1925–26 in Scottish football

1925–26 in Scottish football
Division One champions
Celtic
Division Two champions
Dunfermline Athletic
Division Three champions
Helensburgh
Scottish Cup winners
St Mirren
Junior Cup winners
Strathclyde
Scotland national team
1926 BHC

The 1925–26 season was the 53rd season of competitive football in Scotland and the 36th season of the Scottish Football League. [1]

Scottish League Division One

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Celtic 38 25 8 5 97 40 57 58
2 Airdrieonians 38 23 4 11 95 54 41 50
3 Heart of Midlothian 38 21 8 9 87 56 31 50
4 St Mirren 38 20 7 11 63 52 9 47
5 Motherwell 38 19 8 11 67 46 21 46
6 Rangers 38 19 6 13 79 55 24 44
7 Cowdenbeath 38 18 6 14 87 68 19 42
8 Falkirk 38 14 14 10 61 57 4 42
9 Kilmarnock 38 17 7 14 79 77 2 41
10 Dundee 38 14 9 15 47 59 −12 37
11 Aberdeen 38 13 10 15 49 54 −5 36
12 Hamilton Academical 38 13 9 16 68 79 −11 35
13 Queen's Park 38 15 4 19 70 81 −11 34
14 Partick Thistle 38 10 13 15 64 73 −9 33
15 Morton 38 12 7 19 57 84 −27 31
16 Hibernian 38 12 6 20 72 77 −5 30
17 Dundee United 38 11 6 21 52 74 −22 28
18 St Johnstone 38 9 10 19 43 78 −35 28
19 Raith Rovers 38 11 4 23 46 81 −35 26
20 Clydebank 38 7 8 23 55 92 −37 22

Champions: Celtic
Relegated: Raith Rovers, Clydebank

Scottish League Division Two

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Dunfermline Athletic 38 26 7 5 109 43 66 59
2 Clyde 38 24 5 9 87 50 37 53
3 Ayr United 38 20 12 6 77 39 38 52
4 East Fife 38 20 9 9 98 73 25 49
5 Stenhousemuir 38 19 10 9 74 52 22 48
6 Third Lanark 38 19 8 11 72 47 25 46
7 Arthurlie 38 17 5 16 81 75 6 39
8 Bo'ness 38 17 5 16 66 70 −4 39
9 Albion Rovers 38 16 6 16 78 71 7 38
10 Arbroath 38 17 4 17 80 73 7 38
11 Dumbarton 38 14 10 14 54 78 −24 38
12 Nithsdale Wanderers 38 15 7 16 78 82 −4 37
13 King's Park 38 14 9 15 67 73 −6 37
14 St Bernard's 38 15 5 18 86 82 4 35
15 Armadale 38 14 5 19 82 101 −19 33
16 Alloa Athletic 38 11 8 19 54 63 −9 30
17 Queen Of The South 38 10 8 20 64 88 −24 28
18 East Stirlingshire 38 10 7 21 59 89 −30 27
19 Bathgate 38 7 6 25 60 105 −45 20
20 Broxburn United 38 4 6 28 55 127 −72 14

Promoted: Dunfermline Athletic, Clyde
Relegated: Bathgate, Broxburn United

Scottish League Division Three

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Helensburgh 30 16 6 8 66 47 19 38
2 Leith Athletic 29 16 5 8 73 41 32 37
3 Forfar Athletic 28 16 3 9 61 42 19 35
4 Dykehead 28 14 5 9 62 47 15 33
5 Royal Albert 28 16 1 11 75 61 14 33
6 Mid-Annandale 29 14 3 12 50 54 −4 31
7 Vale of Leven 26 14 2 10 78 55 23 30
8 Montrose 26 12 3 11 56 58 −2 27
9 Lochgelly United 29 9 9 11 58 63 −5 27
10 Brechin City 28 12 3 13 67 73 −6 27
11 Solway Star 29 9 6 14 50 62 −12 24
12 Beith 27 9 4 14 58 68 −10 22
13 Johnstone 29 7 6 16 55 74 −19 20
14 Peebles Rovers 26 9 0 17 52 76 −24 18
15 Clackmannan 25 5 8 12 42 74 −32 18
16 Galston 15 4 4 7 38 46 −8 12

Promoted: Forfar Athletic

Several teams were unable to complete their fixtures due to financial difficulties. The championship was never awarded. As a result, Division Three would be scrapped next season. Most clubs in the division (those marked above in pink) have not since made a return to the league.

Scottish Cup

St Mirren were winners of the Scottish Cup after a 2–0 final win over Division One champions Celtic.

Other Honours

National

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Scottish Qualifying Cup Leith Athletic 3 – 1 Solway Star

County

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup Aberdeen 7 – 2 * Peterhead
Ayrshire Cup Ayr United 4 – 1 Beith
Dumbartonshire Cup Helensburgh 3 – 1 Dumbarton
East of Scotland Shield Hibernian 2 – 1 Hearts
Fife Cup Cowdenbeath 4 – 1[2] Lochgelly United
Forfarshire Cup Dundee 4 – 2 Arbroath
Glasgow Cup Clyde 2 – 1 Celtic
Linlithgowshire Cup Bo'ness 3 – 1 Bathgate
Perthshire Cup St Johnstone 6 – 1 Vale of Atholl
Renfrewshire Cup St Mirren 6 – 1 * Arthurlie
Southern Counties Cup Stranraer St Cuthbert Wanderers
Stirlingshire Cup Falkirk 2 – 1 Stenhousemuir

. * aggregate over two legs

Highland League

Top Three

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Inverness Caledonian 18 14 2 2 69 27 42 30
2 Inverness Thistle 18 13 1 4 59 22 37 27
3 Elgin City 18 12 1 5 48 39 9 25

Junior Cup

Strathclyde were winners of the Junior Cup after a 2–0 win over Bridgeton Waverley in the final.

Scotland national team

Date Venue Opponents Score[3] Competition Scotland scorer(s)
31 October 1925 Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)  Wales 3–0 BHC John Duncan, Adam McLean, William Clunas
27 February 1926 Ibrox Park, Glasgow (H)  Ireland 4–0 BHC Hughie Gallacher (3), Andy Cunningham
17 April 1926 Old Trafford, Manchester (A)  England 1–0 BHC Alex Jackson

Scotland was winner of the 1925–26 British Home Championship.

Key:

Notes and references

  1. ↑ http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/stats/records/league-championship/league-tables/1920-1929/192526/
  2. ↑ replay
  3. ↑ Scotland's score is shown first.

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