1905–06 in Scottish football

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1905–06 in Scottish football
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Division One champions
Celtic
Division Two champions
Leith Athletic
Scottish Cup winners
Hearts
Junior Cup winners
Dunipace
Scotland national team
1906 BHC

The 1905–06 season was the 33rd season of competitive football in Scotland and the 16th season of the Scottish Football League..

Scottish League Division One[]

Main article: 1905–06 Scottish Division One
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Celtic 30 24 1 5 76 19 +57 49
2 Hearts 30 18 7 5 64 27 +37 43
3 Airdrieonians 30 15 8 7 53 31 +22 38
4 Rangers 30 15 7 8 58 48 +10 37
5 Partick Thistle 30 15 6 9 44 40 +4 36
6 Third Lanark 30 16 2 12 62 38 +24 34
7 Dundee 30 11 12 7 40 33 +7 34
8 St Mirren 30 13 5 12 41 37 +4 31
9 Morton 30 10 6 14 35 54 −19 26
10 Motherwell 30 9 8 13 50 64 −14 26
11 Hibernian 30 10 5 15 35 40 −5 25
12 Aberdeen 30 8 8 14 37 49 −12 24
13 Falkirk 30 9 5 16 53 69 −16 23
14 Kilmarnock 30 8 4 18 46 68 −22 20
15 Port Glasgow Athletic 30 6 8 16 38 68 −30 20
16 Queen's Park 30 5 4 21 41 88 −47 14
Source: "1905-1906 Division 1 - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 1 May 2021.

Champions: Celtic

Scottish League Division Two[]

Main article: 1905–06 Scottish Division Two
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Leith Athletic (C) 22 15 4 3 46 22 +24 34
2 Clyde (P) 22 11 9 2 37 21 +16 31 Promoted to the 1906–07 Scottish Division One
3 Albion Rovers 22 12 3 7 48 31 +17 27
4 Hamilton Academical (P) 22 12 2 8 45 33 +12 26 Promoted to the 1906–07 Scottish Division One
5 Arthurlie 22 10 2 10 46 46 0 22
5 St Bernard's 22 9 4 9 42 34 +8 22
7 Ayr 22 9 3 10 44 51 −7 21
8 Raith Rovers 22 6 7 9 36 42 −6 19
9 Abercorn 22 6 5 11 31 46 −15 17
9 Cowdenbeath 22 7 3 12 28 40 −12 17
11 Vale of Leven 22 6 4 12 33 49 −16 16
12 East Stirlingshire 22 1 10 11 26 47 −21 12
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

Next season there are eighteen teams in Division One and twelve teams in Division Two.

Scottish Cup[]

Main article: 1905–06 Scottish Cup

Hearts were winners of the Scottish Cup after a 1–0 win over Third Lanark.

Other Honours[]

Scottish Qualifying Cup[]

Winner Score Runner-up
Leith Athletic 2 – 0 Beith

County Cups[]

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup Peterhead 4 – 2 Huntly
Ayrshire Cup Ayr 1 – 0 Ayr Parkhouse
Dumbartonshire Cup Vale of Leven 1 – 0 Dumbarton
East of Scotland Shield Hearts 2 – 1 * Hibernian
Fife Cup Raith Rovers 2 – 0 Cowdenbeath
Forfarshire Cup Forfar Athletic 2 – 1 * Arbroath
Glasgow Cup Celtic 3 – 0 Third Lanark
Lanarkshire Cup Hamilton 2 – 1 Airdrie
Linlithgowshire Cup Bathgate 4 – 2 * Bo'ness
Perthshire Cup 7 – 2 * St Johnstone
Renfrewshire Cup Morton 4 – 3[1] Arthurlie
Southern Counties Cup Dumfries
Stirlingshire Cup Falkirk 3 – 2 Alloa

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Highland League[]

Top Three
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Clachnacuddin[2] 12 7 2 3 22 17 +5 16
2 Inverness Caledonian 12 7 2 3 31 9 +22 16
3 Inverness Thistle 12 6 4 2 28 11 +17 16
Source:[citation needed]

Junior Cup[]

Dunipace were winners of the Junior Cup after a 1–0 win over Rob Roy in a replayed final.

Scotland national team[]

Main article: Scotland national football team 1872–1914 results

Scotland were joint winners of the 1906 British Home Championship with England.

Date Venue Opponents Score[3] Competition Scotland scorer(s)
3 March 1906 Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh (H)  Wales 0–2 BHC
17 March 1906 Dalymount Park, Dublin (A)  Ireland 1–0 BHC Thomas Fitchie
7 April 1906 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)  England 2–1 BHC James Howie (2)

Key:

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

See also[]

Notes and references[]

  1. ^ play off
  2. ^ 1st after play offs
  3. ^ Scotland's score is shown first.

External links[]

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