1895–96 in Scottish football
Division One champions
Celtic
Division Two champions
Abercorn
Scottish Cup winners
Heart of Midlothian
Junior Cup winners
Cambuslang Hibs
Scotland national team
1896 BHC

The 1895–96 season of Scottish football was the sixth season of the Scottish Football League.

Contents 1 Scottish Division One 2 Scottish Division Two 3 Scottish Cup 4 Junior Cup 5 Scotland national team 6 See also 7 Notes and references

[edit] Scottish Division One

Celtic topped the Scottish Division One.

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Celtic	18	15	0	3	64	25	39	30
2	Rangers	18	11	4	3	57	39	18	26
3	Hibernian	18	11	2	5	58	39	19	24
4	Heart of Midlothian	18	11	0	7	68	36	32	22
5	Dundee	18	7	2	9	33	42	−9	16
6	Third Lanark	18	7	1	10	47	51	−4	15
7	St Bernard's	18	7	1	10	36	53	−17	15
8	St. Mirren	18	5	3	10	31	51	−20	13
9	Clyde	18	4	3	11	39	59	−20	11
10	Dumbarton	18	4	0	14	36	74	−38	8

[edit] Scottish Division Two

Abercorn came first in the Scottish Division Two. Leith Athletic and Renton finished second and third

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Abercorn	18	12	3	3	55	31	24	27
2	Leith Athletic	18	11	1	6	55	37	18	23
3	Renton	18	9	3	6	40	28	12	21
4	Kilmarnock	18	10	1	7	45	45	0	21
5	Airdrieonians	18	7	4	7	48	44	4	18
6	Partick Thistle	18	8	2	8	44	54	−10	18
7	Port Glasgow Athletic	18	6	4	8	40	41	−1	16
8	Motherwell	18	5	3	10	31	47	−16	13
9	Morton	18	4	4	10	32	40	−8	12
10	Linthouse	18	5	1	12	25	48	−23	11

[edit] Scottish Cup

Heart of Midlothian won the Scottish Cup after beating rivals Hibernian 3–1 in the final.

[edit] Junior Cup

Cambuslang Hibs won the Junior Cup after beating Parkhead 3–1 in the final.

[edit] Scotland national team

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score[1]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
21 March 1896	Carolina Port, Dundee (H)	Wales	4–0	BHC	Robert Neil (2), Alex Keillor, Daniel Paton
28 March 1896	Solitude, Belfast (A)	Ireland	3–3	BHC	Robert McColl (2), James Blessington
4 April 1896	Celtic Park, Glasgow (H)	England	2–1	BHC	William Lambie, John Bell

Scotland were winners of the 1896 British Home Championship.

Key:

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

[edit] See also

• Rangers F.C. season 1895-96

[edit] Notes and references

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