1886–87 in Scottish football

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1886–87 in Scottish football
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Scottish Cup winners
Hibernian
Junior Cup winners
British Home Championship winners
Scotland

The 1886–87 season was the 14th season of competitive football in Scotland. This season saw the inaugural playing of the Scottish Junior Cup.

Cup competitions[]

Scottish Cup[]

Main article: 1886–87 Scottish Cup
Winner Score Runner-up
Hibernian 2–1 Dumbarton

County honours[]

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Ayrshire Cup 4–1
Dumbartonshire Cup Renton 5–0* Vale of Leven
East of Scotland Shield Hibernian 3–0 Hearts
Fife Cup Dunfermline Ath 3–1*
Forfarshire Cup Dundee Harp 4–2 Strathmore
Lanarkshire Cup Airdrieonians 5–0
Linlithgowshire Cup Armadale 2–0*
Perthshire Cup Coupar Angus 2–1
Renfrewshire Cup Abercorn 5–1 Arthurlie
Stirlingshire Cup East Stirlingshire 1–0 Falkirk

* – replay

Scottish Junior Cup[]

Winner Score Runner-up
3–1*

* – replay

Scotland national team[]

Main articles: 1886–87 British Home Championship and Scotland national football team 1872–1914 results
Date Venue Opponents Score[1] Competition Scotland scorers
19 February 1887 Hampden Park, Glasgow  Ireland 4–1 British Home Championship Willie Watt, Tom Jenkinson, William Johnstone, James Low
19 March 1887 Leamington Road, Blackburn  England 3–2 British Home Championship James McCall, Leitch Keir, James Allan
21 March 1887 Racecourse Ground, Wrexham  Wales 2–0 British Home Championship William Robertson, James Allan
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Scotland (C) 3 3 0 0 9 3 +6 6
2  England 3 2 0 1 13 3 +10 4
3  Ireland 3 1 0 2 5 12 −7 2
4  Wales 3 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) Points. The points system worked as follows: 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw.
(C) Champion

References[]

  1. ^ Scotland's score is shown first.
  2. ^ "British Home Championship 1884–1899". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 16 April 2019.

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