1895–96 Scottish Division One

The 1895–96 Scottish Division One season was won by Celtic by four points over nearest rival Rangers.

Scottish Division One

Season	1895–96
Champions	Celtic 3rd title
Relegated	Dumbarton
Matches played	90
Goals scored	469 (5.21 per match)
Top goalscorer	Allan Martin (19 goals)
← 1894–95 1896–97 →

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Celtic (C)	18	15	0	3	64	25	+39	30	Champions
2	Rangers	18	11	4	3	57	39	+18	26
3	Hibernian	18	11	2	5	58	39	+19	24
4	Heart of Midlothian	18	11	0	7	68	36	+32	22
5	Dundee	18	7	2	9	33	42	−9	16
6	St Bernard's	18	7	1	10	36	53	−17	15
6	Third Lanark	18	7	1	10	47	51	−4	15
8	St Mirren	18	5	3	10	31	51	−20	13
9	Clyde	18	4	3	11	39	59	−20	11
10	Dumbarton (R)	18	4	0	14	36	74	−38	8	Relegated to the 1896–97 Scottish Division Two

Source: "1895-1896 Division 1 - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
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) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	CEL	CLY	DUM	DND	HOM	HIB	RAN	STB	STM	THI
Celtic		3–0	3–0	11–0	0–5	3–1	6–2	2–1	4–0	7–0
Clyde	1–5		5–1	0–1	1–2	0–3	2–2	5–0	1–3	2–7
Dumbarton	2–3	5–4		1–2	2–9	1–3	3–5	4–3	4–2	2–4
Dundee	1–2	1–2	4–1		5–0	2–0	1–3	4–1	1–1	2–0
Heart of Midlothian	1–4	9–1	7–0	2–0		4–3	1–2	6–0	5–1	3–0
Hibernian	4–2	4–3	7–2	3–1	3–2		1–1	2–3	5–1	2–5
Rangers	2–4	4–4	3–1	3–1	7–2	4–0		2–0	3–3	0–4
St Bernard's	3–0	1–4	4–3	4–2	0–5	2–5	3–4		4–3	4–1
St Mirren	1–3	2–2	1–2	3–1	2–1	1–3	1–7	1–3		3–2
Third Lanark	1–2	6–2	5–2	3–4	5–4	2–7	2–3	0–0	0–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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