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. You are free to copy this document in a non-commercial capacity but please state the source, i.e. Clas Glenning.
TEAM S GP W D L GF GA P PD 1. Rangers (Glasgow) 115 3904 2509 751 644 8774 3863 8268 -10 2. Celtic (Glasgow) 117 3979 2466 784 729 8743 4065 8178 -4 3. Heart of Midl. (Edinburgh) 113 3833 1708 880 1245 6689 5312 5989 -15 4. Aberdeen 100 3614 1526 897 1191 5822 4799 5475 5. Hibernian (Edinburgh) 108 3736 1426 872 1438 5878 5642 5150 6. Motherwell 98 3526 1319 792 1415 5485 5603 4752 7. Dundee 92 3112 1200 698 1214 4886 4820 4298 8. Kilmarnock 86 3033 1089 706 1238 4457 5018 3973 9. St. Mirren (Paisley) 96 3204 1055 705 1444 4548 5552 3870 10.Partick Thistle (Glasgow) 81 2796 1005 623 1168 4271 4692 3638 11.Falkirk 68 2444 817 565 1062 3667 4211 3016 12.Dundee United 57 2098 795 547 756 3068 3019 2942 13.Airdrieonians (Airdrie) 60 2120 756 449 915 3360 3897 2717 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) 43 1584 513 392 679 2189 2657 1931 18.Hamilton Academical 41 1518 485 286 747 2197 2911 1741 19.Queen's Park (Glasgow) 42 1462 425 285 752 2157 3055 1560 20.Dunfermline Athletic 38 1374 413 319 642 1927 2511 1558 21.Ayr United 35 1288 420 285 583 1868 2463 1545 22.Raith Rovers (Kirkcaldy) 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.Inverness Caledonian Thistle 9 342 113 92 137 424 474 431 28.Clydebank 10 386 94 83 209 453 758 365 29.Albion Rovers (Coatbridge) 9 346 89 67 190 472 740 334 30.Arbroath 9 322 79 72 171 419 693 309 31.Clydebank (1st) 7 270 76 56 138 366 524 284 32.Stirling Albion 11 358 69 62 227 408 895 269 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.Ross County (Dingwall) 2 76 24 21 31 91 140 93 38.Clydebank (2nd) 3 116 18 27 71 87 234 81 39.Abercorn 4 76 17 9 50 136 246 60 40.Renton 3 58 14 12 32 91 144 54 41.Cambuslang 2 40 13 9 18 68 95 48 42.East Stirlingshire (Falkirk) 2 72 12 5 55 92 206 41 43.Bo'ness 1 38 9 8 21 48 86 35 44.Alloa Athletic 1 38 6 11 21 27 52 29 45.Vale Of Leven 2 40 5 6 29 51 164 21 46.Gretna 1 38 5 8 25 32 83 13 -10 47.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. * Rangers had 10 points deducted during the 2011/12-season for entering into administration. * Celtic had four points deducted in the 1890/91-season for rule infringement. * Third Lanark had four 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 four points deducted in the 1890/91-season for rule infringement. Hearts of Midlothian had 15 points deducted during the 2013/14-season for financial irregularities. 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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