1904–05 in Scottish football

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1904–05 in Scottish football
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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.

Scottish League Division One[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
=1 Celtic 26 18 5 3 68 31 +37 41
=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 Hearts 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

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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
=1 Celtic 26 18 5 3 68 31 +37 41
=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 Hearts 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

League Table from April 1905

Scottish League Division Two[]

Pos Team 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) Champion; (P) Promoted

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

Scottish Cup[]

Third Lanark were winners of the Scottish Cup after a 3–1 replay win over Rangers.

Other honours[]

Scottish Qualifying Cup[]

Winner Score Runner-up
Aberdeen 2 – 0 Renton

County Cups[]

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup Aberdeen 3 – 2
Ayrshire Cup Ayr 1 – 0 Kilmarnock
Dumbartonshire Cup Vale of Leven 4 – 1 Renton
East of Scotland Shield Hibernian 1 – 0[1] Hearts
Fife Cup Cowdenbeath Raith Rovers
Forfarshire Cup Dundee Arbroath
Glasgow Cup Celtic 2 – 1 Rangers
Lanarkshire Cup Hamilton 3 – 0 Dykehead
Linlithgowshire Cup Bathgate 3 – 2[2] Broxburn
Perthshire Cup St Johnstone 3 – 1
Renfrewshire Cup Morton 4 – 1[3] Arthurlie
Southern Counties Cup 2 – 1
Stirlingshire Cup Alloa 1 – 0 East Stirling

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 12 6 5 1 19 10 +9 17
3 Inverness Thistle 12 7 2 3 19 12 +7 16
Source:[citation needed]

Junior Cup[]

Ashfield were winners of the Junior Cup after a 2–1 win over Renfrew Vic.

Scotland national team[]

Date Venue Opponents Score[4] 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

See also[]

Notes and references[]

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

External links[]

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