1911–12 in Scottish football

1911–12 in Scottish football
Division One champions
Rangers
Division Two champions
Ayr United
Scottish Cup winners
Celtic
Junior Cup winners
Petershill
Scotland national team
1912 BHC

The 1911–12 season was the 39th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 22nd season of the Scottish Football League.

Scottish League Division One

Main article: 1911–12 Scottish Division One
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Rangers 34 24 3 7 86 34 +52 51
2 Celtic 34 17 11 6 58 33 +25 45
3 Clyde 34 19 4 11 56 32 +24 42
4 Heart of Midlothian 34 16 8 10 54 40 +14 40
5 Partick Thistle 34 16 8 10 47 40 +7 40
6 Morton 34 14 9 11 44 44 0 37
7 Falkirk 34 15 6 13 46 33 +13 36
8 Dundee 34 13 9 12 52 41 +11 35
9 Aberdeen 34 14 7 13 44 44 0 35
10 Airdrieonians 34 12 8 14 40 41 −1 32
11 Third Lanark 34 12 7 15 40 57 −17 31
12 Hamilton Academical 34 11 8 15 32 44 −12 30
13 Hibernian 34 12 5 17 44 47 −3 29
14 Motherwell 34 11 5 18 34 44 −10 27
15 Raith Rovers 34 9 9 16 39 59 −20 27
16 Kilmarnock 34 11 4 19 38 60 −22 26
17 Queen's Park 34 8 9 17 29 53 −24 25
18 St Mirren 34 7 10 17 32 59 −27 24
Source: "1911-1912 Division 1 - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 1 May 2021.

Champions: Rangers

Scottish League Division Two

Main article: 1911–12 Scottish Division Two
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Ayr United (C) 22 16 3 3 54 24 +30 35
2 Abercorn 22 13 4 5 43 22 +21 30
3 Dumbarton 22 13 1 8 47 31 +16 27
4 Cowdenbeath 22 12 2 8 39 31 +8 26
5 St Johnstone 22 10 4 8 29 27 +2 24
6 St Bernard's 22 9 5 8 38 36 +2 23
7 Leith Athletic 22 9 4 9 31 34 −3 22
8 Arthurlie 22 7 5 10 30 30 0 19
9 East Stirlingshire 22 7 3 12 21 31 −10 17
10 Dundee Hibernian 22 5 5 12 21 41 −20 15
11 Albion Rovers 22 6 1 15 19 41 −22 13
11 Vale of Leven 22 6 1 15 26 50 −24 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

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1911–12 Scottish Cup

Celtic were winners of the Scottish Cup after a 2–0 win over Clyde in the final. Joe Watters scored the two game-winning goals in the last 23 seconds of the game.

Other honours

National

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Scottish Qualifying Cup Dunfermline Athletic 1 – 0 Dumbarton
Scottish Consolation Cup Johnstone 2 – 0 Galston

County

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup Aberdeen 5 – 1 Portsoy
Ayrshire Cup Ayr United 2 – 0 Hurlford
Dumbartonshire Cup Dumbarton Harp 1 – 0[1] Renton
East of Scotland Shield Hibernian 2 – 0 St Bernard's
Fife Cup Dunfermline Athletic 1 – 1[2] Cowdenbeath
Forfarshire Cup Dundee 2 – 0 Brechin City
Glasgow Cup Rangers 1 – 0 Partick Thistle
Lanarkshire Cup Motherwell 1 – 0 Hamilton
Linlithgowshire Cup Bathgate 5 – 2 Broxburn
Perthshire Cup St Johnstone WO Scone
Renfrewshire Cup Morton 3 – 1[3] Arthurlie
Southern Counties Cup Nithsdale Wanderers 1 – 0* Douglas Wanderers
Stirlingshire Cup King's Park 1 – 0 Alloa

. *replay

Highland League

Top Three
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Inverness Caledonian[4] 12 7 3 2 25 10 +15 17
2 Clachnacuddin 12 7 3 2 24 17 +7 17
3 Inverness Thistle 12 8 1 3 32 20 +12 17
Source:[citation needed]

Junior Cup

Petershill were winners of the Junior Cup after a 5–0 win over Denny Hibs in the final.

Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team 1872–1914 results

Scotland shared the 1912 British Home Championship trophy with England.

Date Venue Opponents Score[5] Competition Scotland scorer(s)
2 March 1912 Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh  Wales 1–0 BHC Jimmy Quinn
16 March 1912 Windsor Park, Belfast (A)  Ireland 4–1 BHC Walter Aitkenhead (2), Willie Reid, Bobby Walker
23 March 1912 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)  England 1–1 BHC Unknown Scorer

Key:

  • (H) = Home match
  • (A) = Away match
  • BHC = British Home Championship

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ third replay
  2. ^ second replay, won on corners
  3. ^ aggregate over two legs
  4. ^ 1st after playoffs
  5. ^ Scotland's score is shown first.

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