The Scottish Premier Reserve League was the top reserve team league for Scottish football teams. The competition started at the same time as the inauguration of the Scottish Premier League in the 1998–99 season. It was initially an under-21 league, with a quota of five players over the age limit allowed per team in any match. The league was discontinued after the 2008–09 season. Since then, alternative structures have been mooted, such as allowing the bigger clubs to field reserve teams in the lower divisions of the Scottish Football League.
Past winners
Under-21 League SeasonWinnerScottish Football Historical Archive Mirror - Premier Reserve LeagueAFC Heritage - 1998-99 SPL Under-21 League TableRunner-up1998–99St Johnstone ReservesRangers Reserves1999–00 Heart of Midlothian ReservesHibernian Reserves2000–01 Rangers ReservesCeltic Reserves2001–02 Celtic ReservesLivingston Reserves2002–03 Celtic ReservesRangers Reserves2003–04 Celtic ReservesHeart of Midlothian Reserves
Reserve League Season Winner Runner-up2004–05 Celtic ReservesLivingston Reserves2005–06 Celtic ReservesRangers Reserves2006–07Celtic ReservesMotherwell Reserves2007–08Celtic ReservesInverness CT Reserves2008–09Celtic ReservesHeart of Midlothian Reserves
See also SPFL Development League (originally the concurrent SPL under-18 competition from 1998, taken over by the Scottish Professional Football League and changed to under-20s) SPFL Reserve League (a similar reserves competition operated by the SPFL since 2018, replacing the above Development League)
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