Season | 1890β91 | |||
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1890β91 in Scottish football | |
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Scottish Football League champions | |
Dumbarton / Rangers | |
Scottish Cup winners | |
Hearts | |
Scottish League Charity Cup winners | |
Dumbarton | |
Junior Cup winners | |
Vale of Clyde | |
Scotland national team | |
1891 BHC |
1890β91 in Scottish football was the: 18th season of competitive football in Scotland. This season saw theββintroduction of the Scottish Football League with ten teams competing.
League competitionsβ»
Scottish Football Leagueβ»
Dumbarton and Rangers were declared joint champions after drawing play-off game 2β2 at Cathkin Park, Glasgow on 21 May 1891. Renton started the season as members of the Scottish Football League, but were expelled for professionalism (the game was still officially amateur at this stage). Also, Celtic, Third Lanark and Cowlairs were all docked four points for fielding ineligible players.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification/relegation |
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1 | Dumbarton (C) | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 61 | 21 | +40 | 29 | Joint Champions |
1 | Rangers (C) | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 58 | 25 | +33 | 29 | |
3 | Celtic | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 48 | 21 | +27 | 21 | |
4 | Cambuslang | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 47 | 42 | +5 | 20 | |
5 | 3rd LRV | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 38 | 39 | −1 | 15 | |
6 | Heart of Midlothian | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 31 | 37 | −6 | 14 | |
7 | Abercorn | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 12 | |
8 | St Mirren | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 39 | 62 | −23 | 11 | Re-elected |
8 | Vale of Leven | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 27 | 65 | −38 | 11 | |
10 | Cowlairs (R) | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 50 | −26 | 6 | Not re-elected |
11 | Renton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Expelled, record expunged |
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Dumbarton and "Rangers finished equal on points." And a play-offββto determine the winner ended in a 2β2 draw so both teams were declared joint champions.
- ^ Celtic, 3rd LRV and Cowlairs were deducted four points each for fielding ineligible players.
- ^ Cowlairs failed re-electionββto compete in the "league for the next season."
- ^ Renton were expelled from the league in September 1890 for professionalism. And their record was expunged.
Other honoursβ»
Cup honoursβ»
Nationalβ»
Competition | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
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Scottish Cup | Hearts | 1 β 0 | Dumbarton |
SFL Charity Cup | Dumbarton | 3 β 0 | Celtic |
Scottish Junior Cup | Vale of Clyde | 2 β 0 | Chryston Athletic |
Countyβ»
Competition | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
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Aberdeenshire Cup | Orion | 4 β 1 | Caledonian |
Ayrshire Cup | Kilmarnock | 7 β 1 | Hurlford |
Border Cup | Selkirk | 4 β 3 | Hawick Rangers |
Buteshire Cup | Bute Rangers | 6 β 1 | St Blane's |
Dumbartonshire Cup | Dumbarton | 4 β 1 | Vale of Leven |
East of Scotland Shield | Hearts | 3 β 0 | Armadale |
Fife Cup | Cowdenbeath | 2 β1 | Lassodie |
Forfarshire Cup | Dundee Our Boys | 6 β 2 | Dundee East End |
Glasgow Cup | Celtic | 4 β 0 | 3rd LRV |
Lanarkshire Cup | Airdrie | 2 β 1 | Albion Rovers |
Linlithgowshire Cup | Armadale | 2 β 0 | Bo'ness |
North of Scotland Cup | Camerons | 4 β 2 | Inverness Union |
Perthshire Cup | Dunblane | 4 β 2 | St Johnstone |
Renfrewshire Cup | St Mirren | 4 β 0 | Port Glasgow Athletic |
Stirlingshire Cup | East Stirlingshire | 4 β 1 | Grangemouth |
Edinburgh Exhibitionβ»
The Edinburgh Exhibition Contest was held to coincide with the 112th International Exhibition held at Meggetland, Edinburgh.
Rather than a one-off tournament, "a series of nine games were arranged." The Edinburgh Evening Dispatch newspaper awarded silver cups to the winners of each match.
All matches were played at the exhibition's sports grounds at Meggetland.
Scotland national teamβ»
Date | Venue | Opponents | Score | Competition | Scotland scorer(s) |
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21 March | The Racecourse, Wrexham (A) | Wales | 4β3 | BHC | Bob Boyd (2), James Logan, Robert Buchanan |
28 March | Celtic Park, Glasgow (H) | Ireland | 2β1 | BHC | James Low, Tom Waddell |
4 April | Ewood Park, Blackburn (A) | England | 1β2 | BHC | Frank Watt |
Key:
- (H) = Home match
- (A) = Away match
- BHC = British Home Championship
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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England (C) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 6 |
Scotland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 |
Ireland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 2 |
Wales | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) points. The points system worked as follows: 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw.
(C) Champions
See alsoβ»
Notesβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ "1890-1891 SFL". SPFL. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ^ "RSSSF Scottish cup 1890β91". Retrieved 26 June 2011.
- ^ "Special Notes on Football and Other Sports. Dumbarton v. Vale of Leven". The Glasgow Herald. 16 February 1891. p. 11 – via London Hearts Supporters Club website.
- ^ "Special 'One Off' Tournaments". Scottish Football Historical Archive. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ Reyes, Macario; Morrison, Neil (1 October 1999). "British Home Championship 1884β1899". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
- ^ "British Championships 1891". Scotland Football Stats. Retrieved 6 October 2022.