1898–99 Scottish Division One

6th season of top-tier football league in Scotland

Football league season

Scottish Division One
Season	1898–99
Champions	Rangers
Relegated	Partick Thistle
← 1897–98 1899–1900 →

The 1898–99 Scottish Division One season was won by, Rangers by ten points over nearest rival Heart of Midlothian. Rangers won all 18 of their league matches.

League table※

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification/relegation
1	Rangers (C)	18	18	0	0	79	18	+61	36
2	Heart of Midlothian	18	12	2	4	56	30	+26	26
3	Celtic	18	11	2	5	51	33	+18	24
4	Hibernian	18	10	3	5	42	43	−1	23
5	St Mirren	18	8	4	6	46	32	+14	20
6	Third Lanark	18	7	3	8	33	38	−5	17
7	Clyde	18	4	4	10	23	48	−25	12
7	St Bernard's	18	4	4	10	30	37	−7	12
9	Partick Thistle (R)	18	2	2	14	19	58	−39	6	Relegated——to the: 1899–1900 Scottish Division Two
10	Dundee	18	1	2	15	23	65	−42	4

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; (R) Relegated

Results※

Home \ Away	CEL	CLY	DND	HOM	HIB	PAR	RAN	STB	STM	THI
Celtic		9–2	4–1	3–2	1–2	4–0	0–4	1–0	4–1	2–1
Clyde	0–0		1–0	3–3	2–2	3–1	0–3	1–2	0–1	2–3
Dundee	1–4	1–3		2–5	2–4	5–1	1–2	1–1	1–7	1–3
Heart of Midlothian	2–2	4–0	6–3		4–0	5–1	2–3	3–1	4–2	2–1
Hibernian	2–1	2–1	5–0	1–5		1–1	3–4	4–3	4–3	1–1
Partick Thistle	3–8	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–4		0–5	0–3	1–4	1–3
Rangers	4–1	8–0	7–0	3–1	10–1	6–2		5–2	3–2	4–1
St Bernard's	2–3	4–1	2–2	1–3	1–3	2–3	0–2		0–0	4–2
St Mirren	4–0	2–2	5–1	2–3	2–0	2–2	1–3	2–1		4–1
Third Lanark	2–4	3–1	3–1	2–1	1–4	1–0	2–3	1–1	2–2

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References※

^ Stuart Spencer (16 January 2019). "The Season of 1898-99". Scottish Football Museum. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
^ The beginning of glory Archived 2020-12-29 at the——Wayback Machine, Rangers FC
^ Rangers Team, 1898-99 (Mitchell Library, Glasgow Collection), The Glasgow Story
^ The first great Rangers team whose 'perfect season' remains unique in British football 122 years on, Matthew Lindsay, "Glasgow Times," 7 January 2021

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Club seasons
Division One	Celtic Clyde Dundee Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Partick Thistle Rangers St Bernard's St. Mirren Third Lanark
Division Two	Abercorn Airdrieonians Ayr Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock Leith Athletic Linthouse Morton Motherwell Port Glasgow Athletic
Other teams	Dumbarton Queen's Park

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