1904–05 in Scottish football

1904–05 in Scottish football
1904–05 in Scottish football
Division One champions
	Celtic
Division Two champions
	Clyde
Scottish Cup winners
	Third Lanark
Junior Cup winners
	Ashfield
Scotland national team
	1905 BHC

The 1904–05 season was the 32nd season of competitive football in Scotland and the 15th season of the Scottish Football League.

League competitions

Scottish League Division One

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
=1	Celtic (C)	26	18	5	3	68	31	+37	41	Champions
=1	Rangers	26	19	3	4	83	28	+55	41
3	Third Lanark	26	14	7	5	60	28	+32	35
4	Airdrieonians	26	11	5	10	38	45	−7	27
5	Hibernian	26	9	8	9	39	39	0	26
6	Partick Thistle	26	12	2	12	36	56	−20	26
7	Heart of Midlothian	26	11	3	12	46	44	+2	25
8	Dundee	26	10	5	11	38	32	+6	25
9	Kilmarnock	26	9	5	12	29	45	−16	23
10	St Mirren	26	9	4	13	33	36	−3	22
11	Port Glasgow Athletic	26	8	5	13	30	51	−21	21
12	Queen's Park	26	6	8	12	28	45	−17	20
13	Morton	26	7	4	15	27	50	−23	18
14	Motherwell	26	6	2	18	28	53	−25	14

Source: SPFL Archive
(C) Champions

Celtic became the champions after a playoff victory against Rangers after the two teams finished level on points.

Champions: Celtic

The above table was slightly incorrect. Most reference books have the score for the game 19 November 1904 as Hearts 2 Port Glasgow Athletic 0. The actual score was 5–0. Report Therefore, Hearts should have 3 more goals and Port Glasgow 3 more in the against Column. Incorrect version that appears in most reference books.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
=1	Celtic (C)	26	18	5	3	68	31	+37	41	Champions
=1	Rangers	26	19	3	4	83	28	+55	41
3	Third Lanark	26	14	7	5	60	28	+32	35
4	Airdrieonians	26	11	5	10	38	45	−7	27
5	Hibernian	26	9	8	9	39	39	0	26
6	Partick Thistle	26	12	2	12	36	56	−20	26
7	Heart of Midlothian	26	11	3	12	46	44	+2	25
8	Dundee	26	10	5	11	38	32	+6	25
9	Kilmarnock	26	9	5	12	29	45	−16	23
10	St Mirren	26	9	4	13	33	36	−3	22
11	Port Glasgow Athletic	26	8	5	13	30	51	−21	21
12	Queen's Park	26	6	8	12	28	45	−17	20
13	Morton	26	7	4	15	27	50	−23	18
14	Motherwell	26	6	2	18	28	53	−25	14

Source: SPFL Archive
(C) Champions

League Table from April 1905

Scottish League Division Two

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Clyde (C)	22	13	6	3	38	22	+16	32
2	Falkirk (P)	22	12	4	6	32	25	+7	28	Promoted to the 1905–06 Scottish Division One
3	Hamilton Academical	22	12	3	7	40	24	+16	27
4	Leith Athletic	22	10	4	8	36	26	+10	24
5	Arthurlie	22	9	5	8	37	41	−4	23
5	Ayr	22	11	1	10	46	37	+9	23
7	Aberdeen (P)	22	7	7	8	36	26	+10	21	Promoted to the 1905–06 Scottish Division One
8	Albion Rovers	22	8	4	10	38	53	−15	20
9	East Stirlingshire	22	7	5	10	37	38	−1	19
9	Raith Rovers	22	9	1	12	30	34	−4	19
11	Abercorn	22	8	1	13	31	45	−14	17
12	St Bernard's	22	3	5	14	23	53	−30	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

Two teams were promoted from Division Two this season, as next season's Division One capacity increased to sixteen teams.

Other honours

Cup honours

National

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Cup	Third Lanark	3 – 1	Rangers
Scottish Qualifying Cup	Aberdeen	2 – 0	Renton
Scottish Junior Cup	Ashfield	2 – 1	Renfrew Victoria

County

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup	Aberdeen	3 – 2	Aberdeen Harp
Ayrshire Cup	Ayr	1 – 0	Kilmarnock
Border Cup	Peebles Rovers	3 – 2	Vale of Leithen
Dumbartonshire Cup	Vale of Leven	4 – 1	Renton
East of Scotland Shield	Hibernian	1 – 0^[a]	Hearts
Fife Cup	Cowdenbeath	RR^[b]	Raith Rovers
Forfarshire Cup	Dundee	w.o.^[c]	Arbroath
Glasgow Cup	Celtic	2 – 1	Rangers
Lanarkshire Cup	Hamilton	3 – 0	Dykehead
Linlithgowshire Cup	Bathgate	3 – 2^[d]	Broxburn
North of Scotland Cup	Inverness Citadel	2 – 0	Clachnacuddin
Perthshire Cup	St Johnstone	3 – 1	Dunblane
Renfrewshire Cup	Morton	4 – 1^[e]	Arthurlie
Southern Counties Cup	Maxwelltown Volunteers	2 – 1	6th GRV
Stirlingshire Cup	Alloa Athletic	1 – 0	East Stirling

Non-league honours

Highland League

Top Three
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Clachnacuddin	12	8	1	3	41	16	+25	17
2	Black Watch	12	6	5	1	19	10	+9	17
3	Inverness Thistle	12	7	2	3	19	12	+7	16

Source: SFHA

Other Senior Leagues

Division	Winner
Border Senior League	Peebles Rovers
Central League	King's Park
Eastern League	Hearts 'A'
Northern League	Dundee 'A'
Perthshire League	Scone
Scottish Combination	Beith

Scotland national team

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[f]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
6 March 1905	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham (A)	Wales	1–3	BHC	John Tait Robertson
18 March 1905	Celtic Park, Glasgow (H)	Ireland	4–0	BHC	Charles Thomson (2), Bobby Walker, Jimmy Quinn
1 April 1905	Crystal Palace, London (A)	England	0–1	BHC

Key:

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

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England (C)	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	5
Wales	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	3
Scotland	3	1	0	2	5	4	+1	2
Ireland	3	0	2	1	3	7	−4	2

Source: ^[1]
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^[2]^[3]	Score^[g]	Scotland scorer(s)
11 March 1905	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Football League XI	2–3	Jimmy Quinn, Charles Thomson

Notes

^ Second replay needed.
^ Group stage - round robin format.
^ Match awarded via walkover.
^ Replay needed.
^ Aggregate over two legs.
^ Scotland's score is shown first.
^ Scottish League XI's score is shown first.

References

^ "British Championship 1905". eu-football.info. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
^ "SFL XI v The Football League XI Record". London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
^ "SFL XI v Irish Football League XI Record". London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 3 October 2022.

External links

Scottish Football Historical Archive

[1] Second replay needed.

[2] Group stage - round robin format.

[3] Match awarded via walkover.

[4] Replay needed.

[5] Aggregate over two legs.

[6] Scotland's score is shown first.

[10] Scottish League XI's score is shown first.

[EUF-7] "British Championship 1905". eu-football.info. Retrieved 5 April 2020.

[8] "SFL XI v The Football League XI Record". London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 3 October 2022.

[9] "SFL XI v Irish Football League XI Record". London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 3 October 2022.

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