1909–10 in Scottish football

The 1909–10 season was the 37th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 20th season of the Scottish Football League.

Football in Scotland

Season	1909–10
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1909–10 in Scottish football
Division One champions
Celtic
Division Two champions
Leith Athletic
Scottish Cup winners
Dundee
Junior Cup winners
Ashfield
Scotland national team
1910 BHC

Overview

Celtic extended their record run of consecutive league titles to six, while Dundee were Scottish Cup winners for the first time. On the international front, Scotland were outright British champions for the first time in eight years.

League competitions

Scottish League Division One

Main article: 1909–10 Scottish Division One

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Celtic (C)	34	24	6	4	63	22	+41	54	Champions
2	Falkirk	34	22	8	4	71	28	+43	52
3	Rangers	34	20	6	8	70	35	+35	46
4	Aberdeen	34	16	8	10	44	29	+15	40
5	Clyde	34	14	9	11	47	40	+7	37
6	Dundee	34	14	8	12	52	44	+8	36
7	Third Lanark	34	13	8	13	62	44	+18	34
8	Hibernian	34	14	6	14	33	40	−7	34
9	Airdrieonians	34	12	9	13	46	57	−11	33
10	Motherwell	34	12	8	14	59	60	−1	32
11	Kilmarnock	34	12	8	14	53	59	−6	32
12	Heart of Midlothian	34	12	7	15	59	50	+9	31
13	St Mirren	34	13	5	16	48	58	−10	31
14	Queen's Park	34	12	6	16	54	74	−20	30
15	Hamilton Academical	34	11	6	17	50	67	−17	28
16	Partick Thistle	34	8	10	16	45	59	−14	26
17	Morton	34	11	3	20	38	60	−22	25
18	Port Glasgow Athletic (R)	34	3	5	26	25	93	−68	11	Relegated to the 1910–11 Scottish Division Two

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Champions: Celtic

Scottish League Division Two

Main article: 1909–10 Scottish Division Two

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Leith Athletic (C)	22	13	7	2	44	19	+25	33[a]
1	Raith Rovers (C, P)	22	14	5	3	36	21	+15	33[a]	Promoted to the 1910–11 Scottish Division One
3	St Bernard's	22	12	3	7	43	31	+12	27
4	Dumbarton	22	9	5	8	44	38	+6	23
5	Abercorn	22	7	8	7	38	40	−2	22
6	Ayr	22	9	3	10	37	40	−3	21
6	Vale of Leven	22	8	5	9	36	38	−2	21
8	East Stirlingshire	22	9	2	11	38	43	−5	20
9	Albion Rovers	22	7	5	10	34	39	−5	19
10	Arthurlie	22	6	5	11	34	47	−13	17
10	Cowdenbeath	22	7	3	12	22	34	−12	17
12	Ayr Parkhouse	22	4	3	15	27	43	−16	11

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; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. Leith Athletic and Raith Rovers finished level on points but did not contest a play-off match for the championship so were declared joint winners.

Other honours

Cup honours

National

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Cup	Dundee	2 – 1[a]	Clyde
Scottish Qualifying Cup	Leith Athletic	4 – 0	Bathgate
Scottish Consolation Cup	Arthurlie	4 – 2	St Johnstone
Scottish Junior Cup	Ashfield	3 – 0[b]	Kilwinning Rangers
Scottish Amateur Cup	John Neilson Institute Former Pupils	6 – 1	Paisley Academical

County

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup	Aberdeen	2 – 1[c]	Peterhead
Ayrshire Cup	Ayr	1 – 0	Ayr Parkhouse
Dumbartonshire Cup	Dumbarton Harp	2 – 1	Dumbarton
East of Scotland Shield	Hearts	1 – 1[d]	St Bernard's
Fife Cup	Cowdenbeath	2 – 1[a]	Lochgelly United
Forfarshire Cup	Brechin City	4 – 1	Arbroath
Glasgow Cup	Celtic	1 – 0	Rangers
Lanarkshire Cup	Hamilton Academical / Wishaw Thistle[e]
Linlithgowshire Cup	Bo'ness	1 – 0	Broxburn
Perthshire Cup	Dunblane	2 – 1	Morrisonians
Renfrewshire Cup	St Mirren	3 – 1[f]	Abercorn
Southern Counties Cup	Dumfries	1 – 0	Nithsdale Wanderers
Stirlingshire Cup	Falkirk	10 – 0	Alloa

Non-league honours

Highland League

Top Three

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Elgin City[g]	14	9	2	3	41	20	+21	20
2	Inverness Thistle	14	9	2	3	38	23	+15	20
3	Inverness Citadel	14	9	1	4	35	19	+16	19

Source: RSSSF

Other Senior Leagues

Division	Winner
Banffshire League	Portsoy Thistle
Border Senior League	Selkirk
Central League	Bo'ness
Midland League	Clackmannan
Northern League	Dundee 'A'
Perthshire League	Huntingtower
Scottish Combination	Nithsdale Wanderers / Girvan Athletic
Scottish Union	Dumbarton Harp

Other senior honours

• Carrie Cup: Dundee Hibernian
• North Eastern Cup: Heart of Midlothian
• Wemyss Cup: Dunfermline Athletic

Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team 1872–1914 results

Scotland were winners of the 1910 British Home Championship.

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score[1]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
5 March 1910	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock (H)	Wales	1–0	BHC	Archie Devine
19 March 1910	Windsor Park, Belfast (A)	Ireland	0–1	BHC
2 April 1910	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	England	2–0	BHC	Jimmy McMenemy, Jimmy Quinn

Key:

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

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

Source: ^[2]
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[3][4]	Score[h]	Scotland scorer(s)
25 October 1909	Firhill, Glasgow (H)	Irish League XI	2–0	Jimmy Quinn, Sandy MacFarlane
26 February 1910	Ewood Park, Blackburn (A)	Football League XI	3–2	Jimmy Quinn (2), Bobby Templeton

Notes

1. Second replay needed.
2. Replay ordered. First match null and void.
3. Replay needed.
4. Won on corners.
5. Trophy shared after two draws.
6. Aggregate over two legs.
7. Finished first after play off.
8. Scottish League XI's score is shown first.

See also

• 1909–10 Aberdeen F.C. season