1903–04 in Scottish football

The 1903–04 season was the 31st season of competitive football in Scotland and the 14th season of the Scottish Football League.

Football in Scotland

Season	1903–04
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1903–04 in Scottish football
Division One champions
Third Lanark
Division Two champions
Hamilton Academical
Scottish Cup winners
Celtic
Junior Cup winners
Vale of Clyde
Scotland national team
1904 BHC

League competitions

Scottish League Division One

Main article: 1903–04 Scottish Division One

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Third Lanark (C)	26	20	3	3	61	26	+35	43	Champions
2	Heart of Midlothian	26	18	3	5	63	35	+28	39
=3	Celtic	26	18	2	6	68	27	+41	38
=3	Rangers	26	16	6	4	80	33	+47	38
5	Dundee	26	13	2	11	54	45	+9	28
=6	St Mirren	26	11	5	10	45	38	+7	27
=6	Partick Thistle	26	10	7	9	46	41	+5	27
8	Queen's Park	26	6	9	11	28	47	−19	21
9	Port Glasgow Athletic	26	8	4	14	32	49	−17	20
10	Hibernian	26	7	5	14	29	40	−11	19
=11	Morton	26	7	4	15	32	53	−21	18
=11	Airdrieonians	26	7	4	15	32	62	−30	18
13	Motherwell	26	6	3	17	26	61	−35	15
14	Kilmarnock	26	4	5	17	24	63	−39	13

Source: nozdrul.plus.com
(C) Champions

Champions: Third Lanark

Scottish League Division Two

Main article: 1903–04 Scottish Division Two

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hamilton Academical (C)	22	16	5	1	56	19	+37	37
2	Clyde	22	12	5	5	51	36	+15	29
3	Ayr	22	11	6	5	34	31	+3	28
4	Falkirk	22	11	4	7	50	36	+14	26
5	East Stirlingshire	22	8	5	9	35	40	−5	21
5	Raith Rovers	22	8	5	9	40	38	+2	21
7	Leith Athletic	22	8	4	10	42	40	+2	20
7	St Bernard's	22	9	2	11	31	43	−12	20
9	Albion Rovers	22	8	5	9	47	37	+10	19[a]
10	Abercorn	22	6	4	12	40	55	−15	16
11	Arthurlie	22	5	5	12	37	50	−13	15
12	Ayr Parkhouse (R)	22	3	4	15	24	62	−38	10	Did not apply for re-election[b]

Source: statto.com
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
Notes:

1. Albion Rovers were docked two points.
2. Ayr Parkhouse did not apply for re-election to compete for the next season and were replaced by Aberdeen.

Other honours

Cup honours

National

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Cup	Celtic	3 – 2	Rangers
Scottish Qualifying Cup	Arbroath	4 – 2	Albion Rovers
Scottish Junior Cup	Vale of Clyde	3 – 0	Parkhead

County

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup	Aberdeen	3 – 2	Bon Accord
Ayrshire Cup	Galston	4 – 1	Beith
Border Cup	Selkirk	2 – 0[a]	Peebles Rovers
East of Scotland Shield	Hearts	7 – 2	St Bernard's
Fife Cup	Cowdenbeath	RR[b]	Kirkcaldy United
Forfarshire Cup	Dundee Wanderers	3 – 0	Montrose
Glasgow Cup	Third Lanark	1 – 0[c]	Celtic
Lanarkshire Cup	Airdrie	1 – 0[d]	Hamilton
Linlithgowshire Cup	Broxburn	2 – 0	Bathgate
North of Scotland Cup	Clachnacuddin	2 – 1	Inverness Citadel
Perthshire Cup	Dunblane	3 – 2	St Johnstone
Renfrewshire Cup	St Mirren	5 – 1[e]	Morton
Southern Counties Cup	Nithsdale Wanderers	4 – 1	Vale of Dryfe
Stirlingshire Cup	Falkirk	4 – 3	East Stirling

Non-league honours

Highland League

Top Three

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Clachnacuddin	12	11	0	1	51	10	+41	22
2	Inverness Citadel	12	6	3	3	26	26	0	15
3	Inverness Thistle	11	6	0	5	30	17	+13	12

Source: SFHA

Other Senior Leagues

Division	Winner
Banffshire & District League	Buckie Thistle
Border Senior League	Vale of Leithen
Central League	Dunblane
Midland League	unfinished
Northern League	Montrose
Perthshire League	Tullich
Scottish Combination	Royal Albert

Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team 1872–1914 results

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score[f]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
12 March 1904	Dens Park, Dundee (H)	Wales	1–1	BHC	Robert Walker
26 March 1904	Dalymount Park, Dublin (A)	Ireland	1–1	BHC	Robert Hamilton
4 April 1904	Celtic Park, Glasgow (H)	England	0–1	BHC

Key:

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

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England (C)	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	5
Ireland	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	3
Scotland	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
Wales	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2

Source: ^[1]
Rules for classification: 1) points. The points system worked as follows: 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw.
(C) Champions

Other national teams

Scottish League XI

Date	Venue	Opponents[2][3]	Score[g]	Scotland scorer(s)
27 February 1904	St Mirren Park, Paisley (H)	Irish League XI	3–1	Robert Hamilton (2), Bobby Walker
4 April 1904	Bank Street, Manchester (A)	Football League XI	1–2	John Robertson

Notes

1. Second replay needed.
2. Group stage - round robin format.
3. Replay needed.
4. Result disputed.
5. Aggregate over two legs.
6. Scotland's score is shown first.
7. Scottish League XI's score is shown first.

See also

• 1903–04 Aberdeen F.C. season
• 1903–04 Rangers F.C. season

References

1. "British Championship 1904". EU Football. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
2. "SFL XI v The Football League XI Record". London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
3. "SFL XI v Irish Football League XI Record". London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 3 October 2022.

External links

• Scottish Football Historical Archive