1917–18 in Scottish football

1917–18 in Scottish football
Division One champions
Rangers
Junior Cup winners
Petershill

The 1917–18 season was the 45th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 28th season of the Scottish Football League. Division One was decreased from 20 to 18 clubs. Clydebank made their first appearance in the Scottish Football League.

Scottish League Division One

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	34	25	6	3	66	24	42	56
2	Celtic	34	24	7	3	66	26	40	55
=3	Morton	34	17	9	8	53	42	11	43
=3	Kilmarnock	34	19	5	10	69	41	28	43
5	Motherwell	34	16	9	9	70	51	19	41
6	Partick Thistle	34	14	12	8	51	37	14	40
=7	Dumbarton	34	13	8	13	48	49	−1	34
=7	Queen's Park	34	14	6	14	64	63	1	34
9	Clydebank	34	14	5	15	55	56	−1	33
10	Heart of Midlothian	34	14	4	16	41	58	−17	32
11	St Mirren	34	11	7	16	42	50	−8	29
12	Hamilton Academical	34	11	6	17	52	63	−11	28
=13	Third Lanark	34	10	7	17	56	62	−6	27
=13	Falkirk	34	9	9	16	38	58	−20	27
15	Airdrieonians	34	10	6	18	46	58	−12	26
16	Hibernian	34	8	9	17	42	57	−15	25
17	Clyde	34	9	2	23	37	72	−35	20
18	Ayr United	34	5	9	20	32	61	−29	19

Champions: Rangers

	Division Champions/not elected to Division 1
	New club in the league

Scottish Cup

There was no Scottish Cup competition played.

Other Honours

County

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Dumbartonshire Cup	Clydebank	1 – 0	Dumbarton
East of Scotland Shield	Hibernian	5 – 1[1]	Hearts
Fife Cup	Dunfermline Athletic	1 – 0[2]	Raith Rovers
Glasgow Cup	Rangers	4 – 1	Partick Thistle
Lanarkshire Cup	Airdrie	2 – 0	Albion Rovers
Renfrewshire Cup	Morton	5 – 3[3]	St Mirren

Junior Cup

Petershill were awarded the Junior Cup. No final tie was played.

Scotland national team

There were no Scotland matches played with the British Home Championship suspended due to World War I.

See also

• 1917–18 Rangers F.C. season

Notes and references

1. aggregate over two legs
2. replay
3. aggregate over two legs

External links

• Scottish Football Historical Archive