1908–09 in Scottish football

1908–09 in Scottish football
Division One champions
Celtic
Division Two champions
Abercorn
Scottish Cup winners
Withheld
Junior Cup winners
Kilwinning Rangers
Scotland national team
1909 BHC

The 1908–09 season was the 19th season of competitive football in Scotland.

Scottish League Division One

Main article: 1908–09 Scottish First Division

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Celtic	34	23	5	6	71	24	47	51
2	Dundee	34	22	6	6	70	32	38	50
3	Clyde	34	21	6	7	61	37	24	48
4	Rangers	34	19	7	8	91	38	53	45
5	Airdrieonians	34	16	9	9	67	46	21	41
6	Hibernian	34	16	7	11	40	32	8	39
7	St. Mirren	34	15	6	13	53	45	8	36
8	Aberdeen	34	15	6	13	61	53	8	36
9	Kilmarnock	34	13	7	14	47	61	−14	33
10	Falkirk	34	13	7	14	58	56	2	33
11	Heart of Midlothian	34	12	8	14	54	49	5	32
12	Third Lanark	34	11	10	13	56	49	7	32
13	Motherwell	34	11	6	17	47	73	−26	28
14	Port Glasgow Athletic	34	10	8	16	39	52	−13	28
15	Queen's Park	34	6	13	15	42	65	−23	25
16	Hamilton Academical	34	6	12	16	42	72	−30	24
17	Morton	34	8	7	19	39	90	−51	23
18	Partick Thistle	34	2	4	28	38	102	−64	8

Champions: Celtic

Scottish League division Two

Main article: 1908–09 Scottish Second Division

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Abercorn	22	13	5	4	39	17	22	31
2	Vale of Leven	22	12	4	6	38	25	13	28
3	Raith Rovers	22	11	6	5	46	22	24	28
4	Dumbarton	22	10	5	7	34	34	0	25
5	Leith Athletic	22	10	3	9	37	33	4	23
6	Ayr	22	10	3	9	43	36	7	23
7	St Bernard's	22	9	3	10	34	37	−3	21
8	East Stirlingshire	22	9	3	10	27	33	−6	21
9	Ayr Parkhouse	22	8	5	9	29	31	−2	21
10	Albion Rovers	22	9	2	11	37	47	−10	20
11	Cowdenbeath	22	4	4	14	19	42	−23	12
12	Arthurlie	22	5	1	16	29	55	−27	11

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1908–09 Scottish Cup

Main article: 1909 Scottish Cup Final

The Scottish Cup was withheld by the Scottish Football Association after a riot following the replay between finalists Rangers and Celtic.

Junior Cup

Kilwinning Rangers won the Junior Cup after a 1–0 win over Strathclyde in a replayed final.

Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team results and fixtures

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
1 March 1909	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham (A)	Wales	2–3	BHC	Bobby Walker, Harold Paul
15 March 1909	Ibrox Park, Glasgow (H)	Ireland	5–0	BHC	Jimmy McMenemy (2), Alexander Thomson, Sandy MacFarlane, Harold Paul
3 April 1909	Crystal Palace, London (A)	England	0–2	BHC

Key:

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

See also

1908-09 Aberdeen F.C. season