1902-03 in Scottish football
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1902–03 in Scottish football | ||
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Division One champions | ||
Hibernian Hibernian F.C. Hibernian Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Leith, in the north of Edinburgh. They are one of two Scottish Premier League clubs in the city, the other being their Edinburgh derby rivals, Hearts... |
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Division Two champions | ||
Airdrieonians Airdrieonians F.C. Airdrieonians Football Club, more commonly known as Airdrie, were a Scottish professional football team from the town of Airdrie, in the Monklands area of Lanarkshire.... |
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Scottish Cup winners | ||
Rangers Rangers F.C. Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses... |
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Junior Cup winners | ||
Parkhead Parkhead F.C. Parkhead Football Club was a founding member of the Scottish Junior Football League but the team no longer exists. It played at Helenslea Park in Parkhead, Glasgow. In the early years of the Scottish Junior Cup, Parkhead Juniors appeared in 9 finals and won the cup 5 times. Many of its players went... |
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Scotland national team | ||
1903 BHC 1903 British Home Championship The 1903 British Home Championship was an international football tournament between the British Home Nations.Unusually, the trophy was shared by three of the Home Nations all of whom scored four points. At the time, goal difference was not used to differentiate teams... |
The 1902–03 season was the 13th season of competitive football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
in Scotland.
Scottish League Division One
P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Hibernian Hibernian F.C. Hibernian Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Leith, in the north of Edinburgh. They are one of two Scottish Premier League clubs in the city, the other being their Edinburgh derby rivals, Hearts... |
22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 48 | 18 | 30 | 37 |
2 | Dundee Dundee F.C. Dundee Football Club, founded in 1893, are a football club based in the city of Dundee, Scotland. They are nicknamed The Dee or The Dark Blues and play their home matches at Dens Park. Their shirt colour is dark blue. Dundee currently play in the Scottish First Division, having been relegated from... |
22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 12 | 19 | 31 |
3 | Rangers Rangers F.C. Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses... |
22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 56 | 24 | 32 | 29 |
4 | Heart of Midlothian Heart of Midlothian F.C. Heart of Midlothian Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Gorgie, in the west of Edinburgh. They currently play in the Scottish Premier League and are one of the two principal clubs in the city, the other being Hibernian... |
22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 46 | 27 | 19 | 28 |
5 | Celtic Celtic F.C. Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the... |
22 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 36 | 30 | 6 | 26 |
6 | St. Mirren St. Mirren F.C. St Mirren Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Paisley, Renfrewshire who play in the Scottish Premier League, having been promoted from the First Division in 2005–06.St... |
22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 39 | 40 | −1 | 22 |
7 | Third Lanark Third Lanark A.C. Third Lanark Athletic Club was a football club that originally existed between 1872 and 1967, 95 years in existence, based in Glasgow, Scotland. Third Lanark were known as Thirds, the Warriors, the Redcoats and the Hi Hi's... |
22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 34 | 27 | 7 | 21 |
8 | Partick Thistle Partick Thistle F.C. Partick Thistle Football Club are a professional association football club from Glasgow. Despite their name, the club are based in the Maryhill area of the city, and have not played in Partick since 1908... |
22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 34 | 50 | −16 | 19 |
9 | Kilmarnock Kilmarnock F.C. Kilmarnock Football Club is a Scottish football team based in the town of Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Founded in 1869, "Killie" is the oldest club currently in the Scottish Premier League. Home matches are played at Rugby Park... |
22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 24 | 43 | −11 | 16 |
10 | Queen's Park Queen's Park F.C. Queen's Park Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland. The club are currently the only amateur club in the Scottish League; their amateur status is reflected by their motto, Ludere Causa Ludendi – to play for the sake of playing.Queen's Park are the oldest... |
22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 33 | 48 | −15 | 15 |
