1903–04 in Scottish football

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1903–04 in Scottish football
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Division One champions
Third Lanark
Division Two champions
Hamilton Academical
Scottish Cup winners
Celtic
Junior Cup winners
Vale of Clyde
Scotland national team
1904 BHC

The 1903–04 season was the 31st season of competitive football in Scotland and the 14th season of the Scottish Football League.

Scottish League Division One[]

Main article: 1903–04 Scottish Division One
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Third Lanark 26 20 3 3 61 26 +35 43
2 Hearts 26 18 3 5 63 35 +28 39
=3 Celtic 26 18 2 6 68 27 +41 38
=3 Rangers 26 16 6 4 80 33 +47 38
5 Dundee 26 13 2 11 54 45 +9 28
=6 St Mirren 26 11 5 10 45 38 +7 27
=6 Partick Thistle 26 10 7 9 46 41 +5 27
8 Queen's Park 26 6 9 11 28 47 −19 21
9 Port Glasgow Athletic 26 8 4 14 32 49 −17 20
10 Hibernian 26 7 5 14 29 40 −11 19
=11 Morton 26 7 4 15 32 53 −21 18
=11 Airdrieonians 26 7 4 15 32 62 −30 18
13 Motherwell 26 6 3 17 26 61 −35 15
14 Kilmarnock 26 4 5 17 24 63 −39 13
Source: nozdrul.plus.com

Champions: Third Lanark

Scottish League Division Two[]

Main article: 1903–04 Scottish Division Two
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Hamilton Academical (C) 22 16 5 1 56 19 +37 37
2 Clyde 22 12 5 5 51 36 +15 29
3 Ayr 22 11 6 5 34 31 +3 28
4 Falkirk 22 11 4 7 50 36 +14 26
5 East Stirlingshire 22 8 5 9 35 40 −5 21
5 Raith Rovers 22 8 5 9 40 38 +2 21
7 Leith Athletic 22 8 4 10 42 40 +2 20
7 St Bernard's 22 9 2 11 31 43 −12 20
9 Albion Rovers 22 8 5 9 47 37 +10 19[a]
10 Abercorn 22 6 4 12 40 55 −15 16
11 Arthurlie 22 5 5 12 37 50 −13 15
12 Ayr Parkhouse (R) 22 3 4 15 24 62 −38 10 Did not apply for re-election[b]
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) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Albion Rovers were docked two points.
  2. ^ Ayr Parkhouse did not apply for re-election to compete for the next season and were replaced by Aberdeen.

Scottish Cup[]

Main article: 1903–04 Scottish Cup

Celtic were winners of the Scottish Cup after a 3–2 win over Rangers.

Other Honours[]

Scottish Qualifying Cup[]

Winner Score Runner-up
Arbroath 4 – 2 Albion Rovers

County Cups[]

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup Aberdeen 3 – 2 Bon Accord
Ayrshire Cup Galston 4 – 1 Beith
Dumbartonshire Cup not played
East of Scotland Shield Hearts 7 – 2 St Bernard's
Fife Cup Cowdenbeath Kirkcaldy Un
Forfarshire Cup Dundee Wanderers 3 – 0 Montrose
Glasgow Cup Third Lanark 1 – 0[1] Celtic
Lanarkshire Cup Airdrie 1 – 0[2] Hamilton
Linlithgowshire Cup Broxburn 2 – 0 Bathgate
Perthshire Cup 3 – 2 St Johnstone
Renfrewshire Cup St Mirren 5 – 1[3] Morton
Southern Counties Cup Nithsdale Wanderers 4 – 1
Stirlingshire Cup Falkirk 4 – 3 East Stirling

Highland League[]

Top Three
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Clachnacuddin 12 11 0 1 51 10 +41 22
2 Inverness Citadel 12 6 3 3 26 26 0 15
3 Inverness Thistle 11 6 0 5 30 17 +13 12
Source:[citation needed]

Junior Cup[]

Vale of Clyde were winners of the Junior Cup after a 3–0 win over Parkhead.

Scotland national team[]

Main article: Scotland national football team 1872–1914 results
Date Venue Opponents Score[4] Competition Scotland scorer(s)
12 March 1904 Dens Park, Dundee (H)  Wales 1–1 BHC Robert Walker
26 March 1904 Dalymount Park, Dublin (A)  Ireland 1–1 BHC Robert Hamilton
4 April 1904 Celtic Park, Glasgow (H)  England 0–1 BHC

Key:

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

See also[]

Notes and references[]

  1. ^ replay
  2. ^ disputed
  3. ^ aggregate over two legs
  4. ^ Scotland's score is shown first.

External links[]

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