1897-98 in Scottish football

1897-1898 was the eighth season of Scottish league football.

[edit] Scottish League Division One

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
1	Celtic	18	15	3	0	56	13	43	33
2	Rangers	18	13	3	2	71	15	56	29
3	Hibernian	18	10	2	6	48	28	20	22
4	Hearts	18	8	4	6	54	33	21	20
=5	Third Lanark	18	8	2	8	37	38	-1	18
=5	St Mirren	18	8	2	8	30	36	-6	18
=7	Dundee	18	5	3	10	29	36	-7	13
=7	Partick Thistle	18	6	1	11	34	64	-30	13
=7	St Bernard's	18	4	1	13	35	67	-32	13
10	Clyde	18	1	3	14	20	84	-64	5

Champions: Celtic

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
1	Kilmarnock	18	14	1	3	64	29	35	29
2	Port Glasgow Athletic	18	12	1	5	66	35	31	25
3	Morton	18	9	4	5	47	38	9	22
4	Leith Atheltic	18	9	2	7	39	38	1	20
=5	Linthouse	18	6	4	8	37	39	-2	16
=5	Ayr	18	7	2	9	36	42	-6	16
=5	Abercorn	18	6	4	8	33	41	-8	16
8	Airdrie	18	6	2	10	44	56	-12	14
9	Hamilton A	18	5	2	11	28	51	-23	12
10	Motherwell	18	3	4	11	31	56	-25	10

Rangers were winners of the Scottish cup after a 2-0 win over Kilmarnock.

Dalziel rovers were winners of the Junior Cup after a 2-1 win over Parkhead.

Note that scores are written Scotland first

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Scotland scorers
March 19, 1898	Fir Park, Motherwell	Wales	5-2	BHC	James Gillespie(3), James McKie(2)
March 26, 1898	Solitude, Belfast	Ireland	3-0	BHC	Thomas Robertson, Robert McColl, William Stewart
April 2, 1898	Celtic Park, Glasgow	England	1-3	BHC	James Millar