1898-99 in Scottish football

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1898-99 in Scottish football was the ninth season of the Scottish Football League.

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[edit] Scottish Division One

Rangers were champions of the Scottish Division One.

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Rangers 18 18 0 0 79 18 61 36
2 Hearts 18 12 2 4 56 30 26 26
3 Celtic 18 11 2 5 51 33 18 24
4 Hibernian 18 10 3 5 42 43 -1 23
5 St. Mirren 18 8 4 6 46 32 14 20
6 Third Lanark 18 7 3 8 33 38 -5 17
7 St. Bernard's 18 4 4 10 30 37 -7 12
= Clyde 18 4 4 10 23 48 -25 12
9 Partick Thistle 18 2 2 14 19 58 -39 6
10 Dundee 18 1 2 15 23 65 -42 4

[edit] Scottish Division Two

Kilmarnock won the Scottish Division Two for the second season in a row.

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Kilmarnock 18 14 4 0 73 24 49 32
2 Leith Athletic 18 12 3 3 63 38 25 27
3 Port Glasgow Athletic 18 12 1 5 75 51 24 25
4 Motherwell 18 7 6 5 41 40 1 20
5 Hamilton Academical 18 7 1 10 48 58 -10 15
= Airdrieonians 18 6 3 9 35 46 -11 15
7 Greenock Morton 18 6 1 11 36 41 -5 13
8 Ayr 18 5 3 10 35 51 -16 13
9 Linthouse 18 5 1 12 29 62 -33 11
10 Abercorn 18 4 1 13 41 65 -24 9

[edit] Scottish Cup

The Scottish Cup was won by Celtic after they beat rivals Rangers 2–0 in the final.

[edit] Junior Cup

Parkhead won the Junior Cup after they beat Westmarch XI 4–1 in the final.

[edit] Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team results and fixtures
Date Venue Opponents Score[1] Competition Scotland scorer(s)
March 18 The Racecourse, Wrexham (A) Flag of Wales Wales 6–0 BHC Robert Smith McColl (3), John Campbell (2), Henry Marshall
March 25 Celtic Park, Glasgow (H) Flag of Ireland Ireland 9–1 BHC Robert Smith McColl (3), John Campbell (2), Robert Hamilton (2), Jack Bell, Alexander Christie
April 8 Villa Park, Birmingham (A) Flag of England England 1–2 BHC Robert Hamilton

Key:

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

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ Scotland's score is shown first.

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