11 | Port Glasgow Athletic Port Glasgow Athletic F.C. Port Glasgow Athletic were a senior Scottish Football club formed in 1880. It was originally named Broadfield before changing its name in 1881.... |
22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 26 | 49 | −23 | 11 |
12 | Morton Greenock Morton F.C. Greenock Morton Football Club are a Scottish professional football club, who currently play in the Scottish Football League First Division. The club was founded as Morton Football Club in 1874, making it one of the oldest senior Scottish clubs.... |
22 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 55 | −33 | 9 |
Champions: Hibernian
Scottish League division two
P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Airdrieonians Airdrieonians F.C. Airdrieonians Football Club, more commonly known as Airdrie, were a Scottish professional football team from the town of Airdrie, in the Monklands area of Lanarkshire.... |
22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 43 | 19 | 24 | 35 |
2 | Motherwell Motherwell F.C. Motherwell Football & Athletic Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire. The club compete in the Scottish Premier League and are one of only seven teams to have remained in this league since it was founded in 1998... |
22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 44 | 9 | 35 | 28 |
=3 | Ayr Ayr F.C. Ayr F.C. was a Scottish Football League club from Ayr, Scotland. They were formed in 1879 by a merger of the Ayr Thistle and Ayr Academical football clubs. Their initial home ground was Springvale Park, which they left in 1884 to play home fixtures at Beresford Park, which they in turn left in 1888... |
22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 24 | 10 | 27 |
=3 | Leith Athletic Leith Athletic F.C. Leith Athletic Football Club is a football club based in the Leith area of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is a member of the East of Scotland Football League. It plays most of its home games at Leith Links. The club was originally formed in 1887 and played in the Scottish Football League in four different... |
22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 43 | 41 | 2 | 27 |
5 | St Bernard's St Bernard's F.C. St Bernard's F.C. were a Senior Scottish football club based in Edinburgh from 1878 to 1943.... |
22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 45 | 32 | 13 | 26 |
=6 | Hamilton Academical Hamilton Academical F.C. Hamilton Academical Football Club, often known as Hamilton Academical, or Accies, are a Scottish football club from Hamilton in South Lanarkshire. They were established in 1874 from the school football team at Hamilton Academy. They remain the only professional club in British football to have... |
22 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 44 | 35 | 9 | 23 |
=6 | Falkirk Falkirk F.C. Falkirk Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in Falkirk. It is one of two professional football teams from the town, the other being East Stirlingshire... |
22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 39 | 37 | 2 | 23 |
8 | East Stirlingshire East Stirlingshire F.C. East Stirlingshire Football Club is a Scottish football club originating in Falkirk. Founded in 1880, originally as Bainsford Britannia, the club changed to their current name a year later in 1881... |
22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 46 | 41 | 5 | 21 |
9 | Arthurlie Arthurlie F.C. Arthurlie Football Club are a Junior Scottish football team based in Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, near Glasgow. They play at Dunterlie Park, on Carlibar Road, adjacent to Barrhead railway station. They currently play in the Stagecoach Super League, Premier Division... |
22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 34 | 46 | −12 | 20 |
10 | Abercorn Abercorn F.C. Abercorn Football Club was a football club based in Paisley, Scotland, which played in the Scottish Football League from 1890 until 1915. The team's strip colours were blue and white stripes. Abercorn were founder members of the Scottish Football League, but eventually could not compete with... |
22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 35 | 58 | −23 | 12 |
=11 | Raith Rovers Raith Rovers F.C. Raith Rovers Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in Kirkcaldy, Fife. They are members of the Scottish Football League, currently playing in the First Division, having secured promotion from the Second Division as champions in 2009. Rovers have won one national trophy, the... |
22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 34 | 55 | −21 | 11 |
=11 | Clyde Clyde F.C. Clyde Football Club are a Scottish professional football team currently playing in the Third Division of the Scottish Football League. Although based for the last fifteen years in the new town of Cumbernauld, they are traditionally associated with an area that covers Rutherglen in South... |
22 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 40 | −18 | 11 |
Scottish Cup
Rangers won the Scottish Cup after beating Hearts 2–0 in the second replay after the two previous games had ended in draws.Junior Cup
ParkheadParkhead F.C.
