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.

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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Celtic (C) 34 24 6 4 63 22 +41 54
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:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Champions: Celtic

Scottish League Division Two
Main article: 1909–10 Scottish Division Two
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Leith Athletic (C) 22 13 7 2 44 19 +25 33[lower-alpha 1]
1 Raith Rovers (C, P) 22 14 5 3 36 21 +15 33[lower-alpha 1] 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.

Scottish Cup
Main article: 1909–10 Scottish Cup

Scottish Cup Final

Dundee2–2Clyde

Replay

Dundee0–0 (a.e.t.)Clyde

Second Replay

Dundee2–1Clyde

Other honours

National
Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Scottish Qualifying Cup Leith Athletic 4 – 0 Bathgate
Scottish Consolation Cup Arthurlie 4 – 2 St Johnstone
Scottish Junior Cup Ashfield 3 – 0[lower-alpha 1] 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[1] Peterhead
Ayrshire Cup Ayr 1 – 0 Ayr Parkhouse
Dumbartonshire Cup Dumbarton Harp 2 – 1 Dumbarton
East of Scotland Shield Hearts 1 – 1[2] St Bernard's
Fife Cup Cowdenbeath 2 – 1[3] Lochgelly United
Forfarshire Cup Brechin City 4 – 1 Arbroath
Glasgow Cup Celtic 1 – 0 Rangers
Lanarkshire Cup Hamilton [4] Wishaw Thistle
Linlithgowshire Cup Bo'ness 1 – 0 Broxburn
Perthshire Cup Dunblane 2 – 1 Morrisonians
Renfrewshire Cup St Mirren 3 – 1[5] Abercorn
Southern Counties Cup Dumfries 1 – 0 Nithsdale Wanderers
Stirlingshire Cup Falkirk 10 – 0 Alloa

Highland League
Top Three
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Elgin City[6] 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:

Other senior honours

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[7] 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

See also

Notes
  1. Replay ordered. First match null and void.

References
  1. replay
  2. won on corners
  3. second replay
  4. shared after two draws
  5. aggregate over two legs
  6. 1st after play off
  7. Scotland's score is shown first.
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