1917–18 in Scottish football

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1917–18 in Scottish football
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Division One champions
Rangers
Junior Cup winners
Petershill

The 1917–18 season was the 45th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 28th season of the Scottish Football League. Division One was decreased from 20 to 18 clubs. Clydebank made their first appearance in the Scottish Football League.

Scottish Football League[]

Main article: 1917–18 Scottish Football League
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Rangers 34 25 6 3 66 24 +42 56
2 Celtic 34 24 7 3 66 26 +40 55
3 Kilmarnock 34 19 5 10 69 41 +28 43
4 Morton 34 17 9 8 53 42 +11 43
5 Motherwell 34 16 9 9 70 51 +19 41
6 Partick Thistle 34 14 12 8 51 37 +14 40
7 Dumbarton 34 13 8 13 48 49 −1 34
7 Queen's Park 34 14 6 14 64 63 +1 34
9 Clydebank 34 14 5 15 55 56 −1 33
10 Hearts 34 14 4 16 41 58 −17 32
11 St Mirren 34 11 7 16 42 50 −8 29
12 Hamilton Academical 34 11 6 17 52 63 −11 28
13 Third Lanark 34 10 7 17 56 62 −6 27
14 Falkirk 34 9 9 16 38 58 −20 27
15 Airdrieonians 34 10 6 18 46 58 −12 26
16 Hibernian 34 8 9 17 42 57 −15 25
17 Clyde 34 9 2 23 37 72 −35 20
18 Ayr United 34 5 9 20 32 61 −29 19
Source: [1]

Champions: Rangers

Scottish Cup[]

There was no Scottish Cup competition played.

Other honours[]

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Navy and Army War Fund Shield Celtic 1 – 0[2] Morton

County[]

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Dumbartonshire Cup Clydebank 1 – 0 Dumbarton
East of Scotland Shield Hibernian 5 – 1[3] Hearts
Fife Cup Dunfermline Athletic 1 – 0[4] Raith Rovers
Glasgow Cup Rangers 4 – 1 Partick Thistle
Lanarkshire Cup Airdrie 2 – 0 Albion Rovers
Renfrewshire Cup Morton 5 – 3[5] St Mirren

Junior Cup[]

Petershill were awarded the Junior Cup. No final tie was played.

Scotland national team[]

See also: Scotland national football team 1872–1914 results and Scotland national football team results (unofficial matches) § World War I

There were no Scotland matches played with the British Home Championship suspended due to World War I.

See also[]

Notes and references[]

  1. ^ McColl, Brian (2014). A Record of British Wartime Football. p. 62. ISBN 978-1-291-84089-6.
  2. ^ Association football: War Fund Shield, Final Tie, Glasgow Herald, 6 May 1918 (via The Celtic Wiki)
  3. ^ aggregate over two legs
  4. ^ replay
  5. ^ aggregate over two legs

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