1925-26 in Scottish football

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The 1925–26 season was the 36th season of competitive football in Scotland.

1 Scottish League Division One
2 Scottish League Division Two
3 Scottish League Division Three
4 Scottish Cup
5 Scotland national team
6 Notes and references

[edit] Scottish League Division One

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Celtic	38	25	8	5	97	40	57	58
2	Airdrieonians	38	23	4	11	95	54	41	50
3	Hearts	38	21	8	9	87	56	31	50
4	St. Mirren	38	20	7	11	63	52	9	47
5	Motherwell	38	19	8	11	67	46	21	46
6	Rangers	38	19	6	13	79	55	24	44
7	Cowdenbeath	38	18	6	14	87	68	19	42
8	Falkirk	38	14	14	10	61	57	4	42
9	Kilmarnock	38	17	7	14	79	77	2	41
10	Dundee	38	14	9	15	47	59	-12	37
11	Aberdeen	38	13	10	15	49	54	-5	36
12	Hamilton Academical	38	13	9	16	68	79	-11	35
13	Queen's Park	38	15	4	19	70	81	-11	34
14	Partick Thistle	38	10	13	15	64	73	-9	31
15	Greenock Morton	38	12	7	19	57	84	-27	31
16	Hibernian	38	12	6	20	72	77	-5	30
17	Dundee United	38	11	6	21	52	74	-22	28
18	St. Johnstone	38	9	10	19	43	78	-35	28
19	Raith Rovers	38	11	4	23	46	81	-35	26
20	Clydebank	38	7	8	23	55	92	-37	22

Champions: Celtic
Relegated: Raith Rovers, Clydebank

[edit] Scottish League Division Two

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Dunfermline	38	26	7	5	109	43	66	59
2	Clyde	38	24	5	9	87	50	37	53
3	Ayr United	38	20	12	6	77	39	38	52
4	East Fife	38	20	9	9	98	73	25	49
5	Stenhousemuir	38	19	10	9	74	52	22	48
6	Third Lanark	38	19	8	11	72	47	25	46
7	Arthurlie	38	17	5	16	81	75	6	39
8	Bo'ness	38	17	5	16	66	70	-4	39
9	Albion Rovers	38	16	6	16	78	71	7	38
10	Arbroath	38	17	4	17	80	73	7	38
11	Dumbarton	38	14	10	14	54	78	-24	38
12	Nithsdale Wanderers	38	15	7	16	78	82	-4	37
13	King's Park	38	14	9	15	67	73	-6	37
14	St. Bernard's	38	15	5	18	86	82	4	35
15	Armadale	38	14	5	19	82	101	-19	33
16	Alloa Athletic	38	11	8	19	54	63	-9	30
17	Queen Of The South	38	10	8	20	64	88	-24	28
18	East Stirlingshire	38	10	7	21	59	89	-30	27
19	Bathgate	38	7	6	25	60	105	-45	20
20	Broxburn United	38	4	6	28	55	127	-72	14

Promoted: Dunfermline Athletic, Clyde
Relegated: Bathgate, Broxburn United

[edit] Scottish League Division Three

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Helensburgh	30	16	6	8	66	47	19	38
2	Leith Athletic	29	16	5	8	73	41	32	37
3	Forfar Athletic	28	16	3	9	61	42	19	35
4	Dykehead	28	14	5	9	62	47	15	33
5	Royal Albert	28	16	1	11	75	61	14	33
6	Mid Annandale	29	14	3	12	50	54	-4	31
7	Vale of Leven	26	14	2	10	78	55	23	30
8	Montrose	26	12	3	11	56	58	-2	27
9	Lochgelly United	29	9	9	11	58	63	-5	27
10	Brechin City	28	12	3	13	67	73	-6	27
11	Solway Star	29	9	6	14	50	62	-12	24
12	Beith	27	9	4	14	58	68	-10	22
13	Johnstone	29	7	6	16	55	74	-19	20
14	Peebles Rovers	26	9	0	17	52	76	-24	18
15	Clackmannan	25	5	8	12	42	74	-32	18
16	Galston	15	4	4	7	38	46	-8	12

Promoted: Forfar Athletic

Several teams were unable to complete their fixtures due to financial difficulties. The championship was never awarded. As a result, Division Three would be scrapped next season. Most clubs in the division (those marked above in pink) have not since made a return to the league.

[edit] Scottish Cup

Main article: Scottish Cup 1925-26

St. Mirren were winners of the Scottish Cup after a 2–0 final win over Division One champions Celtic.

[edit] Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team results and fixtures

Scotland were winners of the 1926 British Home Championship.

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[1]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
October 31, 1925	Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)	Wales	3–0	BHC	John Duncan, Adam McLean, William Clunas
February 27, 1926	Ibrox Park, Glasgow (H)	Northern Ireland	4–0	BHC	Hughie Gallacher (3), Andrew Cunningham
April 17, 1926	Old Trafford, Manchester (A)	England	1–0	BHC	Alex Jackson