Parkhead Football Club was a founding member of the Scottish Junior Football League but the team no longer exists. It played at Helenslea Park in Parkhead, Glasgow. In the early years of the Scottish Junior Cup, Parkhead Juniors appeared in 9 finals and won the cup 5 times. Many of its players went...
were winners of the Junior Cup after a 3–0 win over Larkhall Thistle
Larkhall Thistle F.C.
Larkhall Thistle F.C. are a football club from Larkhall, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Formed in 1878 the Jags are Scotland's oldest Junior Football Club and currently compete in the SJFA Central Division One. They play in red and white stripes and their home ground since 1881 is Gasworks Park...
in the final.
Scotland national team
In the 1903 British Home Championship1903 British Home Championship
The 1903 British Home Championship was an international football tournament between the British Home Nations.Unusually, the trophy was shared by three of the Home Nations all of whom scored four points. At the time, goal difference was not used to differentiate teams...
, Scotland shared the trophy with England
England national football team
The England national football team represents England in association football and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England is the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first...
and Ireland
Northern Ireland national football team
The Northern Ireland national football team represents Northern Ireland in international association football. Before 1921 all of Ireland was represented by a single side, the Ireland national football team, organised by the Irish Football Association...
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Date | Venue | Opponents | Competition | Scotland scorer(s) | |
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9 March 1903 | Ninian Park Ninian Park Ninian Park was a football stadium in Leckwith, Cardiff, Wales. Until 2009, it was the home ground of Cardiff City F.C., who compete in the English Football League Championship... , Cardiff Cardiff Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for... (A) |
1–0 | BHC 1903 British Home Championship The 1903 British Home Championship was an international football tournament between the British Home Nations.Unusually, the trophy was shared by three of the Home Nations all of whom scored four points. At the time, goal difference was not used to differentiate teams... |
Finlay Speedie Finlay Speedie Finlay Ballantyne Speedie was a Scottish footballer who played for Rangers and Newcastle United in the 1900s. He was a versatile forward who was most at home at inside left.... |
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21 March 1903 | Celtic Park Celtic Park Celtic Park is a football stadium in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which is the home ground of Celtic FC. Celtic Park, an all-seater stadium with a capacity of 60,832, is the largest football stadium in Scotland and the sixth-largest stadium in the United Kingdom, after Murrayfield, Old Trafford,... , Glasgow Glasgow Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands... (H) |
0–2 | BHC 1903 British Home Championship The 1903 British Home Championship was an international football tournament between the British Home Nations.Unusually, the trophy was shared by three of the Home Nations all of whom scored four points. At the time, goal difference was not used to differentiate teams... |
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4 April 1903 | Bramall Lane Bramall Lane -Cricket at the Lane:Bramall Lane opened as a cricket ground in 1855, having been leased by Michael Ellison from the Duke of Norfolk at an annual rent of £70. The site was then away from the town's industrial area, and relatively free from smoke. It was built to host the matches of local cricket... , Sheffield Sheffield Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely... (A) |
2–1 | BHC 1903 British Home Championship The 1903 British Home Championship was an international football tournament between the British Home Nations.Unusually, the trophy was shared by three of the Home Nations all of whom scored four points. At the time, goal difference was not used to differentiate teams... |
Finlay Speedie Finlay Speedie Finlay Ballantyne Speedie was a Scottish footballer who played for Rangers and Newcastle United in the 1900s. He was a versatile forward who was most at home at inside left.... , Robert Walker Bobby Walker Robert Staig "Bobby" Walker was a Scottish professional football player.-Hearts:Walker joined Hearts from Dalry Primrose in 1896, making his debut in a "trial" match vs Sunderland. He played in a few games that clinched Hearts 2nd League Championship in 1897... |
Key:
- (A) = Away match
- (H) = Home match
- BHC = British Home Championship