1896-97 in Scottish football

1896-1897 was the seventh season of Scottish league football.

[edit] Scottish League Division One

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
1	Hearts	18	13	2	3	47	22	25	28
2	Hibernian	18	12	2	4	50	20	30	26
3	Rangers	18	11	3	4	64	30	34	25
4	Celtic	18	10	4	4	42	18	24	24
5	Dundee	18	10	2	6	38	30	8	22
6	St Mirren	18	9	1	8	38	29	9	19
7	St. Bernard's	18	7	0	11	32	40	-8	14
8	Third Lanark	18	5	1	12	29	46	-17	11
9	Clyde	18	4	0	14	27	65	-38	8
10	Abercorn	18	1	1	16	21	88	-67	3

Champions: Heart of Midlothian

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
1	Partick Thistle	18	14	3	1	61	28	33	31
2	Leith Athletic	18	13	1	4	54	28	26	27
=3	Kilmarnock	18	10	1	7	44	33	11	21
=3	Airdrie	18	10	1	7	48	39	9	21
5	Morton	18	7	2	9	38	40	-2	16
=6	Renton	18	6	2	10	34	40	-6	14
=6	Linthouse	18	8	2	8	44	52	-8	14
=8	Port Glasgow Athletic	18	4	5	9	39	50	-11	13
=8	Motherwell	18	6	1	11	40	55	-15	13
10	Dumbarton	18	2	2	14	27	64	-37	6

NOTE: Both Linthouse F.C. and Port Glasgow Athletic F.C. had 4 points deducted.

Rangers won the Scottish Cup after a 5-1 win over Dumbarton.

Strathclyde won the Junior Cup after a 2-0 win over Dunfermline Juniors in a replayed match, after the first was protested.

Note that scores are written Scotland first

Scotland were winners of the 1897 British Home Championship.

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Scotland scorers
March 20, 1897	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham	Wales	2-2	BHC	John Ritchie, John Walker
March 27, 1897	Ibrox Park, Glasgow	Ireland	5-1	BHC	John McPherson(2), Neil Gibson, Robert McColl, Alex King
April 3, 1897	Crystal Palace, London	England	2-1	BHC	Tom Hyslop, James Millar