This document was compiled by Clas Glenning from reliable sources covering the game of football in Scotland and overhauled in January 2010. You are free to copy this document but please state the source, i.e. Clas Glenning. I would like to thank Rumwold Leigh of London, England for clarifying the business surrounding Clydebank. Also thanks to Bob Bath and Markus Schaal for pointing out needed corrections.
TEAM S GP W D L GF GA P PD 1. Rangers (Glasgow) 112 3790 2427 734 629 8527 3778 8015 2. Celtic (Glasgow) 112 3789 2327 757 705 8305 3923 7734 -4 3. Hearts (Edinburgh) 108 3643 1641 836 1166 6471 5064 5759 4. Aberdeen 95 3424 1465 844 1115 5617 4563 5239 5. Hibernian (Edinburgh) 103 3546 1372 824 1350 5661 5356 4940 6. Motherwell 93 3336 1235 750 1351 5213 5334 4455 7. Dundee 91 3074 1193 689 1192 4858 4760 4268 8. Kilmarnock 81 2843 1035 655 1153 4234 4732 3760 9. St. Mirren (Paisley) 91 3014 1012 644 1358 4354 5277 3680 10.Partick Thistle (Glasgow)80 2758 997 609 1152 4225 4627 3600 11.Falkirk 67 2406 811 552 1043 3636 4154 2985 12.Airdrieonians (Airdrie) 60 2120 756 449 915 3360 3897 2717 13.Dundee United 52 1908 718 490 700 2780 2760 2644 14.Clyde (Cumbernauld) 63 2076 699 435 942 3188 3975 2532 15.Third Lanark (Glasgow) 58 1810 665 359 786 3096 3389 2350 -4 16.Greenock Morton 54 1855 604 404 847 2641 3284 2216 17.St. Johnstone (Perth) 38 1394 447 340 607 1973 2417 1681 18.Hamilton Academical 39 1442 467 265 710 2134 2806 1666 19.Queen's Park (Glasgow) 42 1462 425 285 752 2157 3055 1560 20.Ayr United 35 1288 420 285 583 1868 2463 1545 21.Dunfermline Athletic 37 1336 408 309 619 1887 2429 1533 22.Raith Rovers (Kircaldy) 37 1316 394 274 648 1853 2482 1456 23.Queen o t South (Dumfries)20 672 216 133 323 1030 1425 781 24.Dumbarton 19 597 184 127 286 859 1133 679 25.East Fife (Fife) 14 452 162 89 201 735 877 575 26.Cowdenbeath 11 414 149 69 196 702 845 516 27.Clydebank 10 386 94 83 209 453 758 365 28.Albion Rovers (Coatbridge)9 346 89 67 190 472 740 334 29.Arbroath 9 322 79 72 171 419 693 309 30.Clydebank (1st) 7 270 76 56 138 366 524 284 31.Stirling Albion 11 358 69 62 227 408 895 269 32.Inverness CT 5 190 60 48 82 222 253 228 33.Port Glasgow Athletic 8 241 51 49 141 265 527 202 34.Livingston 5 190 48 45 97 205 306 189 35.St. Bernard's (Edinburgh) 7 126 45 12 69 252 323 147 36.Leith Athletic 6 152 41 20 91 251 403 143 37.Clydebank (2nd) 3 116 18 27 71 87 234 81 38.Abercorn 4 76 17 9 50 136 246 60 39.Renton 3 58 14 12 32 91 144 54 40.Cambuslang 2 40 13 9 18 68 95 48 41.East Stirlingshire (Falkirk)2 72 12 5 55 92 206 41 42.Bo'ness 1 38 9 8 21 48 86 35 43.Alloa Athletic 1 38 6 11 21 27 52 29 44.Vale Of Leven 2 40 5 6 29 51 164 21 45.Gretna 1 38 5 8 25 32 83 13 -10 46.Cowlairs 1 18 3 4 11 24 50 9 -4General 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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