1918–19 in Scottish football

The 1918–19 season was the 46th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 29th season of the Scottish Football League.

Football in Scotland
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1918–19 in Scottish football
Division One champions
Celtic
Victory Cup winners
St Mirren
Junior Cup winners
Rutherglen Glencairn

League competitions

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Scottish Football League

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Celtic 34 26 6 2 71 22 +49 58
2 Rangers 34 26 5 3 86 16 +70 57
3 Morton 34 18 11 5 76 40 +36 47
4 Partick Thistle 34 17 7 10 62 43 +19 41
5 Motherwell 34 14 10 10 51 40 +11 38
5 Ayr United 34 15 8 11 62 53 +9 38
7 Heart of Midlothian 34 14 9 11 59 52 +7 37
8 Kilmarnock 34 14 7 13 61 59 +2 35
9 Queen's Park 34 15 5 14 59 57 +2 35
10 St Mirren 34 10 12 12 43 55 −12 32
10 Clydebank 34 12 8 14 54 65 −11 32
12 Third Lanark 34 11 9 14 60 62 −2 31
13 Airdrieonians 34 9 11 14 45 54 −9 29
14 Hamilton Academical 34 11 5 18 49 75 −26 27
15 Dumbarton 34 7 8 19 31 58 −27 22
16 Clyde 34 7 6 21 45 75 −30 20
16 Falkirk 34 6 8 20 46 73 −27 20
18 Hibernian 34 5 3 26 30 91 −61 13
Source: "1918-1919 SFL - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 1 May 2021.

Champions: Celtic

Other honours

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Cup honours

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National

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Competition[a] Winner Score Runner-up
Victory Cup St Mirren 3 – 0 Hearts
Scottish Qualifying Cup Bathgate 2 – 0 Cowdenbeath
Scottish Junior Cup Rutherglen Glencairn 1 – 0[b] St Anthony's

County

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Competition[c][d] Winner Score Runner-up
Dumbartonshire Cup Clydebank 2 – 1 Dumbarton Harp
East of Scotland Shield Hearts 3 – 1[e] Hibernian
Glasgow Cup Rangers 2 – 0 Celtic
Lanarkshire Cup Airdrie 2 – 1 Hamilton

Non-league honours

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Senior Leagues

Division[f] Winner
Western League Dumbarton Harp

Scotland national team

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There were no Scotland matches played with the British Home Championship suspended due to World War I. Scotland did play four unofficial wartime internationals (known as the Victory Internationals), however, playing home and away against both Ireland and England.

Other national teams

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Scottish League XI

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Date Venue Opponents[5] Score[g] Scotland scorer(s)
22 February 1919 St Andrew's Park, Birmingham (A)   Football League XI 1–3
5 April 1919 Ibrox Park, Glasgow (H)   Football League XI 3–2

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ The Scottish Cup, Scottish Qualifying Cup (except 1914–15 and 1918–19), and Scottish Amateur Cup were not held during WWI years.
  2. ^ Replay needed.
  3. ^ The Border Cup, North of Scotland Cup, Perthshire Cup were not held during WWI years. The Aberdeenshire Cup, Ayrshire Cup, Forfarshire Cup, Stirlingshire Cup, and Southern Counties Cup were not held either after 1914–15.
  4. ^ The Linlithgowshire Cup and Renfrewshire Cup were not held this season.
  5. ^ Aggregate over two legs.
  6. ^ The Eastern League went into abeyance this season due to lack of clubs still operating in area.
  7. ^ Scottish League XI's score is shown first.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Sat 22 Mar 1919 Scotland 2 Ireland 1". londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Sat 19 Apr 1919 Ireland 0 Scotland 0". londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Sat 26 Apr 1919 England 2 Scotland 2". londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Sat 03 May 1919 Scotland 3 England 4". londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  5. ^ "SFL XI v The Football League XI Record". London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
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