1897–98 in Scottish football

1897–98 in Scottish football
Division One champions
Celtic
Division Two champions
Kilmarnock
Scottish Cup winners
Rangers
Junior Cup winners
Dalziel Rovers
Scotland national team
1898 BHC

The season of 1897–98 in Scottish football was the 25th season of competitive football in Scotland and the eighth season of the Scottish Football League.

Scottish Division One

Celtic are champions of the Scottish Division One.

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Celtic	18	15	3	0	56	13	43	33
2	Rangers	18	13	3	2	71	15	56	29
3	Hibernian	18	10	2	6	48	28	20	22
4	Heart of Midlothian	18	8	4	6	54	33	21	20
5	Third Lanark	18	8	2	8	37	38	−1	18
=	St Mirren	18	8	2	8	30	36	−6	18
7	Dundee	18	5	3	10	29	36	−7	13
=	Partick Thistle	18	6	1	11	34	64	−30	13
=	St Bernard's	18	4	1	13	35	67	−32	13
10	Clyde	18	1	3	14	20	84	−64	5

Scottish Division Two

Kilmarnock won the Scottish Division Two but were not promoted.

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Kilmarnock	18	14	1	3	64	29	35	29
2	Port Glasgow Athletic	18	12	1	5	66	35	31	25
3	Morton	18	9	4	5	47	38	9	22
4	Leith Athletic	18	9	2	7	39	38	1	20
5	Linthouse	18	6	4	8	37	39	−2	16
=	Ayr	18	7	2	9	36	42	−6	16
=	Abercorn	18	6	4	8	33	41	−8	16
8	Airdrieonians	18	6	2	10	44	56	−12	14
9	Hamilton Academical	18	5	2	11	28	51	−23	12
10	Motherwell	18	3	4	11	31	56	−25	10

Scottish Cup

Rangers were winners of the Scottish cup after a 2–0 win over Kilmarnock.

Other Honours

Scottish Qualifying Cup

Winner	Score	Runner-up
Port Glasgow Ath	4 – 1	East Stirlingshire

County Cups

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup	Aberdeen	3 – 2	Orion
Ayrshire Cup	Kilmarnock	9 – 3	Galston
Dumbartonshire Cup	Dumbarton	3 – 2	Vale of Leven
East of Scotland Shield	Hearts	2 – 0 *	Leith Ath
Fife Cup	Raith Rovers	3 – 1	Alloa Ath
Forfarshire Cup	Dundee Wanderers	7 – 5 *	Arbroath
Glasgow Cup	Rangers	4 – 0	Queen's Park
Lanarkshire Cup	Airdrie	3 – 2	Motherwell
Linlithgowshire Cup	Bo'ness	3 – 0	Armadale Volunteers
Perthshire Cup	Fair City Ath	3 – 2 *	Rob Roy
Renfrewshire Cup	St Mirren	2 – 0	Port Glasgow Ath
Southern Counties Cup	Dumfries	2 – 1	Dumfries Hibs
Stirlingshire Cup	Camelon	6 – 5	Falkirk

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Highland League

Top Three

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Clachnacuddin	16	15	1	0	74	8	66	31
2	Inverness Caledonian	16	13	1	2	49	20	29	27
3	Elgin City	13	8	2	3	44	30	13	18

Junior Cup

Dalziel Rovers were winners of the Junior Cup after a 2–1 win over Parkhead.

Scotland national team

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score[1]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
19 March	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	Wales	5–2	BHC	James Gillespie (3), James McKie (2)
26 March	Solitude Ground, Belfast (A)	Ireland	3–0	BHC	Thomas Robertson, Robert Smith McColl, William Stewart
2 April	Celtic Park, Glasgow (H)	England	1–3	BHC	James Millar

Key:

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

See also

1897–98 Rangers F.C. season

Notes and references

1. Scotland's score is shown first.

External links

• Scottish Football Historical Archive