1903–04 in Scottish football

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1903–04 in Scottish football
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.

League competitions

Scottish League Division One

Main article: 1903–04 Scottish Division One
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Third Lanark (C) 26 20 3 3 61 26 +35 43 Champions
2 Heart of Midlothian 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
(C) Champions

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) Champions; (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.


Other honours

Cup honours

National

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Scottish Cup Celtic 3 – 2 Rangers
Scottish Qualifying Cup Arbroath 4 – 2 Albion Rovers
Scottish Junior Cup Vale of Clyde 3 – 0 Parkhead

County

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup Aberdeen 3 – 2 Bon Accord
Ayrshire Cup Galston 4 – 1 Beith
Border Cup Selkirk 2 – 0[a] Peebles Rovers
East of Scotland Shield Hearts 7 – 2 St Bernard's
Fife Cup Cowdenbeath RR[b] Kirkcaldy United
Forfarshire Cup Dundee Wanderers 3 – 0 Montrose
Glasgow Cup Third Lanark 1 – 0[c] Celtic
Lanarkshire Cup Airdrie 1 – 0[d] Hamilton
Linlithgowshire Cup Broxburn 2 – 0 Bathgate
North of Scotland Cup Clachnacuddin 2 – 1 Inverness Citadel
Perthshire Cup Dunblane 3 – 2 St Johnstone
Renfrewshire Cup St Mirren 5 – 1[e] Morton
Southern Counties Cup Nithsdale Wanderers 4 – 1 Vale of Dryfe
Stirlingshire Cup Falkirk 4 – 3 East Stirling

Non-league honours

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: SFHA

Other Senior Leagues

Division Winner
Banffshire & District League Buckie Thistle
Border Senior League Vale of Leithen
Central League Dunblane
Midland League unfinished
Northern League Montrose
Perthshire League Tullich
Scottish Combination Royal Albert

Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team 1872–1914 results
Date Venue Opponents Score[f] 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
Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 England (C) 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 5
 Ireland 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 3
 Scotland 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
 Wales 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points. The points system worked as follows: 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw.
(C) Champions

Other national teams

Scottish League XI

Date Venue Opponents[2][3] Score[g] Scotland scorer(s)
27 February 1904 St Mirren Park, Paisley (H) Northern Ireland Irish League XI 3–1 Robert Hamilton (2), Bobby Walker
4 April 1904 Bank Street, Manchester (A) England Football League XI 1–2 John Robertson

Notes

  1. ^ Second replay needed.
  2. ^ Group stage - round robin format.
  3. ^ Replay needed.
  4. ^ Result disputed.
  5. ^ Aggregate over two legs.
  6. ^ Scotland's score is shown first.
  7. ^ Scottish League XI's score is shown first.

See also

References

  1. ^ "British Championship 1904". EU Football. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  2. ^ "SFL XI v The Football League XI Record". London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  3. ^ "SFL XI v Irish Football League XI Record". London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 3 October 2022.