2532 15.Third Lanark, Glasgow 58 1810 666 358 786 3095-3382 2352* 16.Morton 54 1855 604 404 847 2638-3284 2216 17.St. Johnstone, Perth 38 1394 447 340 607 1973-2376 1681 18.Hamilton Academicals 38 1408 456 260 692 2081-2730 1628 19.Queens Park, Glasgow 42 1462 426 284 752 2128-2753 1562 20.Ayr United 35 1288 420 285 583 1869-2479 1545 21.Dunfermline Athletic 37 1336 408 309 619 1892-2429 1533 22.Raith Rovers, Kircaldy 37 1316 394 273 648 1853-2485 1456 23.Queen of the South, Dumfries 20 662 216 133 313 1029-1455 781 24.Dumbarton 19 597 184 124 289 759-1134 676 25.East Fife, Fife 14 452 162 89 201 735- 877 575 26.Cowdenbeath 11 414 149 69 196 702- 853 516 27.Albion Rovers, Coatbridge 9 346 89 67 190 472- 760 334 28.Arbroath 9 322 79 72 171 419- 693 309 29.Clydebank (first club) 7 270 76 56 138 365- 513 284 30.Stirling Albion 11 358 69 62 227 408- 895 269 32.Inverness Caledonian Thistle 5 190 60 48 82 222- 253 228 31.Port Glasgow Athletic 8 240 50 49 141 259- 529 199 33.Livingston 5 200 48 45 107 205- 306 189 34.St. Bernhard's, Edinburgh 7 126 45 12 69 254- 315 147 35.Leith Athletic 6 152 41 20 91 251- 404 143 36.Clydebank (second club) 3 116 18 27 71 87- 234 81 37.Abercorn 4 76 17 9 50 139- 246 60 38.Renton 3 58 14 12 32 92- 140 54 39.East Stirlingshire, Falkirk 2 72 12 5 55 62- 206 41 40.Cambuslang 2 40 10 10 20 69- 95 40 41.BoNess 1 38 9 8 21 48- 86 35 42.Alloa Athletic 1 38 6 11 21 27- 52 29 43.Vale of Leven 2 40 5 6 29 51- 165 21 44.Gretna 1 38 5 8 25 32- 83 13* 45.Cowlairs 1 18 3 4 11 24- 50 9*General notes:
The league originally consisted of 11 teams when it started 1890-91, but Renton was expelled after five matches after having played a match against a professional side (St. Bernhard's thinly disguised as Edinburgh Saints), which was not allowed in those days. The games they had played were expunged. The championship games (Dumbarton - Rangers 2-2 1890-91 and Celtic - Rangers 2-1 1904-05) are counted in the tables above as they were championship deciders. Dumbarton and Rangers jointly won the championship 1890-91 following the tied game mentioned, but that is another matter! During the second world war there was no official championship. That's the reason why the seasons 1939-40 - 1945-46 aren't counted in the table above. Also there was no single first level which covered the whole of Scotland. The teams played in regional groups.Specific Notes:
Morton and Hearts played each other only once in the 1915-16 season. The games between Dundee FC and Ayr United in the 1921-22 season were both played in Dundee for some to the author unknown reason. * Celtic had 4 points deducted in the 1890-91 season for rule infringement. * Third Lanark had 4 points deducted in the 1890-91 season for rule infringement. * Gretna had 10 points deducted during the 2007-08 season for entering into administration. * Cowlairs had 4 points deducted in the 1890-91 season for rule infringement. Note: The first Clydebank club folded in 1931. The 2nd one began operations in the 1960s and folded in 2003. They had no connection with each other.
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