1905–06 in Scottish football

The 1905–06 season was the 33rd season of competitive football in Scotland and the 16th season of the Scottish Football League..

Football in Scotland

Season	1905–06
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1905–06 in Scottish football
Division One champions
Celtic
Division Two champions
Leith Athletic
Scottish Cup winners
Hearts
Junior Cup winners
Dunipace
Scotland national team
1906 BHC

League competitions

Scottish League Division One

Main article: 1905–06 Scottish Division One

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Celtic (C)	30	24	1	5	76	19	+57	49	Champions
2	Heart of Midlothian	30	18	7	5	64	27	+37	43
3	Airdrieonians	30	15	8	7	53	31	+22	38
4	Rangers	30	15	7	8	58	48	+10	37
5	Partick Thistle	30	15	6	9	44	40	+4	36
6	Third Lanark	30	16	2	12	62	38	+24	34
7	Dundee	30	11	12	7	40	33	+7	34
8	St Mirren	30	13	5	12	41	37	+4	31
9	Morton	30	10	6	14	35	54	−19	26
10	Motherwell	30	9	8	13	50	64	−14	26
11	Hibernian	30	10	5	15	35	40	−5	25
12	Aberdeen	30	8	8	14	37	49	−12	24
13	Falkirk	30	9	5	16	53	69	−16	23
14	Port Glasgow Athletic	30	6	8	16	38	68	−30	20
15	Kilmarnock	30	8	4	18	46	68	−22	20
16	Queen's Park	30	5	4	21	41	88	−47	14

Source: "1905-1906 Division 1 - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
(C) Champions

Champions: Celtic

Scottish League Division Two

Main article: 1905–06 Scottish Division Two

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Leith Athletic (C)	22	15	4	3	46	22	+24	34
2	Clyde (P)	22	11	9	2	37	21	+16	31	Promoted to the 1906–07 Scottish Division One
3	Albion Rovers	22	12	3	7	48	31	+17	27
4	Hamilton Academical (P)	22	12	2	8	45	33	+12	26	Promoted to the 1906–07 Scottish Division One
5	Arthurlie	22	10	2	10	46	46	0	22
5	St Bernard's	22	9	4	9	42	34	+8	22
7	Ayr	22	9	3	10	44	51	−7	21
8	Raith Rovers	22	6	7	9	36	42	−6	19
9	Abercorn	22	6	5	11	31	46	−15	17
9	Cowdenbeath	22	7	3	12	28	40	−12	17
11	Vale of Leven	22	6	4	12	33	49	−16	16
12	East Stirlingshire	22	1	10	11	26	47	−21	12

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; (P) Promoted

Next season there are eighteen teams in Division One and twelve teams in Division Two.

Other honours

Cup honours

National

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Cup	Hearts	1 – 0	Third Lanark
Scottish Qualifying Cup	Leith Athletic	2 – 0	Beith
Scottish Junior Cup	Dunipace	1 – 0	Rob Roy

County

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup	Peterhead	4 – 2	Huntly
Ayrshire Cup	Ayr	1 – 0	Ayr Parkhouse
Border Cup	Selkirk	w.o.[a]	Vale of Leithen
Dumbartonshire Cup	Vale of Leven	1 – 0	Dumbarton
East of Scotland Shield	Hearts	2 – 1[b]	Hibernian
Fife Cup	Raith Rovers	2 – 0	Cowdenbeath
Forfarshire Cup	Forfar Athletic	2 – 1[b]	Arbroath
Glasgow Cup	Celtic	3 – 0	Third Lanark
Lanarkshire Cup	Hamilton	2 – 1	Airdrie
Linlithgowshire Cup	Bathgate	4 – 2[b]	Bo'ness
North of Scotland Cup	Clachnacuddin	2 – 1[c]	Inverness Caledonian
Perthshire Cup	Dunblane	7 – 2[b]	St Johnstone
Renfrewshire Cup	Morton	4 – 3[d]	Arthurlie
Southern Counties Cup	Dumfries	2 – 0	Nithsdale Wanderers
Stirlingshire Cup	Falkirk	3 – 2	Alloa Athletic

Non-league honours

Highland League

Top Three

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Clachnacuddin[e]	12	7	2	3	22	17	+5	16
2	Inverness Caledonian	12	7	2	3	31	9	+22	16
3	Inverness Thistle	12	6	4	2	28	11	+17	16

Source: SFHA

Other Senior Leagues

Division	Winner
Border Senior League	Gala Hailes Villa
Eastern League	Hearts 'A'
Northern League	Aberdeen 'A'
Perthshire League	Tulloch
Scottish Alliance	Hearts 'A'
Scottish Combination	Dumbarton

Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team 1872–1914 results

Scotland were joint winners of the 1906 British Home Championship with England.

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score [f]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
3 March 1906	Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh (H)	Wales	0–2	BHC
17 March 1906	Dalymount Park, Dublin (A)	Ireland	1–0	BHC	Thomas Fitchie
7 April 1906	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	England	2–1	BHC	James Howie (2)

Key:

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

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England (C)	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	4
Scotland (C)	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	4
Wales	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	3
Ireland	3	0	1	2	4	10	−6	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points. The points system worked as follows: 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw.
(C) Co-champions

Other national teams

Scottish League XI

Date	Venue	Opponents[1][2]	Score[g]	Scotland scorer(s)
24 March 1906	Stamford Bridge, London (A)	Football League XI	2–6	Archie Kyle, Charles Thomson

See also

• 1905–06 Aberdeen F.C. season
• 1905–06 Rangers F.C. season

Notes

1. Match awarded as a walkover.
2. Replay needed.
3. Second replay needed.
4. Play off needed.
5. Finished first after a playoff.
6. Scotland's score is shown first.
7. Scottish League XI's score is shown first.