1914–15 in Scottish football

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1914–15 in Scottish football
Division One champions
Celtic
Division Two champions
Leith Athletic
Junior Cup winners
Parkhead

The 1914–15 season was the 42nd season of competitive football in Scotland and the 25th season of the Scottish Football League. The addition of Lochgelly United and Clydebank meant that there were fourteen teams in Division Two.

League competitions

Scottish League Division One

Main article: 1914–15 Scottish Division One
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Celtic (C) 38 30 5 3 91 25 +66 65
2 Heart of Midlothian 38 27 7 4 83 32 +51 61
3 Rangers 38 23 4 11 74 47 +27 50
4 Morton 38 18 12 8 74 48 +26 48
5 Ayr United 38 20 8 10 55 40 +15 48
6 Falkirk 38 16 7 15 48 48 0 39
7 Partick Thistle 38 15 8 15 56 58 −2 38
8 Hamilton Academical 38 16 6 16 60 55 +5 38
9 St Mirren 38 14 8 16 56 65 −9 36
10 Hibernian 38 12 11 15 59 66 −7 35
11 Airdrieonians 38 14 7 17 54 60 −6 35
12 Dumbarton 38 13 8 17 51 66 −15 34
13 Kilmarnock 38 15 4 19 55 59 −4 34
14 Dundee 38 12 9 17 43 61 −18 33
15 Aberdeen 38 11 11 16 39 52 −13 33
16 Third Lanark 38 10 12 16 51 57 −6 32
17 Clyde 38 12 6 20 44 59 −15 30
18 Motherwell 38 10 10 18 49 66 −17 30
19 Raith Rovers 38 9 10 19 53 68 −15 28
20 Queen's Park 38 4 5 29 27 90 −63 13
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions

Champions: Celtic

Scottish League Division Two

Main article: 1914–15 Scottish Division Two
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cowdenbeath (C) 26 16 5 5 49 17 +32 37[a]
2 Leith Athletic 26 15 7 4 54 31 +23 37[a]
3 St Bernard's 26 18 1 7 66 34 +32 37[a]
4 East Stirlingshire 26 13 5 8 53 44 +9 31
5 Clydebank 26 13 4 9 67 37 +30 30 Joined the 1917–18 Scottish Division One
6 Dunfermline Athletic 26 13 2 11 49 39 +10 28
7 Johnstone 26 11 5 10 41 52 −11 27
8 St Johnstone 26 10 6 10 56 53 +3 26
9 Albion Rovers 26 9 7 10 37 42 −5 25 Joined the 1920–21 Scottish Division One
10 Lochgelly United 26 9 3 14 43 60 −17 21
11 Dundee Hibernian 26 8 3 15 48 61 −13 19
12 Abercorn 26 5 7 14 35 65 −30 17
13 Arthurlie 26 6 4 16 36 66 −30 16
14 Vale of Leven 26 4 5 17 33 66 −33 13
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
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Cowdenbeath, Leith Athletic and St Bernard's finished level on points. A round-robin tournament to determine the champion was won by Cowdenbeath.[1]

Other honours

Cup honours

National

Competition[a] Winner Score Runner-up
Navy and Army War Fund Shield[2] Morton 2 – 1 Rangers
Scottish Qualifying Cup St Bernard's 3 – 0[b] Dykehead
Scottish Junior Cup Parkhead 2 – 0 Port Glasgow Athletic Juniors

County

Competition[c] Winner Score Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup Aberdeen 7 – 2 Peterhead
Ayrshire Cup Stevenston United 2 – 1[d] Kilmarnock
Dumbartonshire Cup Dumbarton 4 – 3 Vale of Leven
East of Scotland Shield Hearts 1 – 0 Hibernian
Fife Cup Raith Rovers 4 – 0 East Fife
Forfarshire Cup Dundee Hibs 2 – 0 Arbroath
Glasgow Cup Clyde 1 – 0[d] Partick Thistle
Lanarkshire Cup Airdrie 3 – 0 Hamilton
Linlithgowshire Cup Broxburn 2 – 1 Bo'ness
Renfrewshire Cup Morton 4 – 3[e] Johnstone
Southern Counties Cup 5th KOSB 2 – 1[d] St Cuthbert Wanderers
Stirlingshire Cup King's Park 1 – 0[d] Falkirk

Non-league honours

Senior Leagues

Division Winner
Central League Armadale
Highland League unfinished
Northern League Forfar Athletic
Scottish Union unfinished

Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team 1872–1914 results

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

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Other national teams

Scottish League XI

Date Venue Opponents Score[f] Scotland scorer(s) Notes
12 October 1914 London (A) England Southern League XI 1–1 [3]
18 November 1914 Belfast (A) Northern Ireland Irish League XI 2–1 [4]
20 March 1915 Celtic Park, Glasgow (H) England Football League XI 1–4 [5]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The Scottish Cup and Scottish Amateur Cup were not held during WWI years.
  2. ^ Second replay needed.
  3. ^ The Border Cup, North of Scotland Cup, and Perthshire Cup were not held during WWI years.
  4. ^ a b c d Replay needed.
  5. ^ Aggregate over two legs.
  6. ^ Scottish League XI's score is shown first.

References

  1. ^ Twydell, Dave (1992). Rejected F.C. of Scotland Volume 1: Edinburgh & The South. p. 214. ISBN 0-9513321-9-8.
  2. ^ Football: War Shield Final, Glasgow Herald, 29 April 1915
  3. ^ "SFL XI v Southern League XI Record". London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  4. ^ "SFL XI v Irish Football League XI Record". London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  5. ^ "SFL XI v The Football League XI Record". London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 3 October 2022.