1904–05 in Scottish football

1904–05 in Scottish football
Division One champions
Celtic
Division Two champions
Clyde
Scottish Cup winners
Third Lanark
Junior Cup winners
Ashfield
Scotland national team
1905 BHC

The 1904–05 season was the 15th season of competitive football in Scotland.

Scottish League Division One

Main article: 1904–05 Scottish First Division

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Celtic	26	18	5	3	68	31	37	41
2	Rangers	26	19	3	4	83	28	55	41
3	Third Lanark	26	14	7	5	60	28	32	35
4	Airdrieonians	26	11	5	10	38	45	−7	27
5	Hibernian	26	9	8	9	39	39	0	26
6	Partick Thistle	26	12	2	12	36	56	−20	26
7	Heart of Midlothian	26	11	3	12	46	44	2	25
8	Dundee	26	10	5	11	38	32	6	25
9	Kilmarnock	26	9	5	12	29	45	−16	23
10	St. Mirren	26	9	4	13	33	36	−3	22
11	Port Glasgow Ath	26	8	5	13	30	51	−21	21
12	Queen's Park	26	6	8	12	28	45	−17	20
13	Morton	26	7	4	15	27	50	−23	18
14	Motherwell	26	6	2	18	28	53	−25	14

Celtic became the champions after a playoff victory against Rangers after the two teams finished level on points.

Champions: Celtic

The above table was slightly incorrect. Most reference books have the score for the game 19 November 1904 as Hearts 2 Port Glasgow Athletic 0. The actual score was 5-0. Report Therefore Hearts should have 3 more goals and Port Glasgow 3 more in the against Column. Incorrect version that appears in most reference books.

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Heart of Midlothian	26	11	3	12	43	44	−1	25
11	Port Glasgow Ath	26	8	5	13	30	48	−18	21

League Table from April 1905

Scottish League Division Two

Main article: 1904–05 Scottish Second Division

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Clyde	22	13	6	3	38	22	16	32
2	Falkirk	22	12	4	6	32	25	7	28
3	Hamilton Academical	22	12	3	7	40	24	16	27
4	Leith Athletic	22	10	4	8	36	26	10	34
5	Ayr	22	11	1	10	46	37	9	23
6	Arthurlie	22	9	5	8	37	41	−4	23
7	Aberdeen	22	7	7	8	36	26	10	21
8	Albion Rovers	22	8	4	10	38	53	−15	20
9	East Stirlingshire	22	7	5	10	37	38	−1	19
10	Raith Rovers	22	9	1	12	30	34	−4	19
11	Abercorn	22	8	1	13	31	45	−14	17
12	St Bernard's	22	3	5	14	23	53	−30	11

Two teams were promoted from Division Two this season, as next season's Division One capacity increased to sixteen teams.

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1904–05 Scottish Cup

Third Lanark were winners of the Scottish Cup after a 3–1 replay win over Rangers.

Junior Cup

Ashfield were winners of the Junior Cup after a 2–1 win over Renfrew Vic.

Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team results and fixtures

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
6 March 1905	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham (A)	Wales	1–3	BHC	John Tait Robertson
18 March 1905	Celtic Park, Glasgow (H)	Ireland	4–0	BHC	Charles Thomson (2), Bobby Walker, Jimmy Quinn
1 April 1905	Crystal Palace, London (A)	England	0–1	BHC

Key:

• (H) = Home match
• (A) = Away match
• BHC = British Home Championship

See also

1904-05 Aberdeen F.C. season
Rangers F.C. season 1904-05