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1899–1900 in Scottish football

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1899–1900 in Scottish football
Division One champions
Rangers
Division Two champions
Partick Thistle
Scottish Cup winners
Celtic
Junior Cup winners
Maryhill
Scotland national team
1900 BHC

The season of 1899–1900 in Scottish football was the 27th season of competitive football in Scotland and the tenth season of the Scottish Football League.

Scottish Division One

Rangers were champions of the Scottish Division One.

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Rangers 18 15 2 1 69 27 42 32
2 Celtic 18 9 7 2 46 27 19 25
3 Hibernian 18 9 6 3 43 24 19 24
4 Heart of Midlothian 18 10 3 5 41 24 17 23
5 Kilmarnock 18 6 6 6 30 37 −7 18
6 Dundee 18 4 7 7 36 39 −3 15
= Third Lanark 18 5 5 8 31 36 −5 15
8 St Mirren 18 3 6 9 30 46 −16 12
= St Bernard's 18 4 4 10 29 47 −18 12
10 Clyde 18 2 0 16 25 70 −45 4

Scottish Division Two

Partick Thistle won the Scottish Division Two.

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Partick Thistle 18 14 1 3 56 26 30 29
2 Morton 18 14 0 4 66 25 41 28
3 Port Glasgow Athletic 18 10 0 8 50 41 21 20
4 Motherwell 18 9 1 8 38 36 2 19
= Leith Athletic 18 9 1 8 32 37 −5 19
6 Abercorn 18 7 2 9 46 39 7 16
7 Hamilton Academical 18 7 1 10 33 46 −13 15
8 Ayr 18 6 2 10 39 48 −9 14
9 Airdrieonians 18 4 3 11 27 49 −22 11
10 Linthouse 18 2 5 11 28 68 −40 9

Scottish Cup

Celtic were winners of the Scottish Cup after a 4–3 win over Queen's Park.

Other Honours

Winner Score Runner-up
Galston 5 – 2 Arbroath

County Cups

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup Victoria Un 5 – 2 Peterhead
Ayrshire Cup Kilmarnock 4 – 0 Ayr Parkhouse
Dumbartonshire Cup Vale of Leven 5 – 3 Renton
East of Scotland Shield Hibernian 3 – 0 Hearts
Forfarshire Cup Arbroath 1 – 0[1] Lochee United
Glasgow Cup Rangers 1 – 0[1] Celtic
Lanarkshire Cup Albion Rovers 2 – 1[1] Royal Albert
Linlithgowshire Cup Bo'ness
Perthshire Cup Dunblane 7 – 2 Fair City Ath
Renfrewshire Cup Port Glasgow Ath 4 – 3[2] Morton
Southern Counties Cup Dumfries 4 – 2 6th GRV
Stirlingshire Cup Stenhousemuir 2 – 1 Camelon

Top Three

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Inverness Caledonian 10 9 0 1 29 7 22 18
2 Clachnacuddin 10 6 2 2 26 12 14 14
3 Inverness Thistle 10 6 2 2 24 10 14 14

Junior Cup

Maryhill were winners of the Junior Cup after a 3–2 win over Rugby XI.

Scotland national team

Date Venue Opponents Score[3] Competition Scotland scorer(s)
3 February Pittodrie, Aberdeen (H)  Wales 5–2 BHC David Wilson (2), Jack Bell, Alexander Smith, Robert Hamilton
3 March Solitude Ground, Belfast (A)  Ireland 3–0 BHC Alexander Smith, John Campbell (2)
7 April Celtic Park, Glasgow (H)  England 4–1 BHC Robert Smyth McColl (3), Jack Bell

Scotland were winners of the 1900 British Home Championship, having won all three of their matches.

Key:

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

See also

1899–1900 Rangers F.C. season

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b c replay
  2. ^ aggregate over two legs
  3. ^ Scotland's score is shown first.