1891–92 Scottish Football League

Scottish Football League
Season	1891–92
Champions	Dumbarton (2nd title)
Relegated	Cambuslang and Vale of Leven (not re-elected)
Matches played	132
Goals scored	594 (4.5 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jack Bell (23)
Biggest home win	Leith Athletic 10–0 Vale of Leven (19 September 1891)
Biggest away win	Clyde 3–10 Heart of Midlothian (3 October 1891)
Highest scoring	Clyde 10–3 Vale of Leven (15 August 1891) Clyde 3–10 Heart of Midlothian (3 October 1891)
Longest winning run	12 games by Dumbarton
Longest unbeaten run	14 games by Celtic
Longest winless run	22 games by Vale of Leven
Longest losing run	9 games by Vale of Leven
← 1890–91 1892–93 →

The 1891–92 Scottish Football League was the second season of the Scottish Football League. It began on 15 August 1891 and concluded on 24 May 1892. The league was won by Dumbarton who defended their title from the previous season.

Teams

Abercorn
St. Mirren

Dumbarton

Leith Athletic
Hearts

Vale of Leven

Renton

Glasgow
Cambuslang

Glasgow teams

3rd LRV
Celtic
Clyde
Rangers

Locations of teams in the 1891–92 Scottish Football League

Two new teams joined the league for the 1891–92 season; Clyde and Leith Athletic. This increased the number of competing teams from 10 to 12. Renton had originally competed for the first month of the previous season but were expelled by the Scottish Football Association for professionalism.^[1] The club successfully appealed its suspension and was readmitted to the league for this season.^[1] Clyde and Leith Athletic were elected in place of Cowlairs.

Team	Home town/city	Home ground
3rd LRV	Glasgow	Cathkin Park
Abercorn	Paisley	Underwood Park
Cambuslang	Cambuslang	Whitefield Park
Celtic	Glasgow	Celtic Park
Clyde	Glasgow	Barrowfield Park
Dumbarton	Dumbarton	Boghead Park
Heart of Midlothian	Edinburgh	Tynecastle
Leith Athletic	Leith	Bank Park
Rangers	Glasgow	Ibrox Park
Renton	Renton	Tontine Park
St. Mirren	Paisley	Westmarch
Vale of Leven	Alexandria

Season overview

Dumbarton won the league to defend the title they won in the previous season. The club finished two points ahead of Celtic and three ahead of Heart of Midlothian. Vale of Leven finished bottom of the table after failing to win a single game throughout the league season.

At the league's annual general meeting on 3 June 1892, it was voted that the number of competing teams would reduce from 12 to 10 for the next season.^[2] The bottom three clubs, St. Mirren, Cambuslang and Vale of Leven, had to submit applications to rejoin the league for the next season. The league also received applications from four non-league clubs: Kilmarnock, Cowlairs, Northern and St Bernard's.^[2] In the election, St. Mirren received the most votes and retained their league status meaning Cambuslang and Vale of Leven lost their league places.^[2]

Standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dumbarton (C)	22	18	1	3	79	28	+51	37
2	Celtic	22	16	3	3	62	21	+41	35
3	Heart of Midlothian	22	15	4	3	65	35	+30	34
4	Leith Athletic	22	12	1	9	51	40	+11	25
5	Rangers	22	11	2	9	59	46	+13	24
6	Renton	22	8	5	9	38	44	−6	21
6	3rd LRV	22	8	5	9	44	47	−3	21
8	Clyde	22	8	4	10	63	62	+1	20
9	Abercorn	22	6	5	11	45	59	−14	17
10	St Mirren	22	5	5	12	43	60	−17	15	Re-elected
11	Cambuslang	22	2	6	14	21	53	−32	10	Not re-elected
12	Vale of Leven	22	0	5	17	24	99	−75	5	Not re-elected

Source: statto.com, SFHA
Rules for classification: Teams finish equal if level on points. Points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Results

Home ╲ Away^[1]	3RD	ABC	CAM	CEL	CLY	DUM	HOM	LEI	RAN	REN	STM	VOL
3rd LRV		1–1	3–1	1–3	3–2	2–5	3–2	0–3	2–2	1–1	2–3	9–2
Abercorn	2–4		3–1	2–5	3–3	1–1	1–3	3–2	0–1	3–3	1–1	6–3
Cambuslang	1–1	0–2		0–4	3–5	0–2	3–3	1–3	0–6	1–1	1–1	1–0
Celtic	5–1	3–1	3–1		0–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	3–0	3–0	2–1	6–1
Clyde	3–3	7–3	2–0	2–7		4–1	3–10	1–2	1–3	1–3	4–1	10–3
Dumbarton	2–0	8–1	5–2	1–0	8–2		5–1	6–0	6–0	2–1	4–2	8–0
Heart of Midlothian	2–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	2–1	3–1		3–1	3–2	4–2	2–2	7–0
Leith Athletic	3–1	3–2	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–3	2–2		3–1	2–3	4–2	10–0
Rangers	2–3	6–2	2–1	1–1	1–5	1–3	0–1	3–2		5–2	2–3	7–0
Renton	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–4	2–1	2–3	0–3	3–0	1–4		5–2	3–0
St Mirren	1–2	2–1	2–2	1–2	1–4	2–3	2–5	3–1	3–4	2–1		6–4
Vale of Leven	0–2	0–3	0–1	2–2	2–2	1–2	2–2	0–3	1–6	1–1	2–2

Source: statto.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Scottish Football League Expulsions 1890-1953, scottish-football-historical-archive.com. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Scottish Football League - Re-elections 1891-1951, scottish-football-historical-archive.com. Retrieved 19 February 2015.

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