1888–89 in Scottish football

Football in Scotland
Season1888–89
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1888–89 in Scottish football
Scottish Cup winners
Third Lanark
Junior Cup winners
Burnbank Swifts
Scotland national team
1889 BHC

The 1888–89 season was the 16th season of competitive football in Scotland.

Honours

Cup honours

National

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Scottish Cup Third Lanark 2 – 1 Celtic
Scottish Junior Cup Burnbank Swifts 4 – 1 West Benhar Violet

County

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup Aberdeen 4 – 3 Orion
Ayrshire Cup Hurlford 2 – 0 Ayr
Buteshire Cup Bute Rangers 3 – 1[a] Bute Thistle
Dumbartonshire Cup Dumbarton 6 – 2 Dumbarton Athletic
East of Scotland Shield Hearts 5 – 2 Leith Athletic
Fife Cup Cowdenbeath 4 –2 Lassodie
Forfarshire Cup Arbroath 2 – 1 Dundee East End
Glasgow Cup Queen's Park 8 – 0 Partick Thistle
Lanarkshire Cup Royal Albert 2 – 1[a] Uddingston
Linlithgowshire Cup Bo'ness 1 – 0 Armadale
North of Scotland Cup Crown 3 – 1 Inverness Rovers
Perthshire Cup Dunblane 6 – 5 Fair City Athletic
Renfrewshire Cup Abercorn 3 – 2 St Mirren
Stirlingshire Cup East Stirlingshire 7 – 0 Slamannan

Glasgow Exhibition Cup

The tournament was held to coincide with the International Exhibition of Science, Art and Industry. Held during the early season, the one-off competition was held at the Exhibition Grounds.[1]

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Glasgow Exhibition Cup Cowlairs 2 – 0 Celtic

Scotland national team

Main articles: 1888–89 British Home Championship and Scotland national football team 1872–1914 results
Date Venue Opponents Score[b]
9 March 1889 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow  Ireland 7 – 0
13 April 1889 Kennington Oval, London  England 3 – 2
15 April 1889 Racecourse Ground, Wrexham  Wales 0 – 0
Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Scotland 3 2 1 0 10 2 +8 5
 England 3 2 0 1 12 5 +7 4
 Wales 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 3
 Ireland 3 0 0 3 2 16 −14 0
Source: [2][3]
Rules for classification: 1) points. The points system worked as follows: 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw.

Notes

  1. ^ a b Replay needed.
  2. ^ Scotland's score is shown first.

References

  1. ^ "Special 'One Off' Tournaments". Scottish Football Historical Archive. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  2. ^ Reyes, Macario; Morrison, Neil (1 October 1999). "British Home Championship 1884–1899". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  3. ^ "British Championships 1889". Scotland Football Stats. Retrieved 6 October 2022.