1897–98 Scottish Football League

Statistics of the Scottish Football League in season 1897–98.

Overview

Celtic are champions of the Scottish Division One.

Kilmarnock won the Scottish Division Two but were not promoted.

Scottish League Division One

Main article: 1897–88 Scottish First Division

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Celtic	18	15	3	0	56	13	43	33
2	Rangers	18	13	3	2	71	15	56	29
3	Hibernian	18	10	2	6	48	28	20	22
4	Hearts	18	8	4	6	54	33	21	20
5	Third Lanark	18	8	2	8	37	38	-1	18
=	St Mirren	18	8	2	8	30	36	-6	18
7	Dundee	18	5	3	10	29	36	-7	13
=	Partick Thistle	18	6	1	11	34	64	-30	13
=	St Bernard's	18	4	1	13	35	67	-32	13
10	Clyde	18	1	3	14	20	84	-64	5

Division Champions

Scottish League Division Two

Main article: 1897–98 Scottish Division Two

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Kilmarnock	18	14	1	3	64	29	35	29
2	Port Glasgow Athletic	18	12	1	5	66	35	31	25
3	Morton	18	9	4	5	47	38	9	22
4	Leith Athletic	18	9	2	7	39	38	1	20
5	Linthouse	18	6	4	8	37	39	-2	16
=	Ayr	18	7	2	9	36	42	-6	16
=	Abercorn	18	6	4	8	33	41	-8	16
8	Airdrieonians	18	6	2	10	44	56	-12	14
9	Hamilton Academical^[1]	18	5	2	11	28	51	-23	12
10	Motherwell	18	3	4	11	31	56	-25	10

	Division Champions/not promoted
	New club in the league

References

↑ Renton was unable to meet their financial guarantees four games into the season and tendered their resignation. This was accepted, with Hamilton Academical taking on Renton's remaining fixtures.

Scottish Football League (1890–2013)

≫ Scottish Professional Football League (2013–present)

Divisions	Premier Division (1975–1998) First Division (1975–2013) Second Division (1975–2013) Third Division (1994–2013)

Cup competitions	League Cup Challenge Cup B Division Supplementary Cup Summer Cup Spring Cup

Clubs	Aberdeen Abercorn Airdrieonians (1878) Airdrieonians (2002) Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Annan Athletic Arbroath Armadale Arthurlie Ayr Ayr Parkhouse Ayr United Bathgate Beith Berwick Rangers Bo'ness Brechin City Broxburn United Cambuslang Celtic Clackmannan Clyde Clydebank (1914) Clydebank (1965) Cowdenbeath Cowlairs Dumbarton Dumbarton Harp Dundee Dundee United Dundee Wanderers Dunfermline Athletic Dykehead East Fife East Stirlingshire Edinburgh City (1928) Elgin City Falkirk Forfar Athletic Galston Greenock Morton Gretna Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Helensburgh Hibernian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Johnstone Kilmarnock King's Park Leith Athletic Linthouse Livingston Lochgelly United Meadowbank Thistle Mid-Annandale Montrose Motherwell Nithsdale Wanderers Northern Partick Thistle Peebles Rovers Peterhead Port Glasgow Athletic Queen of the South Queen's Park Raith Rovers Rangers Renton Ross County Royal Albert Solway Star St Bernard's St Johnstone St Mirren Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer Third Lanark Thistle Vale of Leven

Seasons	1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13

Clubs Stadia Monthly awards Representative team

Men's football in Scotland

SFA PFA Scotland

Overview	League system Clubs Venues Champions Second tier winners Third tier winners Fourth tier winners Honours won Managers

National teams	Scotland B U-21 U-20 U-19 U-17 U-16 Scottish League Semi-Pro

League system	SPFL Premiership Championship League One League Two Development Highland Lowland East of Scotland South of Scotland North Caledonian

Cup competitions	Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Youth Cup

Junior football	SJFA Junior Cup West East North

Amateur football	SAFA Amateur Cup Aberdeenshire Ayrshire Caithness Caledonian Central Fife Inverness & District Kingdom Caledonian Lewis & Harris Lothian & Edinburgh Midlands North & South Lanarkshire Orkney Paisley & District Perthshire Scottish Shetland Stirling & District Strathclyde Uist & Barra West of Scotland

Welfare football	SWFA Forth & Endrick Moray North East Ross-shire Strathspey & Badenoch

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1897–98 Scottish Football League

Overview

Scottish League Division One

Scottish League Division Two

See also

References