1893–94 in Scottish football

1893–94 in Scottish football was the 21st season of competitive football in Scotland and the fourth season of Scottish league football. For the first time there were two divisions in the Scottish Football League, there was no automatic promotion and relegation but the bottom three clubs in Division One and the top three clubs in Division Two were subject to a vote of the remaining First Division clubs.^[1] This season also saw the introduction of the Highland Football League.

Football in Scotland

Season	1893–94
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1893–94 in Scottish football
Division One champions
Celtic
Division Two champions
Hibernian
Scottish Cup winners
Rangers
Junior Cup winners
Ashfield
Scotland national team
1894 BHC

League competitions

Scottish Division One

Main article: 1893–94 Scottish Division One

Celtic became Scottish Division One champions for the second year in a row, after defeating Rangers 3–2 at Celtic Park on 24 February 1894. Renton were relegated, Dundee and Leith Athletic re-elected to Division One.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Celtic (C)	18	14	1	3	53	32	+21	29	Champions
2	Heart of Midlothian	18	11	4	3	46	32	+14	26
3	St Bernard's	18	11	1	6	53	39	+14	23
4	Rangers	18	8	4	6	44	30	+14	20
5	Dumbarton	18	7	5	6	32	35	−3	19
6	St Mirren	18	7	3	8	49	47	+2	17
7	Third Lanark	18	7	3	8	38	44	−6	17
8	Dundee	18	6	3	9	47	59	−12	15
9	Leith Athletic	18	4	2	12	36	46	−10	10
10	Renton (R)	18	1	2	15	23	57	−34	4	Relegated to the 1894–95 Scottish Division Two

Source: worldfootball.net, Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: Points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Scottish Division Two

Main article: 1893–94 Scottish Division Two

Clyde were elected to Division One, Hibernian and Cowlairs remained in the Scottish Division Two. Port Glasgow Athletic were docked seven points for fielding an ineligible player.^{[citation needed]}

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hibernian (C)	18	13	3	2	83	29	+54	29
2	Cowlairs	18	13	1	4	72	32	+40	27
3	Clyde (P)	18	11	2	5	51	36	+15	24	Elected to 1894–95 Scottish Division One
4	Motherwell	18	11	1	6	61	46	+15	23
5	Partick Thistle	18	10	0	8	56	58	−2	20
6	Port Glasgow Athletic	18	9	2	7	52	52	0	13[a]
7	Abercorn	18	5	2	11	42	60	−18	12
8	Morton	18	4	1	13	36	62	−26	9	Re-elected
8	Northern	18	3	3	12	29	66	−37	9	Not re-elected[b]
10	Thistle	18	2	3	13	31	72	−41	7	Did not apply for re-election[b]

Updated to match(es) played on May 2013. Source: statto.com, SFHA
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; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. Port Glasgow Athletic were deducted 7 points for fielding an ineligible player.
2. Northern were not re-elected and Thistle did not apply for re-election. Dundee Wanderers and Airdrieonians were elected in their place.

Other honours

Cup honours

National

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Cup	Rangers	3 – 1	Celtic
Scottish Junior Cup	Ashfield	3 – 0	Renfrew Victoria

County

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup	Victoria United	6 – 3	Orion
Ayrshire Cup	Hurlford	2 – 1	Saltcoats Victoria
Dumbartonshire Cup	Dumbarton	4 – 1	Duntocher Harp
East of Scotland Shield	Hearts	4 – 2	Leith Athletic
Fife Cup	Raith Rovers	6 –2	Lochgelly United
Forfarshire Cup	Dundee	4 – 0	Dundee Harp
Glasgow Cup	Rangers	1 – 0	Cowlairs
Lanarkshire Cup	Royal Albert	2 – 1[a]	Motherwell
Linlithgowshire Cup	Broxburn Shamrock	4 – 0	Linlithgow Athletic
North of Scotland Cup	Inverness Thistle	2 – 0[b]	Clachnacuddin
Perthshire Cup	Fair City Athletic	1 – 0	St Johnstone
Renfrewshire Cup	St Mirren	5 – 4	Port Glasgow Athletic
Southern Counties Cup	5th KRV	4 – 1	Queen of the South Wanderers
Stirlingshire Cup	East Stirlingshire	5 – 0	Gairdoch

Non-league honours

Senior

Highland League

Top three

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Inverness Thistle	12	10	1	1	59	16	+43	21
2	Inverness Caledonian	12	7	3	2	39	20	+19	17
3	Clachnacuddin	12	7	1	4	26	22	+4	15

Source: RSSSF

Other Leagues

Division	Winner
Ayrshire Combination	Annbank	[2]
Ayrshire League	Saltcoats Victoria	[3]
Border League		[4]
East of Scotland League	unfinished	[5]
Midland League	East Stirlingshire	[6]
Northern League	unfinished	[7]
Scottish Alliance	Royal Albert	[8]
Stirlingshire League	Gairdoch	[9]

Scotland national team

Main articles: 1893–94 British Home Championship and Scotland national football team 1872–1914 results

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score[c]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
24 March 1894	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock (H)	Wales	5–2	BHC	Davidson Berry, John Barker, Thomas Chambers, David Alexander, John Johnstone
31 March 1894	Solitude, Belfast (A)	Ireland	2–1	BHC	John Taylor (o.g.)
7 April 1894	Celtic Park, Glasgow (H)	England	2–2	BHC	William Lambie, Sandy McMahon

Scotland were winners of the British Home Championship in 1894 after pipping England to the trophy.

Key:

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

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Scotland (C)	3	2	1	0	9	5	+4	5
England	3	1	2	0	9	5	+4	4
Wales	3	1	0	2	7	11	−4	2
Ireland	3	0	1	2	4	8	−4	1

Source: ^[10][11][12]
Rules for classification: 1) points. The points system worked as follows: 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw.
(C) Champions

Other national teams

Scottish League XI

Date	Venue	Opponents[13][14]	Score[d]	Scotland scorer(s)
27 January	Celtic Park, Glasgow (H)	Irish League XI	6–0	John Taylor, James Blessington, Sandy McMahon (2), Davie Baird, Henry Boyd
21 April	Goodison Park, Liverpool (A)	Football League XI	1–1	James Oswald

See also

• 1893–94 Rangers F.C. season

Notes

1. Replay needed.
2. Replay ordered. First match null and void.
3. Scotland's score is shown first.
4. Scottish League XI's score is shown first.